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.
2015 • 204 Readers • 13h 10m • 3.6
#1 of 3 in The Interdependency
2017 • 602 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in The Chronicles of Osreth
2014 • 692 Readers • 512 pages • 4.2
2020 • 38 Readers • 561 pages • 4.3
2020 • 189 Readers • 3.8
2017 • 261 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2019 • 133 Readers • 3.9
2017 • 270 Readers • 351 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in The Masquerade
2015 • 498 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
2019 • 2,406 Readers • 223 pages • 3.9
2014 • 1,905 Readers • 333 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past
2006 • 3,125 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb
2019 • 1,703 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1
2021 • 354 Readers • 256 pages • 3.6
#1 of 3 in The Dark Star Trilogy
2019 • 584 Readers • 612 pages • 3.1
#1 of 2 in The Space Between Worlds
2015 • 551 Readers • 336 pages • 3.8
#1 of 9 in Wayward Children
2016 • 790 Readers • 174 pages • 3.9
#1 of 3 in Children of Time
2015 • 1,672 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3
#1 of 4 in Lady Astronaut Universe
2018 • 533 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Wayfarers
2014 • 1,530 Readers • 423 pages • 4.1
2017 • 279 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
2015 • 158 Readers • 432 pages • 3.3
2015 • 422 Readers • 384 pages • 3.5
2017 • 581 Readers • 245 pages • 3.8
2008 • 922 Readers • 208 pages • 4.3
2018 • 823 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
2001 • 480 Readers • 437 pages • 4.4
2020 • 1,311 Readers • 3.8
2018 • 2,874 Readers • 409 pages • 4.3
2019 • 2,484 Readers • 246 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Divine Cities
2014 • 558 Readers • 452 pages • 4.1
#1 of 3 in The Daevabad Trilogy
2017 • 1,013 Readers • 533 pages • 4