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Phase 1
The traditional wordle made from all the titles:
And the traditional gender breakdown based only on assumption given the name:
These are the provisional assignments:
And here are most of them on a
Goodreads list thanks to Hiu Gregg.
From the list I discovered that:
34 entries ~10% have 100+ ratings on Goodreads.
100 of the entries have 25+ ratings.
6 of the books were published 10 or more years ago - the oldest is 20 years old!
4 of the books have more than 1,000 pages. The longest is 1,939 pages!
3 of the books have over a 1,000 ratings, the most ratings is 5,834.Updates:The Critiquing Chemist
unveils a semi-finalist.
Booknest review
The Chaos Circus.
The Weatherwax Report
announce a semi-finalist.
This Cursed Flame is reviewed on The Critiquing Chemist.
A second semi-finalist is announced on Fantasy Book Critic.
The Critiquing Chemist
review Crown of the Sundered Empire.Limbo is reviewed on The Critiquing Chemist.
Fantasy Book Critic
interview E.G Radcliff.
The Critiquing Chemist
swing their axe again.
Booknest review
A Brush With Vampires.
Lynn
swings her axe - five books fall.
Bear Cavalry reviewed on Booknest.
Fantasy Book Critic
pick a semi-finalist and cull some titles.
The Critiquing Chemist
critiques Wynter's Edge.
The Fantasy Inn reviews
A Dream Of Fire.
The Ninth Knight is reviewed on Booknest.
The Moonflower is reviewed on The Fantasy Inn.
First cuts on
The Critiquing Chemist.
Booknest review
Bull And The Goblin Raid.
More cuts on the Weatherwax Report.
Weatherwax Report reports on
A King's Bargain.
Them Weatherwaxers review
The Souls' Abyss.
Fade is reviewed on The Weatherwax Report.
The Wrack is reviewed on The Weatherwax report.
The Weatherwax Report
swings the axe.
The Weatherwax Report liked
Last Memoria.
Booknest
review Blackbirds Sing.
Three titles cut by the Weatherwax Report.
The Weatherwax Report reviews
Eye of Obscurance.
268 of 300 still in the running!
red = cut
greenish = semifinalist (also marked with + )
bold green = finalist
Fantasy-Faction
| 1 | | Patrick Samphire | | Shadow of a Dead God |
| 1 | | Clara Coulson | | A Knight of Cold Graves |
| 1 | | Gareth Lewis | | Tales of the Thief-City |
| 1 | | David Combs | | Ascension: The Witches of Pioneer Vale Book 1 |
| 1 | | A D Green | | Rivers Run Red |
| 1 | | Joshua Smith | | Immortals |
| 1 | | Joan Lightning | | Falling Shadows. Guardians of Reyth Volue 1 |
| 1 | | Russell Meek | | The Madness of Hallen |
| 1 | | Myn Aunsoo | | CONFUNDO ET TRANSFIGURO Of Dreams, Hunger, and the Hunt...and Vampires |
| 1 | | Stephen Murray | | The Longest Shadow |
| 1 | | Todd Maternowski | | Exmortus: Towers of Dawn |
| 1 | | Michele Amitrani | | Lord of Time |
| 1 | | Chris Behrsin | | Dragonseer |
| 1 | | A B Endacott | | The Ruthless Land |
| 1 | | J. M. Hemmings | | Path of the Tiger |
| 1 | | Allegra Pescatore | | Where Shadows Lie |
| 1 | | Ono Ekeh | | The Clay Queen |
| 1 | | Brian D. Anderson | | Dragonvein (Book One) |
| 1 | | Skyla Dawn Cameron | | Solomon's Seal |
| 1 | | Sladen C. Mire | | Kurmaru |
| 1 | | Willem Neill | | Embered Soul |
| 1 | | Benjamin Medrano | | Ancient Ruins |
| 1 | | Matthew Sylvester | | Hell Hound |
| 1 | | Andy Peloquin | | Shields in Shadow (The Silent Champions Book 1) |
| 1 | | Lesli Evans | | Keepers of Arden: The Brothers V1 |
| 1 | | Vincent B. Moneymaker | | Dragons, Knights & Dinosaurs |
| 1 | | Miri C. Golden | | Land of Perpetual Night |
| 1 | | Elana A. Mugdan | | Dragon Speaker |
| 1 | | Emilie Knight | | Era of Undying |
| 1 | | Toby Frost | | Blood Under Water |
Fantasy Book Critic
Lynn's Book Blog
| 3 | | Steve Thomas | | Mid-Lich Crisis |
| 3 | | Benedict Patrick | | The Flight of the Darkstar Dragon |
| 3 | | Martin OWTON | | EXILE |
| 3 | | Jon Monson | | Rise of the Forgotten Sun |
| 3 | | Lola Ford | | Heartscale |
| 3 | | Crystal Crawford | | The Edge of Nothing |
| 3 | | Anthony Stevens | | Shifter Shadows |
| 3 | | Stacey Trombley | | Trial of Thorns |
| 3 | | Tony Johnson | | The Story of Evil - A Hero's Downfall |
| 3 | | Jordan J. Scavone | | Night Warrior |
| 3 | | Stephanie Barr | | The Curse of the Jenri |
| 3 | | Patrick LeClerc | | Spitting Image |
| 3 | | Andrew Marc Rowe | | The Hammer Of The Gods: So You Want To Be A Star |
| 3 | | Marina Ermakova | | Chains Carried on Wings |
| 3 | | ML Spencer | | Chains of Blood |
| 3 | | Ashley Capes | | The Five Furies of Heaven |
| 3 | | Joseph O. Doran | | The Child of Silence |
| 3 | | Shami Stovall | | Knightmare Arcanist |
| 3 | | Rachel Neumeier | | TUYO |
| 3 | | Jon Herrera | | Emma and the Minotaur |
| 3 | | Evan Witmer | | Long Stories: early immortals and the birth of death |
| 3 | | Blake Arthur Peel | | Ranger's Oath |
| 3 | | Mark Hood | | Jacob's War |
| 3 | | T. A. Hernandez | | Calico Thunder Rides Again |
| 3 | | M. Warren Askins | | Beyond the Spire of Navarene |
| 3 | | Aaron Hodges | | Warbringer |
| 3 | | G.E. Hathaway | | Burn |
| 3 | | Mitchell Hogan | | Incursion |
| 3 | | James Alderdice | | The Usurper |
| 3 | | Zack Argyle | | Voice of War |
Booknest
| 4 | | Justin Lee Anderson | | The Lost War |
| 4 | | Allan N. Packer | | The Stone of Knowing |
| 4 | | R. Dugan | | The Chaos Circus |
| 4 | | Stephen James Wright | | The Ninth Knight |
| 4 | | Tim Frankovich | | Until All Curses Are Lifted |
| 4 | | Sarah Lin | | The Brightest Shadow |
| 4 | | Anthea Sharp | | Star Compass |
| 4 | | Olivia Atwater | | Half a Soul |
| 4 | | Justin DePaoli | | Auring's Wrath |
| 4 | | John Bailey | | Dire |
| 4 | | Chris Ing | | Heart and Soul Fist |
| 4 | | RT Mulder | | Architect: Book One of Calamity's Window |
| 4 | | Betsy Flak | | A Brush with Vampires |
| 4 | | Marion Blackwood | | A Storm of Silver and Ash |
| 4 | | Emily Mah | | Chasing Sunrise |
| 4 | | JA Andrews | | Dragon's Reach |
| 4 | | Catrin Russell | | The Power of Conviction (The Prime Series, book #1) |
| 4 | | Aiki Flinthart | | Blackbirds Sing |
| 4 | | Anne C. Miles | | Sorrowfish |
| 4 | | K.M. Weiland | | Wayfarer |
| 4 | | Clayton Snyder | | The Obsidian Psalm |
| 4 | | Jesse Nolan Bailey | | The Jealousy of Jalice |
| 4 | | D.G. Valdron | | The Bear Cavalry |
| 4 | | H.R. van Adel | | Covenant of Blood |
| 4 | | Liz Delton | | Meadowcity |
| 4 | | Tameri Etherton | | Dragon Mage |
| 4 | | Aaron Bunce | | The Delving |
| 4 | | Matt Heppe | | Bull and the Goblin Raid |
| 4 | | Steven Smith | | Kingdom of Aces - Ruby Edition |
| 4 | | Jeanne Marcella | | The Phoenix Embryo |
Kitty G
| 5 | | Ryan Kirk | | The Gate Beyond Oblivion |
| 5 | | Jesse Teller | | Legends of the Exiles |
| 5 | | Jay Veloso Batista | | Thorfinn and the Witch's Curse |
| 5 | | G. Campbell | | Dames and Demons |
| 5 | | Lori L. MacLaughlin | | Lady, Thy Name Is Trouble |
| 5 | | Matt Larkin | | Darkness Forged |
| 5 | | John D. Pepe | | The Lone Wolf |
| 5 | | Rachel Medhurst | | Shrouded Kingdom |
| 5 | | Melissa Wright | | Frey |
| 5 | | Ryan D Meier | | Shadows of Creation |
| 5 | | Natalya Capello | | Song of Shadow |
| 5 | | Mandy and G.D. Burkhead | | The Black Lily |
| 5 | | L.E. Price | | Paradise Clash: Bounty Hunter |
| 5 | | Jodi Trask | | Telluria |
| 5 | | N A K Baldron | | Sorcerer's Quest |
| 5 | | Taylor Aston White | | Witch's Sorrow |
| 5 | | Dorian Graves | | Bones and Bourbon |
| 5 | | Keith Blenman | | The Girl Drank Poison |
| 5 | | Tiger Hebert | | Dragon's Fire |
| 5 | | Douglas Bain | | The Woeful Wager, book 1 of The Race to the Blackened Nevers |
| 5 | | Margaret Mason | | The Wall |
| 5 | | Shan R.K | | House Of Legions |
| 5 | | Sam Puma | | The Serpent and the Crown |
| 5 | | Glenn Birmingham | | Dragon Source |
| 5 | | Antoine Bandele | | By Sea & Sky |
| 5 | | Anela Deen | | Night Latch (The Locksmith Duology #1) |
| 5 | | Rohan M. Vider | | Free Agent |
| 5 | | Jesikah Sundin | | Æroreh |
| 5 | | Paul Freeman | | Blood Of Kings: The Shadow Mage |
| 5 | | C.D. Alexander | | O+C121:E150n Winter's Eve |
Weatherwax Report
The Fantasy Hive
| 7 | | J E Thompson | | A New Beginning |
| 7 | | Meg MacDonald | | Oath Sworn |
| 7 | | Megan Haskell | | Forged in Shadow |
| 7 | | Jake Kerr | | Tommy Black and the Staff of Light |
| 7 | | Erik A. Otto | | A Tale of Infidels |
| 7 | | Selina R. Gonzalez | | Prince of Shadow and Ash (The Mercenary and the Mage #1) |
| 7 | | Sharon Van Orman | | Lazarus Code: A First Family Sage |
| 7 | | M. J. Padgett | | Eiagan's Winter |
| 7 | | Marc Vun Kannon | | Unbinding The Stone |
| 7 | | Caren Hahn | | Burden of Power |
| 7 | | Suzannah Rowntree | | A Wind from the Wilderness |
| 7 | | Robert Zangari | | A Prince's Errand, Book One of Tales of the Amulet |
| 7 | | Angela J. Ford | | Pawn |
| 7 | | Marco Marek | | Hyperearth |
| 7 | | Marc Secchia | | The Pygmy Dragon |
| 7 | | Samuel Gately | | The Headlock of Destiny |
| 7 | | Simon Kewin | | Hedge Witch |
| 7 | | Timandra Whitecastle | | Queens of the Wyrd |
| 7 | | Dustin Porta | | Whalemoon |
| 7 | | Derek Prior | | Last of the Exalted |
| 7 | | Kate Ramsey | | Finding Fairy Tales |
| 7 | | Madolyn Rogers | | The Copper Assassin |
| 7 | | Kai Greenwood | | Code of the Communer |
| 7 | | Antonio Roberts | | Vestige: Rise of the Pureblood |
| 7 | | R.J. Batla | | Fire Eyes Awakened |
| 7 | | Stas Borodin | | Magic, Sorcery and Witchcraft |
| 7 | | Olga Werby | | God of Small Affairs |
| 7 | | Alexzander Christion | | By the Hand of Dragons: AlinGuard |
| 7 | | J.J. Coffelt | | Nightfall: Blessing of Fury Book I |
| 7 | | E.B. Brooks | | Emissary |
Rockstarlit Book Asylum
| 8 | | Clare Sager | | Beneath Black Sails |
| 8 | | T K P Sternberg | | The Singing Gold |
| 8 | | Dave Dobson | | Flames Over Frosthelm |
| 8 | | Rainbow Maccabre | | Political Nightmare |
| 8 | | Ginger Li | | Half-Blood Mage |
| 8 | | Michelle Connor | | Where Ravens Soar |
| 8 | | D.H. Willison | | Harpyness is Only Skin Deep |
| 8 | | stuart kurth | | Two Blades |
| 8 | | T.L. Branson | | Sworn Guardian |
| 8 | | D.K. Holmberg | | The Edge of Darkness |
| 8 | | S.L Rowland | | Sentenced to Troll |
| 8 | | Ela Bambust | | Demon Queen |
| 8 | | Nicholas McIntire | | The Hunter's Gambit. Book 1 of the Archanium Codex |
| 8 | | Scott Warren | | The Dragon's Banker |
| 8 | | Eric T Knight | | The Knights of Dragonwatch |
| 8 | | Gracen Bridges | | Earthcore: Aftershocks |
| 8 | | Michael R. Fletcher | | Black Stone Heart |
| 8 | | Chris R. Underwood | | Shadow of the Lantern Bearer |
| 8 | | Edward Nile | | Ironshield |
| 8 | | Amanda Fleet | | Aegyir Rises |
| 8 | | Jennifer R. Povey | | Firewing |
| 8 | | Jonathan Pembroke | | Rumble in Woodhollow |
| 8 | | C M Debell | | Silver Mage |
| 8 | | Bekah Berge | | The Whisperings in the Shadows |
| 8 | | S. Kaeth | | Between Starfalls; Book One of Children of the Nexus |
| 8 | | Eric Sparks | | Truth Unearthed |
| 8 | | Brett Humphrey | | Awakening-Dragonborn Book 1 |
| 8 | | SEAN HARRIS | | VAMPIRE WARS INESCAPABLE |
| 8 | | E.L. Aldryc | | My Friend, The Gifted: A Sci-Fantasy |
| 8 | | Lily Lashley | | Epilogue |
The Critiquing Chemist
| 9 | | Sarah Chorn | | Of Honey and Wildfires |
| 9 | | Vichet Ou | | The First Rule of Adventuring |
| 9 | | Susana Imaginário | | Wyrd Gods |
| 9 | | RJ Hanson | | Fires that Forge (Book I of the Lords of Order & Chaos Series) |
| 9 | | Edie James | | The Steel Road |
| 9 | | JC Kang | | Crown of the Sundered Empire |
| 9 | | Thiago d'Evecque | | Limbo |
| 9 | | Andy Giesler | | The Nothing Within |
| 9 | | Rachel Ford | | Squire Derel |
| 9 | | Luke Daher | | First Steps |
| 9 | | Judith Starkston | | Priestess of Ishana |
| 9 | | Xina Marie Uhl | | Necropolis |
| 9 | | Opal Edgar | | Tosho is Dead |
| 9 | | M.K.Adams | | Child of Destiny |
| 9 | | Jason Franks | | Shadowmancy |
| 9 | | Celine Jeanjean | | The Bloodless Assassin |
| 9 | | B. Morris Allen | | Susurrus |
| 9 | | Lucas Pederson | | Wynter's Edge |
| 9 | | raymond st. elmo | | The Origin of Birds in The Footprints of Writing |
| 9 | | Blake Severson | | The Dimensional Wars, Dravincia |
| 9 | | Nicole Zoltack | | Bloodlust |
| 9 | | Robert H. Fleming | | The Fall of Erlon + |
| 9 | | Brittni Chenelle | | The Fae & The Fallen |
| 9 | | Sean Crow | | Godless Lands |
| 9 | | Yvette Bostic | | Magister's Bane |
| 9 | | Selina J. Eckert | | This Cursed Flame |
| 9 | | Barbara G.Tarn | | Magical Friends |
| 9 | | Chris McMahon | | The Calvanni |
| 9 | | A.G. Marshall | | Princess of Shadows |
| 9 | | Staś Rolla | | The Owl at The End of The World |
The Fantasy Inn
| | | | |
| 10 | | Kim May | | The Moonflower |
| 10 | | Aldrea Alien | | To Target the Heart |
| 10 | | David Hambling | | War of the God Queen |
| 10 | | Richard Switzer | | Patch and Max: a grimdark |
| 10 | | J. Rushing | | RADIO |
| 10 | | Phillip Murrell | | Augury Answered |
| 10 | | Jennifer Silverwood | | Silver Hollow (Borderlands Saga #1) |
| 10 | | J. Anthony Oaks | | The Emerald Brotherhood |
| 10 | | Gerhard Gehrke | | Midnight Monster Club |
| 10 | | David Viergutz | | The Demonic Compendium |
| 10 | | Mike Truk | | The Five Trials |
| 10 | | J.R. Rasmussen | | A Dream of Fire |
| 10 | | Brandon Jones | | The Broken Man |
| 10 | | JL Rothstein | | Atonement Heaven Sent Book One |
| 10 | | Kirk Dougal | | Legacy of Bones |
| 10 | | Blake Michael Nelson | | The Demon in the Metal |
| 10 | | J.P. Valentine | | The Nothing Mage |
| 10 | | Billie Kowalewski | | Enlightened |
| 10 | | Timothy S Currey | | Death of the Tree Path |
| 10 | | Jason A. Holt | | Fighter Fred and the Dungeon of Doom |
| 10 | | Stephen J. Ethier | | The Void Revealed |
| 10 | | Lori Holmes | | The Forbidden |
| 10 | | G.M. White | | The Swordsman's Lament |
| 10 | | David Folker | | Relentless |
| 10 | | Kevin Wright | | The Last Benediction in Steel |
| 10 | | Mark Johnson | | The Renegade Within |
| 10 | | Shaun Paul Stevens | | Nether Light |
| 10 | | J.T. Williams | | Of Shadows and Blood |
| 10 | | Moud Adel | | The Forbidden Warriors |
| 10 | | Paul J Bennett | | Ashes |
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