- Vengeful, V.E. Schwab
- Iron Gold, Pierce Brown
- Vox, Christina Dalcher
- Only Human, Sylvain Neuvel
- Red Clocks, Leni Zumas
- The Night Masquerade, Nnedi Okorafor
- Persepolis Rising, James S.A. Corey
- Artificial Condition, Martha Wells
- The Oracle Year, Charles Soule
- Head On, John Scalzi
- Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers
- Star Wars Thrawn: Alliances, Timothy Zahn
- Severance, Ling Ma
- The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal
- Rosewater, Tade Thompson
- Ball Lightning, Cixin Liu
- Space Opera, Catherynne M. Valente
- The Gone World, Tom Sweterlitsch
- Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee
- The Consuming Fire, John Scalzi