Recs if you like Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle...

Short story collections in any genre, all stories by a single author.

Finalists for the 2026 Nebula Award for BEST NOVEL and BEST NOVELLA, presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA).

Not included in this list is Best Novella finalist "Descent" by Wole Talabi, published in the May 2025 issue of Clarkesworld.

Works published in 2025.

Best Novel Nominees: When We Were Real • 🏆 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter • Katabasis • Death of the Author • The Incandescent • Sour Cherry • Wearing the Lion

Best Novella Nominees: Disgraced Return of the Kap’s Needle • 🏆 The River Has Roots • The Death of Mountains • Automatic Noodle • But Not Too Bold • Descent*

• Published in Clarkesworld Magazine #224, May 2025