Best Novel, 2017

The Obelisk Gate

N. K. Jemisin (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 448 pages · First published by Orbit

The second Broken Earth book. As the world darkens, a mother learns what her power was meant for, and her daughter, far away, learns to use her own.

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Also on the ballot

All the Birds in the SkyCharlie Jane AndersTor Books / Titan BooksRunner-up
Ninefox GambitYoon Ha LeeSolaris Books
A Closed and Common OrbitBecky ChambersHodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager US
Too Like the LightningAda PalmerTor Books
Death’s EndCixin Liu, translated by Ken LiuTor Books / Head of Zeus