Shelf Media hosts the annual Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Competition for best self-published or independently published book. In addition to prizes, the winner, finalists, long-listed, and more than 100 notable books from the competition are featured in the December/January issue of Shelf Unbound.

A Place Called Jubilee
by Timothy J. Garrett

A Thread So Fine
by Susan Welch

A Veil Removed
by Michelle Cox

Angels and Patriots
by Salina B Baker

Anna
by Colm Herron

At the crossroads
by Olfet Agrama

Becoming Herself
by Maureen Reid

Breast Cancer Meets Mindfulness Surrendering to Life
by Cheryl Wilfong

Bulwark
by Brit Lunden

Burning Night
by Nikki Broadwell

Campari Crimson
by Traci Andrighetti

CARRYING INDEPENDENCE
by Karen A. Chase

Celebrity Cast
by Harry Groome

CELTIC KNOT A Clara Swift Tale
by Ann Shortell

Child of Dust
by Tom Wascoe

Confessions of a Barefaced Woman
by Allison Joseph

Countdown America
by M.C. Fox

Counting on You
by Laura Chapman

Cycles Of Hatred
by Linda Heavner Gerald

Dear John
by Linda Heavner Gerald

DIGIT ROBOT DOG STOPS BULLYING AT SCHOOL
by Sophia Z. Domogala

Dragon Racer, Book 1
by M. R. Mathias

End of Lies
by Bradley West

Facemate
by Steven M. Greenberg

Before We Died
by Joan Schweighardt

Finding James
by Nancy Blaha

Forged Under Fire
by Kyra Anderson

Gangster in our Midst
by Betty Brandt Passick

Gimme the Familiars
by Jessica Mehta

Give Them Unquiet Dreams
by James Mulhern

Have your wishes ready
by Jennie Tudor

Hitman-Baker-Casketmaker Aftermath of an American’s Clash with ICE Poems by Klecko
by Klecko

Janie & Blanche: How to move past your origins and not kill your Mother in the process
by Lucy Beam

January
by M.L. Hamilton

Just Like That: Poems, Paintings, and Practices
by Gisela Stromeyer

Kaurlin’s Disciples
by Michael J. Decicco

Killing Pat Garrett, The Wild West’s Most Famous Lawman – Murder or Self-Defense?
by David G. Thomas

King Here Never Too OLD, Too RICH or Too ANYTHING to Meet Jesus
by Trish Porter Topmiller

Late Show
by L Z Smith

Let me know when you’re famous, Chris!
by Chris Clark

Liam’s Town
by Marissa Dike

Light In the Mourning. Memoirs of an Undertaker’s Daughter
by Margo Lenmark

Lips of an Angel
by Adam Alexander

Living Waters From Harvard Halls to Sacred Falls
by Alissa Hirshfeld-Flores

Martha
by Maggie St. Claire

Mary Monster
by Matt Ingwalson

McDowell
by William H. Coles

Me & Moe
by Michaela Johnson

Mother Love, Willow Lane, Book 2
by Ann McCauley

Mrs. Rossis Dream
by Khanh Ha

No-Accounts
by Tom Glenn

Oh Susannah Things That Go Bump
by Carole P. Roman

Outlander Chronicles Pegasus
by C. H. Cobb

Peace in the Valley A Quest for Redemption in the Old West
by John Eric Vining with Raymond Refoen

Persianality
by Michael Benzehabe

Ready for the People
by Mike Langan

Remembering Shanghai
by Claire Chao

Renegade Pawn
by Craig S. Wilson

Rosalind
by Judith Deborah

Saint Illuminator’s Daughter
by Michael Ippen

Saturday’s Child
by Deborah Burns

Seduction of a Wanton Dreamer
by Richard Beeson

Sensitive My Journey through a Toxic World
by Pookie Sekmet

SHACKLED A Journey From Political Imprisonment To Freedom
by Adam Siddiq

Shadows Falling
by Carmen

Sister of Saidnaya
by Rose Ann Kalister

Skin deep
by JW Grodt

Skinny House
by Julie L. Seely

Soar! …Loser
by Ross A. Phelps

Spirit of Gonzales
by Betsy Wagner

Stone of Matter
by B.L. Barkey

Submerged
by Janice Hisle

The Arch
by Gary Crask

The Code Hunters – A Nicholas Foxe Adventure
by Jackson Coppley

The Emancipation of Evan Walls
by Jeffrey Blount

The Dark Web Murders
by Brian O’Hare

The Experiment
by Robin Lamont

The Final Flag
by John E. Nevola

The Fire Inside Us
by Mylisa Anderson

The Hand in the Window
by Elizabeth Young

The Hubley Case
by J. Lee

The Knowing A Bulwark Anthology
by Brit Lunden

The Mountain’s Morning Song
by William Graney

The Ninth Session
by Deborah Serani

The Portal to Thenitiwan: The Gateway
by Ada M. Stone

The Price of Compassion
by A.B. Michaels

The Unity A Predictive Fantasy
by H. Barton Wilson

The Green Soldier
by J. Edward Gore

THE POWER OF THANKSGIVING
by Dr. Joyce Addo-Atuah

Thylacine Dreams 6 Tales of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy
by Jonathan Maas

Trial of a Warrior
by R. H. Pfeiffer

VieVie LaFontaine
by Linda Heavner Gerald

Waters Plantation
by Myra Hargrave McIlvian

Grit & Granite
by Katherine Johnson

When Grandma Teaches You to Lie
by Jenny Prevatte

When Time Stands Still
by Sara Furlong-Burr

Where Thoughts and Stories End Verses on Eternal Truth
by Solomon Katz

The Red Hand: A Frank Nagler Mystery
by Michael Stephen Daigle

My Real Name is Hanna
by Tara Lynn Masih

28 Days: What Your Cycle Reveals About Your Moods, Health and Potential–Updated and Expanded
by Gabrielle Lichterman

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Article originally Published in the December/January 2020 Issue “2019 Indie Best Award Winners”