▪ Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager US; Hodder & Stoughton)
▪ Emergence, C.J. Cherryh (DAW)
▪ Chercher La Femme, L. Timmel Duchamp (Aqueduct)
▪ Europe at Dawn, Dave Hutchinson (Solaris UK)
▪ Shelter, Dave Hutchinson (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
▪ Pride and Prometheus, John Kessel (Saga)
▪ The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
▪ If Tomorrow Comes, Nancy Kress (Tor)
▪ Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
▪ Blackfish City, Sam J. Miller (Ecco; Orbit UK)
▪ Embers of War, Gareth L. Powell (Titan US; Titan UK)
▪ The Overstory, Richard Powers (Norton; Heinemann)
▪ The Dreaming Stars, Tim Pratt (Angry Robot US; Angry Robot UK)
▪ An American Story, Christopher Priest (Gollancz)
▪ Elysium Fire, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz; Orbit US)
▪ By the Pricking of Her Thumb, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
▪ Red Moon, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
▪ Theory of Bastards, Audrey Schulman (Europa)
▪ The Sky Is Yours, Chandler Klang Smith (Hogarth US)
▪ Unholy Land, Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon)
▪ Space Opera, Catherynne M. Valente (Saga)
▪ Irontown Blues, John Varley (Ace)
▪ The Wild Dead, Carrie Vaughn (John Joseph Adams)
▪ The Accidental War, Walter Jon Williams (Harper Voyager)
▪ Condomnauts, Yoss (Restless)