Fugitive Telemetry (by Martha Wells)

Part of the Murderbot Diaries series, which obviously I have written about a lot (since this is book 6) and you probably already know if this is for you. This is another novella, and I love the scope of this one (basically Murderbot solves a murder).  It is, as always, clever and very funny. Murderbot is, as always, an incredible character. The worldbuilding is delightful. Really, a gem of a series.

Martha Wells is nominated for a Best Series Hugo and despite the fact that my friend John Scalzi's excellent Interdependency series is also nominated, I can't imagine anything winning other than Murderbot! (Sorry, John. Love you, John.)