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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Empath | Benedict, Raquel S. | Blood Knife | 12/1/2021 |
| Space Pirate Queen of the Ten Billion Utopias | Bangs, Elly | Lightspeed | 11/1/2021 |
| The Captain and the Quartermaster | Clark, C.L. | Beneath Ceaseless Skies | 3/25/2021 |
| Horoscopes from the TRAPPIST-1 e Gazette | Fisher, Tessa | Baffling Magazine | 4/1/2021 |
| The Tale of the Blind Boy | Dwight, Jeffry | SFF Net Select | 7/31/2021 |
| The Widow's Might | Chatsworth, Elizabeth | Galaxy Press | 11/1/2021 |
| On the Spectrum | Key, Justin C. | Many Worlds | 9/15/2021 |
| Notes on the Forum of the Simulacra | Turnbull, Cadwell | Many Worlds | 11/15/2021 |
| An Arc Of Electric Skin | Talabi, Wole | Asimovs | 9/1/2021 |
| Comments on Your Provisional Patent Application For An Eternal Spirit Core | Talabi, Wole | Clarkesworld | 3/1/2021 |
| Cephalopod Heart | Vilas Boas, Lis | Hexagon | 12/1/2021 |
| Charioteer | Rabinowitz, Ted | Analog Science Fiction & Fact | 12/1/2021 |
| Immolatus | Manusos, Lyndsie | The Deadlands | 8/1/2021 |
| The Extermination Device of the Blacksmith | Uhiara, Solomon | Dark Matter Magazine | 1/1/2021 |
| For Future Generations | Gutin, Rachel | khōréō | 5/1/2021 |
| A Lay of Light and Anger | Baker, Stewart C | Forest Avenue Press | 11/23/2021 |
| Mermaids of Alabama: An Environmental Assessment | Campbell, Ellie | Mermaids Monthly | 9/27/2021 |
| Minstrel Boy Howling at the Moon | Allen, B. Morris | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 2/25/2021 |
| Communist Computer Rap God | Kriz, Andrea | Clarkesworld Magazine | 3/31/2021 |
| Just Us | Power, Stephen S. | The Dread Machine | 12/1/2021 |
| Betobeto Teketeke | Akagi, JL | The Dread Machine | 12/1/2021 |
| All The Ophelias In My Flat | Theodoridou, Natalia | Sylvia Magazine | 6/11/2021 |
| A Stray Cat in the Mountain of the Dead | Cristofari, Cécile | Interzone | 8/1/2021 |
| Mayday | Headley, Maria Dahvana | Penguin Random House | 7/1/2021 |
| Roar, Sweet Child, Roar | Thompson, Sydnee | Fireside Magazine | 11/1/2021 |