2021 Favorites (Presented Above)

The Actual Star by Monica Byrne

Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

A Master of Djinn by P. Djéjí Clark

The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Forever Sea by Joshua Philip Johnson

Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace

Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck

Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer

The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner

2020 Favorites

Providence by Max Barry

The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso

Hella by David Gerrold

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The House in the Cerulean Sea by Tj Klune

The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk

The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

2019 Favorites

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

An Illusion of Thieves by Cate Glass

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

The Philosopher’s War by Tom Miller

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Salvation Day by Kali Wallace

2018 Favorites

Semiosis by Sue Burke

Starless by Jacqueline Carey

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Philosopher’s Flight by Tom Miller

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

Plum Rains by Andromeda Romano-Lax

2017 Favorites

The Power by Naomi Alderman

Daughter of Eden by Chris Beckett

Star's End by Cassandra Rose Clarke

American War by Omar el Akkad

Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

Terminal Alliance by Jim C Hines

The Wanderers by Meg Howrey

The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley

The Stone Sky by NK Jemisin

The Moon and the Other by John Kessel

Luna: Wolf Moon by Ian McDonald

Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor

La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman

Revenger by Alastair Reynolds

Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

2021 Favorites (Presented Above)

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard

A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

Take a Look at the Five and Ten by Connie Willis

2020 Favorites

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

Stone & Steel by Eboni Dunbar

Queens of Noise by Leigh Harlan

Burning Roses by S.L. Huang

Yellow Jessamine by Caitlin Starling

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

2019 Favorites

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

Desdemona and the Deep by C.S.E. Cooney

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire

Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather

Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

The Fire Opal Mechanism by Fran Wilde

2018 Favorites

Rock Manning Goes for Broke by Charlie Jane Anders

The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard

War Cry by Brian McClellan

Time Was by Ian McDonald

The Warrior Within by Angus McIntyre

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts

2017 Favorites

Landscape with Invisible Hand by MT Anderson

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey

The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy

Passing Strange by Ellen Klages

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

Binti Home by Nnedi Okorafor

Ironclads by Adrian Tchaikovsky

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Killing Gravity by Corey J White

The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang

The Red Threads of Fortune by JY Yang

2021 Favorites (Presented Above)

Flamefall by Rosaria Munda

Girls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke Robson

Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

2020 Favorites

The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos

The Extraordinaries by Tj Klune

The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu

Burn by Patrick Ness

Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie

The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

2019 Favorites

The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton

Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer

Song of the Abyss by Makiia Lucier

Fireborne by Rosaria Munda

Angel Mage by Garth Nix

War Girls by Tochi Onyebushi

2018 Favorites

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Isle of Blood and Stone by Makiia Lucier

The Queen’s Rising by Rebecca Ross

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

2019

Lost Transmissions: The Secret History of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. by Deserina Boskovich

Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy ed. by Joamette Gil

A People’s Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction From 25 Extraordinary Writers ed. by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams

The Mythic Dream ed. by Dominik Parisien

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color ed. by Nisi Shawl

The Big Book of Classic Fantasy ed. by Jeff and Ann VanderMeer

2018

Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth, ed. by Neil Clarke

How Long Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin

Not So Stories by David Thomas Moore

The Merry Spinster by Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Robots vs. Fairies, ed. by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe

2021 Favorites (Presented Above)

The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present by Chris Gosden

Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz

2020 Favorites

A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability by A. Andrews

The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser

Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

2019 Favorites

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham

Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane

How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe

Broken Places and Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor

Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague by David Randall

The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt by Andrea Wulf and Lillian Melcher

2018 Favorites

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte

The Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku

The Spinning Magnet by Alanna Mitchell

2021 Favorites (Presented Above)

The Rook & Rose series by M.A. Carrick (The Mask of Mirrors)

The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers (The Galaxy, and the Ground Within)

The Noumena series by Lindsay Ellis (Truth of the Divine)

The Poppy War series by R.F. Kuang (The Burning God)

The Teixcalaan series by Arkady Martine (A Desolation Called Peace)

The Aurelian Cycle by Rosaria Munda (Flamefall)

The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix (Terciel & Elinor)

The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik (The Last Graduate)

The Kingston Cycle by C.L. Polk (Soulstar)

The Final Architecture series by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Shards of Earth)

2020 Favorites

The Lady Trent series by Marie Brennan (Turning Darkness into Light)

The Great Cities series by N.K. Jemisin (The City We Became)

The Lady Astronauts series by Mary Robinette Kowal (The Relentless Moon)

The Merciful Crow duology by Margaret Owen (The Faithless Hawk)

The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik (A Deadly Education)

The Siege series by KJ Parker (How to Rule and Empire and Get Away with It)

The Kingston Cycle by C.L. Polk, (Stormsong)

The Resonant duology by Bob Proehl (The Somebody People)

The Between Earth and Sky series by Rebecca Roanhorse (Black Sun)

The Interdependency series by John Scalzi (The Last Emperox)

2019 Favorites

The Sorcerer Royal series by Zen Cho (The True Queen)

The Poppy War series by R.F. Kuang (The Dragon Republic)

The Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire (In an Absent Dream)

The Philosophers series by Tom Miller (The Philosopher’s War)

The Book of Dust series by Philip Pullman (The Secret Commonwealth)

A Conspiracy of Truths series by Alexandra Rowland (A Choir of Lies)

2018 Favorites

The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers (Record of a Spaceborn Few)

The Lady Astronaut series by Mary Robinette Kowal (The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky)

The Ghost Roads series by Seanan McGuire (The Girl in the Green Silk Gown)

2017 Favorites

The Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden (The Girl in the Tower)

The Eden series by Chris Beckett (Daughter of Eden)

American Hippo duology by Sarah Gailey (River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow)

The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin (The Stone Sky)

The Luna series by Ian McDonald (Luna: Wolf Moon)

The Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire (Down Among the Sticks and Bones)

The Akata series by Nnedi Okorafor (Akata Warrior)

The Binti trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor (Binti Home)

The Nigerians in Space series by Deji Bryce Olukotun (After the Flare)

2021 Favorites (Presented Above)

The Forever Sea by Joshua Phillip Johnson

We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen

Girls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke Robson

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

2020 Favorites

Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis

Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Docile by KM Szpara

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

2019 Favorites

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Fireborne by Rosaria Munda

Finder by Suzanne Palmer

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

The Sol Majestic by Ferrett Steinmetz

Salvation Day by Kali Wallace

2018 Favorites

Semiosis by Sue Burke

The Poppy War by Rebecca Kuang

The Warrior Within by Angus MacIntyre

The Philosopher’s Flight by Tom Miller

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland

2017 Favorites

The Bear & the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

The City of Brass by SA Chakraborty

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C Dao

American War by Omar el Akkad

Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Killing Gravity by Corey J White

2020 Favorites
(Presented Above)

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

Legendborn

Stone and Steel

When We Were Magic

Queens of Noise

Trouble the Saints

The Extraordinaries

The House in the Cerulean Sea

Riot Baby

2019 Favorites

Dead Astronauts, jacket art by Alycia Rainaud, jacket design by Rodrigo Corral

The Fire Opal Mechanism, cover art by Tommy Arnold, cover design by Christine Foltzer

A Choir of Lies, jacket illustration by Ryan Begley

The Rotherweird series, cover design by Leo Nickolis

Made Things, cover art by Red Nose Studio, cover design by Christine Foltzer

Magic for Liars, jacket art and design by Will Staehle

2018 Favorites

Tess of the Road, cover art by Simon Prades

Descent of Monsters, cover art by Yuko Shimizu, Cover design by Christine Foltzer

Robots vs. Fairies, cover art by Amy Sol and Vault 49

Annex, cover art by Gregory Manchess & Cover Design by Lisa Marie Pompilio

The Rig, cover design by Julia Lloyd

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, cover art by Jon Foster & cover design by Christine Foltzer

2017 Favorites

Akata Warrior, cover art by Greg Ruth

Binti Home, cover art by Dave Palumbo, cover design by Christine Foltzer

The Power, cover art by Richard Bravery

Landscape with Invisible Hand, art by Matt Roeser

Star's End, cover illustration by Darren Hopes

Passing Strange, cover art by Gregory Manchess, cover design by Christine Foltzer

Luna: Wolf Moon, art by Victor Mosquera

Autonomous, art by Will Staehle

Beasts Made of Night, design by Eric Ford

Seven Surrenders, art by Victor Mosquera

La Belle Sauvage, jacket art by Chris Wormell

Borne, designed by Abby Kagan, cover art by Rodrigo Corral

The Genius Plague, cover illustration by Eric Nyquist, cover design by Nicole Sommer-Lecht

Artemis, jacket design by Will Staehle

The Black Tides of Heaven and The Red Threads of Fortune, cover illustration by Yuko Shimizu, cover design by Christine Foltzer

2021 Favorites (Presented Above)

Other Boys by Damian Alexander

The Visitor by K.A. Applegate, Michael Grant, and Chris Grine

The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor

Patience & Esther: An Edwardian Romance by S.W. Searle

2020 Favorites

Heartstopper, Alice Oseman (writer and art)

Laguardia, Nnedi Okorafor (writer) and Tana Ford (art)

Middlewest, Skottie Young (writer) and Jorge Corona (art)

Odessa, Jonathan Hill (writer and art)

Parable of the Sower graphic adaptation, Damian Duffy (adaptation) and John Jennings (art)

Snapdragon, Kat Leyh (writer and art)

Something is Killing the Children, James Tynion (writer) and Werther Dell’Edera (art)

Titan, François Vigneault (writer and art)

Wynd, James Tynion (writer) and Michael Dialynas (art)

You Brought Me the Ocean, Alex Sanchez (writer) and Julie Maroh (art)

2019 Favorites

Man-Eaters, by Chelsea Cain, Kate Niemczyk, Lia Miternique, and guests

Far Sector, written by NK Jemisin, art by Jamal Campbell

Outpost Zero, written by Sean Kelley McKeever, art by Alexandre Tefenkgi

Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama

Something is Killing the Children, written by James Tynion, art by Werther Dell’Edera

Middlewest, written by Skottie Young, art by Jorge Corona

2018 Favorites

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Paper Girls, written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Cliff Chiang

Saga, written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples

Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooklyn A. Allen and Noelle Stevenson

2017 Favorites

Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Autumnlands by Kurt Busiek

Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka

Saga by Brian Vaughan

2019 Favorites

Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Caspar Wijngaard

Ophiuchus by Ali Leriger de la Plante & Natasha Tara Petrovic

Shuri Vol. 1: The Search for Black Panther by Nnedi Okorafor, Leonardo Romero, and Jordie Bellaire

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks

The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, comic art adaptation by P. Craig Russell

New World by David Jesus Vignolli

2018 Favorites

Moonstruck, Vol. 1, written by Grace Ellis, illustrated by Shae Beagle and Kate Leth

Skyward, Vol. 1, written by Joe Henderson, illustrated by Lee Garbett and Antonio Fabela

Isola, Vol. 1, written by Karl Kerschl and Brenden Fletcher, illustrated by Karl Kerschl and M.SASSY.K

Prism Stalker, Vol. 1 by Sloane Leon

The Hidden Witch by Molly Ostertag

My Boyfriend is a Bear, written by Pamela Ribon, illustrated by Cat Farris

Sleepless, Vol. 1, written by Sarah Vaughn, illustrated by Allisa Sallah and Leila Del Duca

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

The Prince & the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

2017 Favorites

Afar by Leila del Luca

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy

Arclight by Brandon Graham

Above the Timberline by Gregory Manchess

The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag

2021 Favorites (Presented Above)

The Expanse (season 6)

For All Mankind (season 2)

Resident Alien (season 1)

Schmigadoon! (miniseries)

What We Do in the Shadows (season 3)

WandaVision (miniseries)

2020 Favorites

Devs (miniseries)

The Good Place (season 4)

His Dark Materials (season 2)

Hollywood (miniseries)

Locke & Key (season 1)

Raised by Wolves (season 1)

The Plot Against America (miniseries)

Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

What We Do In the Shadows (season 2)

2019 Favorites

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, developed by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews

The Expanse, developed by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby 

The Good Place, created by Michael Schur

Russian Doll, created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, and Amy Poehler

Undone, created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy

What We Do in the Shadows, created by Jemaine Clement

2018 Favorites

The Expanse, season 3

Counterpart, seasons 1/2

The Terror, season 1

Electric Dreams, season 1

Star Trek: Discovery, season 1, part 2

The Good Place, seasons 2/3

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, season 1

2017 Favorites

The Expanse, season 2

BoJack Horseman, season 4

The Handmaid's Tale, season 1

Runaways, season 1

Star Trek: Discovery, season 1, part 1

Steven Universe, season 4

Stranger Things, season 2

2020 Favorites (Presented Above)

Infinity Train (seasons 2 and 3)

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (seasons 1 through 3)

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (season 5)

Star Trek: Lower Decks (season 1)

Steven Universe Future (miniseries)

2019 Favorites

Tuca & Bertie, created by Lisa Hanawalt

Archer: 1999, created by Adam Reed

BoJack Horseman, created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Infinity Train, created by Owen Dennis

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, created by Noelle Stevonson

Steven Universe & Steven Universe Future, created by Rebecca Sugar

2019 Favorites

The Good Place, "A Girl from Arizona" (Parts 1 & 2), written by Andrew Law & Kassia Miller, directed by Drew Goddard

BoJack Horseman, “Feel-Good Story,” written by Alison Tafel, directed by Mollie Helms

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, "A Single Piece Was Lost,” written by Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews and directed by Louis Leterrier

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, “Hero,” written by Josie Campbell and Noelle Stevenson, directed by Mandy Clotworthy

Steven Universe, “Change Your Mind,” directed by Joe Johnston, Kat Morris, and Liz Artinian, and written and storyboarded by Joe Johnston, Kat Morris, Lamar Abrams, Miki Brewster, Danny Cragg, Hilary Florido, Ian Jones-Quartey, Christine Liu, Jeff Liu, Katie Mitroff, Paul Villeco, and Rebecca Sugar

What We Do in the Shadows, “The Trial,” written by Jemaine Clement, directed by Taika Waititi

2018 Favorites

Black Mirror: “USS Callister”

Counterpart: ““The Sincerest Form of Flattery”

Steven Universe: “Can’t Go Back” to “Legs From Here to Homeworld”

Electric Dreams: “Kill All Others” & “Real Life”

Star Trek: Discovery: “Into the Forest I Go” to “Will You Take My Hand?”

The Expanse: “Fallen World” to “Abbadon’s Gate”

2017 Favorites

BoJack Horseman, "Time's Arrow"

The Expanse, "Godspeed"

The Handmaid's Tale, "Offred"

Star Trek: Discovery, "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad"

Steven Universe, "Stuck Together," "The Trial," "Off Colors," and "Lars's Head"

2020

Unfortunately, we didn’t watch any new movies in 2020. That doesn’t mean that there weren’t any good ones, just that we don’t have any to recommend. Sorry about that!

2019 Favorites

Fast Color, written by Julia Hart and Jordan Horowitz, directed by Julia Hart

I Lost My Body, written by Jérémy Clapin and Guillaume Laurant, directed by Jérémy Clapin

Jojo Rabbit, written and directed by Taika Waititi

Spider-Man: Far From Home, written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers and directed by Jon Watts

Steven Universe: The Movie, written and directed by Rebecca Sugar, Kat Morris, and Joe Johnston

Us, written and directed by Jordan Peele

2018 Favorites

A Quiet Place

A Wrinkle in Time

The Incredibles 2

Black Panther

Sorry to Bother You

2017 Favorites

Colossal

The Shape of Water

Okja

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Wonder Woman

Your Name

2019 Favorites

”Aquilo” by Monomyth, from their album Orbis Quadrantis

“A Little Time with the Tree’s Roots” by Lowercase Noises, the B-side for the single “I’ve Been Lying Open”

”Mama Se” by Golden Dawn Arkestra, from their album Darkness Falls on the Edge of Time

“Moon” by The Y Axes, from their album No Waves

“Reverse Conversion Therapy” by Arthur Moon, from her album Arthur Moon

“Still Feel” by Half-Alive

2018 Favorites

“Cosmic Poison Arrow” by Calliope Musicals

“Doomsday Clock” by Thomas Barrandon

“Make Me Feel” by Janelle Monae

“Cartoons and Vodka” by Jinkx Monsoon

“Take the Night Off” by Andy Shand

“Leave Home” by Space Above

2020 Favorites
(Presented Above)

The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper

Heartstopper, written and illustrated by Alice Oseman

Hollywood (miniseries)

The House in the Cerulean Sea by Tj Klune

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (seasons 1 through 3)

Queens of Noise by Leigh Harlan

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (season 5)

Snapdragon, written and illustrated by Kat Leyh

The Somebody People by Bob Proehl

A Spectral Hue by Craig Laurance Gidney

Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

Stone & Steel by Eboni Dunbar

Stormsong by C.L. Polk

The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett

You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez (writer) and Julie Maroh (art)

2019 Favorites

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden

The Pride Season 2, written by Joe Glass, art by Cem Iroz

Reverie by Ryan La Sala

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

Steven Universe & Steven Universe Future

Unnatural Magic by C.M. Waggoner

2018 Favorites

The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta

Starless by Jacqueline Carey

The Hidden Witch by Molly Ostertag

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden