The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu (translated by Ken Liu)Read about the other entries on the list.
Since this book just won the Hugo Award, nobody needs me to tell them about it! It has lots of ideas, but the one audacious one that caught my attention: A character begins to see a countdown in every photograph he takes (but not in the photos his wife takes with the same camera). A countdown to what? That’s the question.
--Marshal Zeringue