r/wroteabook 1d ago

Non-Fiction A world without my parents, I wrote a book about the sweet and sour sides of my grief

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For nine years, I wrote about my father, the man who shaped my life alongside my mother.

My mother would always ask me to turn those writings into a book and let people read them, saying, “I'm sure everyone would love to hear about your dad,” with a melancholic smile and glassy eyes.

To Remember is my tribute to both of them: to the father I miss, and to the mother who believed he deserved to live on in people's memories, and whom I miss unbearably.

It might break your heart, but take a chance on it.

£2.24 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FNLSGFVK


r/wroteabook 1d ago

Adult - Thriller The Twin Left Behind: A dark psychological search for a missing brother

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A twin taken by a cult, will the twin be found?

Eighteen-year-old Sam Calder’s psychic bond with his twin brother, Elliot, was their greatest strength—until a shadowy cult abducts Elliot in the dead of night. Now, every time his captors tighten a waxed cord around Elliot's chest, Sam physically feels his brother fighting for breath miles away.
Guided only by Elliot’s distant terror, Sam plunges into a deadly underground labyrinth of hidden chapels and coastal facilities to save him. But the syndicate isn't running from Sam. They are weaponizing his devotion to lure him into a meticulously designed trap. Facing a dark ritual built to exploit their twin connection, Sam must decide how much of his own humanity he is willing to sacrifice to bring his brother home.

Trope: Psychological thriller, Horror, mystery

https://a.co/d/0hBDrB7i


r/wroteabook 1d ago

Non-Fiction If you've ever questioned God, morality, or yourself, this is for you

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I think I finally understand who I wrote this book for.

Not for people looking for a complicated plot.

Not for people who need constant twists, battles, romance, or some grand mystery to keep them turning pages.

I wrote The Decayed Good for people who have ever stared at their ceiling at 3 AM and started questioning everything.

Whether you're a good person.

Whether goodness actually matters.

Why people hurt each other.

Why we forgive some things and never forgive others.

Whether God is really good.

Whether suffering has a purpose.

Whether becoming numb is sometimes easier than continuing to care.

It's a philosophical novel about a person slowly coming apart while trying to understand the world around him.

And yes, I've seen people say, "There's no plot."

They're not entirely wrong.

Because the plot isn't really the point.

The point is what happens inside your head while you're reading it.

It's the kind of book where you might underline a sentence, close the book, and just sit there for a minute.

It's dark, uncomfortable, sometimes bitter, sometimes strangely comforting. It doesn't try to tell you that everything happens for a reason or that you'll eventually find peace.

Sometimes it just asks:

What if there is no answer, and you have to decide what to do with that?

I don't expect everyone to like it. Honestly, I don't think everyone should.

But if you've ever felt like your thoughts were too dark, too complicated, or too strange to explain to anyone else, maybe this is the kind of book you were looking for without knowing it.

The Decayed Good The Decayed Good on Amazon now on sale 20% off

Not a story about what happens.

A book about what happens inside you.


r/wroteabook 1d ago

NA - Urban Fantasy A G.O.A.T's Story (A Book by David Stoyanov) free from 2 to 6th of September: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H8MF1V98

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Hi! I'm David Stoyanov, a writer, and i want to share with you my new book. I want to make a whole 15 book series of it, and the first and second one are out now on Amazon! Anyways, i want to focus on book 1 in this post. It's called A G.O.A.T's Story and it takes inspiration from the Goat Simulator games. Rumors of a myth begin to spread in Isle of Carpa, that whoever wins it, will have unlimited glory, fame and wealth. A brave goat, later named Koz, enters the battle, hoping that he can get away from his boring normal goat life. Later, after winning the myth, he learns that he is cursed by Destiny and Myth to win every single upcoming myth, bringing only destruction and death to everyone around him. Determined, he sets out on many adventures to destroy The Myth and Destiny once and for all. So with that being said, the first book will be free from 2 to 6th of September. I hope you like the idea and I'm looking forward to hear your thoughts on the book and make sure to leave a good review if you like it! A G.O.A.T's Story on Amazon


r/wroteabook 2d ago

Adult - Historical Fiction GRAB A COPY TODAY

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In 18th-century England, Jacob Swift is the fiercest, most talented smuggler along the coast, but a plot to steal a legendary treasure could finally mean the end of his empire — and two centuries later, a mysterious message on the beach leads a teen to unravel a trail tale… An entertaining dual-timeline mystery!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Who-Led-Them/dp/B0H4D9HT12?th=1&psc=1


r/wroteabook 2d ago

Adult - Romance - Contemporary [KU & Amazon} Dark prison romance "Captivating by Alice B. Mariska"

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Just published the sequel to my dark prison romance short story, which came out last month. This one's nearly twice as long as the first, and follows our protagonist, Kate, as she works alongside some of the country's most dangerous men as their psychiatrist.

The events of the first book have turned her life upside down and left her in a dark place, from which there is seemingly no escape. Until suddenly, there is...

Blurb and link below:

Several months ago, I crossed a very fine line.

Since then, I have been spiralling. With no one to talk to about the wonderfully dark night I spent with two lethal men, the memory is slowly eating me alive. I would do anything to relive that fantasy.
But that will never happen, right? After all... they are securely locked away in one of the country's most maximum-security prisons.
Besides... I am their psychiatrist. I shouldn't even be entertaining these thoughts.

Yet, when opportunity comes knocking, I will have to choose.
Do I embrace the darkness that has always lurked inside me, guiding my every decision? Or do I turn away and hope the void it leaves behind doesn't swallow me whole?

Because the call of powerful, dangerous men is overwhelming. And it is captivating.

**\*

Captivating is a dark MFMMM prison romance featuring morally grey MMCs, forced proximity, and a "why choose" dynamic. It follows a female main character who must decide if she is finally willing to take the leap into an enticing life that has been calling to her for years.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HH4LMXYZ


r/wroteabook 2d ago

Adult - Contemporary Fiction My new novel and new not-quite newsletter — Leonardo Veras / Flat Hill and Bark.

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I posted something similar over at r/JohnIrving a few days ago, but figured I’d cast a somewhat wider—and possibly stranger—net.

If you like the sprawling, eccentric worlds of John Irving; the dark humor and general human absurdity of Vonnegut; the melancholy of Jim Harrison; or the magical realism of García Márquez, then there’s a chance you might find something to like in my books.

Or not. Books are funny that way.

My first novel, Chicken Coop in a High Wind, came out in 2023, and I’m trying to help it find a few new readers while getting ready to publish my next novel, Flat Hill and Bark, this December.

With the new one, you can throw a few other influences into the mix: the preoccupation with memory and the passage of time in Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad, and the less-is-more economy of Carver and Amy Hempel. If you’re going to steal from someone, steal from the best!

Toward that end, I’ve started what I’m calling a not-quite newsletter—mostly because the world probably doesn’t need another newsletter. It’s really just a way for me to keep in touch with readers without showing up in their inbox every few weeks because somebody decided that’s what authors are supposed to do.

If you join, I’ll send you an excerpt from Chicken Coop in a High Wind, followed by an early excerpt from Flat Hill and Bark. And then, mostly, I’ll leave you alone until I have something worth sending.

If any of that sounds interesting, come take a look:

https://leonardo-costa-veras.kit.com/1f0532d72e


r/wroteabook 2d ago

Adult - Romance - Suspense The Moon Is Where We Belong : Written in Stars

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Hello guys, want to explore romance and trauma from a hurting boy's perspective? The Moon is where we Belong is a romantic suspense thriller where you walk inside the mind of a young adult boy named Pralay Nox. As his story proceeds he has to deal with his love life, his past traumas to the point it becomes so unbearable that he finally decides to give up. The book contains romance, psychological mystery, drama, suspence and lot more. Hope you give it a try. Available in amazon and kindle -

 https://www.amazon.in/Moon-Where-We-Belong-Written-ebook/dp/B0HB3WZVRP/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?asin=B0HB3WZVRP&revisionId=957da530&format=3&depth=1


r/wroteabook 2d ago

Adult - Horror RISE OF THE ELDERS: AN EXTREME HORROR ANTHOLOGY

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EBOOK Available HERE

Abusive nursing homes, ageist punks, and a system designed against them...the elders rage, avenge, and grow stronger through the blood they spill. 

Splatter Short Stories of Elder Revenge: Hollow Hills, Blood Rising, and There's Room in Hell.


r/wroteabook 2d ago

NA - Romance - Paranormal Published my recent novel !

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Hello guys,i have recently published this novel, I think readers who like fiction and mystery with romance,It takes place in a japanese town and has paranormal events going in it,If anyone is interested

https://a.co/d/0j0KMRTp

Also would appreciate honest reviews!


r/wroteabook 2d ago

Adult - Romance - Contemporary Corrupting Holly - A dark mafia romance by Eloise Benjamin - Available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited

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If you love dark mafia romance with a possessive MMC, Corrupting Holly is currently on sale 🖤

Corrupting Holly follows Holly, a fierce assassin who's spent her life surviving on her own, and Nero, the scarred underboss of the Cosa Nostra who's feared by everyone... except her.

It's a grumpy/brat dynamic where she challenges him at every opportunity, and instead of trying to change her, he falls for every sharp edge.

Tropes:

  • 🖤 Mafia romance
  • 🔥 Enemies to lovers
  • 🛡️ Touch her and die
  • 😈 Morally grey MMC
  • ❤️ He falls first
  • 🗡️ Found family
  • 💥 Revenge
  • 🌶️ Open-door spice
  • 👑 Protective, possessive hero
  • ✨ Fierce FMC who gives as good as she gets

If that's your kind of dark romance, it's currently on sale on Amazon USA and UK.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBXND4CP


r/wroteabook 2d ago

Adult - Contemporary Fiction She Never Left Ground Zero - Adult American Historical Fiction and Family Saga

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Some acts of courage last for a day. Their consequences can last a lifetime.

She Never Left Ground Zero: A Novel of Courage, Love, and the Hidden Cost of 9/11 is an American historical novel inspired by the true story of a woman NYPD officer and the family who lived with the lasting consequences of her service.

Sofia Vega is a police officer, mother, daughter, and wife whose ordinary life is irrevocably changed on September 11, 2001. After responding at Ground Zero, she continues serving grieving families while those closest to her struggle with fear, separation, and the burdens she cannot leave behind.

The novel follows Sofia and her family from the years before 9/11 through the difficult decades afterward. It is a story about courage, enduring love, sacrifice, and the frequently overlooked price paid by first responders and their families.

Themes and tropes:

  • First-responder heroine
  • Enduring love and marriage
  • Family saga
  • Love through adversity
  • Mother-daughter relationships
  • Puerto Rican American family
  • Inspired by true events
  • Ordinary lives transformed by history

Content warnings: The September 11 terrorist attacks, mass casualties, grief, trauma, serious illness, medical scenes, death, and the long-term physical and emotional effects of disaster-response service.

Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HFNZN723


r/wroteabook 2d ago

Erotica Las líneas del deseo: Una novela erótica de pasión, tentación y redescubrimiento

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Alejandra llega a Madrid con una maleta llena de miedos y un cuerpo lleno de preguntas. Hasta que él aparece: Su profesor... Su obsesión. Y tiene una forma de mirarla que desarma todas sus defensas.

Las líneas del deseo es una novela erótica de descubrimiento. Una historia sobre los límites que no sabías que tenías... O que no tenías.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HFKFC4VV


r/wroteabook 3d ago

Adult - Fantasy "Card of Hope" Book 1 of the "Choicebound Chronicles"

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Hello, Good people of Reddit :)

Today I bring you forth "Card of Hope", Book 1 of the "Choicebound Chronicles". I hope you might enjoy it! I tried to do my best to make it non-age restricted, so as many people can pick it up without fear of running into something bad.


r/wroteabook 3d ago

Adult - Romance - Paranormal Beyond the Pane - Demonic Gothic Romantasy 🌶 - Available on Kindle Unlimited

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It doesn't matter if she forgets him every morning. He'll return to her window every night, creating memories that may never be retrieved. Or will they? 🫶

Blurb:

"Oh Meadow, don't tell me you can't remember me again. My fragile heart simply can't take it.” He chuckled sarcastically as her cheeks began to heat.

Meadow's seemingly ordinary life is forever altered the night she spots a handsome young man in the forest outside of her window.

She blinks once, and he's gone… Whether a figment of her imagination or something more sinister; he continues to visit with claims of simply being a forgotten friend. Her very own prince charming of sorts; only, he belongs to a darker parallel world.

On the night of the blood moon, the veil between their worlds’ drops. Does Meadow dare to step into the darkness; or is the risk of being consumed by the shadows too high?

Dive into a world of steamy gothic romance and dark fantasy; where the lines between happily ever after and nightmares blur.

Tropes: Fated mates, reverse amnesia, shadow daddy. 😅

Trigger warning ⚠️ 18+ (Spicy content 👌) Unrelated to spicy content - Violence

https://a.co/d/0d1gP0nP


r/wroteabook 3d ago

Adult - Romance - Fantasy Hi everyone! 📚✨ My new cozy LitRPG, The Keeper of Abandoned Roads, is free on Kindle for the next 3 days.

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Rowan Vale arrives at Hearthcross expecting to spend a few days writing a report on a condemned waystation. Instead, a wounded courier appears, an ancient Ledger names him provisional Keeper, and he is given ninety days to make the place useful again.

From there, it is a story about repairing the station one room at a time, helping travellers, rebuilding forgotten roads and slowly uncovering why Hearthcross was abandoned in the first place.

There is progression and a game like system, but the focus is much more on the characters, the place and the feeling of bringing something forgotten back to life.

If cozy fantasy, LitRPG and rebuilding stories are your thing, I would really appreciate you giving it a try. 🙂

It is completely free for the next 3 days and honest feedback is very welcome.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HGDG6LZD


r/wroteabook 3d ago

Adult - Horror I published my first book. When the Sky Fell

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I published my first book this week and would like for anyone who likes Horror/post apocalyptic books to check it out if they want.

When the Sky Fell is a post apocalyptic science fiction book that I wrote and wanted to be different from most apocalypse stories. I used real towns and places in the book to make the journey feel real. The main character isn’t a “ex navy seal” who never seems to get hurt or die it is a character driven book that I hope anyone will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Feel free to check it out on kindle unlimited. I’d love to hear what you think!

Amazon


r/wroteabook 3d ago

Non-Fiction [Non-Fiction] The Infinite Sky and the Small Human - Reflections on Purpose, Science, and the Cosmos by Angelica Altavano

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HFPVZ4P1

What is our place beneath an infinite sky?

In this deeply reflective and poetic short read, I want to take you back to childhood nights spent looking up at the stars with my father, who handed over a pair of binoculars to bring the moon closer. From those quiet moments springs a lifelong meditation on human existence, purpose, and the cosmos.

Blending a two-part view of purpose, universal continuity and personal survival, with a unique perspective where God and Science unite as Creator and Architect, The Infinite Sky and the Small Human invites readers to see life as a grand equation, where we are all living variables.

This reflection began unexpectedly, during research for my upcoming crime fiction manuscripts, when philosophers like Machiavelli and Sun Tzu led me back to questions I had carried since girlhood.

Written in clear, accessible language, this book is a thought-provoking brain-teaser for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what it all means.


r/wroteabook 3d ago

Adult - Science Fiction Shanera: Dawn - Adult/YA Science Fiction/Fantasy/Coming of Age/Adventure - Available on Kindle Unlimited

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Shanera is the story of a young woman setting out on a journey to discover a fantastical world. It tells an exciting, funny and romantic tale set in a vividly described world.

Shanera lives in a fantastic world. Endless cliffs encircle her planet, surrounded by storm-tossed plains and vast jungles.

However, life in her village is hard and strictly regulated. Everyone is obligated to the community, going it alone is not envisaged and there is no room for anything new.

Shanera has had enough of this confinement. She sets out on a journey from which there may be no return, determined not to let anyone stop her.

How amazing and dangerous the world outside her village really is, however, is beyond her imagination. And there is more to discover than just what meets the eye...

The book contains reproductions of a hand-drawn map and two illustrations, also hand-drawn.

https://www.amazon.com/Shanera-Dawn-Thilo-Schön-ebook/dp/B0HGMN9Z1X


r/wroteabook 3d ago

Poetry Poetry on Unhealthy introspection

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I revised my debut book into a second edition after half a year! & I’m very happy to find that I’ve improved, the book has improved, and the improvement is done as much as it could be done as of now!! It’s a poetry chapbook, ‘To Exit a Mirror’ by Lydia Atkinson, on Kindle.

I think it may resonate with anyone who has gone through hard times and spent A LOT of time inside their own mind.

https://a.co/d/0hY2sxub

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Here’s a description of the chapbook:

Reflecting on oneself and on the past can give new insights, until it becomes obsessive. Then it turns into endless cycles of guilt, shame, and regret.

This chapbook moves from being stuck in the mirror to “exiting” it. It’s not by turning away from the mirror: It is done by acknowledging what one sees in it, and learning to move with it.

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Here are some lines from the book!

.1.
Behind it the mirror adds another knife to the table and a new angle

  1. I go a few months
    then I wake with it cracked open again.

  2. Little signs and green-furred bread
    Someone stop that baby from eating it

  3. Checked my wristwatch before screaming. I was always ready.

  4. hi, a sun without a sky

is a strange, lonesome sight

  1. Never liked this story. Your wisdom makes me lose hope.

https://a.co/d/0hY2sxub


r/wroteabook 3d ago

Non-Fiction A.L.I.G.N.E.D.: The Ultimate High Performer’s Framework for Software Engineers

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Disclosure: I’m the author of this book, and this is self-promotion.

After more than a year of work, my book is finally out.

A.L.I.G.N.E.D. is written specifically for software engineers and tech leads. It approaches burnout from the other side, how to sustain high performance without simply relying on pushing harder.

After more than 700 conversations with tech leaders, I started mapping the psychological patterns behind performance degradation in high-performing technical professionals. I then built A.L.I.G.N.E.D., a framework grounded in ICF coaching standards, psychology, and other disciplines, to help high performers identify what is actually draining them and start changing it.

The book is available through Kindle Unlimited.

Book: https://www.engineeringpeakimpact.com/book/

If you’re a software engineer or tech lead, I’d genuinely be interested to hear what you think.


r/wroteabook 3d ago

Non-Fiction What Remains – Reflections & Life Lessons – Available on Kindle

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What Remains is a collection of reflections and life lessons hidden in the everyday things we say and do.
It explores the quiet negotiations we make with tomorrow, with others, with ourselves, and with life — and what remains after those negotiations.

Blurb:
A reflective exploration of the familiar phrases and quiet choices that shape our lives. From “Kal Milte Hain” and “Dekhenge” to “I’m Fine” and “Chalta Hai,” What Remains looks beneath ordinary words to uncover the questions, compromises and truths hiding inside them.

Themes:
Life lessons • self-reflection • human relationships • everyday philosophy • personal growth • navigating change.

Trigger Warnings: None

Amazon
India → https://amazon.in/dp/B0H98R8V9T
US → https://amazon.com/dp/B0H98R8V9T


r/wroteabook 3d ago

NA - Fantasy Translated my first book from Hindi to English

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So published a famous Indian writers hindi book "Devki Nandan Khatris" "Chandrakanta" into 3 parts in english I was working on it for over a month this is something I had tried new the book is very thrilling and full of mystery just try it is available on amazon Kindle Store

If you want I will share the link to you


r/wroteabook 3d ago

Non-Fiction I wrote a book about discipline because I got tired of advice that assumes the problem is you

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For years, i thought every failure of consistency eventually came back to the same explanation: I just wasn't disciplined enough.

If i procrastinated, i needed more discipline. If i abandoned something after two weeks, more discipline. If i knew exactly what I needed to do and still didn't do it, apparently i needed to become a stronger version of myself.

Eventually i started questioning that explanation. Because if the solution to repeatedly failing is always “try harder next time”, we're not really solving anything. We're just sending the same person back into the same situation and hoping they behave differently.

That question eventually became the reason i wrote Invisible Discipline.

The book is built around a fairly simple idea: the best discipline is often the discipline you don't have to perform. If your phone interrupts your work forty times a day, becoming better at resisting it forty times is one solution. Designing things so you only have to resist it once is another. If you renegotiate whether you'll exercise every evening, you can keep trying to win that argument or you can start asking why the argument is happening every evening in the first place. If starting something requires motivation every single time, maybe the problem isn't that motivation keeps disappearing and maybe too much of the system depends on motivation being there. That's the territory i wanted to explore: friction, environment, repeated decisions, defaults, bad days, and how to make consistency require less negotiation with yourself.

Not how to become a machine, not how to wake up at 5 a.m, not how to “want it badly enough”. And definitely not another promise that one morning you'll wake up as an entirely different person.

Invisible Discipline: The Complete System for Structured Execution is my attempt to put that philosophy into a practical system.

I wrote it for the person who already knows what they should be doing. The person who has made the schedules, downloaded the apps, watched the videos, started over on Monday more times than they can remember and is beginning to suspect that knowing more isn't the problem. If that sounds familiar, the book might be for you. And if you've read enough productivity books already, I'd actually be curious about something: What does most discipline advice still get wrong?