Foreword Reviews

Foreword Reviews We discover, curate, critique, and share new indie books in our bi-monthly print magazine and daily updated website. That's why we're here for you.

Identifying the right book for the right time is more difficult than ever. Foreword Reviews is a media company dedicated exclusively to covering independently published books. Whether you choose to read our award winning magazine, website, or enewsletter, the information you need to find the best books in indie publishing is at your fingertips. We're who booksellers, librarians, agents, publishing

professionals, and readers turn to for reviews of the best titles from small, alternative, and academic presses. Foreword affects the choices of booksellers and librarians across the country who tell millions what to read. Established in 1998, we share indie-only coverage with the widest possible audience through our award-winning print and digital magazine, our website, our annual IndieFab book awards, and at international tradeshows. We were also an industry pioneer with Clarion Reviews, the first and most trusted fee-for-review service for indie and self-publishers.

Final Day to Enter the 2025 INDIESThere is only one day left to enter the 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. ...
01/14/2026

Final Day to Enter the 2025 INDIES

There is only one day left to enter the 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. The deadline is midnight on January 15, 2026. Now is the time.

Enter here: https://publishers.forewordreviews.com/awards/

Book of the Day Roundup: Check out these fabulous titles! Familius The New Press Pegasus Books https://loom.ly/LBvfFW8
01/09/2026

Book of the Day Roundup: Check out these fabulous titles! Familius The New Press Pegasus Books
https://loom.ly/LBvfFW8

Making It Up / A Revolutionary Way to Bond with Kids Through Play / Christopher Mannino /
Cory Reid, illustrator /
Familius /
Softcover $18.99 (224pp) /
979-889396006-8 /
Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Practical tips for imaginative play...

Foreword This Week: The Best of 2025, Plus Belle Époque Dragons, Seaside Playtime & Silly Literalism Magnetic Press Appl...
01/08/2026

Foreword This Week: The Best of 2025, Plus Belle Époque Dragons, Seaside Playtime & Silly Literalism Magnetic Press Apples & Honey Press Familius The New Press Pegasus Books
https://loom.ly/RllbkS4

New year! New issue of Foreword!
01/06/2026

New year! New issue of Foreword!

Book of the Day Roundup: Check out these fabulous titles! Monkfish Book Publishing Company Saraband Books Shadow Mount...
01/02/2026

Book of the Day Roundup: Check out these fabulous titles! Monkfish Book Publishing Company Saraband Books Shadow Mountain Publishing Black Lawrence Press

Time is running out. The deadline to enter the 2025 INDIES Book of the Year Awards is fast approaching. Submit your titl...
12/31/2025

Time is running out.
The deadline to enter the 2025 INDIES Book of the Year Awards is fast approaching.
Submit your titles now to ensure they are considered.
Once judging begins, 2025 titles will no longer be accepted.

Register today:
https://publishers.forewordreviews.com/awards/

Book of the Day Roundup: December 22-26 ~ Check out these fabulous titles! Tyndale House Publishers Pegasus Books Turner...
12/26/2025

Book of the Day Roundup: December 22-26 ~ Check out these fabulous titles! Tyndale House Publishers Pegasus Books Turner Publishing Inc University of Chicago Press
https://loom.ly/8rKwx_w

Season’s Readings from all of us at Foreword Reviews. As the year comes to a close, we want to thank the authors, indepe...
12/24/2025

Season’s Readings from all of us at Foreword Reviews. As the year comes to a close, we want to thank the authors, independent publishers, university presses, librarians, booksellers, and readers who make this community what it is. Your dedication to books, ideas, and discovery is what keeps this work meaningful. Wishing you a restful holiday filled with good stories, quiet moments, and time well spent with the people and books you love.

2025 is almost in the rear view, but these books that earned starred reviews never will be! Check out the books that ear...
12/24/2025

2025 is almost in the rear view, but these books that earned starred reviews never will be!

Check out the books that earned extra accolades from our readers this year:
https://cdn.forewordreviews.com/pdf_files/2025-list-of-star-reviews.pdf

As 2025 draws to a close, we'd like to express thanks to our intern for the year, Bridget Belden. Currently a high scho...
12/23/2025

As 2025 draws to a close, we'd like to express thanks to our intern for the year, Bridget Belden. Currently a high school senior, Bridget is Editor in Chief of the Black & Gold school newspaper, a member of the National Honor Society, a four-year French student, and involved with the Sci-Ma-Tech academic program. While at Foreword, she contributed to both the sales and editorial departments, bringing youthful energy to her internship responsibilities. All the best as you choose which college to attend Bridget!

Book of the Day Roundup: Check out this week's amazing titles!https://loom.ly/fo8sqvM Behrman House Orenda Books Casemat...
12/19/2025

Book of the Day Roundup: Check out this week's amazing titles!
https://loom.ly/fo8sqvM Behrman House Orenda Books Casemate Bethany House Fiction Paul Dry Books

Foreword This Week: Reviewer Carolina Ciucci Interviews Carry Somers, Author of The Nature of Fashion, Plus a Christmas ...
12/18/2025

Foreword This Week: Reviewer Carolina Ciucci Interviews Carry Somers, Author of The Nature of Fashion, Plus a Christmas Romance and Yuletide Picture Books Chelsea Green Publishing Tyndale House Publishers Beaming Books Apples & Honey Press Orenda Books Casemate Bethany House Fiction Paul Dry Books https://loom.ly/3WRIw6w

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Foreword Reviews is dedicated to the “art” of book reviewing. With a review team of talented writers who are experts in their fields, our journal is designed for a discerning librarian—in recognition of the fact that quality paper, generous use of white space, and creative design encourages a time investment by readers. Foreword’s reviews are insightful critiques, robust in length and thoughtful. That is why our readership loves us so much. And why our reviews are licensed to wholesalers like Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Bowker, Cengage, Ebsco, and others. Established in 1998, we share indie-only coverage with the widest possible audience through our award-winning print and digital magazine, our website, our annual Indies book of the year awards, and at international tradeshows. We were also an industry pioneer with Clarion Reviews, the first and most trusted fee-for-review service for indie and self-publishers.