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 • 620 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in The Chronicles of Osreth
2014 • 718 Readers • 512 pages • 4.2
2020 • 38 Readers • 561 pages • 4.3
2020 • 196 Readers • 3.8
2017 • 288 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2019 • 142 Readers • 3.8
2017 • 299 Readers • 351 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in The Masquerade
2015 • 518 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
2019 • 2,493 Readers • 223 pages • 3.9
2014 • 1,972 Readers • 333 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past
2006 • 3,230 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb
2019 • 1,763 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1
2021 • 376 Readers • 256 pages • 3.7
#1 of 3 in The Dark Star Trilogy
2019 • 603 Readers • 620 pages • 3.1
#1 of 2 in The Space Between Worlds
2015 • 568 Readers • 336 pages • 3.9
#1 of 9 in Wayward Children
2016 • 830 Readers • 174 pages • 3.9
#1 of 3 in Children of Time
2015 • 1,713 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3
#1 of 4 in Lady Astronaut Universe
2018 • 567 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Wayfarers
2014 • 1,587 Readers • 423 pages • 4.1
2017 • 284 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
2015 • 166 Readers • 432 pages • 3.4
2015 • 443 Readers • 384 pages • 3.5
2017 • 600 Readers • 245 pages • 3.8
2008 • 950 Readers • 208 pages • 4.3
2018 • 850 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
2001 • 490 Readers • 437 pages • 4.3
2020 • 1,356 Readers • 10h 40m • 3.8
2018 • 2,981 Readers • 409 pages • 4.2
2019 • 2,577 Readers • 246 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Divine Cities
2014 • 575 Readers • 452 pages • 4.1
#1 of 3 in The Daevabad Trilogy
2017 • 1,047 Readers • 533 pages • 4.1