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Awards Watch:
The Nebula Awards Suggested Reading List is produced through the collaborative efforts of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association's 2500+ members, and provided to the public as a service in finding last year's most noteworthy fantasy and science fiction works. It's a dense list of single-line titles that's six pages long. I'm trying to widdle down the number of novels that voters might choose in August at the Seattle Con to a number that I can actually read. To that end, I'm looking at the buzz each leading novel has generated. I've assigned a rather arbitrary value to each nomination and prize and totaled them in my Best Novels of 2024 spreadsheet. Every Newsletter has a link to this spreadsheet at the bottom.
So far, the top 6 SFF and top 3 Horror novels are:
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Top Contenders for 2024 |
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Kaliane Bradley |
Sci-Fi |
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T. Kingfisher |
Fantasy |
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Leigh Bardugo |
Fantasy |
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T. J. Klune |
Fantasy |
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Paolo Bacigalupi |
Fantasy |
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Kelly Link |
Horror |
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Lev Grossman |
Fantasy |
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Pemi Aguda |
Horror |
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Stephen King |
Horror |
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The Ministry of Time
- NYT Bestseller
- Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Sci Fi
- One of Barack Obama's Favorites for Summer 2024.
- Best Book of the Year according to NPR, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Vox, Good Housekeeping, The Independent, Parade, Kirkus Reviews, and more.
In the near future, a government ministry gathers “expats” from across history to determine whether time travel is feasible for the body and the fabric of space-time.
Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin’s doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic. After kidnapping him from his mission, the Ministry assigns him to a civil servant to watch over his transition to modern life. Gore’s a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as “washing machines,” “Spotify,” and “the collapse of the British Empire.” But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts.
A Sorceress Comes to Call
- Named the Best Fantasy Book of the Year by NPR, Elle, and Paste
- A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee
- Won the Hugo in 2023 for Nettle and Bone.
- NYT Bestselling Author
"Kingfisher is an inventive fantasy powerhouse.”—BookPage.
T. Kingfisher is a shooting star in the dark fantasy category. His other recent titles include: Nettle & Bone (Winner of the 2023 Hugo); What Feasts at Night; and
A House with Good Bones.
When Cordelia's mother unexpectedly moves them into the manor home of a wealthy older Squire and his kind but keen-eyed sister, Hester, Cordelia knows this welcoming pair are to be her mother's next victims. But Cordelia feels at home for the very first time among these people. As her mother's plans darken, she must decide how to face the woman who raised her to save the people who have become like family. A dark reimagining of The Goose Girl from the Brothers Grimm, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic.
The Familiar
- #1 National Bestseller
- #1 Indie Bestseller
"The Familiar highlights all of the things that make Bardugo so well loved: a romance with maddening chemistry, an artfully built world, side characters with their own deep backstories, and a plot full of dark twists and spiderweb connections." ―Booklist (starred review)
In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers her meek kitchen servant is hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to improve the family's social position. Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain's king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen.
Luzia plunges into a world of seers, alchemists, holy men, and hucksters, where the lines between magic, science, and fraud are never certain. Tempting the discovery of her Jewish blood and the Inquisition's wrath, she uses every bit of her wit and will to survive.
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