Finalist, Best Novel, 2017
Too Like the Lightning
Ada Palmer (opens in a new tab)
In a peaceful 25th century without nations or religion, a convict servant tells how a boy who can bring toys to life and a stolen list threaten to bring the whole world to war.
The ballot
- The Obelisk GateN. K. JemisinOrbit BooksWinner
- 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
- Death’s EndCixin Liu, translated by Ken LiuTor Books / Head of Zeus
