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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

#2 of 2 in Teixcalaan

2021 • 491 Readers • 496 pages 4.2

A Master of Djinn

#1 of 1 in Dead Djinn Universe

A Master of Djinn
ByP. Djèlí Clark

2019 • 763 Readers • 464 pages 4

Black Water Sister

2021 • 206 Readers • 370 pages 3.8

Blood of Desiderium

Blood of Desiderium
ByAli Stuebbe

181 Readers 3.6

Future Feeling

Future Feeling
ByJoss Lake

2021 • 44 Readers • 294 pages 3.3

Gearbreakers

#1 of 2 in Gearbreakers

Gearbreakers
ByZoe Hana Mikuta

2021 • 214 Readers • 416 pages 3.5

Klara and the Sun

Klara and the Sun
ByKazuo Ishiguro

1901 • 1,557 Readers • 418 pages 3.8

Project Hail Mary

2021 • 4,709 Readers • 496 pages 4.5

Remote Control

Remote Control
ByNnedi Okorafor

2021 • 301 Readers • 160 pages 3.9

Son of the Storm

#1 of 2 in The Nameless Republic

Son of the Storm
BySuyi Davies Okungbowa

2021 • 147 Readers • 496 pages 3.6

Sorrowland

Sorrowland
ByRivers Solomon

2021 • 326 Readers • 368 pages 3.8

The Gilded Ones

#1 of 3 in Deathless

The Gilded Ones
ByNamina Forna

2020 • 441 Readers • 416 pages 3.8

The Jasmine Throne

#1 of 3 in The Burning Kingdoms

The Jasmine Throne
ByTasha Suri

2021 • 627 Readers • 576 pages 4

The Shadow of the Gods

#1 of 3 in Bloodsworn Saga

2021 • 1,271 Readers • 496 pages 4.1

The Witch's Heart

The Witch's Heart
ByGenevieve Gornichec

2021 • 475 Readers • 369 pages 4.2