February/March 2017

Special crossover issue with our sister publication Podster, featuring podcast-related books and book-related podcasts.

Holiday Gift Guide 2016

Find the perfect book for everyone on your gift list (and yourself!) in Shelf Unbound indie book review magazine’s first Holiday Gift Guide.

December/January 2017

We receive book after book as entries in our annual Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Competition. We received about a thousand entries this year in all manner of genres – including for the first time a super cool pop-up book, which we honored as “Most Creative.” Our overall winner is On Bittersweet Place by Ronna […]

October/November 2016

Welcome to our annual “Read Global” issue, in which we feature books in translation from around the world. As we’ve noted previously, just three percent of all books published in the United States are translations, and this issue and these books give you an opportunity to discover excellent writers, many of them little known to […]

September/October 2016

In this issue, interviews with Malcolm Gladwell (Revisionist History), Max Linsky (With Her), Wendy Zukerman (Science Vs.), Jamie Jeffers (The British History Podcast), and the founder of International Podcast Day.

August/September 2016

Sixth Anniversary Issue, featuring Julie Wade, Rosa Liksom, Kristel Derkowski, Award-Winning Books, and more.

July/August 2016

Find your next favorite podcast in Podster, a new magazine about podcasts and podcasters. In this issue: Kevin Avery, Tumble, Undisclosed, Love Me. and more.

June/July 2016

In this issue, we interview three contemporary short story writers. You’re sure to find a new favorite short story among these works. Enjoy the issue.