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.
#1 of 3 in The Interdependency
2017 • 402 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1
#1 of 2 in The Goblin Emperor
2014 • 474 Readers • 512 pages • 4.1
2020 • 26 Readers • 561 pages • 4.3
2020 • 135 Readers • 3.7
2017 • 171 Readers • 352 pages • 3.9
2019 • 89 Readers • 403 pages • 3.8
2017 • 189 Readers • 351 pages • 4
#1 of 4 in The Masquerade
9 • 363 Readers • 400 pages • 3.8
2019 • 1,578 Readers • 3.9
2014 • 1,178 Readers • 333 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past
2006 • 2,042 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
2021 • 249 Readers • 253 pages • 3.6
#1 of 3 in The Dark Star Trilogy
2019 • 376 Readers • 612 pages • 2.9
#1 of 2 in The Space Between Worlds
2015 • 368 Readers • 336 pages • 3.9
#1 of 10 in Wayward Children
2016 • 559 Readers • 176 pages • 3.9
#1 of 3 in Children of Time
2015 • 1,096 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3
#1 of 4 in Lady Astronaut Universe
2018 • 386 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Wayfarers
2014 • 1,020 Readers • 518 pages • 4.1
2017 • 179 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
2015 • 116 Readers • 432 pages • 3.3
2015 • 264 Readers • 3.5
2017 • 365 Readers • 245 pages • 3.8
2019 • 596 Readers • 350 pages • 4.2
2018 • 563 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
2001 • 308 Readers • 450 pages • 4.3
2020 • 822 Readers • 320 pages • 3.8
2 • 1,845 Readers • 409 pages • 4.3
2020 • 1,546 Readers • 273 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Divine Cities
2014 • 410 Readers • 452 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Daevabad Trilogy
2017 • 674 Readers • 533 pages • 4.1