Best Independent Books July 24
We are delighted to recommend the following books from the independent publishing sector.
FICTION
The Opaque Conspiracy: Finding a Way Through Destruction and Despair
by Grace Flores-Hughes
The plot in this novel revolves around a hard-working couple who fall prey to a ruthless conspiracy involving their company’s bank and a group of unscrupulous business executives.
When an unexpected setback leaves their company temporarily unable to meet its obligations, the bank seizes the opportunity to demand the sale of the company’s assets. The bank, having financed the company, misuses its power and colludes with the executives to engineer a rigged sale process, aiming to gain possession of the entire company, not just its assets. The story is narrated by Bonita Levine, a woman of remarkable resilience. She must draw upon every ounce of toughness she developed growing up in a harsh environment to navigate the dire situation they find themselves in. Her husband, C.E. Levine, a distinguished and decorated military veteran, is forced by the lender to sell his company’s assets, shattering their once happy and prosperous life.
This novel uncovers the dark underbelly of the modern business world, serving as a stark reminder of the risks inherent in dealing with those who prioritize greed above all else.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Mystery & Thriller
ISBN: 978-1637352236
NON-FICTION
Resilience Under Fire: From Breakdown to Breakthrough
by Jochen Schwenk
This book is a bold and practical guide to transforming chaos into clarity, setbacks into success and fear into forward momentum. Drawing from high-stakes experiences in military intelligence, special operations and corporate crises at Fortune 500 companies, the author shares a proven framework for leading decisively and rising stronger.
This empowering book reveals how to identify a crisis and take swift, effective action. The author outlines mental models for navigating pressure, overcoming indecision, and making impactful decisions, whether time is scarce or abundant. He introduces innovative methods for thinking inside and outside the box to generate solutions that stand out, even in the most volatile situations. With expert insights and real-world scenarios, he shows how to transform stress into strategy. His step-by-step approach fosters resilience and confidence in the face of adversity, and equips readers to handle the unexpected with precision and strength.
Whether managing teams, steering a business, or facing personal upheaval, this book delivers the tools people need not only to survive, but to thrive. When everything feels uncertain, this is a blueprint for clarity, confidence and renewed purpose.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637353806
Mastering the TPS Blueprint: Transforming Trauma into Triumph
by Darius Ross
This is a transformative guide to rewiring mindset, overcoming obstacles and unlocking the discipline needed for lasting success. By shifting perspective and breaking free from mental limitations, readers can take control of their future and reach new heights.
In this book, the author dives into the mental roadblocks that keep people stuck, offering proven strategies to build resilience and confidence. With step-by-step guidance, he reveals how to overcome generational struggles, limiting beliefs and environmental influences. His blueprint provides actionable tools to turn ambition into meaningful change, helping readers embrace their potential. For women and minority communities, this book addresses inherited struggles, societal expectations and systemic barriers, empowering individuals to redefine their stories and build success on their own terms.
Whether improving careers, relationships or personal growth, this book delivers the framework needed to take charge of life and transform trauma into triumph.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 979-8998713002
Author Inc: The Entrepreneur's Secret Playbook to Skyrocketing Leads and Sales by Self-publishing a Book (The Entrepreneur Success Series)
by Ray Brehm, Nathan Andersen et al.
Successfully integrating a book into a business strategy requires hard work. More than 30 successful entrepreneurs shared their insights, and the common thread is effort and dedication. The strategies in this book are effective, but only for those willing to put in the work.
The book shows how to build a list and make sales immediately, even without an existing list or product. It teaches 15 counterintuitive habits that successful entrepreneurs use to boost their daily success. It tells where to locate the best people for email and reader lists and how to bypass the lengthy trial-and-error process while building an online empire. It explains why no one should ever go it alone as an author and why advertising less might actually help grow a list faster.
The intention behind the book was to gather a unique group of entrepreneurs and delve into their success stories. It went a step further by asking them to outline what they would do if they had to start from scratch in 30 days. The results were astounding! What had started out as an interview anthology was transformed into a world-class handbook for entrepreneurs aiming to use a book as a primary business tool.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1732783058
Automotive Search Marketing: A Car Dealer's Guide to Google
by Alex Melen
This book contains a detailed account of the latest and greatest in online marketing strategies for car dealers looking to take their digital marketing to the next level.
The author explains what it takes to plan and implement a strategy for search marketing that uses the latest techniques to maximize the return on investment. He provides a detailed description of Google ranking signals to help improve the search engine optimization and jumpstart organic search traffic. He reveals advanced pay-per-click implementations to revamp Google Ads campaigns and increase business immediately.
In this book, the author explains how to select an advertising agency, evaluate performance, and optimize campaigns consistently.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637352113
In case you missed the books featured in the last newsletter, here they are again:
NON-FICTION
Success DNA: Mastering Persistence in Leadership and Life
by Alinka Rutkowska, Manuel R. Aragon, Golshan Barazesh et al.
This isn’t just a collection of inspirational stories — it’s a call to action for those who are ready to take ownership of their journey and lead with courage, clarity and compassion. In this book, 19 accomplished leaders talk about their journeys from adversity to achievement, revealing the personal qualities that fuel enduring success.
Through powerful storytelling, this anthology illuminates the pathways forged by persistence, resilience and adaptability, traits that transcend backgrounds and redefine what's possible. Each chapter in this book offers deep insights into the evolution of leadership, the strength found in overcoming personal and professional obstacles and the purpose discovered when ambition aligns with core values. From redefining success beyond status and wealth to transforming setbacks into stepping stones, these stories provide a roadmap for navigating today’s complex challenges.
Readers get to explore how effective leadership emerges through experience and reflection, how balance and fulfillment go hand in hand and how lasting impact is created when individuals lift others up. Rooted in real-world lessons and emotional truths, this is a guide to cultivating an authentic leadership style.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637353875
Who Moved My Data?: Data-Driven Strategies In Modern Finance
by Craig Fookes and Greg Hood
The role of finance is evolving. No longer confined to spreadsheets and traditional accounting, today’s finance professionals must become data-driven and data-savvy to thrive. This book offers a clear roadmap for navigating this transformation, equipping emerging and seasoned professionals with the tools to embrace data as a core asset.
The authors explore how finance can take ownership of data rather than relying on IT, highlighting the industry’s pioneers who are leading the data revolution. Through compelling success stories, they illustrate how finance professionals have leveraged data to drive strategic decisions and organizational growth. The book delves into actionable insights and data strategies tailored for finance.
This is a practical guide to integrating data into everyday workflows. The authors provide a forward-looking perspective on the future of finance, including the growing impact of artificial intelligence.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637353745
Play Bold: How to Win the Business Game through Creative Destruction
by Magnus Penker
In this book, the author, a world-renowned thought leader, details a modern approach to innovation. He finally and comprehensively answers the question why it is that some companies succeed where others — even those with great potential — fail.
The author teaches how to identify and mitigate the corporate antibodies that kill innovation. He outlines how to gain the capability and culture necessary to jump from S-curve to S-curve so as to avoid going down with the ship. He explains why playing it safe is the surest way to a slow death in today’s globalized economy.
The lifespan of companies is rapidly shrinking. This book points the way forward. Innovation at its best destroys what doesn’t work and builds something brilliant from the pieces. Everything we need is right in front of us. All we need to know is how to bring it together.
Honors: seen on CBS and Fox
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637350584
Falling Forward: A Guide for Facing Adversity and Planning Your Life
by Gordon Wollman
This compelling guide explores the balance between personal and professional life. It emphasizes that the qualities that make a good businessman and a good human being are one and the same, encapsulated in the golden rule of “do unto others...”
The author recounts a journey through his life experiences — from the farm to the army to financial success. He shares his accumulated wisdom with plainspoken sincerity, always moving toward self-improvement and positively impacting the community surrounding him. He outlines the habits, skills and mindsets required for making a plan, adapting that plan when necessary, and moving forward to transform past failures into future success. It provides insights on how to balance business and personal lives, understand that mistakes are only failures if people choose not to learn from them, and improve self-awareness by seeking counsel to overcome blind spots.
The book also highlights the importance of people surrounding themselves with success and it shares how the author has overcome personal and professional setbacks and how the adversity has made him a better person and leader.
Honors: seen on MarketWatch
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637352489
You Are Not Them: The Authentic Entrepreneur's Way
by Sid Mohasseb
This book approaches entrepreneurship the way a master craftsman would. It promotes an iterative lifestyle rather than a final destination.
In this book, the author explains how to develop a unique entrepreneurial philosophy grounded in core personality components. He outlines why the traditional model of entrepreneurship so often fails. He investigates the dynamics between risk, value creation, execution and mindfulness, and teaches how to leverage the wisdom of great leaders without sacrificing the individuality that allows people to break into uncharted territory.
The outcome for entrepreneurs is improved workflow efficiency by developing an awareness of the varying states of entrepreneurship and how each one can be circumstantially levied to the entrepreneur’s advantage; a tailored approach to communication that authentically reflects entrepreneurial values and an understanding of a personal axiom of choices in the context of situational leadership and business development. Fundamentally, everything entrepreneurs need to be successful is already within them. The real question is whether they are paying attention to it.
This is not your ordinary business book. Sid Mohasseb combines his love of poetry, storytelling, history and philosophy. — Az Samad Book Reviews Honors: seen on CBS
Category: Business
ISBN: 978-1637350485
We trust that your readers will enjoy our hand-picked selection.
For more bestselling and award-winning books from the independent publishing sector, please go here.
Warm regards,
Alinka Rutkowska
CEO, LibraryBub
