SteveAntilles Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 In the same vein as the model of they year, we have a new poll for book of the year. It's obviously Interceptor City, but there's other options too if you want to be wrong: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/xk95c67a/vote-for-your-favourite-black-library-book-of-2025/ LemartesTheLost 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
wecanhaveallthree Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 Ashes can and should win, not only on its own merits but for effectively righting the HH ship and getting the Scouring started properly. It's Wraight's Terra books taken up to 11, and they're solid contenders for 'best book(s)' themselves. Casual Heresy, Tolmeus and SteveAntilles 1 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6145056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 Ashes of the Imperium shouldn't even be a candidate. It doesn't even release for another 3 days as of today. Voting Dropsite Massacre myself, because that managed to remind me of why I loved the pre-Siege Heresy, particularly the early parts of the war. 1ncarnadine, Tolmeus, Ahrimanjjb and 4 others 6 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6145064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolmeus Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 Yes, my selection is the same. I haven't read ‘Ashes’ yet, I'm still waiting for it to be delivered, so I can only guess from the reactions in the forum that it's a blast (which it obviously is, no surprise there). The only other contender in my eyes is ‘Dropsite Massacre’, for the same reason Chaplain mentioned. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6145069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorpion Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 2 hours ago, wecanhaveallthree said: Ashes can and should win, not only on its own merits but for effectively righting the HH ship and getting the Scouring started properly. It's Wraight's Terra books taken up to 11, and they're solid contenders for 'best book(s)' themselves. My faith in Wraight is so strong I almost voted this without having read it. cheywood 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6145073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1ncarnadine Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 I also voted for Dropsite Massacre. I'm not sure it was strictly the best-written BL entry among the candidates, but it was the one I personally enjoyed the most from what I've been able to read. Of the 2025 entries that I've actually read, Voidscarred was good but not great, Interceptor City I think I read and voted for last year in LE format, Fulgrim: The Perfect Son was just ok, and Era of Ruin was too uneven as an anthology. Grotsnik was very good and my runner-up choice, so I hope it performs well. I still have a lot of of 2025's offerings in the pile of shame in some format or another so I can't judge them yet, unfortunately. And Ashes whenever that shows up. I suspect Interceptor City will win this year because it's Dan Abnett and more people have had access to it, even though it was 9th last year. But you never know... last year's results were baffling to me. Roomsky, DarkChaplain and Marshal Loss 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6145075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorpion Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 Right, Siege of Vraks won, despite our consensus that it was Lyons' weakest DkoK novel. I guess we really don't know what people want. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6145078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 I only read (or listened to) Remnant Blade and Grotsnik of those released this year. I voted Grotsnik even though I enjoyed both equally in different ways. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6145086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lathe Biosas Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 Strange... my favorite Black Library release wasn't on the list: "The Light of the Emperor and other Stories." Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6145110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitnam Posted December 3 Share Posted December 3 As I don't like Heresy, I haven't read either Dropsite or Ashes. My vote was actually AoS, Queen of the Rose Throne. I haven't read a ton this year, so novels like Remnant Blade, Starseers Ruin, and Void scarred are still on my to do list. Of what I did read, QotRT is a fun fantasy novel I suspect Starseers Ruin might be my favorite is I can finish it in time Roomsky and SteveAntilles 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6145176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Heresy Posted December 3 Share Posted December 3 I suspect Ashes would change it if I had my copy, but based on the 2025 releases I have actually read so far, I voted for Voidscarred. A story I enjoyed and I really like having the Corsairs fleshed out a little more. Makes the prospect of a Corsair release a dangerous temptation for me. The Scorpion and Roomsky 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6145263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LemartesTheLost Posted December 3 Share Posted December 3 I haven't read much Black Library that was released this year, and I'm completely done with M.31 aside from a few potential character books we were discussing in the other thread, so Interceptor City got my vote even though the LE was released last year. SteveAntilles and Roomsky 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6145272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Loss Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 Dropsite Massacre for me without a doubt. Absolutely brilliant work from French 1ncarnadine 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6145313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitnam Posted yesterday at 12:37 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:37 AM Just a quick update about Starseers Ruin: unless the last third of the novel fumbles spectacularly, this is definitely my actual BL story of the year. Brilliant so far, we need more Tchaikovsky novels. Roomsky, Loquille and Casual Heresy 2 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6147065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Knight Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago (edited) Archmagos is the only novel that left impression for me due to the revelations and possible implications for how the lore can move forward. Ashes was good and had some great character moments but I'm feeling very fatigued with the 30k timeline at this point. It's funny that some people complain about Primarchs in 40k, but the community can't get enough of Primarchs so they eat up the Heresy books more than any other. Ashes will win, of course. Edited 20 hours ago by Orange Knight Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6147106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roomsky Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 2 hours ago, Orange Knight said: Archmagos is the only novel that left impression for me due to the revelations and possible implications for how the lore can move forward. Ashes was good and had some great character moments but I'm feeling very fatigued with the 30k timeline at this point. It's funny that some people complain about Primarchs in 40k, but the community can't get enough of Primarchs so they eat up the Heresy books more than any other. Ashes will win, of course. Oh I love primarchs. In 30k. Where they belong. Anyway, Interceptor City is the actual best of the year, if it counts. Which makes 2 years in a row where, IMO, a fighter pilot story is the best thing to come out of BL. SteveAntilles, Scribe and DukeLeto69 1 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6147140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 8 minutes ago, Roomsky said: Oh I love primarchs. In 30k. Where they belong. Agreed. Now I'm fighting with myself actually "Is 30K the better setting for telling stories, or is it 40K?" Roomsky 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6147144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wecanhaveallthree Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago I will, once again, wonder aloud why we've gotten a bunch of atmospheric fighter stories and no void fighter stories in a setting that has a whole galaxy to play in. When did carriers stop being cool? DarkChaplain and Roomsky 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6147154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grailkeeper Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago Its a late late late entry, but Ashes of the Imperium. Krelious and Malkydel 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6147180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taliesin Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago 20 hours ago, sitnam said: Just a quick update about Starseers Ruin: unless the last third of the novel fumbles spectacularly, this is definitely my actual BL story of the year. Brilliant so far, we need more Tchaikovsky novels. What makes it so great? Any interesting stuff about the Seraphon? 4 hours ago, Roomsky said: Oh I love primarchs. In 30k. Where they belong. Anyway, Interceptor City is the actual best of the year, if it counts. Which makes 2 years in a row where, IMO, a fighter pilot story is the best thing to come out of BL. Have to disagree on Interceptor City, wanted to like it but was a DNF for me, just like Double Eagle btw. Roomsky and DukeLeto69 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6147183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpharius902 Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago 5 hours ago, wecanhaveallthree said: I will, once again, wonder aloud why we've gotten a bunch of atmospheric fighter stories and no void fighter stories in a setting that has a whole galaxy to play in. When did carriers stop being cool? Closest we've gotten is Zealot Zane from Execution Hour, almost 25 years ago now, as a side plot. I'm somewhat surprised we've never gotten a tie-in novel/series for the semi-recent Battlefleet Gothic games, I'd definitely be interested in a book or two. For the topic at hand, among the books I was interested in this year, I'm definitely going with Dropsite Massacre, although Tomb World was certainly close Roomsky 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6147198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitnam Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago 5 hours ago, Taliesin said: What makes it so great? Any interesting stuff about the Seraphon? Tchaikovsky does a great job at representing multiple perspectives, including non-human perspectives. We saw this a tiny bit of Day of Ascension, but both sides in that book were at least near-human. The Seraphon in the book don't feel human. They don't act like us, talk like us, or think like us. This is seen thought the novel. We are shown, not told. Besides that, it's just a great story. I was engrossed by the majority of the character plots, it had interesting interactions, and the story plot overall was solid. Definitely my book of the year. Now, since Nate Crowley doesn't seem to be writing Black Library at the moment, I'd love to see Tchaikovsky back to 40k for the Kroot novel WE* deserve *WE being all 11.5 Kroot fans. Roomsky 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6147208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeLeto69 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Interceptor City. That’s all that needs to be said! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/387212-black-library-book-of-the-year/#findComment-6147218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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