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 • 476 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1
#1 of 2 in The Goblin Emperor
2014 • 569 Readers • 512 pages • 4.2
2020 • 26 Readers • 561 pages • 4.3
2020 • 152 Readers • 3.7
2017 • 184 Readers • 352 pages • 3.9
2019 • 113 Readers • 3.9
2017 • 219 Readers • 351 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in The Masquerade
2015 • 410 Readers • 400 pages • 3.8
2019 • 1,923 Readers • 4h 16m • 3.9
2014 • 1,506 Readers • 333 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past
2006 • 2,489 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb
2019 • 1,367 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1
2021 • 301 Readers • 256 pages • 3.7
#1 of 3 in The Dark Star Trilogy
2019 • 466 Readers • 612 pages • 3
#1 of 2 in The Space Between Worlds
2015 • 438 Readers • 336 pages • 3.8
#1 of 10 in Wayward Children
2016 • 634 Readers • 176 pages • 3.9
#1 of 3 in Children of Time
2015 • 1,308 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3
#1 of 4 in Lady Astronaut Universe
2018 • 454 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Wayfarers
2014 • 1,208 Readers • 518 pages • 4.1
2017 • 225 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
2015 • 128 Readers • 432 pages • 3.3
2015 • 321 Readers • 317 pages • 3.5
2017 • 459 Readers • 245 pages • 3.8
2019 • 755 Readers • 350 pages • 4.3
2018 • 659 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
2001 • 375 Readers • 450 pages • 4.3
2020 • 1,027 Readers • 3.7
2018 • 2,290 Readers • 409 pages • 4.3
2019 • 1,932 Readers • 273 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Divine Cities
2014 • 457 Readers • 452 pages • 4.1
#1 of 3 in The Daevabad Trilogy
2017 • 791 Readers • 533 pages • 4.1