▪ 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)