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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Music | Bangs, Elly | Clarkesworld Magazine | 1 / 2021 |
| The Mathematics of Fairyland | Barton, Phoebe | Lightspeed | 2 / 2021 |
| The Corpsehulk | Black, Chris | The Dread Machine | 1 / 2021 |
| The Unrepentant | Boden, Derrick | Escape Pod | 1 / 2021 |
| The Excruciating Beauty of Ephemera | Bowes, Keyan | Constelacion | 1 / 2021 |
| Onboarding Practices For the Ravaging Horde | Brandon, E.B. | Daily Science Fiction | 2 / 2021 |
| Bandit, Reaper, Yours | Brown, Jen | Baffling Magazine | 4 / 2021 |
| The Bletted Woman | Campbell, Rebecca | The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 3 / 2021 |
| As Tight As Any Knot | Carrick, M.A. | Beneath Ceaseless Skies | 1 / 2021 |
| Parchment Sky | Case, Stephen | Beneath Ceaseless Skies | 3 / 2021 |
| Imilla | Curtidor, Vania T. | Constelación | 2 / 2021 |
| The Frankly Impossible Weight of Han | Dong, Maria | khōréō magazine | 3 / 2021 |
| Sailing to Byzantium | Donohue, Jennifer R. | Fusion Fragment | 1 / 2021 |
| Clouds in a Clear Blue Sky | Dovey, Matt | Podcastle | 2 / 2021 |
| When Your Being Here is Gentler Than Your Absence Hard | Drnovšek Zorko, Filip Hajdar | Beneath Ceaseless Skies | 2 / 2021 |
| Gray Skies, Red Wings, Blue Lips, Black Hearts | Fenn Wolfmoor, Merc | Apex Magazine | 1 / 2021 |
| Fanfiction for a Grimdark Universe, by Vanessa Fogg | Fogg, Vanessa | Translunar Travelers Lounge | 2 / 2021 |
| The Piper | Fowler, Karen Joy | F&SF | 1 / 2021 |
| Blood and Stone | Grimmer, Mika | Selene Quarterly Magazine | 8 / 2021 |
| Mr. Death | Harrow, Alix E. | Apex Magazine | 1 / 2021 |
| Cleaver, Meat, and Block | Haskins, Maria | Pseudopod | 2 / 2021 |
| A Serpent For Each Year | Jerée, Tamara | Strange Horizons | 2 / 2021 |
| Love, That Hungry Thing | Khaw, Cassandra | Apex Magazine | 1 / 2021 |
| Fractured | Kuzenski, Aimee | Translunar Travellers Lounge | 2 / 2021 |
| The Failed Dianas | Laban, Monique | Clarkesworld | 2 / 2021 |