2021 Locus SF Novels Recommended Reading List

1.
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9) 4.54 avg rating — 65,813 ratings
2.
Klara and the Sun
Klara and the Sun 3.74 avg rating — 408,870 ratings
2.
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 34,318 ratings
4.
Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space, #4)
Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space, #4) 4.11 avg rating — 6,729 ratings
5.
Bewilderment
Bewilderment 3.91 avg rating — 68,465 ratings
6.
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 31,004 ratings
7.
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Cloud Cuckoo Land 4.25 avg rating — 254,476 ratings
8.
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4) 4.40 avg rating — 39,629 ratings
9.
The Book of All Skies
The Book of All Skies
by: Greg Egan
3.76 avg rating — 375 ratings
9.
The House of Styx (Venus Ascendant, #1)
The House of Styx (Venus Ascendant, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 741 ratings
11.
Firebreak
Firebreak 3.86 avg rating — 3,107 ratings
12.
The Echo Wife
The Echo Wife 3.61 avg rating — 36,882 ratings
13.
Doors of Sleep (Journals of Zaxony Delatree, #1)
Doors of Sleep (Journals of Zaxony Delatree, #1)
by: Tim Pratt
3.89 avg rating — 1,514 ratings
14.
Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Lightspeed Trilogy, #1)
Beyond the Hallowed Sky (Lightspeed Trilogy, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 1,804 ratings
15.
We Are Satellites
We Are Satellites 3.66 avg rating — 3,095 ratings
15.
Hummingbird Salamander
Hummingbird Salamander 3.25 avg rating — 11,393 ratings
17.
Far from the Light of Heaven
Far from the Light of Heaven 3.50 avg rating — 4,890 ratings
18.
Out Past The Stars (The Farian War, #3)
Out Past The Stars (The Farian War, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 540 ratings
19.
Termination Shock
Termination Shock 3.83 avg rating — 19,998 ratings
20.
The 22 Murders of Madison May
The 22 Murders of Madison May
by: Max Barry
3.75 avg rating — 9,970 ratings
21.
Appleseed
Appleseed
by: Matt Bell
3.57 avg rating — 3,274 ratings
22.
The Horizon (Sumer, #2)
The Horizon (Sumer, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 87 ratings
23.
The Actual Star
The Actual Star 3.87 avg rating — 2,788 ratings
24.
The Second Shooter
The Second Shooter 3.17 avg rating — 175 ratings
25.
Noor
Noor 3.81 avg rating — 8,007 ratings
26.
Perhaps the Stars (Terra Ignota, #4)
Perhaps the Stars (Terra Ignota, #4) 4.33 avg rating — 2,653 ratings
27.
You Sexy Thing (Disco Space Opera #1)
You Sexy Thing (Disco Space Opera #1)
by: Cat Rambo
3.74 avg rating — 2,281 ratings
28.
Purgatory Mount
Purgatory Mount 3.44 avg rating — 448 ratings
29.
Light Perpetual
Light Perpetual 3.67 avg rating — 5,918 ratings
30.
Invisible Sun (Empire Games, #3)
Invisible Sun (Empire Games, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 1,348 ratings