Literary & Historical Fiction by Indie Authors
These indie literary & historical fiction books bring compelling stories to life through rich characters, vivid settings, thoughtful themes, and beautifully crafted prose. Discover independent authors exploring relationships, identity, history, culture, and the moments that shape our lives.
Literary Fiction | Historical | Culture, Family & Identity | Speculative & Unconventional | Suspense & Intrigue
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Literary Fiction
Character-driven stories where voice, ideas, relationships, and the inner lives of the characters take center stage.
Getting Back Our Stolen Bootstraps
David R. Yale
How do workers resist illegal armed militia, win back their rights?
Beneath the Surface
Chris McKenna
A grieving man finds hope, connection, and second chances at a remote Caribbean dive resort.
Paperbacks & Baguettes
Michael M. Brownstein
A bookstore café where small encounters become unexpected human connections.
How to Build a Champion
Dylan Cody
A story of courage, resilience, quick-wit, and joy: a feel-good summer read.
Before It’s Over
T.Z. Lehmann
A collection of short stories
The Adventures of Hank Fenn
Will Tinkham
For Hank, Sam never became Mark Twain.
LIAM
R. Janet Walraven, M.Ed.
LIAM shows how to find the potential in each student.
Here grows what dares to grow
MaKreWe
Gentle, humorous garden stories revealing unexpected truths about life itself.
This Won’t Hurt
E.L. Rae
A dark, small-town romantic contemporary , about love, trauma, and finding peace after chaos.
Driving to a Funeral
Colin Hill
a fictionalized travelogue like no other . . .
En Passant
Allissa Oldenberg
En Passant recounts two love stories, separated by twenty years, linked by the character of Ian Stringfellow, and shaped by the game of chess.
The Man Without A Head
Dennis Morton
A collection of short stories
West Falls Revisited
D. H. Schleicher
Pieced together by a master storyteller, comes a mosaic of a small town in crisis
F.it
J.M. Smith
When James doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life, he adopts the ‘F**k’ it mantra instead.
Exit Tickets
Kenneth Chanko
An emotionally-charged, multiple-perspective novel exploring the eye-opening untold truths of today’s public school classrooms.
Pain Killers
Rachel Callaghan
A true-to-life year in an ER written in diaries, letters, patient encounters.
Hell and Steel
T.Z. Lehmann
A man fights for meaning in a harsh world.
Salt and Ice
JD Lear
Rival Australian figure skaters must work together to keep their small coastal town rink from closing.
The Homes We Seek
Cendrine Marrouat
Rich, emotional stories guiding you from regret to bliss
Everyone Calls Me Paige
Steven R. James
A dramatic story of a man’s past
Dear Diary
Steve Goldsmith
A journal of 42 days in the life of a neurodivergent boy.
Face to Face With The Reaper
Narcissia Netal
One wrong turn sparks tragedy, addiction, and a haunting search for redemption.
The Life I Didn’t Live
D Lovell
A story about finding your voice and taking up space.
When the Noise Fades
Chris Yiangou
A quiet literary novella about family, memory, midlife and change.
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Historical
Stories rooted in another time, bringing the people, places, cultures, and conflicts of the past to life.
Dear Missing Friend
Susan McGuirk
A whaling era love triangle between a governess, a seaman, and a speculator.
The Home and Garden Emporium
Carolyn Niethammer
A stranded wife reshapes a dusty hardware store and rebuilds her life.
Lest I break
Anna M Read
With her family on the brink of starvation, Idony excavates haunted sites for silver.
The Belgian Girls
Kathryn J. Atwood
Dual timeline narrative set in Belgium during the two world wars highlighting the work of female resisters.
The Last Shore
Justin Randall
Not another Viking battle story. It’s about the people between the battles.
The Winds of Morning
Gifford MacShane
A young woman’s desperate struggle to save her family during the Great Irish Potato Famine.
Then Came Darkness
D. H. Schleicher
A tale of greed, revenge, and survival set against the sprawling backdrop of the Great Depression
The Gathering Room
Michelle E. Shores
Based on America’ first documented ghost story
The Keeper of Lost Daughters
Veronica Leigh
The moment Lidia laid eyes on the abandoned baby on her doorstep, she knew she would risk everything to protect her forever.
The Last Heretic
Steve Goldsmith
A scribe subverts empire and alters the Creed.
Annie Angel
Mandi Martin
Annie gives up a wealthy life to aid those in need in Victorian London
Lanista of the Iron Sands
L.M. Hawkes
Interactive choice-based ancient Roman gladiator adventure
Makamisa: Seminarista
Harlet Indie Editorial Team
A priest who was pretending to be the head of church, trying to save everyone even until death.
Beyond The Savage Plains
Stuart McIntyre
A story of loyalty, sacrifice, and a boyhood promise fulfilled.
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Culture, Family & Identity
Stories shaped by family, heritage, community, belonging, and the experiences that influence who we become.
Enrico G
Angela Page
A powerful and often amusing story based on my Italian great grandfather, a culinary murderer.
Taxi Dancer
Marivi Soliven
Can’t marry white women, might as well dance with them.
Ciao, Amore Mio
J. A. Marz
A writer’s escape to Tuscany becomes an unforgettable, heart-shifting love.
It’s Sauce, Not Gravy!
J. A. Marz
A Tuscan Novel of Intrigue, Legacy, Family Secrets, and Italian Discovery
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Speculative & Unconventional
Stories that stretch beyond traditional literary fiction through unusual structures, imagined realities, genre-bending ideas, or unexpected ways of telling a story.
Lost – The Lost City of Incan Gold
Brigid Kennedy
A Romeo-and-Juliet love story between a Master of Blades and the enemy heir she was forged to destroy.
UNTOLD
Brigid Kennedy
Accompanying stories to Book One Lost- The Lost City of Incan Gold.
Mirror Talks
Prince Motsepe
Mirror Talks is a collection of dialogues between two characters, written in a poetic tone
Convent – Inception
Kerri Stoner
A Southern Gothic tale of witches, womanhood, and New Orleans magic.
Vocation: Invocation
Kerri Stoner
Same city. Same spirits. This time, the pour is darker.
Compliance and Other Atrocities
Ian Salavon
No one is guilty. Everyone is responsible.
Descriptions of Heaven
Randal Eldon Greene
A linguist whose wife is dying of cancer contemplates death and the arrival of a lake monster.
Decoding History
Ash A. Milton
Thirty years after the Librarian of Congress was fired by a two-line email, the world has lost much of its knowledge.
Sacrifice of Iphigenia
H M Roberts
A tragic myth retelling of the story of the princess sacrificed to start a war.
Elba Kramer
Steve Goldsmith
Elba Kramer finds truth by living lies.
Queens Road
Emma Forrester
An ordinary street faces the apocalypse with humour, grit, and found family.
Face To Face With God
Narcissia Netal
It started with him having Turned right… Now he’s turning right.
Literature, More or Less
Eikyo Matsunaga (松長英京)
Absurdist stories from a writer pursuing the world’s most avant-garde literature.
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Suspense & Intrigue
Stories driven by secrets, discovery, danger, and unanswered questions, where uncovering the truth is part of the journey.
Zahara and the Lost Books of Light
Joyce Yarrow
A journalist discovers a hidden library where books saved from the Inquisition have been guarded for 500 years.
Stolen Lives
Joyce Yarrow
When journalist Alienor Crespo uses her second sight to connect past events with her present-day investigation of Spain’s “stolen babies,” she puts her life in danger.
Hidden Allies
Joyce Yarrow
A journalist’s search for the truth uncovers unlikely allies and dangerous secrets spanning generations.
Grab the Groom
Rachel Callaghan
Dark parody of reality dating show, a “locked room” story.
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