It’s that time of year again! Time to vote on the best books of 2021!
I decided to push this back, both because December is always crazy because of the various holidays and end of year preparations. But also, because I always felt bad for all the books that come out super close to the end of the year. So, I thought if we held off a month or so we could give everyone a chance to make the list.
Okay, rules for voting:
1. Book must have come out in 2021. No reprints or re-issues.
2. It must be fantasy or science fiction. (Horror that hits one of these two marks counts too.)
3. It can be any subgenre. (Excluding erotica.)
4. You can nominate up to five books.
5. If you do vote for more than one, _please_ put them in order from highest rated to lowest rated (according to you), so I can figure in scores when I finish the list.
6. Book must be novel length.
7. Book does _not_ have to be the first in the series.
8. Rule 4 and 6 are not set in stone. ?
9. Hope you all had a Happy New Year, and you get lots of reading done in 2022!
10. I wanted there to be ten rules. Please leave your votes in the comments (or you can comment in our Facebook group! Happy Voting!
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Geoff Matthews
Julia Kitvaria Sarene
I only read one 2021 sci-fi/fantasy book this year, but it was great, so it gets my vote.
The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness #3) by Joe Abercrombie
Regards,
James
Hi, here are mine:
1. The unbroken – C.L. Clark
2. The bone ship’s wake – R.J. Barker
3. A master of djinn – P. Djeli Clark
It seems that many I’ve read with a 2021 publication date, it’s actually ‘paperback publication date’, so I assume they’re not valid…
1. Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee
2. The Bone Ship’s Wake by RJ Barker
3. Empire’s Ruin by Brian Staveley
4. The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie
5. The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
Others that came close
1. Risen by Benedict Jacka
2. The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst
3. Priest of Gallows by Peter McLean
4. A Master of Djinn by P Djeli Clark
5. Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest
1. Wisdom of crowds by joe Abercrombie
2. Jade legacy by Fonda lee
3. Shadow of the gods by John gwynne
4. Priest of gallows
5. Stones of light by zach argyle
1. The Fall of Babel by Josiah Bancroft
2. The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
3. A Desert Thorn Asunder by Bradley P. Beaulieu
4. Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko
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My vote would be Adrift by W. Michael Gear.