NPR conducted a poll for listeners' favorite science fiction and fantasy books released between 2011 and 2021. A panel of judges then went through the results and selected the top 50 books spanning both genres.
2017 • 261 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2017 • 269 Readers • 351 pages • 3.9
#1 of 3 in The Dark Star Trilogy
2019 • 549 Readers • 612 pages • 3.1
#1 of 3 in Children of Time
2015 • 1,639 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3
2018 • 2,802 Readers • 409 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Divine Cities
2014 • 548 Readers • 452 pages • 4.1
#1 of 9 in Wayward Children
2016 • 775 Readers • 174 pages • 3.9
2008 • 910 Readers • 208 pages • 4.3
#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb
2019 • 1,661 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1
2017 • 567 Readers • 245 pages • 3.8
2020 • 1,273 Readers • 3.8
2020 • 38 Readers • 561 pages • 4.3
2019 • 2,426 Readers • 246 pages • 4.2
2015 • 158 Readers • 432 pages • 3.3
2020 • 176 Readers • 3.8
2015 • 204 Readers • 13h 10m • 3.6
2018 • 795 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
2014 • 1,847 Readers • 333 pages • 4.1
2019 • 133 Readers • 3.9
2015 • 403 Readers • 384 pages • 3.6
#1 of 4 in Lady Astronaut Universe
2018 • 533 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
2017 • 265 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
#1 of 3 in The Daevabad Trilogy
2017 • 986 Readers • 533 pages • 4
#1 of 3 in The Interdependency
2017 • 597 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1
2021 • 354 Readers • 256 pages • 3.6
#1 of 4 in The Chronicles of Osreth
2014 • 667 Readers • 512 pages • 4.2
#1 of 4 in Wayfarers
2014 • 1,487 Readers • 423 pages • 4.1
2001 • 463 Readers • 450 pages • 4.3
#1 of 2 in The Space Between Worlds
2015 • 534 Readers • 336 pages • 3.8
#1 of 4 in The Three-Body Problem
2006 • 3,055 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in The Masquerade
2015 • 495 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
2019 • 2,341 Readers • 223 pages • 3.9