Explore Top Historical Indie Books
Discover a curated collection of indie Historical books written by self-published authors from around the world. Whether you're looking for fresh plots, bold voices, or hidden gems, this is your go-to shelf for immersive Historical storytelling.
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THE LAST NEANDERTHAL CLAN
Charlie BORING
Enjoy historical fiction? You will love these adventures into prehistoric times, forty thousand years ago, when the last Neanderthals struggled for survival. The robust Neanderthals ruled the terrain ...
To Love a Beast: (A Christian Western Historical Romance Fairy Tale Retelling of Beauty & the Beast) (Once Upon a Time in Texas)
Karen Witemeyer
Beauty & the Beast in 1800's Texas.Once known among New York's elite as the American Adonis, Everett Griffin now lives as a recluse in the wilds of Texas. The treachery of a former admirer left hi...
Terminal Love
Audible Publishers
In a world of ticking clocks and hospital beds, Terminal Love is a story about what it truly means to live—told through the raw, beautiful chaos of two people who weren’t supposed to fall in love....
The Suicide Detective
William Bach
When a high-stakes mission to capture a ruthless Al Qaeda terrorist goes horribly wrong, U.S. Army Sergeant Amber Downing is taken captive—vanishing behind enemy lines in Iraq. Her devoted military ...
The Fulcrum: A Novel
Michael Decter
In this sweeping climate thriller, an economist and a public servant join forces—and hearts—to navigate a dangerous international conflict and imminent environmental disaster.Matthew Rice needs a ...
Husro & Shirin
Maryam Tabibzadeh
a fascinating historical saga of the love affair between the king of the Persian empire and the princess of Armenia, based on true story which is set in the 6th century. Husro a...
The Reborn Prince (Mages in the Mundane Book 1)
Julianne Munich
He was a prince, forced into a new life as a pauper.Luc, a poor but vain young man in 1775 Paris, is confused by his dreams of gilded ballrooms and unknown people in lace and jewels. What's more, ever...
The Masquerade Kilker
Ivan Cisneros
Some masks conceal identities. Others reveal the truth.Cutter’s Ridge was never meant to be a place of murder. Tucked away in the Montana mountains, it was the kind of town where secrets were buried...
You Can Wine Too: From Fairy Tales to Nightmares, My Path to Drinking Wine Every Night
David R. Sheldon
Follow the author as he makes a life-changing decision that will determine his future for the next fifty years. Starting in the corporate world, he then ventured into his own plastics business. After ...
My Way on the Camino Portuguese
John Seegers
What happens when the road demands more than your body can give—but your spirit refuses to quit?In My Way on the Camino Portuguese, John Seegers shares the honest, humorous, and deeply personal stor...
The Dream of Matter: Waking the Mind Within the Mirage: No Spoon, No Self: Escaping the Illusion of Form
ONE IAM
What if the world you touch... was your own thought in disguise?In The Dream of Matter, you are not handed answers, you are handed mirrors.This book dissolves the boundary between subject and object, ...
I Was Adopted by a Sorceress, Book One
Albert
When life begins to confront you, you can give up, get angry, or stay true to yourself, fighting for your happiness and the place you are looking for under the sun, even if it is not your own luminary...
SuperPower: The Ability to Fly or to Become Invisible: The Deal of the Art (Book #1)
Roger E Pedersen
Today, I invite you to explore these extraordinary possibilities within the pages of a groundbreaking new book series, SuperPower: The Ability to Fly or to Become Invisible, written by none other than...
The Valkyrie: A Medieval Christian Fiction (Book 4) (The Huntress: Medieval Christian Fiction)
Carrie Cotten
Can the truth-speaker’s promise of life from death really be for them?After a year in captivity, Isa Bjorndottir feels dead inside. Restored to her mother, the Shieldmaiden of Volfsby, Isa watches l...
Seeing GOD, Face To Face: The Absolute Truth About You, And How You Operate.
ONE IAM
The Universe is information aligned in mental energy under rules and laws to appear as a "physical" manifestation. The mental energy produces a perception in the divine Mind. The perception has severa...
Where Rivers Run West
By: Will Colt
Sixteen-year-old Rory Fraser believes his future is measured in a fortune that glitters. Restless and dreaming of striking it rich, Rory trades the tired fields of his family's Indiana farm for the perilous promise of Leadville, Colorado, a legendary boomtown where fortunes are made and lost in a single day.Driven by the siren call of the rugged West, Rory plunges headlong into an unforgiving landscape marked by brutal labor, bitter trials, and dangers he never imagined. Each grueling mile and harsh reality chips away at the naive farm boy, revealing a core of hidden resilience. Rory must forge himself anew, transforming from hopeful prospector into a stalwart frontiersman determined to surv...
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Death in the Triangle - A Vietnam War Story
By: John Podlaski
2025 International Impact Book Award Winner.John writes powerful descriptions of people, places, and things.Gripping story that keeps you in the moment. The author paints a vivid picture that has you right in the middle of the action.Thrilling with a lurking sense of constant danger and death.In this page-turning story of bravery, fear, anger, and determination, the soldiers come to life.Realistic and gritty. The author is a great storyteller“When Can I Stop Running?” is the forerunner to this book.Only a couple of hours had passed since returning to the firebase. Now, the sleep-deprived and weary First Platoon soldiers must go back out on another patrol to search through two areas of ho...
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The Guest Star
By: Milan ZivicTwo Alexandrian students, one ancient empire, and a sky full of mystery. Join Hero and Lucia as they chase a strange star across mountains, deserts, and ancient cities. The Guest Star is a thrilling journey packed with danger, heart, fascinating details, and the timeless excitement of discovery.
Mayberry-Vietnam-Beyond
By: Jim AkersFond memories growing up in the legendary small town of Mayberry, ( Mt. Airy, NC ) Andy Griffith's home town and also the home town of Donna Fargo, The Easter Brothers Gospel Group and Tommy Jarrell. Author Jim Akers takes you on a journey as a child and young man headed to Vietnam and beyond
Hurricane Helene Resiliency After the Storm Part One
By: Boo Black and Rachel Bleu
On September 27, 2024, a storm blew into the mountains of North Carolina, one that they will never forget. Hurricane Helene arrived as a tropical storm, but the damage and destruction left in its wake will be remembered as HURRICANE Hell. Hurricane Helene Resiliency After the Storm Part One details victim and survival stories that will continue long after the storm has disappeared from the nation's memory. In this detailed account, you will find photographs of destruction and flooding, interviews with victims, a timeline of the storm, wildfires, and homelessness. The author wrote this historical, nonfiction account to: 1) help us remember the victims and survivors, 2) educate us on ways...
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THE GIRL WHO DISAPPEARED
By: James Lingard
THE GIRL WHO DISAPPEARED is a fact- based romance set around World War 2 “A Tale of Love and Survival”. In the 1930s, Emily, finds herself swept up in a whirlwind romance with the charming Walter. Against her father’s wishes they elope and start a new life together but when World War II breaks out, their love is put to the ultimate test. As Walter enlists and becomes a stern army officer, Emily longs for the man she fell in love with. But as she struggles to survive the chaos and devastation brought about by the war and protect her young son from danger and death, she begins to wonder if their love can withstand the harsh realities of war. Will Emily and Walter will find their way...
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KILLING FIELDS of WORLD WAR ONE
By: Cotter Bass
WORLD WAR ONE (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global conflict originating in Europe that lasted from July 28, 1914, to November 11, 1918.Contemporaneously described as "The War to End All Wars,” it led to the mobilization of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. It was also one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the 1918 influenza pandemic lead to another 50 to 100 million deaths worldwide. The war caused t...
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The Turquoise Cross
By: Sandra Olson
Returning to France for the reading of her grandfather’s will, Marcie Fields has no idea how it will change her life. The castle she inherits includes a family mystery. During World War II her grandmother’s disappearance crushed her grandfather and has haunted the family for over ten years. Are there still clues she can uncover?And finding the man of her dreams, Pierre Jardin, starts a chain of events that not only threatens her life but that of her twin infants. As a vindictive woman from Pierre’s past plots against Marcie, her ultimate revenge is to sell her babies to a man running a blackmarke...
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Wetion: Historical Fiction Based on Fact
By: James Allan Krause, PhD
A new Canadian audiobook is laced with Canadiana, world history, original music and allegories. Over two decades, James Allan Krause, a former university professor and professional writer produced Wetion (2nd edn). The author describes the historical fiction based on fact as “timely and worldly.”Addy is the main character and wants to understand the family’s genealogy. He asks, what influenced ancestors to migrate to the flat prairies of Saskatchewan? And before that, Scotland, England and France? Where did all those cultural peculiarities originate? Seeking answers, he conducts an experiment.DNA provides the map. Research, imagination and good old fashioned storytelling combine ...
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The Bear: California Dreamin'
By: John KerrHUAC, the mob, and Mexican radio rock L.A. while city fathers redline Hispanic neighborhoods in order to bring a ballclub to town. A deadly dame seeks payback for the men who killed her brother, and the Manson family sets up house in the City of Angels. A dark tale of greed, revenge, murder and family. www.johnkerrbooks.com and Amazon.
The Great Liquor War
By: Dave McGowan
The year is 1885. Hank James has been in Canada several months panning gold from a stream near Roswell, British Columbia. When he hears a prizefight will be held in town, he attends along with everyone for miles around. With a little help from the fight referee, he wins big betting on the fight.Having realized that the life of a miner isn’t nearly as romantic or rewarding as he expected, and with advice from the policeman who helped him win money on the fight, Hank goes to Farwell to haul freight with pack horses for contractors building the transcontinental railroad.The railroad’s security, a detachment of North West Mounted Police, have maintained across the West that no liquor be allo...
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The Tattered Black Book
By: Lexy Duck
Hidden in the depths of an old chest, a tattered black book and a faded wedding photograph hold the key to unlocking the mysterious past of Charlotte Wickham. When 8-year-old Danny stumbles upon these relics, she has no idea the secrets they hold will unleash such turmoil within her family.In 1951, while her family is out for the day, Danny wanders around her aunt's middle room, searching for something to pique her interest. Her eyes land on the old chest and she can't resist the temptation to explore its contents. But when she pulls open a drawer, a worn photograph and a mysterious black book fall out.This dual time-frame saga begins as Danny is leafing through the book, and her aunt enters...
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