Best books of the second half of the year

I posted here about the best books I'd read till then back in June, so I thought I'd do a follow-up post about what I've read since then which has also been good. In late December, I'll probably do a best books of the year post but expect a number of these to make a good showing then as well:

California Bones - Greg Van Eekhout

The Broken Kingdoms and The Kingdom of Gods - NK Jemisin

Smiler's Fair - Rebecca Levene

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North

Midnight Robber - Nalo Hopkinson

Regeneration - Stephanie Saulter

Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho

The House of Shattered Wings - Aliette de Bodard

Penric's Demon - Lois McMaster Bujold

Point of Honour - Madeleine E. Robins

Ancillary Mercy - Ann Leckie

The Copper Promise - Jen Williams

The Traitor - Seth Dickinson

Wheel of the Infinite - Martha Wells

The Fifth Season - NK Jemisin

If you're interested in finding out what I thought of particular books above, you can find my reviews over at Booklikes.

I'm also still finishing up the current books in the Vorkosigan series (as I write, I am midway through Diplomatic Immunity with just two more books to go before the new one comes out in February) and subscribing to Tremontaine, which is a serialised prequel to Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner.