explorer / books · 2026
Sour Cherry
Natalia Theodoridou’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 2025 by Tin House Books · 312 pages
Nebula · 2026
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This book is recorded on the Nebula ballot only. Each row shows the full Best Novel ballot for that award and ceremony year. Winners appear first.
Nebula 20267 finalists
Synopsis
A retelling of the Bluebeard folktale. Agnes, a wet nurse hired by a wealthy lord, watches the boy grow into a man mirroring his father's cruelty — tracing cycles of domestic abuse and generational trauma through gothic horror and fairy-tale logic.
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