Montaigne Medal Finalists

The Montaigne Medal Finalists


Eric Hoffer Book Award Gold Seal © The Eric Hoffer Project

As the annual judging draws to a close, the Montaigne Medal finalists are announced prior to the Eric Hoffer Award grand prize. This small list of finalists is an honored distinction of its own and is announced publicly during the spring of each award year. Below are the current and previous finalists in alphabetical order by book.

2024

* A Trip From God: Book 1, David Grubb, Atmosphere Press
* Above and Below, David Beresford, Cedar Tree Books
* Age of Secrets, Gerald Bellett, Meier Publishing
* Can You Be, Sonee Singh, Lusaris
* Child Sex Abuse, Beverly Chalmers (DSc(Med);PhD), Grosvenor House Publishers
* Courageous Well-Being for Nurses, Donna A. Gaffney and Nicole C. Foster, Johns Hopkins University Press
* Darwin's Dilemma, Don Stuart
* Euthanasia Rebutted, Meret-Field Sally-Brown, Urlink Print & Media, LLC
* Facing the Beast Within, Mark Cheverton, Gameknight Publishing
* Finding Your Way in Science, Lem Moyé, Trafford
* Gemja - The Message, K.M. Messina, Lunalore Books
* Good Pastures, Sylvia Anne Pollard, Westbow Press
* In Good Hands, David Hechler, Eyes Wide Open Press
* Is Social Justice Just?, Robert M. Whaples, Michael C. Munger & Christopher J. Coyne (editors), Independent Institute
* James Joyce: A Fictional Journey of a Young man with Poor Traits to an Old Man, the Artist without Portraits, Leon O' Chruadhlaoich, Pisces Press
* Jane’s Cure, D.K. Kennedy, Bedazzled Ink
* Lessons on the Road to Peace, John Noltner
* Lifeline to a Soul, John K. McLaughlin, Lifeline Education Connection
* Met the End, Holly Brians Ragusa, Amused Moon
* My Brother Speaks in Dreams, Catherine Anderson, Wishing Up Press
* Notes on the Next Life, Gwen Chavarria
* Nurturing Neurodivergence, Jasmine K. Y. Loo, Jasmine Loo Psychology
* On the Run, William Shaw
* Quantum Spirituality, Peter Canova, Inner Traditions
* Romeo the Friendly Wolf, Nick Jans
* Roxy's Family Secret, Ashley-Nicole, Goudelock and the 3 Bear Publishers
* Season of the Dove, Marie Q. Rogers, Namai Press
* Shattered, C Lee McKenzie, Evernight Teen
* Simply Put, Ben Guttmann, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
* Still Positive, Julie Lewis with Jenny Koenig, Torchflame Books
* Suddenly It Was the Last Day of My Life, Michael J. Waggoner, WestBowPress
* Switching Tracks, Lena Gibson, Black Rose Writing
* The Cannibal's Guide to Fasting, Dana Hammer, Cinnabar Moth
* The Dogs are Curling Up Again, Margaret H. Townley, BalboaPressUK
* The Girl in the Water, Joseph Howse, Nummist Media
* The Kid Across the Hall, Reid Saaris, Redwood Press
* The Long Walk Home, Marcia Wakeland, Ember Press
* The Tuttle Twins Guide to True Conspiracies, Connor Boyack, Libertas Press
* Vaulting Through Time, Nancy McCabe, CamCat Publishing
* Voices from Vietnam, Charlene Edwards
* We the Young Fighters, Marc Sommers, The University of Georgia Press
* Which Treatment is Best?, Teddy Bader, M.D., CRC Press

2023

* A Rebel's Outcry, Jeffrey Gee Chin & Fumiko Carole Fujita, Little Tokyo Historical Society
* Antisexist, Lynn Schmidt, PhD, Bobo Publishing
* Ask Yourself, Rev. Pamela Irene Flowerday, Outskirts Press
* Be Held by Him , Karen Brough
* Becoming Nobody, Rick Branch, Kindle Direct Publishing
* Catching Rain, Sandi Paris, BalboaPress
* Circle Way, Mary Ann Hogan, Wonderwell
* Coming Full Circle, Budd Tidlow & Mariah Tinger, Olympia Publishers(UK)
* Community Klepto, Kelly I. Hitchcock, She Writes Press
* Dancing for Our Tribe, Sharon Hoogstraten, Shikaakwa Press
* Doorways to Transformation, Karen Kinney, Winged Bird Press
* Drunk Talk, Mike Davis and TL Banks, Club Lighthouse Publishing
* Ethically Challenged, Laura Katz Olson, Johns Hopkins Press
* Freddy B, Yvonne Stevens Walton Harris, Author Reputation Press
* Friendship City, Carl H. Mitchell, Covenant Books
* Halo Around The Moon, Matt Ritter, Pacific Street Publishing
* Health in Flames, V. Thomas George, Epsilon Publishing
* If Someday Comes, David Calloway
* Leading Inclusion, Gena Cox, PhD, Page Two Books
* Let Us Not Talk Falsely Now, T. Patrick Graves, XlibrisUS
* Made for More, Lindsay Sealey, Wonderwell
* Maggie the Bag Lady, Virginia Nygard, Scattered Frost Publishing
* Making Global Sense, Judah Freed, Hoku House
* Manifesting Justice, Valena Beety, Kensington Books
* Margaret Anne, Ronan James Cassidy, Xulon Press
* MegaDeath, Tory Quinn, Level 4 Press
* Nepantla Familias, Sergio Troncoso, Texas A&M University Press
* Out of the Box: A Memoir of an Adoptee, Patricia Bauer Collins, RN, iUniverse
* Politicians in Purgatory, Kirsten E.A. Borg, Ph.D., Trafford
* River of Ashes, Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor, Vesuvian Books
* See Me, David Petrovic, Amazon
* Silence to Strength, various, Kegedonce Press
* Stay With Me, Wisconsin, JoAnneh Nagler, Coyote Point Press
* Sundown: Derailing Dystopia - Book 1, Carl H. Mitchell, Bookside Press
* Surrender, Nicola Irvine, Jetlaunch
* The Eighty-Year-Old Sorority Girls, Robin Benoit, Brown Books Publishing Group
* The Force of Art, Juhani Murros, Austin Macauley USA
* The Future of Smart, Ulcca Joshi Hansen, Capucia Publishing
* The Ones Who Remember, Rita Benn, Julie Goldstein Ellis, Joy Wolfe Ensor, Ruth Wade, City Point Press
* The Recruiter, Alexander Mukte, Three to Five Publishing
* The Red Sandals, Jing Li, Sand Hill Review Press
* TM, H. D. Rogers, AuthorHouse
* To Love an Island, Ana Portnoy Brimmer, YesYes Books
* Village Idiot, David Sheinkopf, Full Court Press
* What is Written on the Tongue, Anne Lazurko, ECW Press
* When Hope Is Your Only Option, Jim Stavis, Urlink Print and Media

2022

* A Constitution for a Democracy, Rohit (Roy) Kajaria
* A Thing With Feathers, J. John Nordstrom, The Writing Collective
* Based on A True (Traumatic) Brain History, Mark Allen, XlibrisUS
* Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash, Tammy Pasterick, She Writes Press
* Black Snake, Katherine Wittenburg Todrys, Bison Books
* Blessed Strategy, Dr. George Taylor III
* Brain Function and Religion, David Cycleback, Center for Artifact Studies
* Breaking the Silence, Nancy King, Terra Nova Books
* Broke in America, Joanne Samuel Goldblaum and Collen Shaddox, BenBella Books
* Chi Chi the Rescue Dog, Elizabeth Howell, Brown Books Kids
* Composure, Kate Purmal, Amplify Publishing
* Daddy, What is Racism?, Jenny White, Urlink Print & Media
* Easy Marks, Catherine Wagner, Sunlight Works
* Essence, Charles McCormack
* Finish Line Feeling, Liz Ferro, Library Tales Publishing
* From Scapegoats to Lambs, Charles L. Brown, AuthorHouse
* Geoethics, Ying Kit Chan, Old Stone Press
* Her Kind, Cindy Veach, CavanKerry Press
* Hiro's War, Rebecca Taniguchi, Gaman Publishing
* Innovation Starts With I, Saleema Vellani, Ripple Impact Publishing
* July, Kathleen Ossip, Sarabande Books
* Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn, Katie Anderson, Integrand Press
* Loving Before Loving, Joan Steinau Lester, University of Wisconsin Press
* Loving Modigliani, Linda Lappin, Serving House Books
* Manufactured Witches, Michelle Rene, Black Rose Writing
* Not My Ruckus, Chad Musick, Cinnabar Moth Publishing
* Quickwater Oracles, Ruth Thompson, Two Fine Crows Books
* Repairing Our Divided Nation, David A. Ellison
* Sinking Islands, Cai Emmons, Red Hen Press
* Tarō, Blue Spruell, Out of the Blue Productions
* The Accidental Plague Diaries, Andrew Duxbury, MD, The Peha Press
* The Day My Heart Turned Blue, Karla J Noland, Reveal Heal Thrive
* The Discovery of Spiritual Chivalry, Dr. Todd Greene, Austin Macauley Publishers
* The Dust That Danced, A. Cavuto, New Degree Press
* The Girl Singer, Marianne Worthington, University Press of Kentucky
* The Greater Good, Madeleine, Wonderwell
* The Jesus Nut, John Prather, Atmosphere Press
* The Twelfth Stone, Samuel Bavli, Tambora Books
* Two Boys at Breakwater, Boston Teran, High-top Publishing
* Unlearning the Ropes, Denise M. Bressler, DIO Press
* Valiente, A.G. Castillo, ArchwayPublishing
* Waiting to Forget, Sheila Kelly Welch, namelos
* What They Didn't Burn, Mel Laytner, SparkPress
* When the Red Gates Opened, Dori Jones Yang, She Writes Press
* WWI Crusaders, Jeffrey B. Miller, Milltown Press

2021

* 42 Million to One, Hal Malchow, Double M Publishing
* Acts of Hope, Martin Elsant, G&M Publisher
* And So Was Was Made & Also Honey, Amy Beeder, Tupelo Press
* Api's Berlin Diaries, Gabrielle Robinson, She Writes Press
* Ava, Janet Perroni, iUniverse
* Ballad of a Sober Man, J.D. Remy, M.D., AnnElise Publications
* Beyond Repair, Sebastian Matthews, Red Hen Press
* Boop and Eve's Road Trip, Mary Helen Sheriff, She Writes Press
* Brothers in Arms, Kevin M. Callahan, Brothers in Arms Press
* Brownsville Bred, Elaine Del Valle, Del Valle Productions
* Cyber Privacy, April Falcon Doss, BenBella Books
* Death by Dose, Lynn Ronsen, XlibrisUS
* Everyday Evil, Monique Layton, Tidewater Press
* Exodus of Chaos, Steven Kent Olson, XlibrisUS
* Far Away Bird, Douglas A. Burton, Silent Music Press
* First Among Nations, Ira Mosen, Olive Blossom Press
* FoodWISE, Gigi Berardi, North Atlantic Books
* Have Snakes, Need Birds, Travis Klempan, Koehler Books
* Heart Wood, Shirley DicKard, Sierra Muses Press
* Here is Wisdom, Alexander Meer, XlibrisUS
* How Hope Became an Activist, George M. Johnson, Dixi Books
* Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths, Joseph N. Abraham, MD, Hidden Hills Press
* Leaning Out, Monica E. Pierce
* Live or Die Stroke of Good Luck, Richard L. Burns, Author Reputation Press
* Manipulating the Masses, John Maxwell Hamilton, LSU Press
* Monsters in the Water, Dylan D'Agate, Sixth and Spring Books
* My Claustrophobic Happiness, Jeanne Randolph, ARP Books
* No More Feedback, Carol Sanford, Carol Sanford Institure
* Non-Obvious Megatrends, Rohit Bhargava, Idea Publishing
* Not Even Past, Cody Marrs, Johns Hopkins University Press
* On Mystic Mountain, Tabatha Waybright, Touch Point Press
* Out of Slavery, Carol A. Trembath, Lakeside Publishing MI
* Over the Hills of Green, E.V. Svetova, Ananke Press
* Pilgrimage Through Loss, Linda Lawrence Hunt, Westminster John Know Press
* Places We Return To, Joan Cusack Handler & Gabriel Cleveland, Cavan Kerry Press
* Post-Traumatic Growth, Brenda Ungerland, Chapel Hill Press
* Puanani and the Volcano, Jo Ann Jeffries, Bluewater Publications
* Relax… You're Not Going to Die, Pt.1, Daryl Philip, Austin MacAuley Publishers
* Saving Free Speech… from itself, Thane Rosenbaum, Fig Tree Books
* Saving Species on Private Lands, Lowell E. Baier with Christopher E. Segal, Rowan & Littlefield
* Smoke but No Fire, Jessica S. Henry, University of California Press
* Soul Afterlife, Bud Megargee, KDP Amazon
* Surfing the Waves of Alzheimer's, Renee Brown Harmon, MD, Many Hats Publishing
* The Chemistry of Fire, Laurence Gonzales, The University of Arkansas Press
* The Commemoration, JJ Winston, Wins Consulting Press
* The Dandelion Insurrection, Rivera Sun, Rising Sun Press
* The Devil's Bookkeepers 3, Mark H. Newhouse, Newhouse Creative Group
* The Difference Makers, Roja D. Sooben, XlibrisUK
* The Edge of Elsewhere, Sam Stea
* The Forest Service and the Greatest Good, James G. Lewis, Forest G. Lewis
* The Glimmers Starring Ruby Shroo, Robert Agnello, On The Lamb Productions
* The Green House, Dan Lawton, Black Rose Writing
* The Rhythm of It, Anita Sullivan, Shanti Arts Publishing
* Thrive Through the Five, Jill Siler, Dave Burgess Consulting
* Thrown in the Throat, Benjamin Garcia, Milkweed Editions
* Time to Fly!, Valerie Wiebe, Your Nickel's Worth Publishing
* Tip of the Arrow, Charles A. Bonner, Page Publishing
* Torched, Joe Edd Morris, Black Rose Writing
* Unglued, Jeffrey Zuckerman, Boyle & Dalton
* Viatorem, Urvasi Pauvaday, Amazon
* Who's Jerry?, T.M. Jackson, Scrubs Like Us for Us
* Words Whispered in Water, Sandy Rosenthal, Mango Media
* Your Child is Smarter Than You Think, Wanda Draper, Urlink Print & Media

2020

* A Nation of Unwell, Kristine L. Gedroic, MD and Valerie A. Latona, LCR Publsihing
* A Single Desperate Prayer, Ludmila Ritz, Amazon
* Against Death, Elee Kraljii Gardiner (editor), Anvil Press
* Along the Migrant Trail, Michael Hyatt, Frontera Nueva Books
* American Samizdat, Jehanne Dubrow, Diode Editions
* Attachment, David Drayer, Route 33 Press
* Be Wise Now, Gael McCool, Feel Inc.
* Begotten Not Made, Cónal Creedon, Irishtown Press
* Be-hooved, Mar Ka, University of Alaska Press
* Bethlehem's Brothers, Ronald Hera, AuthorHouse
* Beware the Dither Bird, Russell H. Plante, Whimsical Publications
* Big Brother in the Exam Room, Twila Brase, Beaver's Pond Press
* Breaking Hate, Christian Picciolini, Hachette Books
* Busara Road, David Hallock Sanders, New Door Books
* Cage of Lit Glass, Charles Kell, Autumn House Press
* Colonize Me, Benjamin Naka-Hasebe Kingsley, Saturnalia Books
* Daisy Has Autism, Aaron J. Wright, IndieGo Publishing
* Deliberate Discomfortem>, Jason B.A. Van Camp, Ballast Books
* Different, Datta Groover, Deep Pacific Press
* Every Grain of Sand, David P. Wichman with Heather Ebert, W. Brand Publishing
* Expendable Natives, Roger Anderson, Trafford
* Fifth Life of the Catwoman, Kathleen Dexter, Llano Press
* Hail and Farewell, Abby E. Murray, Perugia Press
* Herstory, Anna Wing-bo Tso, Alpha Academic Press
* Jelly Beans the Cheetah and Hope, Sissy Mary Sue, Beaver's Pond Press
* Left for Dead at Nijmegen, Marcus A. Nannini, Casemate Publishers
* Lily Lives on Mount Rainier, Arley M. Fosburgh, iUniverse
* Little Moyo, Sylvia M. Medina, Green Kids Club
* Loaded Blessings, Faith Quintero, Chaiwright
* Love Wins, H. Palmer, AuthorHouseUK
* Our Muslim Neighbors, Victor Begg, Front Edge Publishing
* Our Prince of Scribes, Nicole Seitz & Jonathan Haupt, editors, University of Georgia Press
* Paranoia & Heartbreak, Jerome Gold, Seven Stories Press
* Priya Dreams of Marigolds & Masala, Meenal Patel, Beaver's Pond Press
* Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Brad Lancaster, Rainsource Press
* Restoring the Promise, Richard K. Vedder, Independent institute
* Satellite Street, Eleanor Lerman, The Permanent Press
* Shamus Dust, Janet Roger, Troubador Publishing
* Silent Cries of a Military Wife, Myla Silence, XlibrisUS
* Six Healing Questions, Madonna Treadway, MCM Publishing
* Solus Jesus, Emily Swan & Ken Wilson, Read the Spirit Books
* Start Finishing, Charlie Gilkey, Sounds True
* Still Life with Mother and Knife, Chelsea Rathburn, LSU Press
* Surrendering Appomattox, Jacob M. Appel, C&R Press
* Tales from an Uncertain World, L.S. Gardiner, University of Iowa Press
* Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, Ellen Notbohm, Future Horizons
* The Alsatians, Leo Kearley, Stratton Press
* The Boy in the Labyrinth, Oliver de la Paz, University of Akron Press
* The End, Adam Rudolph, Wrecking Balls Publishing
* The Falls of the Wyona, David Brendan Hopes, Red Hen Press
* The Five Quintets, Micheal O'Siadhail, Baylor University Press
* The Last Light Breaking, Nick Jans, Alaska Northwest Books
* The Little Love That Could, Pamela Capone, Aha! Press
* The Nothing Within, Andy Giesler, Humble Quill
* The Tangled Mind, Nick Kolenda, Kolenda Group
* The Tragedy of King Leere, Steven L. Peck, BCC Press
* They Must Be Monsters, Matthew LeRoy & Deric Haddad, The Manor Publishing House
* Three Ways to Disappear, Katy Yocom, Ashland Creek Press
* Trees Unlimited, Clem Masloff, BookVenture Publishing
* Two Terrible Days in May, Billie Holladay Skelley, LawMux Press
* Violence and Militants, Baris Cayli, McGill-Queen's University Press
* Waking in Havana, Elena Schwolsky, She Writes Press
* Whips in the Dungeon, Dex, Amazon
* Why I Never Finished My Dissertation, Laura Foley, Headmistress Press
* WISPA, Tim Parker, URLink Print & Media
* You Cannot Mess This Up, Amy Weinland Daughters, She Writes Press

2019

* A Baptist Preacher's Buddhist Teacher, Lawrence E. Carter Sr., Middleway Press
* A Chickasaw Historical Atlas, Stanley Nelson, Chickasaw Press
* A Handbook of Disappointed Fate, Anne Boyer, Ugly Duckling Presse
* A Harvest of Thorns, Mario Carini, iUniverse
* A Rising Tide of People Swept Away, Scott Archer Jones, Fomite Press
* A Year of Living Kindly, Donna Cameron, She Writes Press
* Almost a Murder, Jody Seay, Jim Lloyd, Koho Pono
* An Essential Song, Amy R. Saltz, CreateSpace
* Before They Left Us, Rosemary Ann Davis, Old Road Publishing
* Belonging, Toko-pa Turner, Her Own Room Press
* Blood in the Asphalt, Jesse Sensibar, Tolsun Books
* Confessions of a Barefaced Woman, Allison Joseph, Red Hen Press
* Damascus Street, Cathy Sultan, Calumet Editions
* Dare to Create, Monroe Katz, Val de Grace Books
* Echolocation, Sally Bliumis-Dunn, Plume Editions
* Edge of the Known Bus Line, James R. Gapinski, Etchings Press
* Far-Fetched and Highly Plausible, Leandro Faria, Dog Ear Publishing
* Free Yourself from a Constipated Life, Catherine Stack
* Go Because I Love You, Jared Harél, Diode Editions
* Healthcare 911, Bhupendra O. Khatri, MD, HenschelHAUS Publishing
* Holly's Hurricane, Marie Carter, Grace Goodrich Press
* In the Temple of Wolves, Rick Lamplugh
* Killer in the Retroscape, Bruce M. Perrin, Mind Sleuth Publications
* Little Girl Leaving, Lisa Blume, Illumine
* Love and Death in a Perfect World, Barbara Gerber, Terra Nova Books
* Love and the Sea and Everything in Between, Brian McBrider, Wilder Ground Books
* Love is Love, Michael Genhart, PhD, Little Pickle Press
* Manipulated, John Ford Clayton
* Midnight the One-Eyed Cat, Sheree K. Nielsen & Pat Wahler, Treehouse Publishing Group
* Perfect Conditions, Vanessa Blakeslee, Curbside Splendor Publishing
* Premonitions, Elizabeth Schmuhl, Wayne State University Press
* Relevance of the Liberal Arts in 21st Century Academics, Thomas Langtry, Lulu
* Rethinking Possible, Rebecca Faye Smith Galli, She Writes Press
* Rosie, A Detroit Herstory, Bailey Sisoy Isgro, Nicole Lapointe (illustrator), Wayne State University Press
* State of the Nation, David Jackson Ambrose, The TMG Firm
* Tera's Tale, Judith Gwinn, HenschelHAUS Publishing
* The Butcher, Alan S. Kessler, Black Rose Writing
* The Explosive Expert's Wife, Shara Lessley, University of Wisconsin Press
* The Fat Lady's Low, Sad Song, Brian Kaufman, Black Rose Writing
* The Hawkman, Jane Rosenberg LaForge, Amberjack Publishing
* The Heart of an Angel, Henry K. Ripplinger, Pio-Seelos Books
* The Jaguars That Prowl, Mary Mackey, Marsh Hawk Press
* The Lake on Fire, Rosellen Brown, Sarabande Books
* The Language of Man, Larry Robertson, Daymare Press
* The Republic: Traitor, R.R.Quaggiato, XlibrisAU
* The Seven Gifts, The Sailor, Strange Land
* The Stars of Locust Ridge, Craig Moody, Vivid Imagery Publishing
* The Timeshare, Ari Shaffer, Woman in the Moon Publications
* The Watchmaker's Doctor, G.M.T. SCHUILLING, AuthorHouseUK
* We're Doing It Wrong, David Michael Slater, Skyhorse Publishing
* You Don't Own Me, Orly Lobel, WW Norton
* Your Pick, V.S. Kemanis, Opus Nine Books

2018

* All Our Relations, Eugenia Koukounas, Full Court Press
* Amah and the Silk-Winged Pigeons, Jocelyn Cullity, Inanna Publications
* America's Simple Solutions, Mark Werts, Cool Titles
* An Organized Panic, Patty Friedmann, Old Stone Press
* And These Are The Good Times, Patricia Ann McNair, Side Street Press
* Asking the Names, Michael Miller, Ashland Poetry Press
* Being a Surgeon, Asad J. Raja, Trafford
* Bipartisanship & the Making of Foreign Policy, Ellen C. Collier, XlibrisUS
* Buddy's Candle, Dr. Bernie S. Siegel, Trafford
* Calling a Wolf a Wolf, Kaveh Akbar, Alice James Books
* Court of Miracles, Brigitte Goldstein, Xlibris
* Deep Survival, Laurence Gonzales, W.W.Norton
* Do You Speak Fish?, DJ Corchin, The phazelFOZ Co
* Ensoulment, Lorie Simon Salum, Chiron Publications
* Eyes and Spies, Tanya Lloyd Kyi, Annick Press
* Fallow Park Today, Joseph Glenn
* Federal Prison Handbook, Christopher Zoukis, Middle Street Publishing
* Fortnight on Maxwell Street, David Kerns, Bay Tree Publishing
* Girl, World, Alex Poppe, Laughing Fire Press
* Go to the Living, Micah Chatterton, Inlandia Books
* Hawk on Wire, Scott T. Starbuck, Fomite Press
* Healing Maddie Brees, Rebecca Brewster Stevenson, Light Messages Publishing
* Hidden Women, Jacqueline Widmar Stewart, Lexicus Press
* Hollywood Made in China, Aynne Kokas, University of California Press
* Home Alive, Geoffrey Mount Varner, CreateSpace
* I Know Now, Cinda Stevens Lonsway, new72publishing
* Knockout, Julio Pabón
* Lifted to the Wind, Susan Gardner, Red Mountain Press
* Making Ghosts Dance, Gregory E. Buford, Moontower Press
* Nap Time Paintings, Jennifer Hynes, XlibrisUS
* NISEI, J.J.White, Black Opal Books
* Nocheatin', Just Eatin, Mary Jo Fay, Out of the Boxx
* Of Castles and Kings, Gry Hala, Taheerah
* On Bittersweet Place, Ronna Wineberg, Relegation Books
* One Mindful Day at a Time, Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D., Companion Press
* Over Exposed, Terri Muuss, JB Stillwater Publishing
* QL 4, James Garrison, Touch Point Press
* Rowing Inland, Jim Daniels, Wayne State University Press
* Running from the Mirror, Howard Shulman, Sandra Jonas Publishing
* Space Fandango, Henry Mosquera, Oddity Media
* The Abandoned of God, Monroe Silver, XlibrisUS
* The Book Knights, J.G.McKenney, CreateSpace
* The Hunger Saint, Olivia Kate Cerrone, Bordighera Press
* The Joy of Creative Discovery, Pasha Hogan, Emerald Flame Publishing
* The Love that Dare Not Speak Its Name, Fiza Pathan
* The Mauled Keeper, Lynn Marie Houston, Main Street Rag
* The Orange Cover, Moshy Shain, XlibrisUS
* The Perfect People, Cathi D'Avignon, Mascot Books
* The Strong Delusion, John Milor, iUniverse
* The Three Secrets, Gretchen Bainum, AuthorHouse
* Vivir el Dream, Allison K. García, CreateSpace

2017

* A Toucan Can, Can You?, Danny Adlerman, The Kids At Our House
* A Thousand NO's, DJ Corchin, The phazelFOZ Co.
* Becoming Nature, Tamarack Song, Bear & Company
* Beyond Deportation, Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, NYU Press
* Can't Bring Me Down, Tammi Croteau
* Carrying the Black Bag, Tom Hutton, Texas Tech University Press
* Common Stones, Alicia M. Smith, Inspiring Voices
* Consuming Stories, Rebecca Peabody, UC Press
* Courageous Gilbert the Groundhog, Regina E. McCarthy, Blue Stone Healing Books
* Cretacea & Other Stories from the Badlands, Martin West, Anvil Press
* Echoes of Tattered Tongues, John Z. Guzlowski, Aquila Polonica Publishing
* Enlightened Negotiation, Mehrad Nazari, Select Books
* Factual Wisdom, Thomas D. Sharts, Xlibris
* Garage Criticism, Peter Babiak, Anvil Press
* Good Girl Bad Girl, Ann Girdharry
* Great Objectives, Robert Finch, Xlibris
* Heirlooms, Rachel Hall, BkMk Press
* How Whole Brain Thiniking Can Save the Future, James Olson, Origin Press
* I, Necrosis, Ramy Tadros, Nightline Books
* Legacy of a Refugee, Laszlo Meszaros, Buffalo Heritage Press
* Making it Right, Marilee Peters, Annick Press
* Manifold Nature, J.D.Schraffenberger, editor, North American Review Press
* One of Windsor, Beth M Caruso, Lady Slipper Press
* Palmettos and Mimosas Mistress of the Master, Ann Williams, Vicky Suber
* Seasons of Sand Sahara, Ernst Aebi, iUniverse
* The Crown Ain't Worth Much, Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, Button Poetry
* The Enemy Within, K.D.Richardson, Fountain Blue Publishing
* The Language of Man, Larry Robertson, Daymark Press
* The Long Road to the Sixth ROK, Young Ran Kim
* The Nine Assignments, Glenda Winders
* The Thirteen Disciple, Peter Canova, Trimountaine Publishing
* Thesaurus of Separation, Tim Mayo, Phoenicia Publishing
* Trisomy XXI, G.A.Minton, World Castle Publishing
* Yours Respectfully, William Berwick, Christine A. Smith, The Legacy Press

2016

* A Cold and Distant Place, Bill Mesce, Jr., Endeavour Press
* A Long Way Back, J. Everett Prewitt, Northland Publishing Company
* A Time to Be Brave, Holly Moulder, White Pelican Press
* Adrift in a Vanishing City, Vincent Czyz, Rain Mountain Press
* Aftermath Lounge, Margaret McMullan, Calypso Editions
* Almost Anywhere, Krista Shlyer, Skyhorse Publishing
* Birth, Sex, and Abuse, Beverley Chalmers, Grosvenor House Publishers
* Dreamist, Curits L. Crisler, Jordan's Rainbow YA Books
* Eleven Regrets, Mel Anderson, LittleBear Publications
* Festival, Broc Russell, The Cleveland State University Poetry Center
* Four of a Kind, Vanessa Russell, CreateSpace
* Getting the Truth, Joe Koenig, Principia Media
* Give Me Wings, Kathy Lovinger, Annick Press
* Heroic Children, Hanoch Teller, New York City Publishing
* Impact, David E. Stevens, Cambridge Free Press
* Into Exile, Elin Toona Gottschalk, Evershine Press
* Juventud, Vanessa Blakeslee, Curbside Splendor Publishing
* Kinyamaswa, Andreas Morgner, Apprentice House
* My Forgotten Self, Lynyetta G. Willis, PhD, Inner Pathways Publishing
* No Ordinary Disruption, Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, & Jonathan Weetzel, Public Affairs
* Project Lives, George Carrano, Chelsea Davis, and Jonathan Fisher, Power House Books
* shanghai.shanghai.shanghai, Alex Kuo, Redbat Books
* The Friendly Stranger, John Veteran, XlibrisUS
* The Lady with an Ostrich-Feather Fan, Frederick R. Andresen
* The Mind Illuminated, Culadasa , Dharma Treasure Press
* The Robot Scientist's Daughter, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Mayapple Press
* The Sorrow Proper, Lindsey Drager, Dzanc Books
* The Well Speaks of Its Own, Maggie Smith, Tupelo Press
* The Wisdom of Generations, Tieman H. Dippel, Jr., Texas Peacemaker Publications
* Tsunami, Birgitte Rasine and Dan Root, LUCITA Publishing
* Unintended Impact, Jim Proebstle, Beaver's Pond Press
* Walking to Woot, Jackie Chase, Adventure Travel Press
* Washing the Dust from Our Hearts, Pari with Ahmad Aria (trtanslators), Grayson Books
* What Makes a Rainbow, Ross Van Dusen, Rio Grande Books
* When the Music Stops, Paddy Eger, Tendril Press
* Youth in Flames, Aliza Vitis-Shomrom, Tell the Story Publishing

2015

* A Better World, Belangela G. Tarazona
* A Ship on the Line, Vincent A. Cellucci and Christopher Shipman, Unlikely Books
* An American Commentary, Silvio Laccetti, Commonwealth Books
* Anita's Piano, Marion A. Stahl, Corpwell Publishing
* Blood of Toma, Lauren Lee Merewether, CreateSpace
* Born for Greatness, Alice Ray, Research Press
* Cold Spell, Deb Vanasse, University of Alaska Press
* College for Convicts, Christopher Zoukis, McFarland & Company
* Conscious Millionaire, J V Crum III, Conscious World Press
* Constant State of Leaping, Karla K. Morton, Texas Review Press
* Dark Seed, Lawrence Verigin, Promontory Press
* Emerge!, Elza Maalouf, Select Books
* Escaping the Wheel, Eric Artison
* Finding Flipper Frank, Patrick M. Garry, Kenric Books
* Frozen Latitudes, Therese Halscheid, Press 53
* Global Wave Energetics, Stephen I. Ternyik, Booktango
* Go to Liberty, Patricia Hilliard, iUniverse
* Hope in Small Doses, Nikki Stern, Humanist Press
* Human Purpose and Tanshuman Potential, Ted Shu, PhD., Origin Press
* Interior Lights, Richard Schain, iUniverse
* Let Me See It, James Magruder, Northwestern University
* Making Callaloo in Detroit, Andy Mozina, Wayne State University Press
* Mbembe, Mbembe Milton Smith, BkMk Press
* Melt, Selene Castroville, Last Syllable Books
* My Brother Adam, Linda and Nneka Onyilofor, Henschel Haus Publishing
* Nursery Rhymes for an Improvable World, Graham Dukes, Trafford
* On Pluto, Greg O'Brien, Codfish Press
* Over the Line, David Lloyd, Syracuse University Press
* Phoning Home, Jacob M. Appel, University of South Carolina Press
* Reality Begins with Consciousness, Vernon M. Neppe, MD, PhD. and Edward R. Close PhD.,
* Remember the Moon, Abigail Carter, Lemonbird Press
* Revolution from Within, Catherine Baird, PhD, BookLogix
* Sardinian Silver, A. Colin Wright, iUniverse
* Scrap Iron, Mark Jay Brewin Jr., The University of Utah Press
* Shadows in the Shining City, John D. Cressler, Sunbury Press
* Spinoza in Love, Martin Skogsbeck, CreateSpace
* Stillpoint, Colin Mallard, Promontory Press
* Streaming, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Coffee House Press
* Sundown, Judith Harway, Branden Books
* The Bicycle Diaries, David Kroodsma, RFC Press
* The iCandidate, Mikael Carlson, Warrington Publishing
* The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up, Jacob M. Appel, Cargo
* The Matryoshka Murders, Kay Williams and Eileen Wyman, Calliope Press
* The Midas Tree, Lesley Phillips, Promontory Press
* The Wild Horse Dilemma, Bonnie Gruenberg, Quagga Press
* The Witch's Get, Diana Janopaul, Artemis Moon Publishing
* Wisdom from Pooh Corner, Alices' Looking Glass, and Other Unlikely Places, Harrison Grey, PhD, Lulu

2014

* A Song of Praise for Shifu, Susan J. Byrd, The Legacy Press
* Ashes Rain Down, William Luvaas, Spuyten Duyvil Press
* Bagatelles for a Masochist, Chris O'Grady, Xlibris
* Believing the Line, Mark Silverberg, Breton Books
* Biblical Beauty, Rachelle Weisberger, Anbern Press
* Body Geographic, Barrie Jean Borich, University of Nebraska Press
* Cold Blue Steel, Sarah Cortez, Texas Review Press
* Corn Exchange, Helen Vitoria, Wild Chestnut Press
* Dark Elderberry Branch, Llya Kaminsky and Jean Vaslentine (readers), Alice James Books
* Darwinian Happiness, Bjorn Grinde, The Darwin Press
* Delectable Lie, Salim Mansur, Mantua Books
* Don't Stop Dreaming, Dr. Russell Tomar, MavenMark Books
* Eternal Harvest, Karen Coates, Jerry Redfern (photos), ThingsAsian Press
* Finding My Way, Holly G Yu, CreateSpace
* Flames in the Ruins, Gerald Holt, Trafford Publishing
* For You, Madam Lenin, Kat Meads, Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama
* Friends for Life, Patti Donahue, Jennifer Mackinday, Sandy Island Press
* Gabriela and the Widow, Jack Remick, Coffeetown Press
* Gandy Dancing, Jean Sands, Antrim House
* I Am Another You, Priya Kumar, Embassy Books
* Lit from Inside, Anne Marie Macarai & Carey Salerno (editors), Alice James Books
* Loving Andrew, Romy Wyllie, CreateSpace
* Making Advances, Marnie C. Ferree (editor), Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health
* My Life With Wings, Hal Marcovitz
* Remember the Truth, Hongwei Lou with Kathryn Lovett, Radiant Heart Books
* Sophia Rising, Monette Chilson, Bright Sky Press
* The Biology of Luck, Jacob M. Appel, Elephant Rock
* The Forgotten First, Alex Albright, R.A.Fountain
* The Fundamental Force, Len Kurzawa, Trafford Publishing
* The Rose of Sharon, B S Poh, Good News Enterprise
* The Second Catastrophe, Howard Rotberg, Mantua Books
* The Starlight Club, Joe Corso, Black Horse Publishing
* The Tragedy of Fidel Castro, João Cerqueira, River Grove Books
* Warpworld, Kristene Perron, Joshua Simpson, Mint Publishers
* Weathered Wisdom, William R. Jackson, Ph.D., Jackson Research Center
* Where You Become True is the Place of Truth, Woo Myung, Cham Books
* Why Normandy Was Won, Kenneth C. Weiler, Ostfront Publications
* Wil of God, Carrie Wilson Link, CreateSpace

2013

* A Breast of the Times, Hester Tingey, Trafford Publishing
* A Spirituality of Service, Jerry Aaker, Pfeifer-Hamilton
* Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt, Gerald Neufeld, Novel Voices Press
* Border Crossings, Charles Novacek, 1021 Press
* But By Chance War, Richard C. Lyons, Lylea Creative Resources
* Dear Friend Amelia, Mary Jordan and Joyce Hatch, Six Mile Creek
* December 1941, Craig Shirley, Thomas Nelson
* Destructive Interference, Martin Skogsbeck, Xlibris
* Emir Abd el-Kader, Ahmed Bouyerdene, World Wisdom
* From the Block to the Boardroom, Tracey D. Syphax, From the Block 2 the Boardroom
* Gender and Religion, Barbara Crandall M.D., Continuum
* Hattie, Anna Bozena Bowen, Small Batch Books
* Hiding Places, Diane Wyshogrod, SUNY Press
* It Was Only a Moment Ago, William E. Hablitzel, Sunshine Ridge Publishing
* Man Overboard, Ric Klass, Seven Locks Press
* Murmur & Crush, Maya Janson, Hedgerow Books - Levellers Press
* One Foot on the Ground, John D. Trudel
* Parables of a Granddad, Jed J. Ramsey, Trafford Publishing
* Privacy Wars, John D. Trudel
* Psychoconduction, Chester Litvin, PhD, Trafford Publishing
* Regrets, They've Had A Few, Dan Hare, Trafford Publishing
* Same Same, Doug Smith, Xlibris
* September's Big Assignment, Dr. Bena R. Hartman, Nelson Publishing
* Silverton Burning, Robert B. Boeder, CreateSpace
* Slum, Dan Carroll, Vanity Press Books
* Stop Living in this Land, Woo Myung, Cham Books
* Stopping the Shark Finners, D.R.Schneider, Bwana Doc Adventures
* The Beasts of Buchenwald, Flint Whitlock, Cable Publishing
* The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction, Rebecca E. Williams, PhD and Julie S. Kraft, MA, New Harbinger Publications
* The Restaurant at the End of the World, Kenneth Womack, Main Street Rag
* The Silla Project, John C. Brewer, PlotForge
* Third Time Lucky, Pasha Hogan, Emerald Flame Publishing
* Unmasked, Paul J. Kachoris, MD, LuLu
* Winds of the South, Ben Walker, Jamin Press
* X And Other Poems, Worth Bateman, Trafford Publishing

2012

* 52 People, Jayson Krause, Driven By Passion Press
* A New Prospect, Wayne Zurl, Black Rose Writing
* Battling Goliath, Kip Petroff with Suzi Zimmerman Petroff, Frame House Press
* Beyond Animal, Ego and Time, Jerry Parrick, HB Publishing
* Blood Clay, Valerie Nieman, Press 53
* Breaking the Blue Wall, Justin Hopson, Westbow Press
* Did You See the Monkeys?, Eddy Arnold, Trafford Publishing
* Down Right Good, Karen Kelly Boyce, KFR Communications
* Insider Histories of the Vietnam Era Underground Press, Ken Wachsberger, Michigan State University
* Letters in Cardboard Boxes, Abby Slovin, Abby Slovin
* Logodaedaly, Erzsebet Gilbert, Woverine Farm Publishing
* Mission Possible, Dawn V. Obrecht, Dawn V. Obrecht
* On the Origin of Beauty, John Griffin, World Wisdom
* Open Winter, Rae Gouirand, Bellday Books
* Primacy, J.E.Fishman, Verbitrage
* She Returns to the Floating World, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Kitsune Books
* The Dragon, the Blade and the Thread, Donald Samson, AWSNA Publications
* The New Speaking of Sex, Meg Hickling, Northstone
* The Scholar of Moab, Steven L. Peck, Torrey House Press
* The Survival Papers, Jennifer Cunningham, Ph.D., Leo D. Figgs, D.O., Gabe Figgs, Virtuosity Productions
* Thirsty Planet, Robert Tell, Createspace

2011

* An Illustrated Introduction to Taoism, Jean C. Cooper, World Wisdom
* Belle Boy, Anne Fuller, Fuller Minds
* Coppola, Chris Coppola, NTI Updtream
* Escape from Marianna, Bobbi Boland White, WingSpan Press
* Face to Face, Karen Ande, Hope Publishing House
* Fate's Janitors, Keith R Wilson, Wilson
* Memory in Our Bones, H. Elizabeth Burke, EarthSong Foundation Press
* Moon is Cotton and She Laugh All Night, Tracy DeBrincat, Subito Press
* Passages Beyond the Gate, George Harold Jennings, University Press of America
* Principles of Abundance for the Comic Citizen, Dorothy I Riddle, AuthorHouse
* Proving God, Edward F. Sylvia, MTS, Staircase Press
* Quintspinner, Dianne Greenlay, iUniverse
* Reticence of Ravens, mmgornell, Aberdeen Bay Publishing
* Soul Shift, Judith Horky, Crystal Mountain Press
* Terror, Religion, and Liberal Thought, Richard B. Miller, Columbia University Press
* The Emancipation of Giles Correy, Michael Sortomme, Singing Lake Press
* The Heavens Weep for Us and Other Stories, Thelmas T. Reyna, Outskirts Press
* The Jamais Vu Papers, Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin, Plays on Ideas
* The Side Door, Jan Donley, Spinsters Ink
* Unclean Jobs for Women, Alissa Nutting, Starcherone
* We, Us and Others, Ike Morah, Publish America
* Wednesday is Indigo Blue, Richard E. Cytowic and David Eagleman, The Mit Press

2010

* A Temporary Sort of Peace, Jim McGarrah, Indiana Historical Society
* Bipolar Bare, Carlton Davis, BookSurge
* Cuentos del Centro, Latin Writer's Collective, Scapegoat Press
* Devotions to the Text, Steven Carter, University Press of America
* Encampment, Carl Eeman, Melange Press
* How to Manage Your Dick, Sean J. O'Reilly, Auriga Publishing Group
* It's All Part of the Dance, Alan Gettis, Goodman Beck Publishing
* Man on the Move, Peter Rowlands, iUniverse
* Misfits and Other Heroes, Suzanne Burns, Dzanc Books
* Mother California, Kenneth E. Hartman, Atlas & Co.
* Searching for Soul: A Survivor's Guide, Bobbe Tyler, Swallow Press
* The Love Ceiling, Jean Davies Okimoto, Endicott and Hugh Books
* The New Akashic Records, Cheryl Trine, Essential Knowing Press
* The New Holy Wars, Robert H. Nelson, The Independent Institute
* The Prostitutes of Post Office Street, Frank F, Sol Boosk
* The Sylvan Horn, Robert Redinger, iUniverse
* U.N.I.Q.U.E. Kids, Debra J. Slover, Leader Garden Press
* Who Stole My Soul, Vishwa Prakash, Synergy Books

2009

* After the Glass Slipper, Jon & Beverly Meyerson, TwoVus Press
* All Things Must Pass, Phyllis Zimmerman, Publish America
* Blind Savior, False Prophet, Joseph DeMarco, AuthorHouse
* Disputed Truth: Memoirs, Vol. 2, Hans Kung, Continuum International
* Generation We, Eric Greenberg with Karl Weber, Pachatusan
* Hide Your Life Away, Carol Little, Meanwhile Studios
* Kafka Comes to America, Steven T. Wax, Other Press
* Love Letters From A Fat Man, Naomi Benaron, BkMk Press
* Musings at the End of Modernity, Conor O'Brian Barnes, Counterbalance Books
* Red Zone: Five Bloody Years in Baghdad, Oliver Poole, Reportage Press
* Swimming Naked with Jellyfish, Shelley Gilbert, Booksurge
* The Deep Uncertainty of Existence, Fred Leavitt, SynergEbooks
* The Demise of Luleta Jones, Mark Allen Boone, Blacksmith Books
* The Little Man in the Map, E. Andrew Martonyi, Schoolside Press
* The Pale Surface of Things, Janey Bennett, Hopeace Press
* The Throwaway Piece, JoAnn Yolanda Hernandez, Arte Publico Press
* Transcendent Dreaming: Stepping into Out Human Potential, Chritina Donnell, Ph.D., Winds of Change Books
* Transformation From Tragedy: Stories of Hope Faith & Community, Thomas R. Winkel, WordPoint Publishing Group
* White Coat Wisdom, Stephen J. Busalacchi, Apollo's Voice
* Working Like Dogs: The Service Dog Guidebook, Marcie Davis & Melissa Bunnell, Alpine Publications

2008

* Long Shadows, David Giffey (editor), Atwood Publishing
* Marwan, Aram Schefrin, AuthorHouse
* The Aesthetics of Equity, Craig L. Wilkins, University of Minnesota
* The Emotional Plague, Dr. Charles Konia, A.C.O. Press
* The Thread of Ariadne, George Sopasakis, Llumina Press
* Their Other Sides, Helen Barolini, Fordham University Press
* To Be Self-Evident, R.L.Hogan, Libertas Press
* You Will Die, Robert R. Arthur, Suburra Publishing