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BOOKTWEETING’S TOP TEN: SELF-PUBLISHED AND SMALL PRESS BOOKS

January 1, 2017

Welcome to 2017! If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to read more self-published and small press books, here are my ten favorites (out of a really strong field) from 2016. Keep watching Booktweeting.com and @booktweeting on Twitter for more reviews of indie books.

DIRE: SEED by Andrew Seiple

A SUPERVILLAIN WITH A CONSCIENCE? Sharp SFF thriller set in a “Teslaverse” where costumed heroes are real. A MINUS

STAR NOMAD by Lindsay Buroker

SMART SPACE SHOOT-’EM-UP stars a fighter pilot desperate to get back to her war-torn planet. High action! B PLUS

YOU DON’T BELONG HERE by Tim Major (Snowbooks)

A STOLEN TIME MACHINE is the last desperate hope of a haunted man on the run. Fascinating SF thriller. B PLUS

STAY CRAZY by Erica L. Satifka (Apex Book Company)

INTERDIMENSIONAL MONSTERS IN RUST BELT America? Or just a schizophrenic’s bad day at work? Brilliant punk SF. B PLUS

THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT BASKERVILLE HALL by Chris Dolley (Book View Café)

WODEHOUSE MEETS STEAMPUNK meets country-house murder mysteries in a delightful mix of fantasy and fun. B PLUS

THE APOTHEOSIS BREAK (SKYSAIL SAGA, VOLUME 1) by Josh Rhoades and Mike Rutledge

SWASHBUCKLING AIRSHIP ADVENTURE with lots of action, set in an intriguing steampunk/Ruritania SFF world. B PLUS

THE LOVED ONES by Sonya Chung (Relegation Books)

TWO FAMILIES’ STORIES, linked by a moment of tragedy, unfurl in all their richness. Heartbreaking, lovely. B PLUS

WITCH IS WHEN I SAID GOODBYE by Adele Abbott

A WITCH TURNED DETECTIVE solves mysteries with magic in this charming twist on traditional English cozies. B PLUS

HITS & MRS. by Karen Stollznow

SHARP, FUNNY MYSTERY follows a reporter turned detective trying to expose a Casanova of a TV psychic. Clever! B PLUS

MOSES by Balogun Ojetade (Roaring Lions Productions)

WILD, ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE set in a “Steamfunk” universe where Harriet Tubman is a superhero. Fun SFF! SOLID B

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THE LOVED ONES by Sonya Chung

December 11, 2016

TWO FAMILIES’ STORIES, linked by a moment of tragedy, unfurl in all their richness. Heartbreaking, lovely.

Grade: B PLUS

THE LOVED ONES
Relegation Books
2016

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THE ALCHEMIST’S CHILDREN by Carolyn Killion

November 6, 2016

ENGAGING YA FANTASY offers a fresh take on some classic legends, from leprechauns to goblins to dragons.

Grade: SOLID B

THE ALCHEMIST'S CHILDREN
Calumet Editions
2016

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YOU DON’T BELONG HERE by Tim Major

October 24, 2016

A STOLEN TIME MACHINE is the last desperate hope of a haunted man on the run. Fascinating SF thriller. B PLUS

YOU DON’T BELONG HERE
Snowbooks
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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PROBLEMS by Jade Sharma

October 17, 2016

BAWDY, HEARTBROKEN HOWL of pain: a writer struggles with her addiction and self-hatred. Sharp first novel. SOLID B

PROBLEMS
Coffee House Press
2016

Grade: SOLID B

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HOLLOW HOUSE by Greg Chapman

August 1, 2016

WELL-CRAFTED HORROR tale centers on a house’s malign influence on a neighborhood. Clever premise, prose. B PLUS

HOLLOW HOUSE
Omnium Gatherum
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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DAY FOR NIGHT by Stacey E Bryan

July 25, 2016

FAST-PACED PARANORMAL THRILLER with a wicked sense of humor mixes aliens, vampires, and a surfer heroine. B PLUS

DAY FOR NIGHT
Vagabondage Press
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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STONE TABLETS by Wojciech Zukrowski

June 5, 2016

A COLD WAR CLASSIC, newly translated from Polish, is a vivid, wrenching tale of a diplomat in 1956 India.

Grade: A MINUS

STONE TABLETS
Paul Dry Books
2016

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ICE by Kevin Tinto

May 16, 2016

AN ARCHAEOLOGIST AND A MOUNTAINEER DISCOVER an extraordinary find in the ice of Antarctica. Smart thriller! B PLUS

ICE
Three Dog Publishing
2015

Grade: B PLUS

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THE INFECTED by Matt Cronan

March 14, 2016

HARD-EDGED POST-APOCALYPTIC THRILLER boasts ingenious plotting and lots of action. Creepy future heroics! B PLUS

THE INFECTED
Severed Press
2016

Grade: B PLUS

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