A Celebration of Small Press and Self-Published Books
A PEOPLE’S GUIDE TO PUBLISHING by Joe Biel is an intensely readable guidebook to starting and sustaining a book business from the ground up. Check out what Joe Walters of Independent Book Review thinks of this nonfiction title from Microcosm Publishing.
LEARN TO SWIM by Joseph Haeger is quiet and heartfelt nonfiction about loyalty, friendship, and letting go. Check out what Joe Walters has to say in his latest IBR book review of this University of Hell Press title.
THE NOT WIVES by Carley Moore is a terrific literary novel about what it means to belong to yourself while trying to be a part of something bigger. Check out what Jaylynn Korrell of Independent Book Review has to say about this Feminist Press title.
I DON’T THINK OF YOU (UNTIL I DO) by Tatiana Ryckman is a heartbreakingly honest excavation of longing, modern romances. Check out what Joe Walters of Independent Book Review has to say in his latest review.
FAREWELL OLYMPUS by Jack Messenger is an intelligent, often funny literary mystery novel with a tight plot and complex characters. Check out what Helen Barnes of Independent Book Review has to say in her latest indie book review.
THE WORD FOR WOMAN IS WILDERNESS by Abi Andrews is a terrific new novel with a strong feminist voice. Check out what Jaylynn Korrell has to say about this Two Dollar Radio title in her latest IBR book review.
SO MY MOTHER, SHE LIVES IN THE CLOUDS by Christopher D. DiCicco is a magic realist short story collection filled with heart, sound, and all the emotion you could ask for. Check out what Joe Walters has to say in his independent book review.
THIS DISTANCE by Nick Gregorio is a powerful short story collection about closing the distance between ourselves and the lives we’ve tried to leave behind. Check out what Yvie Shea Hourihane of Independent Book Review has to say about this Maudlin House book.
MARS is a superb, out-of-the-ordinary story collection by Asja Bakić and translator Jennifer Zoble. Check out why Independent Book Review’s Jaylynn Korrell thinks you’ve been missing out in her latest review of this Feminist Press title.
USER NOT FOUND by Felicity Fenton is an unpretentious and quick-witted exploration of the author’s journey into understanding social media and out of a life that abuses it. Check out what Joe Walters of Independent Book Review has to say about this chapbook from Future Tense Books.