Get ready to get your read on! 4032 nominating ballots were cast this year, a record amount, and nearly twice as many as last year.
To see the full list of nominations in every category, visit the MidAmericon II website. I’ll list the Best Novel nominations here, and I’ll be giving my thoughts on each as we head down the road to the Hugos (which are August 20th, 2016).
The nominations for Best Novel are:
- Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
- The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher (Roc)
- The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow)
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
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JL Jamieson is a strange book nerd who writes technical documents by day, and book news, reviews, and other assorted opinions for you by night. She is working on her own fiction, and spends time making jewelry to sell at local conventions, as well as stalking the social media accounts of all your favorite writers.