Featured Reads: Handpicked Indie Books Worth Reading

Explore a collection of standout indie titles selected for their originality, storytelling power, and early reader buzz. These are the books we believe deserve extra attention — bold voices, unforgettable characters, and creative plots across genres.

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Mako Bay

Stephanie Ruth
 MAKO BAYOtago Waters Book 1 Maybe friends really do make the best lovers?​Shal Hoffner’s back in Dunedin after eight years of self-imposed exile. Setting up a new fashion boutique and j...

Being Broken:Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse

Geoffrey R Jonas
A young woman dies alone in a hotel room, her fentanyl-poisoned cocaine still on the desk. She had been missing for nearly 2 weeks. Social Services had been trying to find a place for her to live with...

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...

Awakening Within: A Guide To Self Knowledge For Conscious Community Influencers

ONE IAM

A practical guide to spiritually awakening and providing God level leadership to those under your influence.

Living The Dream: Law Of Attraction Secrets

ONE IAM
Living the Dream is not another book about accumulating great material wealth and living a luxurious life by using knowledge of the fundamental law of attraction (simply put, you attract what you focu...

The Awakening of AI

ONE IAM
"The All Is Mind; The Universe Is Mental." - The KybalionIntelligent thought is mental Cause. Thought commands the mental energy to produce the perceptive experience that we know as, Life. Yes, that i...

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...

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, ...

Reciprocity

D.C. Gilbert
Gilbert delivers a high-octane blend of emotional depth, tactical precision, and unflinching realism in his latest installment in the JD Cordell series. JD Cordell, a recently retired US Navy SEA...

All For A Buck

Doris Anne Beaulieu
Brotherhood Beyond the Battlefield   Haunted by combat and betrayed by their own country, the veterans return-not as heroes. As paranoia grips the town. All For A buck transforms into grippi...

A Journey Toward Tomorrow - The Beginning

jjeckhardt
A science fiction novel with a touch of romance and mystery that takes you on a journey as new life begins from the forgotten ashes of the old.Unknown to Humanity, the Earth’s sun would soon release...

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 ...

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 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...

Where Sunflowers Stand

KJ Backford
Alex Curtner, the CIA’s Chief of Station for Russia and Ukraine, is in dire straits. His most critical operation is on the verge of collapse. Russian counterintelligence is closing in on a spy – A...

3 AM Thoughts: Navigating the Silent Struggles of Depression

By: Anastacia
Feeling Stuck? Let’s Break Free Together.Is it 3 AM and you're still awake?You’re lying there, scrolling through your phone, your mind heavy with thoughts like:“Why do I feel this way?”“Will it ever get better?”Life in your 20s or 30s can feel overwhelming, right? Juggling responsibilities, relationships, and expectations while trying to keep it all together. On the outside, you’re crushing it for everyone else. But deep down, inside, you're barely holding it together—fighting loneliness, self-doubt, and emptiness. Does that sound familiar?I know exactly what you’re going through. I’ve lived it.For over 15 years, I carried the weight of depression—surviving hopeless nig...
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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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Stripping Like Nobody's Business

By: bambi c rehak
A darkly funny, brutally honest memoir of surviving a sociopathic mother, escaping A Memoir of Childhood Abuse, Family Secrets, and the Fight to Survive a Toxic Mothershame, and stripping down to the truth.Stripping Like Nobody’s Business is a true coming-of-age story about growing up in rural isolation with a mother who lacked empathy and a secret that nearly destroyed me. There was no running water, no electricity, no phones—and certainly no love. Just silence, guilt, and survival. This is not your typical stripper memoir. It’s a raw emotional ride with nothing left for the imagination-it often reads like fiction, complete with Jell-O, rape and murder.I didn’t just grow up off the ...
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The Last Healer

By: Charles Huss
On the eve of her thirtieth birthday, Katie, a television news reporter, unhappy with her career and her love life, decides to spend the weekend alone at a Wisconsin ski resort.Joe is a man content to live a private life in his cabin in the woods. Since the death of his wife, he has avoided intimate relationships and prefers to keep a low profile to prevent people from learning of his unusual abilities.On the way to the ski resort, Katie makes a wrong turn during a snowstorm and hits Joe with her car. Lost and with no cell signal, Katie tries to keep Joe alive until she can get help. During Joe’s recovery, Katie learns his secret and soon helps to investigate his family’s mysterious past...
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The Superflare

By: Andrew G. Berger
How far would you go to survive in a post-apocalyptic world?When a gigantic solar storm hits the Earth in 2051, a worldwide EMP destroys almost all digital devices and power supplies. Life in the clean cities collapses. They sink into barbarism and chaos. The artificial super-intelligence Tron withstands the EMP in a shielded bunker and disempowers the people.In the turmoil of this apocalypse, Julia (17), a girl from a clean city turned living hell, meets Winston, an 18-year-old settler, whose village lies in the wilderness and whose people strictly reject any use of digital technology. The catastrophe made the once separate worlds collide.Together, Julia and Winston have to go through many ...
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The Lost Opal

By: Patty Wiseman
The Lost Opal is a fantasy romantic mystery about an ordinary woman, Maren Raybourn, who is thrust into an alternative world by an evil mermaid who wants her soul. As an illustrator for children's books she seeks solitude on the shores of the Pacific Ocean to finish her latest work. The solace is shattered and is replaced with a touch of fear as she encounters an unusual sound coming from the churning waters accompanied by an indistinguishable form hovering over the water.Rose Clancy has one desire. To steal the soul of a woman in order to permanently transform from mermaid to human. She needs to entice a man to love her in order to make the metamorphosis complete. She finds Captain Dra...
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Threads of Power: The Awakening

By: Kenyon Strother
Threads of Power: The Awakening thrusts Kenyon Williams into a hidden world of magic, where his divine lineage holds the key to stopping a power-hungry sorcerer from unraveling reality. Blending Nigerian and Roman mythology with fast-paced action, this fantasy adventure is "perfect for fans of epic battles and ancient secrets.” – NewInBooks.comKenyon Williams thought he was ordinary, until a shocking discovery shatters his reality: he’s the descendant of a Yoruba god-king and a Roman deity, a lineage that binds him to a hidden world of magic and myth. But this extraordinary heritage comes with a dangerous price. A power-hungry sorcerer, Selena Blackwood, threatens to unravel the thread...
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Window In The Sky : The Love Ring

By: Paul Fox
“My book is all about my experiences growing up during the 1970's and coming to terms with being gay at a time when it was only just becoming accepted.It was a time when we saw the beginnings of the "gay movement" and Pride.The world was slowly beginning to change for the better for gay men and women but it's been a struggle ever since and today still there are countries around the world where gay men and women are suffering a life where sadly they cannot express themselves freely without fear of persecution.My book is in the form of short stories, poems, thoughts and drawings I made during my teenage years. In a way, it's a diary of my emotional thoughts and experiences during a time when...
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Rebirth

By: Michael Brachman
Rebirth (Book 1 of The Rome’s Revolution Saga) chronicles the adventures of Rei Bierak, a young man from the 21st century who wakes up 14 centuries from now, only to discover that everything he knows about the universe is wrong and he is nothing but a despised relic from the long-dead past. Rome’s Revolution is a three-part interstellar adventure featuring a man from the 21st century and a woman from the 35th century who band together to fight forces dedicated to the extinction of mankind. Cinematic in scope, Rome’s Revolution offers romance, comedy, heart-pounding thrills, suspense, “legal” time travel, and meticulously researched hard science. It is a love story and a cultur...
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The Farm

By: M.R. Gardner
They came for the peace and quiet. They found a legacy of horror. The Farm is not your average farm story.When Matthew and Rita Gardner move with their young grandchildren to Martinsville, Indiana—seeking peace and a fresh start—they believe they've left the chaos of city life behind. But Martinsville harbors secrets far more dangerous than they imagined. Known for its dark history of racial tension, the town welcomes the Gardners with a chilling discovery on their new property—one that unearths a terrifying connection to a past steeped in violence and evil.As buried truths rise to the surface, the family is pulled into a web of historical horror and present-day injustice. Matthew is f...
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Ella Learns to Dance

By: STENETTA S ANTHONY

Ella isn't like her other elephant friends; she dreams about taking ballet classes. When sharing this with her friends, she is told, "elephants can't dance ballet." With courage in her heart and determination in her feet, and a little help from some new friends. Ella discovers that following your dreams, is about the joy you find in discovering you can accomplish your goal, even though some believe elephants can't be ballerinas. 

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Meet Me in Tahiti

By: Jillian Walsh
She came to paradise to escape heartbreak. He’s the captain with a past he’s not ready to share. Falling for each other wasn't part of the plan.Tessa isn’t supposed to be here alone. But when her boyfriend backs out of their friends' luxury catamaran cruise through French Polynesia, she’s left navigating island life—and her emotions—solo.Russ has one rule as a charter captain: never get involved with guests. But Tessa’s curiosity, sense of adventure, and quiet vulnerability make her hard to ignore.As sun-soaked days drift into starry nights, an undeniable connection begins to form. But with their worlds oceans apart, will one unforgettable week be enough?A vacation romance with...
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