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.
Please note this list is not the preliminary ballot or nomination tally and does not affect the Nebula Award nominations or final results in any way.
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| Title | Author | Publisher | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolate | Whiting, Gwen | Daily Science Fiction | 10/22/2021 |
| Paradise Retouched | Laidlaw, Marc | Nightmare Magazine | 4/1/2021 |
| Made Out of Muscle and Oil | DiCicco, Douglas | Nature | 4/7/2021 |
| Ice Fishing on Europa | Barbeau, Erin | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 9/1/2021 |
| Memoranda from the End of the World | Doucette, Gene | Lightspeed Magazine | 10/1/2021 |
| A Better Way of Saying | Pinsker, Sarah | Tor.com | 11/10/2021 |
| Si Shou | Xiong, E. A. | Strange Horizons | 5/1/2021 |
| Always an After | Howell, A.P. | Tenebrous Press | 11/1/2021 |
| A Flower Cannot Love the Hand | Ogden, Aimee | Beneath Ceaseless Skies | 6/17/2021 |
| A Guided Meditation for Pandemic Anxiety (As Approved by Our Lord Xanthalu) | Seiberg, Effie | Daily Science Fiction | 10/5/2021 |
| Eight reasons you are alone | Kinney, Benjamin C. | Nature | 11/3/2021 |
| Wayfinding | Howell, A.P. | Underland Arcana | 10/1/2021 |
| Passing Season | Castro, Fernanda | The Nature of Cities | 11/1/2021 |
| When Resin Burns To Tar | Haskins, Maria | Laksa Media | 8/1/2021 |
| A Blank Space Where She Ought To Be | Haskins, Maria | Lamplight Magazine | 9/1/2021 |
| Dragon Song | Haskins, Maria | Trepidatio Publishing | 8/1/2021 |
| Blackdog | Haskins, Maria | Trepidatio Publishing | 8/1/2021 |
| The Secrets of the Last Greenland Shark | McClelland, Mike | Grist | 9/14/2021 |
| The Memory of a Memory Is a Spirit | Greenblatt, A.T | Lightspeed Magazine | 2/1/2021 |
| All Worlds Left Behind | Datt Sharma, Iona | Khoreo Mag | 4/1/2021 |
| Deep in the Gardener's Barrow | Ogundiran, Tobi | Beneath Ceaseless Skies | 11/18/2021 |
| You Do Not Need to Open the Door | Penland, Alex | Orions Belt | 6/11/2021 |
| The Sigilist's Notes on the Fell Lord's Staff | Granade, Stephen | Baffling Magazine | 10/1/2021 |
| Date and Time | Taitel, Susan | Daily Science Fiction | 11/19/2021 |
| Litany in the Heart of Exorcism | Pauling, Sarah | Flash Fiction Online | 10/1/2021 |