Queen’s Book Asylum’s main SPFBO Champions’ League page, where you’ll find a short heads up about the contest, info about our process, the 10 champions – including GR and universal links -, our process, and updates throughout the competition.
New in the Asylum
We at the Asylum are excited to host the cover reveal for Karen McCompostine’s upcoming new novel, CUTE CNUT, the first book in The Hardening Cycle (comedy) urban fantasy romance series! The expected publication is September 26, 2025.
Team Asylum reviews our fifth SPFBO Champion, QBA’s own finalist, SMALL MIRACLES by Olivia Atwater. Reviews are from Arina, Drew, Rari, Timy, and Tru.
Timy’s pick this week for Music Monday is Hellevator by Thundermother.
Jen reviews BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN, a standalone dark fantasy novel by M. L. Wang.
Bjørn’s pick this week for Music Monday is Pani Pasztetowa by Nosowska.
Timy’s pick this week for Music Monday is Head Held High by SERA.
SPFBO Champions' League
MORE SPFBO 10 CONTENT Team Asylum reviews our fifth SPFBO Champion, QBA’s own finalist, SMALL MIRACLES by Olivia Atwater. Reviews are from Arina, Drew, Rari, Timy, and Tru.
Team Asylum reviews our fourth SPFBO Champion, WHERE LOYALTIES LIE by Rob J. Hayes. Reviews are from Arina, Drew, Filip, and Timy.
Team Asylum reviews our third SPFBO Champion, THE GREY BASTARDS by Jonathan French. Reviews are from Drew, Filip, and Tru.
Team Asylum reviews our second SPFBO Champion, ORCONOMICS by J. Zachary Pike. Reviews are from Arina, Drew, Filip, Rari, and Tru.
Latest Reviews
MORE REVIEWS
Bjorn reviews THE SARDONYX NET, a standalone Sci-Fi novel by Elizabeth A. Lynn.
Bjørn reviews NINE PERFECT STRANGERS, Liane Moriarty’s standalone thriller.
Liis reviews THE DEVILS, a standalone fantasy novel by Joe Abercrombie.
Team Asylum reviews our third SPFBO Champion, THE GREY BASTARDS by Jonathan French. Reviews are from Drew, Filip, and Tru.
Bjorn reviews THAT’S NOT RIGHT, a standalone satire/urban fantasy novel by Scott Meyer.
Timy reviews A WITCH’S GUIDE TO MAGICAL INNKEEPING, a standalone cozy romantasy novel by Sangu Mandanna. Out on July 17, 2025 by Hodderscape!
All Things Bookish
MORE BOOKISH ARTICLES
The epic sale of beloved SFF books 2025 is here! What is this, you ask? Well, I’m glad you asked. Between August 7th and 11th, you can get over 100 indie SFF titles for a mere $0.99 or even free! That sounds like a good deal to me. You’d be crazy to miss out!
A quick recap of the reading I did in 2025 Q2, pick 5 of my favorite reads, and also report on how I progressed with my different reading challenges.
To celebrate Pride Month, we collected 21 queer books for your TBR! The list features both indie and trad books as well as queer and non-queer authors.
A quick recap of the reading I did in 2025 Q1, pick 5 of my favorite reads, and also report on how I progressed with my different reading challenges.
Author Spotlight
MORE AUTHOR SPOTLIGHTS We at the Asylum are excited to host the cover reveal for Karen McCompostine’s upcoming new novel, CUTE CNUT, the first book in The Hardening Cycle (comedy) urban fantasy romance series! The expected publication is September 26, 2025.
We at the Asylum are excited to host the cover reveal for Trudie Skies’s upcoming new adult gaslamp fantasy novel, THE CHOSEN ONE CON, the first book in the Lost in the Aether duology! The expected publication is in 2026.
It’s our pleasure to host Nicholas Ponticello, whose latest fantasy novel, Satan’s Diary was just released on July 1st, 2025!
We at the Asylum are excited to host the cover reveal for Michael S. Jackson’s upcoming epic fantasy novel, RINGLANDER: FALLEN SHARDS! The expected publication is August 2025.
Features
MORE FEATURES
Sharon Rivest, the author of DECEIT, chose Tales from the Asylum as her SPFBO 9 spotlight, so let’s see how she imagines our home!
Brendan Noble, author of A Dagger in the Winds chose the challenge of What the Hungarian?! for his SPFBO 9 spotlight. Let’s see how he did with it!
Part 4 of the second SPFBO 9 To Be Continued… story, The Illusionist’s Nightmare is written by Mike Rousseau. Time to find out how Ezri’s story ends!
Part 3 of the second SPFBO 9 To Be Continued… story, The Illusionist’s Nightmare is written by Ryan Kirk. Her plan being made, it’s time for Ezri to get to work.