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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time | Taitel, Susan | Daily Science Fiction | 11/19/2021 |
| Two Small Birds | (translated by John Chu), Han Song | The Big Book of Science Fiction | 7/2016 |
| The Unmistakable Smell of Wood Violets | (translated by Marian Womack), Angélica Gorodischer | The Big Book of Science Fiction | 7/2016 |
| Source and Sedition | A. Dae, Koji | Zooscape Magazine | 9/2020 |
| The Hospital Where | Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame | Mariner / Longreads | 10/2018 |
| Things Boys Do | Aguda, 'Pemi | Nightmare Magazine | 2/2020 |
| Masquerade Season | Aguda, 'Pemi | Tor.com | 3/24/2021 |
| The Glow-in-the-Dark Girls | Ahmad, Senaa | Strange Horizons | 1/2018 |
| The Skin of a Teenage Boy Is Not Alive | Ahmad, Senaa | Nightmare Magazine | 8/2019 |
| Qalam | Ahmad, Zarah | Atthis Arts | 5/2020 |
| Birth of a Pantheon | Aisteach, Kyle | Connected Editions | 12/2015 |
| The Tree Whisperer | Ajeigbe, Oluwatomiwa | Speculatively Queer | 3/3/2022 |
| Betobeto Teketeke | Akagi, JL | The Dread Machine | 12/1/2021 |
| A Murmuration | Alastair, Reynolds | Interzone | 3/2015 |
| The Sun Falls Apart | Alden, J.W. | Writers of the Future, Vol. 32 | 2016 |
| Gennesaret | Alexander, Phoenix | Beneath Ceaseless Skies | 3/2018 |
| The Penitent | Alexander, Phoenix | F&SF | 7/2021 |
| Nails | Alexander, Phoenix | Dark Magazine | 9/1/2021 |
| ...And I Show You How Deep the Rabbit Hole Goes | Alexander, Scott | Slate Star Codex | 6/2015 |
| Achievement | Algernon, S. R. | ReAnimus Press | 1/2018 |
| Thicker than Water | Algernon, SR | ReAnimus Press | 1/2018 |
| The Meme Hunter | Algernon, SR | ReAnimus Press | 1/2018 |
| To Say Nothing of Lost Figurines | Aliyu, Rafeeat | Aurelia Leo | 8/2020 |
| Fruit of the calabash | Aliyu, Rafeeat | 2020 | |
| You Can't See It 'Til It's Finished | Allen Hill, Joseph | Liminal Stories | 2016 |