The last month has been amazing, watching the nominations come in. I thought that I read a lot of fantasy and science fiction, but I had no idea there were so many excellent books in the genre published in one year. The nominating committee is having a great time reading all these good books, but it’s going to be difficult to choose just five!
There are still a few publishers that we haven’t heard from regarding review copies, but it’s not too late. If you’d like to supply the panelists with copies of your nominated titles, please email me at sruth@wandsandworlds.com.
Here is the complete list of nominated books in the fantasy and science fiction category, after all category changes have been made. If you don’t see a book you nominated here, please check the other categories. If you can’t find it, post a note in the comments below and I’ll check it out.
Sheila Ruth, coordinator for the Fantasy/Sci Fi category
Abadazad: The Road to Inconceivable
by J.M. DeMatteis, Mike Ploog
Hyperion
Agent Boo: The Littlest Agent
by Alex De Campi; illustrated by Edo Fuijkschot
TokyoPop
Amazing Flight of Darius Frobisher, The
by Bill Harley
Peachtree Publishers
Anatopsis
by Chris Abouzeid
Penguin: Dutton
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
by Eoin Colfer
Hyperion: Miramax
AutumnQuest
by Terie Garrison
Flux
Avielle of Rhia
by Dia Calhoun
Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books
Beast of Noor, The
by Janet Lee Carey
Simon & Schuster: Atheneum
Beasts of Clawstone Castle, The
by Eva Ibbotson
Penguin: Dutton
Beka Cooper: Terrier
by Tamora Pierce
Random House
Bella at Midnight
by Diane Stanley
HarperCollins
Blue Bloods
by Melissa de la Cruz
Hyperion
Book of Story Beginnings, The
by Kristin Kladstrup
Candlewick
Braced2Bite
by Serena Robar
Penguin: Berkley
Changeling
by Delia Sherman
Penguin: Viking Juvenile
Charlie Bone And The Hidden King
by Jenny Nimmo
Scholastic
Corbenic
by Catherine Fisher
HarperCollins: Greenwillow
Darkling Plain, A
by Philip Reeve
HarperCollins: Eos
Death of a Ghost
by Charles Butler
HarperCollins
Devilish
by Maureen Johnson
Penguin: Razorbill
Dream Spinner
by Bonnie Dobkin
Flux
Endymion Spring
by Matthew Skelton
RandomHouse: Delacorte
Enemies
by Christopher Golden and Ford Lytle Gilmore
Penguin: Razorbill
Erec Rex: The Dragon’s Eye
by Kaza Kingsley
Firelight Press
Evil Star
by Anthony Horowitz
Scholastic
Eye Pocket: The Fantastic Society of Peculiar Adventurers, The
by E.J. Crow
DNA Press
Fablehaven
by Brandon Mull
Shadow Mountain
Fairest
by Gail Carson Levine
HarperCollins
Fetch, The
by Chris Humphreys
RandomHouse: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Floating Island, The
by Elizabeth Haydon
Tor: Starscape
Gideon: The Cutpurse
by Linda Buckley-Archer
Simon & Schuster
Gilda Joyce, and the Ladies of the Lake
by Jennifer Allison
Penguin: Dutton
Golden
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
RandomHouse: Delacorte
Good Fairies of New York, The
by Martin Millar
Soft Skull
Gossamer
by Lois Lowry
Houghton Mifflin: Walter Lorraine Books
Hellbent
by Anthony McGowan
Simon & Schuster
Here Be Monsters
by Alan Snow
Simon & Schuster: Atheneum
Here, There Be Dragons
by James A. Owen
Simon Simon S&Samp;amp; Schuster Schuster: Simon & Schuster
High School Bites: The Lucy Chronicles
by Liza Conrad
NAL Trade
Homefree
by Nina Wright
Flux
Horns & Wrinkles
by Joseph Helgerson
Houghton Mifflin
Horse Passages
by Jennifer Macaire
Medallion Press
Into the Woods
by Lyn Gardner
David Fickling Books
King of Attolia, The
by Megan Whalen Turner
HarperCollins: Greenwillow
Larklight
by Philip Reeve
Bloomsbury
Last Days, The
by Scott Westerfield
Penguin: Razorbill
Last Dragon, The
by Silvana de Mari
Hyperion: Miramax
Last of the Wilds
by Trudi Canavan
HarperCollins: Eos
Legend of Zoey, The
by Candie Moonshower
RandomHouse: Delacorte
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Harcourt Children’s Books
London Calling
by Edward Bloor
RandomHouse: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Looking Glass Wars, The
by Frank Beddor
Penguin: Dial
Lurkers, The
by Charles Butler
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Magic Lessons
by Justine Larbalestier
Penguin: Razorbill
Monster Blood Tattoo: The Foundling
by DM Cornish
Penguin: Putnam
New Moon
by Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown (Hachette)
Peter Pan in Scarlet
by Geraldine McCaughrean
Simon & Schuster: Margaret K. McElderry
Pinhoe Egg, The
by Diana Wynne Jones
HarperCollins: Greenwillow
Privilege of the Sword
by Ellen Kushner
RandomHouse: Bantam Dell
Prophet of Yonwood, The
by Jeanne Duprau
Random House
Ptolemy’s Gate
by Jonathan Stroud
Hyperion: Miramax
Pucker
by Melanie Gideon
Penguin: Razorbill
Quest of the Dragon Stone
by Ami Blackford
Red Cygnet Press
Ranger’s Apprentice: The Burning Bridge, The
by John Flanagan
Penguin: Philomel
River Secrets
by Shannon Hale
Bloomsbury
Samurai
by Jason Hightman
HarperCollins: Eos
Sea of Monsters, The
by Rick Riordan
Hyperion: Miramax
Septimus Heap #2: Flyte
by Angie Sage
HarperCollins: Katherine Tegen Books
Shadow in the Deep
by L.B. Graham
P & R Publishing
Shadow Thieves, The
by Anne Ursu
Simon & Schuster: Atheneum
Silver City
by Cliff McNish
Carolrhoda Books
Sir Thursday
by Garth Nix
Scholastic
Sisters Grimm: The Problem Child
by Michael Buckley
Amulet
Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1, The
by PJ Haarsma
Candlewick
Stones of Abraxas
by K Osborn Sullivan
Medallion
Summer King, The
by O.R. Melling
Amulet Books
Sword of Anton
by Gene Del Vecchio
Pelican Publishing Company
Temping Fate
by Esther Friesner
Penguin: Dutton
Tide Knot, The
by Helen Dunmore
HarperCollins
Travels of Thelonious
by Susan Schade and Jon Buller
Simon & Schuster: Simon & Schuster
Undine
by Penni Russon
HarperCollins: Greenwillow
Voices
by Ursula Le Guin
Harcourt Children’s Books
Wabi
by Joseph Bruchac
Penguin: Dial
Wall and the Wing, The
by Laura Ruby
HarperCollins: Eos
Wintersmith
by Terry Pratchett
HarperTeen
Wolfproof
by Maureen Doyle McQuerry
Idylls Press
Wuthering High
by Cara Lockwood
MTV