When Booklist Online named the Top 10 Science Fiction/Fantasy Books for 2015, I immediately checked our database to see if I had purchased any of the titles.
Happily, I purchased four of the 10!
This is a major accomplishment for me because it has been years since I actually read science fiction or fantasy. The genres' most recognizable authors to me are Madeleine L’Engle and Anne McCaffrey — neither of them made the top 10.
Here are the books that did:
• “The Bone Clocks,” by David Mitchell
• “The Magician’s Land,” by Lev Grossman
• “Golden Son” by Pierce Brown
• “The Queen of the Tearling,” by Erika Johansen
• “Written in My Own Heart’s Blood,” by Diana Gabaldon
• “The Oversight,” by Charlie Fletcher
• “The Gracekeepers,” by Kirsty Logan
• “The Fire Sermon,” by Francesca Haig
• “California Bones,” by Greg van Eekhout
• “A Crown for Cold Silver,” by Alex Marshall
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Jean Lewis is the Crestview Public Library's director.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Crestview library director lists magazine's top 10 science fiction, fantasy books