Snake-Eater
#1084.20 of 664 ranked universes · full ranking
Books 1 book Status Complete 2025 Reading commitment Low T. Kingfisher Last reviewed 2026-08-19
Overview
Snake-Eater (2025) is a standalone desert-survival novel by T. Kingfisher, mixing quest-fantasy structure with a strong horror register; the same cozy-horror-tinged fairy-tale mode this author has already brought to Nettle & Bone, Thornhedge, and A Sorceress Comes to Call. It has no announced sequel and is registered as its own single-work universe.
Cozy fantasy, Dark fantasy · For Adult
Core Canon: Reading Order (1 work) counts toward ranking
Snake-Eater (2025) core · 4.20 (22,088 ratings); A standalone desert-survival fairy-tale-adjacent horror-fantasy novel; trade-press coverage (Locus, Paste Magazine) describes it as horror-tinged contemporary fantasy, continuing the cozy-horror-fantasy mode T. Kingfisher's other admitted work already established.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Snake-Eater? Snake-Eater's Core Canon is 1 book.
- Is Snake-Eater finished? Complete (2025).
- How much reading does Snake-Eater take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 1 Core Canon book · ~267 pages).
- How is Snake-Eater ranked? #108 of 664 ranked universes on this site, based on 22,088 reader ratings across 1 Core Canon book. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #108?
Ranked #108 of 664 ranked universes.
- Average reader rating of 4.20 across 1 core book.
- A smaller readership (22,088 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Less than 0.01 behind #107, The Devils (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?
Highly rated · 1 book · Complete · 22k ratings · Ranks #108 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment cozy 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)
- No award nominations found for this book as of admission; award recognition is not a requirement for admission.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.20 across 22,088 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: Snake-Eater admitted as its own standalone universe accepted 2026-08-19
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Wikipedia: Hemlock & Silver Tier 2
- Locus review: Snake-Eater Tier 2
- Paste Magazine: Snake-Eater excerpt Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-08-19
Rule: Core Canon = the one published novel. No further installments are announced; a single-work registration follows this project's standing convention for a genuinely standalone book with no series structure.