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Speculative Fiction

Speculative fiction is a broad category of fiction encompassing genres with certain elements that are nonexistent in terms of reality, recorded history, or nature and the present universe, covering various themes in the context of the supernatural, futuristic, and many other imaginative topics.

Under this umbrella category, the genres include, but are not limited to: science fiction, fantasy fiction, horror fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history.

It can be used as an umbrella term for scienc
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Babel by R.F. KuangSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelNettle & Bone by T. KingfisherLegends & Lattes by Travis BaldreeThe Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
Hugo 2023 Eligible Novels
126 books — 270 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisTrainspotting by Irvine WelshFramed & Hunted by Edward        Williams
Contemporary Cult Fiction
490 books — 460 voters

1984 by George OrwellDracula by Bram StokerInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shining by Stephen        King
Quality Dark Fiction
2,443 books — 3,211 voters
Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra RowlandEarthflown by Frances  WrenA Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison SaftAn Education in Malice by S.T. GibsonVoyage of the Damned by Frances   White
2024 Queer SFF
158 books — 202 voters

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneHarrow the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirCemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasThe Extraordinaries by T.J. KluneSpellhacker by M.K. England
2020 Queer Sci-Fi Fantasy
192 books — 399 voters
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeerAuthority by Jeff VanderMeerThe Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. CareyStarshine by G.S. JennsenWords of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
2014 Speculative Fiction
64 books — 164 voters


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