Best Fantasy and Scifi I read in 2004

Explore the best fantasy and sci-fi books of 2004 with this curated list of top reads. Discover must-read novels, hidden gems, and award-winning titles in fantasy and science fiction from 2004.

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The Light Ages

by Ian R. MacLeod

In this moody work set in a fantastical Age of Industry, Robert Borrows runs away from Bracebridge, West Yorkshire, only to find that he cannot …
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Iron Council

by China Miéville

A new cast of characters shares mythical adventures in the sprawling, phantasmagoric city of New Crobuzon.
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Secret Life

by Jeff VanderMeer

This collection of 23 stories reflects a diversity of approaches to key questions about the human condition, including questions about mortality, love, obsession, and creativity. …
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Cloud Atlas

by David Stephen Mitchell

Recounts the connected stories of people from the past and the distant future, from a nineteenth-century notary and an investigative journalist in the 1970s to …
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

English magicians were once the wonder of the known world, with fairy servants at their beck and call; they could command winds, mountains, and woods. …
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Air

by Geoff Ryman

What happens when the whole world goes online . . . through the air? A brilliant literary SF novel by the author of 253.
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Lurulu

by Jack Vance

Continues the adventures of Myron Tany, a rebellious member of a wealthy family who tours the galaxy on an interstellar freighter alongside a crew of …