2025 Nebula winner and nominees - the best fantasy books of the year?

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In addition to ranking all the nominees, we talk about why the entire shortlist this year was all fantasy, no sci-fi. This episode is sponsored by The Boy, the Cube, and the Elf by Brent Golembiewski, which is available in print or kindle edition hereJoin the Hugonauts book club on discordOr you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer videoIf you want to jump around, here are the timestamps for all the books we talked about: 00:00 Intro1:50 Episode Sponsor - The Boy, The Cube, and the Elf2:21 #6 - Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera6:33 #5 - Sleeping Worlds Have no Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov10:42 #4 - The Book of Love by Kelly Link15:28 Why are all the nominees fantasy?18:46 #3 - Asunder by Kerstin Hall23:22 #2 - A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher27:53 #1 - Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

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