IndieReader Discovery Awards 2020 Entrants
Added as our experts review them, find the latest from the 2020 IndieReader Discovery Awards, leading up the big winners announcement in May!
May 5, 2021
MEMOIRS OF MICHAEL: The Hurricane Project
Chronicling one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent history by way of gripping, first-hand accounts, Ashley Conner’s MEMOIRS OF MICHAEL: The Hurricane Project,…
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January 11, 2021
WHAT DEATH TAUGHT TERRENCE
IR VERDICT: WHAT DEATH TAUGHT TERRENCE, by Derek McFadden, is an engaging what-if novel about a dying man’s encounter with God and His panel to…
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December 2, 2020
AFTER THE BALL
IR VERDICT: Samuel Miles Morley’s new novel AFTER THE BALL mixes horror, mystery, and suspense. Set in the 1970’s, a patient of psychiatrist Jon Schertz…
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November 20, 2020
BLOOD IN THE WATER
IR Verdict BLOOD IN THE WATER by Rick Outzen is the story of an alcoholic newspaper publisher who gets drawn into a complicated and dangerous…
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October 9, 2020
AWAKE
IR VERDICT: Past trauma affects future progress as an intrepid scientist’s dream simulation project threatens to envelop him in a permanent fugue state in Andrew…
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September 22, 2020
THE NEWTON CODE
THE NEWTON CODE by Liam Fialkov is a conspiracy-charged blockbuster of a novel that begins with Michael compromising his family’s safety to get to the…
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September 16, 2020
NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE TIDE (Or, How I Married a Lying, Psychopathic Wannabe-Murderer and Kinda Lived to Tell)
IR VERDICT: NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE TIDE is an amazing memoir about a man who believed he had the perfect life and partner…
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IR VERDICT: Engrossing and educational, REMEMBERING SHANGHAI is the story of a family’s third daughter growing up during the revolution of the ’40s and ’50s.…
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July 27, 2020
THE EQ INTERVENTION
IR VERDICT: Anyone who works in education or mental health knows that awareness of self and others is a critical component of success in all…
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July 20, 2020
STREET OF STORYTELLERS
IR VERDICT: Doug Wilhelm’s STREET OF STORYTELLERS follows an American high school boy’s impressions and experiences while visiting a pre-al Qaeda Afghanistan. Unwittingly caught up in ethnic tension…
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July 15, 2020
POLK GULCH
IR VERDICT: POLK GULCH is a romping San Francisco rock n’ roll novel featuring Wally, a jaded man in love with the lead singer of…
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June 15, 2020
MORE THAN HALFWAY THERE
IR VERDICT: MORE THAN HALFWAY THERE by David Hartshorn is the story of one New Hampshire man’s mid-life crisis. Told with raw emotion and (sometimes…
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May 25, 2020
THE NEWTON CODE
IR VERDICT: THE NEWTON CODE by Liam Fialkov is a conspiracy-charged blockbuster of a novel that begins with Michael compromising his family’s safety to get…
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May 11, 2020
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WALKING WITH THE ENEMY
May 11, 2020
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DAYS PASSED
May 11, 2020
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THE PRAIRIE DANCE
May 11, 2020
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A GLOSSARY OF LIFE
May 11, 2020
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THE TURNING OF HEAVEN
May 9, 2020
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SIMON’S MANSION
May 9, 2020
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MIKEY AND ME
May 9, 2020
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DEFEAT OF THE WICKED INIQUITOUS
May 9, 2020
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TROUBLESOME CREEK
May 9, 2020
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