Full List of 2020 Foreword INDIES Finalists

Adult Fiction

Fantasy: Asperfell (978-1-949671-06-3) by Jamie Thomas, Uproar Books; Enok and the Womb of Gods (978-0-648-77030-5) by André SkoroBogáty, Lost World Tributes; I Know How This Ends (978-1-948018-64-7) by Amy Impellizzeri, Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing; Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit (978-1-5255-6533-5) by Valerie Dunsmore, FriesenPress; Road Seven (978-1-946154-29-3) by Keith Rosson, Meerkat Press; Ship of Fates (978-1-941360-31-6) by Caitlin Chung, Lanternfish Press; The Guardians of Erum and the Calamitous Child of Socotra (978-9948-34454-4) by A. Ali Hasan Ali, Self Publisher; The Ninety-Two (978-1-73505-871-9) by M.B. Swerdlow; The Sword Brotherhood (978-0-648-43724-6) by S.J. Hartland, Dark Blade Publishing
General: A Small Earnest Question (978-0-8253-0892-5) by J.F. Riordan, Beaufort Books; All the Acorns on the Forest Floor (978-1-68442-529-7) by Kim Hooper, Turner Publishing; An Oddity of Some Consequence (978-1-73440-150-9) Pairings; Bells for Eli (978-0-88146-737-6) by Susan Beckham Zurenda, Mercer University Press; Cuppy and Stew (978-1-73338-641-8) by Eric Goodman, IF SF Publishing, San Francisco, CA; Half the Terrible Things (978-1-946163-18-9) North Dakota State University Press; The Almighty Father (979-867148704-6) Diane Wagner; The Distance from Four Points (978-1-60801-179-7) by Margo Orlando Littell, University of New Orleans Press; The Likely World (978-1-59709-808-3) Red Hen Press; The Talking Drum (978-1-77133-741-0) by Lisa Braxton, Inanna Publications; Things Worth Burying (978-1-77186-204-2) by Matt Mayr, Baraka Books; Treasure of the Blue Whale (978-1-64603-004-0) by Steven Mayfield, Regal House Publishing; Wanting Radiance (978-1-949669-14-5) by Karen Salyer McElmurray, University Press of Kentucky
Historical: A Wolf by the Ears (978-2-62534503-2) University of Massachusetts Press; Billy (the Kid) (978-1-59181-302-6) Sentient Publications; Child Bride (978-1-68463-038-7) SparkPress; L'Origine (237-0-00-079914-2) by Lilianne Milgrom, Little French Girl Press; Mortal Music (978-1-4926-9947-7) by Ann Parker, Poisoned Pen Press; No Truth Left to Tell (978-1-62634-697-0) Greenleaf Book Group; Old Abe (978-1-64572-016-4) by John Cribb, Republic Book Publishers; The Anatomist's Tale (978-1-941360-33-0) by Tauno Biltsted, Lanternfish Press; The Lines Between Us (978-1-63152-743-2) She Writes Press; The Paper Daughters of Chinatown (978-1-62972-782-0) Shadow Mountain Publishing; The Road to Delano (978-1-64428-031-7) by John DeSimone, Rare Bird; The Secret Music at Tordesillas (978-0-9994915-3-9) Hidden River Press
Humor: Always Greener (978-1-949671-04-9) by J.R.H. Lawless, Uproar Books; Arnold Falls (978-1-79233-215-9) by Charlie Suisman, KDP; Dirty Birds (978-1-55081-807-9) Breakwater Books; Five Times Lucky (978-1-73598-160-4) Chelsea Press; The Big Tow (978-1-61294-183-7) by Ann McMan, Bywater Books; The Lost Gospel of Donald (978-1-09-830600-7) BookBaby; Weird Pig (978-1-73203-997-1) Southeast Missouri State University Press
LGBTQ+: Adam Bomb (978-1-64108-241-9) by Kilby Blades, Dreamspinner Press; As If Death Summoned (978-1-61294-185-1) by Alan Rose, Amble Press; Carousel (978-1-77133-713-7) by April Ford, Inanna Publications; Dr. Sad (978-1-77385-103-7) by David Bateman, University of Calgary Press; Elegy for the Undead (978-1-941360-45-3) by Matthew Vesely, Lanternfish Press; Flight to the Horizon (978-1-63555-331-4) by Julie Tizard, Bold Strokes Books; Flowers by Night (978-0-578-81983-9); Lucky (978-1-63555-510-3) by Kris Bryant, Bold Strokes Books; Nottingham (978-1-61294-165-3) by Anna Burke, Bywater Books; The Venetian and the Rum Runner (978-1-64230-093-2) by L.A. Witt and Michael Ferraiuolo (narrator)
Literary: Above Us the Milky Way (978-1-64605-002-4) by Fowzia Karimi, Deep Vellum; Breasts and Eggs (978-1-60945-587-3) Europa Editions; Duplicity (978-1-947175-43-3) by Peter Selgin, Serving House Books; Edendale (978-1-951971-01-4) by Jacquelyn Stolos, Creature Publishing; Loudmouth (978-1-941110-92-8) Three Rooms Press; Mannequin and Wife (978-0-8071-7391-6) LSU Press; The Beforeland (978-1-946724-38-0) Acre Books; The Lying Life of Adults (978-1-60945-591-0) by Elena Ferrante and Ann Goldstein (translator), Europa Editions; The Memory Monster (978-1-63206-271-0) by Yishai Sarid and Yardenne Greenspan (translator), Restless Books; Things We'll Need for the Coming Difficulties (978-0-9990050-7-1) Willow Springs Books; Where You're All Going (978-1-946448-50-7) by Joan Frank, Sarabande Books
Multicultural: An Imperfect Time (978-1-950423-18-7) by Bronislaw Wildstein and Mateusz Juliecki (translator), Winged Hussar Publishing; Each of Us Killers (978-1-73336-726-4) 7.13 Books; Inconvenient Daughter (978-1-61775-709-9) by Lauren J. Sharkey, Kaylie Jones Books/Akashic Books; Popol Vuh (978-1-63206-240-6) Restless Books; Restless Spirits (978-1-4384-7864-7) by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. and Jace Weaver (editor), SUNY Press; Subduction (978-1-59709-892-2) by Kristen Millares Young, Red Hen Press; The Royal Abduls (978-1-942436-41-6) by Ramiza Shamoun Koya, Forest Avenue Press; Where the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow (978-1-73323-329-3) Galaxy Galloper Press; You Look Something (978-1-948018-74-6) by Jessica Mehta, Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
Mystery: A Child Lost (978-1-63152-836-1) She Writes Press; All We Buried (978-1-64385-291-1) Crooked Lane; Glass Eels, Shattered Sea (978-1-63381-216-1) by Charlene D'Avanzo, Maine Authors Publishing; Red Canvas (978-1-948051-52-1) Red Adept; Saving Tuna Street (978-1-61153-330-9) by Nancy Nau Sullivan, Light Messages; Should Grace Fail (978-1-60381-768-4) Coffeetown Press; The Burn Patient (978-1-942856-45-0) Literary Wanderlust; The Pinebox Vendetta (978-1-73225-525-8) by Jeff Bond, Jeff Bond Books; The Transaction (978-1-77183-454-4) by Guglielmo D'Izzia, Guernica Editions; Thieves (978-1-949711-74-5) by C.R. Fulton, Bluewater Publications
Religious: Afraid of the Light (978-0-8254-4657-3) by Cynthia Ruchti, Kregel Publications; Beloved Comrades (978-1-68114-523-5) by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, Anaphora Literary Press; Beyond the Ghetto Gates (978-1-63152-850-7) by Michelle Cameron, She Writes Press; Burying Daisy Doe (978-0-8254-4652-8) by Ramona Richards, Kregel Publications; Mary and Martha (978-1-5244-1442-9) Covenant Communications; Of Green Stuff Woven (978-1-61153-336-1) by Cathleen Bascom, Light Messages Publishing; Temple Dancer (978-0-9747380-6-2) by Amy Weintraub, Tumamoc Press; This Is All He Asks of You (978-1-78904-353-2) by Anne Egseth, Roundfire Books
Romance: Cuttle (978-1-951796-00-6) by Chelsea Britain, Bleau Press; Flight to the Horizon (978-1-63555-331-4) by Julie Tizard, Bold Strokes Books; Forget Me Not (978-1-5244-1335-4) by Sarah M. Eden, Covenant Communications; Iditarod Nights (978-1-947845-13-8) Ooligan Press; Smash and Grab (978-1-73445-052-1) by Lori Matthews, Wild Coyote Press; Spooning Leads to Forking (978-1-73386-749-8) by Kilby Blades, Luxe Press; Straight Uphill (978-1-61179-394-9) Cortero/Fireship Press; The Feasting Virgin (978-1-61294-173-8) by Georgia Kolias, Bywater Books; The Gentleman and the Thief (978-1-62972-790-5) by Sarah M. Eden, Shadow Mountain Publishing; The Holiday Treatment (978-1-63555-660-5) by Elle Spencer, Bold Strokes Books
Science Fiction: A Diary in the Age of Water (978-1-77133-737-3) by Nina Munteanu, Inanna Publications; Death's Door (978-1-946161-15-4) by April White, Corazon Entertainment; Echoes of Darkness (978-0-9897608-6-7) by Cheryl Campbell, Sonar Press; Edge of Light (978-0-9884193-1-5) Bandwagon Press; Gates of Mars (978-1-73451-970-9) by Kathleen McFall and Clark Hays, Pumpjack Press; I Can't Get You Out of My Mind (978-1-77166-577-3) Book*hug Press; L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36 (978-1-61986-659-1) Galaxy Press; Purged Souls (978-1-64388-249-9) by Kagan Tumer, Luminare Press; The Vatican Games (978-1-913136-31-4) Clink Street; Venus Remembered (978-0-9830945-7-9) Fahrenheit Books
Short Stories: Animal Wife (978-1-59709-884-7) Red Hen Press; Each of Us Killers (978-1-73336-726-4) 7.13 Books; Girl on a Float (978-1-946163-14-1) North Dakota State University Press; How to Walk on Water and Other Stories (978-1-941561-22-5) by Rachel Swearingen, New American Press; Mannequin and Wife (978-0-8071-7391-6) LSU Press; Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day (978-1-941423-05-9) by JD Scott, Lake Forest College Press; Peripheral Visions and Other Stories (978-1-950730-40-7) by Nancy Christie, Unsolicited Press; The Road to Woop Woop and Other Stories (978-1-946154-31-6) by Eugen Bacon, Meerkat Press; Things We'll Need for the Coming Difficulties (978-0-9990050-7-1) Willow Springs Books; We Were Lucky with the Rain (978-1-945588-55-6) by Susan Buttenwieser and Martha Rhodes (editor), Four Way Books
Thriller & Suspense: Dead Air (978-0-7443-0001-7) by Michael Bradley, CamCat Books; Dead Men's Silence (978-0-7443-0071-0) by James Lindholm, CamCat Books; Deprivation (978-1-946154-21-7) by Roy Freirich, Meerkat Press; Dragon Head (978-0-9586664-8-0) by James Houston Turner, Regis Books; How Fire Runs (978-0-8040-1228-7) by Charles Dodd White, Swallow/Ohio University Press; Justifiable Deceit (978-1-944972-00-4) Warrington Publishing; Prime Impact (978-1-945448-63-8) by C.W. Saari, BQB Publishing; The Ancestor (978-1-64396-114-9) by Lee Matthew Goldberg, All Due Respect; The Leonardo Gulag (978-1-60809-381-6) by Kevin Doherty, Oceanview Publishing; The Spiderling (978-1-937054-58-8) by Marcia Preston, The RoadRunner Press; Tokyo Traffic (978-1-942410-19-5) Raked Gravel Press; West of Sin (978-1-73401-570-6) by Wesley S. Lewis, Red Granite Press
War & Military: A Bend in the River (978-1-938733-67-3) The Red Herrings Press; A Ritchie Boy (978-1-63152-739-5) She Writes Press; Acceleration Hours (978-1-948908-62-7) University of Nevada Press; Bishop's Law (978-0-9970919-4-6) Rafael Amadeus Hines; Finnegan Found (978-0-578-68639-4) by John N. Powers; Flower of Iowa (978-0-578-64934-4) Distant Mirror Press; Shades of the Deep Blue Sea (978-0-9821207-0-5) Vire Press; Soldiers of Freedom (978-1-943593-27-9) by Samuel Marquis, Mount Sopris Publishing; Storms from a Clear Sky (978-1-73492-820-4) by Denise Frisino, Detail by Denise

Adult Nonfiction

Adventure, Sports & Recreation: Get Up & Fight (978-1-73608-900-2) All She Wrote Productions; Same Players, Different Game (978-0-8263-6129-5) by John C. Barnes, University of New Mexico Press; Stand Up and Shout Out (978-1-5381-2597-7) by Joan Steidinger, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Still Sideways (978-1-938340-89-5) by Devon Raney, Patagonia; When Lions Were Kings (978-0-8143-3427-0) Wayne State University Press
Art: Alex Katz (978-0-8478-6618-2) Rizzoli Electa; C. Curry Bohm (978-0-253-05054-0) by Daniel Kraft, Gregg Hertzlieb, and Jim Ross, Indiana University Press; Chinese Contemporary Jewelry Design (978-0-7643-6028-2) Schiffer Publishing; Cy Twombly (978-0-87846-874-4) MFA Publications; Dreams Unreal (978-0-8263-6150-9) by Titus O’Brien and Scott B. Montgomery (contributor), University of New Mexico Press; Kenturah Davis: Everything That Cannot Be Known (978-0-578-72511-6) SCAD University Press; Master, Pupil, Follower (978-0-915977-18-5) by Robert Randolf Coleman, Nelda Damiano, and Benedetta Spadaccini, Georgia Museum of Art; Modernism Foretold (978-0-915977-43-7) by Asen Kirin and Katherine Marsengill, Georgia Museum of Art; Relicarios (978-1-934491-74-4) Fresco Books; The Louvre: The History, The Collections, The Architecture (978-0-8478-6893-3) Rizzoli Electa; Wayne Thiebaud 100 (978-1-08-750117-8) Pomegranate; Writing the Future (978-0-87846-871-3) MFA Publications
Autobiography & Memoir: A Farewell to Arms, Legs and Jockstraps (978-1-68435-115-2) by Diana K. Shah, Red Lightning Books; Between Two Millstones, Book 2 (978-0-268-10900-4) by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Clare Kitson (translator), and Melanie Moore (translator), University of Notre Dame Press; Breaking Open (978-1-08-789930-5) Melinda Banks; Fight or Submit (978-1-77041-566-9) ECW Press; Grief's Country (978-0-8143-4739-3) Wayne State University Press; How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences (978-1-4962-1409-6) by Sue William Silverman, Unversity of Nebraska Press; I Am Not Your Slave (978-1-64160-237-2) by Tupa Tjipombo and Chris Lockhart, Chicago Review Press; Just an Ordinary Woman Breathing (978-0-8142-5567-4) by Julie Marie Wade, Mad Creek Books; Master of Deception (978-1-64428-143-7) by John-Ivan Palmer, Rare Bird Books; More Alike Than Different (978-1-63388-628-5) Prometheus; Poetic License (978-1-63152-711-1) She Writes Press; Resilience Is Futile (978-1-77113-469-9) by Julie S. Lalonde, Between the Lines; The Journalist (978-1-68463-065-3) by Jerry Rose and Lucy Rose Fischer, SparkPress; Unglued (978-1-63337-376-1) Boyle & Dalton
Biography: Cyrus the Great (978-1-68442-437-5) by Stephen Dando-Collins, Turner Publishing; Fearless (978-1-4384-7963-7) by Neil Thomas Proto, Excelsior Editions; John Berryman and Robert Giroux (978-0-268-10841-0) by Patrick Samway, University of Notre Dame Press; Peekaboo (978-0-9903287-2-8) by Jeff Lenburg, Moonwater Press; The Demons of Leonard Cohen (978-0-7766-3120-2) by Francis Mus, University of Ottawa Press; The Taste of Longing (978-1-77113-489-7) by Suzanne Evans, Between the Lines
Body, Mind & Spirit: Conquer Your Karmic Relationships (978-0-9963907-6-7) by Stephen Miller (editor), Michael J. Penn (illustrator), and Christian McBride (contributor), GoTracee Publishing; Exit the Maze (978-0-578-59545-0) by Donna Marks, Westward Publishing; Firefighter Zen (978-1-60868-688-9) New World Library; Priestess (978-0-648-59178-8) by Julie Parker, The Kind Press; The Athena Principles (979-863542262-5) Collabria Publishing; The Chronicles of Bizah (978-1-897238-89-9) Namaste Publishing; The Soul's Twins (978-0-7643-6060-2) Schiffer Publishing; The YOU Beyond You (978-0-578-72627-4) by Ramzi Naijar, Ramzi Najjar; Unshakable Awareness (978-1-73496-581-0) by Richard L Haight, Hester Lee Furey (editor), and Nathaniel Dasco (illustrator), Shinkaikan Body, Mind, Spirit; Weekly Soul (978-1-950328-47-5) by Frederic C. Craigie, Jr., MSI Press
Business & Economics: Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring (978-1-5230-8589-7) Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Create the Future (978-1-73243-914-6) Fast Company Press; Elevated Economics (978-1-73432-484-6) Fast Company Press; Fast-Track Your Business (978-0-9710086-2-5) by Laura Patterson, Violetear Press; Honest to Greatness (978-1-948836-50-0) by Peter Kozodoy, BenBella Books; Invisible Solutions (978-1-64543-186-2) by Stephen Shapiro, Amplify Publishing; Lunch with Lucy (978-1-73347-810-6) An Inc. Original; Mission Metamorphosis (978-1-73243-918-4) Fast Company Press; Profit like the Pros (978-1-947200-31-9) by Ken Corsini, BiggerPockets Publishing; Radical Alignment (978-1-68364-605-1) Sounds True; The Brand-Driven CEO (978-1-4426-4985-9) by David Kincaid, University of Toronto Press; The Culture Quotient (978-1-64687-017-2) IdeaPress Publishing
Career: Beyond the Academic Gateway (978-0-7766-2894-3) University of Ottawa Press; Bigger, Better, Braver (978-1-970107-12-8) by Nancy Pickard, Top Reads Publishing; Develop (978-1-950665-35-8) by Ted Fleming, BenBella Books; Flip-Flops and Microwaved Fish (978-1-62634-682-6) by Peter Yawitz, Greenleaf Book Group; Heartfelt Leadership (978-1-73407-613-4) by Mark Goulston (contributor), Business World Rising, LLC; Quiet Is a Superpower (978-1-5230-8845-4) by Jill Chang 張瀞仁, Sarah Modlin (editor), Timothy Smith (translator), and Natalie Hoyt (narrator), Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Too Good to Be True (979-861442827-3) Paul Redvers Brown; Understanding Startup CEO’s (978-1-64687-012-7) IdeaPress Publishing; Whatever Works (978-1-950665-09-9) by Thalma Lobel, BenBella Books; You're Worth It! (978-1-09-831504-7) by Ha-Keem Abdel-Khaliq, Dream Publishing (Self published)
Cooking: CO Specs (978-1-916215-50-4) Cazerac; Cooking with Marika (978-0-578-61025-2) by Marika Blossfeldt, Paulette Schneider (editor), Kristel Karp (illustrator), Hele-Mai Alamaa (photographer), and Külli Kuusik (designer), Delicious Nutrition; Naturally, Delicious Desserts (978-1-4236-5537-4) Gibbs Smith Publisher; Roche (978-0-578-55051-0) Culinary Book Creations; The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook (978-1-68188-503-2) Weldon Owen; The Pasta Codex: 1001 Recipes (978-0-8478-6874-2) Rizzoli New York; The World Eats Here (978-1-61519-663-0) by John Wang and Storm Garner, The Experiment; Women's Heritage Sourcebook (978-1-59962-155-5) Welcome Books
Ecology & Environment: Antarctica (978-0-8478-6886-5) Rizzoli New York; Red Gold (978-1-5179-0851-5) by Jennifer E. Telesca, University of Minnesota Press; Salmon (978-1-938340-86-4) by Mark Kurlansky, Patagonia; Solved (978-1-4875-0682-7) by David Miller, University of Toronto Press; The Elements We Live By (978-1-61519-645-6) The Experiment; The Good Ancestor (978-1-61519-730-9) The Experiment; The Story of Co2 (978-1-4875-0636-0) by Geoffrey A. Ozin and Mireille F. Ghoussoub, University of Toronto Press; Tree Story (978-1-4214-3777-4) by Valerie Trouet, Johns Hopkins University Press
Education: Academia Next (978-1-4214-3642-5) by Bryan Alexander, Johns Hopkins University Press; Cognitive Load Theory (978-1-78583-501-8) by Steve Garnett, Crown House Publishing; Collaboration for Career and Technical Education (978-1-949539-67-7) by Wendy Custable and Paul C. Farmer, Solution Tree Press; Emotional Poverty, Volume 2 (978-1-948244-36-7) aha! Process, Inc.; Let's Put the C in PLC (978-1-73574-620-3) Next Learning Solutions Press; Reconceptualizing Teacher Education (978-0-7766-3112-7) University of Ottawa Press; Secret Kindness Agents (978-1-60808-240-7) by Ferial Pearson, WriteLife Publishing; The Math(s) Fix (978-1-57955-029-5) Wolfram Media; The School Choice Roadmap (978-0-8253-0932-8) by Andrew Campanella, Beaufort Books; Waldorf Education (978-0-9647832-6-3) by Pamela Johnson Fenner (editor), Michaelmas Press; When Are We Going to Teach Health? (978-1-5445-0761-3) Lioncrest Publishing; Zest for Learning (978-1-78583-401-1) by Bill Lucas and Ellen Spencer, Crown House Publishing
Essays: Beyond Repair (978-1-59709-436-8) Red Hen Press; Disparates (978-1-4962-0244-4) University of Nebraska Press; Hear Me Ohio (978-1-62922-178-6) by Jen Hirt, University of Akron Press; Slow Arrow (978-1-73295-214-0) by Kathryn Winograd, Saddle Road Press; Terroir (978-1-59534-932-3) by Natasha Sajé, Trinity University Press; The Best of Brevity (978-1-941628-23-2) by Zoë Bossiere (editor) and Dinty W. Moore (editor), Rose Metal Press; The River Always Wins (978-1-64605-008-6) by David Marquis, La Reunion Publishing
Family & Relationships: Caregiving Done Differently (978-1-73361-200-5) The Common Sense Approach; First Generation Father (978-1-5445-1602-8) Everything Connects Media; Here to Make Friends (978-1-64604-004-9) Ulysses Press; How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change (978-0-86571-936-1) by Harriet Shugarman, New Society Publishers; Learning in Lockdown (978-0-578-81541-1) by Dylan Meikle and Kate Meikle, Macquarie Publishing Pty Ltd; Polysecure (978-1-944934-98-9) Thorntree Press; Safe Infant Sleep (978-1-930775-76-3) by James J. McKenna, Platypus Media; The A–Z of Intermarriage (978-1-4875-0678-0) by Rabbi Denise Handlarski, University of Toronto Press; The ABCs of Diversity (978-0-8272-0093-7) by Carolyn B. Helsel and Y. Joy Harris-Smith, Chalice Press; The Monster under the Bed (978-1-944934-93-4) by JoEllen Notte, Thorntree Press; The New Adolescence (978-1-948836-54-8) by Christine Carter, BenBella Books; What They Don't Teach Teens (978-1-61035-358-8) Quill Driver Books
Grief/Grieving: A Chronicle of Grief (978-0-8308-3760-1) InterVarsity Press; A Grief Sublime (978-1-73408-990-5) by Beth Robbins, Keats & Company Publishers; Boldly into the Darkness (978-1-63489-357-2) by Autumn Toelle-Jackson, Wise Ink Creative Publishing; Giving Grief Meaning (978-1-64250-313-5) Mango Publishing; Restored (978-1-949813-07-4) by Marilyn Willis and Rachelle Walker (editor), Marilyn C F Willis; The Evening of Life (978-0-268-10802-1) by Joseph E. Davis (editor) and Paul Scherz (editor), University of Notre Dame Press; The Mourning Report (978-1-947003-83-5) by Caitlin Garvey, Homebound Publications
Health: Emotional Fossils (978-0-578-60167-0) KDP Amazon; FoodWISE (978-1-62317-391-3) by Gigi Berardi, North Atlantic Books; Medicare for Dummies (978-1-119-68993-5) Wiley; Rebel Cell (978-1-950665-30-3) by Kat Arney, BenBella Books; Sleep It Off (978-1-73569-750-5) Allon-Z Press; The Future of Nutrition (978-1-950665-70-9) by T. Colin Campbell, BenBella Books; The Health Care Consumer's Manifesto (978-1-4408-7404-8) Praeger; The Opioid Fix (978-1-4214-3765-1) by Barbara Andraka-Christou, Johns Hopkins University Press; Why We Get Sick (978-1-948836-98-2) by Benjamin Bikman, BenBella Books; Yoga After 50 For Dummies (978-1-119-63151-4) Wiley
History: America's National Historic Trails (978-0-8478-6885-8) Rizzoli New York; Brown Church (978-0-8308-5285-7) by Robert Chao and Robert Chao Romero, IVP Academic; Lincoln’s First Crisis (978-0-8117-3940-5) Stackpole Books; Pier 21 (978-0-7766-3136-3) University of Ottawa Press, CMH, and CMI; The Brownsville Texas Incident of 1906 (978-1-943267-92-7) Red Engine Press; The Cabinet (978-0-674-98648-0) Belknap Imprint, Harvard University Press; The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902 (978-1-64012-358-8) by Scott D. Seligman, Potomac Books (University of Nebraska Press); The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland (978-0-253-05218-6) by James H. Madison, Indiana University Press; Time to Lead (978-1-73432-482-2) Fast Company Press
Hobbies & Home: Designing History (978-0-8478-6479-9) Rizzoli New York; Painting the Elements (978-0-7643-5953-8) Schiffer Publishing; Repair Revolution (978-1-60868-660-5) New World Library; Simply Wood (978-0-8117-3858-3) Stackpole Books
Humor: Birth and Other Surprises (978-1-73455-230-0) IngramSpark; Embrace Your Southern, Sugar! (978-1-4236-5399-8) Gibbs Smith Publisher; Female. Likes Cheese. Comes with Dog. (978-1-73442-480-5) by Lauren Peacock, LC Entertainment; How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences (978-1-4962-1409-6) by Sue William Silverman, Unversity of Nebraska Press; I Forced a Bot to Write This Book (978-1-5248-5834-6) Andrews McMeel Publishing; The Detective in the Dooryard (978-1-60893-742-4) Down East Books; The Girlfriend Mom (978-1-73457-520-0) by Dani Alpert, Little Ricky Press; The Meat and Potatoes of Life (978-1-934617-54-0) by Lisa Smith Molinari, Elva Resa Publishing; Women Don't Poop and Other Lies (978-1-64604-078-0) Ulysses Press
LGBTQ+: A Gay Man's Guide to Life (978-1-5445-0922-8) Houndstooth Press; Coming Out, Moving Forward (978-0-87020-927-7) by R. Richard Wagner, Wisconsin Historical Society Press; Never Turn Your Back on the Tide (978-0-9839837-5-0) Circumspect Press; Olivia on the Record (978-1-951874-01-8) Aunt Lute Books; Radical Belonging (978-1-950665-34-1) by Lindo Bacon, BenBella Books
Multicultural: A Gazelle Ate My Homework (978-1-944934-94-1) by Habib Fanny, Thorntree Press; Diversity at College (978-1-64687-035-6) Ideapress Publishing; Finding Home (978-1-942155-34-8) Peter E. Randall Publisher; Healing Racial Trauma (978-0-8308-4588-0) by Sheila Wise Rowe, InterVarsity Press; Me in America (978-1-73557-180-5) Kelvin B. Parker, Jr.; The Bridge Generation of Việt Nam (979-864895387-1) by Nancy K. Napier and Dau Thuy Ha; This Is One Way to Dance (978-0-8203-5723-2) The University of Georgia Press
Nature: A Haven in the Sun (978-1-68283-063-5) by B.C. Robison and Linda M. Feltner (illustrator), Texas Tech University Press; Casting into Mystery (978-0-88984-428-5) by Robert Reid and Wesley W. Bates (illustrator), The Porcupine's Quill; Garden Design Master Class (978-0-8478-6666-3) Rizzoli New York; The Hidden Life of Ice (978-1-61519-699-9) The Experiment; Trees (978-1-68383-926-2) Earth Aware; Walks of a Lifetime in America's National Parks (978-1-4930-3925-8) Falcon Guides; Wolf Island (978-1-5179-0825-6) by L. David Mech and Greg Breining, University of Minnesota Press
Performing Arts & Music: Bring That Beat Back (978-1-5179-0628-3) by Nate Patrin, University of Minnesota Press; Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me (978-1-4930-5167-0) Backbeat; Fairytale (978-1-948018-39-5) by Anita Pointer and Fritz Pointer, Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing; I'm Gonna Say It Now (978-1-4930-5147-2) Backbeat; Rolling Stone: The Illustrated Portraits (978-0-8478-6879-7) Rizzoli New York; The Butcher Shop Girl (978-1-5255-8820-4) by Carmen Kissel-Verrier, FriesenPress; The Decade That Rocked (978-1-60887-144-5) Insight Editions; The Music of the Statler Brothers (978-0-88146-751-2) by Don Reid, Mercer University Press
Photography: Clubhouse Turn (978-1-62640-065-8) Angel City Press; Georgia O'Keeffe (978-0-8263-6200-1) by Malcolm Varon (photographer), Barbara Buhler Lynes (contributor), and Cody Hartley (contributor), University of New Mexico Press; Hamilton: Portraits of a Revolution (978-0-7893-3680-4) Rizzoli; Maya Ruins Revisited (978-0-578-63921-5) by William Frej, Stephan Merk (contributor), Jeremy A. Sabloff (contributor), Khristaan D. Villela (contributor), Tomás Gallareta Negrón (contributor), and Alma Durán-Merk (contributor), Peyton Wright Gallery Press; Polar Tales (978-0-8478-6884-1) by Fredrik Granath and Melissa Schäfer, Rizzoli; Refuge (978-1-64722-144-7) Earth Aware Editions; Regarding Paul R. Williams (978-1-62640-081-8) Angel City Press
Political and Social Sciences: Anthropocene Geopolitics (978-0-7766-2889-9) by Simon Dalby, University of Ottawa Press; Bombarded (978-1-64146-532-8) by Cyrus Krohn, Made for Success Publishing; Citizenship in a Connected Canada (978-0-7766-2929-2) University of Ottawa Press; Demagogue for President (978-1-62349-906-8) Texas A&M University Press; Raising Our Hands (978-1-950665-07-5) by Jenna Arnold, BenBella Books; Saving Free Speech...from Itself (978-1-941493-26-7) by Thane Rosenbaum and Bret Stephens (contributor), Fig Tree Books; Smoke but No Fire (978-0-520-30064-4) University of California Press; Subtle Acts of Exclusion (978-1-5230-8705-1) Berrett-Koehler Publishers; The Battle to Stay in America (978-1-948908-50-4) University of Nevada Press; The Button (978-1-948836-99-9) by William J. Perry and Tom Z. Collina, BenBella Books; The Hidden History of the War on Voting (978-1-5230-8778-5) Berrett-Koehler Publishers; The Opportunity Agenda (978-1-64543-081-0) by Winston Fisher and Sly James, Amplify Publishing; Wall Disease (978-1-61519-734-7) The Experiment
Popular Culture: Batman: The Animated Series (978-1-68383-964-4) Insight Editions; Catland (978-1-68268-473-3) Countryman Press; Drive-Ins of Colorado (978-1-73336-553-6) Neon Jukebox; Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection (978-1-68383-978-1) Insight Editions; XOXO, a Cocktail Book (978-1-64604-042-1) Ulysses Press
Reference: Baseball and Bubble Gum (978-1-942155-31-7) Peter E. Randall Publisher; CHARLESTON (978-0-9914911-3-1) by David Rogers, Joggling Board Press; Inkslinger (978-0-9964349-4-2) by Kimberly Cooper Griffin, Marlo Garnsworthy (editor), and Shelle Pourmanafzadehardabili (designer), Night River Press; Social Security for Dummies (978-1-119-68992-8) Wiley; The Non-Obvious Guide to Working Remotely (978-1-64687-023-3) Ideapress Publishing; Wine and the White House (978-1-950273-07-2) The White House Historical Association
Regional: "We Must Be Fearless" (978-0-87195-438-1) Indiana Historical Society Press; A Child's Christmas in San Francisco (978-0-86719-885-0) by John Briscoe, Last Gasp; Amsterdam’s Canal District (978-1-4875-0034-4) by Jan Nijman (editor), University of Toronto Press; Becoming Los Angeles (978-1-62640-079-5) Angel City Press; Behind the Bears Ears (978-1-948814-30-0) by R. E. Burrillo, Torrey House Press; Bunker Hill Los Angeles (978-1-62640-067-2) Angel City Press; Mammals of North Dakota, 2nd Edition (978-1-946163-15-8) North Dakota State University Press; The House That Rock Built (978-1-60635-399-8) by Norm N. Nite and Tom Feran, The Kent State University Press; When the White Pine Was King (978-0-87020-934-5) by Jerry Apps, Wisconsin Historical Society Press; Wild Horses of the West (978-1-4236-5530-5) Gibbs Smith Publisher
Religion: Always a Guest (978-0-664-26170-2) by Barbara Brown Taylor, WJK Press; Another Life Is Possible (978-0-87486-316-1) by Clare Stober and Danny Burrows (photographer), Plough Publishing House; Becoming Brave (978-1-58743-447-1) Brazos Press; Friendship (978-1-5409-6084-9) Baker Academic; I Don't Want to Have the Prayer (978-1-73433-800-3) by Karen Kuhlmann Averitt, Yellow Tablet Press; Native (978-1-58743-431-0) Brazos Press; Preaching Black Lives (Matter) (978-1-64065-256-9) Church Publishing; Reading While Black (978-0-8308-5486-8) by Esau McCaulley, InterVarsity Press; The End of the Christian Life (978-1-58743-420-4) Brazos Press; Theological Territories (978-0-268-10718-5) by David Bentley Hart, University of Notre Dame Press
Science & Technology: Cyber Privacy (978-1-948836-92-0) by April Falcon Doss, BenBella Books; Electric Brain (978-1-946885-45-6) by R. Douglas Fields, BenBella Books; Enhancing Christian Life (978-0-8308-5281-9) InterVarsity Press; Reigning the Future (978-1-64137-376-0) by Dennis Wang, New Degree Press; T-Minus AI (978-1-948836-94-4) by Michael Kanaan, BenBella Books; The Alchemy of Us (978-0-262-04380-9) The MIT Press; Viruses (978-981-122474-4) by Karin Moelling, World Scientific Publishing; Weird Earth (978-1-68435-061-2) by Donald R. Prothero, Red Lightning Books
Self-Help: Awakenings (978-0-228-84343-6) by Shane Sacha, Tellwell Publishing; Empowering Intuitives (978-1-60808-243-8) BQB; Own Your Greatness (978-1-64604-024-7) Ulysses Press; Radical Belonging (978-1-950665-34-1) by Lindo Bacon, BenBella Books; Smile More Stress Less (979-869829318-7) by Geoffrey Saign; Sweet Distress (978-1-78583-467-7) by Gillian Bridge, Crown House Publishing; The Emotion Solution (978-1-73467-010-3) by Girl Friday (editor), Girl Friday Productions (designer), and Bob Souer (narrator), Fred Carlisle Media; The Little Book of Greatness (979-868083158-8) MindSpark; We Are the Luckiest (978-1-60868-654-4) by Laura McKowen, New World Library; Write Yourself into Your Dreams (978-0-9708809-0-1) TEA House Press
Travel: Bad Tourist (978-1-4962-2284-8) by Suzanne Roberts, University of Nebraska Press; Exploring Wine Regions – Bordeaux France (978-0-9969660-2-3) by Michael C. Higgins (author, photographer), International Exploration Society; French like Moi (978-1-60952-183-7) by Scott Dominic Carpenter, Travelers' Tales; Kong Boys (978-1-73503-151-4) by Gerald Yeung; Nobody Hitchhikes Anymore (978-1-57869-038-1) by Ed Griffin-Nolan, Ellen Haffar (illustrator), and Joseph B. Campo (narrator), Rootstock; Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table: Book Two (978-1-63152-896-5) by Carole Bumpus, She Writes Press; Stories in Light (978-0-268-10742-0) by Nancy Cavadini and Cecilia Davis Cunningham, University of Notre Dame Press; Stranger in a Homeland (979-856949686-0) by Kyle McCormick
War & Military: Fragments (978-0-9855048-1-6) WordWorthyPress; Head of the Mossad (978-0-268-10833-5) by Shabtai Shavit, University of Notre Dame Press; Hogs in the Sand (978-1-64663-160-5) Koehler Books; No Bridges Blown (978-0-268-10798-7) by William B. Dreux and Benjamin F. Jones (contributor), University of Notre Dame Press; Rain in Our Hearts (978-1-68283-067-3) by James Allen Logue and Gary D. Ford, Texas Tech University Press; Sh!t Sun Tzu Said (978-0-578-66078-3) by Lawrence A. Kane, Kris Wilder, and Sun Tzu, Stickman Publications; The Atomic Bomb on My Back (978-1-57869-040-4) by Taniguchi Sumiteru and Hisashi Tomokuni (compiler), Rootstock Publishing; The Other Veterans of World War II (978-1-60635-398-1) by Rona Simmons, The Kent State University Press; Yanks Behind the Lines (978-1-5381-4164-9) by Jeffrey B. Miller, Rowman & Littlefield
Women's Studies: Anonymous Is a Woman (978-0-9864064-4-7) by Nina Ansary, Revela Press; Are We the 99%? (978-1-4399-2022-0) by Heather McKee Hurwitz, Temple University Press; Deeds Not Words (978-0-7643-5917-0) Schiffer Publishing; No Place For a Woman: The Struggle for Suffrage in the Wild West (978-1-4930-4891-5) TwoDot Books; Stand Up and Shout Out (978-1-5381-2597-7) by Joan Steidinger, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Stolen Motherhood (978-1-77186-224-0) by Maria De Koninck, Baraka Books; The Untold Story of Women of Color in the League of Women Voters (978-1-4408-7449-9) Praeger; Understanding the Short Fiction of Carson McCullers (978-0-88146-742-0) by Alison Graham-Bertolini (editor) and Casey Kayser (editor), Mercer University Press

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Juvenile Fiction: A Little Noble (978-1-977228-35-2) by Janet R. Macreery, Outskirts Press; Boon on the Moon (978-0-9970851-8-1) by John Huddles, Notable Kids Publishing; Escape Book (978-1-5248-5591-8) Andrews McMeel Publishing; Mom and Dad in Heaven (978-1-64065-374-0) Church Publishing; Paris on Repeat (978-1-63163-437-6) Jolly Fish Press; Second Dad Summer (978-1-947159-24-2) by Benjamin Klas and Fian Arroyo (illustrator), One Elm Books; Some Pigtails (978-0-8075-6564-3) by Jonathan Eig and Alicia Teba Godoy (illustrator), Albert Whitman & Company; The Lost Wonderland Diaries (978-1-62972-786-8) by J. Scott Savage, Shadow Mountain Publishing; The Sisters of Straygarden Place (978-1-5362-1227-3) by Hayley Chewins, Candlewick Press; Zombie, or Not to Be (978-1-948931-13-7) Hazy Dell Press
Juvenile Nonfiction: 15-Minute STEM, Book 2 (978-1-78583-507-0) by Emily Hunt, Crown House Publishing; A Curious Collection of Peculiar Creatures (978-1-61519-693-7) The Experiment; ABC of Body Safety and Consent (978-1-925089-59-2) by Jayneen Sanders and Courtney Dawson (illustrator), Educate2Empower Publishing; DIJ: Do It Jewish (978-1-951365-04-2) by Barbara Bietz and Daria Grinevich (illustrator), Intergalactic Afikoman; Glow in the Dark: Nature's Light Spectacular (978-0-7112-5197-7) by Katy Flint and Cornelia Li (illustrator), Wide Eyed Editions; Mindset Power (978-1-63198-497-6) by Shannon Anderson and Violet Lemay (illustrator), Free Spirit Publishing; Rise Up (978-1-5248-5529-1) by Amanda Li and Amy Blackwell (illustrator), Andrews McMeel Publishing; The Nature Explorer's Sketchbook (978-1-943431-59-5) by Jean Mackay and Kris Fitzgerald (designer), Tumblehome, Inc; Tree Beings (978-1-925820-53-9) by Raymond Huber, Sandra Severgnini (illustrator), and Dr. Jane Goodall (contributor), Exisle Publishing; Urban Playground (978-1-68463-017-2) Spark Press
Picture Books: A Gift for Amma (978-1-64686-061-6) by Meera Sriram and Mariona Cabassa (illustrator), Barefoot Books; A Mystery in the Forest (978-841673392-7) Cuento de Luz; Am I a Unicorn? (978-1-64543-294-4) Mascot Books; Day of the Dead (978-1-4236-5426-1) Gibbs Smith Publisher; Hans Christian Andersen (978-0-7358-4388-2) by Heinz Janisch and Maja Kastelic (illustrator), NorthSouth Books; I Wish You Happiness (978-1-925973-12-9) by Michael Wong, Ann Baratashvili (illustrator), and David Miles (designer), Picco Puppy; Ming's Christmas Wishes (978-1-62972-779-0) by Susan L. Gong and Masahiro Tateishi (illustrator), Shadow Mountain Publishing; Rain Before Rainbows (978-1-5362-1283-9) Candlewick Press; Rupert's Snowman (978-1-948604-71-0) by Phillipa Warden and Grace Ward (illustrator), Purple Butterfly Press; The Christmas Apron (978-1-5244-1157-2) Covenant Communications; The Tiny Baker (978-1-64686-070-8) by Hayley Barrett and Alison Jay (illustrator), Barefoot Books; Trying (978-1-970147-28-5) by Kobi Yamada and Elise Hurst (illustrator), Compendium; Walter: Under the Ice (978-0-578-57398-4) Fishing Quest Publishing; Yoga at the Zoo (978-0-9981070-9-7) by Teresa Anne Power and Emma Allen (illustrator), Stafford House Books
Picture Books, Early Reader: Anna and the Pink Pony (978-1-73546-250-9) by Evan Archerd and Hannah Stern (illustrator), The Pony Press Book Company; Courtney Figures It Out (978-1-73470-740-3) by James W. Lewis, Lewis Consulting; Geraldine and the Most Spectacular Science Project (978-0-7643-5898-2) Schiffer Publishing; Geraldine and the Space Bees (978-0-7643-5994-1) Schiffer Publishing; I Love You to the Stars (978-0-8254-4647-4) by Crystal Bowman, Doug Groothuis, and Robert Sauber (illustrator), Kregel Publications; I'll Walk with You (978-1-4236-5395-0) by Carol Lynn Pearson and Jane Sanders (illustrator), Gibbs Smith; Kitty and Dragon (978-1-5248-6100-1) by Meika Hashimoto and Gillian Reid, Andrews McMeel Publishing; Lulu and the Hunger Monster (978-1-63198-546-1) by Erik Talkin and Sheryl Murray (illustrator), Free Spirit Publishing; Mexique (978-0-8028-5545-9) by María José Ferrada and Ana Penyas (illustrator), Eerdmans Books for Young Readers; Salma the Syrian Chef (978-1-77321-375-0) by Danny Ramadan and Anna Bron (illustrator), Annick Press; Such a Library! (978-1-951365-02-8) by Jill Ross Nadler and Esther van den Berg (illustrator), Intergalactic Afikoman; The Garden and the Glen (978-1-73284-430-8) by Elizabeth Moseley and Maggie Green (illustrator), Lenox Street Press; The Noisy Classroom (978-1-5132-6292-5) by Alison Hawkins (illustrator), Sunday Dinner Publishing
Young Adult Fiction: Beast Heart (978-1-946154-35-4) by Kyle Richardson, Meerkat Press; Far Less (978-1-947112-33-9) Humboldt State University Press; From Darkness (978-1-945053-98-6) by Kate Hazel Hall, Duet; Laurel Everywhere (978-1-947845-19-0) by Erin Moynihan, Ooligan Press; Lucky Brilliant (978-1-68433-545-9) Black Rose Writing; Scaled (979-867201470-8) by J.T. Ashmore, Kindle Direct Publishing; Surrender Your Sons (978-1-63583-061-3) Flux; Sword of the Seven Sins (978-1-947834-52-1) Blue Crow Books; The Theft of the Ayn Noor (978-1-73526-870-5) Girl Friday Productions; What the Other Three Don't Know (978-1-62972-732-5) by Spencer Hyde, Shadow Mountain Publishing; Wilderness Therapy (978-0-9882086-3-6) One Lane Bridge Publications; Winter of the Wolf (978-1-62634-718-2) by Martha Hunt Handler, Greenleaf Book Group

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Anthologies: Dispatches from the Republic of Letters (978-1-64605-033-8) by Daniel Simon (editor), Deep Vellum; Gracious (978-1-68283-064-2) by John Poch (editor) and Bryan Giemza (contributor), Texas Tech University Press; How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish (978-1-63206-262-8) by Ilan Stavans (editor) and Josh Lambert (editor), Restless Books; L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36 (978-1-61986-659-1) Galaxy Press; Medusa's Daughters (978-1-941360-36-1) Lanternfish Press; The Best of Brevity (978-1-941628-23-2) by Zoë Bossiere (editor) and Dinty W. Moore (editor), Rose Metal Press; The Faking of the President (978-1-941110-89-8) Three Rooms Press
Coffee Table Books: CO Specs (978-1-916215-50-4) Cazerac; In Living Color (978-1-935270-52-2) Cool Titles; Judson (978-1-62640-045-0) Angel City Press; Maya Ruins Revisited (978-0-578-63921-5) by William Frej, Stephan Merk (contributor), Jeremy A. Sabloff (contributor), Khristaan D. Villela (contributor), Tomás Gallareta Negrón (contributor), and Alma Durán-Merk (contributor), Peyton Wright Gallery Press; The Magical Universe of the Ancients (978-1-73429-450-7) by Julie Weston and Gerry Morrison (photographer), Big Wood Books; The National Parks (978-0-87565-763-9) by Karla K. Morton and Alan Birkelbach, TCU Press
Graphic Novels & Comics: Addams’ Apple (978-0-7649-9936-9) Pomegranate; Desperate Pleasures (978-1-941250-42-6) Uncivilized Books; Inappropriate (978-1-941250-38-9) Uncivilized Books; Quince (978-0-9987979-6-0) by Sebastian Kadlecik, Kit Steinkellner, and Emma Steinkellner (illustrator), Fanbase Press; The Photographer of Mauthausen (978-1-68247-627-7) by Salva Rubio, Pedro J. Colombo (illustrator), and Aintzane Landa (illustrator), Dead Reckoning; The Stringbags (978-1-68247-503-4) by Garth Ennis and P. J. Holden (illustrator), Dead Reckoning
Poetry: Arrow (978-1-948579-11-7) Alice James Books; Code (978-1-62557-827-3) Black Lawrence Press; Eros, Unbroken (978-1-944585-37-2) The Word Works; My Husband Would (978-1-59732-182-2) by Benjamin S. Grossberg, University of Tampa Press; tether (978-1-62557-812-9) by Lisa Fay Coutley, Black Lawrence Press; The Lost Arabs (978-1-5248-5401-0) Andrews McMeel Publishing; The Voice of Sheila Chandra (978-1-948579-12-4) Alice James Books; The Wendys (978-1-945588-42-6) by Allison Benis White and Ryan Murphy (editor), Four Way Books; The Willies (978-1-943735-66-2) by Adam Falkner, Button Poetry; What the Chickadee Knows (978-0-8143-4750-8) Wayne State University Press

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