In addition to ranking the six nominees, we also talk about four more amazing books that deserve to be in contention for the best speculative fiction novels of the year.

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This episode is sponsored by Doppelgänger: An Orphan, A Prodigy, and a Murder by Chip Walter. A computer scientist awakens in a robotic body—next to his own murdered corpse, with only 72 hours to stop a conspiracy that threatens the human race. William Shatner calls it “quite a ride.” Learn more at chipwalter.com/

If you want to jump around, here are the timestamps for all the books we talked about: 

• 00:00 Intro
• 1:26 Episode Sponsor - Doppelgänger by Chip Walter
• 2:03 6 - A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
• 4:58 5 - The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
• 7:51 4 - Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
• 9:12 3 - Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• 12:49 - Four more great books that deserved a nomination
• 22:36 2 - Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• 27:15 1 - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett