All of the shortlisted books for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Shortlist Public
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Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera
5 stars
Some stories take more than one lifetime to tell. There are wrongs that echo through the ages, friendships that outpace …
nogoodnik says: 2025 Winner
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Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson
The magical island of Chynchin is facing conquerors from abroad and something sinister from within in this entrancing fantasy from …
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The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy (Daughters of the Empty Throne, #1)
In the gripping first novel in the Daughters of the Empty Throne trilogy, author Margaret Killjoy spins a tale of …
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The West Passage by Jared Pechaček
4 stars
When the Guardian of the West Passage died in her bed, the women of Grey Tower fed her to the …
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Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins
"Can the absence of words tell a story? Like a pattern in lace, the holes as important as the threads?"
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3 stars
A demon. An angel. A city.
The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city of Azril. She has …
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North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher
On Nakharat, every contract is a ribbon and every ribbon is a secret, braided tight and tucked behind a veil. …
