Vanessa joins Jenn again to look at what got accolades and award nods, if not wins, over the past year, plus their own favorites of 2023! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Read Jenn's full write-up here: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022 and 2023, Crunched Top Titles from 2023 Best Of Lists: Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Land of Milk and Honey, C. Pam Zhang Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez Lone Women, Victor LaValle Top Titles from 2023 Award Finalists/Winners, Published in 2022: Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk Babel by R.F. Kuang Spear by Nicola Griffith Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris) Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Siren Queen by Nghi Vo Jenn and Vanessa's Picks The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas Translation State by Ann Leckie Lone Women by Victor LaValle The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson  Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices