In addition to ranking all the nominees, we talk about why the entire shortlist this year was all fantasy, no sci-fi.

This episode is sponsored by The Boy, the Cube, and the Elf by Brent Golembiewski, which is available in print or kindle edition here

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If you want to jump around, here are the timestamps for all the books / series we talked about:

• 00:00 Intro
• 1:50 Episode Sponsor - The Boy, The Cube, and the Elf
• 2:21 #6 - Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera
• 6:33 #5 - Sleeping Worlds Have no Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov
• 10:42 #4 - The Book of Love by Kelly Link
• 15:28 Why are all the nominees fantasy?
• 18:46 #3 - Asunder by Kerstin Hall
• 23:22 #2 - A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
• 27:53 #1 - Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

As sci-fi lovers who are looking to read more fantasy we could not be more excited to know what's good. Thanks to all y'all Hugonauts who filled out the survey, this list rocks. And a special thank you to Gordon Burroughs for joining us as our resident expert on the books we haven't read, plus for putting the whole survey together in the first place!

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If you want to jump around, here are the timestamps for all the books / series we talked about:

• 00:00 Intro
• 2:58 Novel #10 - The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
• 6:11 Series #10 - The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 7:57 Novel #9 - Babel by R.F. Kuang
• 10:30 Series #9 - The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie
• 13:33 Novel #8 - The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
• 15:40 Series #8 - His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
• 19:18 Novel #7 - The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
• 21:20 Series #7 - Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
• 23:50 Novel #6 - A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
• 25:37 Series #6 - Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
• 28:16 Novel #5 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
• 30:36 Series #5 - The Stormlight Archives by Brandon Sanderson
• 34:18 Novel #4 - The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
• 37:18 Series #4 - The Broken Earth by N.K. Jemisin
• 38:38 - Our 3 favorites that didn't make the list
• 43:46 Novel #3 - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
• 46:19 Series #3 - Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
• 47:37 Novel #2 - Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
• 50:04 Series #2 - The Dark Tower by Stephen King
• 53:55 Novel #1 - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
• 55:32 Series #1 - The Lord of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

As always, no spoilers until the end when we do our plot explainer and discussion.

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Similar books we recommend:

• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
• The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
• Monk and Robot series by Becky Chambers