Best Diverse Speculative Fiction

1.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 239,111 ratings
2.
Ensoulment (The Ensoulment Trilogy, #1)
Ensoulment (The Ensoulment Trilogy, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 84 ratings
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The Sisterhood (Season One: Episodes #1-3)
The Sisterhood (Season One: Episodes #1-3) 3.73 avg rating — 56 ratings
4.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,812 ratings
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Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #1)
Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 3,443 ratings
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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 245,836 ratings
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Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 27,082 ratings
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Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 37,837 ratings
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Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,415 ratings
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Orope - The White Snake (Whisperers of the Gods, #1)
Orope - The White Snake (Whisperers of the Gods, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 85 ratings
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The Tiger’s Daughter (Ascendant, #1)
The Tiger’s Daughter (Ascendant, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 4,101 ratings
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Warrior of the Wind (The Nameless Republic, #2)
Warrior of the Wind (The Nameless Republic, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 346 ratings
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Tom Lake
Tom Lake 3.94 avg rating — 453,936 ratings
14.
Whispers of Shadow & Flame (Earthsinger Chronicles, #2)
Whispers of Shadow & Flame (Earthsinger Chronicles, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 728 ratings
15.
Call the Canaries Home
Call the Canaries Home 4.02 avg rating — 43,186 ratings
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Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead 4.47 avg rating — 705,680 ratings
17.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,519 ratings
18.
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand 3.81 avg rating — 3,105 ratings
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Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did (Lancaster Prep, #1)
Things I Wanted to Say, But Never Did (Lancaster Prep, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 61,427 ratings
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The Ghost Bride
The Ghost Bride 3.81 avg rating — 36,627 ratings
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating — 143,202 ratings
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Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,700 ratings
23.
In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1)
In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 9,242 ratings
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Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31)
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31) 4.26 avg rating — 83,281 ratings
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The Female Man
The Female Man 3.47 avg rating — 8,756 ratings
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Fledgling
Fledgling 3.80 avg rating — 37,698 ratings
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A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 349,036 ratings
28.
Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys 4.04 avg rating — 228,358 ratings
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Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3)
Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3) 4.37 avg rating — 21,511 ratings
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Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 120,829 ratings
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When a Bulbul Sings
When a Bulbul Sings really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 34 ratings
30.
Bone Dance
Bone Dance
by: Emma Bull
3.86 avg rating — 1,691 ratings
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Imaro (Imaro #1)
Imaro (Imaro #1) 3.92 avg rating — 895 ratings
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Into the Void
Into the Void 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Pekari - The Azure Fish (Whisperers of the Gods, #2)
Pekari - The Azure Fish (Whisperers of the Gods, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic, #1)
Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 2,541 ratings
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Future Feeling
Future Feeling
by: Joss Lake
3.54 avg rating — 1,045 ratings
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With All My Heart: Book One In The Exciting New Maren Springs Series
With All My Heart: Book One In The Exciting New Maren Springs Series 4.60 avg rating — 20 ratings
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One Moment in Time
One Moment in Time
by: Shari Low
4.17 avg rating — 33,204 ratings
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The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate, #1)
The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate, #1)
by: Neon Yang
3.70 avg rating — 13,441 ratings
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An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1)
An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors (The Risen Kingdoms, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 2,151 ratings
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With All My Heart: Book One In The Exciting New Maren Springs Series
With All My Heart: Book One In The Exciting New Maren Springs Series 4.60 avg rating — 20 ratings
43.
Everfair (Everfair, #1)
Everfair (Everfair, #1) 3.19 avg rating — 2,915 ratings
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Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia
Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia 3.70 avg rating — 2,279 ratings
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The Stars Don't Lie
The Stars Don't Lie 4.12 avg rating — 19,017 ratings
46.
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73, June 2016: People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction!
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73, June 2016: People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! 4.34 avg rating — 160 ratings
46.
The Word for World is Forest
The Word for World is Forest 4.06 avg rating — 40,152 ratings
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Tales of Nevèrÿon (Return to Nevèrÿon, #1)
Tales of Nevèrÿon (Return to Nevèrÿon, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 1,673 ratings
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Credence
Credence 3.68 avg rating — 537,719 ratings
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Six-Gun Snow White
Six-Gun Snow White 3.63 avg rating — 4,468 ratings
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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 49, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction!
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 49, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction! 4.03 avg rating — 803 ratings
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On Wings of Song
On Wings of Song 3.76 avg rating — 1,054 ratings
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Woke Up Like This
Woke Up Like This
by: Amy Lea
4.01 avg rating — 24,182 ratings
54.
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 80,332 ratings
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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 61, June 2015: Queers Destroy Science Fiction!
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 61, June 2015: Queers Destroy Science Fiction! 3.93 avg rating — 404 ratings
54.
Becoming Human (Harmony of Worlds, #1)
Becoming Human (Harmony of Worlds, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Ghosts
Ghosts 3.87 avg rating — 143,408 ratings
58.
Let's Talk About Love
Let's Talk About Love 3.70 avg rating — 11,496 ratings
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The Child Garden
The Child Garden 3.66 avg rating — 1,531 ratings
60.
The Telling
The Telling 3.98 avg rating — 8,849 ratings
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China Mountain Zhang
China Mountain Zhang 3.96 avg rating — 4,978 ratings
62.
Alif the Unseen
Alif the Unseen 3.84 avg rating — 17,852 ratings
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Fire on the Mountain
Fire on the Mountain 3.91 avg rating — 883 ratings
62.
Rituals (Rhapsody of Blood, #1)
Rituals (Rhapsody of Blood, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 94 ratings
65.
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by: Liu Cixin
4.08 avg rating — 461,060 ratings
65.
Huntress
Huntress 3.79 avg rating — 13,438 ratings
65.
Centuries Ago and Very Fast
Centuries Ago and Very Fast 3.84 avg rating — 32 ratings
68.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,494 ratings
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Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1)
Empire of Sand (The Books of Ambha, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 13,220 ratings
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Sexing the Cherry
Sexing the Cherry 3.84 avg rating — 18,756 ratings
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Snake Agent (Detective Inspector Chen, #1)
Snake Agent (Detective Inspector Chen, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 2,423 ratings
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Bayou, Vol. 1
Bayou, Vol. 1 3.97 avg rating — 2,065 ratings
73.
The Fox Sister Chapter 1: Little Sister (The Fox Sister, #1)
The Fox Sister Chapter 1: Little Sister (The Fox Sister, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 198 ratings
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Cairo
Cairo 3.76 avg rating — 2,402 ratings
75.
Princeless, Vol. 1: Save Yourself
Princeless, Vol. 1: Save Yourself really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,535 ratings
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Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1)
Stormdancer (The Lotus Wars, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 18,399 ratings
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Ash
Ash 3.63 avg rating — 37,570 ratings
78.
Four Ways to Forgiveness (Hainish Cycle, #7)
Four Ways to Forgiveness (Hainish Cycle, #7) 4.20 avg rating — 4,745 ratings
79.
The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury: Time Runs Out
The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury: Time Runs Out 3.58 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Xombi
Xombi 3.64 avg rating — 256 ratings
81.
Adaptation (Adaptation, #1)
Adaptation (Adaptation, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 7,966 ratings
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The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer 4.16 avg rating — 92,366 ratings