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The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2018

The Bookscrolling site compiled 21 science fiction and fantasy "best of" lists for 2018, and ranked the books in order of how many lists they appeared on. Here is the entire list, including all books that only appeared on one list each.
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Witchmark (C.L.Polk)
Witchmark
1
C.L.Polk
Space Opera (Cathrynne Valente)
Space Opera
2
Cathrynne Valente
The Poppy War (R. F. Kuang)
The Poppy War
3
R. F. Kuang
Spinning Silver (Naomi Novik)
Spinning Silver
4
Naomi Novik
Rosewater (Tade Thompson)
Rosewater
5
Tade Thompson
The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal)
The Calculating Stars
6
Mary Robinette Kowal
Iron Gold (Pierce Brown)
Iron Gold
7
Pierce Brown
Blackfish City (Sam J. Miller)
Blackfish City
8
Sam J. Miller
Trail of Lightning (Rebecca Roanhorse)
Trail of Lightning
9
Rebecca Roanhorse
The Book of M (Peng Shepherd)
The Book of M
10
Peng Shepherd
Severance (Ling Ma)
Severance
11
Ling Ma
Foundryside (Robert Jackson Bennett)
Foundryside
12
Robert Jackson Bennett
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
13
Madeline Miller
Vita Nostra (Marina and Sergey Dyachenko)
Vita Nostra
14
Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
The Only Harmless Great Thing (Brooke Bolander)
The Only Harmless Great Thing
15
Brooke Bolander
Binti: The Night Masquerade (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti: The Night Masquerade
16
Nnedi Okorafor
Tess of the Road (Rachel Hartman)
Tess of the Road
17
Rachel Hartman
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Becky Chambers)
Record of a Spaceborn Few
18
Becky Chambers
How Long 'Til Black Future Month? (N.K. Jemisin)
How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
19
N.K. Jemisin
Unholy Land (Lavie Tidhar)
Unholy Land
20
Lavie Tidhar
The Sky Is Yours (Chandler Klang Smith)
The Sky Is Yours
21
Chandler Klang Smith
The Gone World (Tom Sweterlitsch)
The Gone World
22
Tom Sweterlitsch
State Tectonics (Malka Older)
State Tectonics
23
Malka Older
Head on (John Scalzi)
Head On
24
John Scalzi
Gnomon (Nick Harkaway)
Gnomon
25
Nick Harkaway
Children of Blood and Bone (Tomi Adyemi)
Children of Blood and Bone
26
Tomi Adyemi
Bloody Rose (Nicholas Eames)
Bloody Rose
27
Nicholas Eames
Ball Lightning (Cixin Liu)
Ball Lightning
28
Cixin Liu
84K (Claire North)
84K
29
Claire North
A Winter's Promise (Christelle Dabos)
A Winter's Promise
30
Christelle Dabos
Dread Nation (Justina Ireland)
Dread Nation
31
Justina Ireland
Embers of War (Gareth L Powell)
Embers of War
32
Gareth L Powell
Empire of Silence (Christopher Ruocchio)
Empire of Silence
33
Christopher Ruocchio
Grey Sister (Mark Lawrence)
Grey Sister
34
Mark Lawrence
Iron and Magic (Ilona Andrews)
Iron and Magic
35
Ilona Andrews
Kate Daniels: Magic Triumphs (Ilona Andrews)
Kate Daniels: Magic Triumphs
36
Ilona Andrews
Medusa Uploaded (Emily Devenport)
Medusa Uploaded
37
Emily Devenport
Melmoth (Sarah Perry)
Melmoth
38
Sarah Perry
Once and Forever (Kenji Miyazawa)
Once and Forever
39
Kenji Miyazawa
Only Human (Sylvain Neuvel)
Only Human
40
Sylvain Neuvel
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