The Best SF/F Of 2022

Sharifah and Jenn discuss discuss The Witches of Mayfair trailer, a D&D update, 2022’s award winners and books selected as “Best Of,” and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Need a last minute gift? Tailored Book Recommendations can help. NEWS  D&D officially removing the word “race” from updated edition [GameRant] Trailer for Mayfair Witches [Tor.com] A very normal interview with Emily St. John Mandel [Slate] Avatar Stamps in New Zealand [Nerdist] BEST OF DISCUSSION Jenn’s highly unscientific spreadsheet Books Recurring on Best Of Lists, In Order: Babel by RF Kuang Siren Queen by Nghi Vo The Candy House by Jennifer Egan  How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2) by Sarah J. Maas The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu 2022 Award Winners Premee Mohamad: “And What Can We Offer You Tonight” (World Fantasy), and “The Annual Migration of Clouds” (Aurora) P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Ignyte) and Ring Shout (Nommo) See the spreadsheet for others and for source links! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices