self-pub
several of the best books I've read lately have been self-pub, and it's easy to see why. they're well-written and well-edited, but weird & difficult to categorize & brilliant.
elissa malcohn's deviations series http://home.earthlink.net/~deviations/about cannibalism and (only ever partial) redemption and (always and terrible) suffering
mca hogarth's kherishdar sequence http://www.mcahogarth.org/wiki/kherishdar/of two dictionaries and a novel about a very formal culture
catherine wilson's when women were warriors http://www.whenwomenwerewarriors.com, a realistic pre-modern matriarchy and otherwise impossible to describe
l. rowyn's a rational arrangement http://www.rationalarrangement.com/about/, a fantasical regency romance, like jane austen but with an adventure in the middle, giant talking cats, and magical healing powers