IndieReader Library

Welcome to The IndieReader Library.

All included titles have been professionally reviewed by IR Staff. And while we realize that people’s responses to books are subjective, we can guarantee that what’s written will be less biased than an opinion dashed off by an author’s favorite Aunt Sally (or, conversely, someone who just doesn’t like the book cover).

We rate titles from one to five stars, with five stars indicating “you better put down the latte, get out your credit card and order this right now.”

Our selection includes both eBooks (Kindle and Nook) and the good old-fashioned paper version–from art to business, romance to kids, memoir to chick-lit, young adults to biography.

When you find a book that you’d like to take home, you can click at the bottom of the book’s review page and purchase it via a sales link.

We encourage you to give IR titles a spin, and think you’ll find that indie books are like a certain brand of potato chip…it’s hard to stop at just one. And with new titles added daily, you won’t have to!

One star = Really bad; there’s a reason this book is self-pubbed.

Two stars = Mediocre, but one or two bright spots.

Three stars = Good; worth reading.

Four stars = Very good.

Five stars = Excellent; must-read.

red right

Red, Right, Return

★★★★☆ 

Inquisitive eleven-year old Chad notices some men diving without a dive flag in a marine sanctuary. He and fourteen-year old Gene have taken the family’s skiff out to nearby Sugarloaf Key–their first adult-free boat trip. Misadventure, in the form of an unexpected storm, soon follows and Dad keeps them home for a couple of days, doing yard work.  Read On »

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cassie

Cassie Draws the Universe

★★★★☆ 

A combination of Catcher in the Rye, A Clockwork Orange, Silence of the Lambs and Girl Interrupted, “Cassie Draws the Universe” is opera. It is opulent, grand and brilliant in strange ways, executed with a low grade fever.

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the siren's call

The Siren’s Call

★★★☆☆ 

Steve and Kip are successful lawyers. Initially rivals, they teamed up in high school to form an unbeatable team. As the story begins, Steve’s girlfriend has been tragically killed by a drunk driver. Steve begins hearing voices. After he confides this to Kip, his friend decides to take him to Hawaii to help him recover. But Kip is hiding a terrible secret from his partner and best friend, one that could destroy their relationship.  Read On »

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NoStraightLines

No Straight Lines

★★★★☆ 

No Straight Lines is the call for change, for creativity, new leadership and a change in the culture of unfairness, stagnation and inflexibility caused by linear. The author argues that it’s imperative to find alternative ways to do business and manage services because, in today’s society and life, there are no straight lines.  Read On »

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zenker

Zenker

★★☆☆☆ 

Teddy Mathews is a decent, hard-working middle class guy who stumbles upon a sinister plot to steal a mind control formula from a gifted, eccentric scientist.  Read On »

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charlie chan

Charlie Chan Meets Tom Swifty

★★★★½ 

This little book opens with Charlie Chan sitting on a bench talking to his friend Tom Swifty, who decides to make a list of the pearls of wisdom inspired by Chan’s life and experience as a famous detective. And so begins a list of Tom Swiftys, which the author quotes Wikipedia defining as: “a phrase in which a quoted sentence is linked by a pun to the manner in which it is attributed.”  Read On »

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magic in the moonlight

Magic in the Moonlight

★☆☆☆☆ 

A disjointed tale of a love triangle in which all three participants have no realistic reasons for their actions.  Read On »

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the seven

The Seven

★★★☆☆ 

While there are elements of known works like I Am Number Four, such as the absent parents, the best friend assigned to watch over the main character, a strange and sudden development of paranormal powers, The Seven draws on a new premise involving a battle within all the of Earth’s personified elements in order to control the very powerful protagonist.  Read On »

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Father Tierney Stumbles

★★★★★ 

Father Joe Tierney is a gay, Catholic priest who just found out he is HIV positive. We first meet Tierney as a devastated, disguised, man leaving an STD clinic in a part of town where he is sure not to be recognized. His world has basically crumbled, and will continue to break down. Not only is Father Tierney very much in the closet, he is terrified of what this diagnosis will mean if it gets out.  Read On »

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unvanquished

Unvanquished: Joseph Pilsudski, Resurrected Poland, and the Struggle for Eastern Europe

★★★★★ 

“Unvanquished” is an important and majestic biography as complex, as engrossing, and as important as its subject. It’s required reading for anyone who wants to understand all of Europe as well as Poland.  Read On »

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