IndieReader Discovery Awards 2022 Entrants
Added as our experts review them, find the latest from the 2022 IndieReader Discovery Awards, leading up to the big winners announcement in June 2022!
Karen Ann Hopkins delivers a mind-blowing tale in THE FORTUNA COIN, a compelling and emotionally stirring psychological thriller about family, love, and second chances.
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CORINTH 2642 AD is an engrossing science fiction, postapocalyptic novel with massive world building and compelling characters. Bindiya Schaefer delivers a well-written story that tackles…
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Ed Marohn’s LEGACY OF EVIL is a gripping and fast-paced psychological thriller about carefully plotted decade-long revenge mission and its connection to the Vietnam war.…
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Susanna Allen has conjured a lovely, magical romantic comedy in THAT MAGIC MISCHIEF. Writer and burgeoning witch, Annabelle Walsh, is dumped by her banker boyfriend.…
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An authentic depiction of a future run by power-hungry businessmen, Tom Galvin’s THE AUCTION is a fast-paced, thought-provoking dystopian thriller about dynamics of power tussle…
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A comprehensive biography masquerading as a ‘must-read’ page-turner, Ellis Oswalt’s TESLA’S WORDS recasts the woefully-underappreciated inventor (Nikola Tesla) in a bold new light, highlighting the…
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WE ALL WORE BLUE by Emerson “Skip” Robbins is the true story of a youth soccer team made up of children from many different countries,…
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INVISIBLE FRIENDS by Rachel Kowert delivers a concise story with great lessons for young readers and the author’s impressive literary skills are enlivened by Randall…
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Michael E. Ginsberg’s DEBT BOMB is an exhilarating political thriller that’s riveting…and regrettably realistic. The very serious threat of national overspending meets international tensions head-on,…
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Tony J. Bell’s BREAKTHROUGHS IN PARENTING CHILDREN WITH ADHD WHILE REDUCING STRESS provides parents and caregivers with definition, understanding, realistic goals, and structure. Simply organized…
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Skylet is a human girl child raised and befriended by protective dragons along with Seya, a traditional healer. DRAGON DAUGHTER by Steven Armstrong provides colorful…
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Androids who become sentient. Shadowy organizations with nefarious machinations. An unabashedly lesbian protagonist coming to feel familial about her non-human creations. There’s a lot to…
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The novel LIFELINE TO MARIONETTE by Jennifer Waitte encompasses the dichotomous path of Alaina Michelle Sekovich, a young performing artist and the daughter of a…
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THE SMOOTH RIVER (Finding Inspiration and Exquisite Beauty during Terminal Illness. Lessons from the Front Line) by Richard S. Cohen, is a moving medical memoir…
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In CL Walters’ IN THE ECHO OF THIS GHOST TOWN, Griffin Nicholas is a young man who finds himself entirely alone post-high school graduation, facing…
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With gripping passages that bring the reader into the lives of each character, LIVING DOLLS AND OTHER WOMEN by S. Montana Katz weaves a dramatic…
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R. A. Jacobson’s A LEAD PILL is the second collection of short stories that take place in the same fictional universe and deal with the…
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A couple of serious crimes seem totally unrelated, but social media and modern technology connect them to a small group that knew each other in…
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Norman Weeks’s MATTERS OF DEATH offers a pragmatic and grounded view on the subject of death and its inevitability, as well as the presumption of…
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Matthew Newman’s KINGDOM OF INK AND PAPER is an exciting young adult fantasy novel with impressive world building, interesting characters and carefully designed plot twists.
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Matthew C. Lucas’s THE MOUNTAIN is an epic about the tenuous relationship between reliant subgroups of a population. This dark fantasy draws readers into a…
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Maria Ereni Dampman envisions an evangelical dystopian America in her debut novel, THE GOVERNOR’S DAUGHTER, one that’s not far from current reality. Emma is the…
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A demon-turned-assassin who spends his free time as a serial killer is the target for John Hart and his crew in BLACK’S SPOT, Lou Berthelson’s…
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Lorene Hoover’s MILK WITHOUT HONEY, though fiction, reads like a thoroughly detailed autobiographical account of a farm family’s struggles through hard times and the Great…
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Konn Lavery’s RAVE is like a 1980s slasher movie made into a book: a fast-paced, blood-soaked roller coaster with likable characters, a menacing masked killer,…
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Fascinated with museums and archaeology and UNESCO World Heritage sites, author Krista Marson documents her journeys, here and in Europe, with and without companions –…
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Written from a fox’s perspective, FOXHIDE is a delightfully whimsical book that introduces the reader to the Hyde family of foxes. Pawz, the narrator, involves…
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LANDSCAPE OF MOTHERS by Jill Doneen Clifton takes readers on a spiritual journey of nature’s connection to parenthood. Women’s personalities vary, as do their approaches…
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UNITY IN CRISIS by Jerome Roth is a testament to the importance of preserving familial history for educational purposes. Rife with crisis and trauma, the…
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Never having accepted any kind of organized religion or spirituality, BHAKTI: A Journey of Soul Discovery by Jennifer Duke presents the author’s perspective of life’s…
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Jeanne Jones’ MIXED (Exploring What It Means to Be Blended in America) is a vital and moving memoir of living in a mixed race family in…
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J.C. Brennan’s emotionally charged young adult fantasy THE ENCHANTED explores the question, “What if you stepped into a fairy tale and discovered it was your…
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A fierce female lead, vivid storytelling, and a pellucid theme make Ian Kirkpatrick’s BLEED MORE, BODYMORE a page-turning thriller that immerses readers in the strange,…
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LIFE IN THE CHASTITY ZONE, Holly Brandon’s first book in her Chastity Series, finds Chastity (Chase) Morgan saving herself for her marriage to Grant. Only…
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MY FAMOUS BRAIN by Diane Wald explores a man whose death in 1974 finally allows him to tell his own story, decades later. Colorfully written,…
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CYCLE OF LIVES By David Richman is a profound, heartfelt exploration of cancer, and the ways this disease impacts countless lives. Told through the author’s…
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