Read 69 books from indie authors in 2025

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4 participants (324 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 • digital • 2023 user-added

fiction romance
Reclaimed by Seth Haddon

Reclaimed

The World of Reforged #3

Seth Haddon

390 pages • digital • 2024

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 • digital • 2024

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

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

Z.M. Celestaire

350 pages • digital • 2025

fiction fantasy young adult
Tangled in Ribbons by Penny Heart

Tangled in Ribbons

Penny Heart

353 pages • digital • 2024 user-added

fiction erotica romance
Murder at the Zoo by Marcia Rosen

Murder at the Zoo

Marcia Rosen

240 pages • paperback

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

Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy

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

283 pages • digital • 2019 user-added

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

Reborn

The World of Reforged #2

Seth Haddon

343 pages • digital • 2023

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 • digital • 2024

fiction fantasy romance
Virulence by Toni Duarte

Virulence

Bioluminescence Trilogy #2

Toni Duarte

367 pages • digital • 2025

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