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 • 551 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in The Chronicles of Osreth
2014 • 636 Readers • 512 pages • 4.2
2020 • 38 Readers • 561 pages • 4.3
2020 • 175 Readers • 3.8
2017 • 259 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2019 • 125 Readers • 3.9
2017 • 250 Readers • 351 pages • 4
#1 of 4 in The Masquerade
2015 • 470 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
2019 • 2,221 Readers • 4h 16m • 3.9
2014 • 1,745 Readers • 333 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past
2006 • 2,918 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb
2019 • 1,583 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1
2021 • 321 Readers • 256 pages • 3.7
#1 of 3 in The Dark Star Trilogy
2019 • 535 Readers • 612 pages • 3.1
#1 of 2 in The Space Between Worlds
2015 • 504 Readers • 336 pages • 3.8
#1 of 9 in Wayward Children
2016 • 739 Readers • 174 pages • 3.9
#1 of 3 in Children of Time
2015 • 1,552 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3
#1 of 4 in Lady Astronaut Universe
2018 • 509 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Wayfarers
2014 • 1,417 Readers • 423 pages • 4.1
2017 • 246 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
2015 • 151 Readers • 432 pages • 3.3
2015 • 392 Readers • 384 pages • 3.5
2017 • 543 Readers • 245 pages • 3.8
2019 • 871 Readers • 350 pages • 4.3
2018 • 763 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
2001 • 442 Readers • 450 pages • 4.3
2020 • 1,205 Readers • 3.7
2018 • 2,662 Readers • 409 pages • 4.3
2019 • 2,266 Readers • 246 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Divine Cities
2014 • 517 Readers • 452 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Daevabad Trilogy
2017 • 941 Readers • 533 pages • 4