small press/indie lit

I’ve found myself reading more and more small press/indie lit the past couple years. I’d say about 30-40% of my reading comes from independent publishers. My favorite writers throughout my life has followed a Salinger -> Vonnegut -> Murakami -> Saunders trajectory, and I’ve found a lot of small press stuff that carries this torch. Through some of these indie writers I’ve discovered other geniuses like Barry Hannah and Denis Johnson. I find a freshness in smaller pubs that I usually only see traces of in mainstream stuff. I like weirdo voices, books that take chances (and work, they still have to work). I’m not saying ones better than the other, I like both. I’m not making it about that – I just haven’t found much here on reddit about indie books and wondering where my people at!

by Key-Sundae-3450