The Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy
The Guardian announced its list of best science fiction and fantasy books in 2019, selected by Adam Roberts:
- A Little Hatred, Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz)
- The City in the Middle of the Night, Charlie Jane Anders (Titan)
- Exhalation, Ted Chiang (Picador)
- The Archive of Alternate Endings, Lindsey Drager (Dzanc)
- This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (Jo Fletcher)
- Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Marlon James (Hamish Hamilton)
- Always North, Vicki Jarrett (Unsung)
- The Migration, Helen Marshall (Titan)
- A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine (Tor)
- Infinite Detail, Tim Maughan (MCD x FSG Originals)
- The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern (Harvill Secker)
- The Future of Another Timeline, Annalee Newitz (Orbit)
- The Pursuit of William Abbey, Claire North (Orbit)
- Doggerland, Ben Smith (4th Estate)
- The Rosewater Redemption, Tade Thompson (Orbit)
- Wanderers, Chuck Wendig (Del Rey)
Roberts chose Infinite Detail as book of the year. The Guardian also released best-of lists for other genres, which can be found here.
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