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
Cakes for the Grump by Sookh Kaur

Cakes for the Grump

Sookh Kaur

388 pages • digital • 2023

fiction romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Twin Blades by Noelle Upton

Twin Blades

Noelle Upton

528 pages • digital • 2023

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
A Polar Expedition: and Other Stimulating Research Opportunities by Kass O'Shire

A Polar Expedition: and Other Stimulating Research Opportunities

Shades of Sanctuary #1

Kass O'Shire

296 pages • digital • 2023

fiction fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Finding Forever Complete Series: Boxed Set by Marie Sinclair

Finding Forever Complete Series: Boxed Set

Marie Sinclair

1159 pages • 2022 user-added

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance
Holly's Unjolly Christmas by Lark Green

Holly's Unjolly Christmas

A Winter Bliss Romance #1

Lark Green

197 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction fantasy romance dark lighthearted medium-paced
The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen

The Revenge of Captain Vessia

Sails of Black and Blood #1

Leslie Allen

449 pages • digital • 2024

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
This Used to be About Dungeons by Alexander Wales

This Used to be About Dungeons

This Used to be About Dungeons #1

Alexander Wales

712 pages • digital • 2021

fiction fantasy adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
No Sugar Coating It by D.J. Russo

No Sugar Coating It

Femme Fatale Monsters #1

D.J. Russo

154 pages • digital • 2024

fiction fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
In Pain and Blood by Aldrea Alien

In Pain and Blood

Spellster and the Hound #1

Aldrea Alien

738 pages • digital • 2017

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous mysterious slow-paced
A Dead and Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes

A Dead and Stormy Night

Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries #1

Steffanie Holmes

300 pages • digital • 2019

fiction fantasy mystery romance adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced