Hidden Shelf Holiday Catalogue 2025

We have been doing this since 2017 — putting care into every book, every cover, every story we choose to put our name on. This is what that looks like at the holidays. Here is everything we have made, offered with the hope that it finds exactly the reader it was meant for.

Fiction

• Stars in the Grass — Still one of the most quietly powerful novels we have ever published. A Christy Award winner and a book that stays. For the reader who wants to feel something real.
• The Murrasons' Barn — 1858 Kansas, a barn, and the violence of a country deciding what it will be. Historical fiction at its most gripping.
• Paint It Noir — For the reader who likes their fiction smart and shadowed.
• Deep Cries Out — A novel of depth and emotional honesty. Give this one to someone who isn't afraid of being moved.
• What We Take — About letting go. For anyone in the middle of their own version of that.
• Swan Vanishing — Surprising, beautiful, and quietly unforgettable. A gem.
• Not Enough — A small, earnest novel about longing and grace. A perfect gift.
• The Widow of Escondido — Rich in place and character. For the reader who loves immersive literary fiction.
• The Lightning Within Us — Fast, fierce, and fully alive. Read it in a day if you can.
• The Land of Shadows — Fantasy fiction with real literary ambition and characters that matter.
• The Souls of Clayhatchee — A mystery with history in its bones and community at its heart.
• Canadian Contraband — The kind of novel that sends you back to the beginning the moment you finish it.

The Back to One Series

• Back to One: Take 5 Hero Shot — The newest installment in this acclaimed series.
• Back to One: Take 4 Slating Magic Hour
• Back to One: Take 3 Cinéma Vérité
• Back to One: Take 2 Ambient Light

Non-Fiction & Memoir

• Heidelberg of the Norfolk 17 — A story that needed to be told and finally has been. Essential American history.
• Send Judah First — Historical non-fiction with deep roots and a beating heart.
• The Warden's Son — A memoir about the complicated inheritance of family.
• Beauty in His Time — A book about finding what endures. Beautiful and honest.

Children's Books

• Legend Keepers: The Promise — The award-winning environmental children's series. Start here.
• Legend Keepers: The Partnership — Continue the adventure.
• Legend Keepers: The Chosen One — The conclusion. A perfect trilogy.
• Jiemba & Friends — For the littlest readers and the adults who read to them.
• The Brave Historian — History for children, told with honesty and heart.

Thank you for being part of this. Every book on this list was made for serious readers, by people who believe that literature matters. We hope it finds a home on your shelf this season. Shop everything →

This is part of our Holiday Catalogue series. See all editions →