Sour Cherry
#6483.49 of 664 ranked universes · full ranking
Books 1 book Status Complete 2025 Reading commitment Low Natalia Theodoridou Last reviewed 2026-08-19
Overview
Natalia Theodoridou's debut-novel admission to this canon (2025), a standalone gothic-fantasy retelling of a Grimm-style folk tale from a queer perspective.
Dark fantasy · For Adult
Core Canon: Reading Order (1 work) counts toward ranking
Sour Cherry (2025) core · 3.49 (4,113 ratings)
Quick answers
- How many books are in Sour Cherry? Sour Cherry's Core Canon is 1 book.
- Is Sour Cherry finished? Complete (2025).
- How much reading does Sour Cherry take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 1 Core Canon book · ~312 pages).
- How is Sour Cherry ranked? #648 of 664 ranked universes on this site, based on 4,113 reader ratings across 1 Core Canon book. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #648?
Ranked #648 of 664 ranked universes.
- Average reader rating of 3.49 across 1 core book.
- A smaller readership (4,113 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Less than 0.01 behind #647, The Wolf and the Woodsman (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?
Modestly rated · 1 book · Complete · 4k ratings · Ranks #648 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment dark 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)
- Nebula Award for Best Novel (Best Novel), 2025: finalist: Sour Cherry; Confirmed directly via nebulas.sfwa.org's own nominated-work page; did not win (The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, already admitted, won that year).
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 3.49 across 4,113 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: Admit Sour Cherry (Natalia Theodoridou) as a new universe accepted 2026-08-19
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Rating-platform listing: Sour Cherry Tier 1
- Nebula Awards (SFWA): Sour Cherry nominated work page Tier 1
Last reviewed: 2026-08-19
Rule: Core Canon = the single published novel (2025).