Nebula Reading List
The Nebula Awards Suggested Reading List is produced through the collaborative effort of SFWA's 1800+ members, with new listings appearing as members make recommendations. For this reason, works are occasionally introduced in error and may later be corrected or removed from the list if deemed ineligible by the Nebula Awards Commissioner. The list is provided to the public as a service in finding the year's most noteworthy fantasy and science fiction works.
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| Title | Author | Publisher | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Berger, J.M. | 8 / 2020 | |
| The Burning God | Kuang, R.F. | 2020 | |
| Beowulf: A New Translation | Headley, Maria Dahvana | 2020 | |
| The Year of the Witching | Henderson, Alexis | Ace | 7 / 2020 |
| Stealing Thunder | Boyden, Alina | Ace | 5 / 2020 |
| The Archive of the Forgotten | Hackwith, A.J. | Ace | 10 / 2020 |
| The Salvage Crew | Wijeratne, Yudhanjaya | Aethon Books | 10 / 2020 |
| Red Noise | Murphy, John P. | Angry Robot | 6 / 2020 |
| The Light Years | Greene, R.W.W. | Angry Robot Books | 2 / 2020 |
| Lord's Dome | Bell, E.D.E. | Atthis Arts | 8 / 2020 |
| The Luna Missile Crisis | Bruno, Rhett C. | Audible Originals, Aethon Books | 9 / 2020 |
| Eleventh Gate | Kress, Nancy | Baen | 5 / 2020 |
| Agency | Gibson, William | Berkley | 1 / 2020 |
| Piranesi | Clarke, Susanna | Bloomsbury | 9 / 2020 |
| The Oppenheimer Alternative | Sawyer, Robert | CAEZIK SF & Fantasy | 6 / 2020 |
| BattleTech: Honor's Gauntlet | Young, Bryan | Catalyst Game Labs | 8 / 2020 |
| Night Theater | Paralkar, Vikram | Catapult | 1 / 2020 |
| The Second Star | Alexander, Alma | Crossroad Press | 7 / 2020 |
| The Space Between Worlds | Johnson, Micaiah | Crown | 8 / 2020 |
| Mazes of Power | Wade, Juliette | DAW | 2 / 2020 |
| False Value | Aaronovitch, Ben | Daw | 2 / 2020 |
| Sword of Fire | Kerr, Katharine | DAW | 2 / 2020 |
| Shorefall | Bennett, Robert Jackson | Del Rey | 4 / 2020 |
| The Vanished Birds | Jimenez, Simon | Del Rey | 1 / 2020 |
| The Arrest | Lethem, Jonathan | Ecco | 11 / 2020 |