Following Publishers Weekly‘s announcement of its ten best books of 2011 (see this article), PW‘s SF reviews editor Rose Fox announces the top of the sf/f/h list for the year in this post.
Making her list are:
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
Triptych by J.M. Frey
Unpossible by Daryl Gregory
Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan, Vol. 1 by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Erekos by A.M. Tuomala
Fox goes on to note that “six out of six of these titles were put out by ambitious, daring small outfits. I hope a lot of people are paying attention. Congratulations and heartfelt thanks to Small Beer, Angry Robot, Dragon Moon, Fairwood, Subterranean, and Candlemark & Gleam for taking chances on these extraordinary books.”
The list of honorable mentions is
The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie
Broken by Susan Jane Bigelow
The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham
Cold Iron by Devon Monk