We are pleased to announce that Orbit titles are once again plentifully represented in this year’s Best Of lists, including those at Amazon, Publishers Weekly, Financial Times, the Times of London, NPR and more.

Congratulations to all of our recognized authors as we look forward to having Orbit books appear on even more lists in 2011! This year’s full rundown appears after the jump.

Amazon.com (Top 10 Books F & SF)
THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, N.K. Jemisin

Amazon.co.uk (Best Books, SF & F)
SURFACE DETAIL, Iain M. Banks
THE AMBASSADOR’S MISSION, Trudi Canavan

Barnes and Noble Book Clubs/Explorations (Best Zombie Releases of 2010)
FEED, Mira Grant

BN.Com (21st Century SF in 2010)
HULL ZERO THREE, Greg Bear

Bookgasm.com’s Top 5 SF Novels of 2010
SURFACE DETAIL, Iain M. Banks

The Book Smugglers (Smugglivus Celebration: Guest Bloggers’ Favorite Books)
TRACKING THE TEMPEST, Nicole Peeler

Fantasy Book Critic (Top 5 2010 Novels)
SURFACE DETAIL, Iain M. Banks
THE FOLDING KNIFE, K.J. Parker

Financial Times (Fiction Roundup 2010)
VERSION 43, Philip Palmer

Genreville (Best & Next-Best of 2010)
THE POISON THRONE, Celine Kiernan (fantasy)
HULL ZERO THREE, Greg Bear (SF)
MR. SHIVERS, Robert Jackson Bennett (horror)

Goodreads Choice Awards 2010 (Nominees; winners to be selected 1/5/11)
Fantasy:
THE BLACK PRISM, Brent Weeks
THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, N.K. Jemisin
Paranormal Fantasy:
CHANGELESS, Gail Carriger
Science Fiction:
FEED, Mira Grant
SURFACE DETAIL, Iain M. Banks

iTunes/iBooks (Best of SF & F 2010)
HULL ZERO THREE, Greg Bear
SURFACE DETAIL, Iain M. Banks

Jim Hines (Best of 2010)
THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, N.K. Jemisin

Library Journal (The Reader’s Shelf: From the Stacks of Downers Grove, Favorite 2010 titles)
THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, N.K. Jemisin

Mad Hatter’s Book Review (Best of 2010, Long List)
THE BLACK PRISM, Brent Weeks
BLAMELESS, Gail Carriger

NPR.org (Otherworldly — the Year’s Most Transporting Books)
HULL ZERO THREE, Greg Bear

The Onion (Best Books We Read in 2010)
FEED, Mira Grant

The Onion (Best non-2010 Stuff We Discovered in 2010)
BEST SERVED COLD, Joe Abercrombie

Publishers Weekly(Top 5 SF/F/Horror)
THE BONE PALACE, Amanda Downum
FEED, Mira Grant
THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS/THE BROKEN KINGDOMS, N.K. Jemisin

Romantic Times Best of Category 2010 (Nominees; winners to be chosen in 2011)
THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS, N.K. Jemisin (Best epic fantasy novel nominee)
FEED, Mira Grant (Best SF novel nominee)
THE BROKEN KINGDOMS, N.K. Jemisin (Best fantasy novel nominee)
THE BONE PALACE, Amanda Downum (Best fantasy novel nominee)

The Speculative Scotsman (Best Books of 2010)
MR. SHIVERS, Robert Jackson Bennett (#2)

The Times of London (Books of the Year)
LIGHTBORN, Tricia Sullivan
SURFACE DETAIL, Iain M. Banks