2024 Locus SF Novels Recommended Reading List

1.
Alien Clay
Alien Clay 4.01 avg rating — 12,167 ratings
2.
The Book Censor's Library
The Book Censor's Library 3.86 avg rating — 9,060 ratings
3.
The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1)
The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 29,863 ratings
4.
Lake of Darkness
Lake of Darkness 3.66 avg rating — 441 ratings
5.
Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)
Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 3,498 ratings
6.
Service Model
Service Model 4.04 avg rating — 13,957 ratings
7.
Absolution (Southern Reach, #4)
Absolution (Southern Reach, #4) 3.61 avg rating — 8,375 ratings
8.
Private Rites
Private Rites 3.65 avg rating — 10,339 ratings
9.
The Repeat Room
The Repeat Room 3.10 avg rating — 1,384 ratings
10.
Beautyland
Beautyland 4.08 avg rating — 29,424 ratings
11.
The Sentence
The Sentence 4.41 avg rating — 56 ratings
12.
The Man Who Saw Seconds
The Man Who Saw Seconds 3.92 avg rating — 1,130 ratings
13.
City of Dancing Gargoyles
City of Dancing Gargoyles 4.22 avg rating — 60 ratings
14.
Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2)
Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 3,691 ratings
15.
Rakesfall
Rakesfall 3.32 avg rating — 1,067 ratings
16.
Exordia
Exordia 3.71 avg rating — 1,830 ratings
17.
The Bezzle (Martin Hench, #2)
The Bezzle (Martin Hench, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 2,284 ratings
18.
Morphotrophic
Morphotrophic
by: Greg Egan
4.15 avg rating — 274 ratings
19.
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Under the Eye of the Big Bird 3.77 avg rating — 3,670 ratings
20.
Beyond the Light Horizon (Lightspeed Trilogy, #3)
Beyond the Light Horizon (Lightspeed Trilogy, #3) 3.98 avg rating — 513 ratings
21.
The Tongue Trade
The Tongue Trade 4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings
22.
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 2,612 ratings
23.
Playground
Playground 4.18 avg rating — 32,033 ratings
24.
The Knife and the Serpent
The Knife and the Serpent
by: Tim Pratt
3.73 avg rating — 161 ratings
25.
Remember You Will Die
Remember You Will Die 3.36 avg rating — 495 ratings
26.
Kinning (Everfair, #2)
Kinning (Everfair, #2) 3.27 avg rating — 64 ratings
27.
Space Oddity (Space Opera, #2)
Space Oddity (Space Opera, #2) 3.64 avg rating — 477 ratings
28.
Three Eight One
Three Eight One 3.28 avg rating — 300 ratings
29.
We Are All Ghosts in the Forest
We Are All Ghosts in the Forest 3.82 avg rating — 132 ratings
30.
Juice
Juice 3.96 avg rating — 5,252 ratings