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Our Reviewers won’t judge your book as compared to other self-published titles, but against other books, period. Our ratings are based on the following criteria, although reviewers are able to award partial stars (i.e. a 1.3 or a 4.7), rather than rounding up or down to a whole or half number.

1/5

Really bad 
Work on it.

2/5

Mediocre
1-2 bright spots.

3/5

Good
Worth reading.

4/5

Very Good
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Excellent!
Must-read.

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IR Approved
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

D.L. Orton’s HIVE: Madders of Time, Book 1 delivers a gripping, emotionally resonant, and impeccably paced narrative that elevates time-travel fiction into something deeply human....

IR Approved
December 22, 2025

WHISPERS, SHADOWS, AND SAINTS

By Nancy Heart
Rating:
4.9 / 5.0

Nancy Heart's WHISPERS, SHADOWS, AND SAINTS offers a heart-rending and emotionally uncompromising glimpse into the goings-on of an abusive childhood, as well as the trauma...

IR Approved
December 22, 2025

STATE OF GEORGIA VERSUS CLEVON JAMEL JENKINS

By Robert Michael Kelly
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Highly detailed, forensic, and unyielding in its insistence on fairness, Robert Michael Kelly's STATE OF GEORGIA VERSUS CLEVON JAMEL JENKINS is an exhaustive examination of...

IR Approved
December 22, 2025

TO THE EDGE OF BURNING SHADOWS

By Sam C. Hemmings
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Written by Sam C. Hemmings, TO THE EDGE OF BURNING SHADOWS is an intimately engaging series opener.

December 22, 2025

PUDDING HEROES: The Rising Child

By Steven Ochs
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

A creative blend of cyberpunk intrigue and metaphysical exploration, Steven Ochs's PUDDING HEROES: The Rising Child is imaginative and engaging, even as its emotional depth...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Written by Jeffrey Weiss, RACING AGAINST TIME: On Ironman, Ultramarathons and the Quest for Transformation in Mid-Life is a fine memoir about seeking and finding...

December 19, 2025

WISDOM NUGGETS

By Jeff R. McGowan
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0

Jeff R. McGowan’s WISDOM NUGGETS contains useful and thought-provoking material from some of history's greatest luminaries, but its origins as something resembling a modern-day commonplace...

Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

Salvatore Cataudella’s THE NOEMA PULSE: Awakening the Heart of Compassion is by turns contemplative, speculative, and at times even wistful for its vision of a...

IR Approved
December 19, 2025

FROMAGE

By Kathleen Donovan
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Written with style, Kathleen Donovan's FROMAGE introduces an utterly charming new feline heroine and her rodent pal.

December 17, 2025

MEMORY, MEMORY, GO AWAY

By Christopher W. Selna
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0

Christopher W. Selna's MEMORY, MEMORY, GO AWAY is an unevenly paced but thought-provoking thriller that captures multiple views on what could either be an aid...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.6 / 5.0

Written by Jeffrey and Craig Weiss, FIGHTING BACK: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force is a thoroughly researched and compelling biography...

December 17, 2025

THE SCOTT BOYS

By S. Scott Anderson
Rating:
3.6 / 5.0

Benefiting from a graceful style and crammed with historical detail, S. Scott Anderson’s THE SCOTT BOYS nevertheless tries to cover too much ground.

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