The Most-Read Posts and Reviews From the BFS Blog in 2024

Well, we really stepped up the publishing last year, eh? Thanks to all those members who offered time and talent to pen a guest blog for us, and to our volunteer review crew for sharing their thoughts on the latest releases across the speculative fiction world.

I’ve dug into the stats and found out what got you all clicking most in the calendar year of 2024, and present the top 10s below. Bear in mind these are the most read of the year, not necessarily of the posts published in 2024, so there are a few older pieces in there. However, there’s also some very recent pieces which clearly caused a stir – I’m looking at you, Sarah Elliott and Stephen Frame! Despite publishing at either end of December, these two made the top 10 most read blogs of the year. Nice work! It’s also great to see some of our regular features, like the member profiles and the Ask an Agent and subgenre deep dive columns, getting plenty of attention.

The BFS blog is one of those perks of membership we often talk about. Any member can pitch a post about any topic they’d like to explore – from their own writing process, to what inspires them, to the things they geek out about, and more. Not sure how to write a blog post? Get in touch and I’ll walk you through it, or offer some questions by email to get you started. You can pitch via this form, or email me at online@britishfantasysociety.org

But now, with no further ado, here come those top 10s…

Most read blog posts in 2024

1. Meet E. Saxey
2. The British Fantasy Award Winners for 2024
3. Why I Love Buffy – Even Though She’s Not Black! – guest post by Sarah Elliott
4. Planning a Series: Notes from a Fantasycon Panel – guest post by Andrew Knighton
5. Subgenre Deep Dive: Sword & Sorcery – guest post by Tiffani Angus
6. Beasts of Moor and Mine: Folklore and Folk Horror in the Cornish Wilds – guest post by Alexandra Beaumont
7. Subgenre Deep Dive: Suburban Horror – guest post by Tiffani Angus
8. Ask an Agent: November 2024 – guest post by Laura Bennett
9. Into the Woods: Why Are We So Drawn To Trees? – guest post by by Stephen Frame
10. Writing Fantasy for Children – guest post by Stefanie Parks

Most read reviews in 2024

1. A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon – reviewed by Melody Bowles
2. Empire of the Damned, by Jay Kristoff – reviewed by Sarah Deeming
3. Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong – reviewed by Joely Black
4. Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J Tuli – reviewed by Elloise Hopkins
5. Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh – reviewed by John Dodd
6. Call of Cthulhu: A Time to Harvest RPG – reviewed by Seth Stauffer
7. Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Game RPG – reviewed by Seth Stauffer
8. The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz – reviewed by Ian Hunter
9. A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall – reviewed by Catherine Berridge
10. The Horned God: Weird Tales of the Great God Pan, edited by Michael Wheatley – reviewed by Pauline Morgan