Best Science Fiction of 2019 - Voting Thread

https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/ebl4uj/best_science_fiction_of_2019_voting_thread/

created by leowr on 16/12/2019 at 21:02 UTC*

15 upvotes, 25 top-level comments (showing 25)

Welcome readers!

This is the voting thread for the best science fiction of 2019! From here, you can make nominations, vote, and discuss the best science fiction of 2019. Here are the rules:

Nominations

• Nominations are made by posting a parent comment.
• Parent comments will only be nominations. Please only include one nomination per comment. If you're not making a nomination you must reply to another comment or your comment will be removed.
• All nominations must have been originally published in 2019. With regard to translated works, if the work was translated into English for the first time in 2019 the work can be nominated in the appropriate category.
• Please search the thread before making your own nomination. Duplicate nominations will be removed.

Voting

• Voting will be done using upvotes.
• You can vote for as many books as you'd like.

Other Stuff

• Nominations will be left open until Monday January 12, 2020 at which point they will be locked, votes counted, and winners announced.
• These threads will be left in contest mode until voting is finished.
• For inspiration check out our "Best Books of 2019" Megathread[1]
• Most importantly, have fun!

Links to Other Categories

Here are the links to the voting threads of the different categories:

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/e4m42p/the_best_books_of_2019_megalist/

Best Literary and General Fiction of 2019

Best Debut of 2019

Best YA Novel of 2019

Best Non-Fiction of 2019

Best Fantasy of 2019

Best Science Fiction of 2019

Best Mystery and Thriller of 2019

Best Short Story Collection/Graphic Novel/Poetry of 2019

p.s. Don't forget to check out our other end of year threads, of which you can find an overview here[2].

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/e4m352/the_rbooks_end_of_the_year_schedule_and_links/

Comments

Comment by supersonic3974 at 16/12/2019 at 22:17 UTC

43 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *Exhalation: Stories, by Ted Chiang**

Comment by supersonic3974 at 16/12/2019 at 22:22 UTC

29 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *Children of Ruin, by Adrian Tchaikovsky**

Comment by dwarftosser77 at 16/12/2019 at 22:58 UTC

32 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *Tiamat's Wrath, by James S.A. Corey**

Comment by Garth5689 at 17/12/2019 at 02:33 UTC

11 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine**

Comment by supersonic3974 at 16/12/2019 at 22:28 UTC

8 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *The Light Brigade, by Kameron Hurley**

Comment by supersonic3974 at 16/12/2019 at 22:17 UTC

43 upvotes, 1 direct replies

• *Recursion, by Blake Crouch**

Comment by baraino at 16/12/2019 at 22:42 UTC*

19 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *Dark Age, by Pierce Brown**

Comment by lennybriscoforthewin at 22/12/2019 at 13:31 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

Comment by supersonic3974 at 16/12/2019 at 22:19 UTC

14 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar**

Comment by supersonic3974 at 16/12/2019 at 22:17 UTC

10 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *To Be Taught, If Fortunate, by Becky Chambers**

Comment by supersonic3974 at 16/12/2019 at 22:29 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *Hexarchate Stories, by Yoon Ha Lee**

Comment by supersonic3974 at 16/12/2019 at 22:36 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *Here and Now and Then, by Mike Chen**

Comment by supersonic3974 at 16/12/2019 at 22:19 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea, by Sarah Pinsker**

Comment by Halaku at 17/12/2019 at 00:05 UTC

10 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir.**

Comment by supersonic3974 at 16/12/2019 at 22:20 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *The Outside, by Ada Hoffmann**

Comment by supersonic3974 at 16/12/2019 at 22:20 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

• *The Sol Majestic, by Ferrett Steinmetz**

Comment by Timelordwhotardis at 20/12/2019 at 06:19 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Salvation Lost, By Peter F. Hamilton

Comment by CrazyCatLady108 at 16/12/2019 at 22:57 UTC

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *Wanderers by Chuck Wendig**

Comment by supersonic3974 at 16/12/2019 at 22:16 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *Permafrost, by Alastair Reynolds**

Comment by Gryffindork75 at 25/12/2019 at 10:44 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

If, Then by Kate Hope Day.

Comment by Nathan122888 at 16/12/2019 at 23:31 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Dead Astronauts by Jeff Vandermeer

Comment by courtoftheair at 17/12/2019 at 02:21 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *Emily Eternal, by MG Wheaton**

Comment by [deleted] at 01/01/2020 at 02:29 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by supersonic3974 at 16/12/2019 at 22:18 UTC

0 upvotes, 0 direct replies

• *Interference, by Sue Burke**

Comment by dr_k42 at 16/12/2019 at 22:46 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Today I Am Carey, by Martin L. Shoemaker