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Our Reviewers won’t judge your book as compared to other self-published titles, but against other books, period. Our ratings are based on the following criteria, although reviewers are able to award partial stars (i.e. a 1.3 or a 4.7), rather than rounding up or down to a whole or half number.

1/5

Really bad 
Work on it.

2/5

Mediocre
1-2 bright spots.

3/5

Good
Worth reading.

4/5

Very Good
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5/5

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Must-read.

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3.8 / 5.0

THE INNOVATION EDGE: How Large Companies Lose It and How to Get It Back is not an easy read, but, for business leaders ready to...

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September 24, 2025

FOX CREEK: A Novel

By M.E. Torrey
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

M.E. Torrey's FOX CREEK: A Novel vividly humanizes the self-destructive cruelty of the Southern plantation system.

Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Jeffrey J. Jaime's advice in FROM GLOW TO GLUE: An Inspired Leadership Strategy That Sticks would be most effective for employees who are also devout...

IR Approved
September 22, 2025

SEEKING SASHA

By Laura Frost
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Written by Laura Frost, SEEKING SASHA is a sweet love story about trauma and its consequences, as well as the possibility of rescue and healing—given...

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Rating:
4.6 / 5.0

Written by Christie Nicholls, SLOTH’S TOTALLY NOT WEIRD FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL is a heartfelt picture book that embraces self-acceptance, social courage, and the joy...

IR Approved
September 22, 2025

STARLIGHT AND CINNAMON

By Jem Spears
Rating:
4.9 / 5.0

Jem Spears’s STARLIGHT AND CINNAMON is a deeply romantic, surprisingly complex, and wildly successful debut.

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Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

LAST MOMENTS: The Dark Shadows of Protest in Iran is a memorable, if sometimes harrowing, collection of stories. Hirbod Human’s careful prose is a lasting...

IR Approved
September 19, 2025

THE RED OCCUPATION

By W.G. Hladky
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

W.G. Hladky's THE RED OCCUPATION is an impressive, immersive science-fiction adventure with vibrant characters and rich worldbuilding.

IR Approved
September 19, 2025

LATER DAYS

By Chip Jacobs
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

Written by Chip Jacobs, LATER DAYS subverts coming-of-age tropes and refuses to transform adolescent suffering into wisdom or institutional cruelty into meaning. Instead, it creates...

September 19, 2025

SON OF THE BORDERLANDS

By Joseph Sterk
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

Evocative prose, deeply layered world-building, and surprising plot twists overshadow the sometimes-tedious pace and hard-to-like characters in Joseph Sterk's SON OF THE BORDERLANDS.

IR Approved
September 19, 2025

THE FLOATING LAKE OF DRESSA MOORE

By George Allen Miller
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

With its combination of familiar fantasy tropes, inventive twists on those tropes, and broad worldbuilding, George Allen Miller's THE FLOATING LAKE OF DRESSA MOORE is...

September 17, 2025

BLACK GLOVE

By M.A.N.
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

BLACK GLOVE is an action-packed, violent, comic book–style novel about a vigilante superhero and his battles with gang lords. M.A.N.’s straightforward prose style propels the...

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