previous picks:
2025
September: A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather
August: Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami
July: Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba
June: In Universes by Emet North
See also: Bookwyrm version of this list, maintained by Tak
May: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Apr: Countess by Suzan Palumbo
Mar: These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein
Feb: Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson
Jan: Bones and Runes by Stephen Embleton
2024
Dec: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar
Oct-Nov: Kalpa Imperial by Angélica Gorodischer, tr Ursula Le Guin
September: Counterweight by Djuna
August: The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
July: Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
June: sequels
May: David Mogo: Godhunter by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
April: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
March: sequels
February: Babel by R.F. Kuang
January: How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
2023
December: Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr
November: sequels
October: The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
September: A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
August: Hugo award nominees
July: sequels
June: Too Like The Lightning by Ada Palmer
May: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
April: A Psalm For The Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
March: Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
February: Infomocracy by Malka Older
January: What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher, aka Ursula Vernon
2022
December: sequels
November: The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
October: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El Mohtar & Max Gladstone
September: She Who Became The Sun by Shelly Parker-Chan
August: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
July: The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo
June: City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborti
May: Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki
April: skipped
March: Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
February: The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian
January: sequels
2021
December: Jade City by Fonda Lee
November: Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon
October: Blindsight by Peter Watts
September: Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter
August: We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker
July: The Deep by Rivers Solomon
June: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
May: sequels
Apr: Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
Mar: A Song Below Water by Bethany C Morrow
Feb: Crimson Odyssey by CT Rwizi
Jan: To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
2020
Dec: The Red Threads of Fortune Neon Yang (fka JY Yang)
Nov: The Fifth Season NK Jemisin
Oct: The Dispossessed Ursula Le Guin
Sep: The Prey Of Gods Nicky Drayden
Aug: The Marrow Thieves Cherie Dimaline
Jul: Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
Jun: Murderbot novellas (all 4) Martha Wells
May: The City We Became NK Jemisin
Apr: The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps Kai Ashante Wilson
Mar: Waste Tide Chen Qiufan
Feb: Parable of the Sower Octavia Butler
Jan: The Second Mango Shira Glassman
2019
Dec: sequels
Nov: Invisible Planets ed. Ken Liu (short story collection)
Oct: A Stranger in Olondria Sofia Samatar
Sep: The Black God's Drums P. Djèlí Clark
Aug: Spinning Silver Naomi Novik
Jul: A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine
Jun: The Raven Tower Ann Leckie
May: Temper Nicky Drayden
Apr: Trail of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse
Mar: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Becky Chambers
Feb: Dawn Octavia Butler
2018
Nov: The Tea Master and the Detective Aliette de Bodard
Oct: The Girl with All the Gifts M. R. Carey
Sep: The Wildings Nilanjana Roy
Aug: The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu
Jul: River of Teeth Sarah Gailey
Jun: The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion Margaret Killjoy
May: Binti Nnedi Okorafor
Apr: Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie
Mar: Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor
Feb: Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer
Jan: Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K Le Guin