We love a good retrospective, and with only seven weeks left in 2020, we thought it was the perfect time to start looking back at the best of the year. We could all use that, right? A reminder that despite all that 2020 was, there were some bright spots, and many of those came in the form of books; books in general, and brand spanking new series, specifically.
Yes, for the series lovers among us, it was a very good year, a year that saw the launch of several noteworthy new sci-fi series. But which one was the best...? We have our favorites and we would love to hear yours, so let's get to the nominations rolling, shall we?
We've kickstarted the list with some of the new sci-fi series we loved this year, but this is a democratic process, and as always, we are excited to hear your nominations, too! Please nominate as many as you'd like here or in our Facebook group and remember that for this opening round, you can vote for as many as you'd like as well!
What Was the Best New Sci-Fi Series of 2020
Iron Prince by Bryce O'Connor and Luke Chmilenko*29%, 60 votes
60 votes29%
60 votes - 29% of all votes
Final Days by Jasper T. Scott and Nathan Hystad 10%, 20 votes
20 votes10%
20 votes - 10% of all votes
The Enigma Cube (Alien Artifact Book 1) by Douglas E. Richards 6%, 13 votes
13 votes6%
13 votes - 6% of all votes
Sons of War: A Post-Apocalyptic War Thriller (The Sons of War Series Book 1) by Nicholas Sansbury Smith 6%, 13 votes
13 votes6%
13 votes - 6% of all votes
Contact Front (Drop Trooper Book 1) by Rick Partlow*6%, 13 votes
13 votes6%
13 votes - 6% of all votes
Acheron Inheritance (Federation Chronicles Book 1) by Ken Lozito 6%, 12 votes
12 votes6%
12 votes - 6% of all votes
The City We Became: A Novel (The Great Cities Trilogy Book 1) by N. K. Jemisin 6%, 12 votes
12 votes6%
12 votes - 6% of all votes
Occupation: A Post-Apocalyptic Alien Invasion Thriller (Rise Book 1) by Nathan Hystad and Devon C. Ford 5%, 11 votes
11 votes5%
11 votes - 5% of all votes
The Bounty Hunter (Cade Korbin Chronicles Book 1) by Jasper T. Scott 4%, 9 votes
9 votes4%
9 votes - 4% of all votes
Dying World: Magitech Legacy Book 1 by Chris Fox 4%, 8 votes
8 votes4%
8 votes - 4% of all votes
Axiom's End: A Novel (Noumena Book 1) by Lindsay Ellis 3%, 7 votes
7 votes3%
7 votes - 3% of all votes
Luna Missile Crisis by Rhett Bruno and Jamie Castle (here's hoping that this will be a first bk in a great new series)*3%, 7 votes
7 votes3%
7 votes - 3% of all votes
Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles Book 1) by Kate Elliot 3%, 7 votes
7 votes3%
7 votes - 3% of all votes
The Forgotten Empire by Raymond Weil*3%, 6 votes
6 votes3%
6 votes - 3% of all votes
The Frontier Saga by Rik Brown*2%, 4 votes
4 votes2%
4 votes - 2% of all votes
Rebel Sword: A Fantasy Space Opera LitRPG Novel (Galactic Knight Book 1) by Peter Bostrum, Jacob Rennaker and Nick Webb 1%, 3 votes
3 votes1%
3 votes - 1% of all votes
Impact series by Brandon Q Morris*0%, 1 vote
1 vote
1 vote - 0% of all votes
Total Votes: 206
Voters: 194
November 11, 2020
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Lyn McConchie says:
Frankly I’m wondering what’s happened to SF writers. This year I’ve mostly reread older books, because the new ones I’ve brought I’ve found that I get partway and dump them. Two of those listed on this site as the first in great new series, I couldn’t get past 20% before discarding them. My local library was happy, but I wasn’t. They had great blurbs, but that was the best part. Sigh. I couldn’t connect with the characters and that’s fatal for a reader. Oh well. I can only hope 2021 does better by me.
You might want to try the “Time Wars” series by Craig Robertson. Most of his stuff has been pretty tame, but this one is going pretty well. It involves his old protagonist Jon Ryan, but this series is doing a great job of bringing in new people and concepts. It will be a six-book series, and I believe the third book is available now. Maybe the fourth.
The best thing about living in a free country is that I don’t have to read any of these books! What a sorry looking lot.
Happily working my way through my 2,000 or so unread books, 1950s through about 2010 or a little after. The greats–Vance, Sheckley, Benford, De Camp, Kay, Tanith Lee, McDevitt, Niven, Alastair Reynolds, Silverberg, Stross, Tepper, Banks, Powers, Pratt, Pratchett, Sawyer, Sheffield, Vinge, Zelazny…
Frankly I’m wondering what’s happened to SF writers. This year I’ve mostly reread older books, because the new ones I’ve brought I’ve found that I get partway and dump them. Two of those listed on this site as the first in great new series, I couldn’t get past 20% before discarding them. My local library was happy, but I wasn’t. They had great blurbs, but that was the best part. Sigh. I couldn’t connect with the characters and that’s fatal for a reader. Oh well. I can only hope 2021 does better by me.
You might want to try the “Time Wars” series by Craig Robertson. Most of his stuff has been pretty tame, but this one is going pretty well. It involves his old protagonist Jon Ryan, but this series is doing a great job of bringing in new people and concepts. It will be a six-book series, and I believe the third book is available now. Maybe the fourth.
Please omit “Bobiverse by Naylor Grant”? I adored the Bobiverse series, which is by Dennis Taylor, and isn’t a 2020 release.
I totally agree with you! Dennis E Taylor is da man!
The best thing about living in a free country is that I don’t have to read any of these books! What a sorry looking lot.
Happily working my way through my 2,000 or so unread books, 1950s through about 2010 or a little after. The greats–Vance, Sheckley, Benford, De Camp, Kay, Tanith Lee, McDevitt, Niven, Alastair Reynolds, Silverberg, Stross, Tepper, Banks, Powers, Pratt, Pratchett, Sawyer, Sheffield, Vinge, Zelazny…
I vote Bryce O’Connor and Luke Chmilenko’s Iron Prince!