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.
#1 of 3 in The Interdependency
2017 • 524 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1
#1 of 2 in The Goblin Emperor
2014 • 604 Readers • 512 pages • 4.2
2020 • 38 Readers • 561 pages • 4.3
2020 • 159 Readers • 3.8
2017 • 241 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2019 • 113 Readers • 3.9
2017 • 241 Readers • 351 pages • 4
#1 of 4 in The Masquerade
2015 • 439 Readers • 400 pages • 3.8
2019 • 2,083 Readers • 4h 16m • 3.9
2014 • 1,647 Readers • 333 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past
2006 • 2,734 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb
2019 • 1,488 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1
2021 • 321 Readers • 256 pages • 3.7
#1 of 3 in The Dark Star Trilogy
2019 • 491 Readers • 612 pages • 3.1
#1 of 2 in The Space Between Worlds
2015 • 479 Readers • 336 pages • 3.8
#1 of 10 in Wayward Children
2016 • 691 Readers • 174 pages • 3.9
#1 of 3 in Children of Time
2015 • 1,457 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3
#1 of 4 in Lady Astronaut Universe
2018 • 485 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Wayfarers
2014 • 1,323 Readers • 518 pages • 4.1
2017 • 230 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
2015 • 146 Readers • 432 pages • 3.3
2015 • 360 Readers • 384 pages • 3.6
2017 • 492 Readers • 245 pages • 3.8
2019 • 808 Readers • 350 pages • 4.3
2018 • 708 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
2001 • 416 Readers • 450 pages • 4.3
2020 • 1,119 Readers • 3.7
2018 • 2,483 Readers • 409 pages • 4.3
2019 • 2,123 Readers • 273 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Divine Cities
2014 • 501 Readers • 452 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Daevabad Trilogy
2017 • 870 Readers • 533 pages • 4