A Snake Falls to Earth
#4063.94 of 664 ranked universes · full ranking
Books 1 book Status Complete 2021 Reading commitment Low Darcie Little Badger Last reviewed 2026-08-13
Overview
A standalone fantasy grounded in Lipan Apache storytelling, told across two intersecting realms: the human world, where 16-year-old Nina lives, and the Reflecting World, a supernatural dimension of spirits and animal-people, including Oli, a shapeshifting cottonmouth-snake boy searching for a way to save his home.
Mythic fantasy, Portal fantasy · For YA
Core Canon: Reading Order (1 work) counts toward ranking
A Snake Falls to Earth (novel) Darcie Little Badger
| Work | Year | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Snake Falls to Earth | 2021 | core | 3.94 (12,196 ratings) |
A standalone fantasy grounded in Lipan Apache storytelling, told across 2 intersecting realms: the human world, where 16-year-old Nina lives, and the 'Reflecting World,' a supernatural dimension of spirits and animal-people including Oli, a shapeshifting cottonmouth-snake boy. Confirmed via Wikipedia as a separate setting from Elatsoe (admitted separately this same run), not a shared continuity. Registered as a single-work universe (LOTR-analogy convention).
Quick answers
- How many books are in A Snake Falls to Earth? A Snake Falls to Earth's Core Canon is 1 book.
- Is A Snake Falls to Earth finished? Complete (2021).
- How much reading does A Snake Falls to Earth take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 1 Core Canon book).
- How is A Snake Falls to Earth ranked? #406 of 664 ranked universes on this site, based on 12,196 reader ratings across 1 Core Canon book. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #406?
Ranked #406 of 664 ranked universes.
- Average reader rating of 3.94 across 1 core book.
- A smaller readership (12,196 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Less than 0.01 behind #405, Deerskin (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.45.
- A single standalone novel: ranked on that one book alone.
Why explore this universe?
Rated · 1 book · Complete · 12k ratings · Ranks #406 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment mythic fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
A single Core Canon work: no sequencing question to resolve.
Awards (verified)
- Andre Norton Award, 2021: won: A Snake Falls to Earth; Confirmed directly via nebulas.sfwa.org's own Andre Norton Award winners list, which labels the award by the eligible work's publication year (2021), matching this project's existing year-labeling convention for SFWA-administered awards.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 3.94 across 12,196 ratings on 1 Core Canon book. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: A Snake Falls to Earth admitted as a single-work universe accepted 2026-08-13
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
Last reviewed: 2026-08-13
Rule: Single-work universe: one standalone 2021 novel, confirmed as a separate setting from the author's other admitted universe, Elatsoe. Registered per this canon's LOTR-analogy convention.