Runner-up, Best Novel, 2012
Embassytown
China Miéville (opens in a new tab)
On a distant world where the native aliens speak a language that cannot lie, a human woman who is part of their language must save her city when a new ambassador arrives.
The ballot
- Among OthersJo WaltonTorWinner
- Leviathan WakesJames S. A. CoreyOrbit
- DeadlineMira GrantOrbit
- A Dance With DragonsGeorge R. R. MartinBantam Spectra