August/September 2017
Celebrating 7 years of Shelf Unbound Magazine.
June/July 2017
When I was growing up my mother would drive my brother and me to the library once a week during the summer. The library allowed us to check out six books at a time – for me this was two Happy Hollister mysteries, a classic and a history book related to where we would be […]
April/May 2017
Pac-Man. Rubix Cube. Hair bands. Reagan. Oh, the memories. In this issue, three new novels take us back to the Eighties.
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 […]
August/September 2016
Sixth Anniversary Issue, featuring Julie Wade, Rosa Liksom, Kristel Derkowski, Award-Winning Books, 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.
April/May 2016
In this issue: Mary Volmer, George Singleton, Sara Majka, and more.