Tor sent over a little something, and by “little something” I mean THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME has been featured on not one but two of Amazon’s Best Books of 2026 So Far lists!
Maggie is at number 14 on Amazon’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2026 So Far
And also at number 4 on Amazon’s Best Romantasies of 2026 So Far:
::throws confetti in a dignified manner::
Huge congratulations to Ilona and Gordon and thank you, as always, to the Book Devouring Horde, both new and experienced members, for doing what the Horde does best. Loving these books to Nav and back!
Wonderful
ModR – I know you only post “First” if one of the Horde asks, and it always seemed a little needy to me until it happened to me. Not needy at all. Just confirming our status as a stalking Horde member 🙂
Maybe we need a shirt that says “Me First Me First Me First!”
I was thinking of a shirt that has the website banner at the top and with a “First” comment by Mod R. The one and only time I have gotten it I totally took a screenshot and wanted to make a shirt out of it lol
Celebratory FIRST 😍! Ofc there’s a need!
🥳 🎉 🪅 🎊
Congrats! This is well known to BDH, but good that others are also joining the wagon. I also saw it on Goodreads for “The Most Popular New Fantasy Novels” under their “Readers’ Hit New Books of the Year (So Far)”: https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/3127?ref=chart_toppers_eb
Woot woot 😍
So well deserved.
YAY! I have seen so much TKWNKM on TikTok. So many new readers picking it up and loving it!
Busy preening all that fluff the BDH is so proud of itself.
Tossing confetti…We Are Horde!!!
We are Horde and We are Mighty. Cue the Hello! song from Book of Mormon musical
Yippee 🥳 congratulations
Congrats and so well deserved!
Mod R may be tossing confetti in a dignified manner, but I’m throwing it willy nilly and with abandon! 🥳🎉🎊✨️💃
That’s the way it should be done!! There’s a place somewhere else for dignified!!
Yay!! Huge congratulations to House Andrews!!
I mean, we already knew they’re the best but it’s good everyone else is starting to realize it too. 😀🎉😀🎉
We love you two! bought it in two versions one to listen to and one to read because I was too impatient to sit and listen
Feel a kindred spirit with you, Ronald… I, too, have a hard cover AND the audiobook. Which only previously occurred with the Ilona Andrews Graphic Audio books. Finished the hardcover and bought the audio less than 48 hours later because you can’t get housework done when rereading a dead tree book. Absolutely NO regrets.
You guys deserve every bit of it. Thanks for all the amazing books you’ve shared with us!
Congratulations House Andrews!! Highly Deserved 🎉🥳🎊
Whoop! Whoop! I have Kool & the Gang’s “Celebration” going through my head right now. “Celebrate good times, c’mon!”
The Horde is definitely mighty across the world. I still say Tor really didn’t know what hit them when this book went on pre-sale. It’s going to hit them again with the second book. 😊
Mod R may be dignified with the confetti, but I’m not. Let the confetti rain begin! Confetti covering the whole world! 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳💃💃💃🎇🎆🎈🎈🎈🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊
Whoo-hoo!!!!!!!
Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I believe it, it has spoiled me for anything else. I have started maybe 15 books since finishing Maggie and nothing is catching my attention. I bought a never fail Terry Pratchett in audio book and it failed. I willprobably not meet my annual reading goal this year because im hyperfixtated on Maggie.
Congratulations…. all the confetti, all the celebrating, and all the white girl dancing my little legs can do. So happy to see the hard work being rewarded. <3
*throws confetti with reckless abandon*
Wow!!!!!!!! That’s great!!! Are Ilona and Gordon heading to Florida for vacation 30 minutes after finishing Maggie 2 ????? (They should.)
I confess I periodically refresh the goodreads page for TKWNKM just to see the number of ratings and reviews go up and do a little happy dance every time. Yaaaay to HA!
deserved accolades – amazing book
You guys have worked your tails off and deserve the very best, for all the lives you’ve touched—and made better! Highest praise to House Andrews!
No confetti, BONITO FLAKES. ( Sushi appreciation post)
Is there an automatic confetti hand held device? That would be the proper item. So delightful to read that the book and all of its inhabitants are going forth and causing enjoyment. 💫🏰🧼🫧
Congratulations, Ilona and Gordon, for this well deserved recognition of your creative spirits! Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!
Horde mode kicking in: twists hands together maniacally: Can this be used as ‘leverage’ to ensure ALL.THE.WORDS make it into Maggie 2? Pretty pretty please?
Sending peace, safety and celebratory vibes to you all!
Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉
Woot woot!
I was at a Bookish event this weekend and talking (clearly) about books and one woman who i only knew for the space of time at the crafting table turned to me and asked “Have you read THIS KINGDOME WILL NOT KILL ME?” and my husband was so impressed with my restraint for only cracking open the flood gates of praise and suggestions.
She was not (yet) a member of the BDH but i have hopes for the stranger i will probably never meet again nor probably wouldn’t recognize in the future.
Congratulations! 🎈🎉🎊🍾
The power of House Andrews and the BDH are mighty and have been recognized by the public at large!
Huzzah! Huzaah! Huzzah!
i’m so glad i’m not the only one obsessed. i bought the ebook then the audio. according to my chirp ap i’ve been listening to it for 27 days straight. i just get to the end and start it over. of course i listen to it while commuting and while crafting so i get a lot of listening in and i’m not ready to move on yet. i have a massive amount of audio books for these purposes but it is sooo good i can’t move on yet. sigh.. when is the next one out?
Well what did you expect? We don’t love books indiscriminately, the writing reels us in. When an author(s) is consistently putting out books that have great plots, characters we wish we could meet irl, world building that is incredibly interesting and well developed, I’m in…all in! We ask for more!😂
So as a BDHer, an avid, sometimes rabid fan, I wish you the best of all things, you both deserve it. Congratulations 🎉
Well deserved. Well earned. Congratulations!!!
Is it possible to please ask Tor to print more copies of the previously released special editions of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me? Since they see the book is popular?
The reseller prices are…a lot.
Special editions are usually created through separate partnerships/licensing arrangements with the special edition retailer.
Tor publishes the standard editions, and they cannot simply decide to print more OwlCrate copies, for example, themselves.
Wahooo!! So well deserved!
We always knew!!! It’s time amazon found out!!! hehe he
Congratulations! Throwing rice paper confetti* with gleeful abandon!
I too have had some difficulty in moving on from TKWNKM, and ended up finally finding something completely different _last night_ which worked and is a relief. Much as I love the book I do need to read something else between rereads!
* It rains a lot in the UK and many places have rules about throwing confetti that will get cleared up by wild life rather than turn into a soggy, difficult to clear up mess.
Congratulations! It is well deserved!
Yay!!!! Congrats!!!
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Congrats!!
I knew this would happen over two years ago when I read the original manuscript. I am so happy I was right! This is your best writing to date. I have decided to never die so I can read everything that is to come.