,

The official list of the books competing in the 5th annual Self Published Science Fiction Competition.
1

by
4.16 avg rating — 185 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
4.26 avg rating — 61 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
3.96 avg rating — 72 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.71 avg rating — 28 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
4.22 avg rating — 49 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
4.38 avg rating — 26 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
3.70 avg rating — 43 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
4.28 avg rating — 493 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
4.13 avg rating — 357 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
4.03 avg rating — 38 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
3.68 avg rating — 4,086 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
4.12 avg rating — 41 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
4.94 avg rating — 16 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
4.68 avg rating — 22 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
4.48 avg rating — 60 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 16 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
4.40 avg rating — 78 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
35

by
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
3.84 avg rating — 37 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
3.89 avg rating — 99 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
3.89 avg rating — 896 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
4.92 avg rating — 24 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
4.18 avg rating — 55 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
49

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
50

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
54

by
4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
57

by
3.98 avg rating — 48 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
59

by
4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
4.29 avg rating — 245,013 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
4.26 avg rating — 31 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
4.44 avg rating — 25 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
75

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
4.95 avg rating — 19 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
77

by
4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
4.12 avg rating — 643 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.50 avg rating — 20 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
80

by
4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
4.63 avg rating — 41 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
82

by
4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
85

by
4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
88

by
4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
91

by
4.50 avg rating — 137 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
92

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
93

by
4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
94

by
4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
95

by
4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
96

by
4.18 avg rating — 38 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
97

by
4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
98

by
4.23 avg rating — 124 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
99

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
100

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
109 books · 20 voters · list created November 22nd, 2025 by Nancy Foster (votes) .
Tags: spsfc, spsfc-5, spsfc5
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Nancy 2478 books
39 friends
Estora 542 books
6 friends
Alex 0 books
0 friends
John 23 books
1 friend
Michael 265 books
4 friends
Brandin 0 books
0 friends
July 0 books
0 friends
Sally` 0 books
0 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-6 of 6 (6 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

message 1: by Nancy (new)

Nancy Foster M. wrote: "Thanks for this list! Isn't there 120 entries tho? Were 17 disqualified?"

Sadly, I can't add more than 100 books to the list. So, if anyone can vote for the remaining ones, we could have a full list.


message 2: by J. (new)

J. Cornelius Hi all :-) Just out of curiosity... what's the vote about??


message 3: by Nancy (new)

Nancy Foster Well, since I have been on this website a good almost 10 years ago, goodreads has always had lists you can make about a random thing like 'Books with ghosts' 'Books with carrots on the cover' and everyone can vote for books with these themes to the list.
It helps authors get new eyes into their books that love specific tropes of themes. This list is for the 5th annual SPSFC indie Sci Fi Book Competition. All these books are competing.

In the past there wasn't a limit to how many books you can add to a list, but they have gotten stricter and I couldn't add all 122 books, so glad to see some people lending a hand. I notice a Robb Hobb book was added to this list by accident. None of her books are competing in the contest.


message 4: by J. (new)

J. Cornelius Nancy wrote: "Well, since I have been on this website a good almost 10 years ago, goodreads has always had lists you can make about a random thing like 'Books with ghosts' 'Books with carrots on the cover' and e..."

Thank you Nancy, I thought maybe the voting itself was somehow involved in determining the SPSFC competition:) Thanks for clarifying.


message 5: by Nancy (new)

Nancy Foster Sure! Good luck in the competition!


message 6: by J. (new)

J. Cornelius Nancy wrote: "Sure! Good luck in the competition!"

thanks:)


back to top