SPSFC 5 took submissions of books for the contest from Oct. 13, 2025, to Nov. 9, 2025. Here’s a list of the books submitted.
Books available on Kindle Unlimited have “(KU)” after the title.
| Book | Author |
|---|---|
| A Footstep Echo (KU) | J. D. Sanderson |
| A Part Of The World | R. M. Beristain |
| ab initio (KU) | Jacob Terracina |
| Afterburn (KU) | D. Andrews |
| Alternative Science (KU) | Chad Eastwood |
| Andgate | Samuel Cardoso |
| Animus Paradox | Adam Bassett |
| Arcanoforge – Midnight Metropolis | Caroline Barnard-Smith |
| Artificial Selection (KU) | Marianne Pickles |
| Ashen Light (KU) | Ian Young |
| Augmosis | Steven Tye |
| Bastion (KU) | Michael Scott Walton |
| Beyond the Last Station (KU) | Irene Dilillo |
| Black Sails to Sunward | Sheila Jenné |
| Blaze Forth the Death of Princes (KU) | A. M. Colwell |
| Blue Shift Protocol (KU) | I. O. Adler |
| Body Jacker Jaz (KU) | Matthew Thompson |
| Bounty Inc. (KU) | Adam Holcombe |
| Breadbasket Rebellion | J. Trevor Robinson |
| Breakwater | Vivian Wilderbridge |
| CTRL-Z (KU) | Iain Benson |
| Cage of Stars (KU) | Frasier Armitage |
| Callus and Crow (KU) | D. B. Rook |
| Cargo Hold 4 | Lonnie Busch |
| Cold Blooded | Rohan O’Duill |
| Dawn of Time (KU) | Judy Klass |
| Dead Malls | Darby Harn |
| Download (KU) | David Crowell |
| Dragon City (KU) | Iryna Karban |
| Earth Sucks | Heather Chambers |
| Echo (KU) | M. J. Douglas |
| Echo of the Larkspur | A. A. Freeman |
| Empyreax The Rise of Ca Ra | Scott Frost |
| Erased | Sebastian Kilex |
| Everlife | Alex S. Garcia |
| Explorer | Roger Floyd |
| Far Flung | Utunu |
| Fimbulvinter’s Fires | A. M. Weald |
| First Last Chance | B. E. Lunetois |
| Fracture (KU) | R. Sinclair |
| Fractured Children of Earth (KU) | Michael V. Colianna |
| FrostByte | N. S. Chaudhury |
| Gambling on Common Sense | L. Briar |
| Gamer | Belinda Crawford |
| Generations (KU) | Noam Josephides |
| God’s Gate | Alan Kurt |
| Golem Master (KU) | T. J. Lombardi |
| Grave of the Waiting | Joshua Scott Edwards |
| How I Hacked the Moon | R. A. Dines |
| Hypocrisy (KU) | A. J. Thibault |
| Ice Born (KU) | Adam Fernandez |
| Iconoclast | Dave Walsh |
| In Sekhmet’s Wake (KU) | J. D. Rhodes |
| In Spite of the Inevitable | Morgan Biscup |
| Insider (KU) | K. B. Gazeena |
| Insiders | Shannon Knight |
| Just Joe | Phillip Murrell |
| K47 (KU) | Ricky Ginsburg |
| Loyalty to the Max | Maya Darjani |
| Lucy and the World Egg (KU) | T. J. Porter |
| MOROS (KU) | L. D. Rogov |
| Man With Gun (KU) | Tadg Farrington |
| NICEF | P. J. C. Cahill |
| Of Friction (KU) | S. J. Lee |
| Offline God (KU) | David Shih |
| Once We Were Stardust | Gareth Lewis |
| Operation Reboot (KU) | James Hallenbeck |
| Ordell’s Constellation (KU) | J. C. Cole |
| Osiris Rising (KU) | Milos Davidovic |
| Our Simulated Selves | Nikki Null |
| Permafrost (KU) | Kate Kelly |
| Points of Origin (KU) | E. S. Fein |
| Prophet (KU) | David Hoffer |
| Remembering Demons (KU) | J. Cornelius |
| Renaissance Paradox History Prime | K. A. Wood |
| Ret | Dan Miwa |
| Ring of the Dragon | Kayelle Allen |
| Rule of Extinction (KU) | Geoff Jones |
| Run Like Hell (KU) | Eira Brand |
| Rust Crew | Dustin Bollinger |
| SAIQA (KU) | A. L. Whyte |
| Sacrificing Serenity (KU) | Holly Ash |
| Savage Crew | Erik DeLeo |
| Silentium (KU) | M. F. Alfrey |
| Sunward Sky | Henry Neilsen |
| That Which Devours – Survive (KU) | Jer Patch |
| The Areisa | Lorain O’Neil |
| The Astral Prophet | Evan Schindewolf |
| The Cataphract Oath (KU) | Marc Edmond Best |
| The Dark Without | T. K. Toppin |
| The Dream of the Forest (KU) | Stjepan Varesevac Cobets |
| The Final Season (KU) | Andrew Gillsmith |
| The First Sin | Cheyenne Brammah |
| The Game Continues After Your Death | J. D. Magnin |
| The Germans Have a Word for It (KU) | T. R. Thorsen |
| The Gestalt in the Machine (KU) | Andy Dornan |
| The Girl in the Tomb (KU) | Thomas Knapp |
| The Grimsdale Claimant | B. G. Hilton |
| The Last of the Elvis Ninja Robots | Michael Stephens |
| The Nemesis Effect (KU) | Michael Shotter |
| The Omega Voyager (KU) | John Mevissen |
| The Outsiders of Orkland | Kenneth Feller |
| The Quantum Entanglement (KU) | Aaron Benmark |
| The Queen in Time | Michael Bandru |
| The Rise of the Mech Smith – The Forge (KU) | Matthew Kent |
| The Seeds of Dissolution | William C. Tracy |
| The Survivors (KU) | Angela White |
| The Terminus of All Things (KU) | Jay Neill |
| The Torus Run | Harry Buck |
| The Triangle Age | David Aumelas |
| The Variant War (KU) | Les Abernathy |
| The Warm Machine | Aimee Cozza |
| The Xanadu Affair | Jessica M. Taylor |
| This Little Piggy | J. G. Brin |
| Time Traitors | Eli Donovan |
| Two Worlds Collided (KU) | Joeing |
| Visitor (KU) | John Triptych |
| Walking The Knife’s Edge | Elise Carlson |
| Wastelands | Samira Lloyd |
| We Don’t Start Fights (KU) | A. Stargazer |
| Wherever the Stars Call | S. Jean |
| Who Nuked Silicon Valley? (KU) | Mike Donoghue |
| You Cannot Kill the Root | Nathan Kuzack |
| Your Knowledge or Your Life? | Sophie Maddon |
Previous contests:
The Self-Published Science Fiction Competition 
