SPFBO X Finalists (10 books)

The list of 10 Finalists of the 10th edition of Mark Lawrence's SPFBO.

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1	By Blood, by Salt (Land of Exile #1) by J.L. Odom (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 479 ratings score: 588, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Mushroom Blues (The Hofmann Report, #1) by Adrian M. Gibson (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 606 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Oathsworn Legacy by K.R. Gangi (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 76 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Runelight (The Aenigma Lights Book 1) by J.A. Andrews (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 600 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Gates of Hope (Aulirean Gates, #1) by J.E. Hannaford (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 97 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Forest at the Heart of Her Mage by Hiyodori (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 391 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Wolf of Withervale (Noss Saga, #1) by Joaquín Baldwin (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 223 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Humane Society for Creatures & Cryptids (Teraglossa, #1) by Stephanie A. Gillis (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 65 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Tenacious Tale of Tanna the Tendersword by Dewey Conway (Goodreads Author) (author, illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 107 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	By a Silver Thread (DFZ Changeling #1) by Rachel Aaron (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 1,897 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

10 books · 7 voters · list created September 2nd, 2024 by Lukasz (votes) .

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message 1: by Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* (new)

Oct 16, 2024 09:51AM

I really like the Goodreads book statistics feature. It shows a sharp spike for each of these finalists as soon as they are announced. E.g. https://www.goodreads.com/book/stats?...

It demonstrates that people are paying attention and performance in SPFBO makes a difference. How well that translates to sales and whether the spike is significant in the long run, I don't know.

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message 2: by Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* (new)

Oct 30, 2024 11:06AM

The list is complete!

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message 3: by Lukasz (new)

Oct 30, 2024 12:38PM

Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* wrote: "The list is complete!"

Yes, it is!

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message 4: by Bernhard (new)

Apr 29, 2025 09:07AM

But who won? Mushroom Blues and By Blood, by Salt both have the same average score.

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message 5: by Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* (last edited Apr 29, 2025 09:20AM) (new)

Apr 29, 2025 09:19AM

Bernhard wrote: "But who won? Mushroom Blues and By Blood, by Salt both have the same average score."

OMG the results are in! It is a tie! Wow. I haven't seen anything in the rules for that.

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message 6: by Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* (new)

Apr 29, 2025 09:21AM

By Blood, By Salt received more bloggers' top scores. Maybe that can be the deciding factor?

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message 7: by Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* (new)

Apr 29, 2025 09:34AM

Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* wrote: "By Blood, By Salt received more bloggers' top scores. Maybe that can be the deciding factor?"

That was it! Mark Lawrence announced it on the SPFBO Facebook group an hour ago. The winner is By Blood, by Salt.

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message 8: by Bernhard (new)

Apr 29, 2025 09:40AM

I guess I have to check By Blood, by Salt out then.
Congrats to J.L. Odom!

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