Full List of 2023 Foreword INDIES Winners
Editor's Choice
- Fiction
- The Simple Art of Killing a Woman (978-1-63206-346-5) by Patrícia Melo and Sophie Lewis (translator), Restless Books
- Nonfiction
- Ephemera (978-1-68396-690-6) by Briana Loewinsohn, Fantagraphics
Adult Fiction
- Fantasy
- Belly of the Beast (979-837044982-6) Sorce
- The Winter Knight (978-1-77041-720-5) by Jes Battis, ECW Press
- Cursebreakers (978-1-939096-12-8) Canis Major Books
- imPerfect Magic (978-2-49483800-0) by C.N. Rowan, Main Rock Publishing
- General
- The Manning Girl (978-1-64603-394-2) Regal House Publishing
- The Palisades (979-898828740-7) by Gail Lynn Hanson, Slippery Fish Press
- About the Carleton Sisters (978-1-64742-440-4) She Writes Press
- What Remains of Elsie Jane (978-1-4597-5084-5) by Chelsea Wakelyn, Rare Machines
- Historical
- Bitter Thaw (978-0-9994602-7-6) by Jessica McCann, Perspective Books
- The Seeing Garden (978-1-64742-426-8) by Ginny Kubitz Moyer, She Writes Press
- In the Fall They Leave (978-1-64603-298-3) Regal House Publishing
- Shoot the Horses First (978-1-73430-659-0) by Leah Angstman, Kernpunkt Press
- Humor
- The Meister of Decimen City (978-0-7443-0770-2) CamCat Books
- A Cancer Patient's Wife (978-1-63315-312-7) Self
- Let Them Whimper (979-898773380-6) by K. Enterante, Oblivion Press
- A Feral Chorus (978-1-73910-310-1) by Matthew J. White, Helvellyn Press
- F*ck it, I'm Buying a Cabin (978-1-955905-32-9) 100 Block
- LGBTQ+
- Spirit of Haiti (978-1-4384-9512-5) SUNY Press
- The Queering (978-1-73700-646-6) by Brooke Skipstone, Skipstone Publishing
- From the Longing Orchard (978-1-59709-929-5) Red Hen Press
- Roux for Two (978-1-63679-377-1) by Aurora Rey, Bold Strokes Books
- Literary
- And Then He Sang a Lullaby (978-0-8021-6075-1) by Ani Kayode Somtochukwu, Grove Atlantic
- Fishing for the Little Pike (978-1-63206-343-4) by Juhani Karila and Lola Rogers (translator), Restless Books
- Afterword (978-1-955904-70-4) by Nina Schuyler, CLASH BOOKS
- The Say So (979-888574007-4) by Julia Franks, Hub City Press
- Multicultural
- Returning the Bones (979-888747060-3) by Gin Hammond, Wheatmark
- I Sat Alone by the Gate (979-888645050-7) by Mary Efendi, Greenleaf Book Group Press
- The Fear of Large and Small Nations (979-898596923-8) by Nancy Agabian, Nauset Press
- Island Man (978-1-63628-130-8) Red Hen Press
- Mystery
- The Big Sugar (978-1-5179-1369-4) University of Minnesota Press
- Killer Story (978-1-60809-524-7) by Matt Witten, Oceanview Publishing
- Who Killed Jerusalem? (978-1-73777-441-9) by George Brown, Galbraith Literary Publishers
- Motive for Murder (979-888824167-7) by Ray Collins, Koehler Books
- Religious
- The Encounters of Quintas Livius (978-1-66677-545-7) by Patrick M. Garry, Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Love One Another (978-1-955309-52-3) by R E Russell, EA Books Publishing
- Candle, Feather, Wooden Spoon (978-0-88123-356-8) by Zoë Klein, CCAR Press
- Angeline (979-820075663-6) by Anna Quinn, Blackstone Publishing
- Romance
- Lady Len and the Mysterious Mac (978-1-955643-09-2) by Rose Prendeville, Eridani Press
- Wyoming Wild (978-1-63993-092-0) by Sarah M. Eden, Shadow Mountain Publishing
- Hero Debut (978-0-8254-4793-8) by Angela Ruth Strong, Kregel Publications
- Science Fiction
- The Levitation Game (978-1-64538-535-6) by Sharon Wagner, Ten16 Press
- Afterword (978-1-955904-70-4) by Nina Schuyler, CLASH BOOKS
- Short Stories
- The Missing Morningstar (978-1-948814-85-0) by Stacie Shannon Denetsosie, Torrey House Press
- Her Body Among Animals (978-1-77166-838-5) by Paola Ferrante, Book*hug Press
- The Lost Archive (978-0-299-34224-1) University of Wisconsin Press
- I'm Here: Alaska Stories (978-1-59709-934-9) by David Nikki Crouse, Boreal Books
- While It Lasts (979-821804333-9) by Scott Nadelson, Columbus State University Press
- Thriller & Suspense
- Godfall (978-1-4962-3521-3) by Van Jensen, University of Nebraska Press
- The Ice Sings Back (979-898653241-7) Green Writers Press
- The Woodkin (978-0-7443-0235-6) CamCat Books
- Deadly Depths (978-1-60809-548-3) by John F. Dobbyn, Oceanview Publishing
- War & Military
- A Thousand Flying Things (978-1-956851-64-9) by Kathryn Brown Ramsperger, TouchPoint Press
- Within These Walls of Sorrow (978-0-8254-4701-3) Kregel Publications
- An American Nurse in Paris (979-898938350-4) by John F. Andrews, 46 North Publications, LLC
Adult Nonfiction
- Adventure, Sports & Recreation
- Finding Elevation (978-1-954854-67-3) by Lisa Thompson, Girl Friday Books
- The Twenty (978-1-64742-432-9) by Marianne Bohr, She Writes Press
- Path of Light (978-1-948814-73-7) Torrey House Press
- Finding Waypoints (978-1-63964-024-9) Schaffner Press
- Art
- Strong Women in Renaissance Italy (978-0-87846-892-8) MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Hokusai (978-0-87846-890-4) MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Not Native American Art (978-0-295-75136-8) University of Washington Press
- Herbert Bayer's World Geo-Graphic Atlas and Information Design at Midcentury (978-1-939125-83-5) by Benjamin Benus, RIT Press
- Autobiography & Memoir
- Under the Naga Tail (979-888645018-7) by Mae Bunseng Taing and James Taing (contributor), Greenleaf Book Group Press
- The Fifth Chamber (978-1-938841-21-7) Jaded Ibis Press
- What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World (978-1-59714-608-1) by Dorothy Lazard, Heyday
- An Unruled Body (978-1-63206-340-3) Restless Books
- Biography
- Richard Nixon: California's Native Son (978-1-64012-560-5) Potomac Books
- Royal Robbins (978-1-68051-658-6) Mountaineers Books
- They Got Daddy (978-0-253-06446-2) by Sharon Tubbs, Indiana University Press
- The Chinese Dark Poet (979-839710701-3) by Zhengming Fu (author, translator), Lily Cohen (translator), and George Conwell (translator), Kunlun Press
- Body, Mind & Spirit
- Discovering Optimal (978-1-77327-211-5) by Joseph Gibbons, Figure 1 Publishing
- Solo Passage (978-1-64742-551-7) by Glenda Goodrich, She Writes Press
- Near Enemies of the Truth (978-1-63756-037-2) by Christopher D. Wallis, Wonderwell
- Transformative Grief (978-0-7643-6631-4) by Tracee Dunblazier, Red Feather Mind Body Spirit
- Business & Economics
- Wall Street Lessons (979-898601635-1) by James E. Demmert, New Insights Press
- Talking on Eggshells (978-1-60868-849-4) New World Library
- Good Influence (979-898632610-8) by Paul Katz, Commit Media Books
- Honest SEO (978-1-63909-016-7) by Jason Hennessey, An Inc. Original
- The Balanced Business (978-1-63755-750-1) by Andrew Temte, Amplify Publishing
- Career
- Wonderhell (978-1-64687-122-3) by Laura Gassner Otting, Ideapress Publishing
- Lead Your Tribe, Love Your Work (978-0-9986465-1-0) DREAM Big
- Dare to Be Naive (978-1-64687-152-0) by Joshua Berry, Ideapress Publishing
- How to Talk to Porcupines (978-1-64343-702-6) by Allegra Birdseye-Hannula, Beaver's Pond Press
- Power Mood (978-1-63106-935-2) Rock Point
- Cooking
- Polish’d (978-1-61519-995-2) by Michał Korkosz, The Experiment
- ¡Buenos Dias! (978-1-64170-972-9) Familius
- The Vegetarian Reset (978-1-68555-037-0) by Vasudha Viswanath and Alexandra Shytsman (photographer), The Collective Book Studio
- The Nourishing Asian Kitchen (978-1-64502-216-9) Chelsea Green Publishing
- The Official Fablehaven Cookbook (978-1-63993-089-0) by Brandon Mull and Cherie Mull, Shadow Mountain Publishing
- Ecology & Environment
- Climate Travels (978-0-231-20589-4) Columbia University Press
- Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain (978-1-68051-529-9) Mountaineers Books
- A Traveler's Guide to the End of the World (978-1-948814-81-2) by David Gessner, Torrey House Press
- Canopy of Titans (978-1-68219-360-0) by Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate, OR Books
- Education
- Leading a Culture of Reading (978-1-958590-19-5) by Lorraine M. Radice, Solution Tree Press
- Inspiring Lifelong Readers (978-1-949539-87-5) by Jennifer McCarty Plucker, Solution Tree Press
- Creative SEL (978-1-56484-949-6) by Michele Haiken and Mark Gura, ISTE
- Essays
- Exhibitions (978-0-8263-6526-2) by Jehanne Dubrow, University of New Mexico Press
- Asides (978-1-958094-29-7) by George Singleton, EastOver Press
- Love and Industry (978-1-953368-58-4) by Sonya Huber, Belt Publishing
- In Thought, Word, and Seed (978-0-8028-8290-5) Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
- Family & Relationships
- Reading Jane (978-1-73679-547-7) Sibylline Press
- Milspouse Matters (978-1-956906-66-0) by Jen McDonald, W. Brand Publishing
- Autonomy-Supportive Parenting (978-1-64170-976-7) Familius
- Childhood Unplugged (978-0-86571-982-8) by Katherine Johnson Martinko, New Society Publishers
- Grief/Grieving
- Winning (978-1-60808-291-9) by Harriet W. Hodgson, WriteLife
- So Now What? (978-1-63988-882-5) Atmosphere Press
- Morning Leaves (978-1-68555-595-5) by Laing F. Rikkers, Collective Book Studio
- Lifeline (978-1-77041-731-1) by Stephanie Kain, ECW Press
- Health
- Rethink Your Position (978-1-943370-23-8) by Katy Bowman, Propriometrics Press
- A Patient's Guide to Cancer (979-898762760-0) by John F. McDonald, Amazon KDP
- The Compassion Remedy (978-1-955811-37-8) by Catherine W. Schweikert, WorldChangers Media
- The GutSMART Protocol (978-1-63774-255-6) by Vincent Pedre and Lee Holmes (contributor), BenBella Books
- History
- The Eight (978-1-4384-9264-3) Excelsior Editions
- White Burgers, Black Cash (978-1-5179-1109-6) by Naa Oyo A. Kwate, University of Minnesota Press
- The Humanity Archive (978-1-955905-14-5) Row House Publishing
- Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution (978-1-4696-7684-5) University of North Carolina Press
- Hobbies & Home
- Art for Self-Care (978-0-7603-8259-2) Quarry Books
- Art of Custom Sneakers (978-0-7603-8180-9) Rockport Publishers
- Treasure Found (978-3-00074429-7) by Cinthia James, Cinthia James
- The Quilted Home Handbook (978-1-950968-62-6) Blue Star Press
- Humor
- This Won't Help (978-1-61519-999-0) The Experiment
- Bumpy Rides and Soft Landings (979-898675161-0) Take Flight Publishing, LLC
- I Love You All Please Leave (979-898745930-0) by Victoria Carlisle, Victoria Carlisle Press, Oakland
- Highly Humorous Leadership (979-898747052-7) Humor Horizons Publishing
- LGBTQ+
- Out at the Plate (978-1-64160-999-9) Chicago Review Press
- The Splendid Disarray of Beauty (978-1-956313-01-7) by Richard D. Mohr, RIT Press
- I Swear Somewhere This Works (979-839631976-9) by Trista Mateer, Amazon KDP
- Been Outside (978-1-68051-592-3) Mountaineers Books
- Multicultural
- E nâtamukw miyeyimuwin (978-1-989796-23-8) by Written Ruth DyckFehderau. Stories James Bay Cree Storytellers., Cree Bd of Health & Social Services of James Bay
- From Liberty to Magnolia - New Edition (979-898785610-9) by Janice S. Ellis, USARISEUP
- De-Integrate! (978-1-63206-318-2) by Max Czollek, Restless Books
- Held by the Land (978-1-57715-294-1) by Leigh Joseph, Wellfleet Press
- The Uyghurs (978-1-938086-99-1) by Kevin Bubriski (photographer), Tahir Hamut Izgil (contributor), and Dru Gladney (contributor), George F Thompson Publishing
- Nature
- Cascadia Field Guide (978-1-68051-622-7) Mountaineers Books
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (978-0-9753954-2-4) by Richard Mack (author, illustrator), John Manos (editor), and Steve Kemp (contributor), Quiet Light Publishing
- The Calf with Two Heads (978-1-77186-330-8) by Louisa Blair, Baraka Books
- Blurred Boundaries (978-0-89013-679-9) by William Frej, Anne Frej (editor), David Skolkin (designer), and Polly Schaafsma (contributor), Museum of New Mexico Press
- Performing Arts & Music
- 120 Seats in a Boiler Room (979-821804418-3) by Lewis Kempfer, Lewis Kempfer / KDP
- Never Givin' Up (978-1-976600-19-7) by Kurt Dietrich, Wisconsin Historical Society Press
- All Join Hands (978-1-942155-55-3) Peter E. Randall Publisher
- Photography
- The Uyghurs (978-1-938086-99-1) by Kevin Bubriski (photographer), Tahir Hamut Izgil (contributor), and Dru Gladney (contributor), George F Thompson Publishing
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (978-0-9753954-2-4) by Richard Mack (author, illustrator), John Manos (editor), and Steve Kemp (contributor), Quiet Light Publishing
- Women Photograph: What We See (978-0-7112-7854-7) White Lion Publishing
- Impressions of Newfoundland (978-1-55081-983-0) by Ting Ting Chen, Breakwater Books Ltd.
- Political and Social Sciences
- All the Black Girls Are Activists (978-1-955905-12-1) Row House Publishing
- The Rules for Whistleblowers (978-1-4930-5926-3) Lyons Press
- Far from the Rooftop of the World (978-1-4696-7551-0) by Amy Yee, The University of North Carolina Press
- An Other World (978-1-77458-331-9) Page Two
- Women in Politics (979-898900392-1) by Mary Chung Hayashi, MKC Press
- Popular Culture
- Drawing 100 Years of Disney Wonder (978-0-7603-8462-6) by Jim Fanning, Walter Foster Publishing
- Casseroles, Can Openers, and Jell-O (978-1-4384-9307-7) SUNY Press
- The Fright Before Christmas (978-1-63748-015-1) by Jeff Belanger and Terry Reed (illustrator), New Page Books
- Colors of Film (978-0-7112-7938-4) Frances Lincoln
- Hey, Hun (978-1-955905-25-1) by Emily Lynn Paulson, Row House Publishing
- Reference
- Take My Word for It (978-1-5179-1412-7) University of Minnesota Press
- The Codex of the Endangered Species Act, Volume I (978-1-5381-1207-6) Rowman and Littlefield
- The Small and Mighty Real Estate Investor (978-1-960178-00-8) BiggerPockets
- The Non-Obvious Guide to Better Presentations (978-1-64687-046-2) by Jacqueline Farrington, Ideapress Publishing
- Regional
- Burning Man: Art on Fire (978-0-7603-7983-7) by Jennifer Raiser, Epic Ink
- Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales (978-0-295-75232-7) University of Washington Press
- Black Folktales of the Muscle Shoals - Slavery to Success (978-1-958273-07-4) by Rickey Butch Walker and Huston Cobb, BWPublications.com
- Exploring Wine Regions - California Central Coast (978-0-9969660-4-7) by Michael C. Higgins (author, photographer) and Danielle Ballantyne (editor), International Exploration Society
- Living River (978-1-68051-632-6) Braided River
- Religion
- American Idolatry (978-1-58743-576-8) by Andrew L. Whitehead, Brazos Press
- Touch the Wounds (978-0-268-20489-1) by Tomáš Halík and Gerald Turner (translator), University of Notre Dame Press
- After Dispensationalism (978-1-68359-681-3) by Brian P. Irwin and Tim Perry, Lexham Press
- Every Step Is Home (978-0-664-26832-9) by Lori Erickson, Westminster John Knox Press
- Science & Technology
- Technology's Child (978-0-262-04696-1) MIT Press
- Neuromined (978-1-63908-034-2) by Robert Edward Grant and Michael Ashley, Fast Company Press
- Visual Threat Intelligence (979-837322837-4) Security Break
- Privacy Pandemic (978-1-64543-393-4) by Christopher A. Smith, Amplify Publishing
- Self-Help
- Chaos to Calm (978-1-68555-035-6) by Jenna Hermans, Collective Book Studio
- Things Have Changed (978-1-63774-396-6) by David Magee, BenBella Books
- Stress Wisely (978-1-77458-262-6) by Robyne Hanley-Dafoe, Page Two
- Inner Field Trip (978-1-955905-29-9) Row House Publishing
- Travel
- Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan (978-1-61172-082-2) Stone Bridge Press
- Wonder Year (978-1-63756-024-2) by Julie Frieder, Angela Heisten, and Annika Paradise, Wonderwell
- Far from the Rooftop of the World (978-1-4696-7551-0) by Amy Yee, The University of North Carolina Press
- Exploring Wine Regions - California Central Coast (978-0-9969660-4-7) by Michael C. Higgins (author, photographer) and Danielle Ballantyne (editor), International Exploration Society
- War & Military
- Finding Waypoints (978-1-63964-024-9) Schaffner Press
- Drafted! (978-1-956906-82-0) W. Brand Publishing
- Women's Studies
- The Fifth Star (978-1-60635-455-1) by Jamie C. Capuzza, Kent State University Press
- Women in Politics (979-898900392-1) by Mary Chung Hayashi, MKC Press
- Women Photograph: What We See (978-0-7112-7854-7) White Lion Publishing
- All the Black Girls Are Activists (978-1-955905-12-1) Row House Publishing
Children's
- Juvenile Fiction
- Just Gus (978-1-63993-093-7) by McCall Hoyle, Shadow Mountain Publishing
- It Happened on Saturday (978-1-63163-694-3) by Sydney Dunlap, Jolly Fish Press
- Jett Jamison and the Secret Storm (978-1-68513-243-9) Black Rose Writing
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- The Miracle Seed (978-0-8028-5590-9) Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
- The Official Fablehaven Cookbook (978-1-63993-089-0) by Brandon Mull and Cherie Mull, Shadow Mountain Publishing
- Wild Child (978-1-61519-916-7) The Experiment
- The Phone Book (978-1-64170-990-3) Familius
- Picture Books
- Marcel's Mouse Museum (978-1-64170-743-5) Familius
- The Santa Book (979-821815348-9) by Erin Eby, Jeff Nixon (editor), and Madison Harper (illustrator), Santa Collective
- Klyde the Kraken Wants a Friend (978-1-948931-42-7) by Brooke Hartman, Hazy Dell Press
- Finley (978-1-957655-03-1) by Candace Spizzirri, Chantelle Thorne (illustrator), and Burgen Thorne (illustrator), Gnome Road Publishing
- The Tree and the River (978-1-5362-2329-3) by Aaron Becker, Candlewick Press
- Picture Books, Early Reader
- A Day With No Words (978-1-73694-979-5) by Tiffany Hammond and Kate Cosgrove (illustrator), Row House Publishing
- Let's Build a Dam! (978-0-7358-4501-5) by Daniel Fehr and Mariachiara Di Giorgio (illustrator), NorthSouth Books
- I Think I Think a Lot (979-888554008-7) by Jessica Whipple and Josée Bisaillon (illustrator), Free Spirit Publishing
- Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight (978-1-5179-0965-9) by Shannon Gibney and Charly Palmer (illustrator), University of Minnesota Press
- Young Adult Fiction
- the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life (979-898707074-1) by Alcy Leyva, Green Writers Press
- The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne (978-1-5362-2878-6) by Shannon Takaoka, Candlewick
- The Once upon a Time of Now (978-1-03-916788-9) by Hope West, FriesenPress
- The Paper Daughters of Chinatown (978-1-63993-094-4) by Heather B. Moore and Allison Hong Merrill, Shadow Mountain Publishing
General
- Anthologies
- What Things Cost (978-0-8131-8243-8) by Rebecca Gayle Howell (editor), Ashley M. Jones (editor), and Emily J. Jalloul (editor), University Press of Kentucky
- Meaningful Conflicts (978-1-953294-33-3) Windy City Publishers
- Soul Jar (978-1-942436-57-7) by Annie Carl (editor), Forest Avenue Press
- The People's Tongue (978-1-63206-265-9) by Ilan Stavans (editor), Restless Books
- Coffee Table Books
- Burning Man: Art on Fire (978-0-7603-7983-7) by Jennifer Raiser, Epic Ink
- Nantucket (978-0-7643-6476-1) by Tara Moss, Schiffer Publishing
- Jerry Jordan (978-1-934491-88-1) Fresco Books
- RíRá Mullingar (978-1-399-96577-4) Motion Picture Media
- Graphic Novels & Comics
- Fetch Book One (978-1-73438-919-7) by Mike Sizemore, Sandy King (editor), and Dave Kennedy (illustrator), Storm King Comics
- Four-Color Heroes (978-0-9987979-9-1) by Richard Fairgray (author, illustrator), Fanbase Press
- Sons of Ashgard (978-1-5067-3361-6) Dark Horse Books
- Liberated (978-1-947440-07-4) by Kaz Rowe, Amy McFarland and Ruth Lane (editor), and Jim Drobka (designer), Getty Publications
- Poetry
- Whale Aria (978-1-954245-68-6) Four Way Books
- Trace (978-1-63628-093-6) Red Hen Press
- Wake the Others (978-1-957917-32-0) by Willy Palomo, Editorial Kalina
- The Book Eaters (978-0-9978076-7-7) by Carolina Hotchandani, Perugia Press