Best Independent Novels (303 books)

Best Independent Novels

Best novels published outside of the mainstream publishing channels.

1	Act of Redemption (The Gastar, #1) by C.C. Cole (Goodreads Author) 4.72 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 2,689, and 27 people voted	My rating:
2	The Sword and the Dragon (The Wardstone Trilogy Book One) by M.R. Mathias (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 120 ratings score: 2,476, and 25 people voted	My rating:
3	Lovers and Beloveds by MeiLin Miranda (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 73 ratings score: 1,966, and 20 people voted	My rating:
4	A Girls Guide to Guys: Meeting Them, Managing Them and All That Love Stuff by Rachel Hill 4.35 avg rating — 49 ratings score: 1,859, and 19 people voted	My rating:
5	Gray Justice by Alan McDermott (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 1,398, and 14 people voted	My rating:
6	A Whisper To A Scream (The Sociopath Diaries 1) by Lauren Hammond (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 1,395, and 14 people voted	My rating:
7	Homefront by Kristen Tsetsi 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 1,269, and 13 people voted	My rating:
8	Catapult Soul by Brian Celio 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 1,085, and 11 people voted	My rating:
9	The Royal Dragoneers (The Dragoneers Saga, #1) by M.R. Mathias (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 1,059, and 11 people voted	My rating:
10	The Superiors by Lena Hillbrand (Goodreads Author) 4.00 avg rating — 57 ratings score: 998, and 10 people voted	My rating:
11	The Living Sword Chronicles (Book I: Origins) by Angelo Tsanatelis (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 995, and 10 people voted	My rating:
12	The Rootless by Angelo Tsanatelis (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 986, and 10 people voted	My rating:
13	A Hidden Fire (Elemental Mysteries Book #1) by Elizabeth Hunter (Goodreads Author) 4.69 avg rating — 85 ratings score: 899, and 9 people voted	My rating:
14	In Memory of Greed by Al Boudreau (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 897, and 9 people voted	My rating:
15	Love of Chocolate by Nicholas Reardon (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 44 ratings score: 896, and 9 people voted	My rating:
16	The Shack by William P. Young 3.47 avg rating — 89,240 ratings score: 787, and 8 people voted	My rating:
17	She's My Dad by Iolanthe Woulff (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 700, and 7 people voted	My rating:
18	Sylvianna by Keryl Raist (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 697, and 7 people voted	My rating:
19	First Chosen by M. Todd Gallowglas (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 689, and 7 people voted	My rating:
19	Reunion by Jeff Bennington (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 203 ratings score: 689, and 7 people voted	My rating:
21	A Soul To Steal by Rob Blackwell (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 600, and 6 people voted	My rating:
22	The Caldarian Conflict by Mike Kalmbach (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 599, and 6 people voted	My rating:
23	Forbidden (The Guardian Chronicles, #1) by Megan Curd (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 70 ratings score: 587, and 6 people voted	My rating:
24	For The Love Of Chocolate by Nicholas Reardon (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 44 ratings score: 586, and 6 people voted	My rating:
25	The Vector by MCM (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 584, and 6 people voted	My rating:
26	Cold Hearted Son of a Witch (The Dragoneers Saga, #2) by M.R. Mathias (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 571, and 6 people voted	My rating:
27	Kings, Queens, Heroes, & Fools (The Wardstone Trilogy Book Two) by M.R. Mathias (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 47 ratings score: 570, and 6 people voted	My rating:
28	Typhoon (Dustrunners, #1) by MCM (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 496, and 5 people voted	My rating:
29	Stealing Wishes by Shannon Yarbrough (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 491, and 5 people voted	My rating:
30	The New Real by MCM (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 490, and 5 people voted	My rating:
30	33 A.D. (Bachiyr, #1) by David McAfee (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 299 ratings score: 490, and 5 people voted	My rating:
30	Smashed, Squashed, Splattered, Chewed, Chunked and Spewed by Lance Carbuncle (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 339 ratings score: 490, and 5 people voted	My rating:
33	Ember by Bettie Sharpe (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 791 ratings score: 489, and 5 people voted	My rating:
34	Don't Forget to Breathe (Migrations, Volume I) by Ashim Shanker (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 482, and 5 people voted	My rating:
35	Strange Little Band by Nancy Brauer (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 479, and 5 people voted	My rating:
36	Other Sides: 12 Webfiction Tales by A.M. Harte (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 477, and 5 people voted	My rating:
37	Asylum Lake by R.A. Evans 3.78 avg rating — 77 ratings score: 397, and 4 people voted	My rating:
38	Cadman's Gambit by D.P. Prior (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 396, and 4 people voted	My rating:
39	Black Wood (A Witch Rising, #1) by Jayde Scott (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 119 ratings score: 395, and 4 people voted	My rating:
39	Behind the Hood (Behind the Lives, #1) by Marita A. Hansen (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 395, and 4 people voted	My rating:
41	Grundish and Askew by Lance Carbuncle (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 139 ratings score: 393, and 4 people voted	My rating:
41	The Dark Notes, Book I by Angelo Tsanatelis (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 393, and 4 people voted	My rating:
43	Gifts of the Blood (Gifted Blood #1) by Vicki Keire (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 266 ratings score: 392, and 4 people voted	My rating:
44	North of Sunset by Henry Baum (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 391, and 4 people voted	My rating:
44	The Proviso (Tales of Dunham, #1) by Moriah Jovan (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 391, and 4 people voted	My rating:
46	Frankie And Formaldehyde by M. Jones (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 390, and 4 people voted	My rating:
47	Jane Was Here by Sarah Kernochan (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 98 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	My rating:
48	Doodling by Jonathan Gould (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 388, and 4 people voted	My rating:
49	Enchantment by Charlotte Abel (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 106 ratings score: 384, and 4 people voted	My rating:
50	314 Crescent Manor by M. Jones (Goodreads Author) 2.81 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 382, and 4 people voted	My rating:
51	Hush Money by Susan Bischoff (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 1,127 ratings score: 375, and 4 people voted	My rating:
52	DreamWeaver by Rejean Giguere (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	My rating:
52	Panic! A Shepherd's Story by Rosca Marx (Goodreads Author) (Author) 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	My rating:
54	The Legend of Witch Bane by Kevis Hendrickson (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	My rating:
55	The Endlands (Vol 1) by Vincent Hobbes (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	My rating:
55	Awakening by Kitty Thomas (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	My rating:
57	The Willows: Haven (The Willows, #1) by Hope Collier (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 101 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	My rating:
58	Entrekin by Will Entrekin (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	My rating:
58	Oubliette (Cloud Prophet Trilogy #2) by Megg Jensen (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 105 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	My rating:
58	Black Beast: A Clan of MacAulay Novel by R.S. Guthrie (Goodreads Author) 4.79 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 296, and 3 people voted	My rating:
61	Doing Max Vinyl by Frederick Lee Brooke (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	My rating:
61	The Living Sword Chronicles Book II: The Lodge & the Tribe by Angelo Tsanatelis (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	My rating:
63	Antarktos Rising by Jeremy Robinson (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 253 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	My rating:
63	New Coastal Times by Donna Callea (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	My rating:
63	The Marlowe Conspiracy by M. G. Scarsbrook 3.59 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	My rating:
66	The Night Eternal: Vampire and Mistress of the Night Mare by Amy Mah (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	My rating:
66	The Summoner (Dominic Grey, #1) by Layton Green 4.00 avg rating — 111 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	My rating:
68	The Aphorisms of Kherishdar by M.C.A. Hogarth (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	My rating:
68	Fangs Rule: A Girls Guide to Being a Vampire by Amy Mah (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	My rating:
68	In The Eye of The Beholder: A Novel of The Phantom of the Opera by Sharon E. Cathcart (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	My rating:
68	Toxic Assets by Caroline Gerardo (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	My rating:
72	The Usurper by Cliff Ball (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	My rating:
72	Spellbound: The Awakening of Aislin Collins by Margeaux Laurent (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	My rating:
72	The Overtaking by Victorine E. Lieske (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	My rating:
75	The Crimson-Eyed Dragon by D.M. Trink 3.62 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	My rating:
76	Rippler (Ripple, #1) by Cidney Swanson (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 125 ratings score: 287, and 3 people voted	My rating:
77	My Body In Nine Parts: With Three Supplements & Illustrations by Raymond Federman 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 286, and 3 people voted	My rating:
77	Fatal Exchange by Russell Blake 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 286, and 3 people voted	My rating:
79	Amaretto Flame by Sammie Spencer (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 135 ratings score: 285, and 3 people voted	My rating:
80	Abithica by Susan Goldsmith (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 70 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	My rating:
81	Flash Gold (Flash Gold Chronicles #1) by Lindsay Buroker (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 192 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	My rating:
82	Sherry and Narcotics by Nina-Marie Gardner (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 73 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	My rating:
82	Slaughter by Marcus F. Griffin (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	My rating:
82	The Death of Kiera and Davey and the Adventures Preceeding Their Demise by Emily J. Rohrer (McAllister) (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	My rating:
82	Where Darkness Dwells by Glen Krisch (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	My rating:
82	The Human Race by O.C. Heaton (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	My rating:
82	Hellucination by Stephen Biro (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	My rating:
82	Dead Spell by Belinda S. Frisch (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	My rating:
82	Baby Jane by M.A. Demers (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	My rating:
90	Shiva's Arms by Cheryl Snell (Goodreads Author) 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	My rating:
90	Bad Radio by Michael Langlois (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	My rating:
90	Beg for Mercy (Cambion, #1) by Shannon Dermott (Goodreads Author) 4.00 avg rating — 217 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	My rating:
93	Hellucination by Stephen Biro (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	My rating:
94	For the Love of Art by Janet Goodfriend 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	My rating:
94	The Chosen by John G. Hartness (Goodreads Author) 4.00 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	My rating:
94	A Star Curiously Singing by Kerry Nietz (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 46 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	My rating:
97	The Worth of a Shell by M.C.A. Hogarth (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	My rating:
97	Evolution of Insanity by Haresh Daswani (Goodreads Author) 4.59 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	My rating:
97	Super Zombie Juice Mega Bomb by M.J.A. Ware (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	My rating:
97	Fate Fixed (The Erris Coven Series, #1) by Bonnie Erina Wheeler (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 129 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	My rating: