Full List of 2025 Foreword INDIES Finalists

Adult Fiction

Fantasy: A Tale for the Shadows (979-899863780-3) by Joyce Sherry, Taylor Street Press; Across Time and Starlight (978-1-63299-843-9) Greenleaf Book Group; Angel Eye (978-1-939096-21-0) by Madeleine Nakamura, Red Hen Press; Cat People and Dream Memories of the Fifty Foot Woman (978-1-963908-80-0) Spuyten Duyvil Press; Creatures & Corridors (978-1-964226-09-5) by Andrea Mutti (illustrator) and Bill Sienkiewicz (illustrator), The Lab Press; Hermits Die on Thursday (978-0-88146-977-6) by Gregory Ariail, Mercer University Press; Leave No Trace (978-1-64710-161-9) CAEZIK SF & Fantasy; Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens (978-1-73831-651-9) by Lynn Hutchinson Lee, Stelliform Press; Redneck Revenant (979-821290399-8) by David R. Slayton, Blackstone Publishing; Seventhblade (978-1-77041-807-3) by Tonia Laird, ECW Press; The Nga’phandileh Whisperer (979-899144192-6) by Eugen Bacon, Stars and Sabers; The Returned Child (979-826592703-3) by Levi Peltier, Amazon KDP
General: A Dangerous Friendship (979-889636002-5) She Writes Press; Junah at the End of the World (979-888574049-4) by Dan Leach, Hub City Press; Lotusland (978-0-9977155-9-0) by David Joiner, Painted Veil Press; Low April Sun (978-0-8061-9474-5) Uiversity of Oklahoma Press; Restitution (978-1-64603-619-6) by Tamar Shapiro, Regal House Publishing; Roadside Sisters (979-898988403-2) Pacific Peaks Publishing; Songs My Mother Taught Me (979-899041800-4) Four Elk Press; The Secrets of Flowers (979-822830750-6) by Sally Page, Blackstone Publishing; The Things They Didn't See (979-899282520-6) Wander Lane Press; Violet is Blue (979-889022315-9) Speaking Volumes; Where You Come From Is Gone (978-1-962834-35-3) by Christopher Johnston, Calmut Editions; Winners and Losers (978-1-62720-546-7) by Marina Antropow Cramer, Apprentice House Press
Historical: A Clan Chief's Daughter (979-899276900-5) by Sarah V. Barnes, Heart Soul Horse Publications; A Daughter's Place (978-1-4870-1186-4) House of Anansi Press; A Quest for God and Spices (979-888824515-6) Koehler Books; Hard Margins (978-1-885586-57-5) by Edward J. Delaney, Turtle Point Press; Isabela's Way (978-1-64742-964-5) by Barbara Stark-Nemon, She Writes Press; Red Clay (979-821240869-1) by Charles B. Fancher, Blackstone Publishing; Riddle of Spirit and Bone (978-1-64603-540-3) Regal House; That Which Binds Us (978-1-68442-993-6) by Cathy Rigg, Turner Publishing Company; The Deliverance of Barker McRae (978-0-88146-972-1) by Stacia Pelletier, Mercer University Press; The Rabbi's Knight (979-888824813-3) by Michael J. Cooper, Koehler Books; The World So Wide (978-1-77086-775-8) by Zilla Jones, Cormorant Books; Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News (978-1-957057-19-4) Tursulowe Press
Humor: All Kidding Aside (978-1-77186-380-3) Baraka Books; Charity Trickett Is Not So Glamorous (978-1-68463-316-6) by Christine Stringer, SparkPress; God Complex for Beginners (979-899875363-3) Semoniff Publishing; Horrible Women, Wonderful Girls (979-899199949-6) Dartmouth Park; Jingled (978-1-73543-856-6) Atonement Books; Last Night at the Disco (978-1-64603-644-8) Regal House Publishing; Lucky Duck (978-1-61153-509-9) by Mike Garretson, Torchflame Books; Starman after Midnight (979-821841594-5) by Scott Semegran, Mutt Press; The Golden Years Glitch (978-1-954332-62-1) by Judy Smith, Wyatt-MacKenzie; The Marriage Debt (979-888784055-0) Motina Books Publishing
LGBTQ+: All This Can Be True (978-1-68442-608-9) by Jen Michalski, Turner Publishing Company; Crime Ink: Iconic (978-1-61294-325-1) by John Copenhaver (editor) and Salem West (editor), Bywater Books; Hysterical (979-899400891-1) AmazonKDP; I Remember Lights (978-1-77166-935-1) by Ben Ladouceur, Book*hug Press; Lies of a Toymaker (978-1-953103-51-2) by Kelly Ann Jacobson, Three Rooms Press; Pearly Gates (979-899261331-5) Bonsol Press; Prieta Is Dreaming (979-885580455-3) by Gloria Anzaldúa, Kelli D. Zaytoun (editor), AnaLouise Keating (editor), and Suzanne Bost (editor), SUNY Press; Racing Hearts (978-1-915009-88-3) Butterworth Books; Tapout (978-1-63679-924-7) by Nicole Disney, Bold Strokes Books; The Ballad of Midnight and McRae (978-0-9986030-8-7) by Jess Lederman, Azure Star; Vampires at Sea (978-1-951971-22-9) by Lindsay Merbaum, Creature Publishing; What a Fish Looks Like (978-1-73831-655-7) by Syr Hayati Beker, Stelliform Press
Literary: Becoming Sarah (979-889636000-1) by Diane Botnick, She Writes Press; Between the Island and the Turtle (978-1-77186-401-5) QC Fiction, an imprint of Baraka Books; Boy with Wings (979-888824429-6) by Mark Mustian, Koehler Books; Dancing Woman (978-1-958888-33-9) by Elaine Neil Orr, Blair; Meridian Rising (978-1-58838-555-0) by Paul Burch, University of Georgia Press; Plum (979-888574046-3) by Andy Anderegg, Hub City Press; Property (978-1-55245-507-4) Coach House Books; Sunbirth (978-0-8021-6427-8) by An Yu, Grove Press; The Anatomy of Exile (978-1-953002-46-4) by Zeeva Bukai, Delphinium Books; The Exclusion Zone (978-1-998408-16-0) by Alexis von Konigslow, Wolsak and Wynn Publishers; The World That We Are (978-1-64603-638-7) by Andrew Furman, Regal House Publishing; Where I Went Wrong (978-1-64603-586-1) Regal House Publishing
Multicultural: Chocolate Chip City (978-1-61294-315-2) by Be Steadwell, Bywater Books; Defiant Acts (978-1-946724-89-2) Acre Books; Harvesting Rosewater (979-888824798-3) Koehler Books; I Think I'll Stay Here Forever (978-1-950413-98-0) Press 53; Malipolitan (978-1-06-929200-1) Saturnine Press; Restitution (978-1-64603-619-6) by Tamar Shapiro, Regal House Publishing; Starry Starry Night (978-1-77166-956-6) by Shani Mootoo, Book*hug Press; The Immortal Woman (978-1-4870-1317-2) House of Anansi; The Nga’phandileh Whisperer (979-899144192-6) by Eugen Bacon, Stars and Sabers; To Save a Life (978-1-947976-56-6) by Larry Zuckerman, Cynren Press; Wilderness of Mirrors (978-1-63206-398-4) Restless Books
Mystery: A Murder in Zion (978-1-60809-638-1) by Nicole Maggi, Oceanview Publishing; Baited (978-1-60953-155-3) Unbridled Books; Dying Cry (979-889242195-9) by Margaret Mizushima, Crooked Lane; Garbage Town (979-888645313-3) by Ravi Gupta, Greenleaf Book Group Press; Hot Tango in Argentina (978-1-61153-615-7) by Nancy Nau Sullivan, Torchflame Books; Killer Tracks (979-889820034-3) Level Best Books; Lost Heart in King Manor (979-821869084-7) Amazon KDP; Part of the Solution (978-1-61153-604-1) by Elana Michelson, Torchflame Books; Season of Fear (978-1-941016-04-6) Thunder Lake Press; Secret Places (978-1-68492-236-9) Epicenter Press; Sham Shamus (979-899248026-9) Quartermaster Publishing; The Thunder Head (979-898669787-1) by Dwight Holing, Jackdaw Press
Religious: 63 Hours in Hell (978-1-963377-23-1) Abundance Books; A Rooftop in Jerusalem (979-888824705-1) Koehler Books; Boy with Wings (979-888824429-6) by Mark Mustian, Koehler Books; Magda Revealed (978-1-64742-864-8) by Ursula Werner, She Writes Press; Somewhere Past the End (978-1-62720-561-0) by Alexandria Faulkenbury, Apprentice House Press; Strings Detached (979-899877520-8) Bean Toes Press; The Rabbi's Suitcase (979-888824697-9) Koehlerbooks; What the River Keeps (978-1-4964-8158-0) Tyndale House; Who Stirs Up the Sea (979-826462691-3) Raney Day Press
Romance: Grace on the Rocks (978-1-955643-15-3) by Rose Prendeville, Eridani Press; Marianne (978-1-73854-616-9) Warleigh Hall Press; Switch (978-1-61294-321-3) by Ann McMan, Bywater Books; Tapout (978-1-63679-924-7) by Nicole Disney, Bold Strokes Books; The Maid of Sherwood Forest (978-1-63993-467-6) by Sian Ann Bessey, Shadow Mountain Publishing; The Milkyway Hotel (979-1-09-804070-2) by Marguerite Grimaud and Jude Silberfeld-Grimaud, Amazon KDP; The Scald Crow (978-1-06-899753-2) by Hanna Park, Baisong Press; To the End of the Line (978-1-965422-02-1) by Sage Greer, Contrarian Pubishing; Too Forward (978-1-63679-718-2) Bold Strokes Books
Science Fiction: Dark Matter (978-1-946154-97-2) by Kathe Koja, Meerkat Press; Essentials Vol. 1 (978-1-964226-00-2) by Jason Howard (illustrator), Bill Sienkiewicz (illustrator), Andrea Mutti (illustrator), Vince Locke (illustrator), M.K. Perker (illustrator), Glenn Fabry (illustrator), and DaNi (illustrator), The Lab Press; Future X (979-899140321-4) Raven Chronicles Press; Ice's End (978-1-961905-47-4) by P. Finian Reilly, 12 Willows Press; North of Sunset (978-1-964721-58-3) by Haley Ahern, GFB; Novic (978-1-965740-01-9) by Eugen Bacon, Meerkat Press; The Afterlife Project (978-1-03-948045-2) by Tim Weed, Podium; The Last Book: The Diary of The Last Earthling (978-0-578-37745-2) Hungry Minds; The Matriarch Messiah (978-0-9993350-6-2) Tail of the Bird Books; The Regolith Temple (979-898987315-9) by Jeff Brown (illustrator), Dhawosia Publishing; Water Memory (978-1-68513-614-7) Black Rose Writing; What a Fish Looks Like (978-1-73831-655-7) by Syr Hayati Beker, Stelliform Press
Short Stories: A Hundred Years and a Day (979-898868873-0) by Tomoka Shibasaki and Polly Barton (translator), Stone Bridge Press - MONKEY imprint; A Place in the World (978-0-8229-4876-6) by Bill Gaythwaite, University of Pittsburgh Press; How Daddy Lost His Ear (978-1-885983-22-0) by Sallie Bingham, Turtle Point Press; Lake Crescent and Other Spirits (978-0-913123-52-2) by Pamela Gullard, Barrett Warner (editor), and Adam Robinson (designer), Galileo Press; Love Brain and Other Minefields (979-821873894-5) by Alan Collenette, Swantorini Press; Show Me Where the Hurt Is (978-1-952897-43-6) Split/Lip Press; Skin (978-1-77310-431-7) by Catherine Bush, Goose Lane Editions; The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe (978-1-63768-109-1) Autumn House Press; The Plan of Chicago (978-1-968148-11-9) Cornerstone Press; The Problem You Have (978-0-8263-6773-0) University of New Mexico Press; The Sea Gives Up the Dead (978-1-63628-271-8) by Molly Olguín, Red Hen Press; The Thief of Words (978-0-299-35174-8) by Anthony Bukoski, University of Wisconsin Press
Thriller & Suspense: Kiss It Goodbye (979-831129774-5) Mason Alley Publishing; Novel Threat (978-1-63993-384-6) by Traci Hunter Abramson, Shadow Mountain; Reservations (979-899881270-5) TnT Press; Street Brotherhood (978-1-962834-48-3) Calumet Editions; The Art of Greed (979-888645254-9) by Hans Peter Brunner, Greenleaf Book Group Press; The Cliffs of Palos Verdes (979-821879818-5) Amazon KDP; The Department (978-1-60809-634-3) by Jacqueline Faber, Oceanview Publishing; The Ever End (978-1-61294-323-7) by Audrey Wilson, Bywater Books; The Gallagher Place (979-899237700-2) by Julie Doar, Zibby Publishing; The Haunting of Emily Grace (978-1-4483-1737-0) Severn House; The Mean Ones (978-1-951971-30-4) by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne, Creature Publishing; The Nine Thoughts (978-1-965412-15-2) Broken Tribe Press; Yeehaw Junction (979-898881544-0) by Kayli Scholz, Moonstruck Books
War & Military: April 1917 (978-0-268-21052-6) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Clare Kitson (translator), University of Notre Dame Press; Cold Victory (979-898717704-4) by Helena P. Schrader, Cross Seas Press; Shadows of Tehran (979-899197140-9) by Nick Berg, Fortis Publishing; The Communist's Secret (978-1-64742-934-8) by Suzanne Parry, She Writes Press; The Mark (979-899970600-3) Amazon KDP; The Rabbi's Knight (979-888824813-3) by Michael J. Cooper, Koehler Books; The Shattered Star (978-1-968493-01-1) by Skyler R. Ostrom, Daniel Dyal (editor), and Christian Storm (designer), Ostrom Star Publishing

Adult Nonfiction

Adventure, Sports & Recreation: Be the Captain (979-899931310-2) by James Evenson, Suzanne Sherman (editor), and Robert Henry (editor), Zingaro Publishing; Crisis on Mount Hood (978-1-68051-714-9) by Christopher Van Tilburg, Mountaineers Books; I Live Underwater (978-1-976600-28-9) by Max Gene Nohl, Wisconsin Historical Society Press; Lootie's World Run (979-889138554-2) Mascot Books; Mike Mentzer (978-1-77041-784-7) by John Little, ECW Press; Miscalculated Risks (979-899890950-4) by Michael Cooper, Larrea Press; Pheasant Tail Simplicity (978-1-952338-28-1) by Yvon Chouinard, Craig Mathews, and Mauro Mazzo, Patagonia; The Running Bucket List (978-1-64604-829-8) by Jeff Horowitz, VeloPress; The Unforgiving Hours (978-1-64604-779-6) by Shannon Hogan, VeloPress; Uplifted (978-1-952338-18-2) by Sonnie Trotter, Patagonia; World On Board: Pushing South (978-981-945185-2) World On Board; World's Toughest Rodeo (979-889503026-4) by Ted Harbin and Steve Gander, W. Brand Publishing
Art: Artists' Journeys That Shaped Our World (978-0-7112-6870-8) by Travis Elborough, White Lion; Brilliance (978-0-87846-905-5) MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Chinese Patchwork (978-0-87846-907-9) MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Expressions of Jesus (978-1-63993-458-4) by Rose Datoc Dall (compiler), Shadow Mountain Publishing; Gathering (979-898792938-4) by Sarah Chasse, Lan Morgan, Kathleen Garrett (editor), Ryan Polich (designer), and Lynda Roscoe Hartigan (contributor), Peabody Essex Museum; John Wilson: Witnessing Humanity (978-0-87846-902-4) MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Ketubah Renaissance (978-0-8276-1562-5) by Shalom Sabar (contributor) and Joanna Homrighausen (contributor), The Jewish Publication Society; Senga Nengudi (978-3-77744607-3) by A. B. Spellman, Matilde Guidelli-Guidi (editor), and Svetlana Kitto (editor), Dia Art Foundation and Hirmer; Water of the Sky (978-0-262-04986-3) The MIT Press
Autobiography & Memoir: Between Prison and Freedom (978-0-268-20965-0) by Alexander Podrabinek and Marian Schwartz (translator), University of Notre Dame Press; Beyond the Jordan (978-1-63296-803-6) Lucid Books; Eyes Have Seen (978-1-77186-378-0) Baraka Books; How to Be Unmothered (978-1-63206-395-3) Restless Books; My Mother in Havana (978-1-958972-55-7) Monkfish Publishing; My Seven Mothers (978-1-5179-1779-1) by Pernille Ipsen and Tiina Nunnally (translator), University of Minnesota Press; Off Izaak Walton Road (978-0-8263-6771-6) University of New Mexico Press; Scarlett (978-1-64012-675-6) University of Nebraska, Potomac Press; Soft as Bones (978-1-4870-1302-8) by Chyana Marie Sage, House of Anansi Press; The Art of Being a Stranger (978-1-4875-6527-5) by Karen Bermann, University of Toronto Press; The Dad Rock that Made Me a Woman (978-1-4773-3148-4) by Niko Stratis, University of Texas Press; The Promise of Language (978-0-8143-5194-9) by Keith Gilyard, Wayne State University Press
Biography: Above All, We Are Jews (978-0-88123-658-3) CCAR Press; Albert Kahn's Daylight (978-0-8143-5273-1) Wayne State University Press; Cesar Romero (978-1-985902-88-6) by Samuel Garza Bernstein, University Press of Kentucky; Charles Whitfield Richards (978-1-959569-27-5) by J. Michael Warner, University of Louisiana Press; Eleanor Roosevelt’s Nightly Prayer (978-1-64065-845-5) by Donn Mitchell, Morehouse Publishing; Hitler and My Mother-in-Law (978-1-68219-651-9) OR Books; Hubert Harrison (978-1-4696-7535-0) University of North Carolina Press; I Am a Georgia Girl (978-0-88146-998-1) by Ann Hite, Mercer University Press; Louise-Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun (978-1-4766-9439-9) McFarland; Rebel Girl and the Godfather (979-885580342-6) by Jeffrey Louis Decker, SUNY Press; Richard Manuel (978-0-7643-6924-7) by Stephen T. Lewis, Schiffer Publishing; The King of Sandon (978-1-06-963860-1) by Greg Nesteroff, Anne DeGrace (editor), and Nathan Vyklicky (designer), Kütne Reader
Body, Mind & Spirit: A Pilgrim's Guide to Walking Wisdom: 11:11 Insights (979-899139731-5) by Renee Baribeau, Enlightenment Productions; How Deep Is the Wound? (979-899932661-4) by Antonieta Contreras, Sentiment Publishing; Latine Herbalism (978-1-64604-762-8) by Iosellev Castañeda, Ulysses Press; Manifesting (978-1-83600-579-7) by Nicole Weiss, Leaping Hare Press; Sacred Ceremony for a Sacred Earth (978-0-7603-9212-6) by Aniwa Council of Elders, Fair Winds Press; Starman Tarot: Remastered (978-0-7643-6990-2) by Davide De Angelis, Schiffer Publishing; The Oracle of Rewilding (978-1-57863-823-9) by Alexandra Eldridge and Sherry Salman, Weiser Books; Written in Your Stars (978-0-7603-9549-3) by Narayana Montufar, Fair Winds Press; You Deserve Flowers (979-889396026-6) by Devon Blow (author, illustrator), Familius Publishing
Business & Economics: Align Your Business with the Real You (979-899154422-1) PenRock Press; Beacon (979-889188305-5) Advantage Books; Brand ON! (978-1-63909-051-8) An Inc. Original; Catching Cheats (979-889057137-3) by Erik Lie, Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Delivering the Wow (978-1-63908-159-2) Fast Company Press; Ideas to Action (978-1-03-831805-3) FriesenPress; Six Functions, One Vision (978-1-5445-4696-4) Lioncrest Publishing; The Rise of Indigenous Economic Power (978-1-77406-015-5) New Society Publishers; The Tao of Leadership (979-889188171-6) Advantage Books; The Wisdom of Ignorance (979-889138714-0) by Alan Gregerman, Amplify Publishing; Transforming Customer–Brand Relationships (978-1-398-62132-9) Kogan Page; Your Money Has Feelings (979-888645384-3) by Shannon Ryan, Greenleaf Book Group Press
Career: Align Your Business with the Real You (979-899154422-1) PenRock Press; Imagine a Door (978-1-942436-65-2) by Laura Stanfill, Forest Avenue Press; Making Business Child's Play (978-1-398-62458-0) by Joanna Jensen, Kogan Page; Rookie Real Estate Agent (978-1-959472-16-2) KellerINK; Sustainable Ambition (979-888645295-2) Greenleaf Book Group Press; The Mirror Effect (979-889138595-5) by Sheila Gujrathi, Amplify Publishing; The Next Act (979-898520632-6) Summit Press Publishers; The Podcast Guest Playbook (978-1-959882-24-4) by Matty Dalrymple and Mark Leslie Lefebvre, William Kingsfield Publishers; The Short List (979-888645298-3) Greenleaf Book Group Press; Thinking Outside the Boss (978-1-63755-710-5) by Oskhar Pineda, Amplify Publishing; You Are a Strategist (979-899080661-0) by Sara Lobkovich, Laura Matthews (editor), and Caerus Kourt (designer), Red Currant Collective; Your Journey to Visibility Workbook (978-1-73761-040-3) by Zoe Bird (editor), KellyAnn Bessa (editor), and CB Messer (designer), Amazon KDP
Cooking: 20 Amici, 40 Ricette (978-1-68555-668-6) by John Bersani, The Collective Book Studio; Classic Cocktail Revival (978-1-985902-92-3) University Press of Kentucky; Ferment (979-889303077-8) by Kenji Morimoto, The Experiment; Heartland Masala (978-1-68555-328-9) by Jyoti Mukharji and Auyon Mukharji, The Collective Book Studio; Kitchens of Hope (978-1-5179-1912-2) by Linda S. Svitak, Christin Jaye Eaton, Lee Svitak Dean, and Tom Wallace (photographer), University of Minnesota Press; Wildcrafted Seeds and Grains (978-1-64502-272-5) Chelsea Green Publishing
Ecology & Environment: A Force For Nature (978-0-8156-1174-5) by David Gibson, Syracuse University Press; How to Fall in Love with the Future (978-1-915294-51-7) by Rob Hopkins, Chelsea Green Publishing; Kinship Medicine (979-888984273-6) North Atlantic Books; Landscapes of Hope (978-1-960521-04-0) by Stephen Strom and Kathleen Dean Moore (contributor), George F. Thompson Publishing; Meltdown (978-1-77212-791-1) University of Alberta Press; Preserving Greatness (978-1-63993-457-7) by Chris Carlson, Shadow Mountain Publishing; Regenerating Earth (978-1-952338-26-7) by Kelsey Timmerman, Patagonia; Roam (978-1-952338-31-1) by Hillary Rosner, Patagonia; The ABCs of California's Native Bees (978-1-59714-681-4) Heyday; The Enduring Wild (978-1-59714-675-3) by Josh Jackson, Heyday; The Last Cows (978-1-4962-3916-7) by Kathryn Wilder, Bison Books; Wedding of the Foxes (978-1-63955-006-7) by Katherine Larson, Milkweed Editions
Education: Empowered (978-0-8061-9565-0) University of Oklahoma Press; Inherited Inequality (978-0-674-27849-3) Harvard University Press; Mini Moves for Every Writer (978-1-960574-70-1) by Sam Futrell and Rebekah O'Dell, Solution Tree Press; Passion to Profit (979-899148764-1) The Dr. Annise Mabry Foundation; Policing Higher Education (978-1-4214-5131-2) Johns Hopkins University Press; Raising Dreamers (978-1-63680-584-9) Ethos Collective; Suspended Futures (978-1-68253-976-7) Harvard Education Press; Teaching Writing in the Age of AI (978-1-960574-84-8) by Troy Hicks and Kristen Hawley Turner, Solution Tree Press; Test-Specific Thinking (978-1-943360-94-9) by Robert J. Marzano, Bridget Cahill, Jeni Gotto, Brian J. Kosena, Michael J. Lynch, Lucy Pearson, Cindy Davis (contributor), Lindsay Graham (contributor), Brenda Martin (contributor), and Claudette Trujillo (contributor), Marzano Resources; The Green Literacy Handbook (978-1-960574-48-0) by Jen Cullerton Johnson and Mary K. Gove, Solution Tree Press; The Opposite of Cheating (978-0-8061-9496-7) University of Oklahoma Press; The Wild Path Home (978-1-77406-014-8) New Society Publishers
Essays: Elements of Los Angeles (978-1-62640-142-6) by D.J. Waldie, Angel City Press; Heroes and Other Mortals (978-1-58838-544-4) by Frye Gaillard, University of Georgia Press; In Crisis, On Crisis (978-1-998408-19-1) by James Cairns, Wolsak and Wynn Publishers; It All Felt Impossible (978-1-941628-35-5) by Tom McAllister, Rose Metal Press; My Oceans (978-0-8101-4837-6) Curbstone Books; Sylvan Crone (978-1-965320-32-7) by Heather Durham and Connor Wolfe (designer), Wayfarer Books; Thank You for Staying with Me (978-1-4962-4193-1) by Bailey Gaylin Moore, University of Nebraska Press; Unexploded Ordnance (978-1-63206-405-9) by Catharina Coenen, Restless Books; We Have Ceased to See the Purpose (978-0-268-20858-5) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Ignat Solzhenitsyn (editor), University of Notre Dame Press; Wedding of the Foxes (978-1-63955-006-7) by Katherine Larson, Milkweed Editions; World Without End (979-888574048-7) by Martha Park, Hub City Press; Your Historical Loveliness Knows No Bounds (978-0-472-04000-1) University of Michigan Press
Family & Relationships: It's Their World (979-888554794-9) by Erin Walsh, Free Spirit Publishing; Kids These Days (978-1-77406-022-3) New Society Publishers; Love Rebels (978-1-990869-73-0) by Kitty Stryker, Thornapple Press; Motherness (978-1-77041-802-8) by Julie M. Green, ECW Press; Path for Words (979-889138175-9) by Marie Martinez, Mascot Books; Shine On (978-1-77458-508-5) Page Two; Swaddled (979-899264130-1) Starling Press; Teen Depression Gone Viral (978-1-4625-5441-6) by Meredith E. Gansner, The Guilford Press; The AARP Caregiver Answer Book (978-1-4625-4949-8) by Barry J. Jacobs and Julia L. Mayer, The Guilford Press; The Silent Breakup (979-876520416-0) Balboa Press; Your Child's Greatness (978-1-64604-769-7) by Lisa Orbé-Austin and Richard Orbé-Austin, Ulysses Press; Your Kid Belongs Here (978-1-4214-5335-4) by Katie Rose Guest Pryal, Johns Hopkins University Press
Grief/Grieving: Always There, Always Gone (978-1-64742-891-4) by Marty Ross-Dolen, She Writes Press; Another Mother Does Not Come When Yours Dies (978-1-965320-31-0) Wayfarer Books; Child of Earth and Starry Heaven (979-821851676-5) by L. Annette Binder, Wandering Aengus Press; Giving Up the Ghost (978-1-960573-68-1) Sibylline Press; Look Mom, I Can Fly (979-899264030-4) Fortunity Press; What My Brother Knew (978-1-64742-908-9) by Kristina Amelong, She Writes Press
Health: A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States (979-885580121-7) by Carolyn Wolf-Gould (editor), Dallas Denny (editor), Jamison Green (editor), and Kyan Lynch (editor), SUNY Press; A Parent's Guide to Starting Psychiatric Medications for Kids (979-889396045-7) by Dr. Robert Jaffe, Dr. Alexander Kolevzon, and Dr.Pilar Trelles, Familius Publishing; Fix the Fire Damage (978-0-9913094-2-9) by Sandy Johnson (illustrator), Return to Health Press; Kinship Medicine (979-888984273-6) North Atlantic Books; Mastering Chronic Pain (979-899925801-4) Amazon KDP; Millennial Menopause (978-1-64604-810-6) by Lauren A. Tetenbaum, Ulysses Press; Sleep (978-1-61153-580-8) by H. Kenneth Fisher MD, Torchflame Books; The Ayurvedic Approach to Cancer (978-1-915294-48-7) Chelsea Green Publishing; The Biology of Trauma (978-1-63774-623-3) BenBella; The Formula for Better Health (978-0-262-05096-8) by Tom Frieden, The MIT Press; Trauma-Informed Occupational Therapy in Women’s Health (978-1-04-111158-0) Routledge; Womanist Bioethics (978-1-4798-1720-7) by Wylin D Wilson, NYU Press
History: Abortion and America's Churches (978-0-268-21045-8) by Daniel K. Williams, University of Notre Dame Press; Conservative at the Core (978-0-268-21030-4) by Allan J. Lichtman, University of Notre Dame Press; Enchanted Creatures (978-1-63936-865-5) by Natalie Lawrence, Pegasus Books; Heal the Beasts (978-1-77041-783-0) by Philipp Schott, ECW Press; History Matters (978-976-640986-9) by Heather Cateau (editor), Rita Pemberton (editor), and Ronald Noel (editor), The University of the West Indies Press; On Shoreless Sea (979-885580376-1) by Roy Grundmann, SUNY Press; Scarlett (978-1-64012-675-6) University of Nebraska, Potomac Press; Teamsters Metropolis (978-0-472-07753-3) University of Michigan Press; The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906 (978-1-64012-654-1) Potomac Books (University of Nebraska Press); The Nature of Fashion (978-1-915294-79-1) by Carry Somers, Chelsea Green Publishing; The Secret Life of a Cemetery (978-1-77840-158-9) by Benoît Gallot, Arielle Aaronson (translator), and Daniel Casanave (photographer), Greystone Books; Tulsa, 2021 (978-0-8061-9532-2) University of Oklahoma Press
Hobbies & Home: Chainsaw Love (978-1-976600-49-4) by James Card, Wisconsin Historical Society Press; Get Started in Finger Knitting (978-0-7643-7004-5) by Sabrina-Rose Benedict, Schiffer Publishing; Give Clutter the Middle Finger (979-888645252-5) by Meggie Mangione, Greenleaf Book Group Press; Romantasy Crochet Club (978-0-7603-9673-5) by Amanda Sennett, Quarry Books; Unofficial Bridgerton Embroidery (978-0-7603-9692-6) by Hilary Leslie, Quarry Books
Humor: Conquer the Planet (979-821848504-7) Ingsoc Publishing; How the Hell Did I Not Know That? (978-1-59534-318-5) Trinity University Press; JewGirl (979-899253901-1) Desert Canyon Books; Now Is the Time (979-899269960-9) Authors On Wheels; Tchotchkes and Their F*cked-Up Thoughts (978-1-68555-621-1) by Elisabeth Saake, The Collective Book Studio
LGBTQ+: Don Bachardy (978-0-8065-4379-6) Citadel; Guest Privileges (978-1-938603-30-3) Dzanc Books; It Wasn't Easy to Reach You (979-821851324-5) Trail To Table Books; Queer Communion (978-1-985902-96-1) University Press of Kentucky; Radical Family (978-1-976600-55-5) by Margaret Mooney (editor), Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Multicultural: All Humans Outside (978-1-68051-706-4) by Tommy Corey, Mountaineers Books; Ally Is a Verb (978-1-77458-577-1) by Rose LeMay, Page Two; Blackinese (979-899299980-8) 804 Press; Cruising J-Town (978-1-62640-135-8) by Oliver Wang, Angel City Press; Daughter of the Leopard (979-899249290-3) by Monique N. Leparleen and Ann Hendricks, Swallow and Quill Literary; Everyday Futures (978-1-5036-4335-2) by Stephanie L. Canizales and Brendan H. O'Connor, Stanford University Press; Global Citizen (979-899208361-3) by Toyi Rodriguez and Adriadna Fergadis (editor), Synergy Publishing; north by north/west (978-1-959000-43-3) by Chris Campanioni, West Virginia University Press; Property of the Revolution (978-1-64742-826-6) She Writes Press; Revered Roots (978-0-7603-9325-3) by Lori Ann Bird, Cool Springs Press; Scattered, Yet Whole (979-827062109-4) by Miranda Hirezi-Mugnier, Amazon KDP
Nature: Henry David Thoreau and the Nick of Time (978-0-88146-073-5) by Kathryn C. Dolan (editor), John J. Kucich (editor), and Henrik Otterberg (editor), Mercer University Press; In a Different Light (979-821878754-7) by Graham Hobart (author, designer, photographer), Robin Binnig (editor), and Doug King (contributor), Amazon KDP; Land of Everlasting Hills (978-0-8203-6652-4) by Ren Davis and Helen Davis, University of Georgia Press; Revered Roots (978-0-7603-9325-3) by Lori Ann Bird, Cool Springs Press; Roam (978-1-952338-31-1) by Hillary Rosner, Patagonia; The Healing Power of Trees (978-1-83600-006-8) Leaping Hare Press; The Hidden Seasons (979-889303010-5) by Tristan Gooley, The Experiment; The Nature of Our Times (978-1-73449-657-4) by Luisa A. Igloria (editor), Aileen Cassinetto (editor), and David Hassler (editor), Paloma Press; The Wild Dark (979-889092018-8) by Craig Childs, Torrey House Press; The Wonder of Mushrooms (978-1-64755-466-8) by Maya Jewell Zeller and Jenny deFouw Geuder (illustrator), Adventure Publications; Woodpecker (978-1-68051-316-5) by Paul Bannick, Braided River; Yosemite Wildlife (978-1-951179-26-7) by Beth Pratt and Robb Hirsch (photographer), Yosemite Conservancy
Performing Arts & Music: Hallowed by Their Name (978-0-7643-6816-5) by Martin Popoff, Schiffer Publishing; Home Club (978-1-68134-316-7) Minnesota Historical Society Press; Make Music Your Business (978-1-78133-943-5) by Ben Hughes, Rethink Press; Riders in the Sky (978-1-64843-285-9) by Bobbie Malone and Bill C. Malone, Texas A&M University Press; The Rediscovery of George "Nash" Walker (979-885580318-1) by Daniel E. Atkinson, SUNY Press; They're Playing My Song (979-885580340-2) by Bruce Pollock, SUNY Press; Tuning In (979-885580111-8) by Steven J. Gelberg, SUNY Press; Writing Jazz (979-885580107-1) by Sascha Feinstein, SUNY Press
Photography: Hunter Gatherer (979-898778459-4) by David Ricci and Cheryl Finley (contributor), MW Editions; Mongrels of Our Making (978-1-960521-09-5) by Michael Kolster and Russ Rymer (contributor), George F. Thompson Publishing; Resilience (978-1-934491-92-8) by Damien Foreman and Curt Walters, Fresco Books; Robert Frank: Mary's Book (978-0-87846-900-0) MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The California Camera Club (978-0-8061-9603-9) University of Oklahoma Press; The Silent Song of the African Savannah (978-981-941819-0) Monk3yseendo Studios
Political and Social Sciences: Bad Indians Book Club (978-1-5064-9912-3) by Patty Krawec, Broadleaf Books; Before Before (978-0-472-07729-8) University of Michigan Press; Constructed Movements (978-0-520-40447-2) University of California Press; Encampment (978-1-55245-504-3) Coach House Books; Hope on the Border (978-1-64065-839-4) by Seth Michelson, Morehouse Publishing; How to Save the Amazon (978-1-64502-320-3) by Dom Phillips, Chelsea Green Publishing; Inherited Inequality (978-0-674-27849-3) Harvard University Press; No One Left Alone (978-1-5064-9684-9) by Liz Walker, Broadleaf Books; Raiding the Heartland (978-1-4214-5370-5) by William D. Lopez, Johns Hopkins University Press; Reordering Caribbean Futures in the Fires of Global Change (978-976-640982-1) by Patricia Northover (editor), Natalie Dietrich Jones (editor), Hamid A. Ghany (editor), and Richard L. Bernal (editor), The University of the West Indies Press; The New Global Possible (978-1-63331-066-7) by Ani Dasgupta, Disruption Books; The Seven Mountains Mandate (978-0-664-26921-0) Westminster John Knox Press
Popular Culture: Andrew Gn (979-821865789-5) by Petra Slinkard, Jackie Yoong, Tan Siok Sun, Lenne Chai (photographer), Siena Scarff Design (designer), Clement Onn (contributor), Lynda Roscoe Hartigan (contributor), Anne-Sophie Von Clear (contributor), and Nicole Phelps (contributor), Peabody Essex Museum; Conspicuous: How Modern Luxury Redefined Craft, Clout, and Culture (978-1-966193-24-1) by Karina Vunnam, Creative Nudge Press; Eternal Goth (978-1-57715-526-3) by Emma Madden, Castle Books; Frankenstein Lives (978-1-57715-537-9) by Paul Ruditis, Castle Books; Nothing Left to Lose (978-1-953639-20-2) Circuit Breaker Books; The Booze-Free Bar(c)art Book (978-0-7643-7038-0) by Cece Bailey Page, Schiffer Publishing
Reference: A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy (978-1-80050-547-6) by Mohammed Rustom, Equinox Publishing; Becoming a U.S. Citizen (978-1-4133-3288-9) by Ilona Bray, J.D., NOLO; Comfort Override (979-899323030-6) Stonehome Press; Imagine a Door (978-1-942436-65-2) by Laura Stanfill, Forest Avenue Press; Make Your Living Trust (978-1-4133-3282-7) by The Editors of Nolo, NOLO; Rowing Club Colours (978-1-03-691388-5) Amazon KDP; Tools to Save Our Home Planet (978-1-952338-16-8) by Nick Mucha (editor), Patrick Thomas (editor), and Jessica Flint (editor), Patagonia; Your Hospital Bill Survival Guide (979-826347845-2) Spotlight Strategic Solutions, LLC
Regional: Art Deco Los Angeles (978-1-62640-139-6) by Robert Landau and Alan Hess (contributor), Angel City Press; Everyday Futures (978-1-5036-4335-2) by Stephanie L. Canizales and Brendan H. O'Connor, Stanford University Press; Fabulous Fountains of New York (978-1-5315-1184-5) Fordham University Press/Empire State Editions; Lessons from Lockport (979-885580233-7) by Jim Shultz, SUNY Press; Los Angeles Before the Freeways (978-1-62640-133-4) by Arnold Hylen and Nathan Marsak, Angel City Press; On a Rising Swell (978-0-8130-8097-0) University Press of Florida; Proudly Made (979-888819273-3) by Tataboline Enos, Catamount Press; Spare These Stones (978-1-68051-822-1) by Andrew Kornylack, Mountaineers Books; The Tourist's Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City (979-885580173-6) by Henry H. Sapoznik, SUNY Press; Wild in Seattle (978-1-68051-765-1) by David B. Williams and Elizabeth Person (illustrator), Mountaineers Books
Religion: Becoming the Pastor's Wife (978-1-58743-589-8) Baker Publishing Group; Better Ways to Read the Bible (978-1-58743-668-0) Baker Publishing Group; Everything Is a Story (978-1-58743-663-5) Baker Publishing Group; Karmic Relief (978-1-958972-99-1) Monkfish Book Publishing; Knock at the Sky (978-0-8028-8375-9) by Liz Charlotte Grant, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing; Lost Words and Forgotten Worlds (978-1-68359-795-7) Lexham Academic; Practicing Safe Zen (978-1-958972-78-6) by Julie Seido Nelson, Monkfish Book Publishing Company; Smashing the Tablets (979-885580117-0) by Sara Lippmann (editor) and Seth Rogoff (editor), SUNY Press; Some of the Words Are Theirs (978-0-8028-8422-0) by Austin Carty, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing; The Jewish Way to a Good Life (979-889303017-4) by Shira Stutman, The Experiment; The Light of Tabor (978-0-268-21041-0) by David Bentley Hart, University of Notre Dame Press; Zen at the End of Religion (978-1-958972-76-2) Monkfish Book Publishing
Science & Technology: Dots and Lines (978-1-4214-5126-8) by Anthony Bonato, Johns Hopkins University Press; Rushing Headlong (979-899353732-0) by S. Yin Ho and J.D. Kleinke (contributor), Rigani Press; Streaming Wars (978-1-398-62254-8) by Charlotte Henry, Kogan Page; The New Global Possible (978-1-63331-066-7) by Ani Dasgupta, Disruption Books; You to the Power of Two (978-1-63774-784-1) by Joseph Bradley and Don Tapscott, BenBella Books
Self-Help: Empower Yourself Against Racial and Cultural Stress (978-1-4625-5308-2) by Ryan C. T. DeLapp, The Guilford Press; How Deep Is the Wound? (979-899932661-4) by Antonieta Contreras, Sentiment Publishing; How to Be Hopeful (978-1-77840-262-3) by elin kelsey, Greystone Books; I Know I Should Exercise, But... (978-1-943370-31-3) by Diana Hill and Katy Bowman, Uphill Books; Peak Integration (978-1-963827-17-0) by Pierce J. Brooks, Wonderwell Press; Pure Unlimited Love (978-1-64065-830-1) by Stephen G. Post, Morehouse Publishing; Soulgery (979-899850720-5) Growth Colony; The Happiness Experiment (979-888645289-1) by Carl B. Barney, Greenleaf Book Group Press; The Hypocrisy Trap (978-0-262-05094-4) by Michael Hallsworth, The MIT Press; They're Not Gaslighting You (978-1-68373-826-8) by Isabelle Morley, PESI Publishing; Transforming the Shame Triangle (978-1-990869-70-9) by Jessica Fern and David Cooley, Thornapple Press; Your Journey to Visibility Workbook (978-1-73761-040-3) by Zoe Bird (editor), KellyAnn Bessa (editor), and CB Messer (designer), Amazon KDP
Travel: A Pilgrim's Guide to Walking Wisdom: 11:11 Insights (979-899139731-5) by Renee Baribeau, Enlightenment Productions; An Apartment in Paris (979-899171692-5) by David Benjamin, Last Kid Books; My Marriage Sabbatical (978-1-64742-734-4) by Vicky DeArmon (editor) and Joanne Hartman (editor), She Writes Press; Ride the Camel (979-889503030-1) by Tauni Crefeld, MilSpace Books, imprint of W. Brand Publishing; Turkish Odyssey (978-605-746257-2) by Serif Yenen, Serif Yenen Travel Publishing
War & Military: Downriver (979-888824706-8) Koehler Books; Faith of the Fathers (978-0-268-20934-6) by Robert J. Miller, University of Notre Dame Press; John Frémont's 100 Days (979-898557165-3) by Gregory Wolk, Missouri Historical Society Press; Rhino Tanks and Sticky Bombs (978-0-8061-9539-1) University of Oklahoma Press; The Four Stars of Leadership (979-899265940-5) Four Star Leaders; Walking Away from the Ledge (979-889503018-9) by Chris Kruger, MilSpace Books, imprint of W. Brand Publishing; When Presidents Fight the Last War (978-1-985902-77-0) by Bryan N. Groves, University Press of Kentucky
Women's Studies: Dear White Woman, Dear Black Woman (979-899189860-7) Ripples Media; JewGirl (979-899253901-1) Desert Canyon Books; Normalize It (978-1-68373-814-5) by Jessica Zucker, PESI Publishing; Queen of Bohemia Predicts Own Death (978-1-5315-1167-8) Fordham University Press; The Labors of Resurrection (978-0-19-775857-1) Oxford University Press; The Valleys Are So Lush and Steep (978-1-947817-88-3) Saturnalia Books; We the Men (978-0-19-780080-5) Oxford University Press

Children's

Juvenile Fiction: Bernard and the Blackguard (978-1-03-832495-5) by Maureen Young and Stephanie Stasiuk Monk (illustrator), FriesenPress; Deadpan (978-1-64538-585-1) Orange Hat Publishing; Herobear and the Kid (978-1-5458-2130-5) by Mike Kunkel (author, illustrator), Mad Cave Studios; Make Way for Monarchs (979-821839239-0) Climate Kid Adventure Books; Orphanland (978-1-965278-76-5) by Lauren Fischer, Mission Point Press; Racing the Clouds (978-1-63163-916-6) by Sydney Dunlap, Jolly Fish Press; Shadow Wars (979-820075104-4) by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Hinako Hishinuma, and Madaug Hishinuma, Blackstone Publishing; The Ghost of Wreckers Cove (978-1-5458-2124-4) by Angelica Del Campo and Liniers (illustrator), Mad Cave Studios; The House on Rondo (978-1-5179-1930-6) by Debra J. Stone, University of Minnesota Press; The Notted Island (978-1-83874-950-7) by Katherine Child, Flying Eye Books; The Secret of the Scent Map (978-1-68115-645-3) by Elana Rubinstein, Apples & Honey Press; The Tree That Was a World (978-0-8028-5650-0) by Yorick Goldewijk, Jeska Verstegen (illustrator), and Laura Watkinson (translator), Eerdmans Books for Young Readers; The Vanishing Young of Rydal Cave (978-1-06-860434-8) by Warren Cabral, Daniel Redford (editor), Corryn Webb (illustrator), Ryan Webb (designer), and Ian Russell (narrator), Wilton Books; The Village Beyond the Mist (978-1-63206-392-2) by Sachiko Kashiwaba, Miho Satake (illustrator), and Avery Fischer Udagawa (translator), Restless Books
Juvenile Nonfiction: A Place Called Galveston (978-1-68115-654-5) by Andrea Shapiro and Valerya Milovanova (illustrator), Apples & Honey Press; Aldo Leopold's Shack (978-1-960521-05-7) by Nancy Nye Hunt and Nina Leopold Bradley (contributor), George F. Thompson Publishing; An Illustrated Map Book of Hawaiʻi (978-1-57306-679-2) by Lauren Trangmar (illustrator), Bess Press; Bold, Brilliant, and Latine (978-0-7112-9436-3) by Alyssa Reynoso-Morris and Sol Cotti (illustrator), Wide Eyed Editions; Daring (978-1-947440-10-4) by Jordana Pomeroy, Getty Publications; Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature (978-1-80466-144-4) by Caroline Brewer, What on Earth!; Mushrooms & Fungi for Kids (978-1-64755-429-3) by Ariel Bonkoski, AdventureKEEN; Rise Up! (979-888859368-4) by Rachel C. Katz and Sophie Bass (illustrator), Barefoot Books; They Work (978-1-64170-965-1) by June Smalls and Yukari Mishima, Familius Publishing; Valiant Vel (978-1-976600-43-2) by Jerrianne Hayslett and Aaron Boyd (illustrator), Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Picture Books: 9 Little People (978-0-7358-4587-9) by Regina Feldmann and Martina Stuhlberger (illustrator), NorthSouth Books; After (978-0-8075-3095-5) by Hallee Adelman and Patrick Corrigan (illustrator), Albert Whitman & Company; Ashimpa (979-889338002-6) by Catarina Sobral and Juliana Barbassa (translator), Transit Children's Books; Astro (979-889338904-3) by Manuel Marsol and Lizzie Davis (translator), Transit Children's Editions; Billy Bighead (978-908360950-8) by Michele Skogerboe and Sandra Attema-Welte (illustrator, designer), Tall Tales for Growing Minds; Chidori (978-1-77278-316-2) by Jennifer Maruno and Miki Sato (illustrator), Pajama Press; Flora and the Jazzers (978-1-956393-18-7) by Astrid Sheckels, Waxwing Books; If a Bumblebee Lands on Your Toe (978-1-953458-74-2) by Cynthia Mackey and Vikki Zhang (illustrator), Yeehoo Press; Mayhem at the Museum (978-0-7358-4585-5) by Hannah Brückner and Laura Watkinson (translator), NorthSouth Books; Mud to the Rescue! (978-1-970039-09-2) by Tanya Konerman and Melanie Cataldo (illustrator), Web of Life Children's Books; My Body Can (978-1-68115-685-9) by Laura Gehl, Apples & Honey Press; Nop (978-1-76160-080-7) by Caroline Magerl (author, illustrator), Walker Books Australia; S'more Is Enough (978-1-4338-4742-4) by Brenda S. Miles and Monika Filipina (illustrator), Magination Press; Some Days I'm the Wind (979-888859662-3) by Rebecca Gardyn Levington and Dinara Mirtalipova, Barefoot Books; Sunflowers Rise in a Midnight Sky (979-821832920-4) Book Baby; The Dinosaur Seed (979-888983033-7) Beaming Books; The Fib (978-1-962351-30-0) by Pedro Iniguez and Nathan Kwan (illustrator), Gloo Books; The Lighthouse Keeper (979-898874994-3) by Eugenio Fernández Vázquez, Mariana Villanueva Segovia (illustrator), and Kit Maude (translator), Tapioca Stories; The Paper Bridge (978-1-78250-907-3) by Joëlle Veyrenc and Seng Soun Ratanvanh (illustrator), Floris Books; What Will I Be From A to Z? (978-1-64170-962-0) by Laura W. Carter and Anna Doherty (illustrator), Familius Publishing
Picture Books, Early Reader: A Chest Full of Words (978-0-7358-4560-2) by Rebecca Gugger, Simon Röthlisberger, and Tim Mohr (translator), NorthSouth Books; Awe (978-1-76116-052-3) by Jayneen Sanders and Camilia Carrossine (illustrator), Educate2Empower Publishing; Banana Menorah (978-1-68115-681-1) by Lee Wind and Karl West (illustrator), Apples & Honey Press; Bringing the Beach Home (978-1-68555-836-9) by Laura Atkins and Evgenia Penman (illustrator), The Collective Book Studio; Earhart (978-0-7358-4579-4) by Torben Kuhlmann and David Henry Wilson (translator), NorthSouth Books; Grandma's Timeless Wisdom (978-1-76158-509-8) Picco Puppy; Jibberjack, Fibberjack (979-899886651-7) by Stefanie Gamarra and Marta Pilosio (illustrator), Marshmallow Tree Press; Lexi the Butterfly (979-899930301-1) Tapestry Tales Publishing; The Roll-Away Snowman (978-3-90713035-3) by Junia Wonders and Daniela Volpari (illustrator), Gmuer Verlag; Wind, Stop Blowing! (978-1-55896-948-3) by Laura Alary and Sue Teodoro (illustrator), Skinner House Books; Yelp! Yeti! Chaos in Kathmandu (978-1-83874-225-6) Flying Eye Books
Young Adult Fiction: Alice in Black (979-899930010-2) by Bebe Duncan, Pettygrove Press; Ash & Feather (978-1-73441-964-1) by Sharon Frances (author, illustrator), Sharon Frances Books; Chasing Moonflowers (978-1-964733-03-6) Ghastly Goings-On Press; Cope Field (978-1-63583-105-4) by T. L. Simpson, Flux; For the Love of Glitter (978-1-957774-20-6) Sooner Started Press; Kat's Greek Summer (978-1-68463-306-7) by Mima Tipper, SparkPress; Private School Punk (979-899970920-2) by Erik Talkin, Revolt Ink Books; Sonnets and Serpents (978-1-63993-435-5) by Elizabeth Lowham, Shadow Mountain Publishing; The Blue Line Letters (978-1-947845-58-9) by Steven Christiansen, Ooligan Press; The October Girl (978-1-960578-59-4) by Matthew Dow Smith (author, illustrator), Mad Cave Studios; The Secret Song of Shelby Rey (978-1-68463-312-8) SparkPress; Time Travel for Beginners (978-1-73650-264-8) by Juliane Crump (illustrator), Codex Arcanum

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Anthologies: Be Gay, Do Crime (978-1-938603-31-0) Dzanc Books; Beyond the Glittering World (979-889092030-0) Torrey House Press; Coven of the East (978-1-964733-07-4) by Angela Yuriko Smith, Benebell Wen, Lee Murray, Chaweon Koo, Ai Jiang, Kristy Park Kulski, Mudang Jenn, Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito, Wen Wen Yang, T.S. Ren, Christine H. Chen, Sam Wilket, R.F. Whong, Sobhia Kamal Jamro, Sonya Rhen, Ayida Shonibar, M.S. Marquart, Gitanjali Lena, Theresa Drew Falk, Arushi Karthik, and Sara Surani, Ghastly Goings-On Press and Authortunities Press; Four Corners Voices, Volume 2 (979-899199592-4) by Chuck Greaves (editor), Sarah Carr (editor), and Gail Binkly (editor), Four Corners Writers; John Carpenter's Tales for a HalloweeNight (979-899281161-2) by John Carpenter, Sandy King, Elena Carrillo, Kealan Patrick Burke, Alec Worley, Frank Tieri, Amanda Deibert, Joe Harris, Jim Ousley, Sean Sobczak, Andre Frattino, Jennie Wood, Mike Sizemore, Jaime Carrillo (illustrator), Federico De Luca (illustrator), Jason Shawn Alexander (illustrator), Alex Sarabia (illustrator), Cat Staggs (illustrator), Andrea Mutti (illustrator), Ryan Carr (illustrator), Benjamin Sawyer (illustrator), Hernán González (illustrator), Richard P. Clark (illustrator), David Hitchcock (illustrator), Nick Percival (illustrator), Damien Worm (illustrator), Leonardo Colapietro (illustrator), and Raúlo Caceres (illustrator), Storm King Comics; Luru Magazine Issue 03 (978-819889469-4) by Amulya Hiremath, Anishaa Tavag (editor, author), Bhairavi Madhusudhan Shibulal, Bhanutej N, Eshwari R, Jayant Kaikini, Jo Gi or Girish Rao Hatwar, Joshua Muyiwa, Nikhil Ravichandar (editor, author), Paul Dharamraj, Simran Mangharam, Sharda Ugra, Tanuja Viswanath, TS Prasanna, Vidhi Doshi (editor), Rashmi Kamath (editor), Yamuna Kali (editor), Gaurav Krishna (photographer, editor), Madhav Nair (illustrator), Bhavani Kumar (illustrator), Sudeshna Saxena (illustrator), Carol Blaizy D'Souza (translator), Prathibha Nandakumar (translator), Chitra Raghavan (photographer), Raghav Krishna (designer), Aditya Bhardwaj (designer), and Dayita Nereyeth (contributor), Dead End Right Studios; The Colors of April (978-1-953103-57-4) by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Lam, Barbara Tran, Christina Vo, Quan Mahn Ha (editor), and Cab Tran (editor), Three Rooms Press; You, Human (979-898793268-1) by Michael Bailey (editor), L.A. Spooner (illustrator), Orion Zangara (illustrator), Josh Malerman (contributor), Gary A. Braunbeck (contributor), Hailey Piper (contributor), Eugen Bacon (contributor), Ai Jiang (contributor), Erinn L. Kemper (contributor), J. Lincoln Fenn (contributor), Will McMahon (contributor), Ngo Binh Anh Khoa (contributor), Sachin Baliga (contributor), Scott Edelman (contributor), and Bruce Golden (contributor), Written Backwards
Coffee Table Books: 100 Objects from the Collections of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (979-821862210-7) by Stefanie Halpern (editor) and Alix Brandwein (designer), YIVO Institute for Jewish Research; Gathering (979-898792938-4) by Sarah Chasse, Lan Morgan, Kathleen Garrett (editor), Ryan Polich (designer), and Lynda Roscoe Hartigan (contributor), Peabody Essex Museum; Ketubah Renaissance (978-0-8276-1562-5) by Shalom Sabar (contributor) and Joanna Homrighausen (contributor), The Jewish Publication Society; Love Thee, Notre Dame (978-0-268-21025-0) by Matt Cashore, University of Notre Dame Press; Resilience (978-1-934491-92-8) by Damien Foreman and Curt Walters, Fresco Books; Taos Society of Artists (978-0-8061-9494-3) University of Oklahoma Press; The Last Book: The Diary of The Last Earthling (978-0-578-37745-2) Hungry Minds; Unforgotten (978-1-960521-08-8) by William Frej, David Skolkin (designer), Michael E. Smith (contributor), and Anne B. Frej (contributor), George F. Thompson Publishing
Graphic Novels & Comics: Astral Panic (978-1-83874-208-9) Flying Eye Books; Astronautical! (978-1-77321-941-7) by Brooklin Stormie, Annick Press; Cat Mask Boy (978-1-5458-2173-2) by Linus Liu (author, illustrator), Mad Cave Studios; Essentials Vol. 1 (978-1-964226-00-2) by Jason Howard (illustrator), Bill Sienkiewicz (illustrator), Andrea Mutti (illustrator), Vince Locke (illustrator), M.K. Perker (illustrator), Glenn Fabry (illustrator), and DaNi (illustrator), The Lab Press; Hunger (978-1-964226-08-8) by Jose Bocardo (illustrator), Jose Villarrubia (illustrator), and Bill Sienkiewicz (illustrator), The Lab Press; John Carpenter's Tales for a HalloweeNight (979-899281161-2) by John Carpenter, Sandy King, Elena Carrillo, Kealan Patrick Burke, Alec Worley, Frank Tieri, Amanda Deibert, Joe Harris, Jim Ousley, Sean Sobczak, Andre Frattino, Jennie Wood, Mike Sizemore, Jaime Carrillo (illustrator), Federico De Luca (illustrator), Jason Shawn Alexander (illustrator), Alex Sarabia (illustrator), Cat Staggs (illustrator), Andrea Mutti (illustrator), Ryan Carr (illustrator), Benjamin Sawyer (illustrator), Hernán González (illustrator), Richard P. Clark (illustrator), David Hitchcock (illustrator), Nick Percival (illustrator), Damien Worm (illustrator), Leonardo Colapietro (illustrator), and Raúlo Caceres (illustrator), Storm King Comics; Sunder Tome One (978-1-5458-2172-5) by Pierre-Alexandre Comtois (author, illustrator), Mad Cave Studios; The Last Book: The Diary of The Last Earthling (978-0-578-37745-2) Hungry Minds; Tsunami (978-2-92511446-8) by Ned Wenlock, Pow Pow Press
Poetry: A Love Tap (978-1-940596-58-7) by Bernardo Wade, Lookout Books; A Violence (978-0-691-27776-9) Princeton University Press; Apostasies (978-0-9978076-9-1) by Holli Carrell, Perugia Press; Bitter Creek (979-889092013-3) Torrey House Press; Blood Wolf Moon (978-1-63628-208-4) by Elise Paschen, Red Hen Press; Civilians - Poems (978-0-8071-8372-4) by Jehanne Dubrow, Louisiana State University Press; Frame Inside a Frame (978-1-68003-428-8) Texas Review Press; Free Speech (978-1-58775-056-4) by Eric Paul Shaffer, Coyote Arts; Generic Husband (978-0-8071-8472-1) LSU Press; Mother, Daughter, Augur (979-898743287-7) by Mary Simmons, June Road Press; No Trouble Staying Awake (978-1-960329-89-9) Cornerstone Press; O Lucky Day (978-1-963695-07-6) Madville Publishing; The End of Childhood (978-1-57131-566-3) Milkweed Editions; Vulnerability Index (978-0-8101-4920-5) by Elizabeth Robinson, Northwestern University Press

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