SPFBO 11 - Phase 1

This is the allocation of SPFBO 11 books to blogs.

Visit the homepage for all the background.

There will be some swapping & replacement for a few days as conflicts with bloggers and with the rules are identified.

But first, some traditional stats/demographics:

The male/female ratio was essentially equal last year - strangely, this year it has swung significantly towards male!

There has been a very small increase in audiobook percentage (19.5%, up from 18.7%)

And here's the familar word cloud from the titles, with DRAGON, DARK, BLOOD and SHADOW continuing as perennial favourites!

Here are some factoids about this year's entries:

(taken from this list very helpfully compiled by author N.E White.)

4 have 1,000+ ratings on Goodreads (6 last year)

34 have 100+ ratings on Goodreads (50 last year)

66 have 50+ ratings on Goodreads (80 last year)

Here are the high-rollers:

All the ratings charted and then just the 234 below 100 ratings.

The oldest book in the contest this year is Chameleon: The Awakening - published 13 years ago and collecting 63 ratings along the way.

Here are the 6 oldest. 

I have books published that are older than all of them 😅 Stop making me feel old!

And finally, the chonkers. We have 7 books with 700+ pages this year!

Fantasy-Faction

Matt Falcon	Tethered to Darkness
Alex Larkspur	Sweet & Wild
Brendan Noble	The Crimson Court
Jean K. Silver	Changebringer
Alexa Grave	Leave No Dragon Stone Unturned
Willamette Sutta	Adamant in Dust
Eric Lewis	The Artificer's Knot
K R Solberg	Remnant
R. T. Silveus	Shadow of the Pyre
Elizabeth Daly	Legacy Bound
Erebus Esprit	Project Tartarus: Arche
C.K. Kesterson	Heroes of Valhalla
Olena Nikitin	Oath of Betrayal
N.A. Betts	The Waking of Storm and Flame
T.C. Smith	Song of the Wolf
Rosaire Bushey	Sigil of Enderune
TJ Muir	Winter Mage
Megan Russ	Shattered Peace
John B. Cheek	The Fire Within
Simon Shugar	Hunter's Apprentice
Rel Carroll	Of Mages and Makers
HJ Tolson	Liches Get Scritches
Margaret Feuerman	Keeper of the Gate
Nathan Taylor	The Non-Magical Declan Moore
William C. Tracy	Physical Magic
Grace Zhu	Moon Witch
Ronit J	Island of the Dying Goddess
M. K. Casperson	Dragon's Son
SF Sowter	Criminal Cove: Home for Retired Supervillains
K.T. Holder	City of Stone

Fantasy Book Critic

Tim Wilbur	Legacy of the Crown
H.S Kallinger	A Demon to Save Me
Sophia Xiang	Dawn
Robert W Ling	They Who Linger
Torbjørn Øverland Amundsen	Chalmach Chronicles - Book One
Spencer Russell Smith	Throne of Darkness
E.L Montague	The Lost Girl
Jordan Butler	The Sound of the Supernova
Brendan Arnold	Rise of the Phoenix
Natalie Kelda	Reflections of Lilje Damselfly
Sean Rowland	The Good Family Robinson
Jonah Evarts	Reaper's Bend
Mitchell Lüthi	Pilgrim
Niranjan	Life Remains
Debra Koehler	Amoran
M.S Masood	The Unnamed
Hiyodori	Carrion Saints
Matthew Thompson	Empire of Ash and Blood
Jeffery A Smith	Shroud of Whispers
Will Elm	Shadow of the Elders
L. Cyrus Whelchel	Oaths of Life and Death
C.D McKenna	The Dragon of Dread Deep
Steve Pannett	The Sins of Steel and Shadow
Alex Harvey-Rivas	A Sharper, More Lasting Pain
Ben Schenkman	Let Sleeping Gods Lie
Michael Grayford	The Golden Scarab of Balihar
A. Sherman Karlsson	The Butterfly Koi
Jacob L Montanez	Night of the Illumination
Jye Sorensen	The Inherited Blade
Glen Adams	Nevermore

The Weatherwax Report

 

K.J Wagner	The Raven’s Revenge
Robin Rakkeby	Those We See in the Dark
Joe Dawson	The Goodness Potion and its Side-Effects
Juan Patmos	One Hit Wonder
Susan Maxwell	Death at Hallowtide
L.M Douglas	Gharantia's Guardian
S. Kaeth	Beneath the Gods' Tree
Aengie Scevity	The Moonlight Lies
Scott Kay	Tale of the Four Winds
Starr Z Davies	Stormvalor
Rai Bowyn	SynWorld Chronicles
Kate Samuel	The Fifth Branch
Owain Oakwood	No Fae Back Now
Artemis Quinn	Lemon Balm
Michael R. Fletcher	Dogged
N.J Guay	Before the Sky Breaks
K Scriven	Taking Flight
L.A Barnitz	The Stonebound Heir
Slater Hamilton	Curse of the Claimed
A.S Colworth	Dreams of the Fallen
Sara A. Noë	A Fallen Hero
J.D Rivers	The Edge of a World
Kenneth Harrell	A Comedy of Monsters
Nicole Conway	Born of Shadow
Tobias Begley & Travis M Riddle	The Loss of the Star's Tranquility
Noah Flynnt	The Darrian Shift
Dax Murray	Stars and Soil
L.S. Walker	The Witch and the Woodcutter
Kaden Love	Toothsucker
Sherrie A Bakelar	In My Time of Dying

Before We Go Blog

L. Lyons	The Black Bane
Jacob Penrod	The Seven Rangers - Volume 1: Harvest
Kevin Wright	Plague Maiden
Ayleen K. Kyrstin	In Ice We Steel
Benjamin Keck	The Pits of Itar
V Ananya	The Young Foreigner
L.N Holmes	The Floating Castle
Angelika Rust	Downtown Selkie
Darby Vernon	Madness of the Elder Vampire
N.E White	The Legend of Damndrake
T.L Bellia	Beneath the Ashen Sky
Emily Renk Hawthorne	Of Mountains And Seas
Sydney Faith	Revenge of the Druid Queen
Justin Greer	The Servant
Jennifer Taylor-Gray	The Old Crones Club
Y.R Liu	The Whisperer in White
M.T Kadisin	An Oath Sworn
Alexandra Kathleen Blade	Edenlost – The Borderless City
Ben Moxon	The Redstone Rescue
WE Singh	A Djinnfernal Conspiracy
Lilly Lockwood	Songs of Broken Bells
Joel Flanagan-Grannemann	Talia: Heir to the Fairy Realm
Edward Nile	Godless
Simon Steele	Wolfblight
Ashley Capes	Knee-Deep in Cinders
Lissy Porter	The Throne of Ash
Miriam Yvette	Excalibur's King
R.M Schultz	The Hunger of the Dragon
Tim Carter	Jester
Chanchito Massoni	Jane is the End

FanFiAddict

Rhys Price	Errant Gift
Emily Blakeney	Blackwater
Stephen Jarocki	A Mage's Mentor
Eva St. John	Flint in the Bones
Camilla Andrew	When the Stars Alight
Seth Hobbs	Black Powder, Black Heart
Aaron Daggit	Butcher Boy
Nicole Leland	Hearts of Bark and Scale
Amanda N. Newman	The Snatcher
Michael Goe	Children of Nemia
Sai Xande	An Oath to Eternity
J.K Divia	A Sea of Blood and Tears
CrimCat	Budding Rhythm
Kai Zeal	Riyati Rebirth
KD Lumsden	Secrets of Urthis
Megan Leigh	The Sorcerer's Valley
Laura A Blake	The Forgotten Dawn
Bart Carroll	Bolted to the Bone
Tobias Youngblood	Grave Covenant
M.E.Moirin	Threadbound
Thomas Perkins	The Ruined
Dust Kunkel	Fly Stone, Fly
Brien Feathers	The Way We Were Hunters
Patrick McNaughton	The Heart of the North
Benjamin Barreth	No More Levels
Chloe Cahenzli	The Dragoneers of Longbourn and Pemberley
Corbin Rook	Shadows of the Sundered Lands
Emmanuel Akeyo	A Night of the Burntmen
C.J.R Isely	Shadow of the Sword
Brian Braden	The Golden Princess

The Fantasy Hive

A.C Cross	The Boddicker Letters
Cass Reid	Loyalties Divided
Rowan Silver	Dragons of Frost and Fang
T. Alan Horne	Secret Sky: The Young Universe
J.J.N Whitley	The Orichalcum Crown
H.C Harrington	Dark Moon Rising
Rachel L Tilley	Upon the Darkest Mountain
Maggie Lynch	Chameleon: The Awakening
Clay Vagrant	The Empire's Bladesmen: Forbidden Relics
Danie Ware	Lugan Vision Quest
Michael Widebrook	Poisoned Past
Darian Smith	The Lost Pendant of Pania
Nyth IV	The Butcher's Burden
Elizabeth Schechter	The Sea Prince
Jac-Ann Marie	Fall to Shadow
Jordan Smith	Mourn Not the Mortals
Andrea Marie Johnson	Shadows Dark and Deadly
Justin Rose	Ariel's Tear: A Tale of Rehavan
Matthew J Turner	A Reign of Emerald Fire
Richard Fierce	Threads of Memory
Megan Jones	Apex Division: A Drig Called Freedom
William Rafalko	The Demon Who Cried Murderer
Jack T.A Echlin	Regalian
H.L Tinsley	The Hallows
Molly Blake	Vampire Mall Cop: Damien vs. the Entrail Eater
Nick Newlin	The Swordmaster
M.J Pankey	Epic of Helinthia
T.E Janota	Born Today
Liz Delton	Flames of Gold
Kristina Kamaeva	The Usurper

SFF Insiders

Peter J Aldin	Last Among Equals
Cal Logan	ShadowBane
Morgan Shank	Die Young
Andrew Gillsmith	The Desolation
Amelia Maria Vergara	Firefax
B.A Pepper	Daughter of Stone
Tim Facciola	The Scales of Balance
CW Okey	Bellcaster
EBatzell	They Live Among Us
Matthew Siadak	The Backwards Knight
Cecilia Agetun	Forgotten Memories
Tabatha Shipley	A Spark of Magic
David T List	Violence & Vigilance
Samuel Chatman	Daughters of Darkness
Max Shepherd	The Blade Unchained
Lorain O'Neil	The Hilarious Dead Guy's Last Chance Undies
K.R House	The Call of Wind
Karim Soliman	A Ballad of Vengeance
Justin D Bello	The Gift of the Guardians
David Liberto	Reyuul's Redemption
Bill Adams	The Godsblood Tragedy
N.R Gravel	A Winnowed Truth
Alexia Muelle-Rushbrook	In the Name of the Flame
David Green	Magic, Maps, and Mischief: A Cozy Neurodivergent Adventure
Lyndsey Luther	Greencloak
Sebastien Menkes	The Purple Prince
Palmer Pickering	Dark Town
Kell Shaw	Reflections Upon the Anniversary of My Descent
R.E Sanders	Demon's Tear
M.J.G Pither	Slaying Dragons for Tail

Abel Montero

L.R Schulz	Soul Cage
E.A Rayner	First There Was War
Grace Bridges	Yellowstone Calling
Chris Adams	Sword of Vengeance
Melinda Kucsera	Gateway to Hell
Shermon Kodi	Immortal Dark
Dap Dahlstrom	Darkness and Blight
Colin Fenwick	Dream Weaver
Ann Yihyang Kim	Eye in the Blue Box
Drew Montgomery	The Conqueror's Plague
Andrew Platten	Strands of Time and Magic
Thomas K. Carpenter	Half Pint Hex
Michele C. Shaw	The Honorable Con
Kate Grove	Sword and Mirror
Ellysa Marin	Of Secrets and Solace
J.J Thorn	Apocalypse Assassin
G.D Burkhead	Original Sin
A.J Ashton	Outcast Origins
Peter Killey	Reborn Heroes
Tom Lloyd	Devil Inside
Jalal C Hockett	The Fracturing
Benjamin Twigg	Dad Magic
Thomas Tarasios	Fire and Lightning
Andrea H Rome	The Standard Book of Anything
C.E Wright	The First Steps of the Path
Anita Primrose	Dream
H.L Moore	Heart of Dust
Dusti Nalley	Of Kings and Shadows
Matthew Phillips	Under an Ever-Setting Sun
Lucius Tarquinius	Choice

Tali's Library

A.J Peterson	Oblivion's Hymn
Three Scribes	The Sapphire Heart
C Warner-Thompson	Moon Torn hearts
Blake Michael Nelson	Lillandra
E.L Reeves	Storm Captain
Kimberly Grymes	Shade of Light
Molly Dowd Sullivan	A Light From the Nether
Christian Warren Freed	Coward's Truth
S.A Moyer	A Prophecy Spoken
Maya Darjani	A Stellar Spy
Sage T Greene	Touched: Black Edition
C.E Page	The Devil's Tangle
Kristin L Hamblin	Sorcery and Stagecraft
Kia Leep	Friendly Fyre
Rose Garcia	A Storm Rises
Tycho Dwelis	Court of Snakes: This Desert Cage
Charlotte Saulter	Phoenix Rises Dragon Soars
Elinor Taylor	The Fisher Girl
David Trotter	Birthrights
Ben Logsdon	Memoirs of a Household Demon
Kaylea Prime	A Spark From Embers
Philip Wyatt	The Book of Mook
Marshall Cunningham	The Taste of Riverwater
Nicholas Ponticello	Satan's Diary
Ian Robert Ross	Crown of Caphedra
R. M. Krogman	Desert Rose
Dorian Rondo	Plaguewalker
Jill Chard	Child of the Goddess
Rick Waugh	Rogue God
E.K O'Connor	She-Wolf - A Beowulf Retelling

Noah Brisk

I.K Stokbaek	Moonward Chain
Brian Xavier Cole	Seekers of the Light
Mark Parker	Quin of Light
C.B Lansdell	Far Removed
Emily Devereux	Death's Emissary
A.J Calvin	Serpentus
John Nassari	Dark Rising
Emmylou Kotzé	Forest of the Morning
Alex Robins	The City of Mist and Tears
Vic Sinclair	Fablenoir
Steven Paul Watson	Feather in a Gaslamp
Tristen Kozinski	Stormflower
A.R Mendsen	Valyo Rising
Z.R McCormick	A Legacy of Ashes
Izaic Yorks	Aithos
Phil Parker	The Dark Elf Dynasty File
Alli Earnest	Cities of Smoke and Starlight
Michael Webb	Lightbinder
Cara N Delaney	Blade of the Crown
Nick Child	Realms Beyond
C.V Vobh	Somnus' Palace
R.A Sandpiper	To Touch A Silent Fury
Peter Roberts	The Last Man
Aies Jay	The boy from Beyond
Caren Hahn	Hatched: Dragon Farmer
Ren Blake	Gabriel's Voice
Vanessa Ricci-Thode	The Dragon Next Door
S.J Shank	The Knave of Graves
Kane Williams	Perils of the Past
Voshin Machin	The Executioner of Rowling

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