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 • 333 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2017 • 335 Readers • 11h 54m • 4
#1 of 2 in The Dark Star Trilogy
2019 • 675 Readers • 620 pages • 3.1
#1 of 3 in Children of Time
2015 • 2,113 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3
2018 • 3,457 Readers • 409 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Divine Cities
2014 • 648 Readers • 452 pages • 4.1
#1 of 7 in Wayward Children
2016 • 933 Readers • 174 pages • 3.9
2019 • 1,192 Readers • 350 pages • 4.3
2017 • 692 Readers • 245 pages • 3.8
2020 • 1,551 Readers • 10h 40m • 3.8
2020 • 55 Readers • 561 pages • 4.3
2019 • 3,077 Readers • 246 pages • 4.2
2015 • 188 Readers • 432 pages • 3.3
2020 • 222 Readers • 176 pages • 3.6
2015 • 245 Readers • 13h 10m • 3.6
2018 • 957 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
2014 • 2,297 Readers • 333 pages • 4.1
2019 • 168 Readers • 416 pages • 3.9
2015 • 521 Readers • 317 pages • 3.5
#1 of 4 in Lady Astronaut Universe
2018 • 671 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
2017 • 328 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
#1 of 4 in The Daevabad Trilogy
2017 • 1,206 Readers • 533 pages • 4
#1 of 3 in The Interdependency
2017 • 728 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1
2021 • 424 Readers • 256 pages • 3.7
#1 of 4 in The Chronicles of Osreth
2014 • 819 Readers • 447 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Wayfarers
2014 • 1,842 Readers • 423 pages • 4.1
2001 • 577 Readers • 437 pages • 4.4
#1 of 2 in The Space Between Worlds
2015 • 656 Readers • 336 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past
2006 • 3,898 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
#1 of 3 in The Masquerade
2015 • 589 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
2019 • 2,956 Readers • 223 pages • 3.9