{"id":9802,"date":"2025-11-15T17:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T22:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/?page_id=9802"},"modified":"2026-02-14T09:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:35:00","slug":"the-2025-best-indie-book-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2025 Best Indie Book Award\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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10 Little Rules for a Double-Butted Adventure<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6 2025 BIBA\u00ae Self-Help Adventure Planning Winner! Create your own rules for an adventurous life! Embark on an extraordinary journey across the United States on a tandem bicycle with “10 Little Rules for a Double-Butted Adventure.” This heartwarming and insightful book explores the highs and lows of adventure cycling, unforgettable moments, and self-discovery after divorce…<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udfc6 2025 BIBA\u00ae Memoir Winner! Imagine completing a marathon every day for two and a half years. Solo. Self-supported. Through a global pandemic. Across four continents and 680 marathons, Marie Leautey faced scorching deserts, icy mountains, and the solitude of the open road. She braved blistering heat in Australia, navigated the Andes in South America,…<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udfc6 2025 BIBA\u00ae Children\u2019s Book Cover Winner! Welcome to the Heartwarming – “Lou’s Zoo and Winston Too,” – Book Two of the Lou’s Zoo Series. If you’re looking for captivating children’s books that celebrate kindness, compassion, self-esteem, diversity, and the journey of understanding anxiety, \u201cLou\u2019s Zoo and Winston Too\u201d is the perfect addition to your…<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Raising Owen: An Extra-Ordinary Memoir on Motherhood<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6 2025 BIBA\u00ae Parenting Memoir (Down Syndrome) Winner! Like any first-time mother, Suzanne assumed having her first baby would come with all the usual pleasures and trials of motherhood, except one — an unexpected diagnosis of Down syndrome when her son, Owen, was seven days old. This discovery derailed every expectation she had of parenthood.…<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sacred Forest Bathing, The Healing Power of Ancient Trees & Wild Places<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6 2025 BIBA\u00ae New Age\/Spirituality Winner! Advancing the practices of forest bathing and nature therapy to mystical levels, Ellen Dee Davidson explores the profound healing, heightened creativity, and intuitive states of consciousness available to us when we commune deeply with nature. Weaving together environmental science, wilderness adventure, goddess mythology, and the sentience of old-growth redwoods,…<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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No Easy Way Back<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6 2025 BIBA\u00ae Action Winner! A GRITTY NEO-WESTERN THRILLER FOR FANS OF CHARACTER-DRIVEN THRILLERS LIKE ORPHAN X AND MODERN WESTERNS LIKE WIND RIVER Graham Hayes has never fit in\u2014not in the life he left behind, and not in the one he’s trying to build. After years with the Regimental Reconnaissance Company\u2014an elite special operations unit\u2014he…<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hope for Moms: It’s Tough Out There, But So Are You<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6 2025 BIBA\u00ae Parenting Winner! Many of us did everything we could to prepare for becoming moms, but there just wasn’t any way to know what might lie ahead. Most of us have, at one point or another, looked around and wondered if we are alone in our parenting challenges. Hope for Moms offers a…<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Living While Dying<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6 2025 BIBA\u00ae Men\u2019s Inspirational (Prostate Journey) Winner! An inspiring wake-up call to embrace and cherish every moment of life. Living While Dying is a blend of adventure and resilience\u2014a guiding light for others facing life’s hardest challenges with unwavering strength and optimism. Eight years ago, Thom’s life took an unexpected turn with a prostate…<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Polycarp: The Early Years<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6 2025 BIBA\u00ae Christian History Winner! What does a second-century bishop in Asia Minor have to teach Christian believers today? Plenty. This is the first of four books taking historical fiction to a new level. Begin to delve into the life and times of this remarkable martyr to the Christian faith. Polycarp was a bishop…<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Charcuterie Girl<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6 2025 BIBA\u00ae Romance Winner! Tech entrepreneur Emma Davis needs a do-over. In the midst of a contentious divorce, her self-esteem, as well as her once-thriving career, have hit rock bottom. Writing professor Evy Hanover is a newcomer to the town of Belmont, New York. Confident, free-spirited, and fun-loving, Evy can navigate whatever life throws…<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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