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Yearly Review Round up 2014


Yearly Review Round up 2014

Over the last week I have posted my favorite books of 2014, below you can find the complete list of all the books that I have nominated. I read a lot of good books and hope that 2015 will see the same!

Many festive cheers,
Jasper

Best Books
 - The Emperor's Blade by Brian Stavely, Tor
- Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence, HarperVoyager/AceRoc
- Lock in by John Scalzi, Gollancz
- Full Fathom Five by Max Gladstone, Tor
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North, Orbit 


Best Debut

- The Emperor's Blade by Brian Stavely, Tor
- The Incorruptibles by John Hornor Jacobs, Gollancz
- The Boy With the Porcelain Blade by Den Patrick, Gollancz
- A Kill in the Morning by Graeme Shimmin, Bantam Press
- Traitor's Blade by Sebastien de Castell, Jo Fletcher



Best Epic Fantasy
- Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence, HarperVoyager
- Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson, Bantam Press/Tor
- Blood Will Follow by Snorri Kristjansson, Jo Fletcher
- Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch, Gollancz
- Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson, Gollancz/Tor



Best Urban Fantasy
- Full Fathom Five by Max Gladstone, Tor
- Our Lady of the Streets by Tom Pollock, Jo Fletcher
- The Oversight by Charlie Fletcher, Orbit
- The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig, Angry Robot
- Sleeping Late on Judgement Day by Tad Williams, Hodderscape



Best Military Fiction
- Seal Team 666: Reign of Evil by Weston Ochse, Titan
- Control Point by Myke Cole, Headline
- American Craftsmen by Tom Doyle, Tor
- Andromeda's Choice by William C. Dietz, Titan
- The Burning Dark by Adam Christopher, Titan/Tor



Best Science Fiction
- The Forever Watch by David Ramirez, Hodderscape
- Binary by Stephanie Saulter, Jo Fletcher
- The Causal Angel by Hanny Rajaniemi, Gollancz/Tor
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North, Orbit
- Lock in by John Scalzi





Best Alternate History
- Blood will Follow by Snorri Kristjansson, Jo Fletcher
- Age of Iron by Angus Watson,Orbit
- The Emperor's Knives by Anthony Riches, Hodder and Stoughton
- A Plunder of Souls by D.B. Jackson, Tor
- The Black Stone by Nick Brown, Hodder and Stoughton



Best Horror
- The Girl with all the Gift by Mike Carey, Orbit
- Revival by Stephen King, Hodderscape
- The Three by Sarah Lotz, Hodderscape
- Murder by Sarah Pinborough, Jo Fletcher
- Parasite by Mira Grant, Orbit



Best Young-Adult
- MetaWars: Freedom Frontier by Jeff Norton, Orchard Books
- The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler, Doubleday Childrens
- Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson, Delacorte/Gollancz
- Half a King by Joe Abercrombie, HaperVoyager
- Red Rising by Pierce Brown, Hodderscape



Best Steampunk
- Once Upon a Time in Hell by Guy Adams, Solaris
- The Bullet-Catchers Daughter by Rod Duncan, Angry Robot
- Gideon Smith and the Brass Dragon by David Barnett, Tor
- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, Tor
- Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett, Double Day  



Best Detective
- Murder by Sarah Pinborough, Jo Fletcher
- The Curse of the House of Foskett by MRC Kasasian, Head of Zeus
- Retribution by Mark Charan Newton, Tor
- The Severed Streets by Paul Cornell, Tor
- Land of Shadows by Rachel Howzell Hall, Titan 



Best First in Series (no debut!)
- Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence, HarperVoyager
- The Oversight by Charlie Fletcher, Orbit
- Willful Child by Steven Erikson, Bantam Press/Tor
- Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson, Gollancz
- Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson, Bantam Press/Tor



Best Short Fiction
- Unlocked by John Scalzi, Tor.com
- The Messenger by Mark Charan Newton, Tor
- A Spell of Vengeance by D.B. Jackson, Tor.com
- Sleeping Beauty by Mark Lawrence, HarperVoyager
- Forsworn by Brian McClellan, Orbit




 

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