Before we move on entirely from 2013 into the new year, we’d like to take a moment to revisit some of the end of year lists that praised 2013’s releases! We had some amazing books in 2013, and we’re thrilled that others agree. Here are just a few of those lists.

NPR‘s Book Concierge: Our Guide to 2013’s Great Reads
* ANCILLARY JUSTICE by Ann Leckie
* LOVE MINUS EIGHTY by Will McIntosh
* SHAMAN by Kim Stanley Robinson

Los Angeles Times Holiday Book Gift Guide
* SHAMAN by Kim Stanley Robinson
* PARASITE by Mira Grant

Publishers Weekly Best Books 2013
* AMERICAN ELSEWHERE by Robert Jackson Bennett

io9: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2013
* ANCILLARY JUSTICE by Ann Leckie
* ABADDON’S GATE by James S.A. Corey
* LOVE MINUS EIGHTY by Will McIntosh

Forbidden Planet’s Best of the Year 2013
* SHAMAN by Kim Stanley Robinson
* ANCILLARY JUSTICE by Ann Leckie

Bookish: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of 2013
* Will McIntosh’s LOVE MINUS EIGHTY
* Mira Grant’s PARASITE
* Ann Leckie’s ANCILLARY JUSTICE

BuzzFeed
The 12 Greatest Fantasy Books of the Year
* THE TYRANT’S LAW by Daniel Abraham
* PROMISE OF BLOOD by Brian McClellan
* A MEMORY OF LIGHT by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
* THE RED KNIGHT by Miles Cameron

The 14 Greatest Science Fiction Books of the Year
* ABADDON’S GATE by James S.A. Corey
* PARASITE by Mira Grant
* AMERICAN ELSEWHERE by Robert Jackson Bennett
* ANCILLARY JUSTICE by Ann Leckie
* NECESSARY EVIL by Ian Tregillis

And a few more…

• Shadowhawk’s Shade liked Kate Elliott’s COLD STEEL and Michael J. Sullivan’s THE CROWN TOWER.
• Bookworm Blues called out Will McIntosh’s LOVE MINUS EIGHTY, Robert Jackson Bennett’s AMERICAN ELSEWHERE, Ann Leckie’s ANCILLARY JUSTICE, Ian Tregillis’s NECESSARY EVIL, and Michael J. Sullivan.
• Fantasy Faction mentioned Francis Knight’s LAST TO RISE, Brian McClellan’s PROMISE OF BLOOD, Daniel Abraham’s THE TYRANT’S LAW, Michael J. Sullivan’s THE CROWN TOWER and THE ROSE AND THE THORN, Anthony Ryan’s, BLOOD SONG,  and Robert Jordan’s and Brandon Sanderson’s A MEMORY OF LIGHT.
• The Founding Fields enjoyed Kevin Hearne’s HUNTED, Michael J. Sullivan’s THE ROSE AND THE THORN, Daniel Abraham’s THE TYRANT’S LAW, Brian McClellan’s PROMISE OF BLOOD, Ian Tregillis’s NECESSARY EVIL, James S.A. Corey’s ABADDON’S GATE, and Ann Leckie’s ANCILLARY JUSTICE.
• Staffer’s Book Review praised Will McIntosh’s LOVE MINUS EIGHTY, Robert Jackson Bennett’s AMERICAN ELSEWHERE, and Ann Leckie’s ANCILLARY JUSTICE; and among debuts, Brian McClellan’s PROMISE OF BLOOD.
• My Bookish Ways chose Peter Higgins’s WOLFHOUND CENTURY, Robert Jackson Bennett’s AMERICAN ELSEWHERE, and Kevin Hearne’s HUNTED.
• Far Beyond Reality picked Ann Leckie’s ANCILLARY JUSTICE, Peter Higgins’s WOLFHOUND CENTURY, Robert Jackson Bennett’s AMERICAN ELSEWHERE, and Will McIntosh’s LOVE MINUS EIGHTY as favorites of 2013

What were your favorites from the previous year?