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Based on recent reviews and award nominations, here are some excellent science fiction novels published in 2024 that I'd recommend: Top Picks: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Goodreads - A debut novel that creatively blends time-travel romance with workplace comedy, roommate drama, espionage, and temporal physics Goodreads. This was a Goodreads Choice Awards nominee. In Ascension by Martin MacInnes Esquire - Described as glorious, this explores deep questions about human existence and wonder. The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older Esquire - Opens with the idea that "there are other ways to live" and explores alternative societies and ways of being. Telescoping by Andrea Hairston Esquire - Features Cinnamon Jones running the Next World Festival with help from Circus-Bots (AI trained on ancestors' memories), border collies, and a Ghost Mall community Esquire. A joyful take on post-apocalyptic community building. Also Highly Regarded: Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky Medium - The third in the Children of Time series, praised as intimate and character-driven Medium. Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis BOOK RIOT - A feminist work about Annie, designed as the perfect girlfriend, who begins questioning her role and existence BOOK RIOT. These books represent diverse subgenres from cyberpunk to space opera to literary speculative fiction, so there should be something that appeals to your friend's tastes!