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 • 427 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1
#1 of 2 in The Goblin Emperor
2014 • 506 Readers • 512 pages • 4.1
2020 • 26 Readers • 561 pages • 4.3
2020 • 135 Readers • 3.7
2017 • 184 Readers • 352 pages • 3.9
2019 • 89 Readers • 403 pages • 3.8
2017 • 195 Readers • 351 pages • 4
#1 of 4 in The Masquerade
2015 • 374 Readers • 400 pages • 3.8
2019 • 1,675 Readers • 3.9
2014 • 1,240 Readers • 333 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past
2006 • 2,157 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb
2019 • 1,196 Readers • 448 pages • 4
2021 • 264 Readers • 253 pages • 3.6
#1 of 3 in The Dark Star Trilogy
2019 • 389 Readers • 612 pages • 2.9
#1 of 2 in The Space Between Worlds
2015 • 384 Readers • 336 pages • 3.8
#1 of 10 in Wayward Children
2016 • 572 Readers • 176 pages • 3.9
#1 of 3 in Children of Time
2015 • 1,143 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3
#1 of 4 in Lady Astronaut Universe
2018 • 412 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Wayfarers
2014 • 1,061 Readers • 518 pages • 4.1
2017 • 192 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
2015 • 116 Readers • 432 pages • 3.3
2015 • 276 Readers • 3.5
2017 • 396 Readers • 245 pages • 3.8
2019 • 626 Readers • 350 pages • 4.3
2018 • 592 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
2001 • 321 Readers • 450 pages • 4.3
2020 • 868 Readers • 320 pages • 3.8
2 • 1,980 Readers • 409 pages • 4.2
2 • 1,653 Readers • 273 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Divine Cities
2014 • 413 Readers • 452 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Daevabad Trilogy
2017 • 717 Readers • 533 pages • 4