Read 69 books from indie authors in 2025

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4 participants (218 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Let's show the plethora of truly awesome indie books and indie authors some love in 2025 and read 69 (*giggle*) indie books (self- or small-press-published) throughout the year.

Any genre, any length.

Just have fun whilst discovering the multitude of great books the world of indie publishing has to offer.

Challenge Books

All books added
Hitting the Jackpot by Tom Alan

Hitting the Jackpot

Tom Alan

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction romance
Reclaimed by Seth Haddon

Reclaimed

The World of Reforged #3

Seth Haddon

390 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Daughter of Danray by Natalia Hernandez

The Daughter of Danray

Flowers of Prophecy #3

Natalia Hernandez

411 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Call Forth the Moonlight: A Magíqon's Guide to Gryphon Liberation by Mary VanAlstine

Call Forth the Moonlight: A Magíqon's Guide to Gryphon Liberation

Mary VanAlstine

350 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult
Tangled in Ribbons by Penny Heart

Tangled in Ribbons

Penny Heart

353 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction erotica romance
Murder at the Zoo by Marcia Rosen

Murder at the Zoo

Marcia Rosen

240 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy by sj Miller, Orion, Raven "raveyrai" White, Rii Abrego, Juliette G.M.M. Lopez, Vivian Ho, Corey Ranson, Cori Walters, Shaina Lu, Brian Wolf, Z Akhmetova, Maria Li, Mar Julia, Sunny Ôchumuk, Lee Lai, Polly Guo, Chan Chau, Diigii Daguna, Ashanti Fortson, Emily Madly, ABV/Super, Chlove, Ezra Rose, Rhiannon Rasmussen, Jey Barnes, Ver, Joamette Gil, Xanthe Bouma, Sunmi

Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy

sj Miller, Orion, Raven "raveyrai" White, Rii Abrego, Juliette G.M.M. Lopez, Vivian Ho, Corey Ranson, Cori Walters, Shaina Lu, Brian Wolf, Z Akhmetova, Maria Li, Mar Julia, Sunny Ôchumuk, Lee Lai, Polly Guo, Chan Chau, Diigii Daguna, Ashanti Fortson, Emily Madly, ABV/Super, Chlove, Ezra Rose, Rhiannon Rasmussen, Jey Barnes, Ver, Joamette Gil, Xanthe Bouma, Sunmi

283 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

fiction comics fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous medium-paced
Reborn by Seth Haddon

Reborn

The World of Reforged #2

Seth Haddon

343 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced
Under an Emerald Spell by Jordan Riley Swan

Under an Emerald Spell

A Romance in Oz #2

Jordan Riley Swan

366 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance
Virulence by Toni Duarte

Virulence

Bioluminescence Trilogy #2

Toni Duarte

367 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark emotional fast-paced