2020 Locus Recommended Reading List

1.
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 51,656 ratings
2.
The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians 3.69 avg rating — 102,611 ratings
3.
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea (The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, #1)
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea (The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 12,019 ratings
4.
Race to the Sun
Race to the Sun 4.03 avg rating — 5,954 ratings
5.
The Book of Koli (Rampart Trilogy, #1)
The Book of Koli (Rampart Trilogy, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 12,524 ratings
6.
The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)
The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 9,430 ratings
7.
Piranesi
Piranesi 4.22 avg rating — 406,355 ratings
8.
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 76,602 ratings
9.
Interior Chinatown
Interior Chinatown 3.95 avg rating — 68,954 ratings
10.
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 3.79 avg rating — 279,137 ratings
11.
The Hollow Places
The Hollow Places 3.79 avg rating — 48,659 ratings
12.
Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic 3.67 avg rating — 416,444 ratings
12.
The Wall (Sumer, #1)
The Wall (Sumer, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 266 ratings
14.
Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 22,339 ratings
15.
Hench (Hench, #1)
Hench (Hench, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 25,803 ratings
16.
The Scapegracers (Scapegracers, #1)
The Scapegracers (Scapegracers, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 3,374 ratings
17.
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 175,722 ratings
17.
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking 4.06 avg rating — 60,485 ratings
19.
Shadowshaper Legacy (Shadowshaper Cypher #3)
Shadowshaper Legacy (Shadowshaper Cypher #3) 4.24 avg rating — 556 ratings
20.
Providence
Providence
by: Max Barry
3.85 avg rating — 6,618 ratings
21.
Chosen Spirits
Chosen Spirits 3.29 avg rating — 1,396 ratings
22.
Tender Is the Flesh
Tender Is the Flesh 3.78 avg rating — 338,493 ratings
23.
Machine (White Space, #2)
Machine (White Space, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 2,933 ratings
24.
Ghost Species
Ghost Species 3.68 avg rating — 763 ratings
25.
Failed State (Dystopian Lawyer, #2)
Failed State (Dystopian Lawyer, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 140 ratings
26.
Bridge 108
Bridge 108 3.58 avg rating — 404 ratings
27.
Attack Surface (Little Brother, #3)
Attack Surface (Little Brother, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 3,085 ratings
28.
City Under the Stars
City Under the Stars 3.54 avg rating — 147 ratings
29.
Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)
Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 2,949 ratings
30.
Agency (Jackpot #2)
Agency (Jackpot #2) 3.81 avg rating — 14,033 ratings
31.
Anthropocene Rag
Anthropocene Rag 3.35 avg rating — 325 ratings
32.
The Eleventh Gate
The Eleventh Gate 3.52 avg rating — 302 ratings
33.
The Arrest
The Arrest 3.14 avg rating — 3,414 ratings
34.
War of the Maps
War of the Maps 3.64 avg rating — 799 ratings
35.
Pacific Storm
Pacific Storm 4.03 avg rating — 190 ratings
36.
Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)
Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 1,922 ratings
37.
The Evidence
The Evidence 3.37 avg rating — 278 ratings
38.
Bone Silence (Revenger, #3)
Bone Silence (Revenger, #3) 3.89 avg rating — 4,038 ratings
39.
The Ministry for the Future
The Ministry for the Future 3.87 avg rating — 39,948 ratings
40.
The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)
The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 31,373 ratings
41.
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) 4.47 avg rating — 113,886 ratings
42.
Fleet Elements (Dread Empire's Fall, #5)
Fleet Elements (Dread Empire's Fall, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 864 ratings
43.
Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary Loan 3.06 avg rating — 687 ratings
44.
The Trouble With Peace (The Age of Madness, #2)
The Trouble With Peace (The Age of Madness, #2) 4.60 avg rating — 40,761 ratings
45.
The Angel of the Crows
The Angel of the Crows 3.80 avg rating — 6,075 ratings
46.
The Book of Lamps and Banners (Cass Neary, #4)
The Book of Lamps and Banners (Cass Neary, #4) 3.66 avg rating — 590 ratings
47.
The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again 3.38 avg rating — 1,953 ratings
48.
The Once and Future Witches
The Once and Future Witches 4.03 avg rating — 99,524 ratings
49.
The Harpy
The Harpy 3.30 avg rating — 7,661 ratings
50.
Trouble the Saints
Trouble the Saints 3.36 avg rating — 1,959 ratings
51.
Phoenix Extravagant
Phoenix Extravagant 3.65 avg rating — 3,259 ratings
52.
The Blade Between
The Blade Between 3.45 avg rating — 794 ratings
53.
A Children's Bible
A Children's Bible 3.72 avg rating — 39,354 ratings
54.
Utopia Avenue
Utopia Avenue really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26,243 ratings
55.
Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 84,075 ratings
56.
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
by: Garth Nix
3.85 avg rating — 24,621 ratings
57.
How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It (The Siege, #2)
How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It (The Siege, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 3,868 ratings
58.
Mordew (Cities of the Weft, #1)
Mordew (Cities of the Weft, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 4,188 ratings
59.
Stormsong (The Kingston Cycle, #2)
Stormsong (The Kingston Cycle, #2)
by: C.L. Polk
3.87 avg rating — 4,303 ratings
60.
The Midnight Bargain
The Midnight Bargain
by: C.L. Polk
3.75 avg rating — 16,063 ratings
61.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 4.17 avg rating — 1,390,603 ratings
62.
Creatures of Charm and Hunger (Diabolist's Library #3)
Creatures of Charm and Hunger (Diabolist's Library #3) 3.74 avg rating — 176 ratings
63.
By Force Alone
By Force Alone 3.65 avg rating — 1,141 ratings
64.
Or What You Will
Or What You Will
by: Jo Walton
3.78 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
65.
Comet Weather (Fallow Sisters #1)
Comet Weather (Fallow Sisters #1) 4.20 avg rating — 303 ratings
66.
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre 3.90 avg rating — 55,043 ratings
67.
Plain Bad Heroines
Plain Bad Heroines 3.64 avg rating — 28,017 ratings
68.
Empire of Wild
Empire of Wild 3.74 avg rating — 12,301 ratings
69.
Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,012 ratings
70.
Sisters
Sisters 3.47 avg rating — 16,216 ratings
71.
The Deep
The Deep 3.32 avg rating — 11,570 ratings
72.
The Hole
The Hole 3.44 avg rating — 13,568 ratings
73.
Catherine House
Catherine House 3.12 avg rating — 28,033 ratings
74.
Survivor Song
Survivor Song 3.62 avg rating — 19,618 ratings
75.
Every Bone a Prayer
Every Bone a Prayer 3.52 avg rating — 1,984 ratings
76.
A Sinister Quartet
A Sinister Quartet 4.13 avg rating — 39 ratings
77.
The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1)
The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 43,559 ratings
78.
The Vanished Birds
The Vanished Birds 4.07 avg rating — 9,768 ratings
79.
Vagabonds
Vagabonds 3.39 avg rating — 2,213 ratings
80.
The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 43,360 ratings
81.
Stonefish
Stonefish 3.67 avg rating — 366 ratings
82.
The Unspoken Name (The Serpent Gates, #1)
The Unspoken Name (The Serpent Gates, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 9,324 ratings
83.
Beneath the Rising (Beneath the Rising, #1)
Beneath the Rising (Beneath the Rising, #1) 3.46 avg rating — 1,362 ratings
84.
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 4.17 avg rating — 179,600 ratings
85.
Architects of Memory (The Memory War, #1)
Architects of Memory (The Memory War, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 1,546 ratings
86.
Eartheater
Eartheater 3.64 avg rating — 20,880 ratings
87.
Little Eyes
Little Eyes 3.59 avg rating — 22,589 ratings
88.
The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1)
The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 35,050 ratings
89.
Star Daughter
Star Daughter 3.29 avg rating — 8,273 ratings
90.
Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)
Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 104,800 ratings
91.
Love and Other Thought Experiments
Love and Other Thought Experiments 3.59 avg rating — 6,035 ratings
92.
Red Hood
Red Hood 3.44 avg rating — 4,014 ratings
93.
We Ride Upon Sticks
We Ride Upon Sticks 3.78 avg rating — 16,935 ratings
94.
The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves, #2)
The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 20,676 ratings
95.
Deathless Divide (Dread Nation, #2)
Deathless Divide (Dread Nation, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 12,316 ratings
96.
Dark and Deepest Red
Dark and Deepest Red 3.56 avg rating — 3,545 ratings
97.
A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)
A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 11,846 ratings
98.
Burn
Burn 3.73 avg rating — 10,403 ratings
99.
The Faithless Hawk (The Merciful Crow, #2)
The Faithless Hawk (The Merciful Crow, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 7,735 ratings
100.
A Peculiar Peril (The Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead, #1)
A Peculiar Peril (The Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead, #1) 3.22 avg rating — 2,235 ratings