Locus Magazine celebrates all things Science Fiction and Fantasy. Each year they award several new books which their members have voted for online.
This year the winners are:
Science Fiction novel:
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Fantasy novel:
The apocalypse codex by Charles Stross
First novel:
Throne of the crescent moon by Saladin Ahmed
Young Adult book:
Railsea by China Mieville
Nonfiction:
Distrust that particular flavor by William Gibson