Recs for Hugo novel reading?

[owlmoose]

As the year comes to a close, the thoughts of the Hugo nominator turn to planning her reading for the next four months. Obviously, I cannot read every single novel that was published in 2016, not even every novel that reviewed well and/or seems likely to be a contender, even if I wanted to. The end-of-year lists are already coming out, and I'll be

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[owlmoose]

I finished All the Birds in the Sky about a week ago and thought it was fantastic.

[iamleaper]

I was utterly flabbergasted with delight at the conclusion to The Three-Body Problem series, which was called Death's End, and came out in English translation this year. That one - indeed the whole series - is on my must-read list.

[owlmoose]

I bounced off the first of that series, unfortunately. Read just enough that I was comfortable putting it above "No Award" on my Hugo Ballot, then was never inspired to get back to it.