Best of the Best 2017: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

ICPL BEST SCIENCE-FICTION/FANTASY BOOKS OF 2017

Science-fiction and Fantasy are both subgenres of Speculative Fiction, but they’re pretty different! Sci-fi is a much newer genre than fantasy, with some critics pointing to Mary Shelley’s 1818 Frankenstein as the first sci-fi book. Fantasy, on the other hand, has been around pretty much forever. These genres often push the envelope and can be very subversive!

• The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
• Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor #1) by Mark Lawrence
• The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
• All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells