Hugo Award

The Raven Scholar

Antonia Hodgson

Shroud

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor

The Incandescent

Emily Tesh

A Drop of Corruption

Robert Jackson Bennett

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

John Wiswell

A Sorceress Comes to Call

T. Kingfisher

Service Model

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Alien Clay

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Vivid alien ecology

The Brides of High Hill

Nghi Vo

Eerie Gothic atmosphere

The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley

A fit for readers who enjoy playful genre-blending romance and speculative fiction alongside thoughtful engagement with history and colonialism.

The Relentless Moon

Mary Robinette Kowal

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach

Kelly Robson

A fit for readers drawn to ecological science fiction, richly developed settings, and stories that juxtapose distant historical and imagined future perspectives; the opening may feel deliberate rather than fast-paced.

Uprooted

Naomi Novik

A standalone fairy-tale fantasy in which a village girl is taken by a reclusive wizard to guard against a malevolent forest. Suits readers who like folklore-flavoured magic with a strong, tense plot.