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 • 314 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2017 • 317 Readers • 11h 54m • 4
#1 of 2 in The Dark Star Trilogy
2019 • 640 Readers • 620 pages • 3.1
#1 of 3 in Children of Time
2015 • 1,934 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3
2018 • 3,253 Readers • 409 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Divine Cities
2014 • 619 Readers • 452 pages • 4.1
#1 of 7 in Wayward Children
2016 • 890 Readers • 174 pages • 3.9
2008 • 1,064 Readers • 208 pages • 4.3
#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb
2019 • 1,934 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1
2017 • 655 Readers • 245 pages • 3.8
2020 • 1,468 Readers • 10h 40m • 3.8
2020 • 51 Readers • 561 pages • 4.3
2019 • 2,856 Readers • 246 pages • 4.2
2015 • 182 Readers • 432 pages • 3.3
2020 • 211 Readers • 3.7
2015 • 237 Readers • 13h 10m • 3.6
2018 • 903 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
2014 • 2,166 Readers • 333 pages • 4.1
2019 • 164 Readers • 416 pages • 3.9
2015 • 485 Readers • 317 pages • 3.5
#1 of 4 in Lady Astronaut Universe
2018 • 633 Readers • 384 pages • 4
2017 • 309 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
#1 of 4 in The Daevabad Trilogy
2017 • 1,123 Readers • 533 pages • 4
#1 of 3 in The Interdependency
2017 • 681 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1
2021 • 403 Readers • 256 pages • 3.7
#1 of 4 in The Chronicles of Osreth
2014 • 776 Readers • 447 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Wayfarers
2014 • 1,734 Readers • 423 pages • 4.1
2001 • 544 Readers • 437 pages • 4.4
#1 of 2 in The Space Between Worlds
2015 • 627 Readers • 336 pages • 3.9
#1 of 6 in Remembrance of Earth's Past
2006 • 3,588 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
#1 of 3 in The Masquerade
2015 • 553 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
2019 • 2,770 Readers • 223 pages • 3.9