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SPFBO - All Nominees

The complete list of nominees (2015-2023) for the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off contest series.

Aching God

#1 of 2 in Iconoclasts

Aching God
ByMike Shel

2018 • 139 Readers • 598 pages • 3.9

A Rival Most Vial

A Rival Most Vial
ByR. K. Ashwick

2023 • 53 Readers • 340 pages • 4.4

A Sea of Broken Glass

Planned book #1 of 1 in The Lady & The Darkness

A Sea of Broken Glass
BySonya M. Black

4 Readers • 3

A Song for the Void

A Song for the Void
ByAndrew C. Piazza

2020 • 20 Readers • 345 pages • 4.1

A Soul For Trouble

#1 of 3 in Soulbearer

A Soul For Trouble
ByCrista McHugh

2012 • 10 Readers • 343 pages • 3

Assassin's Charge

Planned book of 4 Echoes of Imara

Assassin's Charge
ByClaire Frank

2 Readers • 269 pages

A Tale of Stars and Shadow

#1 of 3 in A Tale of Stars and Shadow

2019 • 25 Readers • 500 pages • 3.8

A Touch of Light

#1 of 1 in The Ashes Of Avarin

A Touch of Light
ByThiago Abdalla

2022 • 70 Readers • 454 pages • 3.6

A Wind From the Wilderness

#1 of 1 in Watchers of Outremer

A Wind From the Wilderness
BySuzannah Rowntree

2018 • 9 Readers • 420 pages • 3

Beggar's Rebellion

#1 of 1 in Resonant Saga

Beggar's Rebellion
ByLevi Jacobs

2011 • 3 Readers • 480 pages • 4

Black Stone Heart

#1 of 4 in The Obsidian Path

Black Stone Heart
ByMichael R Fletcher

2020 • 102 Readers • 392 pages • 3.6

Blade's Edge

#1 of 2 in Chronicles of Gensokai

Blade's Edge
ByVirginia McClain

2015 • 10 Readers • 392 pages • 4

Blood of Heirs

Planned book #1 of 2 in The Coraidic Sagas

Blood of Heirs
ByAlicia Wanstall-Burke

29 Readers • 4

Bloodrush

#1 of 3 in The Scarlet Star Trilogy

Bloodrush
ByBen Galley

2014 • 18 Readers • 487 pages • 4

Burn Red Skies

Burn Red Skies
ByKerstin Espinosa Rosero

19 Readers • 4

Chaos Trims My Beard

Chaos Trims My Beard
ByBrett Herman

2017 • 5 Readers • 458 pages

City of Burning Shadows

#1 of 1 in Apocrypha: The Dying World

City of Burning Shadows
ByBarbara J. Webb

2014 • 3 Readers • 344 pages

Cold West

Cold West
ByClayton W. Snyder

2020 • 18 Readers • 141 pages • 3.9

Darkness Forged

#1 of 2 in Legends of the Ragnarok Era

Darkness Forged
ByMatt Larkin

2017 • 3 Readers • 224 pages

Daughter of the Beast

#1 of 1 in The Vyshivka Trilogy

Daughter of the Beast
ByE.C. Greaves

2022 • 19 Readers • 374 pages • 4

Devil's Night Dawning: A Dark Fantasy Epic

#1 of 2 in Broken Stone Chronicle

2016 • 5 Readers • 650 pages

Fionn: Defence of Ráth Bládhma

#1 of 4 in Fionn mac Cumhaill

2014 • 6 Readers • 4

Fire of the Forebears

#1 of 1 in Heritor's Helm

2022 • 3 Readers • 542 pages

Fortune's Fool

#1 of 1 in Eterean Empire

Fortune's Fool
ByAngela Boord

2019 • 15 Readers • 737 pages • 4

Hall of Bones

#1 of 2 in The Brotherhood of the Eagle

Hall of Bones
ByTim Hardie

2020 • 18 Readers • 421 pages • 3.3

Hills of Heather and Bone

2023 • 22 Readers • 412 pages • 4.7

Jack Bloodfist: Fixer

#1 of 3 in Heroes of Summervale

Jack Bloodfist: Fixer
ByJames Jakins

2015 • 5 Readers • 325 pages

Kalanon's Rising

#1 of 1 in Agents of Kalanon

Kalanon's Rising
ByDarian Smith

2016 • 6 Readers • 418 pages • 3

Larcout

#1 of 1 in Fire Born, Blood Blessed

Larcout
ByK.A. Krantz

2015 • 1 Reader • 388 pages

Last Memoria

#1 of 1 in Memoria Duology

Last Memoria
ByRachel Emma Shaw

2020 • 22 Readers • 315 pages • 3.6

Legacy of the Brightwash

#1 of 3 in Tainted Dominion

2021 • 57 Readers • 662 pages • 4.3

Master of the Void

Master of the Void
ByWend Raven

2023 • 15 Readers • 583 pages • 4.5

Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons

#1 of 3 in Miss Percy Guide

2021 • 109 Readers • 421 pages • 4.2

Murder at Spindle Manor

#1 of 3 in The Lamplight Murder Mysteries

2022 • 91 Readers • 249 pages • 3.9

Mysterious Ways

#1 of 1 in Viatanesian Mysteries Trilogy

Mysterious Ways
ByAbbie Evans

2022 • 291 pages

Nether Light

#1 of 1 in The Feyrlands Collection

Nether Light
ByShaun Paul Stevens

2020 • 6 Readers • 643 pages • 3

Never Die

5 Mortal Techniques

Never Die
ByRob J. Hayes

2019 • 212 Readers • 274 pages • 3.8

Norylska Groans

Norylska Groans
ByMichael R. Fletcher,Clayton W. Snyder

2021 • 21 Readers • 394 pages • 3.8

Orconomics

#1 of 3 in The Dark Profit Saga

Orconomics
ByJ. Zachary Pike

2014 • 261 Readers • 340 pages • 4.1

Out of Nowhere

#1 of 1 in The Immortal Vagabond Healer

Out of Nowhere
ByPatrick LeClerc

2012 • 1 Reader • 296 pages

Outpost

#1 of 1 in The Fylking

Outpost
ByF.T. McKinstry

2015 • 3 Readers • 446 pages • 4

Pilgrimage to Skara

#1 of 1 in Way of the Pathfinder

Pilgrimage to Skara
ByJonathan Pembroke

2016 • 316 pages

Priest

#1 of 2 in Ratcatchers

Priest
ByMatthew Colville

2010 • 40 Readers • 471 pages • 3.8

Reign & Ruin

#1 of 4 in Mages of the Wheel

Reign & Ruin
ByJ.D. Evans

2020 • 134 Readers • 420 pages • 4

Rise of Gods

#1 of 3 in Paternus Trilogy

Rise of Gods
ByDyrk Ashton

2016 • 94 Readers • 429 pages • 4.1

Ruthless Magic

#1 of 2 in Conspiracy of Magic

Ruthless Magic
ByMegan Crewe

2018 • 6 Readers • 368 pages • 3

Scales and Sensibility

#1 of 2 in Regency Dragons

Scales and Sensibility
ByStephanie Burgis

2021 • 36 Readers • 380 pages • 3.7

Shadow of a Dead God

#1 of 4 in Mennik Thorn

Shadow of a Dead God
ByPatrick Samphire

2020 • 35 Readers • 362 pages • 4

Shadows of Ivory

Planned book #1 of 2 in The Godforged Chronicles

Shadows of Ivory
ByBryce O'Connor,T.L. Greylock

Available August 4, 42020 • 3 Readers • 498 pages

Shattered Sands

Planned book #1 of 1 in Yaasarian Tales

Shattered Sands
ByW.G. Saraband

Sins of a Sovereignty

#1 of 1 in Amernia Fallen

Sins of a Sovereignty
BySimon (Plague Jack) Watts

2014 • 2 Readers • 316 pages

Small Miracles

Small Miracles
ByOlivia Atwater

2022 • 71 Readers • 284 pages • 4

Sowing

#1 of 2 in The Purification Era

Sowing
ByAngie Grigaliunas

2016 • 6 Readers • 386 pages

Spark City

#1 of 2 in Spark City Cycle

Spark City
ByRobert J. Power

2018 • 14 Readers • 530 pages • 4

Sufficiently Advanced Magic

#1 of 6 in Arcane Ascension

2017 • 373 Readers • 625 pages • 3.9

Sworn to the Night

#1 of 3 in The Wisdom's Grave Trilogy

Sworn to the Night
ByCraig Schaefer

2018 • 23 Readers • 431 pages • 3.8

Symphony of the Wind

#1 of 2 in The Raincatcher's Ballad

Symphony of the Wind
BySteven McKinnon

2018 • 19 Readers • 658 pages • 4.2

Tethered Spirits

#1 of 1 in Curse of Shavhalla

Tethered Spirits
ByT.A. Hernandez

2021 • 4 Readers • 437 pages

The Anointed

#3 of 2 in Red Proxy

The Anointed
ByKeith Ward

2017 • 3 Readers • 550 pages

The Combat Codes

#1 of 3 in The Combat Codes Saga

The Combat Codes
ByAlexander Darwin

2015 • 111 Readers • 408 pages • 3.3

The Crimson Queen

#1 of 3 in The Raveling

The Crimson Queen
ByAlec Hutson

2016 • 67 Readers • 419 pages • 3.6

The Fall is All There Is

#1 of 1 in Four of Mercies

2022 • 27 Readers • 413 pages • 3.8

The Fall of Erlon

#1 of 1 in The Falling Empires Saga

The Fall of Erlon
ByRobert H. Fleming

2019 • 8 Readers • 336 pages

The Forever King

#1 of 2 in The Scalussen Chronicles

The Forever King
ByBen Galley

2020 • 27 Readers • 602 pages • 4

The Gods of Men

#1 of 3 in The Gods of Men

The Gods of Men
ByBarbara Kloss

2018 • 43 Readers • 450 pages • 3.8

The Grey Bastards

The Grey Bastards
ByJonathan French

2018 • 135 Readers • 426 pages • 3.9

The Iron Crown

#1 of 2 in Dragon Spirits

The Iron Crown
ByL.L. MacRae

2021 • 58 Readers • 568 pages • 3.6

The Last Fang of God

2023 • 11 Readers • 268 pages • 5

The Last Ranger

#1 of 1 in Ranger of the Titan Wilds

The Last Ranger
ByJ.D.L. Rosell

2022 • 39 Readers • 450 pages • 3.7

The Lost War

#1 of 3 in Eidyn

The Lost War
ByJustin Lee Anderson

2019 • 139 Readers • 534 pages • 4

The Moonlight War

The Moonlight War
ByS.K.S. Perry

The Mortal Blade

#1 of 7 in Magelands Eternal Siege

The Mortal Blade
ByChristopher Mitchell

2020 • 17 Readers • 446 pages • 3.3

The Music Box Girl

The Music Box Girl
ByK.A. Stewart

2016 • 1 Reader • 262 pages

The Path of Flames

#1 of 3 in Chronicles of the Black Gate

The Path of Flames
ByPhil Tucker

2016 • 45 Readers • 386 pages • 4.3

The Shadow Soul

Planned book #1 of 2 in A Dance of Dragons

The Shadow Soul
ByKaitlyn Davis

5 Readers

The Sword of Kaigen

2018 • 1,210 Readers • 651 pages • 4.4

The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids

#1 of 7 in Amra Thetys

2012 • 45 Readers • 207 pages • 4

The Thirteenth Hour (The Cruel Gods, #1)

Planned book #1 of 2 in The Cruel Gods

44 Readers • 535 pages • 3.9

The Umbral Storm

#1 of 1 in The Sharded Few

The Umbral Storm
ByAlec Hutson

2022 • 53 Readers • 656 pages • 4

The War of Undoing

#1 of 1 in Kyland Falls

The War of Undoing
ByAlex Perry

2015 • 1 Reader

The Way Into Chaos

#1 of 3 in The Great Way

The Way Into Chaos
ByHarry Connolly

2014 • 20 Readers • 424 pages • 3.3

The Weight of a Crown

The Weight of a Crown
ByTavish Kaeden

2011 • 2 Readers • 361 pages • 4

The Wickwire Watch

#1 of 3 in The Riverfall Chronicles

The Wickwire Watch
ByJacquelyn Hagen

2022 • 53 Readers • 440 pages • 3.9

Tiger Lily

#1 of 3 in Tiger Lily

Tiger Lily
ByK. Bird Lincoln

2012 • 7 Readers • 277 pages • 3.7

Under a Colder Sun

#1 of 2 in Khale the Wanderer

Under a Colder Sun
ByGreg James

2014 • 2 Readers • 3

Voice of War

#1 of 3 in Threadlight

Voice of War
ByZack Argyle

2020 • 141 Readers • 347 pages • 3.9

We Men of Ash and Shadow

#1 of 2 in The Vanguard Chronicles

2020 • 21 Readers • 356 pages • 4

We Ride the Storm

#1 of 4 in The Reborn Empire

We Ride the Storm
ByDevin Madson

2018 • 141 Readers • 444 pages • 4.2

What Remains of Heroes

#1 of 1 in A Requiem for Heroes

2015 • 11 Readers • 3.5

Where Loyalties Lie

#1 of 2 in Best Laid Plans

Where Loyalties Lie
ByRob J. Hayes

2016 • 53 Readers • 372 pages • 3.8