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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Can Be A Hero Too | Scheina, Carol | Daily Science Fiction | 3/9/2021 |
| I Swim Up From Below | Gailey, Sarah | Mermaids Monthly | 9/27/2021 |
| Black Wings, White Kheer | Mehrotra, Rati | Podcastle | 9/7/2021 |
| Eighteen Days of Barbareek | Mehrotra, Rati | Uncanny Magazine | 3/1/2021 |
| Dark Waters Still Flow | Towey, Alice | Clarkesworld Magazine | 11/1/2021 |
| This Shattered Vessel, Which Holds Only Grief | Wasserstein, Izzy | Apex Magazine | 11/4/2021 |
| Nine-Tailed Heart | Cho, Jessica | khōréō magazine | 8/1/2021 |
| Vegvisir | Goodman, David | Clarkesworld Magazine | 12/1/2021 |
| Your Ticket to Hell | Khana, Rajan | Fantasy Magazine | 6/1/2021 |
| Osu | Okpii, Kingsley | Apex Magazine | 7/27/2021 |
| Ogbanje | Okpii, Kingsley | Omenana | 8/1/2020 |
| Inhabiters | Okpii, Kingsley | Omemana | 10/1/2021 |
| How Juan Bobo Got to los Nueba Yores | Yeager Rodriguez, Karlo | Ohio State University Press | 9/8/2021 |
| By the Light of the Stars | Roshak, N.R.M. | World Weaver Press | 4/13/2021 |
| The Cold Calculations | Ogden, Aimee | Clarkesworld Magazine | 12/1/2021 |
| White Rose, Red Rose | Swirsky, Rachel | Uncanny Magazine | 12/1/2021 |
| We Will Weather One Another Somehow | Ten, Kristina | Diabolical Plots | 6/1/2021 |
| Fisherman's Soup | Ten, Kristina | Mermaids Monthly | 5/1/2021 |
| The Dreadful and Specific Monster of Starosibirsk | Ten, Kristina | Undertow Publications | 5/23/2021 |
| Que la grenade est touchante | Cristofari, Cécile | Lackington's | 12/1/2021 |
| Coiffeur Seven | Kaur Saini, Kiran | Strange Horizons | 12/6/2021 |
| The Shape of Wings and Feathers | Rappaport, Jenny Rae | Beneath Ceaseless Skies | 8/31/2021 |
| Birding with my human | Heike, Sylvia | Nature | 6/29/2021 |
| A Bird in the Window | Francia, Kate | Beneath Ceaseless Skies | 8/31/2021 |
| Soulmark | Crilly, Brandon | Fusion Fragment | 6/30/2021 |