jeliza

I'm embarking on my hugo nomination ballot, and while as usual my head is stuffed full of short fiction, I haven't read much in terms of hugo-class novels of recent vintage (well, I bought lots of books last year that were apparently pubbed at the end of 2014) and I would love suggestions -- specifically of hugo eligible works, so sf/f published in 2015.

(A big old suggestion post from me of short fiction and artists to check out will be forthcoming.)

I have already read/am planning to (try to) read:

Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold (apparently considered a 2015 release for the nebula, at least, becuase of the eARC or some such? I highly recommend it, but it isn't the kind of read I tend to put on my Hugo nomination ballot.)

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear

House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard

Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Shadowshaper and Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older

Escape from Baghdad! by Saad Hossein

Last Song before Night by Ilana Myers

The 5th Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (pubbed in the UK in 2014, and the US in 2015, ergo Hugo-eligible, and why are the Worldcon awards still based on US pub dates? though I suppose to do otherwise would disadvantage non-US works with the voting population)

Lagoon, by Nnedi Okorafor (same eligibility as above)

I don't read horror or grimdark (so no Kameron Hurley, and I'm a little trepidatious about the Jemisin based on what I've heard so far), and I don't have the brains for incredibly dense text a la Mieville right now, and I tend to dislike time travel.

So, anything not already on that list I should try and stuff into my brain in the next month?
(I am planning to start each of those, but bailing mid-story and putting on the pile for later if I like it but don't Hugo like it.)