Best Novel, 2022

A Desolation Called Peace

Arkady Martine (opens in a new tab)

Hardcover, 496 pages · First published by Tor Books

The sequel to A Memory Called Empire. An imperial fleet faces an enemy nobody can talk to, and sends for a diplomat to try.

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Light From Uncommon StarsRyka AokiTor / St Martin’s PressRunner-up
A Master of DjinnP. Djèlí ClarkTordotcom / Orbit UK
The Galaxy, and the Ground WithinBecky ChambersHarper Voyager / Hodder & Stoughton
She Who Became the SunShelley Parker-ChanTor / Mantle
Project Hail MaryAndy WeirBallantine / Del Rey