Who Reviews What In 2013

27th January 2013

Last year I made a chart listing book bloggers and their subgenre preferences in 2012. Not even a year later many of those listings are out of date, as blogs grow, go on hiatus or change their policies. One of the biggest surprises for me was that Graeme Flory has stopped blogging after six years. Graeme's Fantasy Book Review has been a source of insightful reviews for years, and I'll miss it.

This year I've changed the format slightly, listing anthologies and graphic novels. I've also removed the category for grimdark novels, because it overlaps too much with epic fantasy. Some things haven't changed: there are still very few outlets for self-published books, and paranormal romance is one genre where tastes tend to be extremely polarised. If this chart is representative of the overall blogosphere, anyone self-publishing paranormal romance can't rely on book blog reviews to spread the word.

Who	Anthologies	Horror	Urban Fantasy	Graphic Novels	Steampunk	YA	Sci-Fi	Epic Fantasy	Historical Fantasy	Self-Published	Paranormal Romance
Abhinav Jain Angels of Retribution
A Cracked Moon Requires Only That You Hate
Adam Whitehead The Wertzone
Amanda Moran One More Page
Ana Grilo and Thea James The Book Smugglers
Cecelia Larsen The Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia
Chris Gerwel The King of Elfland's Second Cousin						(SFF only)
David Hebblethwaite Follow The Thread
Dominick Swennen Fantastical Imaginations
Dot Dot Scribbles
Gavin Pugh Gav Reads
Holly Grierson Book Harbinger
Jamie Gibbs Mithril Wisdom
Justin Landon Staffer's Book Review
Kate Atherton For Winter Nights						(SF)				Covers, does not accept review copies
Kellie Sheridan Snarky Bird
Ken Fergason Neth Space
Kristen Fantasy Cafe	(rare)	(rare)		(rare)							(rare)
Maria Fantasy's Ink
Mark Chitty Walker of Worlds
Mary Brebner The Book Swarm							(rare)	(rare)	(rare)
Michael The Mad Hatter's Bookshelf and Book Review
Mieneke van der Salm A Fantastical Librarian
Mihai Adascalitei Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews			(rare)		(rare)
Niall Alexander The Speculative Scotsman
Ole Andreas Imsen Weirdmage's Reviews
Paul The Eloquent Page										Invite only
Paul Weimer Blog, Jvstin Style
Rebecca Poolton The Night Life
Rinn Rinn Reads					Lighter					(selective)
Ros Jackson (me) This website
Sarah Gibson Feeling Fictional	(rare)									(rare)
Sheila DeChantal Book Journey										(rare)
Stefan Fergus Civilian Reader
Stefan Raets Far Beyond Reality
Sue Bricknell Coffee, Cookies and Chili Peppers										(rare)
Theresa Lucas Fantasy & SciFi Lovin' News & Reviews

Multi-Author Blogs

I'm listing blogs with more than four contributors separately. Many of these cover quite a wide range of subgenres, but even in these cases very few will review everything in the speculative fiction field.

Who	Anthologies	Horror	Urban Fantasy	Graphic Novels	Steampunk	YA	Sci-Fi	Epic Fantasy	Historical Fantasy	Self-Published	Paranormal Romance
Book Chick City http://www.bookchickcity.com/							(romantic)
Fantasy Book Addict http://www.fantasybookaddict.com/
Fantasy Book Critic http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.co.uk/
Pornokitsch http://www.pornokitsch.com/		Covers: don't send	Covers: don't send	Covers: don't send	Covers: don't send	Covers: don't send		Covers: don't send		Covers: don't send
Serendipity Reviews http://www.serendipityreviews.co.uk/
SF Signal http://www.sfsignal.com/
Theaker's Quarterly Fiction http://www.theakersquarterly.blogspot.co.uk/
The Ranting Dragon http://www.rantingdragon.com/

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