For readers
The books the algorithm missed.
Indie fiction you can browse by genre or by mood, short stories to read free tonight, and a shelf that is yours. Browsing and joining cost nothing.
633 indie books from 304 authors, and 24 short stories you can read free.
Pick your way in
Know what you want, or only how you want to feel. Either way there is a door.
By genre
- Blind Date with a BookPick a mood, unwrap three books. No covers until you open them.
- 16 starter listsFive hand-picked books at a time. Nobody pays to be on one.
- The Book QuizHow well do you know books? A quick game, no account needed.
- New arrivalsThe newest books on the shelves, as they are approved.
- Upcoming booksBooks still being written. Read sample chapters, ask to hear on release day.
- The authorsThe people behind the books, in their own words.
- Reader reviewsHonest takes from readers, written like short blog posts.
- The Shout-OutOur weekly email, four books at a time. Every past issue is here.
For bookstagrammers, BookTokers, and anyone whose bio has room for one link
One link for everything you read.
Choose a username and indiefiction.com/@you becomes a page that is all yours: the book on your nightstand, your all-time favourites, your reviews, and a button for every place you post. Put it in your bio and let it do the talking.
Your bio, with the one link that holds the rest.
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Claim your username
Make a free reader account and pick your @name.
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Make it yours
A theme, a banner, your links, your books.
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Put it in your bio
One link, or the QR code on your next reel.
Your name
indiefiction.com/@you
Romance by day, horror after midnight. Reviews every Sunday.
Favourites
Every place you post
Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, Goodreads, StoryGraph, Substack and your own site, as profile links. Plus up to six big buttons for anything else: a wrap-up, a giveaway, your newsletter.
Your shelf, curated
The book you are reading now, six all-time favourites as covers, and your Finished or Want to read shelf if you want them on show. Off until you switch them on.
Reviews that read like posts
Reviews and notes with photos, written like short blog posts, no star ratings. Pin your best one to the top. They also appear in the reviews feed for everyone.
It looks like you
Six colour themes, a banner photo across the top, your photo and a line about what you read. Change any of it whenever you like.
Made to be shared
A QR code for reels, bookmarks and the last slide of a carousel, and a share card with your photo when you post the link.
Numbers only you see
Visits to your page and clicks on each link, over the last 30 days. We never record who visited. Readers can follow you, too.
Good to know: the buttons appear once you have published your first review or note, links are plain links (no affiliate or referral codes), and your shelf stays private unless you switch it on. The page and everything on it are free.
Read something tonight, free
Short stories by the same indie authors, read right here. No account, no app, no download.
- It remembers where you stopped and offers to take you back
- Night or sepia pages, a bigger font, a different typeface
- Like a story, comment on it, and get replies from the author
A shelf of your own
Every book page has a Save button. Your shelf keeps what you want to read and what you have finished, and it stays private unless you choose to show it.
- Save, then mark it finishedWant to read and Finished, one tap each.
- Follow authors and readersHear first when they list a book, publish a story, or post a review.
- Write to an author5 free conversation openers a month, and replies are always free.
Want to read
Finished
Hear about books first
Two lists, both free, both easy to leave.
The reader newsletter
New indie releases, the authors behind them, and the Shout-Out: four books a week. Unsubscribe in one click.
Join the reader listBecome an ARC reader
An advance review copy is a book an author shares before release, hoping for an honest review. Say yes and authors can ask you to read theirs. We pass requests on; you are never obliged to say yes.
Sign up for ARCsWhat is free, plainly
- Browsing every book, genre, mood and list
- Reading every short story
- A reader account, your shelf and your page
- Blind Date with a Book and the quiz
- The newsletter and the ARC list
- Books are bought from the author's own store, and we take no cut
Your next favourite is out here somewhere.
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