All things indie books!
All things indie books!
We are thrilled to pull back the curtain on the cover of Kaaron Warren’s GOING TO SUMMERTIME. This is our first glimpse into the unsettling cul-de-sac where every house holds a memory and every reflection might not be your own. Take a look. Then tell us: do you feel the pull of Summertime? Coming October 2026.
Discover the finest indie and self-published books of 2026, including award-winning fantasy, cozy reads, and hidden gems from independent authors.
Independent publishers are already making their mark on 2025. Here are the small press books pushing boundaries in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
12 forthcoming and new release books of the final quarter of 2025 are shared in this creepy, thoughtful list presented by IBR’s Eric Mayrhofer.
by Lee Upton Sometimes I feel dread before opening my laptop and diving into an early draft. I dread how my own mind may want to boil itself alive for my failures on the page. I dread seeing how mistakes flare, how my hoped-for excitement from the day before may dissipate. There’s not much of […] More
Jesi Bender share’s an excerpt from her upcoming novel Child of Light, out August from Whiskey Tit. Excerpt from Child of Light by Jesi Bender Conte d’Électricité In 1888, Gaulard will make his way past the gardens and up to the formidable entrance of the Élysée. He will be in a crumpled brown suit, his […] More
These older sci-fi and fantasy collections from small presses are some of the best in the genre!
We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Jen Michalski’s All This Can Be True, which releases on June 3, 2025 with Keylight Books. For fans of Modern Lovers and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo comes a tender queer romance about one woman’s rediscovery of choice, hope, and wild love in the wake of her husband’s […] More
Sarah Connell Fantasy, and Historical Fantasy in particular, brings us back to a time where tales were passed down through songs and spoken traditions. The prophecies, the magic, the life or death choices all feel visceral because they come from a place of shared ancestry. The collection below features coming of age Fantasies. Each explores […] More
This season’s indie press titles include ambitious looks at consciousness and intelligence along with memorable trips into literary history.
The fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books that entertained and enlightened us.
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