Looking for 2015 SF&F Recommendations!

[rowyn]

Next year, I'll be going to MidAmericon, the 2016 WorldCon. This means I'll be eligible to make Hugo nominations!

Which means that I should read some SF&F that was written this year.

Because I have a habit of reading only work that's been recommended to me, and I'm too cheap to buy hardcovers/e-books priced like hardcovers, my reading is rarely anything published in the last 12 months. But hey, I can check stuff out from the library and even figure out the nationwide-interlibrary loan system again if I have to! And indie books are usually reasonably priced even when new. LET'S DO THIS.

So if you know any good sf&f that came out this year (including your own!), please let me know. I am especially interested in short fiction -- I actually know 2 novels to nominate already -- but anything is good.  If it's something you enjoyed but feel is a "guilty pleasure" or "not literary enough for an award" or whatever, please recommend it anyway. I like light fluffy stories and will be happy to nominate a good one for an award.

Comments

[argonel.livejournal.com]

A not very helpful suggestion I'm afraid, but I just started a kindle unlimited subscription. It is a flat $10 a month to read as much as you want from the books in the program and the authors get paid. The problem is still what to read, but it opens the doors to a lot of ebooks for a flat fee.

[rowyn]

I am really leery of Kindle Unlimited: for one thing, KU enrollment requires (at least of self-pub) that the book be ONLY available on Amazon. Amazon has plenty of monopoly power as it is. :/

Besides, my local library system has like 90% of trad published books in its catalogue, so the books I feel are budget busters are available for free that way anyhow. :)