The 52 Book Club: 2025 / 2026 Challenge discussion

42. An Indie Read


An independent or indie book is a term used to describe publishing a book without a traditional publisher. For this prompt, you could choose a book published by an independent publisher (not one of "the big 5"), or an indie author. You could also interpret that as a book purchased from an independent bookstore or bookseller. This could be a read in any genre and any format! It might also be the perfect time to read a friend or family member’s self-published work!

Check out our Goodreads List for examples

The Green Creek series by T.J Klune (it's amazing)

Folk Medicine – A Collection by Tarl Warwick

The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr (Rated the next big indie read)

California Promises by Erin Spineto

Josh and Gemma Make A Baby by Sarah Ready

I read Swallowtail by Brenna Twohy, 4 Stars. Publisher is Button Poetry.

I recently picked up The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur because I liked the cover. I'll fit this in here!

Moonscript by H.S.J. Williams.

Differently Morphous by Yahtzee Crowshaw. It’s an Audible original in an odd modern fantasy genre.

Dictionary of Lost Words

I read The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson, a Milkweed Editions novel.

I'm going to go with Race Marxism: The Truth About Critical Race Theory and Praxis by James Lindsay who has published this book independently through his brilliant 'New Discourses' organisation.

I read The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee for this category.

I read Datura, or a Delusion We All See by Leena Krohn.

Chronicles of a Radical Hag (with Recipes) by Lorna Landvik

I read The Bookseller of Dachau for this prompt!!! A fantastic book, I couldn’t but it down!!! Highly recommend!!

Will by Kat Savage - I have lived here for 5 years. My children were invited to a birthday party last year for a kiddo from school and come to find out she is my neighbor. I have read one of her books. I look forward to reading all things Kat Savage, eventually

I read Three Twins at the Crater School by Chaz Brenchley -- classic girls school story set on Mars!

Ghosts of Rose Hill by R M Romero and published by Holiday House 5/10/2022

Convenience Store Woman

I used Convenience Store Woman

Beagles Love Cupcake Crimes C.A. Phipps 1/2/22

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The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
published by the children's division of an independent publisher out of Canada (at least as far as I can figure it out)
A children's book but worth the read.

The Dirty Ones - JA Huss

“The 5 Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage” by Mel Robbins. Published by Savio Republic under the umbrella of Independent Publisher, Post Hill Press.

The Light Through the Leaves - Glendy Vanderah

I’m going to read “Daddy’s Diary, The War Journal of B-17 Pilot Lt. Edwin “Snake” Walkup” which was written and published by his daughter Helen Walkup Cairns.

I read "0/100 - The Gospel to the Saint," by Jim Van Gelderen.

Blue Label by Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles is literary fiction set in Venezuela about teenagers on a road trip, trying to find a way to deal with the collapse of a country around them. I found it well-written and engaging. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Here is my review

I read The Promise that was recommended by an independent bookstore. It was the 2021 Booker Prize Winner. Excellent! This is my last prompt other than the “read in November” prompt.

I read "Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love" by Kim Fay

Stolen by Katerina Martinez

"Written in the Stars" by Alexandria Bellefleur

I read One Week With You by J.R. Jenner

Dead Relatives by Lucie McKnight Hardy, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️