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 • 579 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in The Chronicles of Osreth
2014 • 667 Readers • 512 pages • 4.2
2020 • 38 Readers • 561 pages • 4.3
2020 • 176 Readers • 3.8
2017 • 261 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2019 • 125 Readers • 3.9
2017 • 263 Readers • 351 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in The Masquerade
2015 • 483 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
2019 • 2,293 Readers • 223 pages • 3.9
2014 • 1,801 Readers • 333 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Remembrance of Earth's Past
2006 • 2,993 Readers • 400 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb
2019 • 1,620 Readers • 448 pages • 4.1
2021 • 346 Readers • 256 pages • 3.6
#1 of 3 in The Dark Star Trilogy
2019 • 549 Readers • 612 pages • 3.1
#1 of 2 in The Space Between Worlds
2015 • 517 Readers • 336 pages • 3.8
#1 of 9 in Wayward Children
2016 • 758 Readers • 174 pages • 3.9
#1 of 3 in Children of Time
2015 • 1,599 Readers • 600 pages • 4.3
#1 of 4 in Lady Astronaut Universe
2018 • 529 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1
#1 of 4 in Wayfarers
2014 • 1,456 Readers • 423 pages • 4.1
2017 • 262 Readers • 448 pages • 3.8
2015 • 158 Readers • 432 pages • 3.3
2015 • 403 Readers • 384 pages • 3.6
2017 • 556 Readers • 245 pages • 3.8
2008 • 893 Readers • 208 pages • 4.3
2018 • 782 Readers • 480 pages • 4.2
2001 • 453 Readers • 450 pages • 4.3
2020 • 1,236 Readers • 3.8
2018 • 2,747 Readers • 409 pages • 4.2
2019 • 2,358 Readers • 246 pages • 4.2
#1 of 3 in The Divine Cities
2014 • 538 Readers • 452 pages • 4.1
#1 of 3 in The Daevabad Trilogy
2017 • 971 Readers • 533 pages • 4.1