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The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books Of 2015 (A Year-End List Aggregation)

January 15, 2016April 1, 2017 by

234 different books were found in the 28 “Best Science Fiction & Fantasy” book lists we consulted. Of the 234 books, 79 titles appeared on multiple lists. Several familiar faces can be found in the top list, with a few authors appearing multiple times. Sequels or parts of series also dominate the list, but original entries carved their way in as well.

We added pictures and links for the top 34 science fiction and fantasy books that appear on 4 or more lists, with the additional titles listed after. To see our aggregated year-end lists for other categories, follow the links below.

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The 34 Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2015

5) The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Appears On: 10 Lists
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6) The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

Appears On: 9 Lists
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7) A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

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8) The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars) by Ian Tregillis

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33) The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson

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34) The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu

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Books 35 to 52

All appear on 3 lists a piece

Apex by Ramez Naam
Escape from Baghdad! by Saad Hossein
Lightless by C.A. Higgins
Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews
Planetfall, by Emma Newman
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Slade House: A Novel by David Mitchell
The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan
The Buried Giant: A Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
THE DEATH HOUSE BY SARAH PINBOROUGH
The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
The Liar’s Key by Mark Lawrence
The Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street” by Natasha Pulley
Touch by Claire North
Vermilion by Molly Tanzer
Vision in Silver, by Anne Bishop
Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen

Books 53 to 79

All appear on 2 lists

A Head Full Of Ghosts: A Novel by Paul Tremblay
Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan
Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace
Bitch Planet Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrated by Valentine De Landro
Europe at Midnight
Firefight by Brandon Sanderson
Flex/The Flux, by Ferrett Steinmetz
Gold Fame Citrus: A Novel by Claire Vaye Watkins
Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older
Karen Memory, by Elizabeth Bear
Last Song Before Night by Ilana C. Myer
Mort(e), Robert Repino
Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey
Not On Fire, But Burning: A Novel by Greg Hrbek
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind
Slow Bullets
The End of All Things (Old Man’s War #6)
The Heart Goes Last
The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon
The Only Ones by Carola Dibbell
Updraft
Winter by Marissa Meyer

The 155 Additional Books Appearing on a Single List

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
A CROWN FOR COLD SILVER BY ALEX MARSHALL
A Planet For Rent by Yoss, translated by David Frye
A Wild Swan: And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham
Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath #1)
AliceAug 4, 2015 by Christina Henry
Alive: Book One of the Generations TrilogyJul 14, 2015 by Scott Sigler
All That Outer Space Allows
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
An Inheritance of Ashes
Angles of Attack
Arcadia by Iain Pears
Armada
Bats of the Republic by Zachary Thomas Dodson
Battlefront: Twilight Company by Alexander Freed
Battlemage by Stephen Aryan
Beacon 23: The Complete Novel
Binary
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Black Wolves by Kate Elliott
Boundary Crossed
BrainWeb
Broken Dolls by Tyrolin Puxty
Burned (Fever #7)
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
CHASING THE PHOENIX
China Miéville: Critical Essays
Chocky, John Wyndham
City of the Iron Fish by Simon Ings
Clade
Clockwork Lives by Kevin J. Anderson and Neal Peart
Cold Hillside
Crashing Heaven by Al Robertson
Crooked
Dark Ascension
Dark Intelligence by Neal Asher
DAY FOUR BY SARAH LOTZ
Dayblack
Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4)
Descender Volume 1: Tin Stars by Jeff Lemire, coauthored and illustrated by Dustin Nguyen
Dragon Heart: A Fantasy Novel
Empire Ascendant (Worldbreaker Saga #2) by Kameron Hurley
Fake Fruit Factory by Patrick Wensick
Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson
Fallout (Lois Lane)
Find Me: A Novel by Laura van den Berg
Futuristic Violence: A NovelOct 6, 2015 by David Wong
Gemini Cell by Myke Cole
Gene Mapper
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War
Ghost Summer: Stories Tananarive Due
Gutshot: Stories by Amelia Gray
Gypsy by Carter Scholz
Half a King – Shattered Sea 1
Hannu Rajaniemi: Collected Fiction by Hannu Rajaniemi
Imperial Handbook: A Commander’s Guide (Star Wars (Chronicle))Aug 11, 2015 by Daniel Wallace
In Midnight’s Silence
Ink and Bone: The Great Library, by Rachel Caine
Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood, illustrated and co-authored by Meg Hunt
Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
King of Thieves (Star Rogue, #1)
Knight’s Shadow by Sebastien de Castell
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, And Other Writings by Shirley Jackson
Letters to ZellJul 1, 2015 by Camille Griep
LITTLE SISTER DEATH BY WILLIAM GAY
LOST GIRL BY ADAM NEVILL
Lungdon: Book Three (The Iremonger Trilogy) by Edward Carey
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 1: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
Magonia
Marilyn’s Monster by Michelle Knudsen, illustrated by Matt Phelan
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements, edited by Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown
Of Noble Family by Mary Robinette Kowal
One Night in Sixes
Our Lady of the Ice by Cassandra Rose Clarke
Persona by Genevieve Valentine
Pool by Jihyeon Lee
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
Recurve (Elemental #1)
Revision, by Andrea Phillips
Scion of Ikshvaku
Shadow Study by Maria V. Snyder
SISTERS OF THE REVOLUTION: A FEMINIST SPECULATIVE FICTION ANTHOLOGY
SKIN BY ILKA TAMPKE
Son of the Black Sword by Larry Correia
Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, by Kai Ashante Wilson
Speak: A Novel by Louisa Hall
Starborn: Book One: The Worldmaker Trilogy – The Worldmaker Trilogy 1
Strands of Sorrow (Black Tide Rising, #4)
SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki
Sword of the North by Luke Scull
Tales From The Loop by Simon Stalenhag
Tales Of The Marvellous And News Of The Strange by translated by Malcolm C. Lyons, illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith
THE AFFINITIES
The Beast of Cretacea by Todd Strasser
The Beautiful Bureaucrat: A Novel
The Best of All Possible Worlds
The Blondes: A Novel by Emily Schultz
The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor
The Child Eater
The Country Of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman
The Court Of Fives by Kate Elliott
The Daughters: A Novel by Adrienne Celt
The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn: One More Last Rite For The Detective Genre by Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky, translated by Josh Billings
The Death of Dulgath by Michael J. Sullivan
The Devil’s Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth
The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán
The Dirty Dust: Cré Na Cille by Máirtín Ó Cadhain, translated by Alan Titley
The Drafter, by Kim Harrison
The Dread Wyrm by Miles Cameron
THE EMPRESS GAME BY RHONDA MASON
The Fifth Heart by Dan Simmons
The Fire Sermon
The Fold
The Fool’s Quest – Fitz and the Fool 2
The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord
The Gameshouse by Claire North
THE GLORIOUS ANGELS BY JUSTINA ROBSON
The Gracekeepers: A Novel by Kirsty Logan
The Incarnations
The IX by Andrew P. Weston
The Labyrinth of Flame
The Only Words That Are Worth Remembering by Jeffrey Rotter
The Price of Valor by Django Wexler
The Queen of the Tearling
The Rebirths of Tao by Wesley Chu
The Red Trilogy (3 Book Series)
The Red: First Light Linda Nagata
The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by JH Williams III
THE THREE MOMENTS OF AN EXPLOSION BY CHINA MIEVILLE
The Total Emasculation of the White Man by David Valentine Bernard
The Turnip Princess And Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales by Franz-Xaver von Schönwerth, translated by Maria Tatar,
illustrated by Engelbert Suss
The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again
The Unmapped Sea by Maryrose Wood, illustrated by Eliza Wheeler
THE VAGRANT BY PETER NEWMAN
The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
The Whispering Swarm – Michael Moorcock
The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
The World Before Us: A Novel by Aislinn Hunter
Thicker Than Blood (The Twenty-Sided Sorceress #6)
Unbound by Jim C Hines
Warheart by Terry Goodkind
Warship (Black Fleet , #1)
Welcome to Night Vale
Where The Bird Sings Best by Alejandro Jodorowsky, translated by Alfred MacAdam
Winged Histories
Wolf Winter
Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher
Yield the Night (Steel & Stone #3)
Your Alien by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Goro Fujita
Zeroes: A NovelAug 18, 2015 by Chuck Wendig
Zisle

The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books Of 2015 (A Year-End List Aggregation)

The 34 Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2015

1) Uprooted by Naomi Novik

2) Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie

3) Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson

4) Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

5) The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

6) The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

7) A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

8) The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars) by Ian Tregillis

9) Twelve Kings in Sharakhai by Bradley Beaulieu

10) Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman

11) Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente

12) Sorcerer to the Crown: A Sorcerer Royal Novel by Zen Cho

13) The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher

14) The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi

15) Three Moments of an Explosion by China Mieville

16) Fool’s Quest by Robin Hobb

17) Half the World and Half a War by Joe Abercrombie

18) Luna: New Moon (Luna #1) by Ian McDonald

19) Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson

20) The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

21) The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

22) The Vorrh by Brian Catling

23) Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman

24) A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin and Gary Gianni

25) Get In Trouble by Kelly Link

26) Golden Son: Book II Of The Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown

27) Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

28) The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu

29) The Just City by Jo Walton

30) The Philosopher Kings by Jo Walton

31) The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett

32) The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett

33) The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson

34) The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu

Books 35 to 52

Books 53 to 79

The 155 Additional Books Appearing on a Single List

The 28 “Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Book” Year-End Lists Consulted

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