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2016 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books I'm Looking Forward To.

Description: Books that look interesting (in no particular order)

Rank Title Author Added

1

This Census-Taker

by China Miéville

943 members

61 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: tottman, souloftherose, taxonet, swwong

2

The Obelisk Gate

by N. K. Jemisin

4,245 members

188 reviews

4.2

3 Members: pwaites, souloftherose, taxonet

3

The Doors of Stone

by Patrick Rothfuss

584 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: tottman, taxonet

4

The Thorn of Emberlain

511 members

1 review

3.8

2 Members: pwaites, taxonet

5

by Robert Jackson Bennett

785 members

64 reviews

4.2

2 Members: pwaites, tottman

6

Every Heart a Doorway

by Seanan McGuire

3,386 members

293 reviews

3.8

2 Members: tottman, souloftherose

7

Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen

by Lois McMaster Bujold

887 members

68 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: souloftherose, taxonet

8

by Daniel O'Malley

970 members

48 reviews

4.1

2 Members: pwaites, tottman

9

Children of Earth and Sky

by Guy Gavriel Kay

767 members

41 reviews

4

2 Members: souloftherose, taxonet

10

Mistborn: The Bands of Mourning

by Brandon Sanderson

2,376 members

55 reviews

4.2

2 Members: pwaites, taxonet

11

by Jacey Bedford

143 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: inge87, tottman

12

by Brandon Sanderson

1,726 members

59 reviews

4

2 Members: pwaites, taxonet

13

The Stars Are Legion

by Kameron Hurley

801 members

42 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: pwaites, tottman

14

The Abyss Surrounds Us

by Emily Skrutskie

333 members

24 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: pwaites

15

Dreaming Death: A Palace of Dreams Novel

by J. Kathleen Cheney

82 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: inge87

16

All the Birds in the Sky

by Charlie Jane Anders

2,876 members

178 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: souloftherose

17

Marked in Flesh

791 members

86 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: inge87

18

A Criminal Magic

154 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: tottman

19

The Dinosaur Knights

by Victor Milan

137 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: tottman

20

Four Roads Cross

by Max Gladstone

313 members

18 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: pwaites

21

The Custodian of Marvels

119 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: inge87

22

by Maggie Stiefvater

2,458 members

116 reviews

4.2

Member: pwaites

23

by Maria V. Snyder

411 members

8 reviews

4

Member: tottman

24

Arabella of Mars

by David D. Levine

342 members

21 reviews

3.8

Member: inge87

25

The Hanging Tree

by Ben Aaronovitch

1,800 members

71 reviews

4.1

Member: souloftherose

26

by Kerstin Gier

314 members

6 reviews

3.8

Member: inge87
Explanations: inge87: English translation

27

Games Wizards Play

268 members

9 reviews

4.1

Member: pwaites

28

129 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: tottman

29

Alphas: Origins

by Ilona Andrews

132 members

15 reviews

3

Member: inge87

30

A Blade of Black Steel

by Alex Marshall

125 members

4 reviews

4.2

Member: tottman

31

Sleeping Giants

by Sylvain Neuvel

3,014 members

201 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: tottman

32

The Sudden Appearance of Hope

by Claire North

622 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: souloftherose

33

by Danielle L. Jensen

175 members

8 reviews

3.8

Member: inge87

34

98 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: inge87

35

The Cold Between

by Elizabeth Bonesteel

196 members

10 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: tottman

36

280 members

13 reviews

3.9

Member: tottman

37

2,888 members

103 reviews

4.2

Member: tottman

38

United States of Japan

by Peter Tieryas Liu

308 members

17 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: tottman

39

by Adrian Selby

140 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: tottman

40

187 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: tottman

41

Transgalactic: A novel

49 members

1 review

½ 2.4

Member: tottman

42

2,470 members

159 reviews

3.8

Member: tottman

43

Midnight Taxi Tango

by Daniel José Older

152 members

7 reviews

4.2

Member: tottman

44

288 members

15 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: tottman

45

Too Like the Lightning

1,805 members

93 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: tottman

46

by Patricia A. McKillip

267 members

21 reviews

3.9

Member: tottman

47

by Mishell Baker

567 members

46 reviews

3.9

Member: tottman

48

Mechanical Failure

149 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: tottman

49

Just One Damned Thing After Another

2,074 members

150 reviews

3.8

Member: tottman

50

1,587 members

76 reviews

3.9

Member: tottman

51

The Lazarus War: Artefact

by Jamie Sawyer

125 members

6 reviews

3.1

Member: tottman

52

146 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: tottman

53

Rebel of the Sands

by Alwyn Hamilton

1,794 members

88 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: tottman

54

by Holly Jennings

137 members

26 reviews

½ 3.4

About This List

Started: tottman
December 2015
Type: Numbered and unnumbered

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