Top Shelf Picks: Indie Books with Staying Power

These titles are more than a quick read — they’re built to last. Our Top Shelf Picks include highly rated, widely shared, and critically admired indie books curated for long-term shelf value.

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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...

Black Dog Escape

By: William Bach
A Gritty, Gripping Military Thriller of Redemption, PTSD, and Second Chances “What have I done?” Navy SEAL Jack Thibideaux asks himself as he stands over a wounded Afghan girl—shot by mistake in the fog of war. Hunted by the Taliban, Jack makes a harrowing descent from a snow-capped mountain in Afghanistan, fighting to save the girl’s life—and salvage his own soul.But some wounds don’t heal on the battlefield.Haunted by combat trauma and driven by guilt, Jack retreats to the quiet shores of Port Townsend, Washington, where he opens a bookstore and tries to live a quiet life. But PTSD, secrets, and scars from his past refuse to stay buried. When an eccentric sea captain asks ...
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The Black Shards (The Chosen and the Cursed Book 2)

By: jad phillip
Robin never expected to live a double life...By day, he’s Clara’s enigmatic history teacher, silently keeping watch over her. By night, he soars above her as the monster she unknowingly seeks to uncover the secrets to her shattered childhood. Torn between his vow to protect her and his fear of losing her to the truth, Robin treads a dangerous line, keeping his identity hidden as all manner of evil converges on her.Clara, meanwhile, finds herself powerless. Cursed by a witch, she’s lost the abilities she only recently discovered. Vulnerable yet far from helpless, Clara refuses to back down in the face of growing threats. Her unyielding courage inspires everyone around her—especially R...
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The Book of Life (The Chosen and the Cursed 3)

By: jad phillip
Clara’s fate is sealed—or so everyone believes.Foretold as the abomination destined to awaken Lilith, the primordial vampire goddess, Clara finds herself hunted. The forces of good want to prevent the prophecy, while the forces of evil seek to perform the ritual that will unleash unspeakable darkness. Caught in the crossfire, Clara can only rely on one person to keep her safe: Robin Jacobs.But Robin has demons of his own. When Lord Caleb, his ruthless and vengeful father, escapes an eternal prison, Robin is forced to confront a past he’s tried to bury. Lord Caleb will stop at nothing to destroy his wayward son—starting with Clara, the one person Robin has sworn to protect.Meanwhile, ...
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Guardians: an Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance adventure (Evans Witches - Spark 1) (Evans Witches - Spark Trilogy)

By: Reut Barak
I met a guy with secret and dangerous powers. He saved my life right after I got expelled from my studies and had to start from scratch. And then my world turned upside-down.If you told me that magic existed, I would have laughed at your face. Yes, I wrote about fae, but they were just stories. Until the night of the storm, when a tree broke and was about to crush me, but a guy with bright sapphire eyes moved it out of the way, with a wave of his hand! And then, after taking me home, he disappeared without even telling me his name.My eyes searched for him, when I entered the only school that would accept me after what I did last year. Yes, I had a dark past to hide– a shameful winter I wis...
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Of Lightning and Silver

By: Julianne Munich
In 1810 England, Miss Phoebe Eaton trains as a Vampire Hunter.She has only ever used her Lightning magic to spark kitchen fires, until her training officer teaches her to use her power to knock vampire bats from the sky. Kindhearted Phoebe is always one to help others—even if she’s rather timid for a fighter.Constable Jakob Weber is a dashing new member of the Mage law force. He saves Phoebe’s life during her first disastrous hunt—then mysteriously vanishes. Phoebe soon witnesses a brutal massacre at the hands of a newly sired vampire. The tragedy gives her a clue to Jakob’s disappearance, and she embarks on a new hunt with a talented, international team of high-powered Mages.Captu...
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The Adventures of a Florida Boy: In the 1960s, kids ran as far and wild as their imaginations would take them

By: Jim Melvin
Are you searching for a book that will warm your heart and put a smile on your face? Look no further than The Adventures of a Florida Boy. This heartwarming memoir will transport you to a carefree childhood that will leave you feeling nostalgic and happy.Benefits from reading this book:- Experience the joy and carefree spirit of a childhood spent near the sea.- Relive your own childhood memories through the author’s stories.How this book will change your life:- You’ll be reminded of the simple joys of being a child.- You’ll be inspired to create your own happy memories with loved ones.What’s included in the book:- Heartwarming and humorous stories of growing up on an island in Florid...
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An Amish Christmas Gift (A Short Story): Includes Amish Recipes

By: Beth Wiseman
From a bestselling and award-winning author who has sold over 2.5 million books comes a love story that poses the question--Is it better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all?Hannah King and her two children, Mae and Lillian, are facing their first Christmas without their beloved husband and father, who passed only six months ago. Hannah is determined to display strength for her girls, stifling her emotions until she is alone at night crying herself to sleep. But as she tries to hide her grief, she is unaware that her children need her to be emotionally present.Mae is Hannah's oldest daughter. At eighteen, she is deeply in love with a young man in her Amish community. She i...
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Maria and the Russian Soldier: A Trail from Ukrainian Holodomor (Legman)

By: Mike Kerr
When celebrated author and lecturer Maria Kovalenko receives an invitation to speak at a charity function in Chicago from Leonid Kozlov, whom she hasn't seen since he abandoned her 4 years ago, the past grips her. Leonid is now a wealthy man and a criminal boss. She shouldn't go. She has to see him. Their love story began years ago in Ukraine under the Russian oppression and man-made famine.He was a hero lost in an evil cause. And I was a female dying in that cause. Despite his training or allegiance to carry out his orders, he had a primal instinct to protect a woman. The sight of me, not quite eighteen, sparked that instinct. In my eyes he saw himself for what he was and for what he was do...
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