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NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy

These are the books compiled from NPR Books' Summer 2021 poll asking readers what they thought the best sci-fi and fantasy books were of the past decade. Here is a link to the article, including its particulars and how the finalists were decided:
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/18/1027159166/best-books-science-fiction-fantasy-past-decade
N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy won from a purely popular vote standpoint, as it should.
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Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
Ancillary Justice
1
Ann Leckie
A Master of Djinn (P. Djeli Clark)
A Master of Djinn
2
P. Djeli Clark
A Little Hatred (Joe Abercrombie)
A Little Hatred
3
Joe Abercrombie
Jade City (Fonda Lee)
Jade City
4
Fonda Lee
Leviathan Wakes (James S.A. Corey)
Leviathan Wakes
5
James S.A. Corey
The City of Brass (S.A.Chakraborty)
The City of Brass
6
S.A.Chakraborty
A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine)
A Memory Called Empire
7
Arkady Martine
The Just City (Jo Walton)
The Just City
8
Jo Walton
A Darker Shade of Magic (V.E. Schwab)
A Darker Shade of Magic
9
V.E. Schwab
City of Stairs (Robert Jackson Bennett)
City of Stairs
10
Robert Jackson Bennett
Rosewater (Tade Thompson)
Rosewater
11
Tade Thompson
Black Sun (Rebecca Roanhorse)
Black Sun
12
Rebecca Roanhorse
Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
Piranesi
13
Susanna Clarke
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
14
Madeline Miller
Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
Mexican Gothic
15
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (Ken Liu)
Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
16
Ken Liu
Spinning Silver (Naomi Novik)
Spinning Silver
17
Naomi Novik
Exhalation (Ted Chiang)
Exhalation
18
Ted Chiang
A Stranger in Olondria (Sofia Samatar)
A Stranger in Olondria
19
Sofia Samatar
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
20
Carmen Maria Machado
The Buried Giant (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Buried Giant
21
Kazuo Ishiguro
Radiance (Catherynne M. Valente)
Radiance
22
Catherynne M. Valente
The Changeling (Victor Lavalle)
The Changeling
23
Victor Lavalle
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
24
Becky Chambers
Binti (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti
25
Nnedi Okorafor
The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Calculating Stars
26
Mary Robinette Kowal
Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
Children of Time
27
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Every Heart a Doorway (Seanan McGuire)
Every Heart a Doorway
28
Seanan McGuire
The Space Between Worlds (Micaiah Johnson)
The Space Between Worlds
29
Micaiah Johnson
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
30
Marlon James
Acceptance (Jeff Vandermeer)
Acceptance
31
Jeff Vandermeer
The Echo Wife (Sarah Gailey)
The Echo Wife
32
Sarah Gailey
Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir)
Gideon the Ninth
33
Tamsyn Muir
The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
The Three-Body Problem
34
Cixin Liu
Ninefox Gambit (Yoon Ha Lee)
Ninefox Gambit
35
Yoon Ha Lee
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
36
N. K. Jemisin
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
37
Emily St John Mandel
This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar)
This Is How You Lose the Time War
38
Amal El-Mohtar
The Poppy War (R. F. Kuang)
The Poppy War
39
R. F. Kuang
The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Seth Dickinson)
The Traitor Baru Cormorant
40
Seth Dickinson
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