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Best Indie Books to Read in 2012
Indie books don't usually get as much attention, so list the best indie books you've read and seen that people should read in 2012
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When Pigs Fly
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Bob Sanchez (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 413 ratings
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Little Mountain
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Bob Sanchez (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Getting Lucky
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Bob Sanchez (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 84 ratings
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The Steward (Weald Fae Journals, #1)
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Christopher Shields (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 606 ratings
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Divorce Hotel
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B.R. Snow (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 200 ratings
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Sneaker World (The Damaged Posse, #3)
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B.R. Snow (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The Nightlife: New York (The Nightlife, #1)
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Travis Luedke (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 1,620 ratings
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Kicker
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R. Grey Hoover (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 230 ratings
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Summerman (The Damaged Posse #4)
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B.R. Snow (Goodreads Author)
4.62 avg rating — 128 ratings
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American Midnight (The Damaged Posse, #1)
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B.R. Snow (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 209 ratings
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Fables of the Reconstruction
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4.22 avg rating — 172 ratings
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The Nightlife: Las Vegas (The Nightlife, #2)
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Travis Luedke (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 521 ratings
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The Changeling (Weald Fae Journals, #2)
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Christopher Shields (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 356 ratings
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...And the Stars Will Sing
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Michelle Browne (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 194 ratings
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Awakening the Fire (Guardian Witch, #1)
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Ally Shields (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 1,198 ratings
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The Stolen: Two Short Stories
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Michelle Browne (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 110 ratings
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The Daughter of Ares Chronicles: The Complete Trilogy
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Shannon McRoberts (Goodreads Author)
4.64 avg rating — 97 ratings
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First I Love You (The Downey Trilogy, #1)
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Genevieve Dewey (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 144 ratings
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Backstop: A Baseball Love Story in Nine Innings
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J. Conrad Guest (Goodreads Author)
4.74 avg rating — 58 ratings
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The Last Sunset
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Bob Atkinson (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 218 ratings
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The Bird Day Battalion (Dom and Kate #1)
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Genevieve Dewey (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 160 ratings
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The Blood upon the Rose (Women of Courage, #2)
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Tim Vicary (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 443 ratings
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Past, Present, and Promises
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Patricia H. Graham (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Drawing Breath
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Laurie Boris (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 198 ratings
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Orion: The Fight for Vox (Voxian, #2)
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Ruth Watson-Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.74 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Heavy Duty People (Brethren Trilogy #1)
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Iain Parke (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 316 ratings
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The Chosen
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Andrea Buginsky (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Sharp Change (Black Meadow Pack, #1)
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Milly Taiden (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 2,220 ratings
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Gabriel's Inferno (Gabriel's Inferno, #1)
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Sylvain Reynard (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 160,873 ratings
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Inconclusive Death an Aaron Blake Mystery
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Carol Carroll (Goodreads Author)
4.59 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Thoughtless (Thoughtless, #1)
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S.C. Stephens (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 141,704 ratings
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Fantacia (Voxian, #1)
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Ruth Watson-Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.76 avg rating — 70 ratings
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The Gemstone
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Sarena Nanua (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Falls (Samuel Branch, #1)
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Eric Dontigney (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 87 ratings
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Just Add Water (Hetta Coffey Mystery, #1)
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Jinx Schwartz (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 2,483 ratings
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The Unicorn Tree
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Cynthia Collins (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 194 ratings
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A Love Beyond Time (Power of Love Trilogy, #1)
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Dante Craddock (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Just Add Salt (Hetta Coffey Mystery, #2)
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Jinx Schwartz (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 2,309 ratings
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Heavy Duty Attitude (Brethren Trilogy #2)
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Iain Parke (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 104 ratings
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The Cobb Legacy
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J. Conrad Guest (Goodreads Author)
4.78 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Bellazard: When the Dragons Went Missing (Reptilian, #1)
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Ruth Watson-Morris (Goodreads Author)
4.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
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New Yesterdays
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4.58 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Southern Mystical Moments
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Patricia H. Graham (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 102 ratings
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Cat and Mouse
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Tim Vicary (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 368 ratings
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Nobody's Slave
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Tim Vicary (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 994 ratings
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Dark Passage (Dark Passage, #1)
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M.L. Woolley (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 1,598 ratings
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Sheer Purgatory
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Robert Carter (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 118 ratings
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Under By Treaty
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Kayla Stonor (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 316 ratings
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Compulsion
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J.J. Johnson (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 56 ratings
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The Secret of Genetic Corp X
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Shannon McRoberts (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Here Lies Death
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Harlan Vaughn (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Heavy Duty Trouble (Brethren Trilogy #3)
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Iain Parke (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 87 ratings
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Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)
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Susan Ee (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 197,702 ratings
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Snapshots by Laura
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Melinda A. Di Lorenzo (Goodreads Author)
4.74 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Homecoming Blues
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4.28 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Stitch (Stitch Trilogy, #1)
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Samantha Durante (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 1,280 ratings
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A Dead Red Heart (A Dead Red, #2)
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R.P. Dahlke (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
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Erosion of the Heart
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Shannon McRoberts (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Werewolf Winter
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Walter Lazo (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 33 ratings
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A Plague of Dissent
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Nic Taylor (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 146 ratings
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Hillbilly Tales from the Smoky Mountains - And Other Homespun Remedies, Proverbs, and Poetry
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Patricia H. Graham (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 56 ratings
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The Man Who Never Was
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Olga Núñez Miret (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Effortless (Thoughtless, #2)
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S.C. Stephens (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 116,514 ratings
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A Presence in Russell County (The Organization #1)
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S.J. Sprague (Goodreads Author)
4.58 avg rating — 105 ratings
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The William S Club
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Riley Banks (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 148 ratings
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The Double Edged Sword
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Lorraine Jean Bush (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Shades of Gray
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Andy Holloman (Goodreads Author)
3.48 avg rating — 942 ratings
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If I Were You (Inside Out, #1)
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Lisa Renee Jones (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 26,418 ratings
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Taking Lessons from Ernest
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Trish Stewart (Goodreads Author)
4.70 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #1)
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C.J. Roberts (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 74,776 ratings
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Land of Mountains
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Jinx Schwartz (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 248 ratings
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Gabriel's Rapture (Gabriel's Inferno, #2)
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Sylvain Reynard (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 115,615 ratings
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Conditioned Response (Phoenician #2)
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Marjorie F. Baldwin (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 51 ratings
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A Dead Red Cadillac (A Dead Red, #1)
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R.P. Dahlke (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 2,361 ratings
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Apollyon
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Hilary West (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Under By Duress
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Kayla Stonor (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 418 ratings
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The Escape of Princess Madeline (Princess Madeline #1)
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Kirstin Pulioff (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 344 ratings
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Watch Me Disappear
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Diane Vanaskie Mulligan (Goodreads Author)
3.47 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Scarlet Night (Behind The Vail, #1)
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Megan J. Parker (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 480 ratings
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Wingless and Damned
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Dawn White (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 162 ratings
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The Beast
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4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Arielle: Immortal Awakening (Immortal Rapture, #1)
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Lilian Roberts (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 410 ratings
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Gabriella
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Alan Hardy (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Terra Feliz: Vanity
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Ginny Bryce (Goodreads Author)
4.66 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Michal's Window
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Rachelle Ayala (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 283 ratings
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More Barsetshire Diary
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David Prosser (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Nonofficial Asset
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William Sewell (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 247 ratings
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The Queen's Envoy
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4.73 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Forever (Sempre, #2.5)
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J.M. Darhower (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 1,284 ratings
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Dark Heirloom (Ema Marx #1)
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J.D. Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 866 ratings
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Noir (Crimson Shadow, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 325 ratings
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Ember (Ember #1)
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Madison Daniel (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 523 ratings
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The Children (H.E.A.R.T. Saga #1)
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Linna Drehmel (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Seduction and Snacks (Chocolate Lovers, #1)
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Tara Sivec (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 53,405 ratings
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Just Add Trouble (Hetta Coffey Mystery, #3)
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Jinx Schwartz (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 1,390 ratings
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Balloon Animals
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Jonathan Dunne (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 303 ratings
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Just Deserts (Hetta Coffey Mystery, #4)
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Jinx Schwartz (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
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Troubled Sea
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Jinx Schwartz (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 1,423 ratings
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The Texicans
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Jinx Schwartz (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 217 ratings
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A Human Element
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Donna Galanti (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 236 ratings
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Dec 22, 2012 02:37PM
The books by Bob Sanchez were all fun reads.
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Strange as the premise may seem (A Living Universe), this novel works quite well.
How is Rick Riordin on this list? When did he become an Indie author?
Gee, what hope do us poor Indies have when up against the likes of them? Hope you all have a great New Year - stay safe.
Cleaned up this list and deleted a bunch of books by the following non-indie authors: Margaret Weis
Rick Riordan
Danielle Steel
Maurice Sendak
Stephenie Meyer
Suzanne Collins
Stieg Larsson
John Grisham
J.K. Rowling
Jules Verne
James S.A. Corey
Lionel Shriver
Michael Connelly
Gillian Flynn
Katherine Webb
Kathryn Stockett
Mary Ann Shaffer
What exactly is an "indie author"? I googled it and found it somewhat related to "independent authors" but that does not give me a clear picture. Can anyone help me understand the term clearly? I will much appreciate if anyone replies with explanation.Regards.
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