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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freehold | Pearce, Josh | Dark Matter Magazine | 9/30/2021 |
| Portuguese Essay | Tom, George | ParSec | 11/30/2021 |
| Where The Light Had Been | Chand, Priya | Neon Hemlock | 9/30/2021 |
| The Last Dangerous Vision | Engel-Cox, Glen | Riddled With Arrows | 3/31/2021 |
| Tabula Rasa | Cornell, P. A. | Cossmas | 8/31/2021 |
| Mishpokhe and Ash | Rossman-Reich, Sydney | Apex Magazine | 4/30/2021 |
| Reigning Cats and Human Doggies: How Humans Learned to Heel | Hilton, Alicia | Departure Mirror Quarterly | 3/1/2021 |
| Float Day | Divya, S.B. | Broken Eye Books | 3/30/2021 |
| The Petticoat Government | Khalid, Kehkashan | Fantasy Magazine | 11/1/2021 |
| Dick Pig | Muneshwar, Ian | Nightmare Magazine | 1/1/2022 |
| How to Train Your Demon | Liscoumb, Lisa Lacey | Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 7/1/2021 |
| Perdition | Wren, Rowan | Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 7/1/2021 |
| 2020 | Vivier, Sean | Daily Science Fiction | 6/1/2021 |
| Blood Blister | Hogan, Liam | Daily Science Fiction | 8/1/2021 |
| Undercurrency | Beckbessinger, Sam | Upshot | 12/7/2021 |
| Flight | Ilo, Innocent Chizaram | Fantasy Magazine | 2/1/2021 |
| Caw | Dunlap, W.C. | Nightmare Magazine | 9/30/2021 |
| Finishers | Nogle, Christi | Dark Matter Magazine | 1/1/2021 |
| Excerpts from the Text of an Explanatory Stele Erected for Our Edification by the Scholars of the Outer Orion Tendril | Esaias, Timons | Clarkesworld | 9/1/2021 |
| Embracing the Movement | Jurado, Cristina | Clarkesworld | 6/1/2021 |
| For Rain Is To Wet and Fire To Burn | Minto, Robert | Beneath Ceasless Skies | 7/31/2021 |
| My Heart Is at Capacity | Berry, T.J. | Asimov's | 4/19/2021 |
| The Wrong Way | McDevitt, Jack | Nature | 6/23/2021 |
| Emergency housekeeping rules for the SS Heart of the Sun | Picchi, Aimee | Nature Futures | 9/17/2021 |
| Blackberries | Leonard, Anne | Air and Nothingness Press | 11/1/2021 |