Best Picks: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Novels of 2015

1.
The Liar's Key (The Red Queen's War, #2)
The Liar's Key (The Red Queen's War, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 21,458 ratings
2.
Queen of Fire (Raven's Shadow, #3)
Queen of Fire (Raven's Shadow, #3) 3.72 avg rating — 30,401 ratings
3.
The Autumn Republic (Powder Mage, #3)
The Autumn Republic (Powder Mage, #3) 4.36 avg rating — 35,832 ratings
4.
Half the World (Shattered Sea, #2)
Half the World (Shattered Sea, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 43,887 ratings
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Armada
Armada 3.56 avg rating — 126,164 ratings
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The Skull Throne (Demon Cycle, #4)
The Skull Throne (Demon Cycle, #4) 4.13 avg rating — 41,799 ratings
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The Providence of Fire (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #2)
The Providence of Fire (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 24,196 ratings
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The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1)
The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 48,266 ratings
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Fool's Quest (The Fitz and The Fool, #2)
Fool's Quest (The Fitz and The Fool, #2) 4.53 avg rating — 48,271 ratings
10.
Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire, #1)
Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 39,866 ratings
11.
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2) 4.49 avg rating — 400,720 ratings
12.
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 415,338 ratings
13.
Half a War (Shattered Sea, #3)
Half a War (Shattered Sea, #3) 4.03 avg rating — 36,080 ratings
14.
Time Salvager (Time Salvager, #1)
Time Salvager (Time Salvager, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 5,042 ratings
15.
Peace Talks (The Dresden Files, #16)
Peace Talks (The Dresden Files, #16) 4.23 avg rating — 52,582 ratings
16.
The Price of Valour (The Shadow Campaigns, #3)
The Price of Valour (The Shadow Campaigns, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 8,799 ratings
17.
Those Above (The Empty Throne, #1)
Those Above (The Empty Throne, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 1,705 ratings
18.
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5) 4.44 avg rating — 109,574 ratings
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Uprooted
Uprooted 4.03 avg rating — 256,786 ratings
20.
The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3)
The Dread Wyrm (The Traitor Son Cycle, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 7,862 ratings
21.
The Dinosaur Lords (The Dinosaur Lords, #1)
The Dinosaur Lords (The Dinosaur Lords, #1) 3.09 avg rating — 2,898 ratings
22.
The Library at Mount Char
The Library at Mount Char 4.07 avg rating — 72,397 ratings
23.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1-3)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1-3) 4.25 avg rating — 108,422 ratings
24.
Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues
Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues 3.84 avg rating — 755 ratings
25.
The End of All Things (Old Man's War, #6)
The End of All Things (Old Man's War, #6) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26,322 ratings
26.
Knight's Shadow (Greatcoats, #2)
Knight's Shadow (Greatcoats, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 13,915 ratings
27.
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 3.91 avg rating — 62,821 ratings
28.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,106 ratings
29.
Empire Ascendant (Worldbreaker Saga, #2)
Empire Ascendant (Worldbreaker Saga, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 1,551 ratings
30.
The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars, #1)
The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 6,868 ratings
31.
Sword of the North (Grim Company, #2)
Sword of the North (Grim Company, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 3,974 ratings
32.
Firefight (The Reckoners, #2)
Firefight (The Reckoners, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 110,050 ratings
33.
Gemini Cell (Reawakening Trilogy, #1)
Gemini Cell (Reawakening Trilogy, #1)
by: Myke Cole
3.63 avg rating — 2,017 ratings
34.
Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen, #3)
Ruin (The Faithful and the Fallen, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 31,124 ratings
35.
Karen Memory (Karen Memory, #1)
Karen Memory (Karen Memory, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 4,755 ratings
36.
Clash of Iron (Iron Age, #2)
Clash of Iron (Iron Age, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 1,492 ratings
37.
The Deep
The Deep 3.42 avg rating — 38,912 ratings
38.
The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)
The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)
by: Ken Liu
3.80 avg rating — 26,862 ratings
39.
A Crown for Cold Silver (The Crimson Empire #1)
A Crown for Cold Silver (The Crimson Empire #1) 3.71 avg rating — 3,815 ratings
40.
Cara's Twelve
Cara's Twelve 3.97 avg rating — 1,370 ratings
41.
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 48,681 ratings
42.
The Last American Vampire
The Last American Vampire 3.98 avg rating — 7,246 ratings
43.
Hell Bound (Heroes in Hell #19)
Hell Bound (Heroes in Hell #19) 4.31 avg rating — 108 ratings
43.
Grudging (Birth of Saints, #1)
Grudging (Birth of Saints, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 185 ratings
45.
Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1)
Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 3,801 ratings
46.
The Thorn of Emberlain (Gentleman Bastard, #4)
The Thorn of Emberlain (Gentleman Bastard, #4) 4.32 avg rating — 3,002 ratings
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Stiletto (The Checquy Files, #2)
Stiletto (The Checquy Files, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 21,910 ratings
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The Scarlet Gospels
The Scarlet Gospels 3.50 avg rating — 10,798 ratings
49.
Aurora
Aurora 3.78 avg rating — 27,123 ratings
50.
The Border
The Border 3.92 avg rating — 3,438 ratings
51.
Old Man's Ghosts (The Empire of a Hundred Houses, #2)
Old Man's Ghosts (The Empire of a Hundred Houses, #2)
by: Tom Lloyd
3.99 avg rating — 178 ratings
52.
Storm and Steel (The Book of the Black Earth, #2)
Storm and Steel (The Book of the Black Earth, #2) 3.65 avg rating — 297 ratings
53.
The Vagrant (The Vagrant, #1)
The Vagrant (The Vagrant, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 8,744 ratings
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Fall of Light (The Kharkanas Trilogy, #2)
Fall of Light (The Kharkanas Trilogy, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 4,309 ratings
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams 3.92 avg rating — 66,319 ratings
56.
The IX (The IX #1)
The IX (The IX #1) 3.48 avg rating — 484 ratings
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The Just City (Thessaly, #1)
The Just City (Thessaly, #1)
by: Jo Walton
3.80 avg rating — 8,219 ratings
58.
The Buried Giant
The Buried Giant 3.59 avg rating — 117,622 ratings
59.
Trust No One (X-Files Anthology Vol. 1)
Trust No One (X-Files Anthology Vol. 1) 3.77 avg rating — 1,150 ratings
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Radiance
Radiance 3.72 avg rating — 5,415 ratings
61.
Linesman (Linesman, #1)
Linesman (Linesman, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 3,347 ratings
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The Gate at Lake Drive (Dillon the Monster Dick Book 1)
The Gate at Lake Drive (Dillon the Monster Dick Book 1) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
63.
Deadly Design
Deadly Design 3.87 avg rating — 525 ratings
64.
Blood Will Follow (The Valhalla Saga (2))
Blood Will Follow (The Valhalla Saga (2)) 3.83 avg rating — 293 ratings
65.
The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales
The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales 3.62 avg rating — 1,118 ratings
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Chains of the Heretic (Bloodsounder's Arc, #3)
Chains of the Heretic (Bloodsounder's Arc, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 992 ratings
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Twelve Kings in Sharakhai (The Song of the Shattered Sands, #1)
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai (The Song of the Shattered Sands, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 7,554 ratings
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The Dead Lands
The Dead Lands 3.45 avg rating — 3,927 ratings
69.
Clash of Eagles (Clash of Eagles, #1)
Clash of Eagles (Clash of Eagles, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 1,791 ratings
70.
Love in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Love in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 3.51 avg rating — 560 ratings
71.
When the Heavens Fall (The Chronicles of the Exile, #1)
When the Heavens Fall (The Chronicles of the Exile, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 841 ratings
72.
The Thousand and One (The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, #2)
The Thousand and One (The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, #2) 3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings
72.
Valkyrie's Song (The Wolfsangel Cycle, #4)
Valkyrie's Song (The Wolfsangel Cycle, #4) 3.93 avg rating — 67 ratings
74.
Black Wolves (Black Wolves, #1)
Black Wolves (Black Wolves, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 1,653 ratings
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Cannonbridge
Cannonbridge 3.25 avg rating — 242 ratings
76.
Fortune's Blight (Shattered Kingdoms, #2)
Fortune's Blight (Shattered Kingdoms, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 157 ratings
77.
Carter & Lovecraft (Carter & Lovecraft, #1)
Carter & Lovecraft (Carter & Lovecraft, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 6,221 ratings
78.
Lord of Ashes (Steelhaven #3)
Lord of Ashes (Steelhaven #3) 3.79 avg rating — 669 ratings
79.
Secondhand Souls (Grim Reaper, #2)
Secondhand Souls (Grim Reaper, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 20,575 ratings
80.
Haunted Tree (The Magus Family Chronicles, #1)
Haunted Tree (The Magus Family Chronicles, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 101 ratings
80.
Moonbreeze (The Dragonian, #4)
Moonbreeze (The Dragonian, #4) 4.16 avg rating — 5,258 ratings
82.
Of Noble Family (Glamourist Histories, #5)
Of Noble Family (Glamourist Histories, #5) 4.15 avg rating — 2,230 ratings
83.
Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
by: Zen Cho
3.73 avg rating — 15,779 ratings
84.
Dead Man's Reach (Thieftaker Chronicles, #4)
Dead Man's Reach (Thieftaker Chronicles, #4) 4.08 avg rating — 397 ratings
85.
The Philosopher Kings (Thessaly, #2)
The Philosopher Kings (Thessaly, #2)
by: Jo Walton
3.93 avg rating — 2,917 ratings
85.
Unholy War (Moontide Quartet, #3)
Unholy War (Moontide Quartet, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 2,493 ratings
87.
King of Ashes (The Firemane Saga, #1)
King of Ashes (The Firemane Saga, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 12,563 ratings
87.
Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 122,806 ratings
89.
Dreams of Shreds and Tatters
Dreams of Shreds and Tatters 3.25 avg rating — 460 ratings
90.
Chaos Unleashed (The Chaos Born, #3)
Chaos Unleashed (The Chaos Born, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 323 ratings
91.
Hive Monkey (Ack-Ack Macaque, #2)
Hive Monkey (Ack-Ack Macaque, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 390 ratings
92.
The Shadow Revolution (Crown & Key, #1)
The Shadow Revolution (Crown & Key, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 1,868 ratings
92.
Autodrome
Autodrome 2.73 avg rating — 64 ratings
94.
Doctor Who: City of Death
Doctor Who: City of Death 4.02 avg rating — 1,394 ratings
95.
Shadow: A Novel
Shadow: A Novel 3.31 avg rating — 108 ratings
96.
Reign of Iron (Iron Age, #3)
Reign of Iron (Iron Age, #3) 4.17 avg rating — 1,156 ratings
97.
The Unnoticeables
The Unnoticeables 3.70 avg rating — 2,741 ratings
98.
The Thinking Engine
The Thinking Engine 3.87 avg rating — 790 ratings
99.
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015
by: Joe Hill
3.90 avg rating — 1,289 ratings
100.
The Boy who Wept Blood (Erebus Sequence, #2)
The Boy who Wept Blood (Erebus Sequence, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 261 ratings
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