Polygon Best SFF of 2021

Polygon has announced its 20 best SF and fantasy titles of 2021. The list includes:

•  A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
• Black Water Sister, Zen Cho (Ace)
• The Bronzed Beast, Roshani Chokshi (Wednesday)
• Leviathan Falls, James S.A. Corey (Orbit)
• The Last Watch, J.S. Dewes (Tor)
• Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr (Scribner)
• The Witch’s Heart, Genevieve Gornichec (Ace)
• The Shadow of the Gods, John Gwynne (Orbit)
• Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf)
• Paladin’s Strength, T. Kingfisher (Argyll)
• A Desolation Called Peace, Arkady Martine (Tor)
• One Last Stop, Casey McQuiston (Griffin)
• The Last Graduate, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
• Remote Control, Nnedi Okorafor (Tordotcom)
• She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan (Tor)
• Sorrowland, Rivers Solomon (MCD)
• Shards of Earth, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Orbit)
• The Hidden Palace, Helene Wecker (Harper)
• Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir (Ballantine)
• Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao (Penguin Teen)

To read Polygon‘s full list, including the runners-up, see their website.

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