in no particular order

—fantasy and sci fi

• The Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
• Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe
• The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
• Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
• Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods
• The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

—lit fic

• Endling by Maria Reva
• Wanting by Claire Jia
• Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
• On Beauty by Zadie Smith
• There Are Rivers In the Sky by Elif Shafak

—historical fic

• Trust by Hernan Diaz
• The Pretender by Jo Harkin
• Costanza by Rachel Blackmore
• Rapture by Emily Maguire
• Boy by Nicole Galland
• James by Percival Everett

—horror and thriller

• Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
• Chlorine by Jade Song
• You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego

—honorable mentions

• Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
• The Wedding People by Alison Espach
• Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley
• Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown