The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the Year (So Far)
Escaping to other worlds in the stars and imagined universes has never been easier or more delightful with these evocative sci-fi and fantasy reads as collected by Vulture's Sadie Gennis.
A Desolation Called Peace
ByArkady Martine
2021 • 400 Readers • 496 pages • 4.2
A Master of Djinn
ByP. Djèlí Clark
2019 • 618 Readers • 464 pages • 4.1
Black Water Sister
ByZen Cho
2021 • 164 Readers • 370 pages • 3.8
Blood of Desiderium
ByAli Stuebbe
176 Readers • 3.7
Future Feeling
ByJoss Lake
2021 • 35 Readers • 294 pages • 3.6
Gearbreakers
ByZoe Hana Mikuta
2021 • 168 Readers • 416 pages • 3.6
Klara and the Sun
ByKazuo Ishiguro
1901 • 1,234 Readers • 418 pages • 3.8
Project Hail Mary
ByAndy Weir
2021 • 3,627 Readers • 496 pages • 4.4
Remote Control
ByNnedi Okorafor
2021 • 226 Readers • 160 pages • 3.9
Son of the Storm
BySuyi Davies Okungbowa
2021 • 116 Readers • 496 pages • 3.5
Sorrowland
ByRivers Solomon
2021 • 247 Readers • 12h 2m • 3.7
The Gilded Ones
ByNamina Forna
2020 • 327 Readers • 416 pages • 3.8
The Jasmine Throne
ByTasha Suri
2021 • 502 Readers • 512 pages • 4
The Shadow of the Gods
ByJohn Gwynne
2021 • 1,018 Readers • 496 pages • 4.1
The Witch's Heart
ByGenevieve Gornichec
2021 • 385 Readers • 369 pages • 4.4