- Five Short Stories: 9 from the Nine Worlds by Rick Riordan
- Set in Asia: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
- A Selection from the A-Z Genre Guide: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
- Found Family: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
- First Person POV: Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
- Science Fantasy or Sci-Fi from 2016 bingo: The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
- New To You Author: In Deeper Waters by F. T. Lukens
- Gothic Fantasy: House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
- Blacklist Book: Firebird by Mercedes Lackey
- Revenge-Seeking Character: V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
- Mystery Plot: Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
- Comfort Read: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- Published in 2021: Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
- Cat Squasher: Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
- SFF-Related Non-Fiction: I Am Not Spock by Leonard Nimoy
- Latinx or Latin American Author: Lost in the Never Woods by Thomas Aiden
- Self-Published: The Gatekeeper of Pericael by Hayley Reese Chow
- Forest Setting: The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
- Genre Mashup: Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell
- Has Chapter Titles: Once Upon a River by Dianne Setterfield
- Title ___ of ___: Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
- First Contact: Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
- Trans or Nonbinary Character: The Witch King by H. E. Edgemon
- Debut Author: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
- Witches: The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
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