The Best of 2023 (And 2022)

Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 11 a.m.

Vanessa joins Jenn again to look at what got accolades and award nods, if not wins, over the past year, plus their own favorites of 2023!\nSubscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.\nTo get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!\nIt's happening, readers \u2014 we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. Get all the details at mytbr.co.\nThis content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.\n\nBooks Discussed\nRead Jenn's full write-up here: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022 and 2023, Crunched\nTop Titles from 2023 Best Of Lists:\nChain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\nLand of Milk and Honey, C. Pam Zhang \nOur Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez \nLone Women, Victor LaValle\nTop Titles from 2023 Award Finalists/Winners, Published in 2022:\nEven Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk\nBabel by R.F. Kuang\nSpear by Nicola Griffith \nBloodmarked by Tracy Deonn\nDaughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia\nInto the Riverlands by Nghi Vo\nOgres by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris) \nSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel\nSiren Queen by Nghi Vo\nJenn and Vanessa's Picks\nThe Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi\nThe Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei\nThe Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon\nBitter Medicine by Mia Tsai\nVampires of El Norte by Isabel Ca\xf1as\nTranslation State by Ann Leckie\nLone Women by Victor LaValle\nThe Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson\xa0\nImmortal Longings by Chloe Gong\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices