Celebrating independent and small presses
The month of March may be best known for Women’s History Month, for St. Patrick’s Day, for March Madness, and even for the time of year clocks spring forward, costing us an hour’s worth of much-needed sleep. But in the book world, it is also Small Press Month — a time to celebrate all the dedicated, quirky, idealistic, idiosyncratic, visionary, driven, and passionate book people who bring books to readers that might otherwise never see the light of day. Many of your favorite authors first found a home in a small independent press. Not a few of the books on any bestseller list were first published by the indie presses.
Top 40 nonfiction books from small presses at Bookshop.org
It is an act of faith when a reader picks up a book by an unfamiliar author. But just as readers trust the opinions of indie booksellers on what they should read next, readers can trust that the books published by indie presses are worth putting at the top of the what-to read-next list.
Featuring reviews of:
- The Creek, the Crone, and the Crow by Leah Weiss, reviewed by Mary, The Little Bookshop in Midlothian, Virginia
- Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell, reviewed by Tori, Union Avenue Books in Knoxville, Tennessee
- Partially Devoured by Daniel Kraus, reviewed by Lily, E. Shaver, Booksellers in Savannah, Georgia
- Downfall 3 Above the Black by Marc J. Gregson, reviewed by Jennifer, Bookmiser in Marietta, Georgia
- How to Read a Very Serious Book by Mireille Messier, reviewed byKelly, Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia
- And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell, Henry Cole (illus.), reviewed by Alissa, South Main Book Company in Salisbury, North Carolina
- The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan by Jasime Warga, reviewed by Rae Ann, Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee
- Bookseller Buzz: The Beheading Game by Rebecca Lehmann, reviewed by Claire, River & Hill Books in Rome, Georgia; Jessica, E. Shaver, Booksellers, Savannah , Georgia; Amanda, Tombolo Books, St. Petersburg , Florida; Joshua Lambie, The Underground Bookshop, Carrollton, Georgia