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ACTION/ADVENTURE

All the Creatures that Breathe: A Novel Based on Real Events Dee Dauphinee Kicking Pig Press

ACTIVITY BOOKS: ADULT

Ultimate Mix Tape: Side B Tamara Dever Narrow Gate Books

ACTIVITY BOOKS: CHILDREN

How to Draw Adorable: Joyful Lessons for Making Cute Art Carlianne Tipsey Girl Friday Books

ADDICTION & RECOVERY

Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler's Daughter Lynn Walker MZW Publishing

AFRICAN AMERICAN FICTION

Soulful Return Fidelis O. Mkparu DX Varos Publishing

AFRICAN AMERICAN NON-FICTION

SURVIVING: Why We Stay and How We Leave Abusive Relationships Beverly Gooden Rowman & Littlefield

AGING

Down on Court Five: Lessons Late in Life Vivian Witkind Royal Pom Publications

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

The Greener Side of the Fence: Is CBD for You? Catherine Cattarello & Eric Sweatt Terrestrial Press

ANIMALS & PETS

Sleeping between Giants Book 2, Ask A Terrier: Professional Advice from a Licensed Dog Dave Jaffe Cray-Cray Publishing

ANTHOLOGY

Coolest American Stories 2023 Mark Wish & Elizabeth Coffey (Editors) Coolest Stories Press

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Daily Doubles 2: Celebrity Impersonators C.J. Morgan & Jack Bullard Self-Published

ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER FICTION

The New Empire Alison McBain Woodhall Press

ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER NON-FICTION

Under the Naga Tail Mae Bunseng Taing Greenleaf Book Group

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

The Answers Are There: Building Peace From the Inside Out Libby Hoffman Blue Chair Press

BIOGRAPHY: GENERAL

Not A Real Enemy The True Story of a Hungarian Jewish Man's Fight for Freedom Robert Wolf with Janice Harper Amsterdam Publishers

BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL

Labor Under Siege: Big Bob McEllrath and the ILWU's Fight for Organized Labor in an Anti-Labor Era Harvey Schwartz with Ronald E. Magden University of Washington Press

BODY/MIND/SPIRIT

The Leadership Pause: Sharpen Your Attention Deepen Your Presence, and Navigate the Future Chris L. Johnson, PsyD. Greenleaf Book Group, BrainTrust Ink imprint

BOOK COVER DESIGN: CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS

Mom's Not Wipin' Your Bum Lin Hawthorne Three Plus One Publishing

BOOK COVER DESIGN: FICTION

Charlie's Encore J. Ronald M. York St. Broadway Press LLC

BOOK COVER DESIGN: NON-FICTION

The White House in Gingerbread: Memories and Recipes Roland Mesnier with Mark Ramsdell The White House Historical Association

BOOK INTERIOR DESIGN: FICTION

Healing Visions Meg Boscov and others Matter Press

BOOK INTERIOR DESIGN: NON-FICTION

The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide: A Neurodevelopmental Guide for Parents and Families Who Want to Prevent Youth High-Risk Behavior Crystal Collier, PhD IngramSpark Lightening Source

BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SMALL BUSINESS

Money Matters for Nonprofits: How Board Members Can Harness the Power of Financial Statements by Understanding Basic Accounting Melissa Galasso River Grove Books

BUSINESS: GENERAL

Competing on Thought Leadership Robert Buday Ideapress Publishing

BUSINESS: MOTIVATIONAL

Profit with Presence: The Twelve Pillars of Mindful Leadership Dr. Eric J. Holsapple Greenleaf Book Group

CANCER

Crybaby: Infertility, Illness, and Other Things That Were Not the End of the World Cheryl E. Klein Brown Paper Press

CAREER

Be Unexpected: Resetting Routines to Revolutionize the Future of Work Marva Bailer BookLogix

CAREGIVING

Mother Lode: Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver Gretchen Staebler She Writes Press

CHAPTER BOOKS

Theopatra: More Than Just a Mouse Candace Hartzler Lulu Press

CHICK-LIT

Typecast Andrea J. Stein Girl Friday Books

CHILDREN'S FICTION

Can You Spot the Leopard? Karen Winnick Greenleaf Book Group Press

CHILDREN'S INSPIRATIONAL/MOTIVATIONAL

As You Grow I Want You To Know Jackie Adrian Jackie Adrian

CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION

Pebbles and the Biggest Number Joey Benun Self-Published

CHILDREN'S RELIGION

A Shepherd's Tale Rocco DeFazio Saratoga Springs Publishing

COFFEE TABLE BOOKS

Detroit Steel Artists: How Edsel Ford, Ray Dietrich, Tom Hibbard, and Ralph Roberts Turned Motor City into a Styling Mecca Before Harley Earl Matthew Kilkenny Beaver's Pond Press

COMEDY

Two Tickets To Paradise: From Cult to Comedy Katie Love Crewest Studio LLC

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

Hashman Alex Grand & Joshua S. Berman Comic Book Historians

CONTEMPORARY NOVEL

Blurred Fates Anastasia Zadeik She Writes Press

COOKBOOKS: REGIONAL

A Swedish Family Cookbook: From Farm to Fabulous Jonni Hegenderfer Jonni Hegenderfer with Palmetto Publishing

CRAFTS & HOBBIES

Dewees Cochran: The Artist and Her Dolls Ann M. Leis Redwood Publishing, Inc.

CRIME FICTION

Vigilant Will Bowron Will Bowron Publishing

CROSS GENRE

The Stash Sandra Sperling Self-Published

CURRENT EVENTS

Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard & Heather E. Bullock Oxford University Press

DEATH & DYING

Find a Place for Me: Embracing Love and Life in the Face of Death Deirdre Fagan Pact Press/Regal House Publishing

DIET & NUTRITION

Gut Driven: Jump-Start Digestive Health to Nourish Body, Mind, and Spirit Ellen Postolowski Frankie Mahwah Publishing

DIVORCE

The Life and Times of Angie Bardot Angela Bardot Ocean Reeve Publishing

EDUCATION

The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive Ulcca Joshi Hansen, PhD, JD Capucia Publishing

ENTERTAINMENT

Daily Doubles 2: Celebrity Impersonators C.J. Morgan & Jack Bullard Self-Published

ENVIRONMENT

The Climate Pandemic: How Climate Disruption Threatens Human Survival Dennis Meredith Glyphus, LLC

EROTICA

Trapped Reese Art Noire Literature

FACTION

The Spoon: The Story of Two Families' Survival of the Hungarian Revolution Lisa Voelker Self-Published

FANTASY

A Dream of Shadows Peter Eliott Further Press

FICTION GENERAL

Stolen Diary Kathryn Lane Tortuga Publishing, LLC

FINE ARTS

"Artism and Me, Autism Within My Heart in Color" Maggie Susan Russell IUniverse

FRIENDSHIP

The Friendship Breakup Annie Cathryn Alcove Press

GIFT BOOKS

Rabbit at the Sliding Door: Chloe's Story Denise Lee Branco Denise Lee Branco

GREEN LIVING

Reclaiming the Sacred: Healing Our Relationships with Ourselves and the World Jeff Golden Self

GRIEF

To Where You Are Jason Fisher Warren Publishing

HEALTH GENERAL

Rehabit Your Life. A Doctor's Notebook on Navigating Health & Wellbeing P.L. Bandy MD Archway Publishing

HISTORICAL FICTION

The Fishhook Rebellion: Hawai'i 1847 Dan Gooder Richard Inkspiration Media

HISTORY: GENERAL

Europe on the Path to Self-Destruction: Nationalism and the Struggle for Hegemony, 1815-1945 Jack L. Schwartzwald McFarland Publishing

HISTORY: UNITED STATES

Federalism, Preemption, and the Nationalization of American Wildlife Management: The Dynamic Balance Between State and Federal Authority Lowell E. Baier Rowman & Littlefield

HOLIDAY

Tiny Tim's Christmas Carol: Another Untold Miracle of Charles Dickens's Classic Leonard Szymczak GPS Books

HORROR

River of Ashes Alexandrea Weis & Lucas Astor Vesuvian Books

HOW-TO

Umuted: How to Show Up, Speak Up and Inspire Action Heather Hansen Bloomsbury Business UK

HUMOR

Find Happiness through Negative Thinking Larry Gotterer larryvision

INSPIRATION

The CF Warrior Project, Volume 2: Celebrating Our Cystic Fibrosis Community Andy Lipman BookLogix

INTERIOR DESIGN: FICTION

Healing Visions: An Anthology of Micro Prose and Fine Art Photography Photographs by Meg Boscov Matter Press

INTERIOR DESIGN: NON-FICTION

The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide: A Neurodevelopmental Guide for Parents and Families Who Want to Prevent Youth High-Risk Behavior Crystal Collier, PhD

JUVENILE FICTION

Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex Carole P. Roman Chelshire, LTD.

JUVENILE NON-FICTION

Nurse Florence, What is a Heart Attack? Michael Dow, RN, MS Dow Creative Enterprises

LATINX FICTION

Defiance and Redemption: A Lifetime of Unbroken Bonds Maria J. Andrade Self-Published

LATINX NON-FICTION

Antonio, We Know You Antonio Salazar-Hobson Wyatt-MacKenzie

LEADERSHIP

Irresistible: The Seven Secrets of the World's Most Enduring, Employee-Focused Organizations Josh Bersin Ideapress Publishing

LEGAL THRILLER

Mystic Wind: A Legal Thriller James Barretto Oceanview Publishing

LGBTQIA FICTION

Furnace Creek Joseph Allen Boone Eyewear Publishing

LGBTQIA NON-FICTION

Alabama Grandson: A Black, Gay Minister's Passage Out of Hiding Cedrick D Bridgeforth Precocity Press

LITERARY FITION

Attribution Linda Moore She Writes Press

MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Using Behavioral Science in Marketing: Drive Customer Action and Loyalty by Prompting Instinctive Responses Nancy Harhut Kogan Page

MARRIAGE

The Courage to Stay: How to Heal From an Affair and Save Your Marriage Kathy Nickerson, PhD Dr. Kathy & Company Press

MEDICAL

Hair Loss: Options for Restoration & Reversal, 2nd Edition Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D. Halo Publishing International

MEDICAL THRILLER

The First Harm Steven Piskula Word First LLC

MEMOIR

It's About Time: My Award-Winning TV Adventure Karen Lee Cohen Crystal Pyramid Publication

MILITARY FICTION

A Slender Thread: A Novel of World War II John Rhodes Roundel House

MILITARY NON-FICTION

The Borinqueneers: A Visual History of the 65th Infantry Regiment Noemi Figueroa Soulet El Pozo Productions

MISCELLANEOUS

Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial Insemination Peter J. Boni Greenleaf Book Group Press

MOTIVATIONAL

A Fraction Stronger: Finding belief and possibility in life's impossible moments Mark Berridge Major Street Publishing

MULTICULTURAL FICTION

Unfollowers Leigh Ann Ruggiero University of Massachusetts Press

MULTICULTURAL NON-FICTION

Salted Plums: A Memoir of Culture and Identity Alison Hong Nguyen Lihalakha Kahana Press

MUSIC

Glory Guitars: Memoir of a `90s Teenage Punk Rock Grrrl Gogo Germaine University of Hell Press

MYSTERY

Deadly Declarations Landis Wade Lystra Books & Literary Services

NATIVE/INDIGENOUS/FIRST NATIONS FICTION

Lure: Jesse & Hawk W. L. Hawkin Blue Haven Press

NATIVE/INDIGENOUS/FIRST NATIONS NON-FICTION

A Year of Moons Joseph Bruchac Fulcrum Publishing

NATURE

Dark Cloud Country: The Four Relationships of Regeneration Daniel Firth Griffith Robinia Press

NEW AGE FICTION

The Relaxists Alton Spencer Self-Published

NEW AGE NON-FICTION

Wild Moon Healers Donna S. Conley Donna S. Conley (Self Published)

NEW NON-FICTION

The Answers Are There: Building Peace From the Inside Out Libby Hoffman Blue Chair Press

NON-FICTION

Too Embarrassed to Sing Tanya Holt The Singing Detective

NEW FICTION

Owl in the Oak Tree Penny Walker Verwar GG Publishing

PARENTING & FAMILY

The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide: A Neurodevelopmental Guide for Parents and Families Who Want to Prevent Youth High-Risk Behavior Crystal Collier, PhD IngramSpark Lightening Source

PERFORMING ARTS

Daily Doubles 2: Celebrity Impersonators C.J. Morgan & Jack Bullard Self-Published

PERSONAL GROWTH

Psychological Secrets for Emotional Success (It's All About Love) Dr. Kelly Rabenstein Koehler Books

PHILOSOPHY

The Wisdom of Hobbits: Unearthing Our Humanity at 3 Bagshot Row Matthew J. Distefano Quoir Publishing

PHOTOGRAPHY

Picturing Freedom: African Americans & Their Cars, A Photographic History Stanely B. Burns, MD & Elizabeth A. Burns Burns Archive Press

PICTURE BOOKS: ALL-AGES

How Your Brain Learns to Read Denise Eide Logic of English, Inc

PICTURE BOOKS: PRESCHOOL

Mom's Not Wipin' Your Bum Lin Hawthorne Three Plus One Publishing

POETRY

Time Regime: Poems Jhani Randhawa Gaudy Boy

POLITICAL

Ethically Challenged: Private Equity Storms U.S. Health Care Laura Katz Olson Johns Hopkins Press

POLITICAL THRILLER

Fence Jumper Mark J. Brandenburg Koehler Books

PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH

Rookie Dad: What to Expect During Your Partner's Pregnancy D. H. Collins Amazon

PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY

The Invisible Machine Eugene Lipov, MD and Jamie Mustard with Holly Lorincz BenBella Books

REFERENCE

Hair Loss: Options for Restoration & Reversal, 2nd Edition Gustavo J. Gomez, Ph.D. Halo Publishing International

REGIONAL FICTION: MIDWEST

Black and Blue Frank F. Weber Moon Finder

REGIONAL FICTION: NORTHEAST

Wash Ashore: A Tale of Cape Cod Mary Petiet Sea Crow Press

REGIONAL FICTION: SOUTHWEST

Merging Paths Vince Bailey IngramElliott Publishing

REGIONALFICTION: SOUTHEAST

Look Unto the Land George Rollie Adams Barn Loft Press

REGIONAL FICTION: WEST

Desert Phoenix: Inspired by a True Story Suzette Bruggeman Skinny Leg Press

REGIONAL NON-FICTION: MIDWEST

Bosnian St. Louis: Between Two Worlds Patrick McCarthy & Akif Cogo Missouri Historical Society Press

REGIONAL NON-FICTION: NORTHEAST

The White House: An Historic Guide The White House Historical Association The White House Historical Association

REGIONAL NON-FICTION: SOUTHEAST

Women of the Wind Angela Gail Griffin Clover Street Books

REGIONAL NON-FICTION: WEST

Cold Mountain Path: The Ghost Town Decades of McCarthy-Kennecott, Alaska Tom Kizzia Porphyry Press

RELATIONSHIPS

Wild Monogamy: Cultivating Erotic Intimacy to Keep Passion and Desire Alive Mali Apple & Joe Dunn A Higher Possibility

RELIGION FICTION

The Counting Tree Jennifer Arrington Beach House Business

RELIGION NON-FICTION

Challenges Won't Stop Me: An Interactive Survival Guide for Overcoming & Thriving Melony Brown Fiction House Press

ROMANCE

Jojo Unplugged Jamie Orr Verdel Publishing

ROMANTIC COMEDY

The Cuffing Season Contract Tori Ross Tori Ross

SALES & MARKETING

Sweating Together: How Peloton Built A Billion Dollar Venture and Created Community in a Digital World David J Miller Ideapress Publishing

SCIENCE FICTION

Edison in the Hood Nadia Uddin Apperception Press

SELF-HELP: GENERAL

ACE Your Life: Unleash Your Best Self and Live the Life You Want Michelle P. Maidenberg, Ph.D., MPH, LCSW-R Morgan James Publishing

SELF-HELP: MOTIVATIONAL

Seeking: 74 Key Findings to Raise Your Energy, Sidestep Your Self-Doubts, and Align with Your Life’s JJ DiGeronimo Together We Seek

SELF-HELP: SPIRITUAL

Glossary of Life: A Path to Joy, Balance, and Peace Manny Garcia Manny Garcia

SHORT STORIES

Shoot the Horses First Leah Angstman Kernpunkt Press

SOCIAL MEDIA

Dear Dana: That time I went crazy and wrote all 580 of my Facebook friends a handwritten letter Amy Weinland Daughters She Writes Press

SOCIAL/POLITICAL CHANGE

Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard & Heather E. Bullock Oxford University Press

SPECIALTY BOOKS

2022 Blackbook Directory and Yearbook Carl Booker Avista Products

SPIRITUALITY

The Spiritual Archetypes Christian Kurz Vaquero Publishing

SPORTS

Sins of the Tribe Mark A. Salter Greenleaf Book Group Press

STEAM PUNK

A Machine Divine Derek Paul Derek Paul

SUSPENSE

The Orchid Tattoo Carla Damron Koehler Books

TECHNOLOGY

Space Rogue: How the Hackers Known As L0pht Changed The World Cris Thomas Cris Thomas

TEEN FICTION

The Tarnished E. S. Christison Wildling Press

TEEN NON-FICTION

#ONECHOICE How 10 seconds can change your life Becky Savage O'Leary Publishing

THRILLER

River of Ashes Alexandrea Weis & Lucas Astor Vesuvian Books

TRAVEL

In the Shadow of a Dark Star: Godwinks and the Search for a Golden Thread Brent R. Mekosh Self-Published

TRUE CRIME

The Alaskan Blonde: Sex, Secrets, and the Hollywood Story that Shocked America James T. Bartlett Territory Books

VISIONARY FICTION

SPIRIT ERA - Root (Book 1) Aurélie Benattar Aurélie Benattar

WESTERN FICTION

Firmitas Danuta Pfeiffer Luminare Press

WOMEN'S FICTION

The Color of Ice Barbara Linn Probst She Writes Press

WOMEN'S HEALTH

I Love Me More: How To Find Happiness And Success Through Self-Love Jenna Banks BrainTrust Ink

WELL BEING

SNAP! From Chaos to Calm Julie Potiker Archway Publishing

WOMEN'S ISSUES

Mosaic Heart: Pieces of an Unfinished Life Donna Mazzitelli Merry Dissonance Press

WRITING & PUBLISHING

Spiritual Writing from Inspiration to Publication Deborah Levine Herman Soul Odyssey Books

YA FICTION

On the Waterfront Mike McCoy Blaster Tech

YA NON-FICTION

Personal Finance For Teens And College Students: 101 Money Secrets You Wish You Learned In High School Julian Paul Julian Paul

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