Best Book Review Blogs in 2026

https://independentbookreview.com/

Independent Book Review is a celebration of small press and self-published books.

Blogger: Joseph

Genres: Children's, Christian, Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Erotica, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor, LGBT, Mystery/Thriller, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Paranormal, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Sports, Urban Fantasy, and YA

🌐 Domain authority: 21

👀 Average monthly visits: 2,500 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Website contact form

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

https://lovelyloveday.com/

Lovely Loveday was created because of a love for books. I love to share my thoughts on books I have read and authors I have discovered along the way in hopes that others will enjoy reading as much as I do. I enjoy reading any genre both indie and traditional books.

Blogger: Lovely Loveday

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Erotica, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Mystery/Thriller, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Paranormal, Romance, Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, and YA

🌐 Domain authority: 26

👀 Average monthly visits: 50,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Website contact form

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

https://pooledink.com/

Hello strangers! This is a space I’ve created to babble honestly about books. I’ll try to avoid going on and on about them like a leaky faucet and keep it a crisp and clean review site…but I don’t make promises I might not (and probably won’t) keep.

Blogger: Angela

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, LGBT, Mystery/Thriller, New Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, and YA

🌐 Domain authority: 14

👀 Average monthly visits: 700 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Website contact form

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

https://barbtaub.com/

As a writer myself, I welcome the work of others. If you're interested in having me review a book, please see the submission guidelines below the Contact Form.

Blogger: Barb

Genres: Romance, Mystery/Thriller, Science Fiction, Paranormal, and Urban Fantasy

🌐 Domain authority: 30

👀 Average monthly visits: 3,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Website contact form

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

https://natashaisabookjunkie.com/

Book reviewing was born out of necessity more than anything else. It was either that or losing all her friends because she couldn't stop talking about the books she was reading. Now she gets to do it whenever she wishes and not only does she get to keep her old friends, but she was also fortunate to find her book junkie tribe too.

Blogger: Natasha

Genres: YA, Romance, and New Adult

🌐 Domain authority: 38

👀 Average monthly visits: 16,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Website contact form

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

https://avaeshaffer.wixsite.com/website

Hi there! My name is Ava, and i'm a sophomore creative writing major in university. I like to review books (typically YA, New Adult, contemporary, and romance) but I've been known to post some short stories as well. If you're looking for quirky reviews from a gen-z reader who spends more time scrolling through #booktok on TikTok than actually reading- check out my blog!

Blogger: Ava Shaffer

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, LGBT, New Adult, Poetry, Romance, and YA

🌐 Domain authority: 15

👀 Average monthly visits: 65 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

https://eclecticreview.wordpress.com/

My name is Sharon (sherton on LibraryThing) from Iowa and I am an avid reader of just about every genre. Of course, I have my favorites, but I'll let you try to guess what they are. If I'm not working in my garden, I'm writing reviews here, for Amazon, LibraryThing, GoodReads and others as requested.

Blogger: Sharon

Genres: YA, Crime, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, Science Fiction, and Non-Fiction

🌐 Domain authority: 16

👀 Average monthly visits: 5,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Mail

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

http://freshfiction.com/

Many of the books for FreshFiction's reviews are unsolicited. We can't guarantee that a particular book will be reviewed (since we receive many more books than we can review), but review / advance copies are always welcome.

Blogger: The FF Team

Genres: YA, Crime, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance, Mystery/Thriller, Science Fiction, Paranormal, New Adult, Children's, LGBT, Humor, Horror, and Urban Fantasy

🌐 Domain authority: 53

👀 Average monthly visits: 71,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Mail

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

http://lesbrary.com/

The Lesbrary is a book blog all about les/bi/etc books. Yes, this often means lesbian books (hence the name), but includes anything in the broad ‰ÛÏdoesn't identify as a man and is at least some of the time attracted romantically and/or sexually to others who do not identify as a man‰Û category. Lesbrary books don't have to be written by a queer author, though it helps.

Blogger: The Lesbrarians

Genres: Contemporary Fiction and LGBT

🌐 Domain authority: 37

👀 Average monthly visits: 7,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

https://www.beyondthebookends.com/

Welcome to Beyond the Bookends, a blog for modern Moms who love to read and wish to inspire a love of reading in their children.

Blogger: Jackie and Kirsten

Genres: Children's, Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, Non-Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, and YA

🌐 Domain authority: 16

👀 Average monthly visits: 3,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

https://utopia-state-of-mind.com/

My name is Lili and I am a scholar at heart, obsessed with SFF and always carrying a book wherever I go. I did my Masters and BA in Women’s Studies and English Literature. I am obsessed with diversity and use USOM to champion books I feel deserve more praise and attention (including smaller presses and indie authors).

Blogger: Lili

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, and YA

🌐 Domain authority: 27

👀 Average monthly visits: 14,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

http://www.cozymysterybookreviews.blogspot.com/

Cozy Mystery Book Reviews is a site dedicated to cozy mysteries. We review cozy mysteries only. Requests for other genres will be ignored. We also only post positive reviews. If you don't see your review on the book blog, either our reviewer decided to pass on reviewing, or hasn't gotten to reviewing your book yet.

Blogger: Missi

Genres: Mystery/Thriller

🌐 Domain authority: 11

👀 Average monthly visits: 5,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

http://www.yabookscentral.com/

Hey, thanks for joining! We're so happy you're here! We accept review requests from indie authors (small press, independent press, and self pub) and traditionally published authors. We do not guarantee reviews. IMPORTANT: Do not contact our staff reviewers directly with review requests. They will not respond. Repeated contacts will result in your email being blocked.

Blogger: YA Books Central Team

Genres: YA

🌐 Domain authority: 47

👀 Average monthly visits: 45,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Submission manager

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

https://joreadsromance.co.uk/

Jo Reads Romance is dedicated to my love of all kinds of romance novels. I aim to write fair and honest reviews - helping other readers decide whether to spend their hard earned money. However, even if I don’t like a book - I’m never mean. If a blurb, story or cover takes my fancy, I’m game for almost anything. So long as the romance is central to the story. But I tend to avoid dark romances, Mafia, vampires, m/m and menage.

Blogger: Joanna Lee

Genres: Romance

🌐 Domain authority: 3

👀 Average monthly visits: 1,500 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Email

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes

https://portobellobookblog.com/

I’m Joanne and I’m passionate about reading! I enjoy a wide variety of books but would say my favourite genres are contemporary fiction or thrillers and I also enjoy a good love story.

Blogger: Joanne Baird

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Crime, and Romance

🌐 Domain authority: 34

👀 Average monthly visits: 5,000 p/mo

💌 Preferred contact method: Mail

⭐️ Accepts indie books? Yes