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- [Follow Three Trailblazing Women’s Paths Through the American Wilderness](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/22/follow-three-trailblazing-womens-paths-through-the-american-wilderness/): Heather Hansman’s engaging new work of nonfiction is Fierce Country: The Untold Story of Three Women Who Ignited America’s Love for the Wild. The women were Georgie White, Anne LaBastille and Dolores LaChapelle, who, despite never meeting and their quite dissimilar temperaments, were each ferociously independent and shared a passion for preserving America’s wilderness. These 20th
- [Debut Novel Follows a Late Bloomer’s Growth at an Arizona Spa Resort](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/21/debut-novel-follows-a-late-bloomers-growth-at-an-arizona-spa-resort/): People Watching in the Desert is a bold, luminescent debut novel by Cali Adeline, who is being justifiably favorably compared to Fredrik Backman, Gail Honeyman and Helen Simonson. It’s the perfect blending of an intriguing plot featuring a quirky, emotionally deprived, lonely and socially inept heroine in a finely-crafted, heartwarming and poignant novel. Sonny McGee
- [Jeffrey Snyder on Championing Neurodivergent Students](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/22/jeffrey-snyder-on-championing-neurodivergent-students/): For neurodivergent students, everyday school experiences can present challenges that often go unnoticed or misunderstood. In his book The Neurodivergent Owl, author and self-advocate Jeffrey Snyder draws on his personal experiences growing up with autism to shed light on the importance of understanding, flexibility and individualized accommodations in education. Through his advocacy platform, Going the Distance,
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Family, Free Will and the Fight for the Future](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/22/booktribs-bites-family-free-will-and-the-fight-for-the-future/)
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Where We’ve Been, Who We Become](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/22/booktribs-bites-where-weve-been-who-we-become/)
- [From Real-Life Inspiration to Fictional Romance: The Story Behind "The Plus-One List"](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/20/from-real-life-inspiration-to-fictional-romance-the-story-behind-the-plus-one-list/): The inception of every book is different, and The Plus-One List was woven together out of a few different threads that came at a few different times in my life. In the book, the plus-one list is the vehicle used to bring Eloise and Agustín (the hero and heroine) into each other’s orbit—it is a
- [From Carrie to Bridgerton: Hollywood Got Booked Again](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/16/from-carrie-to-bridgerton-hollywood-got-booked-again/): Dear Voracious Reader, Carrie is back. Yes, that Carrie — the blood-soaked, telekinetic teenage nightmare dreamed up by Stephen King, the same twisted genius who also wrote the novella that inspired the Oscar-nominated film The Shawshank Redemption. Talk about range. From pig's blood and prom-night carnage to prison walls and redemption, King knows how to tell
- [5 Books Exploring the Future of Family and Parenthood](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/21/5-books-exploring-the-future-of-family-and-parenthood/): Family life is changing, and so are the ways we think about having and raising children. From declining birth rates and the pressures of modern parenting to the influence of technology and the importance of community, today's families face challenges that previous generations could hardly have imagined. These five thought-provoking books explore the social, emotional
- [Eli McCann’s "Stitched" Celebrates the Bonds That Bring Us Together](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/16/stitched-eli-mccann/): Stitched is Salt Lake City humor columnist and attorney Eli McCann’s first novel, an homage in part to his mother’s friendships formed during her 40-year membership in the South Jordan, Utah, quilting group Common Threads. Its warmth, wit and heartfelt tenderness are reminiscent of humorists including Dave Barry, Erma Bombeck, Fannie Flagg and Jean Shepherd.
- [A Mother Plots Her Escape from a Picture-Perfect Marriage](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/20/one-of-us-must-die-zelly-ruskin-review/): When her daughter’s fiancé says he wants a marriage just like hers, Sterling Richardson can hardly tell him how appalling she finds the prospect. She has spent years making her family look this happy. Apparently, she’s done that a little too well. In Zelly Ruskin’s domestic suspense novel One of Us Must Die, Sterling has
- [Try on These Halloween Costumes Inspired by the Season’s Trending Books](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/20/try-on-these-halloween-costumes-inspired-by-the-seasons-trending-books/): Looking for a last-minute Halloween costume? Display your refined literary taste with these book-inspired looks 📚 Capture that just-divorced look with a costume that screams Strangers, channel the chaotic energy of Victorian Psycho's Winifred Notty, or go full trad-wife with this Yesteryear-esque getup. Whatever your bookish pick, you’re guaranteed to have the most eye-catching look
- [SCAMMER LIT: Eye-Opening Reads in Honor of the New Elizabeth Holmes Documentary](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/16/scammer-lit-eye-opening-reads-in-honor-of-the-new-elizabeth-holmes-documentary/): Is there anything juicier than a scammer story? Con artists author their own narratives with unimaginable confidence, leaving us to wonder why they did it, how everyone fell for it, and whether there are any long cons quietly unfolding in our own lives. Epic rip-offs are the cultural wreckage we can’t look away from. Fraudulent
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: How to Keep a Series Fresh When You’re 30 Books In](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/20/writers-ink-podcast-how-to-keep-a-series-fresh-when-youre-30-books-in/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [David Heska Wanbli Weiden’s Highly-Anticipated Sequel “Wisdom Corner” Pairs Crime Fiction With Gritty Realism](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/15/david-heska-wanbli-weidens-highly-anticipated-sequel-wisdom-corner-pairs-crime-fiction-with-gritty-realism/): David Heska Wanbli Weiden, college professor and member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation, recipient of multiple fellowships and residencies, rang all the bells with his award-winning debut novel Winter Counts. Wisdom Corner is his much anticipated follow-up featuring protagonist Virgil Wounded Horse. In the first book of this impactful series set on South Dakota’s Redbud
- [5 Fictional Vacations to Book This Fall](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/15/5-fictional-vacations-to-book-this-fall/): I’ve always thought of fall as the perfect time to travel. The summer swells are gone, the weather is still nice(ish) and there’s an endless supply of pumpkin-flavored deliciousness everywhere you look. Of course, there are times when life, finances or a surprise autumn nor’easter can get in the way of the best-laid travel plans,
- [From Fire Drills to Field Trips: Understanding the Neurodivergent School Experience](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/15/the-neurodivergent-owl-presents-alarms-assemblies-and-accommodations-jeffrey-p-snyder-review/): A fire alarm interrupts a lesson. Students head outside, teachers call for silence, and the school practices its emergency procedures. For Jeffrey P. Snyder, the noise and sudden disruption could overwhelm him long after the drill ended. In The Neurodivergent Owl Presents: Alarms, Assemblies and Accommodations: Inside the Neurodivergent Classroom, Snyder draws on his experiences
- [A Cup of Comfort and Connection in Michiko Aoyama’s "Matcha on Monday"](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/14/matcha-on-monday-michiko-aoyama/): Michiko Aoyama is best known for her charming ode to the pleasures of reading, with What You Are Looking For is in the Library and The Healing Hippo of Hinode. The latter refers to a small, sturdy, sculptured seat in a children’s playground that brings good fortune to all who pause to rub its head.
- [An Epic WWII Tale of Love, Loss, and Sacrifice Is Sir Jeffrey Archer’s Swan Song to the Publishing World](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/12/an-epic-tale-of-love-loss-and-sacrifice-in-world-war-ii-is-sir-jeffrey-archers-swan-song-to-the-publishing-world/): As the world celebrated World War I’s Armistice Day, two children were born on the Brancaster Estate in Norfolk, England, in bestselling author Sir Jeffrey Archer’s Adam and Eve. One, the son of the estate’s chief shepherd, Adam Preston, arrives in a simple cottage, while the other, the child of the Earl of Brancaster, Charles
- [Books & Looks Podcast — "Daughters of the Islands"](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/15/books-looks-podcast-daughters-of-the-islands-six-nurses-who-shaped-hawaiis-health-care-before-statehood/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [A Student’s Summer Job Devolves Into a Scene of Psychedelic Horror in “Solace House”](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/13/a-students-summer-job-devolves-into-a-scene-of-psychedelic-horror-in-solace-house/): Wow! If you’re looking for a totally different kind of thriller to blow your mind, Solace House by Will Maclean is the book to read. It’s already being compared to such legendary paranormal classics as The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson and The Shining from Stephen King as a mind-boggling story of strange,
- [Lynn D. Jung Explores the Dark Side of Academia in "Mothsblood"](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/13/lynn-d-jung-explores-the-dark-side-of-academia-in-mothsblood/): Hello, BookTrib readers! My name is Lynn D. Jung, and I am the author of the upcoming Mothsblood, a dark academia adult fantasy that follows an ambitious young alchemist as she is caught up in an impossible murder at her secretive, prestigious university. While it is a work of fiction, Mothsblood is also a deeply
- [Marlen Bodden Explores Climate Change and Humanity’s Fight for Survival](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/14/marlen-bodden-explores-climate-change-and-humanitys-fight-for-survival/): What happens when humanity’s greatest hope for survival becomes its most dangerous threat? In In Defense of Earth, author Marlen Bodden blends science fiction, climate change and the complexities of human nature into a story about a planet on the brink of destruction. As Earth struggles with devastating environmental disasters, an advanced extraterrestrial intelligence arrives
- [Bookaholic Podcast — He Wanted A Wife. She Wanted A Life.](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/13/bookaholic-podcast-he-wanted-a-wife-she-wanted-a-life/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Tara Badstubner’s "Every Room Remembers" Explores the Courage to Begin Again](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/12/every-room-remembers-tara-badstubner/): How do you move forward after your life is wrecked to pieces? This is the only question left on SJ Manroe’s mind after the tragic death of her husband. Every Room Remembers is Tara Badstubner's debut metaphysical fiction novel. Eight months after Wyatt’s death, 40-year-old interior designer Sara Jane (SJ) remains paralyzed by grief. She
- [Bruce A. Hanson Explores the Darker Side of Love in "Murder & Other Love Stories"](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/13/bruce-a-hanson-explores-the-darker-side-of-love-in-murder-other-love-stories/): Love can inspire happiness, heartbreak, obsession and even murder. In Murder & Other Love Stories, author Bruce A. Hanson explores the many faces of love through a captivating collection of short fiction that blends psychological suspense, mystery, romance and unexpected twists. Drawing inspiration from classic storytellers like Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock, Hanson crafts
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: What Your Readers Think They Know With Debut Author Anna Maloney](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/13/writers-ink-podcast-what-your-readers-think-they-know-with-debut-author-anna-maloney/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Why Are We Having Fewer Children? This Intriguing Theory May Surprise You](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/13/birth-rate-crisis-jim-penman-andrea-pearson-review/): Many people imagine a future with children, only to end up with a smaller family than they hoped for — or no children at all. Money, relationships, health and timing can each play a part. But why is this gap between hope and reality appearing across so many societies? In Birth-Rate Crisis: Reclaiming Family and
- [9 Dark and Delicious Reads for October](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/09/9-dark-and-delicious-reads-for-october/): We’ve got a big list for you this month with these nine selected reads. And since it happens to be the month of ghouls and goblins, we’re sharing some especially dark and monsterish books. There’s plenty of love and romance here, but you’ll also find horror, serial killers, cults and murder, so grab your pumpkin-spice
- [Behind the Famous Paintings, Three Girls' Lives Shatter Amid War](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/09/the-renoir-girls-catherine-ostler-review/): The Renoir Girls, subtitled A Hidden History of Art, War & Betrayal, is an impeccably researched, sweeping, densely rich chronicle spanning the decadent Belle Époque, modern industrial times and WWII as experienced by the prominent and immensely wealthy Cahen d’Anvers family. Bestselling author and journalist Catherine Ostler examines the impact of the rapid rise in
- [Pick Up One of These Books & Protect the Freedom to Read](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/09/pick-up-one-of-these-books-protect-the-freedom-to-read/): Dear Readers, Charlotte’s Web. The Catcher in the Rye. A Court of Thorns and Roses. What do these books have in common? All three of them are on the banned books list for schools or libraries here in the USA. Other well-known titles on the list include Looking for Alaska by John Green, The Perks
- [Childhood Friends Confront a Deadly Legacy in a Mystery Imbued With Magical Realism](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/07/childhood-friends-confront-a-deadly-legacy-in-a-mystery-imbued-with-magical-realism/): This reviewer was immediately captivated by Cuban transplant award-winning crime author and educator Teresa Dovalpage’s 12th book Last Seen In Havana and has been catching up with her backlist. Recently released The Novel Detective is described as being “a metafictional mystery” with a “life as art” storyline. The author is the main character, immersed in
- [A Bloody, Bingeable Love Letter to Found-Footage Horror](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/06/camera-stays-on-tylor-paige/): Tylor Paige’s Camera Stays On is a dark romance with a slasher flavor that blends a love triangle, a buried childhood secret, and a mansion wired with cameras into a story I couldn’t put down. It's the kind of read that eats up an October evening. It’s Halloween, and three fourteen-year-olds are at the movies:
- [A Mastermind Meets His Match](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/02/the-masterminds-revenge-robert-f-orlando-review/): Diane Vitullo learned a great deal from her uncle Trevor Hawthorne. He taught her to recognize deception and anticipate an opponent’s next move. Those lessons have served her well as an NSA agent. They become considerably harder to apply when the person she needs to outwit is Trevor himself, especially when he has something she
- [Why I Wrote a 71-Year-Old Woman as the Hero of My Novel](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/07/why-i-wrote-a-71-year-old-woman-as-the-hero-of-my-novel/): I pondered a lot on this topic. Mostly, because I wondered, why shouldn’t a 71-year-old woman be the main character of a novel? In real life, there are as many people who are 71 as there are 34-year-olds or 52-year-olds. A decade ago, an older main character might have seemed like a novelty in a
- [Ren Faire Reads: Your Choice in Books, as Seen by Your Choice in Costume](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/08/ren-faire-reads-your-choice-in-books-as-seen-by-your-choice-in-costume/): Putting together your fit for the Renaissance faire? Consider what your choice in costume might reveal about your reading tastes. What do your elf ears say about your TBR pile? Which ren faire looks have “600-page fantasy novel” energy? And which books should you read if you refuse to dress up in historically accurate attire? Behold,
- [Reading Recs for This Year's MTV VMAs Winners](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/29/reading-recs-for-this-years-mtv-vmas-winners/): These artists won at the MTV VMAs last night, but their real prize is this list of customized book recs! We're suggesting some messy girl lit fic for Olivia Rodrigo, big-name romantasy for Taylor Swift and cutting-edge reads worthy of a Madonna music video. Here's the track list of book recs we're releasing: Our recs
- [Bookaholic Podcast — He Has a Death Sentence… Then Someone Starts Following Him](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/08/bookaholic-podcast-he-has-a-death-sentence-then-someone-starts-following-him/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Brandon Knightley on the Stories We Write and the Lives We Choose](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/08/brandon-knightley-on-the-stories-we-write-and-the-lives-we-choose/): In Scripts, Brandon Knightley explores the complicated relationship between the stories we inherit, the stories we tell and the lives we ultimately choose for ourselves. At the center of the novel is Arlene, a woman trapped in an emotionally empty and increasingly frightening marriage who discovers an unexpected path toward self-expression through writing. As her
- [Books & Looks Podcast — Anna Pitoniak on "The Swiss Agent"](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/08/books-looks-podcast-anna-pitoniak-on-the-swiss-agent-female-spies-russian-oligarchs-and-swiss-bank-secrets/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Return to Veronica Roth’s World of “Divergent” in “The Sixth Faction”](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/06/return-to-veronica-roths-world-of-divergent-in-the-sixth-faction/): One of my most anticipated reads of the year is finally here! The Sixth Faction by Veronica Roth is a new adventure into the world of Divergent, retelling the bulk of the original story, but an alternate version of it. The story opens essentially the same way as the original book, with Beatrice Prior preparing
- [Sam Subity Turns a Museum Heist Into a True Crime Adventure for Young Readers](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/07/sam-subity-turns-a-museum-heist-into-a-true-crime-adventure-for-young-readers/): Some true crime stories are so outrageous they seem more like Hollywood inventions than historical fact. That’s certainly the case with the daring 1964 theft of the Star of India sapphire from New York’s American Museum of Natural History, which provides the inspiration for Sam Subity’s True Crime Files: Heist at the Museum! Blending meticulously researched
- [An Alien Promises to Save Earth. A Scientist Has Reason to Doubt.](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/06/in-defense-of-earth-marlen-suyapa-bodden-review/): In Marlen Suyapa Bodden’s In Defense of Earth, the prospect of planetary destruction begins with a family trying to survive the storm of the century. By the time an extraterrestrial android offers to rescue humanity from climate catastrophe, Elaine Johnson-Coleman’s world has already been shattered. Seventeen-year-old Elaine is a competitive swimmer with an interest in
- [Love Meets Its Dark Side in Award-Winning Short Story Collection](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/05/murder-and-other-love-stories-bruce-a-hanson-review/): Love at first sight is one thing. Love at first sound — or love that becomes a motive for revenge — is another. In Murder & Other Love Stories, Bruce A. Hanson brings together over a dozen works of short fiction about people whose dreams of happiness and loving relationships collide with their own shortcomings
- [The Hidden Legacy of an American Heiress, Uncovered in Upcoming Book](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/02/the-hidden-legacy-of-an-american-heiress-finally-uncovered-in-upcoming-book/): Dear Readers, Finding a hidden gem is what we’re all about at BookTrib. With that in mind, does anyone know who Alice DeLamar was? Upon her father's death in 1918, Alice was rumored to be the richest heiress of her time. She associated and was friendly with Vladimir Nabokov, Salvador Dali, Eva Le Gallienne and
- [5 Novels Where Family History Becomes American History](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/05/5-novels-where-family-history-becomes-american-history/): The story of America is also the story of families and of what one generation inherits from the last and what it chooses to carry forward. These five novels span decades, and sometimes centuries, using intimate family histories to explore race, identity, migration, community and belonging. From Chicago’s Cabrini-Green to Detroit’s East Side and a
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Why Strange Might Be the New Normal With Debut Author, Gillian Daniels](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/06/writers-ink-podcast-why-strange-might-be-the-new-normal-with-debut-author-gillian-daniels/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Rural Books by Canadian Writers](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/02/rural-books-by-canadian-writers/): Canada is a vast country in terms of land mass, with its population spread out across millions of kilometres from coast to coast to coast, though it’s no secret that the majority of this population lives in cities and communities close to the border where it isn’t so remote, rugged, and, well, chilly. Urban metropolises
- [Graham Brown Delivers a High-Seas Thrill Ride](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/27/clive-cussler-cold-fire-graham-brown/): Clive Cussler books are synonymous with adventure, mostly at sea, but they are the epitome of thrilling stories well told. Cold Fire is the 22nd adventure of the NUMA Files series — yes, 22 books! Can you believe that? — Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala open at the climax of a joint forces operation with
- [A Century of American Divisions, Seen Through One Chicago Family](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/29/crossing-division-street-rebecca-chamian-ribaudo-review/): A little girl jumps into a stranger’s car at a red light in Cabrini-Green and begs her to drive. It is a startling way to begin a novel. Who is this child? What is she running from? And what is Sidone Russo, a successful Chicago attorney who never meant to get involved, supposed to do
- [10 Books to Rev up Your Book Club](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/01/10-books-to-rev-up-your-book-club/): When I say I’m a lover of book clubs, I’m not kidding. I belong to six of them. That’s right, six. Each is different in terms of frequency and focus, but they all have one thing in common: our most riveting conversations come from books that aren’t necessarily everybody’s favorites. When books push us or
- [Jon Land's Latest Thrill List Includes Big Names and Killer Reads](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/30/jon-lands-latest-thrill-list-includes-big-names-and-killer-reads/)
- [Bookaholic Podcast — They Built a $30 Million Company — Then It Nearly Destroyed Them](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/01/bookaholic-podcast-they-built-a-30-million-company-then-it-nearly-destroyed-them/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Who Keeps the Record](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/29/who-keeps-the-record/): Folklore has been relegated to entertainment in many ways, but I want us to remember the power of a folk story. A mother in a dark room, tucking her child into bed at night, giving them a cautious warning to not get out of bed for the creature in the closet, El Duende, may get
- ["The Sleepy Snake" Is a Bedtime Winner](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/01/the-sleepy-snake-suzanne-hobbs/): Bedtime picture books have a tricky job. They need to be engaging enough to hold a wiggly child's attention, yet calming enough to carry that child toward sleep. Suzanne Hobbs's The Sleepy Snake manages both beautifully, and it does so with a charm that makes it a book parents will be happy to read night
- [Books & Looks Podcast — The Feather Wars: Egret Plumes, Punt Guns, and the Fight to Save America’s Birds](https://booktrib.com/2026/10/01/books-looks-podcast-the-feather-wars-egret-plumes-punt-guns-and-the-fight-to-save-americas-birds/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [The Tragic Fates of Two Teenage Girls Unravel Dark, Hidden Secrets in “The Dying Light”](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/29/the-tragic-fates-of-two-teenage-girls-unravel-dark-hidden-secrets-in-the-dying-light/): Detective Inspector Matthew Venn returns for a third case in bestselling author Ann Cleeves’ latest mystery, The Dying Light. Eager to celebrate the end of their high school exams, teenage Hannah Armstrong and Lottie Cauldwell set out for Hannah’s family’s luxurious holiday home, The Tide House, along the Devon shore in Millscombe. They are excited
- [J.H. Bográn Reflects on 20 Years of "The Falcon Chronicles"](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/30/j-h-bogran-reflects-on-20-years-of-the-falcon-chronicles/): Twenty years after Treasure Hunt first introduced readers to the enigmatic Falcon, author J.H. Bográn is returning to the series that launched his career with both a milestone anniversary and a new adventure. What began as a debut inspired by a real-life hijacking has grown into The Falcon Chronicles, an action-packed series spanning Treasure Hunt,
- [Charles R. Cooke on the Fight to Survive in "Orphans of the Sea"](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/30/charles-r-cooke-on-the-fight-to-survive-in-orphans-of-the-sea/): In Orphans of the Sea, Charles R. Cooke introduces readers to Sook Joo, a fifteen-year-old girl whose sheltered life at an orphanage is shattered by loss, violence and betrayal. Forced to navigate a dangerous world where powerful forces prey on the vulnerable, Sook Joo relies on the martial arts training, discipline and wisdom passed down
- [A Bodyguard’s Death Sparks a Madcap Murder Mystery in “We Chase Shadows”](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/25/we-chase-shadows-richard-osman/): It is not easy to start a detective agency from scratch. Especially one that specializes only in solving murders. In We Chase Shadows, the hilarious sequel to bestselling author Richard Osman’s We Solve Murders, crime fiction writer Rosie D’Antonio teams up with ex-cop Steve and his daughter-in-law and former bodyguard Amy to do just that.
- [Embrace an Endless Summer With These Book Recs](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/24/embrace-an-endless-summer-with-these-book-recs/): Not ready to let go of summer just yet? Neither are we! Forget about the fall equinox and supplement the end of the season with books that emulate summertime sadness, intrigue, and romance. For fans of summer intrigue: The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson The Plunge by Lila Raicek Take What You Can by Naima
- [You're in Luck: Lindy Ryan Shares Her Top 13 Horror Reads for Fall](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/28/youre-in-luck-lindy-ryan-shares-her-top-13-horror-reads-for-fall/): As we ramp into spooky season, September delivers an embracement of riches for horror readers — so many, in fact, this columnist has worked hard to whittle this month’s spookiest reads to a Lucky Thirteen. From haunted houses and monstrous appetites to murderous sisters, final girls and things that refuse to stay dead, consider your
- [Nigerian Author's Debut Is a Gothic Tale in a Wholly New Setting](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/25/the-water-house-nneoma-ike-njoku-review/): “One child doesn’t make it out of this story alive. Perhaps it’s the wrong one. I think everyone else might have wondered the same thing at some point.” A destitute young woman with a deeply troubled past. A brooding, enigmatic stranger who offers to marry her. A large house on a remote island, filled with
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Bringing Back the Mall With Nicolina Torres](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/29/writers-ink-podcast-bringing-back-the-mall-with-nicolina-torres/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Examining the American Dream in “Passport to Freedom”](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/25/examining-the-american-dream-in-passport-to-freedom/): Dear Readers, For most of us, renewing our passports is just a task on our to-do list. We don’t give it much thought other than to be annoyed by its inconvenience and only feel a sense of panic and urgency when an international trip approaches. But for Dr. Nizam Missaghi, renewing his United States passport
- [Indie Discoveries That'll Shake Up Your Reading List](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/25/indie-discoveries-thatll-shake-up-your-reading-list/): This month’s Indie Discovery List offers plenty of fresh recommendations, with stories spanning romance, fantasy, historical fiction, poetry, memoir and more. Whether you’re in the mood for love, adventure, reflection or reinvention, these indie picks offer new voices, unexpected journeys and lots of reasons to keep turning the page.
- [September Reads to Fall For](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/23/september-reads-to-fall-for/): It’s September already, school is fully back in session, and for most of us, this is the sweet spot of the year where leaves are falling and cool weather is upon us. But not to fear because no matter the time of year, or the weather, there is always a good book on the horizon.
- [An Oliver Twist-Inspired Saga Finds Its Way Home](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/23/llanderado-all-that-glitters-is-not-coal-by-shoeless-review/): Blaenavon is a town where clocks tell their own time, the dead remain present and coming home can take more than a century. That makes this Welsh mining town fitting territory for Llanderado! All That Glitters Is Not Coal, the final book in shoeless’s Cranehill Saga, a trilogy loosely built around the further lives of
- [Play the Game and Win the War in Ava Reid's Latest Dystopian Tale](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/16/winterveil-ava-reid/): What would the world look like if the Cold War still raged on? Winterveil by bestselling author Ava Reid (A Study in Drowning, Fable for the End of the World) dives headfirst into that dystopian future, inviting us into the lives of four students/inmates at Valeran Academy, an academy where the United States sends exceptional
- [Women’s Fiction Goes Country](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/23/womens-fiction-goes-country/): This month, we are heading out of the city limits to find wide-open spaces in the pages of women's fiction with country settings.
- [A Coming-of-Age Story Steeped in a Turbulent Time](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/22/the-chestnut-tree-mathew-tekulsky/): Mathew Tekulsky's The Chestnut Tree tackles some of the biggest questions of a generation. Set in the fictional Westchester suburb of Beachmont during the fraught, electric years of 1966 and 1967, the story is narrated by twelve-year-old Adam, a dry cleaner's son who is a lovestruck kid, budding photographer and aspiring writer. His crush on
- [Tale of St. Nick's Origins Yields Unexpected Winter Fantasy](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/18/nicholas-christopher-j-wyatt-review/): Long before the red suit, the reindeer and the yearly journey around the world, there was Nicholas: a young man shaped by faith, generosity, grief and the example of parents who taught him to care for others. Christopher J. Wyatt takes that familiar foundation and sends it in an unexpected direction in Nicholas: The Chrysalis
- [William P. Wood on Comedy and the Unpredictability of Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/25/william-p-wood-on-comedy-and-the-unpredictability-of-life/): In Don’t Stand Under the Coconut Tree, acclaimed author William P. Wood takes readers on an unpredictable journey through 1960s America, blending comedy, conspiracy, romance and speculative intrigue. At the center of it all is Lonny Day, a Las Vegas comedian and presidential impersonator whose career comes crashing down after the President’s assassination — just
- [Thirsty for a New Read? Book Recs for Your Beverage of Choice](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/16/thirsty-for-a-new-read-book-recs-for-your-beverage-of-choice/): Starting the day with your first cup of coffee? Steeping a contemplative cup of tea? Speed-walking with an iced latte in hand? We’ve matched your beverage of choice with the new + upcoming releases you should order up next. In a rush? Here's the menu to go → For fans of matcha: The Strangers by
- [Bookaholic Podcast — He Was a 29-Year-Old Virgin — Then He Became the “King of Sensuality”](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/24/bookaholic-podcast-he-was-a-29-year-old-virgin-then-he-became-the-king-of-sensuality/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Daniel Mack Questions Who’s Really in Control in "Over the Hills and Far Away"](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/24/daniel-mack-questions-whos-really-in-control-in-over-the-hills-and-far-away/): In Over the Hills and Far Away, author Daniel Mack takes readers on a thought-provoking journey through some of life’s biggest and most enduring questions. Through behavioral therapist John Merlan’s observations of an increasingly complicated and often absurd world, the novel explores free will, control, identity, human connection, spirituality and the search for meaning —
- [Christopher J. Wyatt Reimagines the Legend of Saint Nicholas](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/24/christopher-j-wyatt-reimagines-the-legend-of-saint-nicholas/): What if the legend of Saint Nicholas began not just with generosity, but with the making of a superhero? In Nicholas: The Chrysalis of Winter Solstice, Christopher J. Wyatt reimagines the familiar historical figure through a blend of fantasy, mythology and adventure. As Nicholas confronts grief, self-doubt and an extraordinary destiny as the “Restorer of
- [“Succession” Hits the Las Vegas Strip as This Family Dynasty Faces the Mob](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/21/succession-hits-the-las-vegas-strip-as-this-family-dynasty-faces-the-mob/): The Kings of Vegas is the fourth work of fiction co-written by Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman, authors of the highly praised 2013 novel Freud’s Mistress — and its roots are personal. When Karen Mack’s grandfather, Nate Mack, moved to Las Vegas in 1929 at the beginning of the Great Depression, the population of this
- [Ancient Secrets and Modern Ambitions Collide in Sci-Fi Thriller](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/22/ancient-secrets-and-modern-ambitions-collide-in-sci-fi-thriller/): Maya Lin has barely begun to mourn her father when someone tears through his immaculate Miami Beach home looking for a package her grandmother sent her. Inside is a gold medallion Maya cannot identify. The police officers who arrive seem unusually interested in it, too. Soon, the architectural historian flees across Biscayne Bay on a
- [5 Fast-Paced Thrillers that Will Make You Turn Inward](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/22/5-fast-paced-thrillers-that-will-make-you-turn-inward/): Most people love thrillers because of the heart-pounding, edge of your seat adrenaline ride that they offer, along with the satisfaction of using our natural curiosity to solve a mystery. While it’s the plot that gets us to pick up the book in the first place, it’s the stories that make us look inward that
- [6 Books That Celebrate the Power of Girls in Team Sports](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/21/6-books-that-celebrate-the-power-of-girls-in-team-sports/): Before I started writing Capsized, I tried to find (and read) as many books as I could featuring women and girls in sports. Partly as research—partly as a fan! However, I quickly realized that most stories — in books, TV, film, or otherwise — are about one girl doing an individual sport (think: ice skating,
- [Do Your Future Self a Favor. Pre-Order These Two Reads.](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/18/do-your-future-self-a-favor-pre-order-these-two-reads/): Dear Readers, As a publishing professional, not to mention an avid reader, I’m used to listings for books that aren’t yet for sale. But every so often, an upcoming title makes me particularly impatient for its release day. With that sense of anticipation, I’m sharing two upcoming reads you need to pre-order today. These titles
- ["The Weight of One Pomegranate" Explores Grief and Moving Forward](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/16/the-weight-of-one-pomegranate-brynne-rebele-henry/): The Weight of One Pomegranate is the second YA novel, also highly recommended for adult readers, of notable author Brynne Rebele-Henry, Fulbright scholar and graduate student at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution. While savoring the precise fine prose, you might linger to re-read certain passages in this bittersweet coming
- [Turning Addiction Recovery into a Blueprint for Christian Living](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/17/free-indeed-matthew-linehan-review/): For Matthew Linehan, escaping addiction was not the end of the story. It was the beginning of learning how to live. In Free Indeed: The 7 Keys to Unlock Your Freedom, he recounts his journey from three decades of alcohol and drug addiction to a life rooted in Christian faith. The transformation was hardly instantaneous.
- [A Slew of Suspicious Deaths Pulls This Detective Out of Retirement in the Newest Jake Jackson Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/18/a-slew-of-suspicious-deaths-pulls-this-detective-out-of-retirement-in-the-newest-jake-jackson-mystery/): A Twist in the River is the fourth in the atmospheric, immersive Jake Jackson mystery series by British author Stig Abell: journalist, editor, and co-presenter of a weekday breakfast show on Times Radio, among many job titles held in a diverse career. Following the publication of several works of nonfiction, the author began this compelling series
- [Dancing Through Life, Loss and the Soul's Long Journey with Diane Skye Gropper](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/18/dancing-through-life-loss-and-the-souls-long-journey-with-diane-skye-gropper/): In Dancing Through Seafoam, poet Diane Skye Gropper explores the fleeting nature of life through a personal and spiritual lens. Drawing on decades of studying Buddhism, Native American teachings and other spiritual traditions, Gropper reflects on love, loss, past lives, healing and the connections that endure beyond a single lifetime. In this conversation, she discusses
- [When Life Drops a Coconut on Your Head...](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/16/when-life-drops-a-coconut-on-your-head/): A Las Vegas comic billed as “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” Lonny Day has built his career around impressions, especially a dead-on imitation of the President. Then the President is assassinated, Lonny’s signature act becomes unthinkable and almost everything else in his life starts coming apart. His wife, Doris, is devastated and reaches the
- [Finding Light in the Shadows of Memory](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/14/from-the-cyclops-cave-don-schofield/): From the Cyclops Cave is a memoir written by Don Schofield where an American poet, long settled in Greece, rents a house on the island of Kýthnos that the locals call "the Cyclops Cave." Alone there for three summers and two Easters in '92, '93 and '94, gazing out at the Aegean, he lets his
- [Bookaholic Podcast — From Rock Bottom to Revenge: When Obsession Takes Over](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/17/bookaholic-podcast-from-rock-bottom-to-revenge-when-obsession-takes-over/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Books & Looks Podcast — Alison Weir on The Boleyn Secret: Catherine Carey and Tudor Court Intrigue](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/17/books-looks-podcast-alison-weir-on-the-boleyn-secret-catherine-carey-and-tudor-court-intrigue/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [The Man Who Made the Beatles](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/11/the-man-who-made-the-beatles/): Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles is the brainchild of columnist Philip Norman, former rock music critic for The Times and noted biographer of numerous acclaimed musicians and other public figures. Lauded for his first book, Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation, published in 1981, his current book is a comprehensive
- [Poetry That Finds the Holy in the Hard Places](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/15/this-side-of-the-sky-laura-wifler-review/): Laura Wifler came to poetry late and, by her own account, reluctantly. For much of her life, she thought the form was obscure, overly complicated ... and simply not for her. Then, while homeschooling her children, she encountered poems that were clear without being simplistic, beautiful without requiring a decoder ring. She began writing alongside
- [The Worst of Both Worlds in "Exit Party"](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/15/exit-party-emily-st-john-mandel/): Emily St. John Mandel, the author known for titles like Station Eleven, returns with another engrossing work of speculative fiction. Exit Party brings us the worst of both worlds as it explores two very different futuristic versions of a post-collapse United States. The story opens in the year 2031 as a young woman, Ari, tries
- [The Stories You Love Aren’t Done with You Yet](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/15/the-stories-you-love-arent-done-with-you-yet/): If you’re anything like most readers out there right now, you can’t get enough of reimagined classic stories (cue Jane Austen’s romances, Frankenstein, The Odyssey, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca). I understand the appeal. While writing my own novel, Burning the Raven Tree, I found myself borrowing some of the Gothic
- [Poems for the Long Journey of the Soul](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/02/dancing-through-seafoam-diane-skye-gropper-review/): What if autobiography did not begin with birth or end with death? What if the story of a life included people we have loved before, lessons carried from one incarnation into another, unfinished relationships that find us again and glimpses of worlds beyond the one we can see? Diane Skye Gropper’s Dancing Through Seafoam: Poetic
- [Book Recs Based on Why You’re Watching the US Open Tennis Championships](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/10/book-recs-based-on-why-youre-watching-the-us-open-tennis-championships/): As tennis stars face off at the US Open, we’re serving you a selection of winning books to fit your favorite part of the championships. Read these books to brush up on all things tennis, side-eye the latest influencer controversy or channel the sport’s classy elegance by reading about people who can definitely afford that
- [Find New Reads That Match Your Taste in TV](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/11/find-new-reads-that-match-your-taste-in-tv/): Dear readers, No surprise that I love films or streaming shows about writers and the writing life and these past few weeks I binged My Brilliant Career on Netflix. Set in beautiful rural Australia in the year 1900, this miniseries tells the story of a powerful young woman who dreams of making a career as
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: From Bookseller to Author With Nicholas Russell](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/15/writers-ink-podcast-from-bookseller-to-author-with-nicholas-russell/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [The Devastation of Disappearing in Plain Sight](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/09/live-for-me-nkem-nneka-oluoha/): Live for Me, Nkem, is a book about depression that pulls you inside a mind that is quietly shutting down. Nneka Oluoha's debut is an emotionally honest portrait of maternal depression and it braids that portrait into a richly rendered Nigerian American family. Nkem Ezenwa has the life immigrant parents dream of for their children:
- [A Haunted Gettysburg Novel](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/10/season-of-life-jeff-janoda-review/): Most Civil War novels about Gettysburg focus on the battle itself. Jeff Janoda’s Season of Life begins where many of them end: with the dead sprawled in the fields, the wounded packed into churches and barns, farms stripped bare, and civilians trying to piece together whatever can be salvaged after three days of slaughter. But
- [Ann Garvin Turns Up the Suspense in "Tell Two Friends"](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/08/tell-two-friends-ann-garvin/): Ann Garvin’s new novel, Tell Two Friends, features a handful of her hallmarks: laugh-out-loud humor, deep friendship between women, a charmingly flawed yet relatable main character, and circumstances that feel impossible to navigate. But Tell Two Friends marks a departure for Garvin. Notably, she braids elements of suspense and foreboding into her story, which gives
- [Meet the H.A.K. Heroes Helping Kids Feel Understood and Empowered](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/11/meet-the-h-a-k-heroes-helping-kids-feel-understood-and-empowered/): Inspired by three very special real-life animals, Stevie Hill’s H.A.K. Heroes Series uses adventures to help young readers better understand ADHD, autism and anxiety. Featuring Hercules the mini pig, King the Dalmatian and Archi the French Bulldog, the series celebrates the powerful bond between children and animals while emphasizing empathy, acceptance and the strengths that
- [The Machinery of Survival in Malta’s Darkest Hours](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/09/voices-on-the-wind-assault-helena-p-schrader-review/): By early 1942, Malta was in trouble. The small British-held island sat directly across Axis supply routes to North Africa, which made it strategically valuable and an obvious target. Bombing had intensified. Food, fuel and aircraft were in short supply. And every ship that managed to reach the island had already survived dangers of its
- [Focus in on the New Fiction to Prioritize This Month](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/04/focus-in-on-the-new-fiction-releases-to-prioritize-this-month/): Consolidate your fall TBR with September’s exciting slate of new + notable fiction, selected for maximum reading enjoyment: Contemporary conversation-starters: Taipei Story by R. F. KuangThe Birthing Tree by Amanda PetersAvalon, Rise by Madeline ffitchUntamed Coast by Kevin C. Morris Immersive + impeccably written historical novels: The Chinese Lady by Bo WangOur Noble Selves by
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Her Husband Left Her for a Man!](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/10/bookaholic-podcast-her-husband-left-her-for-a-man/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [The Strange Business of Free Will](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/08/over-the-hills-and-far-away-daniel-mack-review/): John Merlan thinks he is nearing the end of things: his career is sputtering out (no thanks to his employer), his heart will not keep a steady rhythm, and most of his oldest friends are gone, save one. What remains is the question of what to do with the freedom he still possesses, and how
- [Giving Voice to the Women History Left Behind](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/08/giving-voice-to-the-women-history-left-behind/): I spent a lot of my younger life fantasizing about living in Regency England or the nineteenth-century United States. As I got older, I understood either context would have been intensely uncomfortable — for anyone used to modern hygiene and for me as a Chinese American, in particular. I was less likely to dance with
- [Before, Between and Beyond Wuthering Heights: 5 Audiobook Takes](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/08/before-between-and-beyond-wuthering-heights-5-audiobook-takes-on-the-classic-tale/): Emily Brontë left some tantalizing blank spaces in Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff arrives at the Heights with almost no past, disappears for three years and returns transformed. Nelly Dean knows far more than she initially tells us. Catherine Earnshaw, for all her force of personality, reaches readers largely through other people’s accounts. Those silences have proved
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Finding Character Voice With Author Danielle McKechnie](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/08/writers-ink-podcast-finding-character-voice-with-author-danielle-mckechnie/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [More Than a Business Memoir: Persevering to Achieve Success in Life & the Workplace](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/04/more-than-a-business-memoir-persevering-to-achieve-success-in-life-the-workplace/): Dear readers, Reckoning by Jim Minarik is the true story of a man who spent half his life running from the pivotal moment of his childhood. He managed to strive forward in his professional life, but it took self-examination and a spiritual journey to find true inner peace. What stuck with me about Reckoning is
- [10 Spellbinding Books to Channel Your Inner Witch](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/01/10-spellbinding-books-to-channel-your-inner-witch/): I’ve been fascinated by witches ever since I was a little girl, intrigued by the magic in Narnia and other fantastical worlds I was introduced to. As I got older, the idea of witchy reads went beyond magic to the organic skills of cunning women and healers in history whose knowledge of the earth helped
- [The Unlikely Making of a World Series MVP](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/08/just-enough-david-eckstein/): There's a moment early in Just Enough where David Eckstein is running through the dark backroads of Warren, Rhode Island, in the middle of a 0-for-27 slump, wondering if the Red Sox front office was right about him all along and that he was never cut out for the big leagues. It's an honest opening,
- [A Nuanced Exploration of a Marriage Falling Apart](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/27/between-me-and-you-audible-original-review/): There are two sides to every story, as the saying goes, and the truth often lies somewhere in the middle. Between Me and You, an Audible Original audiobook based on the novel by Alison Winn Scotch and adapted for audio by coauthor and screenwriter Pete Chiarelli (The Proposal, Crazy Rich Asians), is a he-said, she-said tale
- [Hear This: We Can’t Get Enough of Audiobooks & Podcasts](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/29/hear-this-we-cant-get-enough-of-audiobooks-podcasts/): What the book world is shouting about!
- [Magic and Forbidden Desire Collide in "The Queen’s Bodyguard"](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/04/the-queens-bodyguard-lauren-blackwood/): Magic, duty, desire, danger, and power collide in New York Times best-selling author Lauren Blackwood’s The Queen’s Bodyguard. This adult romantasy introduces the magical world of Queen Theora Umbra of Aranea, where duty makes following your heart impossible, and where your deadliest enemies may be closer than you think. It’s been a year since Theora
- [The Hottest Book of the Summer Is Sold Out. Here’s to Read While You Wait for a Copy](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/26/the-hottest-book-of-the-summer-is-sold-out-heres-to-read-while-you-wait-for-a-copy/): Josh Silver's Fruit Fly is this summer's surprise breakout hit — and given its dark horse status, it's also proving difficult for readers to get their hands on it. With the title backordered at bookstores and the library waitlist growing ever longer, fill the Fruit Fly-shaped space on your bookshelf with one of these new
- [What Happens When a Rainy Day Museum Trip Inspires a Paranormal Murder Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/01/what-happens-when-a-rainy-day-museum-trip-inspires-a-paranormal-murder-mystery/): One fateful Saturday morning in May of 2023, I found myself staring out the window at the rain and sighing pathetically. I did not yet know it was fateful day, of course. I only knew it was a stormy day, the third that week, and I was dying to get out of the house. My
- [From Fighter Jets to Route 66, Richard Herman Finds a New Path in "Discovery Road"](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/03/from-fighter-jets-to-route-66-richard-herman-finds-a-new-path-in-discovery-road/): For author Richard Herman, a lifetime of adventure has provided no shortage of inspiration. After 21 years in the Air Force and 242 combat missions in Vietnam, Herman turned to fiction, launching a writing career with the national bestseller The Warbirds. Since then, his experiences in the cockpit, on the water and on the open
- [Amanda Rechsteiner on Trusting God Through the Detours in "The Crossing Place"](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/03/amanda-rechsteiner-on-trusting-god-through-the-detours-in-the-crossing-place/): For Amanda Rechsteiner, finding her purpose wasn’t a straight path — it was a journey shaped by faith, unexpected detours and learning to surrender control. In The Crossing Place, Rechsteiner draws from pivotal moments in her own life to explore what it means to recognize God’s calling and trust His direction, even when the road
- [Bookaholic Podcast — From Breaking News to Finding Herself: Carol Lin’s Untold Story](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/03/bookaholic-podcast-from-breaking-news-to-finding-herself-carol-lins-untold-story/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Chloe Benjamin’s "Under Story" Bends Time in a Tale of Love and Loss](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/01/under-story-chloe-benjamin/): Your next book club read has landed with Chloe Benjamin’s new fantasy sci-fi! Under Story will leave you with the need to discuss every last chapter in detail. I’m reeling after finishing Laurel and Eli’s time-bending journey. This is one of the times that reading an early copy is painful because this book is worthy
- ["Rebuilding Babel" Challenges the Modern Church to Trade the Tower for the Table](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/02/rebuilding-babel-rhett-dudgeon/): Rhett Dudgeon's Rebuilding Babel is a debut from a Bible college graduate turned construction worker and "ministry dropout," and that background shows up everywhere in the best way — the writing is grounded, plainspoken, and refreshingly unpretentious for a book that's ultimately doing serious theological and historical work. The book opens with a story about
- [Child Rearing and Civilization: How Each Shapes the Other](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/01/kin-nam-nguyen-review/): Histories of civilization tend to focus on rulers, governments, laws, wars, religions and other major institutions. Nam Nguyen draws our attention to the people who care for children. In Kin: Childhood, Parenting, and the Making of Civilization, he argues that the way one generation raises the next is not a domestic artifact running alongside history.
- [A.T. Qureshi Talks Love, Identity and F1’s Influence on Her Soaring New Romantasy “Rider of Dragons”](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/01/a-t-qureshi-talks-love-loss-and-f1s-influence-on-her-soaring-new-romantasy-rider-of-dragons/): What makes a compelling love triangle? What does on-page representation mean to a reader who rarely sees their identity reflected in their favorite genre? And how did Formula 1 racing inspire a story about dragon riding? All these questions are answered in our conversation with A.T. Qureshi about her brand new romantasy, Rider of Dragons, out
- [Wrap Up Your Summer Reading With These Indie Picks](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/31/august-indie-discovery-list/): Labor Day is almost here — time to try to get in those last pages before the beach weather wanes. And we have plenty of ideas to share! This month's indie list is all about fitting in just one more summer read, whether you are looking for entertainment or education or a little of both.
- [One Choice Can Unravel Everything](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/27/one-choice-can-unravel-everything/): From the outside, Jake Trenton looks like a man with little reason to complain. He has a successful legal career, a beautiful Vermont home, a wife he loves and a teenage daughter who still wants to be like him. Then his wife, Sophia, decides to become a gestational surrogate. For Sophia, carrying a baby for
- [Rediscovering Muriel Spark’s Brilliant and Enigmatic Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/31/like-a-cat-loves-a-bird-the-nine-lives-of-muriel-spark-james-bailey/): James Bailey earned a doctorate in literature and has proven himself to be an insightful, exceptionally rigorous researcher while becoming the foremost expert on the brilliant, enigmatic iconoclast Dame Muriel Spark. He wrote Muriel Spark’s Early Fiction: Literary Subversion and Experiments with Form. Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: The Art of Research With #1 NYT Bestseller, Lisa Gardner](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/01/writers-ink-podcast-the-art-of-research-with-1-nyt-bestseller-lisa-gardner/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [A Civil War Mystery Unearthed Through Genealogy](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/31/nettles-secret-w-f-whitson/): W.F. Whitson's Nettles' Secret is a dual-timeline novel, and the payoff is a book that's as much a piece of genealogical detective work as it is a Civil War adventure. Whitson opens in present-day Memphis, drops his narrator Tim Clary, a law clerk still processing his grandfather's death, into a real and raw moment of
- [Why Writing Authentic Witch Spells Was Worth the Extra Work](https://booktrib.com/2026/09/01/why-writing-authentic-witch-spells-was-worth-the-extra-work/): When I sold my first novel to a traditional publisher nearly 20 years ago, research was different. This reflection isn’t about the good old days, however. I won’t discuss the reasons why it’s more difficult to source accurate information online; I will only state that it is more difficult. Which left me with an interesting
- [Jon Land Shares His Top Thriller Recs of the Month for Late Summer Reading](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/31/jon-land-shares-his-top-thriller-recs-of-the-month-for-late-summer-reading/)
- [5 Books That Cut Through the Confusion About Nutrition](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/26/5-books-that-cut-through-the-confusion-about-nutrition/): With countless diets promising better health, more energy and a longer life, figuring out what to put on your plate can feel more complicated than ever. From plant-based eating and gut health to disease prevention and the science behind how our bodies process food, these five books cut through the noise with research-backed insights and
- [More Fall Book Releases Coming Soon…](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/27/more-fall-book-releases-coming-soon/): Dear Voracious Readers, Last week, we shared some of the most exciting new books coming this fall, and thanks to the enthusiastic response from all of you, we’re back with another round of must-read releases! Without further ado, check out these upcoming titles that deserve a top spot on your TBR. You may want to
- [The Scandal and Lies Are Just the Beginning of This New Historical Mystery Series](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/28/the-oxford-guide-to-scandal-and-lies-kate-westbury-review-interview/): Desperate men are the most dangerous men of all. Oxford University, November 1950. In Kate Westbury’s The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies, two students clash over a library carrel, an experience unpleasant enough that neither is likely to want to repeat the encounter. Especially when the encounter is over a dead man. But there
- [A Scottish Isles Second-Chance Romance in Latest Jenny Colgan Novel](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/28/meet-me-at-the-seaside-cottages-jenny-colgan-review/): Jenny Colgan is the perfect antidote for anyone experiencing trying times or in need of good cheer. The recently published Meet Me at the Seaside Cottages delivers humor and heart as a mother and daughter rekindle their relationship fractured over time and distance. Her flawed and realistically depicted characters face challenges, disappointments and heartache until
- [Sisters … in Crime](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/27/sistersin-crime/): One of my favorite greeting cards has a cute cartoon girl on the cover, and she is saying “Happy Birthday to my darling sister who I love very much.” When you open the card, inside it says: “Mom made me say it. Don’t laugh. She’s going to make you say it to me on my
- [Not Your Average Fairy Tale: 5 Inventive & Enchanting YA Fantasy Novels](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/27/not-your-average-fairy-tale-5-inventive-enchanting-ya-fantasy-novels/): Looking for a read that feels like it’s straight out of a book of Grimm’s fairy tales? You’ve come to the right place to build up your YA fantasy TBR pile. Here are five fresh fairy tales for the young adult audience, each as inventive and unique as the next. For fans of retellings of
- [Why Readers Crave a Little Horror in Their Hearts](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/11/why-readers-crave-a-little-horror-in-their-hearts/): We are certainly living in dark times these days… Who’s to say we aren’t loving in them, as well? Back at the tail end of 2024, I was offered a wild opportunity to pitch a horror romance to an imprint at Harlequin Books. I leapt at the opportunity because, baked into this prospective shot, there
- [Adult Fantasy Debut From "Lore" Author Alexandra Bracken Hits All the Right Notes](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/18/immortal-rose-alexandra-bracken/): Alexandra Bracken returns to the fantasy genre, this time with a stunning adult debut. Immortal Rose is the breathtaking first installment in an all-new adult fantasy duology from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lore, and to say that I loved this book is an understatement. In Immortal Rose, Bracken delivers a heartpounding tale
- [C. William Tressler Blasts Off Into an Endless Universe of Possibilities](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/27/c-william-tressler-blasts-off-into-an-endless-universe-of-possibilities/): What began as a simple short story quickly grew into an entire universe for C. William Tressler, author of Poncia Problems, the first installment in his planned Kash and Calynn’s Adventures series. Blending fast-paced action, inventive worldbuilding and plenty of sharp-witted banter, Tressler introduces readers to a sprawling sci-fi world where corrupt governments, god-like alien
- ["Creating Generational Prosperity" Shows How Resilience Becomes a Family Legacy](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/26/creating-generational-propserity-dr-kamal-doc-yadav/): Dr. Kamal "Doc" Yadav’s Creating Generational Prosperity is a memoir that is part immigrant success story, part family chronicle and part practical philosophy of life. Yadav's account of growing up in a flood-prone village on the banks of the Ganges, sleeping on wooden planks above rising floodwater and twice being pulled from the current as
- [When One Narrator Isn't Enough to Tell the Whole Story](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/26/when-one-narrator-isnt-enough-to-tell-the-whole-story/): This month, we’re ready for novels with hidden motives, layered tension, conflicting goals, misunderstandings and the different ways characters experience and understand what's happening, as offered by multiple points of view.
- [Supernatural Secrets and Murder Collide in "The Whitechapel Full Moon Society"](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/25/the-whitechapel-full-moon-society-elizabeth-delozier/): Without reading the book's description, I immediately thought the novel The Whitechapel Full Moon Society by Elizabeth DeLozier had something to do with the supernatural from the title. But when I read the book’s description and saw the words “Jack the Ripper," I was thrown for a loop. What does Jack the Ripper have to do
- [Challenge Fate in Thrilling Book From "Lore of the Wilds" Author Analeigh Sbrana](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/25/heir-of-prophecy-analeigh-sbrana/): Secrets, prophecies, lies, betrayal – Heir of Prophecy by Analeigh Sbrana delivers it all and more in the thrilling first instalment of a new duology. Human Audra finds her world turned upside down the day that the Mist leaves its historic boundaries and creeps in towards her town. Thrust into a deadly new realm of fae,
- [C. William Tressler Launches a Wild Space Adventure in Poncia Problems](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/24/poncia-problems-c-william-tressler/): Poncia Problems is the first entry in C. William Tressler's planned multi-book "Kash and Calynn's Adventures" series, and it reads like a writer who set out to tell a few fun short stories and then got happily ambushed by his own imagination. The book wastes no time establishing its voice. We meet Kash — a
- [Book Recs Based on the Reason You Haven’t Been Reading Lately](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/18/book-recs-based-on-the-reason-you-havent-been-reading-lately/): Find yourself the victim of a reading slump? These are the reads to reset your TBR ✨ Peruse our guide on how to stop neglecting your TBR, plus the new + upcoming books we think will do the trick 📚 Anti-reading slump attention-grabbing page turners: Friends and Family by Natalie Baszile The True Confessions of
- [Journey to the Edge of the World in "Monster, Monarch, Maiden"](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/25/monster-monarch-maiden-rae-carson/): Award-winning author Rae Carson returns with a gorgeous stand-alone fantasy novel brimming with magic and adventure. Bria Angarsold has faced the worst—a raid on her home, an attack on her family, and the deaths of her loved ones. A mountain girl with a magical gift for ice and making things cold—a gift she views as
- [Author Lindy Ryan's Top Spine-Chilling Book Recs for Sweltering Summer Nights](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/24/author-lindy-ryans-top-spine-chilling-book-recs-for-sweltering-summer-nights/): August is overflowing with haunted places, cursed bloodlines and monsters that thrive in the shadows of the past. From folk horror and apocalyptic nightmares to slasher, supernatural romance and gothic mysteries, this month’s releases prove that some secrets refuse to stay buried — and some horrors are only just waking up.
- [An Incident From the Past Draws the Martini Club Back Into Action in “The Shadow Friends”](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/25/an-incident-from-the-past-draws-the-martini-club-back-into-action-in-the-shadow-friends/): In bestselling author Tess Gerritsen’s third installment of The Martini Club mysteries, The Shadow Friends (Thomas & Mercer), the members of the club — Maggie, Declan, Ben, Ingrid and Lloyd — have reached the stage of life when retirement should mean a good meal, good booze and early to bed. After years as CIA
- [Savor the Last Days of Summer With August’s Hottest Reads](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/24/savor-the-last-days-of-summer-with-augusts-hottest-reads/): Even though it’s already August, there’s still time for some summer reads before lazy beach days are over and kids are back to school. Retired spies, obsessive love, messy murders, wedding crashers and more are some of the highlights we have for you in our selections that are publishing this month. Take a look and
- ["Miracle" Tells the Astonishing True Story of the Boys Who Escaped Auschwitz’s Gas Chamber](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/24/miracle-michael-calvin-and-naftali-schiff/): Michael Calvin, co-author with Josef Lewkowicz of The Survivor: How I Made It through Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter, and Rabbi Naftali Schiff, founder of Jewish Futures and active educator who travels worldwide interviewing Holocaust survivors to preserve their stories and legacy, have documented a powerful, formerly unreported true story, Miracle: The
- [Sarah Vaughan’s "Based on a True Story" Spins a Tangled Web of Family Secrets and Lies](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/24/based-on-a-true-story-sarah-vaughan/): Seldom since Daphne du Maurier put readers on edge has a walk along the high Cornish cliffs signaled so much suspense and danger. Sarah Vaughn’s sixth thrilling novel, Based on a True Story, begs to be read in one long sitting. Its evocative tagline is: “All families have secrets. But it’s the lies that can
- [Beyond Heated Rivalry: MM Sports Romances With Serious Chemistry](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/19/beyond-heated-rivalry-mm-sports-romances-with-serious-chemistry/): If Heated Rivalry left you wanting more stories about elite athletes whose private lives are considerably messier than their game-day personas, you've come to the right place. Rachel Reid’s romance between rival stars Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov found an even wider audience through its television adaptation, sending plenty of new readers looking for their
- [The BookTrib Brief: Anticipated Fall Reads Vol 1](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/22/the-booktrib-brief-anticipated-fall-reads-vol-1/): Dear Reader, Fall is one of my favorite seasons; it might be my absolute fave. Sweater weather, boots, leather jackets. Everything is full of potential again and, yes, another chance. This fall’s lineup of new releases is going to keep me busy until the holidays, I think. There’s been lots of buzz around several books
- [An Exploration of Crime and the Possibility of Redemption](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/20/the-redemption-initiative-cl-morrissey/): C.L. Morrissey’s debut novel Redemption Initiative: The Good Samaritan is an evocative and compelling read that stays with you beyond the last page. Showcasing intimate familiarity with the criminal justice system, the story pulls no punches. A reformed criminal who finds his own redemption “by dragging others toward it” launches a bold new rehabilitation recipe
- [Where Grief Opens a Door](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/20/the-yonder-donald-samson/): Donald Samson opens The Yonder with Coleridge's meditation on a dream so vivid its flower survives into waking life, and from that first page the book asks the same question of its reader: what would you risk to bring something real back from somewhere impossible? The premise is deceptively simple. A well-to-do woman, cane in
- [Behind the Perfect Facade: Susannah Marren on the Women of "Palm Beach Confidential"](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/20/behind-the-perfect-facade-susannah-marren-on-the-women-of-palm-beach-confidential/): In Palm Beach Confidential, author Susannah Marren ventures behind the manicured hedges and glittering facade of one of America’s most exclusive enclaves to examine what happens when a carefully constructed life begins to crack. At the center is Lucinda Barrows, a Palm Beach matriarch whose hard-won place in society — and long-held secret — are
- [The Thrill List Starts 2026 Off with a Bang!](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/16/the-thrill-list-starts-2026-off-with-a-bang/): January wastes no time reminding us why thriller and mystery fiction remain such irresistible winter reading. This month’s most compelling new releases span the full spectrum of suspense, from pulse-pounding conspiracies and courtroom battles to psychologically devastating reckonings with grief, identity, and buried secrets. These are stories fueled by obsession, driven by moral ambiguity, and
- [Books & Looks Podcast — The Slave, the Spy, and the Chief: The Untold Voices of Lewis and Clark with Craig Fehrman](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/20/books-looks-podcast-the-slave-the-spy-and-the-chief-the-untold-voices-of-lewis-and-clark-with-craig-fehrman/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Books & Looks Podcast — Mummy Paper, Print Devils and Gunslinging Editors: Alex Wright’s Empire of Ink](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/30/books-looks-podcast-mummy-paper-print-devils-and-gunslinging-editors-alex-wrights-empire-of-ink/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Unlocking Revelation: Robert Charley Explains the Missing Biblical Blueprint](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/31/unlocking-revelation-robert-charley-explains-the-missing-biblical-blueprint/): For many readers, the Book of Revelation is the Bible's most mysterious and intimidating text, filled with vivid symbolism, apocalyptic imagery and competing interpretations. In The Feast of Trumpets: Blueprint to Revelation, author Robert Charley offers a different approach, arguing that the key to understanding Revelation has been hiding in plain sight within the Old
- [Terror Comes From Within in Kailee Pedersen’s The Minimalist](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/19/the-minimalist-kailee-pedersen/): Terror comes in many different forms. There is physical terror, emotional and mental terror, and group terror. The worst form of terror, many will argue, is the terror that lives in our own brain. This terror is explored in Kailee Pedersen’s new novel The Minimalist. The Minimalist describes a harrowing journey into madness by a
- [Kill Them With a Kiss in Viral Standalone Romantasy "The Poison Daughter"](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/18/the-poison-daughter-sheila-masterson/): Deadly. Delicious. Downright to die for. Sheila Masterson’s viral standalone romantasy The Poison Daughter receives an all-new, exclusive edition this summer, and it’s a title you won’t want to miss. Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses receives a dose of poison — lethal, painful or paralyzing — fresh from her lips. The youngest daughter of Lunameade’s
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Hidden Truths, Ancient Secrets and the Search for Answers](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/19/booktribs-bites-hidden-truths-ancient-secrets-and-the-search-for-answers/)
- [Finding Purpose on the Other Side of Surrender](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/19/the-crossing-place-amanda-rechsteiner/): In The Crossing Place, Amanda Rechsteiner frames the entire book not as a treatise but as a long conversation between friends, and that choice shapes everything that follows. The tone is warm, unguarded and refreshingly free of the polished distance that can make devotional writing feel abstract. The book's central premise is simple but energizing:
- ["Sometime This Century" Is an Enchanting Regency Romance Across Time](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/17/sometime-this-century-samantha-silva/): Sometime This Century is an enchanting fusion between Regency romantic comedy of manners and time-travel adventure vividly executed by author Samantha Silva. Protagonist Annabel Blake, age 22, aspiring novelist and obsessive Jane Austen fanatic, daydreams about living in early 19th-century England. She is introverted and dateless and has a penchant for wearing empire or vintage
- [Our Top Reading Recs for Coping With Your Existential Crisis](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/13/our-top-reading-recs-for-coping-with-your-existential-crisis/): Sick of the AI slop that’s infiltrated every corner of the internet? Desperate to ditch the corporate rat race? Stressing about the cost of living while billionaires shoot rockets into space? We’ve got book recs for that! If the current state of the world has you spiraling into existentialism, swap your doomscrolling for summer reading
- [A Nostalgic Night Out Turns Deadly in Jim Antonini’s "Candyland"](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/17/candyland-jim-antonini/): Jim Antonini's Candyland is a novel that captures a very specific time and place with such vivid detail that readers will feel like they've spent a night out with the characters rather than read about them. Antonini trades the seedy backwoods of West Virginia for the smoky pool halls and pulsing nightclubs of 1990s Boston,
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: What Does Your Book Smell Like? #1 NYT Bestseller Alexandra Bracken Explains Why Authors Should Incorporate All Senses in Their Writing](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/18/writers-ink-podcast-what-does-your-book-smell-like-1-nyt-bestseller-alexandra-bracken-explains-why-authors-should-incorporate-all-senses-in-their-writing/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Bio Hacking Isn’t It. Unlongevity Is. Escape Excessive Wellness Trends for Long-Lasting Change](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/13/bio-hacking-isnt-it-unlongevity-is-escape-excessive-wellness-trends-for-long-lasting-change/): You’re taking your supplements. You’re making protein a priority. You’re even waking up at 5 AM to work up a sweat before breakfast. Yet somehow, you’re still not feeling great. As crazy as it sounds, the answer is un-optimizing your health — and the guide to doing so came out this week. Meet Unlongevity: Escaping
- [Karen Odden’s Riveting Tale of Thieves and Treachery in Victorian London](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/14/an-artful-dodge-karen-odden/): Gifted mystery writer and Victorian English scholar Karen Odden draws attention while garnering accolades with An Artful Dodge, a novel set in late 19th-century London. Well-trained gangs of elegantly clad women shoplifters, pickpockets and clever thieves are pitted against constables and private detectives hired to protect the growing number of fashionable large department stores. Former
- [A Newly Sold Home Hides a Dark Past in Catherine Ryan Howard’s “Buyer Beware”](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/11/a-newly-sold-home-hides-a-dark-past-in-catherine-ryan-howards-buyer-beware/): Would you buy a haunted house? Some people might, while others would get back in their cars and race off at the first spooky sound. Sometimes people will buy a house for its historical significance, like a castle or manor that dates back several centuries. There is also a rule about full disclosure; the seller
- [Why the Late '90s Are Such a Perfect Fiction Setting](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/11/why-the-late-90s-are-such-a-perfect-fiction-setting/): It's true. Millennials and Gen Xers love nostalgia. There's a reason so many of us keep mining that time period of our childhood in the 1980s and ‘90s for fiction. Nostalgia isn't just about reliving our carefree past when our knees were stronger, our skin was firmer, and our hair less gray. The late ‘90s
- [Feast Your Eyes on the Book Covers Worthy of an Art Museum](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/06/feast-your-eyes-on-these-museum-worthy-book-covers/): From striking summer book releases to fun fall fiction, 2026 book covers are reminding us that sometimes it is okay to judge a book by its cover. These frame-worthy favorites are going to be face-out on the bookshelf this season: Ready to screenshot? Here's the written list, line by line, for your optimal bookstore perusing:
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Reboot Your Story](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/13/bookaholic-podcast-reboot-your-story/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Why Every Child Deserves to See Neurodivergent Heroes](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/12/why-every-child-deserves-to-see-neurodivergent-heroes/): Stories are often the first place children learn what it means to belong. Long before children know words like neurodivergence or ADHD, they are learning who gets to be the hero and whose differences are celebrated. Every book quietly answers a question: Do people who think differently belong? The answer can stay with them for
- [When the Lights Go Out, Can God Still Be Trusted?](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/12/learning-to-see-when-the-lights-go-out-dr-chuck-f-betters/): In Learning to See When the Lights Go Out: Reconciling God's Love with His Sovereignty, Dr. Chuck F. Betters writes from inside the wreckage of the worst night of his life when he experienced the sudden death of his sixteen-year-old son, Mark, in a car accident. The result is one of the most honest, theologically
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Lisa Roe Explains How She Found a Novel at the Heart of an Extreme Vacation](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/11/writers-ink-podcast-lisa-roe-explains-how-she-found-a-novel-at-the-heart-of-an-extreme-vacation/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [The BookTrib Brief: The Summer's Hottest Authors Event Is Heating Up!](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/07/the-booktrib-brief-the-summers-hottest-authors-event-is-heating-up/): You know it’s the pinnacle of summer in East Hampton when Authors Night finally hits. Every August, the East Hampton Library sets up its iconic white tent for its annual Author’s Night Benefit. Known as the premier literary event of the summer, this hotly anticipated event has grown over the years to become one of
- [More Soul-Satisfying Travels Through Time in Latest Kawaguchi](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/05/before-i-knew-i-loved-you-toshikazu-kawaguchi-review/): Reading Toshikazu Kawaguchi is akin to taking a necessary soul-satisfying pause in the middle of a hectic day with a refreshing cold beverage or soothing cup of tea. Before I Knew I Loved You is the sixth book in the best-selling magical, heart-warming series that began with Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Take time to
- [One Last Chance: 5 Novels About Redemption](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/06/one-last-chance-5-novels-about-redemption/): In fiction, as in life, redemption often comes after the worst has already happened — after the betrayal, the failure of courage or the loss that cannot be reversed. What remains at that point is a harder question: What can still be done when nothing can be undone? These five novels follow characters who face
- [Bearing Witness to Grace in a Time of Crisis](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/11/the-grace-of-god-tom-banwart/): Tom Banwart's The Grace of God is a collection that turns the fear and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic into a testament of people rising to compassion. What begins as a simple story about Banwart and his wife, Pam, playing Christian music from their lanai for anxious, isolated neighbors grows into a much larger meditation
- [A Slow-Burn Dystopian Mystery Worth the Journey](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/11/where-gods-whisper-mike-colapietro/): Mike Colapietro's Where Gods Whisper is an atmospheric entry into speculative fiction that earns its scope through patient, layered storytelling. This novel trusts its readers to piece together a shattered world from fragments. The book opens with Mencken Barnes, a young woman held in some kind of subterranean cell, interrogated through a plastic pane by
- [Essay Collections that Deepen Our Worldviews](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/07/essay-collections-that-deepen-our-worldviews/): Essay collections written by authors who focus on topics we may not often consider open us to new worlds of information and thought-provoking ideas. These five collections take readers on journeys of the mind and heart while exploring themes that offer ways to expand our views of the world. Written in bite-sized pieces, they are
- [Robert Charley Guides Readers Through Atonement — and Prepares Them for What Lies Ahead After](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/07/guiding-readers-through-preparing-for-atonement-and-for-what-lies-ahead-after/): Dark times are ahead. It's an infamous, ubiquitous message to be found in several sections of the Bible — the Book of Revelation among them. But those who read the Book of Revelation often come away with more questions than answers. But what is the truth behind the origins found in Leviticus? What is really
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Calling All Dog Moms!](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/07/bookaholic-podcast-calling-all-dog-moms/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Riley Sager's "The Unknown" Is His Creepiest Thriller Yet](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/05/riley-sagers-the-unknown-is-his-creepiest-thriller-yet/): I was already a huge fan of Riley Sager before The Unknown. I’ve read all of his previous best-selling thrillers and even got the opportunity to interview him once. So I was pretty sure right from the start this would be a good book. I just didn’t know it was going to be this good.
- [When Faith Is Exploited: Catholic Corruption, Cults and Conspiracies](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/23/when-faith-is-exploited-catholic-corruption-cults-and-conspiracies/): Five years ago, when I debuted my first thriller novel, I had no idea where my protagonist Marko Zorn would take me. It’s been a wild ride — from Big Pharma boardrooms to a far-right underworld and now to a secret society, Holy Death, plotting to infiltrate the Vatican. In Day of Wrath, Marko investigates
- [Indie Discoveries to Pack for Every Kind of Escape](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/28/indie-discoveries-to-pack-for-every-kind-of-escape/): A great beach read does not have to be light, frothy or even set near the water. It simply has to pull you in — and give you somewhere compelling to go while the rest of the world recedes. This month’s Indie Discovery List offers escapes of every kind. Travel across distant planets, enter kingdoms
- [How Exploring the Wild Beneath Transformed a Doctor into an Author](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/04/how-exploring-the-wild-beneath-transformed-a-doctor-into-an-author/): I never planned to write fiction. I’m a physician who has worked across rural and remote emergency departments and inner-city health for fifteen years. I’ve met tens of thousands of patients, and while they might come to me with the flu or a sprained ankle, there are always more important stories underneath. Doctoring, when done
- [Book Recs to Match the Trending Songs of the Summer](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/30/book-recs-to-match-the-trending-songs-of-the-summer/): Playing Charli XCX’s new music on repeat? Living for the new Gracie Abrams and Madonna albums? Still not over Ikkimel’s iconic TV performance? Whether you’re looking to embrace the vibes of a coconut water summer or you’re feeling like a daughter from hell, we’ve curated just the books to match your mood + your Spotify
- [Chloe Gong Brings “Flesh & False Gods” Series to Exhilarating Conclusion](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/04/chloe-gong-brings-her-flesh-false-gods-trilogy-to-an-exhilarating-conclusion/): Explosive. Breathtaking. It all comes down to the wire in the action-packed conclusion to Chloe Gong’s Flesh and False Gods trilogy, Eyes of Kings. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, the trilogy is set within the world of Talin, in which individuals can jump from body to body using their qi. In the wake of
- [The Prehistory That Inspired This Profound Speculative Thriller](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/04/from-prehistory-to-a-bestseller-all-that-inspired-this-new-speculative-thriller/): I was inspired to write The Shadows Tomorrow after reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by historian Yuval Noah Harari. I studied bioengineering and biology and have always been fascinated by evolution. One idea particularly struck me: we are now the only surviving human species. Of all the species in the genus Homo that
- [Summertime and the Livin’ Is NOT Easy](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/22/summertime-and-the-livin-is-not-easy/): The long, lazy days of summer are here. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. These nine women's fiction novels depict summertime stories that range from comic to tragic and everything in between.
- [Books That Feature “Twists of Fate”](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/03/books-that-feature-twists-of-fate/): Think about it: Some of the most unforgettable books hinge on a missed opportunity, a chance meeting, or even a random conversation. Such moments end up being the catalyst for life-altering journeys. What’s cool is that these stories can be found in almost all genres – romance, historical fiction, mystery, women’s fiction. And no matter
- [Scottoline (and Daughter!) Head Up This Month's Best Thrillers](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/31/the-thrill-list-july-2026/)
- [How Do You Hide From the Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done?](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/31/freyja-margaret-ann-thors-interview/): Her memories of that night are never the same. They are both little girls, Unnur and her friend Freyja, alone on a black-sand Icelandic beach, the waves clutching at them. In one memory, Freyja ignores her pleas and walks into the sea. In another, Unnur yanks Freyja’s head underwater until the bubbles stop. Which is
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Vampires May Suck, but They Still Sell. Josh Winning Explains Why.](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/04/writers-ink-podcast-vampires-may-suck-but-they-still-sell-josh-winning-explains-why/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [When Judgment Becomes Action in Revelation](https://booktrib.com/2026/08/03/when-judgment-becomes-action-in-revelation/): For readers who followed Robert Charley through the seals and horsemen of The Feast of Trumpets: Blueprint to Revelation (our review here), the second book in his trilogy opens at a more ominous threshold. In The Day of Atonements: Blueprint to Revelation, judgment is no longer being weighed. The verdict has arrived. Covering Revelation 8–16, Charley
- [These Audiobooks Are a Must-Listen for August](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/31/these-audiobooks-are-a-must-listen-for-august/): Dear Book Lovers, As we speak, I am listening to Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. It’s one of the most acclaimed audiobooks of recent years, and much of its success comes from Charlie Thurston's performance, whose narration captures the wit, grit and emotional depth of the story’s Appalachian protagonist. The novel is a modern reimagining of
- [The BookTrib Brief: Our Love For Reading Never Takes a Vacation](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/24/the-booktrib-brief-our-love-for-reading-never-takes-a-vacation/): Hello from Croatia! Wherever I travel, I always try to find an independent bookstore to see what bookish magic is happening there — and readers, Croatia delivered. We landed in Dubrovnik, dropped our bags, and dove straight into the heat for a 15-minute sun-soaked walk through the Old Walled City — which Game of Thrones
- ["Murder by Design" Delivers a Brilliant New Detective Duo](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/30/murder-by-design-delivers-a-brilliant-new-detective-duo/): Murder By Design launches prolific #1 best-selling author, screenwriter and television producer Lee Goldberg’s latest quirky thriller/mystery series with the introduction of insurance investigator/detective Edison Bixby and his narrator-sidekick struggling actor and writer Wally Nash. The dialogue sizzles while delivering hilarity alongside a sensational murder cleverly disguised as an unfortunate accident. Wally is handsome and
- [In Praise of the Nosy Neighbor: Why Every Mystery Needs One](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/28/in-praise-of-the-nosy-neighbor-why-every-mystery-needs-one/): We’ve all read a mystery featuring the dreaded curtain-twitcher, a beady eye sweeping the street, the busybody, the local gossip, the old lady asking too many pertinent questions for comfort. The nosy neighbor is instantly recognizable and integral to the mystery yet is often an overlooked character. They’re frequently the catalyst to the plot: the
- [Anxiously Searching the Internet for Life’s Answers? Here Are the Book Recs to Help](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/24/anxiously-searching-the-internet-for-lifes-answers-here-are-the-book-recs-to-help/): Spiraling into climate anxiety while you check the air quality? Opting out of every AI plugin in your path? Heating all your veggies to a crisp 158°F? 😥 If you’re questioning everything around you these days, these book recs might hold the answers you’ve been searching for 📚 Here's your book list, for future anxiety-free
- ["The Scoop" Is a Sharp, Addictive Satire of the Media Machine](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/29/the-scoop-erin-van-der-meer/): Author Erin Van Der Meer gained insider perspective and in-depth experience as a journalist, which served her well in writing the bitingly satirical debut novel, The Scoop. It’s an irresistible, stay-up-late, guilty reading pleasure about protagonist Frankie Miller, a recently unemployed journalist weighed down by multiple rejections from reputable publications and overdue bills, who reluctantly
- [Bookaholic Podcast — From Taxi Cab Driver to Carnegie Hall](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/30/bookaholic-podcast-from-taxi-cab-driver-to-carnegie-hall/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [BookTrib’s Bites: What We Survive, What We Become](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/30/booktribs-bites-what-we-survive-what-we-become/)
- [A Father's Second Chance, Told Without Illusions](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/28/dad-again-rob-pilkenton/): Rob Pilkenton, author of Dad, Again, has written an unflinching, deeply honest account of what it actually takes for a man to become the father, husband and person he wishes he'd been the first time around. He does this without ever asking the reader to admire him for it. The book's structure alone tells you
- [From Darkness to Light: A Conversation with George Mendoza](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/29/from-darkness-to-light-a-conversation-with-george-mendoza/): George Mendoza's Journey of the Spirit Man is a sweeping tale of adventure, spiritual transformation and self-discovery, inspired in part by the author's own remarkable life experiences. Following a devastating hiking accident that led to vivid, recurring visions, Mendoza began weaving together elements of fantasy, psychology and personal reflection into an epic novel about resilience,
- [An Illuminating Guide to the Book of Revelation](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/27/the-feast-of-trumpets-robert-charley/): For anyone who has ever closed the Book of Revelation feeling more confused than illuminated, Robert Charley's The Feast of Trumpets: Blueprint to Revelation offers a fresh lens, grounded in scholarship yet written with the warmth of a friend walking you through a subject he loves. Understanding Revelation Through the Fall Feasts Charley's central premise
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: The Devil Is in the Details With Author John Dingle](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/28/writers-ink-podcast-the-devil-is-in-the-details-with-author-john-dingle/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Creepy Beach Reads for July](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/24/creepy-beach-reads-for-july/): July’s newest releases lean into the strange, the sinister and the wildly entertaining. Whether it’s haunted homes, supernatural road trips, snowbound slashers or stories where fiction turns deadly, this month’s spookiest releases prove that the most unforgettable summer vacations are the ones you might not survive.
- ["A Hard Farewell" Honors the Bond Between Pets and Their People](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/02/a-hard-farewell-fred-jandt/): Fred Jandt's A Hard Farewell is a small book that carries an enormous weight. Subtitled as a meditation on the loss and grief that come with the end of the sacred bond between pets and their people, it is a love letter to a cat named Yoda and to every animal companion whose absence has
- ["The Fine Art of Lying" Is a Sophisticated Thriller of Art and Deception](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/24/the-fine-art-of-lying-alexandra-andrews/): Alexandra Andrews’ much-lauded 2021 debut novel Who is Maud Dixon, published in twenty-eight languages, continues to impress. Acid-honed superb writing and a surprising plot have justified the skyscraper-high expectations for her second novel, The Fine Art of Lying. The two words “VENETIAN RED” spelled out in capital letters in the first paragraph of the brief
- [What to Read Next: July 2026 Selections](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/22/what-to-read-next-july-2026-selections/): It’s July and no matter where you live, it is definitely hot out. If you’re tired of poolside or beach reading, take a break indoors to cool off with some great books publishing this month. We’re sure you’ll find something here to love, whether you’re in the mood to read thriller, rom-com, mystery or non-fiction!
- [A Southern Historical Novel Rooted in Memory](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/23/what-the-trees-remember-abigail-cutter/): What the Trees Remember by Abigail Cutter is a powerful piece of historical fiction. The novel centers on Dora Minor, a ninety-three-year-old woman riding out the catastrophic 1969 flood caused by Hurricane Camille alone in her mountain home in Nelson County, Virginia, with only her two dogs for company. As the storm tears the mountainside
- [Hip-Hop and Heart: A Bold New Take on "The Wizard of Oz"](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/13/my-hip-hop-wiz-innton-tagger/): Innton Tagger grabbed a beloved classic and completely remixed it in his own voice to create My Hip-Hop Wiz. This is a culturally rich reinvention of The Wizard of Oz that trades yellow brick roads for hustle, heart and hip-hop. From the opening pages, the book announces exactly what it is. Tagger's version of Dorothy
- [Kristin Casey's Fearless Memoir of Survival and Self-Worth](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/06/casey-dancer-kristin-casey/): Kristin Casey's Casey Dancer takes on subject matter most memoirists would soften or sanitize: a return to stripping at thirty-nine after a stalled real estate career, a decade of dating in sobriety and an eventual pivot into professional companionship work. Casey refuses to flinch from any of it. What makes the memoir sing is Casey's
- [TBR-Worthy Reads to Pair With the Biggest Pop Culture Moments of the Week](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/14/tbr-worthy-reads-to-pair-with-the-biggest-pop-culture-moments-of-the-week/): Still reeling over the Margaret Qualley + Jack Antonoff split? Missing Erling Haaland’s presence on the World Cup pitch? Eager to find out how the music of Madonna blends with BTS bops? From soccer to stardom, this past week has given us plenty of pop culture plot twists. Here are the book recs that match
- [Bookaholic Podcast — How to Build Real Self-Confidence](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/24/bookaholic-podcast-how-to-build-real-self-confidence/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Belief, Ideology and Power Collide in New Marko Zorn Thriller](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/14/day-of-wrath-otho-eskin-review/): There are thrillers that ask you to race through the pages, adrenaline pumping through your veins, and there are thrillers that invite you to look twice at every clue, every conversation and every seemingly insignificant detail because it all matters. Day of Wrath by Otho Eskin belongs primarily in the second camp, while still providing
- ["Infernal Tramps" Delivers Horror at Its Weirdest and Best](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/24/infernal-tramps-alex-grass/): Alex Grass's Infernal Tramps is a collection of seventeen stories. It is a relentless, gleefully unhinged tour through body horror, cosmic dread, and the menace of everyday consumer culture. The opener, "The Tezcat Apparatus," is a perfect thesis statement for the book. What begins as a folksy exchange between a suburban gardener and a door-to-door
- [From Oral Tradition to Novel: Jack Martin Haley Reflects on the Making of "Allegory"](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/23/from-oral-tradition-to-novel-jack-martin-haley-reflects-on-the-making-of-allegory/): For nearly seventy years, Jack Martin Haley carried the seeds of Allegory with him. Inspired by oral stories he first heard while living among the Gwich'in people of Alaska in the late 1950s, the novel blends folklore, memoir, history and fiction into a meditation on honor, identity, faith and cultural survival. In this interview, Haley
- ["Murder Most Delicious" Serves Up a Charming Parisian Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/22/murder-most-delicious-danielle-postel-vinay/): Daniel Postel-Vinay is a devout Francophile who frequently visits France with her French husband. Murder Most Delicious is both a cozy mystery and love letter to beautiful Paris, the City of Light. American sommelier Olivia Beech, rolling suitcase in tow, has flown to the French capital from New York and anxiously rushed from the airport
- [Books & Looks Podcast — 22 Men, One Storm and the Island That Wouldn’t Let Go](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/23/books-looks-podcast-22-men-one-storm-and-the-island-that-wouldnt-let-go/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Searching for Belonging: Amy Chozick on "With Friends Like You"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/26/searching-for-belonging-amy-chozick-on-with-friends-like-you/): Amy Chozick made her name covering presidential politics for The New York Times, but in her latest novel, With Friends Like You, she turns her sharp eye to a different kind of mystery: the complicated bonds between women, the isolating realities of new motherhood and the lengths we'll go to find the people we've lost.
- [6 Chilling Books for the Hottest Month](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/21/6-chilling-books-for-the-hottest-month/): You’d think it would be simple for a horror aficionado to make a list of six chilling books for the hottest month, but keeping it to only six is a real struggle. I gave myself two rules. First, nothing instantly obvious, the sort of thing that everyone would include, which eliminated A Head Full of
- [Bioethics and AI Collide in "Echoes of the Gene"](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/17/echoes-of-the-gene-john-h-thomas/): Echoes of the Gene, the second installment in John H. Thomas's Chronos Files series, is a tightly wound techno-conspiracy thriller that expands its predecessor's world but never loses pace. Picking up the fallout from The Terminal Gene, this book plunges back into a shadow war between the Chronos organization, the enigmatic biotech outfit Helix and
- [The Day the Person You Love Comes Home Different](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/22/the-day-the-person-you-love-comes-home-different/): Your spouse survives the accident. Everyone tells you how lucky you are. They're right. But the person who comes home isn't quite the person who left. Their memory is fractured. Their personality has shifted. Conversations that once flowed effortlessly now require patience. They may not remember the moments that shaped your life together. Suddenly, the
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Secrets, Legacies and Second Chances](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/21/booktribs-bites-secrets-legacies-and-second-chances/)
- [The BookTrib Brief: Murder and Mystique Meet in This Propulsive New Thriller](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/17/the-booktrib-brief-murder-and-mystique-meet-in-this-propulsive-new-thriller/): Fascinated by the mystery of tarot? Loved the intrigue of the film Conclave? If you were captivated by Conclave with its hidden agendas, centuries-old traditions and the political intrigue behind the closed doors of the Vatican, you'll find that same atmosphere of secrecy and escalating suspense in Otho Eskin's newest Marko Zorn thriller, Day of Wrath. Add the enigmatic symbolism
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Themes and Messages in Fiction With Stig Abell](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/21/writers-ink-podcast-themes-and-messages-in-fiction-with-stig-abell/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Story Collections That Take Horror Somewhere Stranger](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/17/story-collections-that-take-horror-somewhere-stranger/): Weird fiction is difficult to pin down, which may be the point. It borrows freely from horror, fantasy, science fiction and the supernatural, but it rarely follows the rules of any one genre. The monster may be impossible to explain. The world may operate according to a logic the characters — and readers — can
- [Jenny Jackson's "The Shampoo Effect" Is a Beach Read That Goes Beyond Romance](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/30/the-shampoo-effect-jenny-jackson/): The Shampoo Effect delivers exactly the kind of warm, breezy atmosphere that makes you want to pack a bag and head for the coast. With its beachside setting, Jenny Jackson slowly immerses readers in the charming seaside town of Greenhead, where relationships are as tangled as they are heartfelt. Caroline Lash, desperate and eager to
- [Rachel Lynn Solomon's "Extracurricular" Delivers Smart, Swoony Romance](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/14/extracurricular-rachel-lynn-solomon/): Girl begins to hate job. Girl quits job. Girl goes to college for the experience and degree she never had. Girl matches wits with professor. Girl and professor… might… like… each other? Though this is an extremely simplified summary of Extracurricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon, if you’re interested in forbidden romance and age-gap romance tropes,
- [How Eating Crayons and Glue to Survive in the Desert Inspired A Novel](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/15/how-eating-crayons-and-glue-to-survive-in-the-desert-inspired-a-novel/): Decades ago, there was a story in Time Magazine (Volume 86, Page 98, 1965) about a family who survived getting lost in the desert by drinking water from the car radiator and eating crayons. When that issue arrived at our house, my parents must have talked about the broken-down car, the 124-degree temperatures, and the
- [How Kristin Casey Turned a Life of Reinvention into "Casey Dancer"](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/17/how-kristin-casey-turned-a-life-of-reinvention-into-casey-dancer/): Kristin Casey has never shied away from the complexities of her own story. In Casey Dancer, the memoirist traces a remarkable journey through addiction, recovery, sex work, real estate, love and self-discovery, revealing how each chapter of her life became part of a larger search for authentic connection. With candor, wit and hard-earned insight, Casey
- [A Blazing Beginning for an Inventive Fantasy Saga](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/22/blackfyre-shattered-shards-daniel-welynn/): Daniel Welynn's BlackFyre: Shattered Shards is a fantasy novel that is hard to put down. Set in fog-draped San Francisco, the novel opens with two teenage girls named Branwen and Daphne who are walking home from school, trading banter about Shakespeare essays and the creeping October haze. The scene feels ordinary, until it doesn't. Welynn
- [A Story of Redemption on the Yukon](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/15/allegory-jack-martin-haley/): Jack Martin Haley's Allegory is a work long in the making, rooted in stories heard more than sixty years ago in the villages of the Yukon Flats, and given the shape they always deserved. The result is a book about dignity, decline and the human hunger for redemption. At the center of the story is
- [A Story of Loss and the Hard Work of Carrying Love Forward](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/06/roller-coasters-the-life-kind-joseph-m-lenard-review/): Grief does not always behave like an ending. Sometimes it acts more like a ride that refuses to stop: the same drops and turns, the same sickening return to the place where everything irrevocably changed. In the latest entry to his “Life and Living” series, Roller Coasters: The Life Kind, Joseph M. Lenard builds a
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Brain Fog on Steroids - Demystifying Perimenopause](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/16/bookaholic-podcast-brain-fog-on-steroids-demystifying-perimenopause/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Strange Minds, Dark Humor and Futures Rewritten](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/16/booktribs-bites-strange-minds-dark-humor-and-futures-rewritten/)
- [Frozen Fear Meets Ancient Intelligence in "Icefall"](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/14/icefall-michael-newman-jon-land/): There's a moment early in Icefall where an Alaska state trooper pulls open the door of a stranded Amazon delivery van and finds the driver catatonic, frozen in place with Sinatra still playing softly on the radio. It's a small, eerie image, and it tells you everything about what this book does well: take something
- [Joseph M. Lenard on Finding Faith and Meaning Through Life's Roller Coasters](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/15/joseph-m-lenard-on-finding-faith-and-meaning-through-lifes-roller-coasters/): Joseph M. Lenard has long explored the complexities of the human experience through stories that blend faith, loss, hope and resilience. In Roller Coasters: The Life Kind, he uses amusement park rides as vivid metaphors for life's emotional twists and turns, examining grief, guilt, legacy and the power of moving forward. In this interview, Lenard
- [Book Recs to Match the Internet’s Hot Takes on Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s Wedding](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/08/book-recs-to-match-the-internets-hot-takes-on-taylor-swift-travis-kelces-wedding/): The Taylor Swift x Travis Kelce MSG wedding was the parasocial event of the century. And as usual, when it comes to Taylor Swift, the internet has lots of opinions… Are you a Swiftie who’s living vicariously through paparazzi pics? Are you judging the choice of venue like a true New Yorker? Are you in
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: #1 NYT Bestseller Dan Silva Explains Why Maybe We Should All Try Writing From the Floor](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/14/writers-ink-podcast-1-nyt-bestseller-dan-silva-explains-why-maybe-we-should-all-try-writing-from-the-floor/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Reading Isn't Dead. Stop Writing Its Obituary.](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/10/we-are-not-headed-into-the-dark-ages-reading-is-very-much-alive/): This week’s Atlantic Magazine cover story suggested we mourn reading like a death in the family. The argument is compelling and the anecdotes and history are interesting, but the industry-level numbers tell us a much less bleak story than a "postliterate collapse" into the dark ages. Let’s start with the market itself. If reading were
- [Finding the Next Chapter in Andrew Forrester's "How the Story Goes"](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/01/how-the-story-goes-andrew-forrester/): Andrew Forrester has made a fine impression with his debut novel, How the Story Goes, a charming, upbeat literary romance set in the small fictional town of Whelk Harbor, Massachusetts. The two primary characters, Whit Longacre and Merritt Pryor, are similarly broken-hearted, despondent and in desperate need of finding purpose, renewed hope and their former
- [Behind the Palm Beach Glamour, One Family Faces a Reckoning](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/02/palm-beach-confidential-susannah-marren-review/): In Palm Beach, a family can look flawless from the outside and still be coming apart behind the hedges. The trick is knowing how to smile through it, where to sit, what to wear and which rumors to pretend not to hear. Lucinda Barrows has spent decades perfecting that art. In Susannah Marren’s Palm Beach
- [A Mythic Fantasy Adventure Rooted in Heart and Heroism](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/10/marek-of-the-mists-corey-e-king/): Corey E. King's novel, Marek of the Mists: The Sword of the Moon Maiden, is a fantasy novel featuring a hooded swordsman, a fog-bound coastal kingdom, a tyrant in a lightning-crowned tower and a hero who doesn't yet know how much of the story is about him. A Hero's Journey Begins in the Fog The
- [Chris Smith on the Science Behind "Absolute Nutrition"](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/10/chris-smith-on-the-science-behind-absolute-nutrition/): Nutrition advice is everywhere, but clear, evidence-based guidance can be surprisingly difficult to find. In Absolute Nutrition, author Chris Smith set out to cut through conflicting studies, fad diets and misinformation with a practical guide focused on nutrient-dense foods and everyday meals. Drawing on two years of research from leading scientific and medical sources, Smith
- [A Practical Guide to Eating Better in a World That Makes It Hard](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/08/absolute-nutrition-christopher-d-smith-review/): “Eat better” may be the most common advice for good health — but it’s also among the least useful. That’s because most of us don’t know what “better” actually looks like on a plate. In Absolute Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Nutrition & Nutrient-Dense Foods and Meals for Lifelong Health, Christopher D. Smith seeks to
- [Echoes of the 60s: Essential Reads From the Vietnam Era](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/07/echoes-of-the-60s-essential-reads-from-the-vietnam-era/): When I set out to write Wayward Girls, I was pulled into the Vietnam era. My childhood memories centered around the nightly news with Walter Cronkite. I wasn’t really focused on the texture of daily life during that seismic decade: the music, the grief, the quality of American restlessness and the way ordinary people were
- [Randomness Realized:  Sonny Rollins, Sentences and Surrender](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/08/randomness-realized-sonny-rollins-sentences-and-surrender/): Sentence construction is a thing. So is rhythm. Don’t get me started on structure. My father had filed suit on behalf of Tony’s mother when she’d inadvertently set her hair on fire while trying to light an unfiltered menthol with the cigarette lighter of her 1971 Grand Prairie Deluxe Edition Station Wagon—desert cream color with
- [Bookaholic Podcast — A Hidden Town. Retired Spies. One Impossible Choice.](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/09/bookaholic-podcast-a-hidden-town-retired-spies-one-impossible-choice/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- ["Murder at the Hotel Orient" Checks Readers Into a Scandalous Whodunit](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/06/murder-at-the-hotel-orient-alessandra-ranelli/): If Murder at the Hotel Orient were a film, it would be given an “R” if not an “NC-17” rating, as it is a quite naughty, although highly entertaining, murder mystery that would be unsuitable for church or library-based book clubs. The dedication attests to this: “For Mr. Husson, my fourth-grade teacher, who made me
- [The Extraordinary Legacy of One Final Wish](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/29/the-wish-heather-morris/): The Wish carries the tagline “some stories live forever” and this first contemporary novel by author Heather Morris is certain to live on in its readers’ hearts. She is well known for her impeccably researched uplifting works of historical fiction based on real events including critically acclaimed The Tattooist of Auschwitz which spent 70 weeks
- [WE THE PRESIDENTS: Why the Presidents of the Past Still Matter](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/08/we-the-presidents-why-the-presidents-of-the-past-still-matter/): Presidential history can sound like something that belongs in a classroom, a documentary or a very large book you keep meaning to read someday. But Ronald Gruner’s We the Presidents makes a compelling case that the presidents of the past are not really past at all. Their decisions are still shaping the country we live
- [Listen While You Work: Top Audiobooks to Multitask To](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/01/multitask-audiobooks/): Trying to hit your fitness goals? Procrastinating on meal prepping? Dreading the prospect of a drive through Fourth of July weekend traffic? We’ve found the ultimate hack for boosting productivity: audiobooks! With everything from celebrity voices to multi-cast narration, these new + upcoming audiobooks will keep you engaged while you get through your daily tasks.
- [Four for the Fourth: A Reinvigorating Reading Itinerary](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/03/four-for-the-fourth-a-reinvigorating-reading-itinerary/): Happy Reading! Meryl Moss, Publisher, BookTrib GIVEAWAY: The Dual-Timeline Tale of Princess Di's Dressmaker GIVEAWAY: Dive Into This Enemies-to-Lovers, Second-Chance Romance With a Magical Realism Twist BOOK CLUBS: Claim Your FREE Access Codes to This Month's Full-Cast Audio Drama Stay in the Loop! Be among the first to receive our weekly book recommendations. Sign up
- [Family Saga Explores What We Inherit, What We Bury and What We Harvest](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/24/plowman-2nd-ed-charles-bruckerhoff-review/): The story in Charles Bruckerhoff’s PLOWMAN: Harvest of Grain and Innocence (2nd edition) begins, in a sense, when a dusty wooden first-aid case crashes down from an attic shelf. It is not medicine inside, but memory: loose pages, wartime journals, military records and family history waiting for someone young enough — and brave enough —
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: David Weiden Explains Why All Good Writing Starts at the Scholastic Book Fair](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/07/writers-ink-podcast-david-weiden-explains-why-all-good-writing-starts-at-the-scholastic-book-fair/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Essential Reads for America250](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/02/essential-reads-for-america250/): America’s 250th celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, but this national milestone represents much more than that. In writing our new novel, A Founding Mother, we were always aware that the Founders set about to create “a more perfect union.” They knew that the nation would be an ongoing work-in-progress ever striving towards
- [F. N. Knight's "The First Cycle" Delivers Epic Science Fantasy with Heart](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/02/the-first-cycle-f-n-knight/): F. N. Knight's The First Cycle is an ambitious, richly imagined science-fantasy epic that announces the arrival of a writer with a bold vision. Set on the alien world of Thelo, nearly a thousand years after humanity's catastrophic exodus from a dying Earth, the novel weaves together political intrigue and mystical power into a tapestry
- [Secrets, Shadows and Strange Terrors: June Horror Releases](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/24/secrets-shadows-and-strange-terrors-june-horror-releases/): June’s darkest releases are steeped in secrets — buried beneath pristine neighborhoods, hidden inside crumbling estates, whispered through old folklore, and lurking at the edge of apocalypse. From gothic fairy tales and supernatural thrillers to uncanny tech nightmares and twisted retellings, this month’s lineup proves that the things we refuse to confront rarely stay buried
- [6 Works of Crime Fiction That Reinvent Justice](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/29/6-works-of-crime-fiction-that-reinvent-justice/): What if the justice system didn't stop at prison? What if it prevented crimes before they happened, asked offenders to experience the pain they'd caused, or sought healing instead of punishment? These six works of crime fiction take familiar questions about crime and accountability in strikingly different directions. Some embrace rehabilitation, others favor revenge, prediction,
- [The Last Frontier: Books Set in Alaska](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/01/the-last-frontier-books-set-in-alaska/): In 1954, the New York Times ran an article called "Couple Finds Life in Alaska Varied." In it they wrote, “As in the country of which it is a territory, ‘living in Alaska is what you make it,’ according to one young couple here.” That sentiment is still true today and seen so clearly in the
- [Peter A. Giersch on "Talking of Michelangelo" and the Search for Divine Providence](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/02/peter-a-giersch-on-talking-of-michelangelo-and-the-search-for-divine-providence/): In Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region, author Peter A. Giersch blends memoir, literary criticism, theology and travel writing into a personal exploration of faith and meaning. Drawing on an Ignatian retreat in France, the poetry of T.S. Eliot, the art of Michelangelo and the enduring wisdom of great
- [A Sense of Place: How Jane Austen Uses Houses in "Pride and Prejudice" to Reveal Character and Culture](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/01/a-sense-of-place-how-jane-austen-uses-houses-in-pride-and-prejudice-to-reveal-character-and-culture/): As much as I would love to be in Bath right now, dancing the quadrille in the Assembly Rooms to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, or wandering through Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, believed (for good reason) to be Austen’s inspiration for Pemberley, my real-life plans to honor Miss Austen this summer are more modest. I’m
- [Cutting Through Diet Myths with the History of Nutritional Science](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/01/in-search-of-the-optimal-human-diet-jonathan-spitz/): Jonathan Spitz set out to write the book he wished he'd had when he first went plant-based, and the result is an impressive achievement: a rigorously documented history of nutritional science that manages to be both scholarly and readable by people without any scientific background. The History Behind Modern Nutrition What makes In Search of
- [Books & Looks Podcast — Teddy Roosevelt’s Secret Weapon: The Tennis Cabinet That Built Modern America](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/01/books-looks-podcast-teddy-roosevelts-secret-weapon-the-tennis-cabinet-that-built-modern-america/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Embody Your Favorite Daisy Chain Performer's Energy With These Fresh Reads](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/24/cant-wait-for-daisy-chain-fields-embody-your-favorite-upcoming-performer-with-these-fresh-reads/): Eagerly refreshing the tickets page for Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields? Embody the energy of this woman-forward, charity-driven music festival with book recs inspired by the iconic lineup. Want a read that channels the queer chaos + joy of Chappell Roan, or the melancholy melodies of Stevie Nicks? What about Doechii’s unrivaled dynamism or Mitski’s
- [Thrillers You Won’t Want to Miss This Summer](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/29/thrillers-you-wont-want-to-miss-this-summer/)
- [Becoming Jane Eyre: A Roundup of Retellings](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/30/becoming-jane-eyre-a-roundup-of-retellings/): What makes Jane Eyre still relevant today? That was a question very much on my mind when I was writing my own Jane Eyre reimagining, 4 Janes, which traces the parallel lives of one soul searching for meaning, connection and a place to belong. For a character self-described as small, plain and poor, Jane remains
- [Celebrate the Magic of Romance in New YA Romantasy Collection](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/30/these-kindred-hearts-shari-b-pennant/): These Kindred Hearts: 17 Tales of Love and Magic is an absolutely delightful new anthology of short stories that span the tropes of the young adult romantasy genre. Edited by Shari B. Pennant, a bookseller and author committed to diversifying young adult fiction — and whose story Meet Me at World’s End is also a highlight
- [Inside "Enter the Nightmare"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/30/inside-enter-the-nightmare/): With Enter the Nightmare, author Jayne Ann Krentz, writing as Jayne Castle, returns to Harmony with a blend of paranormal suspense, Gothic atmosphere and unforgettable romance. The latest installment in her beloved futuristic series follows Alice North, a woman haunted by a dangerous psychic gift and determined to reclaim her life after being branded insane.
- [The Sleepless Night That Sparked "Witch Season"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/30/the-sleepless-night-that-sparked-witch-season/): Five years ago, I was supposed to be up early. I had to get out at four a.m. for an early call, and I had grand ambitions of going to bed at seven and getting a full night’s sleep. Instead, I wound up lying in bed staring at the ceiling until my alarm went off,
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Why the Outline Is the Lie We All Agree To, With Maurice Broaddus](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/30/writers-ink-podcast-why-the-outline-is-the-lie-we-all-agree-to-with-maurice-broaddus/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Finding Home Under the Wings of Alicanto](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/29/the-secret-of-alicanto-inder-verma/): Inder Verma's The Secret of Alicanto is set against a sweep of locations including the sun-drenched streets of West Palm Beach, the cobblestoned grandeur of Lisbon and Porto and the leafy calm of Belmont, Massachusetts. This novel traces the life of Maria Francisca Oliveira, a Brazilian-born nurse and single mother of twins, as she navigates
- [Your Father’s a Serial Killer. Now What Do You Do?](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/26/the-death-row-club-v-a-vasquez/): “The truth is, my parents were in love. One of my earliest memories is hovering in the doorframe while they danced, barefoot, in the kitchen — a dishrag thrown over my father’s shoulder, his arm wrapped around my mother’s waist as she hummed along with the radio. He was a good husband; he was an
- [Book News: Chilling Reads for Hot Days, Recs for Pride Month, Bookcations and More!](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/27/book-news-chilling-reads-for-hot-days-recs-for-pride-month-bookcations-and-more/): Gleaming Indie Discoveries Await You for June GIVEAWAY: Win This Cozy Historical Mystery Stay in the Loop! Be among the first to receive our weekly book recommendations. Sign up for our newsletter here.
- [Jamie Brenner on Writing "Blue Angel"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/18/jamie-brenner-on-writing-blue-angel/): In Blue Angel, Jamie Brenner ventures into bold new territory, exploring desire, performance and the transformative power of self-discovery. At the center of the novel is Mallory, a young woman whose carefully mapped future begins to unravel after a visit to a burlesque club that challenges everything she thought she knew about herself. Through a
- [Finding Hope in a World of Exile](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/26/the-realm-of-ruin-carson-zan-hughes/): The Realm of Ruin by Carson Zan Hughes begins as a classic exile-and-survival fantasy and gradually unfolds into a story about identity, belonging, trauma and what it means to rebuild a life after everything has been stripped away. The Realm of Ruin is a planetary dumping ground — a world to which the ruling council
- [Monster-Hunting Fantasy with Danger Beyond the Beasts](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/25/monster-hunting-fantasy-books-with-danger-beyond-the-beasts/): In monster-hunting fantasy, the creature is rarely the whole story. The fang, claw or curse may be what gets the plot moving, but the best books in the subgenre understand that monsters often expose something deeper: a broken society, a buried history, a dangerous bargain, a wounded hero or a world built to devour the
- [Spiritual Journeys That Transform the Traveler](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/23/spiritual-journeys-that-transform-the-traveler/): The spiritual journey is rarely a straight path. It unfolds through moments of wonder and doubt, clarity and confusion, longing and discovery. These books explore that universal search for meaning, inviting readers to reflect on the questions that shape our lives and the experiences that transform us. Whether rooted in religious tradition or contemplative observation,
- [Pride Month Reads: Love & Friendship](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/24/pride-month-reads-love-friendship/): For Pride Month, we’re celebrating stories that highlight the many forms of connection that shape our lives. These novels showcase LGBTQ+ authors and characters navigating relationships that are complex and heartfelt. Whether through romance, loyalty, shared history or unwavering support in times of crisis, each book reminds us that the relationships we build can define
- [Ann Patchett’s "Whistler" Is a Moving Meditation on Redemption](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/25/ann-patchett-whistler-review/): They say no great story ever began with a salad, but how about a museum? It’s not any garden-variety museum; we’re talking about the Metropolitan Museum of Art smack-dab in Central Park, New York. You know, the one famous for the Met Gala. On a whim, Jonathan and Daphne Fuller decide to spend the day
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Belle Burden’s Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/25/bookaholic-podcast-belle-burdens-strangers-a-memoir-of-marriage/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- ["I Eat the Stars": How Collapse Can Bring Us Closer](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/24/i-eat-the-stars-sarah-wilson/): If you are a part of the growing number reckoning with the destructive tendencies of our civilization, then I Eat the Stars may provide you with some welcome relief. Not to tell you everything will be ok. Not to encourage us to all be doomsday preppers. Not even to feed into the bottomless pit of
- [Keep Your TBR On-Trend With Book Recs to Match Today’s Most Popular Accessories](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/16/keep-your-tbr-on-trend-with-book-recs-to-match-todays-most-popular-accessories/): What if we told you the hottest summer 2026 trend is a good book? Rampant consumerism has us all operating in brain-rot mode … and while there’s joy to be found in an online shopping session, nothing hits quite like a perfect summer read. Replace the clear jelly bag you’re coveting with a crystal-clear read;
- [Immerse Yourself in Different Cultures with These Six Novels](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/24/immerse-yourself-in-different-cultures-with-these-six-novels/): Open yourself to different cultures and experience the world through the lens of those whose lives may be different from your own. These novels are beautiful, haunting stories of love, heartbreak, ancestry, resilience and redemption, spanning continents and time periods. All will open your heart and expand your understanding of the ways our cultural inheritance
- ["In Every Possible Way" Is Alicia Thompson’s Most Enchanting Romance Yet](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/22/in-every-possible-way-alicia-thompson/): When I think of the romcom genre, I think of Ali Hazelwood. Emily Henry. Abby Jimenez. Carley Fortune. Katherine Center. Tessa Bailey. I also think of Alicia Thompson, author of In Every Possible Way. Her novels are highly relatable and touch on various different subjects, from baseball to music to serial killer podcasts, making them
- ["The Story Eaters of Yamm" Is a Delightfully Chaotic Sci-Fi Adventure](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/23/the-story-eaters-of-yamm-kevin-hincker/): Through The Story Eaters of Yamm, critically acclaimed author Kevin Hincker brings to life a bizarre, laugh-out-loud and chaotic science fiction tale about a group of struggling science fiction writers tasked with crafting a hostile alien invasion story on Earth. Los Angeles resident Larry Palczewski is a 45-year-old aspiring science fiction novelist who lives with
- [Laughing at Longevity: 5 Absurdly Relatable Guides to the Indignities of Aging](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/19/laughing-at-longevity-5-absurdly-relatable-guides-to-the-indignities-of-aging/): Getting older is an inevitable journey, but these five books prove that navigating its twists and turns is much easier when you lean into the comedy of it all. Rather than offering dry advice, our curated list approaches the golden years through a refreshingly witty lens, with each selection offering a distinct take on aging’s
- [Shifting Out of Autopilot: Wayne Williams’ Call to Live With Intention](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/28/grab-another-gear-wayne-williams/): Wayne Williams‘ Grab Another Gear is a motivating guide to living with intention rather than drifting through life on autopilot. The central metaphor is cycling, and Williams wears it with conviction: an experienced competitive cyclist who uses the language of gears, laps, and traction. The book is structured as a “Gear Map” of twenty-four chapters (called “Laps”),
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: How Hard-Hitting Reporting Can Translate Into a Novel, With Bestseller Sarah Vaughan](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/23/writers-ink-podcast-how-hard-hitting-reporting-can-translate-into-a-novel-with-bestseller-sarah-vaughan/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [The Dead Demand Answers in Uzma Jalaluddin’s "Moonlight Murder"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/19/moonlight-murder-uzma-jalaluddin/): Uzma Jalaluddin’s amateur sleuth Detective Aunty Kausar Khan returns to solve crimes in Moonlight Murder. She moved out of her daughter Sana’s home, where she baked, cooked, cleaned, and established close relationships with her granddaughters Maleeha and Fizza after investigating a murder. Kausar had ensured justice was done by proving her daughter’s innocence and then
- [Books About the Future of Medicine, Featuring Michael Crichton](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/18/books-about-the-future-of-medicine-featuring-michael-crichton/): Medicine is no longer confined to hospitals, scalpels and stethoscopes. It is moving quietly but relentlessly into territory once reserved for speculation: clones, artificial consciousness, genetic editing, suspended death. Fiction has been there first. The best medical thrillers and speculative novels don’t just entertain, they pressure-test ideas before reality catches up. They ask the questions
- [Dan Licitra on Aging and Why “This Sh*t Only Gets Worse”](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/19/dan-licitra-on-aging-aches-and-why-this-shit-only-gets-worse/): Aging is supposed to bring wisdom, perspective and a deeper appreciation for life's simple pleasures. It also apparently brings mysterious back injuries from writing checks, sleep-related ailments and the realization that standing up from a comfortable chair has become a team sport. In his hilarious new book, This Sh*t Only Gets Worse, Dan Licitra finds
- [The Role of Women in Fairy Tales](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/17/the-role-of-women-in-fairy-tales/): There’s a question I get asked, now that I’ve written a novel about Wendy Darling as an adult: Of all of the women in fairy tales and children’s tales, why her? Why the girl at the nursery window? I think it’s because in the story of Peter and Wendy written by J.M. Barrie, Peter always
- [Michael West on Understanding Why](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/17/michael-west-on-understanding-why/): Why? Recently, I was asked by a friend for professional advice; I loathe giving business advice. Don’t get me wrong, I am honored when someone thinks I can add value, but I don’t enjoy talking about business. My career would suggest I am well-versed in various business topics; I have done a lot of things.
- [Gleaming Indie Discoveries Await You for June](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/18/indie-discoveries-await-you-for-june/): Some books announce themselves loudly. Others wait to be found. This month’s Indie Discovery List is devoted to hidden indie gems — books that may not yet be on every reader’s radar, but deserve a closer look. Across thrillers, historical fiction, women’s fiction, business, self-help and spirituality, these stories and guides prove how much range,
- [Behind the Grand Facades of Pill Hill, Dark Secrets Burn](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/17/the-great-houses-of-pill-hill-diane-josefowicz/): Egyptologist, Victorianiana expert, and prolific author Diane Josefowicz has written The Great Houses of Pill Hill, a wickedly witty, sharp, and sophisticated locked-room mystery that takes place in a Gilded Age home in the fictional New England town of New Preston. The mesmerizing plot is far from formulaic or predictable, with each chapter revealing surprising
- [Books & Looks Podcast — Same Beginning, Same End: The Entwined Lives of Adams and Jefferson](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/18/books-looks-podcast-same-beginning-same-end-the-entwined-lives-of-adams-and-jefferson/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Stories of Disruption, Discovery and Transformation](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/17/booktribs-bites-stories-of-disruption-discovery-and-transformation/)
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Four Books About Crisis, Courage and Consequence](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/booktribs-bites-four-books-about-crisis-courage-and-consequence/)
- [Spiritual Memoir Takes Us on a Journey Through Paris, Burgundy and the Soul](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/17/talking-of-michelangelo-peter-a-giersch-review/): Peter A. Giersch sets out for France expecting time to contemplate, surrounded by monastic quiet. What he finds instead is something closer to a spiritual ambush. In Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region, Giersch turns a two-week trip into a memoir that’s part travelogue, part journey of the soul.
- [Lauren Hough’s Journey Across America in “Monster of a Land”](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/16/monster-of-a-land-lauren-hough/): Lauren Hough’s narrative chronicling her three-month trek across the country with her canine companion, Woody Guthrie, is contemplative and immensely entertaining. An odyssey in a well-equipped yet questionably operational van, Lauren’s travels take her from her home state of Texas through the many highways and byways of the United States, the sounds of the open
- [A Family Saga Where History Leaves No One Untouched](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/16/the-future-is-not-yet-written-michael-weiner-review/): The Future Is Not Yet Written, Michael Weiner’s sequel to Both Sides of the Same Coin, begins where many stories might end: in the stunned aftermath of September 11, 2001. The novel follows the children, spouses and surviving relatives of the Klein, Carbone, Doyle, Roth and Bartell families, whose lives have already been shaped by
- ["The Reel Life of Zara Kegg" Explores the Messy Reality of Loss and Growing Up](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/16/the-reel-life-of-zara-kegg-brad-barkley/): What happens when grief becomes so familiar that it starts to feel like a second home, and when the one person who makes life bearable starts drifting away? In The Reel Life of Zara Kegg, a coming-of-age novel set in Carolina Beach, Brad Barkley explores these questions. Ever since her mother died of cancer three
- [Exploring Fate and Human Choice with John H. Thomas](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/16/exploring-fate-and-human-choice-with-john-h-thomas/): In Echoes of the Gene, John H. Thomas blends high-stakes science fiction with deeply human questions about empathy, grief, fate and free will. At the heart of the novel is Emily Harper, a young woman whose extraordinary ability to experience the emotions of others forces her to navigate a world shaped by powerful technologies, hidden
- [5 Nostalgic Road Trip Reads](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/15/5-nostalgic-road-trip-reads/): The early days of summer have arrived at long last on the hot, tantalizing breezes of sunscreen, popsicles, and flip flops galore. Now is the time so many of us feel the need to bust free of our daily restraints and fill our lungs with the sunshiney goodness of the big wide world and everything
- [This Hidden Gem Is More Than Just a Stalker Story](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/13/this-hidden-gem-is-more-than-just-a-stalker-story/): Dear Readers, What first caught my attention about the thriller Dawn Before Darkness wasn't the stalking plot. It was the guardianship plot. Let me explain. Psychological thrillers are full of dangerous exes, but far fewer ask a more unsettling question: what happens when someone uses the legal system itself as a weapon in ways you’d
- [Take Note, Hollywood! We’re Pitching Our Dream Book Adaptations](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/take-note-hollywood-were-pitching-our-dream-book-adaptations/): These days, it seems like every on-screen story is based on a novel … and far too often, the book is way better. The publishing industry is shaping the world of film and TV like never before, from Anne Hathaway optioning the buzzy Yesteryear to Elle Kennedy’s Off Campus series inspiring the latest hit Amazon
- [A Seductive Descent into New York's Glittering Underworld](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/12/blue-angel-jamie-brenner/): Jamie Brenner's Blue Angel is a smart, sensuous and thoroughly entertaining dive into the electric underbelly of New York City nightlife. This is seduction as literary art: wicked, atmospheric and impossible to put down. The novel opens with Mallory Dale, a polished young lawyer grinding through her twenty-fifth birthday at her desk when her charming,
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Accessing Past Lives With NYT Bestseller, Lauren Oliver](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/16/writers-ink-podcast-accessing-past-lives-with-nyt-bestseller-lauren-oliver/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [In Dreams Begin Responsibilities](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/in-dreams-beget-responsibilities/): A few years ago, I woke from a dream with this phrase in my mind: Heaven is running out of angels. I didn’t quite understand those words, but I could feel them, could sense their import and drama. And I knew they were the premise to a story I would eventually tell. I grew up
- [Maggie O’Farrell’s "Land" Explores the Power of Place](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/12/land-maggie-ofarrell/): In one of the most anticipated releases of the year, Land tells the story of a peninsula on the western edge of Ireland in the aftermath of the great famine. In her first book following the breakout novel Hamnet, author Maggie O’Farrell combines gripping generational drama with fabled mysteries of an untamed land. A young
- [Wayne Williams on the Hardest Gear Shift of His Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/15/wayne-williams-on-the-hardest-gear-shift-of-his-life/): For many leaders, success becomes a destination. For Wayne Williams, it became a detour. In his new book, Grab Another Gear, the entrepreneur, coach and business leader draws on the world of cycling to explore what happens when life forces us to shift direction — whether through failure, transition, loss or unexpected opportunity. Williams knows
- [How My Novel About a Hasidic Woman Tells a Universal Story](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/15/how-my-novel-about-a-hasidic-woman-tells-a-universal-story/): My first serious writing workshop ended in tears. My professor was tiny, brutally honest and the chair of the creative writing department. After tearing my story apart, much to the horrified glee of my classmates, she sat on her desk, looked me directly in the eye, and asked, "What do you know?" And she meant
- [What Resilience Really Looks Like After Adversity](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/12/what-resilience-really-looks-like-after-adversity/): I used to think resilience was the moment you finally reach the mountaintop, arms open wide, looking back at all it took to get there, yelling, “I did it!” Or standing on a podium with medals around your neck, celebrating what it looks like to not give up even when times get tough. But after
- [Sofia Montrone’s Nymph Is a Lyrical Coming-of-Age Journey Through Love and Loss](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/11/nymph-sofia-montrone/): Sofia Montrone’s debut novel, Nymph, is a coming of age story that will sweep you away into the Italian countryside. Split into two parts, Nymph takes us on Leo’s journey as she grows from girl to woman. Summer Innocence and Family Legends Part one introduces the reader to a 10-year-old Leo whose family on her
- [5 Novels on the Cost of a Curated Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/10/5-novels-on-the-cost-of-a-curated-life/): There is a distinct, intoxicating friction in stories about the moneyed elite, but the true captivation begins when their immaculate facades start to crack. In these five exceptional contemporary novels, wealth and social supremacy are treated not just as privileges but as high-stakes, endless efforts of narrative control. The families who rule these pages understand
- [I Took a Pickleball to the Face—and It Changed the Course of My Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/i-took-a-pickleball-to-the-face-and-it-changed-the-course-of-my-life/): I wish I could tell you my new novel came to me out of the sky. Oh, wait. It did. But not in the way you’d imagine. There was no quiet reflection beneath the stars. No magical Maui sunrise. No words flying suddenly onto the screen while I read Madeleine L’Engle under a blanket, sipping
- [5 Unforgettable Memoirs That Are Sure to Inspire Every Reader](https://booktrib.com/2023/02/24/5-unforgettable-memoirs-that-are-sure-to-inspire-every-reader/): Many of us look to books for a source of inspiration — and not just the creative type of inspiration. We see ourselves in our most beloved characters, feeling their triumphs as our own. When a book’s theme preaches strength through adversity, we’re compelled by that calling. But while these emotions can be found in
- [The Wisdom That Guided One Woman’s Incredible Journey to Success](https://booktrib.com/2023/02/09/the-wisdom-that-guided-one-womans-incredible-journey-to-success/): Read Born to Rise by Lorna Blake for an inspirational story full of promise and hope for anyone willing to look at themselves, not wallow in misfortune and be willing to change for the better.
- [Magic and Mystery in Six Stories of Extraordinary Women](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/10/magic-and-mystery-in-six-stories-of-extraordinary-women/): History is filled with women whose stories have been overlooked, forgotten or left untold. In fiction, authors often reclaim those voices by blending the ordinary with the extraordinary, weaving together magic, folklore, spirituality and mystery to illuminate lives. The six novels below each focus on remarkable women whose gifts allow them to navigate worlds marked
- [When Escape Becomes the Journey Home](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/11/second-chance-highway-lori-keesey-review/): In Lori Keesey’s Second Chance Highway, escape is only the first act of courage. Ginny Carmichael has already done the urgent thing: she has fled Atlanta with her infant daughter, Laurel, leaving behind Jacob Hudson, the charming, controlling fiancé whose abuse has made her life smaller and smaller. But getting away does not mean she
- [A Practical Path to Peace in an Unsettled World](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/11/the-peace-guidebook-elizabeth-hamilton-guarino-dr-katie-eastman/): Co-authored by Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman, The Peace Guidebook is for anyone who has ever wondered how to find stillness in the middle of a storm and how to stay there. Building Peace One Choice at a Time The book is organized around three parts — Foundation, Growth and Harmony — each subdivided
- [Books & Looks Podcast — How Nature Tells Time without a Clock](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/11/books-looks-podcast-how-nature-tells-time-without-a-clock/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [A Chance Encounter Resurrects Love and Loss in Ann Patchett’s “Whistler”](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/10/whistler-ann-patchett/): Do not be misled by the cover portrait of a horse or the title of bestselling author Ann Patchett’s latest book Whistler. In fact, the story is not an equestrian tale like Bagnold’s National Velvet, O’Hara’s My Friend Flicka, or Brooks’ Horse, per se. Rather, Daphne Fuller, a mid-fifties English teacher at an elite Upper
- [Harnessing Stem Cells for Healing: Dr. Nathan Newman Discusses His Groundbreaking Work](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/17/dr-nathan-newman-author-spotlight/): For decades, cosmetic surgeon Dr. Nathan Newman has been asking a simple yet radical question: What if the key to regeneration has been inside us all along? In his pioneering work with stem cell therapy, he has discovered that the fat we often try to lose might actually hold the greatest promise for restoring youth,
- [Bringing Bible Stories to Life for Reluctant Young Readers](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/bringing-bible-stories-to-life-for-reluctant-young-readers/): Capturing the attention of middle-grade readers who are hesitant to pick up a book requires a specific kind of literary formula: high-stakes pacing, strong visual cues, relatability and a touch of humor or suspense. For parents, educators, and leaders seeking to bring biblical truths to life, we’ve compiled five books that keep kids' attention from
- [Writing for the Outcasts – "Her Sharp Embrace"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/writing-for-the-outcasts-her-sharp-embrace/): To find my place in this world. To be loved for all I am and all I would never be. To belong. If you traveled back in time to talk to teenage Kate, that’s what she’d tell you she desired most. That and someday publishing her own book. I’m happy to say all those dreams
- [Women in STEM and Sleuthing](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/women-in-stem-and-sleuthing/): Women in STEM has been a hot topic in recent years. Whether it's medical advances or landing spacecraft on the moon, women are proving what the fairer sex has known all along: female scientists kick ass. In fiction, too, I’ve seen a turn toward setting women in scientific fields recently, particularly in romance. The mystery
- [The Silence Beneath Millbrook Falls](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/10/the-alpha-trace-j-mayberry/): J. Mayberry's The Alpha Trace is an atmospheric and structurally inventive thriller that makes you uneasy about the world. The story is set in Millbrook Falls, a small American town with the kind of bones that have been rotting for decades. In the early 1990s, the town was terrorized by a series of killings —
- [Two-Faced Reads: Your Sign to Pick Up These Opposing Titles for Gemini Season](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/04/two-faced-reads-your-sign-to-pick-up-these-opposing-titles-for-gemini-season/): Happy Gemini season, readers! We’re embodying the dual nature of this zodiac sign with books for both sides of the cultural conversation. From tales of late-stage capitalism to parenting hot takes + analyses of AI, these reads capture the conflicting opinions on all the hot-button topics we can’t stop talking about. Exercise the Gemini spirit of
- [Thrilling Story, Exceptional Narration](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/08/thrilling-story-exceptional-narration/): What would happen if science discovered that death was not a mystery but a certainty — fixed, encoded and knowable down to the second? That is the premise at the heart of The Terminal Gene, John H. Thomas's techno-conspiracy thriller set in a near-future Boston. The answer Thomas delivers is terrifying and thrilling. A Discovery
- [Sun, Sand and Secrets: The Perfect Beach Read](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/05/sun-sand-and-secrets-the-perfect-beach-read/): Dear Readers, I’m heading to the beach this weekend, and I already know what’s going in my beach bag: Palm Beach Confidential, Susannah Marren’s latest Palm Beach novel. At first glance, it has everything I want in a beach read: glamorous settings, characters in conflict, a secret romance and a powerful family with far too
- [Our June Selections Include David Ellis' "Keep Them Close"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/08/our-june-selections-include-david-ellis-keep-them-close/): Things are heating up now that it’s summer and that also means it’s time to hit the beach or pool with a great new book. Whether you’re in the mood for murder, unexpected pregnancies, a retelling of Jane Eyre, a yacht filled with conniving influencers or siblings keeping dark secrets, you’ll find something here to
- [Good Intentions Need a Plan. Here’s the Roadmap.](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/05/intelligence-and-compassion-in-action-the-seven-pillars-for-social-entrepreneurs-lauren-speeth-review/): Caring about the world can be exhausting. There is always another crisis, another cause, another reason to feel both morally summoned and practically overwhelmed. Intelligence & Compassion in Action: The Seven Pillars for Social Entrepreneurs begins in that very human place: Lauren Speeth, PhD, looking at the world’s needs and wondering how one person, one
- [Books to Read After Watching “Obsession”](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/05/books-that-are-like-obsession/): If the new movie Obsession left you fascinated by its intense psychological tension, manipulative relationships and unsettling exploration of fixation, you're not alone. Stories about obsession have long captivated readers, offering a chilling look into the minds of people who blur the line between love and control. From stalkers convinced they're soulmates to voyeurs drawn
- [When Revenge Collides with Duty in "Missing Sister"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/03/missing-sister-joshilyn-jackson/): An Explosive Beginning Missing Sister is a heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat thriller that gets off to an explosive start right from the opening pages when a rookie woman police officer discovers that the victim in her first murder case investigation is a man she has long blamed for her sister’s death. Officer Penny Albright is shocked to
- [Jane Harper's "Last One Out" Is a Chilling Mystery Set In a Dying Town](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/last-one-out-jane-harper/): Last One Out is a deliciously twisty, compelling and unputdownable thriller about a mother’s long search for answers about what happened to her son who suddenly went missing five years earlier on his 21st birthday. A Shocking Disappearance That Haunts a Family Set in a dying rural small town in Australia, best-selling author Jane Harper
- [Ghosts of Sicily Brings a Remarkable WWII Secret Out of the Shadows](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/04/ghosts-of-sicily-mark-harmon-leon-carroll/): Ghosts of Sicily, subtitled The True Story of the Naval Intelligence Agents Who Courted the Mob to Fight Nazis in America and the Battlefields of Italy is the third nonfiction collaboration between best-selling authors Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll, JR. It’s an extensively researched reconstruction of ‘Operation Underworld,' a temporary alliance during WWII between the
- [Books That Will Help You Lead with Impact, Featuring James Clear's "Atomic Habits"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/04/books-that-will-help-you-lead-with-impact-featuring-james-clears-atomic-habits/): The journey toward personal growth, purposeful living and effective leadership requires more than good intentions — it demands commitment, self-awareness and a willingness to continually improve. The books in this collection explore what it means to live with intention, develop strong character, build positive habits and lead with purpose. Through practical guidance, inspirational insights and
- [Dip Your Toe Into What Could Be Your Next Favorite Genre](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/27/dip-your-toe-into-what-could-be-your-next-favorite-genre/): Looking to venture into new waters this summer? Well, you’re in luck – because we’ve got the guide to introduce readers to a whole new pool of bookish options. Expand your genres of choice with book recs that will complement your reading tastes instead of challenging them entirely. For romance readers who are ready to
- [Isaac Fitzgerald’s Journey Along the Trail of Johnny Appleseed](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/03/american-rambler-isaac-fitzgerald/): Isaac Fitzgerald is a New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts; recipient of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award; and frequent Today Show guest. His current work of nonfiction, American Rambler, subtitled Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed, documents his insightful adventures following the legend and facts of the
- [Pride Reads From Queer Authors of Color](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/03/pride-reads-from-queer-authors-of-color/): Another Pride season draws near, and like clockwork, we have become accustomed to rainbow lettering and parade planning taking center stage. So it becomes all the more crucial, in a time of increased censorship, violence and systemic exclusion, to remember that the first Pride was a riot. As readers and lovers of literature, we know
- [Energy, Consciousness and a Lyrical Search for the Soul](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/20/energy-fields-by-joseph-l-bensinger-review/): What is the soul? Joseph L. Bensinger begins Energy Fields with that old, almost unanswerable question, then refuses to keep it in one category. The soul, in his telling, is not only a religious idea, a poetic image or a problem for consciousness studies. It is a pattern — a form of coherence within a
- [6 Novels that Masterfully Blend History and Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/01/6-novels-that-masterfully-blend-history-and-mystery/): Historical fiction and suspense. On their own, each offers something I love. But together? That’s where the magic can really happen. Historical fiction invites us into another time — often rooted in real people or true events. Suspense keeps us leaning forward, turning pages late into the night. One grounds us. The other propels us.
- [Celeste Dador's Summer Romance Wrapped in Stars and Stripes](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/29/stars-stripes-and-summer-nights-celeste-dador/): Stars, Stripes and Summer Nights is a wholesome young adult romance novel by Celeste Dador. The story follows Abigail Cary-Alzona, the first daughter (of the female president) of the United States of America, as she experiences small-town summer adventures that include picnics, pool parties and practice kisses under the stars. Unlike most teenagers, Abby spends
- [Team Picks: Lillian's Most Anticipated Reads for June](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/01/team-picks-lillians-most-anticipated-reads-for-june/): What are the 6 books you're looking forward to in June? I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World by Sarah Wilson The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris Thrilling Tales of Modern Men by Danny McBride Children of the
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Screenplays, Bestsellers and Everything in Between With Lee Goldberg](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/02/writers-ink-podcast-screenplays-bestsellers-and-everything-in-between-with-lee-goldberg/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Liz Lazarus on the Real-Life Pain Behind "Dawn Before Darkness"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/02/liz-lazarus-on-the-real-life-pain-behind-dawn-before-darkness/): In her thriller Dawn Before Darkness, Liz Lazarus explores what happens when the systems meant to protect us become tools of manipulation and control. Drawing on years of personal experience battling for guardianship of her mother, as well as extensive research into stalking and victim advocacy, Lazarus crafts a story that feels both terrifyingly plausible
- [Leah Rowan's Brilliant Twist on an Iconic Classic](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/29/marion-leah-rowan/): Her name is Marion. Actually, it isn’t, but never mind. You know the type: young, blonde and pretty enough. The first girl to die in the slasher films. But not this time. Alarmed by her sister’s abusive, controlling husband, Marion has decided to steal money from her oblivious employer, and race to save her, but
- [Mindfulness Meets Murder in Crime Thriller Debut](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/29/murder-mindfully-karsten-dusse-review/): Karsten Dusse’s debut novel Murder Mindfully, translated from the German by Florian Duijsens, is a jet-black satirical comedy so zany this reviewer nearly fell out of bed guffawing while gulping it down in one evening. The author lampoons the wellness industry, unscrupulous criminal defense lawyers, and ultra-competitive parents of pre-schoolers, enveloping them all in an
- [A Forgotten Surrealist Finally Comes Into Focus](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/30/a-forgotten-surrealist-finally-comes-into-focus/): Dear Readers, This week, we turn our attention not just to a book that’s a hidden gem, but to a book about a forgotten artist of the 20th-century art world. Too often, art history remembers women by proximity: wife, lover, model. Jacqueline Lamba, if remembered at all, is often recalled as the muse of André
- [Doug Preston’s “Paradox” Leads a Stellar Lineup of Thrillers](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/30/doug-prestons-paradox-leads-a-stellar-lineup-of-thrillers/)
- [Anthony Horowitz Blends Murder and Movie Chaos in "A Deadly Episode"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/28/a-deadly-episode-anthony-horowitz/): A Deadly Episode is the sixth installment in the clever and endlessly engrossing metafictional universe Hawthorne and Horowitz series. It places the richly imagined, unconventional, disgraced former detective inspector turned private investigator Daniel Hawthorne and the real-life author Anthony Horowitz in an uneasy partnership. This deft and intriguing blending of real and imaginary makes it
- [The Long, Winding Path to the Love That Lasts](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/18/the-kiss-by-joseph-goodson-review/): Joseph Goodson’s midcentury-set novel The Kiss opens with protagonist Joseph Gordon on his way to Rutgers, where he has transferred from Penn State for a practical romantic reason: Rutgers is closer to Smith College, where his long-term girlfriend, Celeste, is enrolled. On paper, Joseph has a future waiting for him. Celeste loves him. Her father,
- [Lindy Ryan's Horror Lineup for May](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/27/lindy-ryans-horror-lineup-for-may/): May’s horror lineup is all about transformation — with teeth. From isolated islands and idyllic farms to haunted forests and too-perfect lives, these stories peel back the veneer of control and ask what we’re willing to become to survive, belong or start over. The result? A month of sharp, unsettling reads where reinvention isn’t just
- [Four Sisters, One Epic Quest](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/the-unlikely-conquerors-barry-mynes-jr/): Barry Mynes, Jr.'s debut novel, The Unlikely Conquerors, is a sweeping fantasy adventure rooted in the author's deep affection for his wife and four daughters, whose real names and personalities breathe life into every page. The result is a tale that feels both timeless and personal, a quest story that celebrates bravery, family and the
- [A Breakup Turns Into a Nightmare of Manipulation and Control](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/26/dawn-before-darkness-liz-lazarus-review/): Some thrillers begin with a crime scene. Dawn Before Darkness begins with a woman trying to end a relationship without angering the man on the other end of the phone. That choice — careful, almost ordinary — tells readers exactly what kind of danger Liz Lazarus is interested in. Not the kind that announces itself
- [Uprooting Fear: Dawn Isler Cox on Anxiety and Truth](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/28/uprooting-fear-dawn-isler-cox-on-anxiety-and-truth/): In a culture marked by chronic worry, overthinking and fear, Dawn Isler Cox believes anxiety often reveals something deeper than difficult circumstances — it exposes what we truly believe about God. In her book, The Root of All Fear, Cox uses the vivid “Berry Bush” metaphor to help readers identify the hidden root lies fueling
- [Women’s Fiction Shines a Light on Mental Health](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/27/womens-fiction-shines-a-light-on-mental-health/): May is Mental Health Awareness month. To promote a supportive community and reduce stigma, we are featuring women’s fiction that depicts mental health struggles.
- [A Gentle Bilingual Lesson in Friendship, Peace and the Beauty of Difference](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/27/lili-and-the-tree-of-magical-colors-rosalba-segovia-review/): Children often understand the world through color long before they can explain it in words. Brightness feels like joy. Grayness feels like sadness. A rainbow can suggest possibility and hope. In Lili & The Tree of Magical Colors, Rosalba Segovia uses that simple, child-friendly language of color to tell a tender story about kindness, inclusion
- [Fantasy or How History Should Have Been?](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/26/fantasy-or-how-history-should-have-been/): The appeal of fantasy for a woman in a male-dominated world is — in a word — obvious. That aside, my love affair with fantasy started as a small child because something deep and powerful in my core has always called out to the existence of dragons, fairies and magic. Since the tender age of
- [David Sedaris at His Funniest and Most Heartfelt Yet](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/26/the-land-and-its-people-david-sedaris/): The Land and Its People by David Sedaris is such a delight to read — compelling, insightful, funny and powerful at many moments too in its message. Sedaris once again — as he has done in his past acclaimed books like this one — provides a wonderfully diverse collection of everyday observations about life ranging
- [James Chesterton on the Slow Collapse of Democracy](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/27/james-chesterton-on-the-slow-collapse-of-democracy/): James Chesterton’s Ashes of the Republic is a chilling political thriller that fuses technological dystopia with spiritual symbolism, exploring how power reshapes democracy, morality and personal identity in an age of corporate surveillance and authoritarian drift. Set against the beauty of Sedona’s red deserts, the novel follows characters trapped between conscience and complicity as advanced
- [Book Recs for the Kind of Summer You’re Having in 2026](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/19/book-recs-for-the-kind-of-summer-youre-having-in-2026/): What’s your summer state of mind? Whether you’re living the lush life of a hot girl summer à la Zara Larsson or you’re embracing summertime sadness through the end of August (literally) in the spirit of Noah Kahan, we’ve got book recommendations to match your energy. Hot girl summer essentials: Sunscreen (for that midnight sun),
- ["Dog Days": Emily LaBarge on Trauma Writing and Trauma Reading](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/21/dog-days-emily-labarge/): It’s often assumed that to write a good memoir, a writer must have something happen to them. Something big, juicy, and traumatic. Something unbelievable that really happened to you. Emily LaBarge is here to critique this idea. In her memoir, Dog Days, LaBarge challenges the idea that writing a ‘trauma narrative’ is an act of
- [Regency Meets Road Rage in "Fast and Fastidious"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/22/fast-and-fastidious-r-m-caldwell/): Fast and Fastidious is an absolutely smashing and highly entertaining genre-defying first novel by R.M. Caldwell, a pseudonym for New Zealand theater director and escape room puzzle designer. The author has described it as a “mash-up of Pride and Prejudice and Fast and the Furious." Set in 1810 Regency England amid the Napoleonic Wars and
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Sustaining a career in romance with "New York Times" bestselling author, Lori Foster](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/26/writers-ink-podcast-sustaining-a-career-in-romance-with-new-york-times-bestselling-author-lori-foster/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Aunt Libra: The Bromantasy of It All](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/22/aunt-libra-the-bromantasy-of-it-all/): Bromantasy, the delightful romantic fantasy novel by Máire Roche, drops May 26. The book’s description of “Two heroes. One brain cell.” grabbed the attention of our own Aunt Libra, and she insisted on having the boys drop in to discuss their adventure. We were fortunate to receive this transcript of their talk. Aunt Libra: Juniper O’Reilly
- [“Black & Blue:” A League (and a Statement) of Their Own](https://booktrib.com/2019/10/08/black-blue-a-league-and-a-statement-of-their-own/): Black & Blue by Andra Douglas is an important story of breaking societal norms, battling stereotypical prejudices, and coming to terms with what defines you as a person.
- [A Devastating Mirror of Modern Corporate Leadership](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/21/the-overprivileged-underqualified-manifesto-giovi/): Drawing on more than two decades working across digital transformation initiatives spanning Latin America, Europe and the United States, Giovi, author of The Overprivileged, Underqualified Manifesto, brings to the page something most leadership books lack: the credibility of someone who has lived inside the dysfunction they describe. This is written by someone who gave the
- [Finding One’s Function in a Fractured World](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/11/a-quest-for-purpose-ruth-keidel-clemens/): Ruth Keidel Clemens's A Quest for Purpose is a vivid and inspiring memoir that invites readers to examine their lives. Clemens grew up as a "missionary kid" in the Democratic Republic of Congo during one of the most turbulent periods in that nation's history. Her parents, Levi and Eudene Keidel, were Mennonite missionaries who built
- [When Memory Becomes the Most Dangerous Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/04/carly-remembers-r-s-nichols-review/): What happens when the most frightening mystery is not who hurt you, but what your own mind has been protecting you from? In Carly Remembers, R.S. Nichols opens with a scene built for a thriller: a night-shift employee at a New Brunswick 7-Eleven discovers a badly injured young woman lying behind the store. Bruised, bloodied
- [A Bouquet of 10 Indie Discoveries for May](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/19/a-bouquet-of-10-indie-discoveries-for-may/): This May, we’re celebrating the flourishing creativity of indie authors. The Indie Discovery List is back with a fresh crop of books ready to surprise, unsettle, move and entertain. These 10 indie titles branch out in every direction — from literary fiction to art-inspired coming-of-age, forbidden love, AI speculation, Victorian occult mystery, crime, supernatural suspense
- [A Mother and Daughter Reconcile to Solve a Mystery in “The Last Mandarin”](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/20/the-last-mandarin-louise-penny-mellissa-fung/): Bestselling author Louise Penny joins forces with Mellissa Fung, a documentary producer and non-fiction writer, to pen The Last Mandarin, a political thriller centered on contemporary American and Chinese politics. Columbia University School of Journalism graduate and food blogger, Alice Li, and her world respected Chinese mother Vivien are meeting for lunch in Washington, DC,
- [Books & Looks Podcast — The 1909 Race Henry Ford Cheated to Win – Eric Moskowitz on “The Hardest, Longest Race”](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/21/books-looks-podcast-the-1909-race-henry-ford-cheated-to-win-eric-moskowitz-on-the-hardest-longest-race/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [A. H. Lewis on Building the World of Durajan](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/20/a-h-lewis-on-building-the-world-of-durajan/): A. H. Lewis doesn’t speak about fantasy as escapism. In this conversation, the author of The Empires of Durajan reflects on the questions that shaped his life long before they shaped his fiction: questions about belief, surrender, identity, power and the people history forgets. Drawing from decades of quiet reflection, creative partnership with his wife
- [Voices of the Forgotten Defy Silence in The Chronicles of Durajan](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/17/voices-of-the-forgotten-defy-silence-in-the-chronicles-of-durajan/): Exiled outcasts unite to rebuild a community in A.H. Lewis’s epic fantasy debut The Chronicles of Durajan, a saga of identity, faith and resilience.
- [Dance Upon Demons in Vaishnavi Patel’s New Contemporary Fantasy](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/we-dance-upon-demons-vaishnavi-patel/): Vaishnavi Patel, New York Times bestselling author of Kaikeyi, returns with a heart-pounding new standalone contemporary fantasy novel, We Dance Upon Demons. A Contemporary Fantasy Rooted in Reality Set in the present day following the events of the pandemic and the most recent political turmoil, We Dance Upon Demons introduces us to Nisha — a
- [Carley Fortune’s "Our Perfect Storm" Captures the Ache of Love and Timing](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/19/our-perfect-storm-carley-fortune/): There’s something quite comforting and familiar about Carley Fortune's novels. They are emotionally intimate, filled with nostalgia, complicated friendships and a yearning that lingers beneath the surface for years. Almost every book lover or romantic is familiar with this feeling. A Second Chance Wrapped in Nostalgia Our Perfect Storm continues this tradition with a heartfelt
- [“The Museum Detective” Features an Archaeological Mystery in Karachi](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/19/the-museum-detective-maha-khan-phillips/): Kudos to publisher SOHO Crime for their continued commitment to presenting international, multicultural mysteries and thrillers, providing readers with exciting, well-crafted plots and fresh viewpoints. London-based, multi-award-winning journalist and novelist Maha Khan Phillips was raised in Karachi, Pakistan, the setting for The Museum Detective, now available in paperback. This series debut featuring archaeologist Dr. Gulfsa
- [A Christian Framework That Digs to the Roots of Anxiety](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/19/the-root-of-all-fear-by-dawn-isler-cox-review/): Dawn Isler Cox’s The Root of All Fear takes a familiar therapeutic idea — that thoughts shape feelings and behavior — and asks what happens when the thought beneath anxiety is not only “I’m not enough,” but something much deeper: our beliefs about the nature of God. That shift gives the book its purpose. Cox
- [Looksmaxxing? More Like Booksmaxxing: Trending Titles To Enhance Your Reading](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/looksmaxxing-more-like-booksmaxxing-trending-titles-to-enhance-your-reading/): Looksmaxxing might be all the rage, but what about booksmaxxing? If you've somehow missed the discourse about this extreme new trend, let us introduce you to looksmaxxing — defined by Wikipedia (yes, it has a Wiki page) as "the process of maximizing one's physical attractiveness." But instead of advice for looksmaxxing your appearance, we're here
- [7 Books That Send You Into the Wild](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/18/7-books-that-send-you-into-the-wild/): As the temperatures rise and the days grow longer, many of us feel the pull to spend more time outside. Sometimes, all it takes is the right story to turn that feeling into action. Whether it’s a tale of adventure in the wilderness, a thoughtful look at climate and sustainability, or a love story shaped
- [What to Read Next: May Selections](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/06/what-to-read-next-may-selections/): How is it May already? It’s been a busy season but fortunately, we bibliophiles will always find those moments to sneak in some reading. In this month’s selections, we’ve got the magical and mystical, historical and horror, murder and mayhem, and more. We’re sure you’ll find something worthy to read in this curated list for
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: The Case of the Mysterious Chewed Pen Cap With Shannon Chakraborty](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/19/writers-ink-podcast-the-case-of-the-mysterious-chewed-pen-cap-with-shannon-chakraborty/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Leonie Swann's Wickedly Inventive Farewell to Agnes Sharp](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/18/agnes-sharp-and-the-wedding-to-die-for-leonie-swann/): Leonie Swann, a pseudonym for a stellar German crime writer, with translations from the adroit Amy Bojang, first introduced quirky, elderly sleuth Agnes Sharp in 2020. According to the author, Agnes Sharp and the Wedding to Die For concludes the series, and just as tears are often shed at weddings, many fans may whimper or
- [Book Your Trip to These Storied Destinations](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/16/book-your-trip-to-these-storied-destinations/): Dearest Curious Reader, This week, we reflected on how reading feels like being transported to another destination, whether to a real-life location or to another place and time. After all, books do more than make us think and feel new things. They help us go places outside of our ordinary lives. A few years ago,
- [Brandon Knightley’s "Scripts" Is a Tender Study of the Lives We Hide](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/14/scripts-brandon-knightley/): Set somewhere in mid-twentieth-century America, Brandon Knightley's Scripts centers on Arlene, a young woman of uncommon intelligence trapped in a marriage of contemptuous indifference. Her husband Charlie is not a villain in any operatic sense; he is something colder and more recognizable: a man who has decided, without ever quite articulating it, that his wife
- [What Makes Readers Believe Unreliable Narrators](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/15/what-makes-readers-believe-unreliable-narrators/): You know a narrator is lying. The story makes that clear. The details don’t line up. The tone shifts. Something feels off. And you keep believing them anyway. Not because you’re convinced, but because the story gives you just enough to stay. Readers don’t need a narrator to be truthful. They need the story to
- [A Fantasy Adventure Rich With Heart and Haunted Magic](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/13/a-nightmare-of-magic-and-madness-matthew-paul-spizuco/): Matthew Paul Spizuco's A Nightmare of Magic and Madness: The Chaos of Magic, Book 1 is a fantasy adventure with heart, sharp wit and a talent for atmosphere. At the center of the novel is Logan Grenbrook, a third-class mage of the Gen'Dom Order who does not fit any of the usual fantasy archetypes. He
- [8 Summer Reads About Friends Bonding Over a Pact](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/15/8-summer-reads-about-friends-bonding-over-a-pact/): Ever since I was young, I’ve loved a good friendship story — the kind that feels like one long heart-to-heart with a kindred spirit. And when the friends have a shared goal that invites readers in on the fun? Even better. Books about friends helping each other through life’s ups and downs make for perfect
- [The Hype About New Psycho Thriller And Its Debut Author](https://booktrib.com/2018/05/22/interview-christine-mangan-tangerine/): BookTrib got to interview debut author Christine Mangan on her book "Tangerine," as well was the possible movie adaption, new books, and writing inspiration
- [Therapy Gone Wrong, Featuring Alex Michaelides's "The Silent Patient"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/13/therapy-gone-wrong-featuring-alex-michaelidess-the-silent-patient/): When a therapist appears on the pages of a novel, readers wonder who to trust. The unreliable patient with their history of trauma and instability? Or the healing therapist who holds the key to change and transformation? It is this question of reliability that drives many novels about mental health, treatment and care. But can
- [New Taipei Night Market Novel Dives Into the Plight of Undocumented Workers](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/the-dead-cant-make-a-living-by-ed-lin-review/): This reviewer’s sole complaint about personal favorite award-winning author Ed Lin is the long wait between books in his Taipei Night Market series, which began in 2014 with Ghost Month. The Dead Can’t Make a Living is the fifth featuring the sympathetic stand-out protagonist and narrator Jing-nan. Incidentally, Jing-nan is the given name of American-born
- [10 Hidden Indie Gems for Indie Bookstore Day](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/24/10-hidden-indie-gems-for-indie-bookstore-day/): Independent Bookstore Day is this weekend! In case you aren't familiar, it's an annual event that falls on the last Saturday in April — a national one-day party celebrating indie bookstores across the country, both online and in-store. This year, we’re thinking beyond bookstores to the whole "indieverse" of publishing — particularly indie authors. Every
- [Marsha Taylor on Finding God in Life’s Hardest Seasons](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/14/marsha-taylor-on-finding-god-in-lifes-hardest-seasons/): Author and Bible teacher Marsha Taylor has built her ministry around a message that resonates deeply with readers navigating insecurity, hardship and spiritual growth: true freedom is found not in striving for approval, but in surrendering fully to God. In her books Beyond Blessed, Persevere and A Heart After God, Taylor combines personal vulnerability with
- [The Untrodden Path to Frances White's "The Bone Door"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/the-untrodden-path-to-frances-whites-the-bone-door/): It’s a common mantra amongst writers that ‘ideas are easy; writing them is hard,' and while I do stand by this, I am not a writer blessed with endless ideas. I’m very self-critical, picky and easily distracted. For an idea to survive from my head to the page, it has to not only excite but
- [A Memoir That Finds Grace in Grief’s Hardest Questions](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/13/saying-it-out-loud-amy-king-review/): Early in her book Saying It Out Loud, Amy King learns that grief does not always look like tears. Sometimes it looks like guilt over laughing, guilt over planning, guilt over feeling even a flicker of happiness in a life her husband no longer gets to share. Widowed at age 27 and left to raise
- [Living on Purpose: Marlyse Tchamko on Identity and Guiding Teens Toward God’s Calling](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/13/living-on-purpose-marlyse-tchamko-on-identity-and-guiding-teens-toward-gods-calling/): In Seeds of Purpose, author Marlyse Tchamko encourages teens to stop waiting for adulthood to begin living with intention, faith and purpose. Blending biblical wisdom with practical guidance, the book explores identity, integrity, relationships, leadership and vocational calling through relatable reflections and Scripture-based lessons. In this conversation, Tchamko shares how her own journey shaped the
- [Building a More Inclusive Path to Youth Mental Health: An Interview with Dr. Alfiee](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/building-a-more-inclusive-path-to-youth-mental-health-an-interview-with-dr-alfiee/): Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble has spent three decades working to expand what mental health care can look like — especially for young people whose experiences have too often been overlooked by traditional systems. In Rise and Thrive, she brings that work directly to teens and young adults, offering an inclusive, culturally relevant guide to emotional wellness,
- [BookTrib’s Bites: The Courage to Begin ― and Begin Again](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/booktribs-bites-the-courage-to-begin-―-and-begin-again/)
- [Hy Conrad Turns a Quiet Austin Routine into a High-Stakes Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/15/the-man-on-the-bench-hy-conrad/): In Hy Conrad's The Man on the Bench, sits Barney, a man on a bench who greets Callie with warmth and attention. He looks unhoused, yet he carries himself with an educated ease. He quotes poetry, he asks careful questions and he listens without rushing the conversation. Callie starts stopping for a chat. One stop
- [Sometimes Digging for the Truth Can Be a Slippery Slope](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/13/the-silver-fish-connor-martin-review/): What does it mean to make a choice when every option is constrained by circumstance — or controlled by someone else? Is gathering truth fundamentally different from manipulating it? In The Silver Fish, Connor Martin drops readers into a high-stakes world where these questions aren’t theoretical — they’re immediate, and sometimes lethal. Danielle “Dani” Moreau
- [When the Clock Hits Zero, Everything Changes](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/03/gone-in-three-seconds-jim-de-la-vega/): There is a kind of thriller that grabs you by the collar in the opening pages and doesn’t let go. This happens when the writer has mastered the rarest of craft combinations: an original premise delivered with steady pacing and a protagonist you cannot help but root for. Gone in Three Seconds, the debut novel
- [Our Exclusive Met Gala "Lookbook"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/08/our-exclusive-met-gala-lookbook/): My Art-Loving Beauty-Seeking Readers, It was a big week for fashion as well as publishing: the Met Gala turned the red carpet into a spectacle with its “Fashion Is Art” dress code, and Pulitzer Prize winners were announced along with major new releases, so our team did the only reasonable thing — we paired the
- [Pairing Your Favorite Quote From “The Devil Wears Prada” With Your Next Great Read](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/30/pairing-your-favorite-quote-from-the-devil-wears-prada-with-your-next-great-read/): The most stylish books of the season, just in time for The Devil Wears Prada 2 👠 From Meryl Streep’s brilliant performance as Miranda Priestly to Anne Hathaway rocking those Chanel boots, there’s a reason the original film persists in our collective memory. And with so many iconic quotes to choose from, how could we
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Fan Writing with Chris M. Barkley](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/writers-ink-podcast-fan-writing-with-chris-m-barkley/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [The Permanence of Memory in Novels](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/11/the-permanence-of-memory-in-novels/): In his novel In a Strange Room, the South African Booker Prize winner Damon Galgut, wrote, “a journey is a gesture inscribed in space, it vanishes even as it’s made… the very air closes behind you like water and soon your presence, which felt so weighty and permanent, has completely gone. Things happen once only
- [The Final Days of Old Brooklyn in Xochitl Gonzalez’s "Last Night in Brooklyn"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/11/last-night-in-brooklyn-xochitl-gonzalez/): When I saw the title of this book, Last Night in Brooklyn, I immediately thought I was about to read a post-apocalyptic dystopian tale (that could have had something to do with the other media I’d been consuming), but I urged myself to read the description. And of course, when I saw a character named
- [Somewhere Between the Pitt and Deciding Whether or Not to Be Child Free](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/somewhere-between-the-pitt-and-deciding-whether-or-not-to-be-child-free/): If there is one thing The Pitt on HBO can be universally lauded for, it is its’ strikingly realistic portrayal of physicians in the Emergency Department at all levels, so much so that is often difficult for those who have lived that experience to watch it at times. For this romance writer, writing and reading
- [A Tale of Transformation — Both the Magical and Personal Kind](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/23/a-witch-a-wizard-and-a-princess-joe-kulin-review/): What if the greatest magic isn’t casting spells — but learning who you really are? In A Witch, a Wizard, and a Princess, Joe Kulin offers a sequence of interconnected fairy-tale adventures that, at first glance, feel comfortably familiar: a curious princess, a shadowy forest, a mysterious witch and a dangerous wizard. But as the
- [Football, Friendship and the Surprising Ways We Find Each Other](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/08/football-friendship-and-the-surprising-ways-we-find-each-other/): I didn’t set out to write Changing Cadence: Friendship, Football, and the Art of Transition. It came out of a restlessness I couldn’t quite name. Football had always been the one place where I didn’t second-guess myself. On the field, everything was immediate. Instinct took over. There was no time to wonder if I belonged — I
- [Real Intelligence](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/08/real-intelligence/): The 1976 album titled Boston by the band with the same name resonated with me; the lyrics took me to a place my narrow life lacked; the music energized my young soul. I was hooked; I still am. In my pre-teen days, my parents’ record player was the only way I could listen to music.
- [Finding Peace in a Culture of Chaos with John Stephen Frey](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/08/finding-peace-in-a-culture-of-chaos-with-john-stephen-frey/): In an age dominated by political outrage, digital overload and growing spiritual uncertainty, author John Stephen Frey believes many people are searching for peace in all the wrong places. In his book, Beyond the Broad Path, Frey explores how cultural confusion, ideological division and what he calls “autocratic gaslighting” have left countless people anxious, distracted
- [A Perfect Summer House — With a Terrifying Catch](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/08/the-vanishers-r-g-belsky-review/): The vacation house is perfect. That, The Vanishers quickly teaches us, is the first warning sign. R.G. Belsky’s gothic thriller begins with Megan Foley in a state of near-collapse, wandering from vacation town to vacation town in search of a house no one else seems to remember. When she finally spots it in a rental
- [Mark Blake's Oral History of Pink Floyd’s Enduring Legacy](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/pink-floyd-shine-on-mark-blake/): Music is an integral part of modern culture. Musical genres such as rock-n-roll define generations and give hope and excitement to listeners fortunate enough to be a part of the musical experience. Groups such as Black Sabbath, AC/DC, and Pink Floyd have stamped their mark around the world and on pop culture for decades. In
- [Faith Turns Fatal in This Riveting FBI Investigation](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/07/before-the-devil-knows-r-john-dingle/): Before the Devil Knows is the third installment in the critically acclaimed and award-nominated Gus Wheeler FBI Thriller series by R. John Dingle. This dark crime thriller follows Agent Gus Wheeler and his partner, Vanessa Lambert, as they investigate the murder of a 17-year-old boy, which quickly unearths a series of murders connected to ancient
- [Love These 2026 Met Gala Looks? We Have the Book Recs to Match](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/love-these-2026-met-gala-looks-we-have-the-book-recs-to-match/): There's no time that makes the cultural ubiquity of the celebrity more obvious than the night of the Met Gala. And listen — do we have criticisms of these blatant displays of wealth during a time of economic uncertainty? Yes. Are we entertained and dazzled by the glamour of the rich & famous? Also yes.
- [A Speculative Tale That Asks Us to Sit With Uneasy Truths](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/06/written-in-the-stars-with-lillian-parrotta-taurus-edition/): Aries season asked us to burn. To move fast, act first and trust the fire. Taurus season asks something different — and perhaps harder. It asks us to slow down, sink into the earth beneath our feet and sit with what is real. Richard Powers' Playground — recently released in paperback — is exactly the
- [Why Future Dreamers Need Cece’s Story: My Inspiration Behind the Story](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/07/why-future-dreamers-need-ceces-story-my-inspiration-behind-the-story/): Growing up as a young reader, I voraciously read story after story of solving mysteries, entering new worlds through a magical treehouse and following the adventures of a boy with a cape and underpants. My imagination soared from page to page, and even when the book was finished, I was left wanting more… more adventure,
- [4 Short Story Collections Showcasing Fresh Canadian Talent](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/06/4-short-story-collections-showcasing-fresh-canadian-talent/): The literary landscape in Canada today is arguably richer and more diverse than it’s ever been. To see a sign of this bookish splendor, look no further than the many wonderful short story collections by Canadian writers that are being published by small presses across the country. Canada is fortunate to have a longstanding tradition
- [Spies and Other Gods](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/two-books-many-spies/): Spy fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. They can be grim, sardonic, playful, weary, intricate, or a sheer adrenaline rush. They can represent worldviews as different as those of Ian Fleming, John Le Carre, Daniel Silva, Mick Herron, or I.S. Berry, the CIA veteran whose debut novel, The Peacock and the Sparrow, swept the
- [Susan Appel on Healing and "What the Heart Carries"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/06/susan-appel-on-healing-and-what-the-heart-carries/): In her deeply personal novel What the Heart Carries, Susan Appel transforms lived experience into a moving story of family, faith and long-buried truths. Inspired by real events yet shaped through the lens of fiction, the book explores how a single secret can ripple across generations — leaving behind both wounds and unexpected paths to
- [A Rom-Com That Finds Magic in Life’s “What Ifs”](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/06/just-for-love-a-moment-in-time-len-guardino/): There is a kind of theatrical magic that happens when a writer knows how to make an audience laugh and feel at the same time. Len Guardino's original musical stage play, Just For Love, A Moment In Time, achieves a perfect balance of warmth and wit. It is a romantic comedy with a story about
- [A Quiet Town and a Strange Storm That Unleashes the Darkness](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/09/the-rain-william-barney/): Rain is usually background noise — something that blurs the windows, dampens the sidewalks and sends people running for umbrellas. In William Barney’s The Rain, it becomes something else entirely: a creeping, corrosive force that seeps into a small town and begins to change everything it touches. What begins as a familiar slice of small-town life
- [How Perfume and Heritage Inspired "The Library of Flowers"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/how-perfume-and-heritage-inspired-the-library-of-flowers/): Lucy Hua comes from a long line of Chinese perfumers gifted with the secret power to sway emotion with their perfumes. In every fifth generation, an eldest daughter is born with the rarest gift of all: the ability to summon true love. However, when Lucy, the long-awaited fifth daughter, fails, she flees her exacting mother
- [Baldacci's Latest, Two Paybacks and a Whole Lot of Suspenseful Fun](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/baldaccis-latest-two-paybacks-and-a-whole-lot-of-suspenseful-fun/)
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Finding Readers Who Will Love Your Book, with Dominique Raccah](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/writers-ink-podcast-finding-readers-who-will-love-your-book-with-dominique-raccah/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Small Town Stories with Big Secrets and Plenty of Charm](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/01/small-town-stories-with-big-secrets-and-plenty-of-charm/): What is it about small-town settings that instantly make a story jump off the page? Is it the secrets? The quirky characters? The fact that everyone knows everything about everyone? For me, in my new novel Summer State of Mind, it’s a little bit of all those things. Plus, when something goes scandalously wrong in
- [What Inspired "The Instigators: How Black Women Have Been Essential to American Democracy (And What We Can Learn from Them)"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/what-inspired-the-instigators-how-black-women-have-been-essential-to-american-democracy-and-what-we-can-learn-from-them/): As people look for guidance and strategy while democracy is eroding, look no further than the Black women political organizers, journalists, movement leaders and elected officials I feature in my book, whom I call "The Instigators." Oftentimes much is said about the ability of women to change the world, so if you elect a woman
- [Privileged Lives, Powerful Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/02/privileged-lives-powerful-fiction/): Dear Readers, I am continually amazed at the writers we meet who work tirelessly in obscurity yet produce such excellent work. This week, I’d like to introduce you to one such author. South African writer Stanislas M. Yassukovich is remarkable not because of the world he writes about, but also because of the way he
- [A World in Transition, Told Through the People Forced to Shape It](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/01/a-world-in-transition-told-through-the-people-forced-to-shape-it/): Epic fantasy often asks a familiar question: who rises, who falls — and who’s left holding power when the dust settles? In The Empires of Durajan, A. H. Lewis shifts the focus. The outcome matters, but the real interest lies in what comes after — when the dust doesn’t settle so much as reveal a
- [5 Books Every Christian Teen Should Read for Faith, Identity and Purpose](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/04/5-books-every-christian-teen-should-read-for-faith-identity-and-purpose/): For today’s teens, questions of identity, purpose and direction aren’t abstract; they’re constant. Between social media, academic pressure and a rapidly shifting culture, figuring out who you are and what you stand for can feel overwhelming. That’s where faith-based guidance can make a meaningful difference — but not all books approach that journey in the
- [Turning the Page: Books to Gift 2026 Graduates](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/01/turning-the-page-books-to-gift-2026-graduates/): Graduation marks both an ending and a beginning — a moment filled with possibility, pressure and no small amount of uncertainty. As the Class of 2026 steps into a rapidly changing world, the path forward may feel less defined than ever before. These books speak directly to that in-between space, offering perspective on how to
- [No One Is Quite Who They Seem in Emma Garman's "The Kindness of Strangers"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/24/the-kindness-of-strangers-emma-garman/): Jimmy was cold, paralyzingly cold, and sticky wet above the waist. Blood soaked his sweater, churned in his throat, filled his lungs. He tried to move, to turn onto his back, but an iron bar of pain held him in place. Circling above like seagulls’ squawks were voices discussing, with maddening dispassion, whether he was
- [Lindy Ryan's Chill Quill Horror Lineup](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/22/horror-lineup-aprils-chill-quill/): Spring may be in full bloom, but this horror lineup proves the rot is still very much alive beneath the surface. This month’s releases dig into haunted houses, fractured timelines, buried rage and the ghosts we carry — whether in our homes, our histories or our own bodies. From surreal revenge to gothic reckonings and
- [A Life Forged in Extremes, a Love That Outlives Loss](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/30/trail-of-thoughts-david-lomax/): David Lomax's Trail of Thoughts is part frontier adventure, part meditation on survival and a profound tribute to love and loss. Endurance in the Alaskan Wild Lomax grew up between two worlds: the sun-warmed suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area and the vast, unforgiving landscape of Alaska, where his family relocated in the mid-1970s
- [5 Books About the Lives We Hide](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/29/5-books-about-the-lives-we-hide/): Secrets have a way of shaping the lives we lead — and the ones we leave behind. Stories that explore hidden truths and fractured identities tap into something deeply human: the longing to understand where we come from and how the past continues to echo into the present. For readers drawn to emotionally rich narratives,
- [A Gentle, Bird‑Filled Call to Live Bravely](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/27/when-the-forest-dreams-andrea-ezerins/): In When the Forest Dreams by Andrea Ezerins, we are in New York City in 2013. Emma Jablonski lives with her parents and grandmother in a rent-controlled apartment on the Upper East Side. Her days follow a dreary routine: early mornings with dough and flour, evenings with family television, and worry about money and her
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Sasha Preston on Cozy Heist Mysteries, Female Friendship, and Diverse Leads](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/01/bookaholic-podcast-sasha-preston-on-cozy-heist-mysteries-female-friendship-and-diverse-leads/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- ["Crazy": Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/05/crazy-reclaiming-life-from-the-shadow-of-traumatic-memory/): Lyn Barrett’s memoir Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory chronicles her battle with Dissociative Identity Disorder and path to healing.
- [Why a Hollywood Screenwriter Set His Debut Novel in a Fictional Southeast Asian Country](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/28/why-a-hollywood-screenwriter-set-his-debut-novel-in-a-fictional-southeast-asian-country/): I have always believed that the most cherished travel memories are the little ones that often come by accident. The simple meal of bread, cheese and ham, bought from three different stores, that you eat on a bench beside a canal in Venice because the fancy restaurant you had a reservation at is closed; the
- [Isabel Klee’s "Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About" Highlights the Messy Magic of Your 20s](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/29/dogs-boys-and-other-things-ive-cried-about-isabel-klee/): Isabel Klee perfectly captures the feeling of being a woman in her 20s in her brand new memoir, Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About. For twenty-somethings this will be incredibly relatable, and for those of us who made it through that time, it will conjure feelings of nostalgia that leave you both with
- [The Cruelty of False Hope Inspired "Ashes of the Republic"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/28/the-cruelty-of-false-hope-inspired-ashes-of-the-republic/): When I was seven or eight, my parents left me with a neighbor so they could attend a healing Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ozone Park, Queens — just a few blocks from where we lived. The sitter explained that if it worked — if the Lord saw fit — my parents
- [Dear Aunt Libra: Pride Edition](https://booktrib.com/2025/06/13/dear-aunt-libra-pride-edition/): Darlings! You caught me in the middle of my preparations for our annual Pride salon. We’re having it at Sappho’s villa since there were far too many people to squeeze into Gertrude Stein’s tiny flat last year. Poor Alice B. Toklas practically had to practically juggle the canapes! I have a good hour before Alex
- [Aunt Libra Answers Your Bookish Questions](https://booktrib.com/2025/05/22/aunt-libra-answers-your-bookish-questions/): Darlings! There I was having a negroni with Mrs. Bennet and the Lorax when it occurred to me that if you literary types would just consult your dear Auntie Libra, I could make things oh so much better. After all, who is better at helping you find your ideal book paramour and solve your woes
- [Dear Aunt Libra: Dog Days of Summer Edition – Hot Enough for You?](https://booktrib.com/2025/07/30/dear-aunt-libra-dog-days-of-summer-edition-hot-enough-for-you/): Darlings! What is this obsession with the heat, my little book bugs? It’s true that my papery nature and inky heart makes me less susceptible to the extremes of temperature, but you seem to speak of little else as summer slides into August. In fact, I was idling beside the pool slathered in Korean sunscreen
- [Much Ado About Manga: Aunt Libra Schools Us in Love](https://booktrib.com/2025/09/25/much-ado-about-manga-aunt-libra-schools-us-in-love/): Darlings! Are you already back in school? That must be why my inbox has been absolutely inundated with missives from literary student types. Young love is so full of angst and drama — your auntie just adores it. Holden Caulfield has been urging me to listen to the voice of youth, so bring auntie your
- [TJ Klune Turns the End of the World Into a Love Story You Won’t Forget](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/28/we-burned-so-bright-tj-klune/): Buckle up for a road trip unlike any other in We Burned So Bright. Rodney and Don reflect on the life they’ve built together over forty years, against impossible odds. When a rogue blackhole appears on the edge of the solar system, the couple realizes their time together will be cut short. One important item
- [Reclaiming God’s Law in an Age of Moral Confusion](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/29/reclaiming-gods-law-in-an-age-of-moral-confusion/): In a cultural moment when the concept of moral law is either dismissed as irrelevant or weaponized as a tool of judgment, Tom Lutz offers something refreshing: a clear, grace-rooted and practical case for why God's law remains not just relevant but beautiful for Christians today. Equipping Christians for Kingdom Obedience is a book that
- [BookTrib’s Bites: The Stories We Tell — and the Truths We Uncover](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/28/booktribs-bites-the-stories-we-tell-and-the-truths-we-uncover/)
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: A Deadly Episode with Anthony Horowitz.](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/28/writers-ink-podcast-a-deadly-episode-with-anthony-horowitz/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Hot Trends and Reading Recs from Indie Bookstores](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/25/hot-trends-and-reading-recs-from-indie-bookstores/): Dear Readers, BookTrib is a huge fan of indie bookstores — always has been. In Connecticut, our team loves to visit Barrett Books and RJ Julia. My favorites are The Corner Bookstore in NYC and, of course, the legendary Strand. Whenever I’m in a new city or country, I make it a point to visit
- [Alice Henderson’s "Storm Warning" Is a Wild Ride of Survival Science and Savage Threats](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/27/storm-warning-alice-henderson/): Storm Warning is Alice Henderson’s fifth wild and wooly, storm-tossed, action-packed suspense novel featuring protagonist wildlife biologist and environmentalist adventurer Alex Carter. Her current assignment to study and protect imperiled hawksbill turtles in tropical Hawai’i seemed like an idyllic vacation of sun, surf, swimming and snorkeling. The intensive military survival training taught to her by
- [A Call to Truth and Renewal in a Culture Adrift](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/28/beyond-the-broad-path-john-stephen-frey/): John Stephen Frey’s Beyond the Broad Path is a work of careful biblical reasoning and a book that challenges, encourages and points the reader toward the only source of lasting peace Frey believes exists: Jesus Christ. A Culture Diagnosed, A Christ-Centered Cure From the opening pages, Frey establishes himself as a clear-eyed and courageous diagnostician
- [Jane Harper's "Last One Out" Features a Ghost Town and Its Secrets](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/24/last-one-out-jane-harper-2/): The weatherboard farmhouse. The ivy cottage. The stone bungalow. You can always tell a Jane Harper thriller. Set in her native Australia, they are slow-burn psychological explorations of a close-knit community – friends, family, colleagues, loved ones – into which a devastating loss has been introduced. The stories are often set over a span of
- [Which Gender Reads More? Settling the Debate With Hard Data](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/24/which-gender-reads-more-settling-the-debate-with-hard-data/): Ever wonder what the gender gap is? No, not the pay gap — the reading gap. How does recreational reading differ from men to women? Well, according to Pew Research Center, there's a clear winner: Specifically, they found that "[w]omen are more likely than men to say they’ve read a book in the past 12
- [Forgery and the Price of Illusion in J.R. Thornton's "Lucien"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/24/lucien-jr-thornton/): J.R. Thornton’s second novel, Lucien, is a captivating cautionary tale of a master manipulator who persistently abused the friendship of his naïve college roommate, dazzled by the trappings of wealth. It’s an erudite thriller replete with unforeseen twists involving two Harvard College undergraduates who become art forgers. In a single-page prologue, narrator and protagonist Christopher
- [Adriane Leigh's "Society Women" Unleashes a Chilling Tale of Deception and Revenge](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/23/society-women-adriane-leigh/): From the title, Society Women might seem to be a light diversion, a frothy, amusing tale of the escapades of wealthy urban dwellers who live to shop, gossip and lunch. Instead, Adriane Leigh has written a diabolical, scorching tale of revenge directed at morally bankrupt predators. Women of every class have been victimized or controlled
- [The Next Wave of Storytellers Has Arrived — And They’re Rewriting the Future](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/23/l-ron-hubbard-writers-and-illustrators-of-the-future-2026-winners/): If science fiction and fantasy have always been about imagining what comes next, then the L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contest offers something rarer: a glimpse of who will be imagining it. Each year, the contest gathers emerging voices from around the world and gives them something few new creators ever
- [Glen Hellman on Killing His Hero and Raising the Stakes of "Time to Die"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/24/glen-hellman-on-killing-his-hero-and-raising-the-stakes-of-time-to-die/): Glen Hellman doesn’t believe in safety nets — on the page or in life. In Time to Die: The Cost of Mercy, the latest installment in his high-stakes thriller series, Hellman delivers a bold, emotionally charged story that challenges one of storytelling’s most comforting assumptions: that heroes survive. In this candid Q&A, the author reflects
- [When Life Unravels: Women’s Fiction with a Pulse of Suspense](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/22/when-life-unravels-womens-fiction-with-a-pulse-of-suspense/): Women’s fiction has long been a space for exploring relationships, identity and personal transformation — but what happens when you add a layer of danger, deception or the unknown? The result is a genre blend that delivers both emotional depth and page-turning tension. In these novels, ordinary lives are upended by secrets, crimes, hidden pasts
- [Baldacci’s Latest Combines International Intrigue and Complex Revenge Plot](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/hope-rises-david-baldacci-review/): Walter Nash, working undercover for the FBI as Dillion Hope, returns in the latest installment of David Baldacci’s riveting Hope Rises, the second book of a series. In the previous number-one bestseller, Nash Falls, unfounded murder accusations forced Nash to go underground and reinvent himself to protect his wife and himself. Out of necessity, Nash,
- [Small Boat: A Powerful Account of Shared Complacency](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/21/small-boat-vincent-delecroix/): Small Boat is a powerful and crushing work of translation written by Vincent Delecroix and translated into English by Helen Stevenson. It is short, less than 200 pages. A quick punch, but its effects linger. Small Boat takes us back to November 2021, to a real-life accident that we all probably heard about from the
- [Staying Afloat: A Mother’s Grief and Healing](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/21/held-by-the-tide-cyndi-horowitz/): Held by the Tide, the debut work by licensed marriage and family therapist Cyndi Horwitz, is part memoir, part somatic healing guide and part meditation companion. It is one of the most honest books about grief, motherhood and the long road back to oneself to arrive in recent memory. Horwitz writes from the interior of
- [People Who Need People: 8 Books About Human Connection](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/21/people-who-need-people-8-books-about-human-connection/): “People who need people are the luckiest people in the world,” Barbra Streisand famously sang — but what does that actually mean? The truth is, connection isn’t one-size-fits-all. We don’t just need people for companionship; we rely on them for physical and emotional survival. We need them to help us understand who we are and
- [Education, Citizenship and the Future of Democracy: A Conversation with Robert Mitchell](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/22/education-citizenship-and-the-future-of-democracy-a-conversation-with-robert-mitchell/): In an era marked by deep political divides and ongoing debates about the purpose of education, Robert Mitchell offers a timely and thought-provoking perspective in his work Education and the Culture of Democracy. In this conversation, Mitchell explores how educational systems shape civic values, the responsibilities of schools in fostering democratic engagement and the cultural
- [THE LOST PANEL: Novel "Solves" the Greatest Art Heist in History](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/21/the-lost-panel-novel-solves-the-greatest-art-heist-in-history/)
- [A Life Shaped by Secrets, Redeemed by Forgiveness](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/21/what-the-heart-carries-susan-appel/): Susan Appel's debut novel, What the Heart Carries: One Secret, Two Lives, is intimate in scale and enormous in emotional reach, and written with the honesty of someone who has lived every word on the page. A Love Story Rooted in Time and Place The novel opens in Brooklyn in 1966, where we meet Cecilia
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: It’s possible to trad publish without an agent. Author R.M. Caldwell explains.](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/21/writers-ink-podcast-its-possible-to-trad-publish-without-an-agent-author-r-m-caldwell-explains/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Why Readers Enjoy Stories They Shouldn’t](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/17/why-readers-enjoy-stories-they-shouldnt/): Why do we keep reading when we know we shouldn’t? A character crosses a line early. Not a small one. Something that should shut the book in our hands. But it doesn’t. We keep going. That reaction — staying instead of turning away — isn’t accidental. It’s what pulls readers deeper into psychological fiction. Most
- [India’s Pre-Bollywood Film Industry Makes a Dramatic Setting for Murder](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/15/the-star-from-calcutta-sujata-massey-review/): The Star from Calcutta is the fifth in Sujata Massey's acclaimed, award-winning Perveen Mistry historical mysteries set in the 1920s. Her previous engaging series took place in contemporary Japan, featuring protagonist Rei Shimura, an expert antique and art dealer. Perveen Mistry is the sole female lawyer in Bombay who, after earning a law degree from
- [National Infertility Awareness Week Reads](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/20/national-infertility-awareness-week-reads/): National Infertility Awareness Week is a time to bring often-silent struggles into the light — creating space for honesty, empathy and connection. For the millions navigating infertility, the journey can feel isolating, unpredictable and emotionally overwhelming. Books, however, have a way of meeting people exactly where they are: offering language for complicated feelings, reassurance in
- [Book News: Anne Hathaway in Yesteryear, Vertical Storytelling, Books You Can't Look Away From & More](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/18/book-news-anne-hathaway-in-yesteryear-vertical-storytelling-books-you-cant-look-away-from-more/): Dear Readers, The BookTrib Brief is back this week with the latest book news. We’re dishing out buzzy bookishness, including tidbits about the new book on everyone’s lips, Yesteryear, recently scooped up by Anne Hathaway, and plenty of other juicy stories you will love. Happy reading! Meryl Moss, Publisher, BookTrib Win This Juicy, Action-Filled Tennis Rom Com Stay in
- [A Faith-Filled Guide for Teens Finding Purpose and Identity](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/20/seeds-of-purpose-marlyse-tchamko/): Few Christian self-help books speak to teenagers with the kind of warmth, intelligence and genuine affection that Marlyse Tchamko brings to Seeds of Purpose. This book manages to be both deeply rooted in scripture and refreshingly alive on every page — a rare combination that makes it essential reading for any young person trying to
- [Murder and Mayhem at The Primrose](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/17/the-primrose-murder-society-stacy-hackney/): Fans of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series will heartily embrace The Primrose Murder Society for its originality, charm and warmth. Stacy Hackney introduces an unlikely crew of amateur sleuths investigating a twenty-one-year-old cold case murder that took place in Richmond, Virginia’s upscale Primrose building. This landmark condominium filled with wealthy retirees has an age
- [New Desire and No Easy Answers in Rainbow Rowell’s "Cherry Baby"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/15/new-desire-and-no-easy-answers-in-rainbow-rowells-cherry-baby/): Cherry Baby is a women’s fiction romance by New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell. The story revolves around Cherry, a plus-size woman struggling to get back on her feet, torn between moving forward and holding on to her old life. A Life in Limbo Cherry is 36 years old. She lives in Omaha and
- [A Dystopia Without Answers — And That’s the Point](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/17/i-who-have-never-known-men-jacqueline-harpman-review/): What would a world without men be like? What would it be like to grow up without ever knowing a man at all? Jacqueline Harpman’s novel I Who Have Never Known Men offers few concrete answers in response to the questions it poses — of which there are many. The story features no main antagonist
- [Written in the Stars With Lillian Parrotta: Aries Edition](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/written-in-the-stars-with-lillian-parrotta-aries-edition/): Aries season is upon us — and with it, an invitation to examine what it means to burn boldly in a world that would rather you didn't. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. Ruled by Mars, it carries the energy of someone who was born knowing their worth — and refuses to shrink
- [The Rise of Vertical Storytelling as a Book Adaptation Medium](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/17/the-rise-of-vertical-storytelling-as-a-book-adaptation-medium/): The journey from page to screen is nothing new. We’ve all followed beloved classics and buzzy contemporary novels as they’ve made their way to theaters and major streaming platforms. But the adaptation of Bound by Honor by Cora Reilly marks a different kind of milestone — not just for the author, but for the rapidly
- [Live from New York, It’s a Cold Case: "The Midnight Show" Blends Comedy and Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/15/the-midnight-show-lee-kelly-jennifer-thorne/): Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne’s The Midnight Show is that rare novel that manages to be both wildly entertaining and deeply poignant. It pulls readers into the smoke-filled, late-night world of the 1980s New York comedy scene, weaving a razor-sharp whodunit with a cultural critique of what it meant to be a woman daring to
- [A Feminist Reclamation in Julia Langbein’s "Dear Monica Lewinsky"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/16/dear-monica-lewinsky-julia-langbein/): As someone who was a young teenager during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, I can remember having strong feelings. How could the President of the United States act in such a way? But also — how could a young woman, not all that much older than myself, degrade herself? Reframing Monica: From Scandal to Saint Julia Langbein’s fictionalized
- [Greg Seeley’s "Henry’s Pride" Is Civil War Fiction at Its Most Human](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/16/henrys-pride-greg-seeley/): Greg Seeley’s Henry's Pride is a richly imagined work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Inspired by the actual letters and journals of the author's great-grandfather, Ira Seeley — a soldier who served with the 29th Iowa Infantry Regiment — the novel transforms a family inheritance into a multi-threaded
- [Escaping a World Gone Mad: One Woman’s Journey from Oppression to Hope](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/21/a-world-gone-mad-gretel-timan/): Trauma can be the defining aspect of many individual lives. The ironic aspect of trauma is that it can be used to force someone into coming to terms with who they are and what they want out of life. The collective trauma of life in Nazi Germany and life under Soviet rule could have been
- [A Beautifully Doomed Love Story in "The Girl from Melodia"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/29/the-girl-from-melodia-jonathan-toussaint/): The Girl from Melodia by Jonathan Toussaint is a literary tragedy set in the early 1990s France and England against the backdrop of the folk music scene, taking the reader from the gritty realism of the Tulle Folk Festival to a claustrophobic houseboat on the River Lea. Unreliable narrator Martyn Lockhart, son of the infamous
- [A Southern Gothic Mystery That Knows What Secrets Cost](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/13/lost-in-the-holler-michael-west/): Michael R. West’s Lost in the Holler follows RJ Burnette back to Appalachian Gizzard’s Holler, where family stories, porch talk, and a decades-old murder collide.
- [Books & Looks Podcast — The True Story of America’s First Dance Battle ft. April F. Masten](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/16/books-looks-podcast-the-true-story-of-americas-first-dance-battle-ft-april-f-masten/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [The Power of Choosing: A Conversation with Richard Dugan](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/16/the-power-of-choosing-a-conversation-with-richard-dugan/): Richard Dugan’s Choices explores the quiet, pivotal moments that shape the course of our lives — decisions made in an instant that echo far beyond their beginnings. In this conversation, Dugan reflects on the inspiration behind his work, the themes of consequence and personal responsibility that run through it, and the ways in which our
- [Rethinking Democracy from the Classroom Up](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/education-and-the-culture-of-democracy-with-a-k-12-curriculum-outline-robert-mitchell-review/): What does it mean to teach democracy — not just as a form of government, but as a habit of mind, a civic culture, even a way of understanding the self? That is the large and difficult question Robert Mitchell sets for himself in Education and the Culture of Democracy. This is not a policy
- [Start Your 2026 Spring Reset (Or Don’t) With These Fresh Book Recs](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/15/start-your-2026-spring-reset-or-dont-with-these-fresh-book-recs/): It’s spring: a season of hope, renewal, and… avoidance. Whether you’re confidently embracing your goals or strategically avoiding anything resembling personal growth, you deserve a reward for getting through those seasonal sniffles + surviving another new cycle. Follow these flow charts for book recs that will help you achieve your productivity dreams (or help you
- [Book Recs Based on the Songs Stuck in Our Heads](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/book-recs-based-on-the-songs-stuck-in-our-heads/): Are you joyfully blasting Zara Larsson with the windows open? Embracing Geese’s anti-tax season anthem? Or maybe you're crying over “Drag Path” edits on TikTok instead. No matter what musical mood you're in, we have the book recs that pair perfectly with your chart-topping song of choice. These new + trending reads are sure to
- [The Art of Repeat Reading (and Other Bookish Things We Find Deeply Chic)](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/the-art-of-repeat-reading-and-other-bookish-things-we-find-deeply-chic/): Earlier this year, I published a list of “things I find randomly chic.” It was a pastiche of mannerisms and preferences that I have observed in the deeply stylish: pairing something masculine with something feminine, cursive handwriting, having “an order” at a restaurant. Above all: sincerity, that rare and treasured quality of the curious and
- [Lyla Lane’s "The Best Little Motel in Texas" Is a Charming, Laugh-Out-Loud Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/13/the-best-little-motel-in-texas-lyla-lane/): Lyla Lane has ventured from rom-coms and YA literature into the cozy mystery genre with The Best Little Motel in Texas. It’s a highly original, heartfelt and hilarious novel that might make the reader forget a murder had been committed. The title is an homage to a certain long-running Broadway musical and hit 1982 film
- [Reckoning with the Cost of Mercy](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/time-to-die-glen-hellman-review/): Some thrillers begin with a body. Time to Die: The Cost of Mercy by Glen Hellman begins with a reckoning, one that’s been building for years, waiting for the moment when past decisions finally come due. At first glance, the novel moves like a high-stakes international thriller. Greg Newsome — brilliant, instinctive, and always a
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: The Ending Writes Itself, co-authors VE Schwab and Cat Clarke.](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/writers-ink-podcast-the-ending-writes-itself-co-authors-ve-schwab-and-cat-clarke/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [In "The Art of Loving You," Natasha Bishop Proves Love Can Bloom Through Grief](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/the-art-of-loving-you-natasha-bishop/): The Art of Loving You by Natasha Bishop is the latest book in her Forever Falling series, and it did not disappoint. We pick up where book 1 left off at the end of the most dramatic destination wedding I’ve read. You don’t need to pick up Only for the Week if you haven’t already,
- [A Tale of Survival and Belief in War-Torn Germany](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/13/the-black-bow-ar-bender/): The Black Bow is a richly imagined historical novel set against the brutal backdrop of the Thirty Years War in seventeenth-century Germany. It is a compelling debut from A.R. Bender. Part adventure epic, part spiritual journey, part love story, it weaves together the lives of characters navigating one of Europe's most devastating conflicts with skill
- [How True Is Your Family History?](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/01/how-true-is-your-family-history/): Every family has stories — the ones they tell over holiday dinners and on road trips, the ones grandparents passed down to their littles, the ones couples who are getting serious reveal to each other. And yes, certainly, some of those stories are true. But families repeat the stories they want repeated, don't they? It's
- [What to Read Next: April Selections](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/what-to-read-next-april-selections/): Hello Spring Readers! I think we can agree that there’s nothing better than grabbing a fresh new novel and heading out into the sunshine to relax and read. Whether it’s a Wild West historical fiction, a folklore story about a monster disguised as an old lady or a reimagining of actress Katharine Hepburn, we think
- [Drop Everything and Read These Books!](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/drop-everything-and-read-these-books/): Dear Readers, Drop everything and read — it’s Beverly Cleary weekend! As a kid, I couldn’t get enough of her stories — and honestly, that feeling never left me. Most recently, I dropped everything for the Booker Prize winner Flesh by David Szalay — total immersion, no regrets. In honor of Cleary's birthday, the BookTrib team
- [Obsession and Loss Intertwine in Yann Martel’s Emotionally Complex "Son of Nobody"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/son-of-nobody-yann-martel/): Son of Nobody is a nuanced literary effort that is both ambitious in scope and also affecting. Yann Martel’s latest narrative proceeds in an unorthodox manner, yet gradually the protagonist and his subject matter become equally compelling, and the reader becomes fascinated with the trajectory of both. Martel has penned a book that is surprising
- [Need a Spring Break ... From Reality? Use These Books to Escape 2026](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/03/need-a-spring-break-from-reality-use-these-books-to-escape-2026/): In desperate need of a vacation? These days, it feels like cortisol is at an all-time high, and no stress relief technique is getting it down. And while vacation season is on the horizon, some of us need a little extra help escaping the weight of our responsibilities sooner rather than later. If spring break
- [Time Is Running Out as Jim De La Vega Talks "Gone in Three Seconds"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/time-is-running-out-as-jim-de-la-vega-talks-gone-in-three-seconds/): Jim De La Vega brings a lifetime of urgency, loss and real-world experience to Gone in Three Seconds, the explosive first installment in his Mind Hunter series. Drawing on his background as a TV news reporter and his encounters with some of the world’s most dangerous minds, De La Vega crafts a high-stakes thriller anchored
- [A Stalker Who's Desperate to Show She Is Not a Boring Asian Female](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/27/boring-asian-female-canwen-xu-review/): “This is just a mistake. I’m going to get all of this sorted out in no time. They just need to know that they made a mistake.” In Canwen Xu’s Boring Asian Female, Elizabeth Zhang has it all planned out. She’s maintained a 3.9 GPA at Columbia and picked all the right professors for letters
- [15 Canadian Poetry Collections to Add to Your TBR this Poetry Month](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/03/15-canadian-poetry-collections-to-add-to-your-tbr-this-poetry-month/): With National Poetry Month underway, you may be looking at your ambitious 2026 reading goals and wondering if you need more poetry. Yes, the answer is always “yes.” Canadian poets are some of the finest on the planet, writing face-melting, breathtaking, soul-expanding poetry. To celebrate this auspicious month, here are 15 new and forthcoming poetry
- ["Intimate Audrey": A Moving, Deeply Personal Look at a Timeless Icon](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/08/intimate-audrey-sean-hepburn-ferrer-wendy-holden/): Reading Intimate Audrey feels like cuddling into your favorite reading nook and wrapping yourself in a real-life fairy tale. In this book, Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Wendy Holden take you on a most personal journey into Audrey Hepburn’s life from her childhood to her death. Filled with stories of victory like being seen by Collette
- [Caro Claire Burke's Yesteryear Keeps You Guessing Until the Very End](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/09/yesteryear-caro-claire-burke/): To the world, Natalie Heller Mills has it all in Caro Claire Burke's Yesteryear. She’s a traditional wife, living in a quaint farm with her cowboy husband named Caleb and bringing up a parade of children right in front of the ever-growing millions in her online audience. She’s an influencer through and through, with traditional
- [Traumatic Childhoods — and the Adults Who Survived Them](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/09/traumatic-childhoods-and-the-adults-who-survived-them/): Some childhoods leave marks that never fully fade — fractures that run quietly beneath the surface of adult lives. The memoirs in this list bear witness to early years shaped by neglect, instability, poverty and other forms of harm, each story offering a different lens on what it means to grow up without the safety
- [From Town Clown to Tech Titan in Jeff Burgess’s Hard-Earned Rise](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/it-worked-for-me-jeff-burgess/): Jeff Burgess's It Worked for Me is a ground-level, candid and compulsively readable account of how one self-described "town clown" and college dropout built a company that became the world's largest supplier of purpose-built video surveillance recording appliances. And it is all the more convincing for never pretending the road was straight. A Turning Point
- [A Lyrical Portrait of War and Survival in WWII Libya](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/07/the-woman-from-warsaw-salah-el-moncef/): In The Woman from Warsaw, the ruins of Benghazi, Libya, serve as a backdrop for the intertwined stories of a young Libyan girl and a Jewish refugee during World War II. In 1976, Mariam Khaldoon’s husband encourages her to write her memories of living in war-torn Benghazi during Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini’s takeover of Libya
- [Frances Crawford’s Bold, Brilliant Crime Debut](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/06/a-bad-bad-place-frances-crawford/): Frances Crawford is proof that age is not a barrier to becoming a successful author. In 2022, at the age of sixty, she earned a master's in literature in creative writing with distinction from Glasgow University, followed by winning the Bloody Scotland/Glencairn Crime Short Story Competition in 2023, and she has now published a singularly sensational
- [Why “Other People” Matter: A Conversation with Michael Piraino](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/09/why-other-people-matter-a-conversation-with-michael-piraino/): Michael Piraino’s Other People is a memoir that gently but powerfully reframes what it means to heal. Rather than centering solely on his own inner journey, Piraino turns our attention outward — to the quiet, often unnoticed ways others shape our lives, our resilience and our capacity for meaning. In this conversation, he reflects on
- [A Wise Meditation on the Freedom to Choose](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/09/choices-richard-dugan/): Richard Dugan's Choices: 5 Steps for Life is written over the span of nearly three decades. There are early passages from the 1990s woven alongside reflections from the 2000s and beyond. This personal guide to intentional living is one of those rare works that feels less like reading and more like sitting across from a
- [Books & Looks Podcast — The Secret Math System That Broke Casinos](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/09/books-looks-podcast-the-secret-math-system-that-broke-casinos/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Lily Diamond on Lilith Lit: A Feminist Book Club for Truth and Defiant Women’s Voices](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/06/lily-diamond-on-lilith-lit-a-feminist-book-club-for-truth-and-defiant-womens-voices/): Lily Diamond’s Lilith Lit isn’t just a book club — it’s a gathering space for women seeking truth, connection and courage through literature. Centered on bold, defiant works by women (the first season includes Lisa Taddeo, Domenica Ruta, Rebecca Walker, Lisa Ko, Cat Bohannon, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, and Debra Magpie Earling) the community brings readers into
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Stories of Resilience, Comfort and Purpose](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/07/booktribs-bites-stories-of-resilience-comfort-and-purpose/)
- [Love "The Pitt," "Love Story," "Vladimir"? Read These Books Next!](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/04/love-the-pitt-love-story-vladimir-read-these-books-next/): Dear Readers, In this week’s newsletter, we turn our focus to television and books because both are having a powerful cultural moment — one that reflects how we consume stories, ideas and inspiration today. TV is no longer just entertainment; it has evolved into a space for cinematic storytelling, bold experimentation and global connection. At
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Why two heads are better than one – the art of co-authoring with Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/07/writers-ink-podcast-why-two-heads-are-better-than-one-the-art-of-co-authoring-with-lee-kelly-and-jennifer-thorne/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [This Week, In Ink](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/04/this-week-in-ink/): This week’s new releases span wildly different worlds — yet each grapples sith identity, transformation and the search for meaning. From a nostalgic, joy-filled reckoning with aging and desire to a deeply human meditation on finding joy amid life’s hardships, these books invite readers to reconsider what fulfillment really looks like. Whether through humor, vulnerability
- [Mark Hammond on The Lost Panel and an Unsolved Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/06/mark-hammond-on-the-lost-panel-and-an-unsolved-mystery/): Mark Hammond’s The Lost Panel dives into one of art history’s most enduring mysteries — the 1934 theft of the Ghent Altarpiece’s “Just Judges” panel — and reimagines it through a sweeping narrative that bridges centuries. Blending meticulous historical research with inventive storytelling, Hammond explores the blurred lines between truth and myth, art and faith
- [Michael West on the Blessing of a Good Book](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/01/michael-west-on-the-blessing-of-a-good-book/): Mom and Dad could read; they chose not to. They would say there was too much activity in their daily lives to allow for brief moments of pleasure lost in a book; I can’t dispute their conclusion. Sometimes all you can do is get by. Because my parents didn’t foster an environment for books, I
- [Séances Versus Science: Eight Mysteries That Pit the Supernatural Against Reason](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/02/seances-versus-science-eight-mysteries-that-pit-the-supernatural-against-reason/): I grew up in a house built in 1884 that was prone to unexplained creaks, groans and even occasionally children’s laughter. The heavy, antique doorbell would sometimes ring out with its sonorous clang for no reason. Once, my mother heard footsteps in the foyer, but when she went to investigate, nobody was there. One of
- [The People Who Shape Us: Finding Meaning, Healing and Connection in Other People](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/31/other-people-michael-s-piraino-review/): What if the story of your life isn’t really about you? In Other People: A Memoir and Reflections on Trauma, Connection, Meaning, and the Neuroscience of Healing, Michael S. Piraino makes a quiet but persistent case that who we become is shaped, piece by piece, by those around us. It’s a compelling premise, one he
- [A Childhood Fractured, A Voice Unbreakable](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/02/fault-line-still-standing-tim-smith/): There are memoirs that inform, and then there are memoirs that transform. Tim Smith's Fault Line: Still Standing belongs in the latter category. It is a raw, devastating and ultimately triumphant account of one man's survival of a childhood most of us cannot fathom, written with such ferocious honesty and literary precision. A Voice Forged
- [In This Near-Future America, Freedom Is the First Casualty of Theocracy](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/01/ashes-of-the-republic-james-chesterton-review/): Imagine America 20 years from now. How different is the U.S. in 2046? In James Chesterton’s dark speculative thriller Ashes of the Republic we see a future where our current political environment has laid the groundwork for an America that prioritizes surveillance and control over the preservation of freedoms. It’s eerily reminiscent of current initiatives
- [Books & Looks Podcast — The 2,000-Year History of Mac and Cheese](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/02/books-looks-podcast-the-2000-year-history-of-mac-and-cheese/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Change the Script, Change the Game, Change Your Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/31/booktribs-bites-change-the-script-change-the-game-change-your-life/)
- [10 Historical Fiction Stories About Female Friendship](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/31/10-historical-fiction-stories-about-female-friendship/): I can’t get enough of books featuring the bonds of female friendship and women helping other women – so much so that those themes are at the center of my new historical fiction novel, Ship of Dreams, set aboard the Titanic. We’re talking women who have seen us at our best and our worst; who
- [Luke Dumas' Deliciously Twisted Horror](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/31/nothing-tastes-as-good-luke-dumas/): As the author of the cosmic horror novel Fat Monster, a tale of an obese woman caught up in a sketchy weight-loss scheme, I was eager to see how another author would handle a similar body horror premise. And Mr. Dumas did not disappoint. Nothing Tastes as Good is told in a brilliant combination of
- [Witchy Books that Inspired "A Spell for Saints and Sinners"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/31/witchy-books-that-inspired-a-spell-for-saints-and-sinners/): When I first had the idea to write a suspense novel about a struggling psychic-witch who, hoping to escape the poverty and loneliness crushing her, allows herself to be taken in by the wealthiest family in Savannah, I knew I wanted the brand of witchcraft she practices to be as realistic as possible. As much
- [Wendy Walker's Chilling Thriller Is Forged in the Brutal World of Elite Figure Skating](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/27/blade-wendy-walker/): Blade is best-selling author Wendy Walker’s seventh compelling psychological thriller and the most personal. Published in time for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, it has dredged up cathartic memories of her own teenage dreams of competing for medals in ladies' figure skating. She has spoken recently in interviews of her own intensive training
- ["Daughter of Egypt": Excavating Women’s Mark on History](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/26/daughter-of-egypt-marie-benedict/): Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict is a deeply researched and carefully crafted historical fiction novel that excavates the untold stories of two women who have been erased by history and the desert sands of Egypt. Benedict introduces us to two real-life figures, Lady Evelyn Herbert and the mysterious Pharaoh Hatshepsut. In Daugher of Egypt,
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Mixing Fact and Fiction with #1 New York Times Bestseller, Steve Berry](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/31/writers-ink-podcast-mixing-fact-and-fiction-with-1-new-york-times-bestseller-steve-berry/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Active Bystandership: The Small Acts of Courage That Make a Big Difference](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/30/evil-goodness-and-creating-active-bystandership-ervin-staub-review/): Why do some people step in when something is wrong, while others stay quiet? It’s a question without an easy answer, but it sits at the heart of Ervin Staub’s Evil, Goodness, and Creating Active Bystandership. And for Staub, it’s not just theoretical. It’s personal. As a Jewish child in Hungary during World War II,
- [Joan Lunden: A Groundbreaking Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/28/a-groundbreaking-career-on-so-many-fronts/): Dearest Discerning Readers, For more than three decades, I’ve had the extraordinary privilege of representing authors — and I can say without hesitation that it has made my life endlessly fascinating. This career has introduced me to some of the most intelligent, passionate and trailblazing people I could ever hope to meet. Among them is Joan
- [Sandra Brown Leads A Thriller Lineup That Delivers](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/30/a-thriller-lineup-that-delivers-it-all/)
- [Next Week’s Books Are Worth the Wait](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/28/next-weeks-books-are-worth-the-wait/): From magical ambition to deeply human resilience, this collection of books explores what it means to search for purpose, belonging and truth — whether in fantastical worlds, the natural environment or the tangled realities of small-town life. Each story introduces characters at a crossroads, grappling with personal limitations, societal barriers or hidden forces that threaten
- [7 Horror Novels Fueled by Loss and Grief](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/26/7-horror-novels-fueled-by-loss-and-grief/): Grief resists structure. It doesn’t behave the way we expect it to. It’s often described as a process, but that suggests a kind of order that rarely exists in reality. More than just sadness, it’s a messy tangle of yearning, anger, guilt, anxiety, arriving in waves that don’t follow rules or timelines. Grief also has
- [When the Setting Is So Prominent, It's Practically a Character](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/25/when-the-setting-is-so-prominent-its-practically-a-character/): Some stories unfold in a place and time; others are shaped by it. In these ten novels, setting isn’t just a backdrop — it breathes, pulses and presses in on every choice the characters make. From sun-drenched vineyards and historic European streets to windswept rivers, quiet coastal towns and even tightly controlled wartime communities, each
- [Bookaholic Podcast — When Doctors Say “Never”: What Every Parent Needs to Hear](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/27/bookaholic-podcast-when-doctors-say-never-what-every-parent-needs-to-hear/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Kate Quinn’s Enchanting Ode to the Power of Libraries](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/26/the-astral-library-kate-quinn/): The Astral Library is Kate Quinn’s gift to bibliophiles, a joyous affirmation and celebration of all that is right and wonderful about public libraries. This concoction is a genre-bending combination of magical realism and fantasy adventure sprinkled liberally with delightful literary references to a range of favorite books and authors. A Life Shaped by Books
- [Can’t-Miss New Releases](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/23/cant-miss-new-releases/): Looking for your next must-read? From pulse-pounding thrillers to enchanting fantasies and transformative nonfiction, this week’s new releases have something for every reader. Dive into heart-stopping suspense with a young man trapped on a hijacked New York subway, or lose yourself in the haunting, inventive world of a girl woven from flowers and words. Explore
- [Team Picks: Caroline’s Most Anticipated Reads for April](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/25/team-picks-carolines-most-anticipated-reads-for-april/): What are the 6 books you're looking forward to in April? Transcription by Ben Lerner Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About by Isabel Klee Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Joyful, Anyway by Kate Bowler We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune The Noma Guide to Building Flavour by René Redzepi and the Noma Test Kitchen What do you like
- [Michiko Aoyama’s Marble Café Serves Stories of Quiet Transformation](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/25/hot-chocolate-on-thursday-michiko-aoyama/): Michiko Aoyama’s latest novella Hot Chocolate on Thursday, translated from the Japanese by E. Madison Shimoda, invites readers to take a break and relax in the fictional Marble Café. This tiny bistro, located in a quiet Tokyo neighborhood situated on a riverbank, has three tables and a counter with seating for five. There are ornamental
- [The Greatest Art Heist in History—And the Secret It May Still Be Hiding](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/25/the-lost-panel-mark-steven-hammond-review/): Among the many treasures of Saint Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium, is a massive altarpiece painted by the Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck. Its many panels depict an array of biblical figures, saints, martyrs, soldiers, prophets, clergy, angels and other figures attending a pastoral scene at the center, where the Lamb of God bleeds from
- [Ready to Expand Your Reading Bracket for March?](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/24/ready-to-expand-your-reading-bracket-for-march/): Prefer your protagonists spiraling and unstable? From tales of possessive, all-consuming desire to frenzies of anger and resentment, there’s a story here for every uncomfortable emotion. Get ready for shocking reads and satisfying moments of catharsis – because there’s freedom in embracing the madness. These books are sure to be slam dunks! A Touch of
- [How Far Would You Go for Humanity?](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/24/celestial-lights-cecile-pin/): What would you give to be a part of history? What would you trade for the good of humanity? In a contemplative journey across space and time, Celestial Lights poses these questions and offers a reminder that some things aren’t worth sacrificing. Author Cecile Pin crafts a story that is both touching and tragic and
- [From Hollywood to Kickstarter: Frank Zanca Brings Ravenore to Life Through Immersive Audio](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/24/from-hollywood-to-kickstarter-frank-zanca-brings-ravenore-to-life-through-immersive-audio/): As audiobooks continue their rapid rise — and as crowdfunding reshapes how books reach readers — more authors are exploring new ways to tell stories beyond the printed page. For Frank J. Zanca, an award-winning screenwriter, producer and novelist, the answer lies in blending cinematic storytelling with direct audience support. His latest project, Tales of
- [A Love Story That Built a Career](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/24/a-love-story-that-built-a-career/): I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as his, and I think that made all the difference for me…” —Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Somewhere around 2016 I came across this quote, and I realized I have at least one thing in common with Ruth Bader. Ginsburg often mentioned
- [A Luminous Adventure About Mastering Anger](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/25/hana-and-the-eclipse-of-shadows-khalil-huballa/): There are books that entertain, and then there are books that change the way a reader sees themselves. Khalil Huballa's Hana and the Eclipse of Shadows — a sweeping three-part adventure — belongs in the second category. It is a luminous, imaginative work that is exciting while teaching one of the most important lessons a
- [Dark Magic and Inner Demons Collide in Ava Morgyn’s Spellbinding "Only Spell Deep"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/19/only-spell-deep-ava-morgyn/): Supernatural themes underscore many of the current wave of popular novels. The idea that there are forces beyond our control is enticing to many readers. The new novel from Ava Morgyn, Only Spell Deep, finds a place in the world of the supernatural that will entice readers to follow along with Jude, a witch who
- [A Proactive Path Through the Teen Mental Health Crisis](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/19/champions-in-life-elaine-and-henry-brzycki/): In recent years, rates of anxiety, depression and other forms of emotional distress among teens have risen significantly, while access to qualified mental health professionals remains uneven at best. For many families, the question is no longer whether support is needed, but where to find it. Into this gap steps Champions in Life: The Playbook
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Want to finish your novel? NYT Bestselling author Karen Robards explains the importance of learning to write anywhere.](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/24/writers-ink-podcast-want-to-finish-your-novel-nyt-bestselling-author-karen-robards-explains-the-importance-of-learning-to-write-anywhere/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [The Psychology of Writing a Serial Killer](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/23/the-psychology-of-writing-a-serial-killer/): To write convincingly from the perspective of a serial killer, you have to spend time inside a mindset most people instinctively avoid. That discomfort reveals things about how people justify their actions. When I began writing Memoirs of a Serial Killer, shock value wasn’t the goal. I wasn’t interested in making the story as graphic
- [Have You Ever Been Dumped by a Friend?](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/19/have-you-ever-been-dumped-by-a-friend/): Dear Readers, As women, we grow up believing in the bestie, a forever best friend and confidante who knows our history and holds our secrets. These relationships are supposed to be steady constants in lives that are otherwise filled with change. Careers shift. Partners come and go. Cities, identities, even ambitions evolve. But our closest
- [5 Books Celebrating Wisdom, Life Lessons and the Bonds Between Generations](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/19/5-books-celebrating-wisdom-life-lessons-and-the-bonds-between-generations/): Wisdom isn’t just about age — it’s about the stories we share, the lessons we pass on and the connections we nurture across generations. These five books celebrate the transformative power of experience, highlighting how meaningful relationships and thoughtful guidance can leave a lasting impact. These titles offer insight into life, love and the ways
- [A Smart “Emotionary” for Anyone Who Wants Better Words for What They Feel](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/05/a-smart-emotionary-for-anyone-who-wants-better-words-for-what-they-feel/): A BookTrib review of Choosing Emotions by D. Earl Johnston, a 378-page “emotionary” defining 272 emotional states through clear definitions and street phrases.
- [Where Dinosaurs Roam and Courage Awakens](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/20/artemios-gift-charles-bruckerhoff/): Charles Bruckerhoff's Artemio's Gift is an ambitious children's book that threads together dinosaurs, time travel, talking owls and moral philosophy into a single bedtime-length adventure. The book follows Viola, a capable and curious child who tumbles from an ordinary spring day of yard work into a dream journey that takes her back to the age
- [Spring Creeping In: March's Chill Quill](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/18/spring-creeping-in-marchs-chill-quill/): This year, March is bringing the monsters! From neon-lit cities haunted by vanished gods to blood-soaked cabarets, cursed forests and grief that refuses to stay buried, this month’s darkest releases dive deep into obsession, transformation and things that refuse to die. Whether you prefer Gothic dread, supernatural thrillers or strange stories that linger under your
- [6 Books That Explore the Modern Crisis of Masculinity](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/18/6-books-that-explore-the-modern-crisis-of-masculinity/): Navigating the path from boyhood to manhood has never been more complicated. Today’s young men face unique pressures from shifting cultural expectations, evolving gender roles and the fast pace of modern life. From understanding emotional health to finding purpose and responsibility, the journey to becoming a confident, grounded man is full of challenges. These five
- [Caitlin Rother’s "Hooked" Dives Into the Dark Side of La Jolla](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/18/hooked-caitlin-rother/): Caitlin Rother brings verisimilitude from her previous career to her carefully crafted latest novel Hooked, a fast-paced crime thriller pairing for the first time investigative reporter Katrina Chopin with Ken Goode, a surfing homicide detective. This is the first in a planned series featuring the charismatic, well-matched pair of investigators with the second slated to
- [A Treasury of Words You Didn’t Know You Needed](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/18/simply-fun-vocabulary-words-and-expressions-ed-hennessy/): There is a particular kind of reader — the sort who delights in words like jeremiad, philippic, or omnium gatherum — who will feel instantly at home in Ed Hennessy’s Simply Fun — Vocabulary Words and Expressions: 1600 Words and Expressions You Never Had Time to Look Up. For everyone else, this book may serve
- [Books & Looks Podcast — America’s Secret WWII Coastal War with Sara Vladic](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/19/books-looks-podcast-americas-secret-wwii-coastal-war-with-sara-vladic/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [The Heart of the Wait: Dr. Jeff Deaton on Infertility, Hope and Healing](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/18/the-heart-of-the-wait-dr-jeff-deaton-on-infertility-hope-and-healing/): Jeff Deaton, MD, has spent more than three decades helping individuals and couples navigate one of life’s most emotionally complex journeys: infertility. In his book When Waiting Becomes Life, he brings together the deeply human stories behind the science of fertility medicine, offering both compassionate insight and practical guidance for those facing the uncertainty of
- [From Page to Screen on Netflix: Binge Rating Five Red Hot Flames](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/16/from-page-to-screen-on-netflix-binge-rating-five-red-hot-flames/): Why Vladimir Is the Smart, Steamy Academic Drama Everyone Is Talking About For me there’s always something irresistible about stories set in academia. The ivy-covered buildings, the sharp conversations in seminar rooms, the collision of ambition, intellect and ego — universities have long provided the perfect backdrop for stories where ideas and emotions run equally high or
- [A Fever-Dream Journey in "Westward Women"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/12/westward-women-alice-martin/): Westward Women by Alice Martin breathes new life into the dystopian genre with a road trip that feels like a fever dream. The hypnotic writing takes you on the road with three incredible young women who embark on a journey of a lifetime, perhaps even their last. A mysterious outbreak is occurring throughout America, as
- [Written in the Stars With Lillian Parrotta](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/17/written-in-the-stars-with-lillian-parrotta/): We are kicking off a new series here at BookTrib. Written in the Stars With Lillian Parrotta celebrates every Zodiac season by giving a fresh book recommendation based on the current sign. Come back each month to discover how you can connect to the stars. “The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and
- [A Love Story That Slowly Steeps in "A Latte Like Love"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/17/a-latte-like-love-michelle-c-harris/): Most love stories are predictable and ordinary, but this debut novel, A Latte Like Love, by Michelle C. Harris is anything but traditional or ordinary. I thought this was going to be a typical romance of boy meets girl and they fall madly in love, but instead it was a delightful surprise that felt like
- [BookTrib’s Bites: From Trauma to Healing](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/17/booktribs-bites-from-trauma-to-healing/)
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Capturing the moment in your fiction with J.R. Thornton](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/17/writers-ink-podcast-capturing-the-moment-in-your-fiction-with-j-r-thornton/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [A Family Saga of Ambition, Legacy and the Two Sides of Success](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/16/two-sides-of-the-same-coin-michael-weiner-md-review/): The classic immigrant story usually ends once the family finds its footing in America. In Both Sides of the Same Coin, author Michael Weiner, MD, asks a deeper question: What happens next? His novel begins in familiar territory — families fleeing famine, persecution and political upheaval — but it quickly expands into something larger: a
- [The Publishing Evolution: How Influencers Are Changing the Landscape](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/16/the-publishing-evolution-how-influencers-are-changing-the-landscape/): In an era where social media rules, a 30-second reel on Instagram or TikTok can now sell more books than a full-page ad in the New York Times. And all it takes is a reader holding up a novel, talking about the moment that made them cry, gasp, or stay up until three in the
- [Louise Fein’s "Book of Forbidden Words" and the Enduring Fight for Freedom of Thought](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/13/book-of-forbidden-words-louise-fein/): Has there ever been a time since the inception of printing that certain books have not been banned? Critically acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author Louise Fein has a former practicing lawyer’s perspective on championing freedoms of expression in writing, speech, thoughts and ideas with differences of opinion respected. Her recently published fourth novel Book of
- [How to Get Free Books for Your Book Club – And What to Read Next](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/13/how-to-get-free-books-for-your-book-club-and-what-to-read-next/): Libraries remain at the heart of every great book club by connecting readers and offering a shared place for stories to thrive. And now, in the digital age, there’s a new and even easier way to discover and share those stories. The Libby app is a mobile app that allows users to borrow digital books,
- [Putting Feelings into Words Just Got Easier](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/13/putting-feelings-into-words-just-got-easier/): Not since Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence has a book come along to help us articulate our emotions with such clarity. The third book in our Hidden Gem series is entitled Choosing Emotions: Thinking with Your Head and Acting with Your Heart by D. Earl Johnston. Some people love stories. Some love ideas. And then there
- [Rising Stars, Falling Shadows in "Darkening Song"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/11/darkening-song-delphine-seddon/): A BookTrib review of Darkening Song by Delphine Seddon, a story about feminism, the power of female bonds and the resilience it takes for women to claim their place at the top.
- [Historical Coming-of-Age Tale Explores the Dawn of the Human-Horse Bond](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/11/review-of-she-who-rides-horses-book-one-audiobook/): For most of human history, horses have carried us farther than our own legs ever could. They have borne us across continents, through wars and migrations, and into stories and mythologies that define entire cultures. The partnership between horse and rider feels so natural today that it is easy to forget it had a beginning.
- [A Storyteller’s Story: Michael West on the Roots of His Writing](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/10/a-storytellers-story/): I have a large family; large in the sense that I have several hundred cousins dispersed across Tennessee. My cousins can all trace their existence to the 1920 union of Jesse James Warren and Kim Davis Heath; together, they raised eleven kids who all lived long lives. One of the eleven, daughter number three, was
- [A Conversation with D. Earl Johnston on the Power of Emotional Language](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/12/a-conversation-with-d-earl-johnston-on-the-power-of-emotional-language/): Understanding emotions is often easier said than done. While we all experience a wide range of feelings every day, many of us struggle to find the right words to describe what is happening inside. In Choosing Emotions, author D. Earl Johnston explores the idea that expanding our emotional vocabulary can help us better navigate life’s
- [Heartpounding Sapphic Romance in Kiersten White's New Gothic Fantasy](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/10/the-fox-and-the-devil-kiersten-white/): Breathtaking. Mesmerizing. Utterly to die for. #1 New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White is back with a heart-pounding gothic fantasy laced with slow-burn sapphic romance, found family and – of course – a dark, supernatural twist – The Fox and the Devil. Anneke Van Helsing – daughter of the infamous Abraham – is a
- [Bold Heroine Rides into History in Immersive and Spirited Series](https://booktrib.com/2025/07/02/bold-heroine-rides-into-history-in-this-immersive-and-spirited-series/): Calling all readers of historical fiction, fans of spirited heroines, and horse lovers, this book is for you. Poetic, powerful, and deeply humane, A Clan Chief’s Daughter is a reminder that sometimes, it takes just one person, one rider, one dreamer, one daughter to change the course of history. In this Q&A, we talk with
- [The Cost of Secrets in Ren DeStefano’s Twisting Spy Thriller](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/10/a-lie-for-a-lie-ren-destefano/): From the author of How I’ll Kill You, A Lie for a Lie by Ren DeStefano is a contemporary thriller that will keep you hooked until the story concludes. This compelling story is about a woman living a carefully constructed double life as a housewife and a spy who must use all her espionage skills
- [Seasons of Memory: A Conversation with Stanislas Yassukovich](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/11/seasons-of-memory-a-conversation-with-stanislas-yassukovich/): Stanislas Yassukovich’s Summertime and Short Stories is a reflective collection shaped by memory, nostalgia and the complicated bonds of family history. Drawing on moments from his own life—often transformed through fiction—Yassukovich explores the contrasts between joy and sorrow, past and present, and the ways in which personal history continues to shape who we become. In
- [Obsessed with Coach Book Charms? So Are We](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/06/obsessed-with-coach-book-charms-so-are-we/): The latest must-have statement piece for 2026? Apparently, it's books. Like everyone else on the internet, we’re loving Coach’s new mini book bag charms. Including traditional and modern classics such as Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, popular titles like Little Fires Everywhere by
- [A Political Thriller with Moral Depth](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/05/a-political-thriller-with-moral-depth/): Dear Readers, For our weekly newsletter about Hidden Gems, I look for the book that deserves a brighter spotlight — the one that is not on any lists but absolutely commands your attention once you read the first page. This week’s discovery is Black Sun Rising by Otho Eskin — a former diplomat and Washington insider who writes
- [A Town of Secrets Faces the Tempest in Rachel Hawkins’ "The Storm"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/09/the-storm-rachel-hawkins/): Closely held secrets and shocking surprises await readers of the edgy Southern Gothic thriller The Storm by New York Times best-selling author Rachel Hawkins. It’s the height of hurricane season in the fictional small coastal town of St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama although lacking a bay; the town was appropriately named after St. Medard, the patron
- [A Fond Farewell to Starz’s Outlander Series: A Celebration of Time, Faith, Prophecy and Love](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/06/outlander-season-8/): Through eight seasons — 101 episodes — and a dozen years, Starz’s adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander series has swept the world up into its universe. This genre-bending show has followed Claire Randall, a World War II combat nurse, as she stumbled through the standing stones at Craigh na Dun, Scotland, in 1945, into
- [BookTrib’s Bites: When Time Shapes Fate](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/10/booktribs-bites-ticking-clocks-and-slow-blooms/)
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: "How to Survive in the Woods" with author, Kat Rosenfield](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/10/writers-ink-podcast-how-to-survive-in-the-woods-with-author-kat-rosenfield/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [A Doctor Follows the Deadly Trail of Miracle Pills](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/09/poison-pill-anthony-lee-review/): Anthony Lee’s Poison Pill follows doctor Mark Lin as two weight-loss cases reveal a dangerous network. A tense medical thriller with real hospital detail.
- [What to Read This March](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/06/what-to-read-this-march/): March may “come in a like a lion and go out like a lamb” but either way, there is always time to find another great book to read. In this month’s What to Read Next, you’ll find unsolved murders, witchcraft, a quartet of “Golden Gays” and a coming-of-age story about the summer of ’69. A
- [Village Gossip Fuels a Chilling Death in Tana French’s “The Keeper”](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/06/the-keeper-tana-french/): The West Irish village of Ardnakelty is filled with characters who love to gossip about the doings in their close-knit hamlet. They discuss their sheep, and football, but most of the time, they gossip about each other. In The Keeper, the third and final installment of Tana French’s tales about American ex-pat, Cal Hooper, such
- [M.L. Stedman’s "A Far-flung Life" Is a Sweeping Saga of Grief and Endurance](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/04/a-far-flung-life-ml-steadman/): “Some gates close off every other path you could possibly take. A single moment in your past denies you a future: condemning you to a death in life.” What happens when your life falls apart? Not just once, but over and over again? When you’re constantly reminded of your mistakes? When there is no true
- [Jon Land’s Must-Read Thriller Showcase](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/05/jon-lands-must-read-thriller-showcase/)
- [What to Read Next?](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/04/what-to-read-next/): When it comes to books being published, there are so many to choose from and so little time! If I’m searching for my next favorite read, I’ll scroll to find books that look interesting and then I’ll pre-order them months in advance. When a book finally arrives at my door, it’s like a surprise gift
- [In the Hills of Appalachia, a Hidden Gem of a Story](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/26/the-booktrib-brief-in-the-hills-of-appalachia-a-hidden-gem-of-a-story/): Dear Readers, As the founder and publisher of BookTrib.com, I receive so many special books by new and unknown authors. That's why we created a new weekly newsletter, The BookTrib Brief – a dedicated space to uncover and champion the true "hidden gems" of publishing. After all, isn’t there something electric about discovering a remarkable book before the
- [Pasadena's Historic Japantown Brought to Life in New Hirahara Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/04/crown-city-naomi-hirahara-review/): True confessions, this reviewer is a super fan of Naomi Hirahara, the brilliant, always relevant author of complex mysteries as well as nonfiction, beginning with Summer of the Big Bachi (2004), the first in the six-book Mas Arai series and Publishers Weekly honored Best Book of the Year, continuing with the Leilani Santiago Hawai’i and
- [Offering Clear-Eyed Hope on Infertility’s Hardest Days](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/04/when-waiting-becomes-life-jeff-deaton-md-review/): A warm, practical review of Jeff Deaton MD’s When Waiting Becomes Life, blending infertility with clear medical guidance, decision support, and grounded hope.
- [Books & Looks Podcast — How Did She Write 40+ Bestselling Mysteries?](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/05/books-looks-podcast-how-did-she-write-40-bestselling-mysteries/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [5 Historical Novels That Bring New York Neighborhoods to Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/03/5-historical-novels-that-bring-new-york-neighborhoods-to-life/): When I first moved to Manhattan, it seemed like a huge, overwhelming metropolis. But I soon began to learn its neighborhoods, and I knew I would write those neighborhoods, not as they are today but as they were, each as unique as the people who inhabited them. In The Sisters of Book Row, my Applebaum
- [Anxiety Memorist Dives Deeper Into Emotions](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/03/review-hard-feelings-daniel-smith/): In his book, Hard Feelings: Finding the Wisdom in Our Darkest Emotions, Daniel Smith’s contemplative reflection is both rewarding and cathartic, as he explores the emotions he has contended with over his lifetime and the scholarly research that has examined similar feelings. Each chapter is full of rewarding insight into feelings such as despair, boredom
- [Women’s History Month: A Quick Journey Through Time and My March 2026 TBR](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/02/womens-history-month-a-quick-journey-through-time-and-my-march-2026-tbr/): “Guess what month March is?” “Nope, that’s not it.” “Still missing the point.” “Women’s History Month?” “Wow! Finally!” “Okay, cool. But what does it mean? When did it begin, and what’s it got to do with historical fiction and publishing?” Well, here’s the deal. In the United States, Women’s History Month started as a grassroots
- [5 Literary Novels That Are Also Alluring Mysteries](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/27/5-literary-novels-that-are-also-alluring-mysteries/): As a writer of mysteries and thrillers, I devour dozens of suspense novels every year, and I absolutely love the rush they deliver. But sometimes, I crave something slower, more contemplative—that’s why I’m also a devoted reader of contemporary literary fiction. With these books, I’m willing to trade a jaw-dropping twist for in-depth character development,
- [New Works, New Worlds](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/28/new-works-new-worlds/): From sun-drenched villas and small-town lavender farms to royal courts and chaotic college campuses, these five new releases pulse with urgency, desire and high-stakes choices. Whether it’s a second-chance romance, a ticking-clock caper, a bold feminist reimagining, a tense marital thriller or a sharp exploration of identity and trust, each story centers on characters forced
- [Where Silence Carries History: A Conversation with "Red Anemones" Author Paula Dáil](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/28/where-silence-carries-history-a-conversation-with-red-anemones-author-paula-dail/): Paula Dáil’s Red Anemones is a meditation on the stories families carry in silence — the inherited memories, buried histories and quiet choices that shape identity across generations. Inspired by the author’s own discovery of a previously unknown Jewish ancestor, the novel weaves personal reckoning with larger questions of immigration, antisemitism, resilience and moral responsibility.
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: "The Best Little Motel in Texas" with Author, Lyla Lane](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/03/writers-ink-podcast-the-best-little-motel-in-texas-with-author-lyla-lane/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Daniel Grace Brings Judas and Pilate Back to New York](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/03/in-the-wake-of-golgotha-daniel-grace/): Someone has staged them with nails, blood and a cold sense of purpose. The police see a grotesque crime scene. A defense attorney sees a case that will swallow his career. A social worker sees a summons that feels older than the city itself. Daniel Grace’s debut novel, In the Wake of Golgotha, starts with
- [Echoes of Home: Stories of Identity and the Pull of the Past](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/25/echoes-of-home-stories-of-identity-and-the-pull-of-the-past/): Stories rooted in Appalachia and the broader American South often center on place as much as plot — where landscape, family history and community expectations shape every choice a character makes. These narratives explore the tension between leaving and staying, the weight of generational memory and the complicated bonds that tie people to home.
- [A Thriller with Heart and Humor](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/27/this-story-might-save-your-life-tiffany-crum/): What doesn’t kill you makes you…a survivor. Joy Moore and Benny Abbott have been best friends for a very long time, although the relationship has had its ups and downs. Right now, it’s definitely up, though there are other worries. A Podcast Built on Chemistry and Chaos In Tiffany Crum’s This Story Might Save Your
- [Colleen Hoover’s "Woman Down" Is a Thrilling Descent Into Desire and Consequence](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/13/woman-down-colleen-hoover/): In Colleen Hoover’s latest novel, Woman Down, Petra Rose is a disillusioned, down-on-her-luck, bestselling author in desperate need of a Hail Mary. It’s been 18 months since she wrote anything publishable, and the overwhelming criticism the movie adaptation of her last novel received has been anything but inspiring. So, she retreats to a cabin in
- [Over the Wealthy Elite in Fiction? These Books Are Your Antidote](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/21/over-the-wealthy-elite-in-fiction-these-books-are-your-antidote/): Lately, it seems like every new novel comes with a penthouse view, a private jet and a trust fund meltdown. While glossy wealth drama may be having a moment, it doesn’t always reflect the world most of us actually inhabit. We’re far more interested in stories that capture real lives, shared struggle and the power
- [The Ultimate Snowed-In Reading List](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/26/the-ultimate-snowed-in-reading-list/): The first snowstorm of 2026 has much of the country settling into full-on snow day mode. It’s the perfect excuse to cancel your plans, cozy up and finally crack open a great book. We asked our team to share their favorite snow day recommendations, and they delivered. From swoony romances that bring the heat to
- [Essential Reads to Frame the Latest "Wuthering Heights" Adaptation](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/13/essential-reads-to-frame-the-latest-wuthering-heights-adaptation/): Early reactions to Fennell’s highly anticipated Wuthering Heights adaptation are rolling in — and let’s just say the conversation is… intense. Maybe you’ve been deep in the casting debates, or maybe you’ve had the Charli XCX-powered soundtrack on repeat. Whatever your take on the upcoming film, we’ve got the perfect reading recs to match your
- [5 Library Love Stories for National Library Lovers Day (and Valentine’s Day, Too)](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/14/5-library-love-stories-for-national-library-lovers-day-and-valentines-day-too/): Is it a coincidence that National Library Lovers Day shares a calendar square with Valentine’s Day? Perhaps not. If candy hearts and prix-fixe dinners feel a little too treacly, consider rekindling your first and truest love: books. Libraries have always been places of quiet devotion — to ideas, knowledge, memory, the written word. But in
- [The White Hot: A Love Letter to Female Rage](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/11/the-white-hot-quiara-alegria-hudes/): In her debut novel, The White Hot, playwright and memoirist Quiara Alegria Hudes tackles the complexity of an emotion that few dare to explore: the explosive power of female rage. The story is told in the form of a letter written by a mother to her daughter on her 18th birthday. The letter is an
- [A Reckoning With Grief and Identity in The Gratifying Relief of Being Forgotten](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/21/the-gratifying-relief-of-being-forgotten-bk/): The Gratifying Relief of Being Forgotten by BK is a bruising and beautiful exploration of grief, longing, self-erasure and the persistence of love in its most destructive and redemptive forms. Moving between aphoristic fragments, longer narrative poems, typographic experimentation and a prose-poem sequence, BK constructs a world where memory, nature, the self and others collide
- [“If Necessary Alone” Is a Bracing WWII Spy Thriller with a Vicar’s Heart](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/25/if-necessary-alone-is-a-bracing-wwii-spy-thriller-with-a-vicars-heart/): V. M. Knox’s “If Necessary Alone” turns a grieving vicar into a razor‑sharp WWII operative in Caithness, blending tradecraft, moral stakes and icy atmosphere.
- ["The Heir Apparent" Delivers an Adult Twist on the Princess Fantasy](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/02/the-heir-apparent-rebecca-armitage/): As a teenager coming of age in the aughts, I was a fan girl of The Princess Diaries. Mia Thermopolis learns that she is a princess of the fictitious country of Genovia, and undergoes a giant makeover. She is transformed from a bespectacled nobody into a bombshell babe, and must make a difficult decision; will
- [Seven Fantastical Journeys That Rip You Out of Reality in the Best Way](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/16/seven-fantastical-journeys-that-rip-you-out-of-reality-in-the-best-way/): If there’s one thing I love, it’s a book that yanks me straight into another world like it has zero regard for my to-do list. Give me magic. Give me danger. Give me the kind of quest where a kid with more heart than experience has to figure out who they are before the world
- [Love Becomes the Strongest Spell in Ellen A. Roth’s "Ten Fingers Touching"](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/18/ten-fingers-touching-ellen-a-roth/): Fairy tales promise that love can conquer the darkest forces, but Ellen Roth’s Ten Fingers Touching invites readers to consider an even more tantalizing possibility: that true love might be the most powerful magic of all. Roth’s debut novella opens with a wager between Good and Evil — a cosmic bet about the strength of
- [“Fighting Back” Traces One Pilot’s Journey From Bronx Childhood to the Birth of the Israeli Air Force](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/09/fighting-back-stan-andrews/): A gripping biography of pilot Stan Andrews, “Fighting Back” traces one Jewish American’s path from WWII missions to the first fighter squadrons of Israel’s air force.
- [Lit Picks: 6 Books that Redefine Suspense, Mystery & Thrillers](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/05/lit-picks-6-books-that-redefine-suspense-mystery-thrillers/): Mystery, suspense and thrillers unfold through tension and anticipation, not chaos or contrived shocks. True suspense emerges from uncertainty, discovery and the sense that something essential lies just beyond reach. The six books below demonstrate this with precision. Each constructs its world with deliberate pacing and psychological insight, delivering plots that twist purposefully and characters
- [Faith, Courage and a Talking Wolf in “Journey to the Land of Integrity"](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/24/faith-courage-and-a-talking-wolf-in-journey-to-the-land-of-integrity/): Bruce Beck’s Journey to the Land of Integrity follows a teen into a fantasy kingdom where faith, courage, and hard choices teach what it means to live with integrity.
- [The Sad, Glorious World of Margaret Anderson](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/09/a-danger-to-the-minds-of-young-girls-adam-morgan/): A new biography of the bohemian powerhouse Margaret C. Anderson opens with a quotation from Anthony Comstock, who has been in the news recently, although he died over 100 years ago. Comstock was a censorious bully who objected to the publication and distribution of written material that he deemed offensive. The Comstock Act, passed by
- [Anthony Hopkins’ Honest Memoir of Art and Adversity](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/17/we-did-ok-kid-anthony-hopkins/): We Did OK, Kid is that rare substantive revelatory memoir sharing more than is typically glimpsed behind the gilded gates of Hollywood as told in gossip columns or seen in interviews. Anthony Hopkins writes with tremendous honesty and passion about his life, education, formative years as a repertory actor, and favorite roles as well as
- [Bob Dylan’s Life on the Road, Reimagined on the Page and Canvas](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/22/bob-dylans-life-on-the-road-reimagined-on-the-page-and-canvas/): The enigmatic Bob Dylan was born in 1941, moved to New York City in January, 1961, began playing Greenwich Village clubs the following month and was quickly signed to Columbia Records releasing his debut album Bob Dylan in March, 1961. He embarked on his first concert tour in 1964 lasting from February 1 to December
- [A Wickedly Smart Page-Turner About the Price of Literary Fame](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/23/murder-your-darlings-jenna-blum/): Murder Your Darlings by the accomplished and versatile Jenna Blum is one of those all too rare novels that might transform a non-reader into a committed bibliophile.
- [When Harry Met Sally… at the Weather Desk](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/26/and-now-back-to-you-bk-borison/): And Now, Back to You is B.K. Borison’s latest contemporary romance delivering a cozy romcom that had me smiling from ear to ear!
- [When Moral Codes Collide: 7 Novels Built on Opposing Characters](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/25/when-moral-codes-collide-7-novels-built-on-opposing-characters/): Some novels hinge on a single protagonist’s rise or fall. Others are built on something far more volatile: characters shaped by different codes, different wounds or different beliefs — moving through the same world toward radically different ends. In these stories, morality isn’t abstract. It’s forged in childhood kitchens, locker rooms, orphanages, prep schools and
- [Epic Space Adventure Told Through Neurodivergent Lens](https://booktrib.com/2024/11/11/space-city-william-spencer/): Space City by William Spencer is an entertaining novel that delivers from every angle. Whether you’re a fan of science fiction, action and adventure, thrillers, or mysteries .
- [Rewriting the Story of What It Means to Grow Older](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/13/the-myth-of-aging-arnold-gilbert/): What if the most limiting beliefs about aging aren’t biological — but cultural? What if the narrative of slowing down, shrinking ambition and quietly stepping aside simply isn’t true? In The Myth of Aging: A Prescription for Emotional and Physical Well-Being, Beverly Hills psychiatrist Arnold Gilberg, MD — writing with Jon Land — challenges the
- [All the Rage: Fictional Women Embracing Their Fury](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/25/all-the-rage-fictional-women-embracing-their-fury/): Angry about the state of the world? That might just be main-character energy. From political spectacle to academic precarity, from Tudor courts to domestic betrayal, fictional women are no longer swallowing their fury — they’re reshaping it. The rage of women has moved from subtext to spotlight, and our TBR stacks are brimming with revenge
- [Turn the Stressful Process of Mediation Into a Plan for Success](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/27/review-how-to-survive-a-mediation-fred-e-jandt/): Fred E. Jandt’s How to Survive a Mediation breaks down what happens in mediation and how to prepare, negotiate, and document agreements.
- [8 Gothic Novels that Celebrate Unique Settings](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/26/8-gothic-novels-that-celebrate-unique-settings/): My latest novel, The Fourth Princess, is a Gothic novel set in Old Shanghai – not the usual location. Gothic novels feature easily identifiable tropes: a crumbling castle, a young woman in danger, a dangerous secret and plenty of bleak atmosphere. The stories usually take place in a Western European setting, preferably a location with
- [BookTrib’s Bites: When Determination Shapes Fate](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/27/booktribs-bites-when-determination-shapes-fate/)
- [Romance-Infused Women’s Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/25/romance-infused-womens-fiction/): This month at BookTrib, we are celebrating women’s fiction books featuring emotionally rich romance. These novels explore love, resilience, reinvention and the courage to choose one’s own destiny across eras and continents.
- [A Practical Guide to Staying Alert in an Unpredictable World](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/25/look-twice-tim-beard/): Tim Beard’s Look Twice, Volume I turns everyday awareness into an easy, repeatable habit. A calm, practical safety guide that favors awareness over fear.
- [Dark Slow-Burn Romance Explores Trauma, Trust and the Complicated Ties That Bind](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/24/only-the-small-bones-c-p-harris-review/): C.P. Harris’s Only the Small Bones is a dark, slow-burning MM romance exploring trauma, trust, and redemption as two broken souls find hope and love.
- [From Cupid to Creepy: February's Chill Quill](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/16/from-cupid-to-creepy-februarys-chill-quill/): Love is in the air this February—but so is something darker. This month’s horror releases bring haunted influencers, monstrous pregnancies, bloodthirsty vampires, enchanted forests, cursed wells, and the high price of happily-ever-after. Whether you’re craving a slow-burn gothic or a full-throttle screamfest, there’s something for every dark heart in this month’s new reads. And speaking
- [A New Chapter Begins](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/14/a-new-chapter-begins/): From sweeping literary adventures to gripping psychological suspense and deeply personal cultural exploration, these five new releases showcase the powerful ways stories help us understand identity, relationships and belonging. Spanning fantasy, contemporary fiction, thriller and nonfiction, each book offers a unique lens on the choices that shape our lives and the connections that define us.
- [Hamnet, the Film — an Interview with Maggie O’Farrell](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/06/hamnet-the-film-an-interview-with-maggie-ofarrell/): Every once in a while, a novel filled with love, loss and pathos crosses our path. I knew this in the summer of 2020 when I read Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. We all knew it, and the book was published to great acclaim. In this historical drama about Anne Hathaway (Agnes) and William Shakespeare and
- [Her To-Do List Involves a Dead Body. What About Yours?](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/30/a-sociopaths-guide-to-a-successful-marriage-mk-oliver/): Domestic Bliss, with a Body “The truth is, it’s surprisingly difficult to kill someone with a vegetable knife. But as I was preparing carrot sticks at the time, it’s all I had.” That’s Lalla Rook talking. In M.K. Oliver’s A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage (and doesn’t that tell you everything you really need
- [Books Are Our Favorite Things!](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/22/books-are-our-favorite-things/): What the book world is shouting about!
- [Pinky Swear, Broken Trust](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/24/pinky-swear-danielle-girard/): Pinky Swear is another well-crafted story that will have readers on edge as we follow a mother desperately seeking her missing friend and her unborn child.
- [The Fight Before the Fight: When Eating Disorders Hide in Plain Sight](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/23/weight-class-danny-oconnor/): Eating disorders have the second-highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness, second only to opioid addiction. Yet despite their severity, they remain dangerously misunderstood — often associated with teenage girls, fashion culture or vanity. In reality, eating disorders affect people of every gender, age and background. An estimated 10 million men in the United States
- [Memory and Moral Complexity in "Summertime & Short Stories"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/24/memory-and-moral-complexity-in-summertime-short-stories/): In Stanislas Yassukovich’s Summertime & Short Stories, a poignant summer affair anchors a collection of elegant, insightful tales of love, memory and class.
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Research, research, research with "White River Crossing" author, Ian McGuire](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/24/writers-ink-podcast-research-research-research-with-white-river-crossing-author-ian-mcguire/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- ["Where the Wildflowers Grow": A Tender Story of the Slow Work of Healing](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/19/where-the-wildflowers-grow-terah-shelton-harris/): Some books are written to heal and nurture, and this is what you will find in "Where the Wildflowers Grow" by Terah Shelton Harris.
- [13 Memoirs that Inspire Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/20/13-memoirs-that-inspire-fiction/): Real life is unhinged. That’s why I love memoirs. Half the time you’re reading one and thinking, this can’t be real—and yet, here we are. When a memoir is done right—written to entertain—it becomes pure storytelling, empowered by authentic emotion. My new novel, Tiny Little Earthquakes, is based on my childhood but fictionalized into a
- [Don Winslow Proves He’s Still the Master of Crime Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/20/the-final-score-don-winslow/): Some books are written to heal and nurture, and this is what you will find in "Where the Wildflowers Grow" by Terah Shelton Harris.
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Exploring the Depths of Human Experience](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/24/booktribs-bites-exploring-the-depths-of-human-experience/)
- ["So Old, So Young": A Nostalgic Masterpiece](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/19/so-old-so-young-grant-ginder/): "So Old, So Young" follows a group of six friends over 20 years, as the real world intervenes, adulthood beckons and they struggle to maintain their relationships with one another.
- [The Real Love Story? 6 Powerful Books That Celebrate Female Friendship](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/17/the-real-love-story-6-powerful-books-that-celebrate-female-friendship/): We talk endlessly about romantic love. We chart it, market it, monetize it. We measure our lives by it. But female friendship — the kind that begins in school corridors, in shared bedrooms, in whispered secrets and borrowed clothes — rarely gets the same cultural reverence. It is treated as a prelude to something bigger.
- [History and Dark Psychology Intertwine in Tale of Two Ex-Prisoners](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/20/history-and-dark-psychology-intertwine-in-tale-of-two-ex-prisoners/): In Parno Beng’s debut novel, Hell’s Sweet Nectar (Beginnings), two ex-convicts navigate a dark, multi-generational saga.
- [Stealing Back What Was Lost: Romance and Reckoning in “It Happened One Heist”](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/19/it-happened-one-heist-shenee-howard/): Some audiobooks are content to entertain you, but It Happened One Heist wants to flirt with you, pull you across three continents, hand you a priceless artifact and dare you to run. It Happened One Heist by Shenee Howard is romantic suspense with a glossy, cinematic edge. In audio, it becomes a full-bodied experience. Performed
- [Cinderella Retellings to Swoon Over Before Bridgerton Returns](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/18/cinderella-retellings-to-swoon-over-before-bridgerton-returns/): Dearest Gentle Reader, Are you also fluttering in expectation as we await the outcome of the starcrossed romance of Sophie Baek, modest housemaid, and Benedict Bridgerton, most notorious rake, when Bridgerton returns on February 26? If this tale seems familiar, there is good reason. My cousin, whom you all know as Aunt Libra, has persuaded
- [Books & Looks Podcast — Separating Sense from Nonsense: The Science of Health Trends with Dr. Joe Schwarcz](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/19/books-looks-podcast-separating-sense-from-nonsense-the-science-of-health-trends-with-dr-joe-schwarcz/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Michael West on Heritage, Identity and Finding Your Way Home in "Lost in the Holler"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/18/michael-west-on-heritage-identity-and-finding-your-way-home-in-lost-in-the-holler/): In his debut novel Lost in the Holler, Michael West explores what happens when ambition pulls a man far from his roots. Set between the high-pressure world of New York business and the quiet, insular valley of Gizzard’s Holler in Appalachia, the novel follows RJ Burnette as he returns home to confront family history, buried
- [Sherrie Todd-Beshore](https://booktrib.com/2019/05/24/sherrie/): Sherrie Todd-Beshore Is An Adult Mystery / Suspense Thriller Writer Who After 20 years in journalism writing-to-space and checking facts in 2006, crossed over to fiction full time.
- [From War-Torn Aristocrat to Minnesota Bride: Reclaiming Her Destiny in "The Jilted Countess"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/18/the-jilted-countess-loretta-ellsworth/): Loretta Ellsworth is a former middle school Spanish teacher with an MFA in writing who has received numerous accolades and awards for her imaginative books for children and young adults as well as adult readers. The Jilted Countess is a captivating blend of historical fiction and romance. It was inspired by a true story the
- [Trapped at Sea: Survival and Hard Choices in Will Dean’s "Adrift"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/17/adrift-will-dean/): Life is full of choices. A simple twist of fate can send someone towards a winning lottery ticket or into a life filled with fear, confusion and sadness. Life choices can also be a breeding ground for resilience and determination. In the new novel, Adrift by author Will Dean, Peggy Jenkins and her son Samson, struggle
- [Sparks and Small-Town Swoon in "Maybe This Once"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/13/maybe-this-once-sophie-sullivan/): What happens when the daughter of a legendary rockstar moves in with her uncle at the resort that he lives and works at in a northern Michigan town? And she subsequently meets the - ahem - super gorgeous owner of said resort and develops feelings that she should NOT have? Guess you’ll have to find
- [Your Sign Decides: Find A New Book to Read Based on Your Astrological Sign](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/17/your-sign-decides-find-a-new-book-to-read-based-on-your-astrological-sign/): Today, February 17th, 2026, officially marks the beginning of a new year. No, you are not confused. And no, you did not imagine that Times Square celebration last month. We are talking about the Chinese New Year. 2026 is the year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac. This animal is strong, free-spirited, and well
- [Books That Prove One Small Act of Kindness Can Change Everything](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/18/books-that-prove-one-small-act-of-kindness-can-change-everything/): Every February 17, Random Acts of Kindness Day invites us to believe something deceptively simple: small gestures matter. A compliment. A helping hand. An unexpected second chance. In life, those moments can feel fleeting. In fiction, they often become the hinge on which entire stories turn. A single act of compassion can redirect a lonely
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: How to memorialize the truth when it’s stranger than fiction with Benjamin Hale](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/17/writers-ink-podcast-how-to-memorialize-the-truth-when-its-stranger-than-fiction-with-benjamin-hale/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Patti Smith’s "Bread of Angels" Chronicles a Legendary Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/11/bread-of-angels-patti-smith/): Visual, performing and recording artist, poet, punk priestess, songwriter, and memoirist Patti Smith has written Bread of Angels, her third and possibly most intimate, heart-rending, haunting autobiography. Her seminal, critically acclaimed album Horses debuted 50 years ago and is widely regarded as one of the top 100 recordings by Billboard, Rolling Stone and the Rock
- [Lessons in Growth and Connection: A Q&A with Vince Benevento on "Boys Will Be Men"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/17/lessons-in-growth-and-connection-a-qa-with-vince-benevento-on-boys-will-be-men/): In his insightful and personal new book, Boys Will Be Men, author and therapist Vince Benevento draws on decades of professional experience and his own journey through young adulthood to explore the challenges facing modern men. Blending real-life stories, therapeutic strategies and practical guidance, Benevento offers a compassionate roadmap for growth, connection and accountability. In
- [The True Second Chance Romance: Divorced Characters in Romance Novels](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/16/the-true-second-chance-romance-divorced-characters-in-romance-novels/): Who does the HEA, or happy ever after, in romance novels pertain to? Is it simply for the young and carefree single person, the character who appears on the page with their hearts wide open and ready for love? Or, can it also be for the late-in-life character, who had their hearts once broken before?
- [BookTrib’s Most Anticipated Book-to-Screen Adaptations for 2026](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/11/booktribs-most-anticipated-book-to-screen-adaptations-for-2026/): Oh, we're going to be spoiled rotten this year, judging from this year's book-to-screen adaptations! From Wuthering Heights to Sunrise on the Reaping ...
- [The BookTrib Brief: Heathcliff Was Never the Villain (And Other Valentine’s Day Thoughts)](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/12/the-booktrib-brief-heathcliff-was-never-the-villain-and-other-valentines-day-thoughts/): Dearest reader, Emily Brontë never pretended that love would save anyone. What Wuthering Heights gives us instead is attachment so total it becomes identity — Cathy declaring herself as Heathcliff, Heathcliff mistaking possession for devotion, both unable to survive the distance between desire and reality … With a new film adaptation arriving in time for
- [Books That Prove Galentine’s Day Is the Real Love Story](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/12/books-that-prove-galentines-day-is-the-real-love-story/): Forget Valentine’s Day, with apologies to my husband… this week I’ll be celebrating Galentine’s Day, a portmanteau that sounds a little silly but points to something essential—friends matter! Celebrating platonic love among girlfriends is central to my new novel Clutch, which introduces readers to five women, friends since college, twenty years out, as they’re converging
- [Through Snow and Silence, Love Endures in "Fireflies in Winter"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/12/fireflies-in-winter-eleanor-shearer/): Fireflies in Winter is a vividly realistic historical fiction by the author of River Sing Me Home, Eleanor Shearer. Set in 1796, the story revolves around a young Jamaican Maroon woman named Cora, who is forced to leave her hometown of Trelawny Town because of war and seek refuge in Nova Scotia, Canada. Cora and
- [Montgomery & Taggert’s Romance Revelations](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/09/montgomery-taggerts-romance-revelations/): Step inside Montgomery & Taggert, the independent romance bookstore that’s become a haven for every reader seeking intrigue, desire and a story that will stay with you for eternity.
- [A Thriller That Explores the Dark Side of the Mind](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/11/what-boys-learn-andromeda-romano-lax/): Andromeda Romano-Lax once again holds her reading audience in the palm of her hand with her latest engrossing psychological thriller What Boys Learn. It both enthralls and terrifies with the frightening possibilities of mind manipulation by an expert who subtly controls his vulnerable subjects mesmerizing them to commit unconscionably heinous crimes. Her previous novel The
- [Valentine’s Books to Fall For in 2026](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/11/valentines-books-to-fall-for-in-2026/): February is the month of love, yet with this selection of love-themed books, you’ll find a variety of types – unhinged, unimaginable, unforgettable! Because after all, what’s love without a little bit of drama and dysfunction? These selected books are publishing this year and all feature love in some way. Whether it’s stalking, obsessing, professing,
- [Romance… With a Side of Chaos](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/05/romance-with-a-side-of-chaos/): For readers who savor love stories rooted in years-long friendships, these selections offer the kind of slow-burn romance that unfolds with patience and emotional depth. For those who prefer their love stories with a bolder edge, several of these titles also deliver a satisfying dose of heat. Looking to discover your next romantic read? Explore
- [Lauded Poet Breaks Into Nonfiction With Study of Society’s Complex Relationship With Wolves](https://booktrib.com/2023/12/20/lauded-poet-breaks-into-nonfiction-with-study-of-societys-complex-relationship-with-wolves/): Echo Loba, Loba Echo by Author Sonja Swift. Wolves are an essential component of a healthy ecological system and require active protection for the benefit of our planet.
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Assassination Conspiracy: What Really Happened to Abraham Lincoln](https://booktrib.com/2023/12/20/books-looks-podcast-assassination-conspiracy-what-really-happened-to-abraham-lincoln/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or unknown authors
- [Happiness, Heroism and a Lifetime of Wisdom Shared in Letters From Father to Children](https://booktrib.com/2023/12/19/happiness-and-heroism-y-p-r/): Happiness and Heroism by Author Y.P.R. Amidst an era plagued by toxicity and the pervasive influence of negativity, “Happiness and Heroism” is nothing short of a guiding light.
- [Divorcee Speaks Out About Marriage Trauma in "They Get Your Highs (I Get Your Lows)"](https://booktrib.com/2021/05/12/divorcee-speaks-out-about-marriage-trauma-in-they-get-your-highs-i-get-your-lows/): Book Review - "They Get Your Highs (I Get Your lows)". In her enlightening and harrowing memoir, They Get Your Highs (I Get Your Lows): A Story of Survival and New Hopes, Knight gives us a caretaker’s-eye view of her struggle
- [Author’s Story of Childhood Amid Narcissistic Abuse Guides Readers Through Healing](https://booktrib.com/2023/12/14/authors-story-of-childhood-amid-narcissistic-abuse-guides-readers-through-healing/): “I’ve been in recovery from narcissistic abuse for the past 12 years and am now ready to share my story.” Is it possible for a parent to view his or her child’s independence as a threat? It’s one of the primary symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, found in 1 out of 200 people. Unfortunately for
- [Thoughts, Insights and Meditations on the World’s No. 1 Bestseller, The Bible](https://booktrib.com/2023/12/12/the-divinely-sinful-saints-itotko/): Scholars have been interpreting the words of the Bible for millennia. The oldest known manuscripts of the Bible date to the 4th Century C.E., but the oldest sources of its contents are thousands of years older. The Book of Genesis, for example, contains traces of ancient creation stories. Today’s Protestant Bible has 66 books. The
- ["High Flight": A Life Lived at Altitude, Anchored in Faith](https://booktrib.com/2025/08/28/high-flight-a-life-lived-at-altitude-anchored-in-faith/): From the roar of an F-15 slicing the sky at supersonic speed to the hushed stillness of a fog-covered runway, few lives have been lived at such altitude and with such depth as the one captured in High Flight In this Q&A, author Richard Hess takes us beyond the cockpit to share not just the
- [5 Unforgettable Tales of Airborne Bravery and Resilience](https://booktrib.com/2025/07/31/5-unforgettable-tales-of-airborne-bravery-and-resilience/): Military life rarely unfolds in straight lines. It twists through unexpected missions and personal trials where a single decision can alter the course of a career — or a life. These five books plunge you into the heart of airborne and aviation service, where split‑second decisions can determine survival and courage is forged under fire.
- [From War Zone to Classroom: Pilot's Firsthand Account of Life in the Cockpit](https://booktrib.com/2025/07/17/high-flight-richard-hess/): Thanks to their miles-high vantage point, aviators develop an outsider’s perspective of life on the ground, like the Apollo 17 astronauts who saw the earth looking like a “blue marble.” In his memoir, former U.S. Air Force and airline pilot Richard Hess takes the broad view. High Flight: A Pilot’s Journey Through Life is an
- [Mother and Daughter Battle the Odds in "Freefall"](https://booktrib.com/2019/01/08/mother-and-daughter-battle-the-odds-in-jessica-barrys-freefall/): In Freefall, Ally Carpenter is the only survivor of a private plane crash, but it is the very dark secret she carries that scares her the most.
- [Crash Course: 7 Books About Aviation Disasters](https://booktrib.com/2020/12/07/rough-take-offs-and-crash-landings-7-books-about-aviation-disasters/): Crash Course: 7 Books About Aviation Disasters
- [New Giveaways and Stories from Four AuthorBuzz Authors](https://booktrib.com/2017/03/07/authorbuzz-authors-giveaways-stories/): See what this week’s AuthorBuzz authors have to say! In each note you’ll receive invitations to join contests, get free books, and more.
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Soaring High, Falling Hard: The R101 Airship's Ill-Fated Journey with S.C. Gwynne](https://booktrib.com/2023/12/13/books-looks-podcast-soaring-high-falling-hard-the-r101-airships-ill-fated-journey-with-s-c-gwynne/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or unknown authors
- [Reflective & Informative Journey Toward Healthy Agile Coaching Relationships](https://booktrib.com/2023/12/08/the-dark-side-of-agile-coaching-unmasking-the-codependent-coach-angela-doyle/): On the surface, the idea of business and organizational agility management practices — centered around empowering teams to experiment, collaborate and adapt in a dynamic world — seems like a can’t-miss initiative for any corporation. It’s validated by the fact that more than 25,000 agile coaches exist in the United States alone to help guide
- [Silence Is Not Golden — At Least When It Comes to Book Clubs](https://booktrib.com/2023/12/12/silence-is-not-golden-at-least-when-it-comes-to-book-clubs/): The hottest new trend in book clubs is the Silent Book Club, where people can all show up in the same place and read whatever they want. No talking. Just reading. There are currently 525 chapters globally. These “introvert happy hours,” as they bill themselves, have seen 75 percent growth this year alone. In some
- ["Always Together at Christmas" is an Uplifting Tale for This Holiday Season](https://booktrib.com/2020/11/26/always-together-at-christmas-is-an-uplifting-tale-for-this-holiday-season/): How will families spend the holidays this year? What about Santa? Does he leave presents out on the sidewalk, or does he wear a mask? Inspired by the ways her own family and friends are coming together – while staying apart – during the pandemic, author Sara Sargent has penned a timely picture book bringing
- [This Charming Christmas Tale Reveals the Origins of Santa's Legendary Reindeer](https://booktrib.com/2021/12/07/this-charming-christmas-tale-reveals-the-origins-of-santas-legendary-reindeer/): Book Review - "Reindeer Training" by Diane Bostick. This two-in-one storybook unveils the origin story of everyone’s favorite team of reindeer, and how Santa made them into the elite unit that they’re known for today!
- [A Reimagining of the Classic Carol Just in Time for the Christmas Season](https://booktrib.com/2021/11/26/a-reimagining-of-the-classic-carol-just-in-time-for-the-christmas-season/): Book Review - "The Twelve Days of Christmas" by Debbie Curtin. When it comes to Christmas carols, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone unfamiliar with The Twelve Days of Christmas.
- [7 Holiday Children’s Books Perfect for Last-Minute Gifting](https://booktrib.com/2024/12/19/7-holiday-childrens-books-perfect-for-last-minute-gifting/): Parents everywhere know — it’s holiday crunch time. It’s not easy balancing all the shopping, cooking and decorating, all while your kids grow more and more antsy in anticipation. And when things are as hectic as this, it can be hard to feel like you’ve picked up enough gifts to make your child’s holiday truly
- [A Christmas Eve Trek Through the S’moresville Forest Transforms Into a Lesson About Faith](https://booktrib.com/2023/12/06/a-christmas-eve-trek-through-the-smoresville-forest-transforms-into-a-lesson-about-faith/): Tis the season for Christmas-themed children’s books! If you’re looking to incorporate some holiday cheer into your kids’ bedtime stories, look no further than Strawberryhead and Gingerbread: Lost on Christmas Eve by KF Wheatie and KM Wheatie (Strawberryhead and Gingerbread Press). In this latest installment of the Strawberryhead and Gingerbread series, our two protagonists find
- [Kevin Tumlinson](https://booktrib.com/2019/07/08/kevin-tumlinson-2/): Kevin Tumlinson is an award-winning and bestselling thriller author with books available in hundreds of countries worldwide.
- [Hilderbrand's Historical Fiction "Summer of '69" Makes a Splash](https://booktrib.com/2019/07/02/hilderbrands-debut-historical-fiction-summer-of-69-makes-a-splash/): Elin Hilderbrand, known for portraying atmospheric Nantucket Island romances, now focuses on a family drama as tensions of the war period rise socially and emotionally in her debut historical fiction Summer of '69.
- [What Could Possibly Happen in 100 Days?](https://booktrib.com/2019/07/03/what-could-possibly-happen-in-100-days/): In Harlan Lebo's book, 100 Days: How Four Events in 1969 Shaped America, He focuses on 100 days of one of the most tumultuous years of American history.
- [A Timely Thriller from the Masterful Cristina Alger](https://booktrib.com/2019/07/02/a-timely-thriller-from-the-masterful-cristina-alger/): In Cristina Alger’s Girls Like Us (G.P. Putnam’s Sons), FBI agent Nell Flynn returns to her hometown in Long Island, NY, to settle the estate of her homicide detective father.
- [Lukas Konandreas](https://booktrib.com/2019/07/02/lukas-konandreas/): True Crime, Domestic Abuse, and Nonfiction Writer, Lukas Konandreas, is the Author of Better Dead than Divorced.
- [Magic, Secrets and Dark Academia Collide in Debbie Cassidy’s Wicked Onyx](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/10/magic-secrets-and-dark-academia-collide-in-debbie-cassidys-wicked-onyx/): Wicked Onyx by Debbie Cassidy blends dark academia and fantasy in a tale of a cursed bloodline, a deadly magical academy, and a daring quest for truth.
- [Hamish Macbeth Investigates a Bloody Valentine’s Day Wedding in “Death of a Groom”](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/10/death-of-a-groom-mc-beaton/): In MC Beaton’s latest Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth mystery, Death of a Groom, the mystery not only involves who is the killer and how it was accomplished, but which groom becomes the victim. In a twist that strikes from the first page, there are two actual grooms in the book. The first is a man
- [Madeline Taylor Debuts Sizzling Dark Romantasy, "Heir of Illusion"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/10/heir-of-illusion-madeline-taylor/): “She is not the pet they tamed. She is the beast they let inside.” Madeline Taylor’s Heir of Illusion is a heart-pounding new dark romantasy novel that will leave you more than a little breathless. Hot on the heels of its success in the self-publishing market, Heir of Illusion receives the traditional treatment in a stunning
- [A Candid Conversation with Gretel Timan About Survival and Self-Discovery](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/10/a-candid-conversation-with-gretel-timan-about-survival-and-self-discovery/): In A World Gone Mad, author Gretel Timan turns years of silence into a powerful act of truth-telling, recounting her childhood under dictatorship and the inner world that helped her survive it. In this candid conversation, Gretel Timan reflects on the long road to sharing her story, the healing power of imagination and friendship and
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: The Writers, Ink. Live Episode!](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/10/writers-ink-podcast-the-writers-ink-live-episode/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [6 Thrillers Where Beautiful People Make Bad Decisions](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/09/6-thrillers-where-beautiful-people-make-bad-decisions/): Money buys silence. Status buys patience … And reputation? Well, that buys second chances. The following novels understand this all too well, and dismantle the privileged systems without mercy. Set among rehab centers built to protect the famous, towns that quietly adjusted to old crimes and communities governed by image and inheritance, these stories aren’t
- [Your V-Day Plans Reveal Your Next Must-Read](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/09/your-v-day-plans-reveal-your-next-must-read/): How are you celebrating — or dodging — Valentine’s Day this year? Planning an over-the-top romantic date? Cozying up with Ben & Jerry’s on the couch? Hoping tonight ends with a ring? Keeping things strictly Galentine’s? Whatever your Valentine’s vibe, there’s a perfect book recommendation (or three) waiting for you. Happy reading! Looking for
- [Where Owls Become Neighbors and Nature Becomes Home](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/05/the-company-of-owls-polly-atkin/): In The Company of Owls, Polly Atkin’s devotion to her own tawny owls glows like the auroras she enjoys during her evening walks to visit her owl neighbors. We begin our journey in the night time, a moment when the hooting of owls interrupts sleep. Her first relationship with the owls was only by sound,
- [Stories of Weather, Warnings and the Cost of Waiting](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/05/stories-of-weather-warnings-and-the-cost-of-waiting/): National Weatherperson’s Day honors the science, skill and judgment behind forecasts designed to keep us safe. But history — and fiction — are full of moments when the warning was issued, the data was sound, and the danger still went unheeded. Not because people didn’t hear it, but because the threat felt abstract, manageable or
- [Game On: 5 Football Romances That'll Hit Harder Than the Super Bowl](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/06/game-on-5-football-romances-thatll-hit-harder-than-the-super-bowl/): The snacks are fire, the commercials are iconic, the halftime show slays … but let's be real: sometimes the real thrill isn't on the field. It's in the stories where sweat-soaked egos collide with raw longing, where the playbook gets thrown out the window for one electric glance and love becomes the ultimate high-stakes play.
- [Letting Dreams Soar: How Travel Changed My Life](https://booktrib.com/2016/12/06/how-travel-changed-my-life/): Traveling has given me the confidence and ability to excel. Travel allows me to focus on every aspect of life that truly matters to me.
- [The Inspiration Behind Brae's “Eight Goodbyes”](https://booktrib.com/2018/09/05/what-inspired-christine-brae-to-write-eight-goodbyes/): Christine Brae's stories have always been spurred by actual events. Eight Goodbyes is no different. It is built on a chance encounter.
- [6 Thrillers, Simone de Beauvoir's Lost Manuscript and Astrological Book Recs](https://booktrib.com/2020/05/01/6-thrillers-plus-john-sandfords-newest-prey-simone-de-beauvoirs-lost-manuscript-and-astrological-book-recs/): BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our BookTrib editors artfully curate book stories that we hope you like.
- [Art Imitates Life: D.A. Galloway Explains The Path That Brought Him to Yellowstone](https://booktrib.com/2021/11/22/art-imitates-life-d-a-galloway-explains-the-path-that-brought-him-to-yellowstone/): Art Imitates Life: D.A. Galloway Explains The Path That Brought Him to Yellowstone
- [7 Novels Set in America’s National Parks](https://booktrib.com/2021/12/14/7-novels-set-in-americas-national-parks/): 7 Novels Set in America’s National Parks
- [Foodies Rejoice For Lonely Planet's "Ultimate Eats"](https://booktrib.com/2018/08/17/ultimate-eats-lonely-planet/): Ultimate Eats: The World’s Top 500 Food Experiences...Ranked travels the world to present the definitive foodie bucket-list.
- [Going South: 3 Books That Explore Life Below the Mason-Dixon Line](https://booktrib.com/2015/11/13/going-south-3-books-that-explore-life-below-the-mason-dixon-line/): “The South is a strange place, one that can’t be fit inside a movie, a place that dares you to simplify it, like a prime number, like a Bible story, like my father.” For our latest round of Shelfie picks, we return to our friends at Square Books, located in the historic town square of
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Racing the Clock and Each Other: The Globe Trotting Journalists Who Defied an Era](https://booktrib.com/2023/10/04/books-looks-podcast-racing-the-clock-and-each-other-the-globe-trotting-journalists-who-defied-an-era/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or unknown authors
- [World-Traveling Couple Introduces Readers to Incredible People From Around the Globe](https://booktrib.com/2024/04/02/world-traveling-couple-introduces-readers-to-incredible-people-from-around-the-globe/): Eternally curious and dogged in their pursuit, married travelers Scott and Tarantino know how to track down a good story, and not just any story. In fact, their book Looking For Legends, comes with a bold itinerary before you even get past the cover.
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Last of Their Kind, 10 Cultural Traditions About to Vanish](https://booktrib.com/2025/01/29/books-and-looks-podcast-custodians-of-wonder-eliot-stein/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors.
- [Sue Nelson](https://booktrib.com/2019/02/25/sue-nelson/): Sue Nelson is a multi award-winning British science journalist specializing in space. More recently she achieved a personal ambition by floating like an astronaut onboard a Zero G flight.
- [An Unlikely Questing Party Looks Death in the Eye in High Fantasy Adventure](https://booktrib.com/2022/11/04/an-unlikely-questing-party-looks-death-in-the-eye-in-this-high-fantasy-adventure/): This is particularly true when it comes to books — especially fantasy, however any real fantasy reader knows that one of the greatest struggles of being a fan of the genre is plowing through these new releases too quickly. Having to deal with the wait between series entries can feel like an eternity, and often
- [An Unconventional Ride: 8 Daring Novels of Train Travel](https://booktrib.com/2022/01/31/an-unconventional-ride-8-daring-novels-of-train-travel/): An Unconventional Ride: 8 Daring Novels of Train Travel
- ["Travelers in the Third Reich:" Tapestry of Views](https://booktrib.com/2018/08/29/travelers-in-the-third-reich-personal-accounts-on-the-rise-of-inhumane-acts/): Travelers in the the Third Reich viscerally recounts a period of history we can only now look back on with shame and horror.
- [The Books We're Crazy about on National Book Lovers Day!](https://booktrib.com/2016/08/09/the-books-were-crazy-about-on-national-book-lovers-day/): It's National Book Lovers Day and as you would expect, we're pretty flipping happy here at BookTrib! It's basically our holiday. So while you're sitting at your desk, up to your ears in work, we've decided to take the day and just -- read. Curious about what we're reading? We've compiled a list just for
- ["Eating to Extinction" Proves the Necessity of More Efforts to Conserve Cultural Cuisines](https://booktrib.com/2022/02/09/eating-to-extinction-proves-the-necessity-of-more-efforts-to-conserve-cultural-cuisines/): “Eating to Extinction” Proves the Necessity of More Efforts to Conserve Cultural Cuisines
- [Embark on a Global Culinary Adventure Exploring Food Sources and Sustainability](https://booktrib.com/2023/03/31/from-scratch-david-and-jon-moscow/): Co-authors David Moscow and his father Jon Moscow honor the food growers, harvesters, hunters, cooks and chefs who daily feed the inhabitants of our planet Earth with FROM SCRATCH.
- [“Outlander” Stars Heughan and McTavish Storm the Scottish Highlands in Kilts](https://booktrib.com/2020/11/13/outlander-stars-heughan-and-mctavish-storm-the-scottish-highlands-in-kilts/): Book Review: "Clanlands" By Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish. There is something incredibly sexy about men in kilts, especially if they are Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish. The cheeky cover of their new travelogue, Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Has Tourism Changed Forever? With Paige McClanahan](https://booktrib.com/2024/08/08/books-and-looks-podcast-has-tourism-changed-forever-with-paige-mcclanahan/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [The Bright Side to Voluntourism](https://booktrib.com/2019/06/24/the-bright-side-to-voluntourism/): In Travel with Purpose, author Jeff Blumenfeld throws all those preconceived notions about voluntourism out the window and instead focuses on the good it can do.
- [Guide Through México’s Wine Country, the World’s Best Kept Secret](https://booktrib.com/2025/02/07/exploring-wine-regions-mexico-michael-higgins/): Michael C. Higgins, PhD, invites readers to embark on an exciting journey through the heart of México’s wine regions in Exploring Wine Regions — México: México’s Quality Wines and Phenomenal Cuisine.
- [Books to Take You to Tokyo and Beyond, Ava Gardner's Many Loves and Gatsby Lived Where?](https://booktrib.com/2020/06/12/books-to-take-you-to-tokyo-and-beyond-ava-gardners-many-loves-and-gatsby-lived-where/): BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our editors take a pulse on what’s happening in the book world and hand pick stories, tidbits and reviews you may have missed.
- [9 Time Travel Romances to Cure Your “Outlander” Hangover](https://booktrib.com/2025/01/08/9-time-travel-romances-to-cure-your-outlander-hangover/): I scoured the internet and found 9 swoon-worthy timeslip romances to help fill that Outlander-sized hole.
- [Everything You Need to Know Before Reading Diana Gabaldon's Ninth Outlander Novel](https://booktrib.com/2021/11/22/everything-you-need-to-know-before-reading-diana-gabaldons-ninth-outlander-novel/): Book Review - "Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone" by Diana Gabaldon. Each of the eight previous Outlander novels exceeds a thousand pages, and it would take me as long to explain the bewitching details of the series.
- [Casey McQuiston's Queer Rom-Com "One Last Stop" Takes a Time-Traveling Twist](https://booktrib.com/2021/06/02/casey-mcquistons-queer-rom-com-one-last-stop-takes-a-time-traveling-twist/): Book Review - "One Last Stop" by Casey McQuiston. New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston, presents her reader with a classic problem in One Last Stop
- [Time Travel and Romance Collide in Alexandra Bracken's 'Passenger' Series](https://booktrib.com/2017/01/05/time-travel-and-romance-collide-in-alexandra-brackens-passenger-series/): Ever since I read Caroline B. Cooney’s Both Sides of Time as a preteen, I’ve been hooked on time travel stories. Over the years, I’ve devoured any time travel book that I can, especially ones involving romances that exist out of space and time. And there have been a lot of good ones: Outlander, The
- ["The Ministry of Time" is GMA's May Book Club Pick, Soon Headed for TV Adaptation](https://booktrib.com/2024/05/17/the-ministry-of-time-kaliane-bradley/): The Ministry of Time (Avid Reader Press) has been named one of the most-anticipated debuts this spring. It garnered numerous glowing reviews from major publications, sold adaptation rights to A24 and BBC pre-publication, and has been named Good Morning America’s May book club pick. Bestselling romance author, Emily Henry, calls it “electric, charming, whimsical, and
- [Celebrating Books That Have Cultivated, Challenged and Revitalized a Love of Reading](https://booktrib.com/2021/08/09/celebrating-the-books-that-have-cultivated-challenged-and-revitalized-a-love-of-reading/): Celebrating Books That Have Cultivated, Challenged and Revitalized a Love of Reading
- [DJ Lynn Ran From Her Demons and Ran Into Renewal](https://booktrib.com/2021/11/22/dj-lynn-ran-from-her-demons-and-ran-into-renewal/): DJ Lynn Ran From Her Demons and Ran Into Renewal
- [Mother-Son 12,000-Mile Road Trip Shows the Journey Always Exceeds the Destination](https://booktrib.com/2021/11/09/mother-son-12000-mile-road-trip-shows-the-journey-always-exceeds-the-destination/): It’s 1995, and Debbi Lynn is taking a cross-country road trip with her son, Steve. While she travels with a cell phone, it is long before the time of Google Maps and “find rest stops near me.” When she tells people about her plans to travel the country with only the company of a preteen, she
- [Top 5 summer honeymoon locales for book lovers](https://booktrib.com/2015/06/09/top-5-summer-honeymoon-locales-for-book-lovers/): Just call us the wedding destination for book lovers. We had you covered with literary wedding ideas, wedding cakes and wedding dresses. Now we have the ultimate suggestion--fabulous honeymoon destinations for book lovers! We know that you chose a squeeze who loves to read as much as you do. So here are five locations for
- [Glimpse the National Parks as You’ve Never Seen Them in 3D Photo Collection](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/05/3d-national-parks-david-a-bossert/): In David A. Bossert’s coffee-table-sized stereoscopic photography book, 3D National Parks (The Old Mill Press), he uses the subhead “Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before.” Let’s qualify that a bit. Even though visitation to our national parks has been steadily growing every year, there remain millions of Americans who, for one reason or another, have
- [Ed Hajim Discusses His Secrets to Success While "On the Road Less Traveled"](https://booktrib.com/2021/03/22/ed-hajim-discusses-his-secrets-to-success-while-on-the-road-less-traveled/): Ed Hajim Discusses His Secrets to Success While “On the Road Less Traveled”
- [Diverse Lives of Circus Performers Blur the Lines of Reality & Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2023/01/26/circus-home-jason-ollander-krane/): In his debut novel Circus Home: A Novel of Life, Love and New Jersey, Jason Ollander-Krane takes readers back in time to witness the lives of a variety of circus and carnival performers.
- [Going Greener This Earth Day](https://booktrib.com/2021/04/22/going-greener-this-earth-day/): Going Greener This Earth Day
- [George R. R. Martin On His Three Favorite Books](https://booktrib.com/2018/11/30/george-r-r-martin-on-his-three-favorite-books/): Ever wonder what books your favorite authors are reading? George R. R. Martin shares three of his favorites.
- [A Family's Journey to Enlightenment in India and Nepal](https://booktrib.com/2019/04/02/the-buddha-sat-right-here-a-familys-journey-enlightenment/): "The Buddha Sat Right Here" marks a family's odyssey through India and Nepal with their growth together and personally.
- [Tall Poppy Review: Capturing a Time, an Emotion, and Your Attention](https://booktrib.com/2021/07/22/three-words-for-goodbye-captures-a-time-an-emotion-and-your-attention/): Book Review - “Three Words for Goodbye” by Heather Webb and Hazel Gaynor. Three Words for Goodbye (William Morrow Paperbacks) by Heather Webb and Hazel Gaynor takes us there: Inside the cultural and class norms
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Untamed America: Rediscovering Our Wild Heritage With Ruby McConnell](https://booktrib.com/2024/03/13/books-looks-podcast-untamed-america-rediscovering-our-wild-heritage-with-ruby-mcconnell/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or
- [“You Only Get One Shot” at Life, Says 9/11 Fire Captain and Cross-Country Cyclist](https://booktrib.com/2025/01/06/you-only-get-one-shot-at-life-says-9-11-fire-captain-and-cross-country-cyclist/): As Joe Matthews notes in his inspirational story Cycling for a Cause, “Life is not a dress rehearsal. You only get one shot at it, so why not try and make it count.” Matthews made his life count by cycling across the country and raising funds for those affected by the invasion of Ukraine —
- [9/11 Firefighter Makes a Difference by Cycling Across America](https://booktrib.com/2024/12/16/cycling-for-a-cause-joe-matthews/): In Cycling for a Cause, Joe Matthews lets us feel the rhythm of the ride.
- [Nine Novels That Will Take You on a Trip Around the World](https://booktrib.com/2021/07/08/nine-novels-that-will-take-you-on-a-trip-around-the-world/): Nine Novels That Will Take You on a Trip Around the World
- [BookTrib Interview with Rick Steves on Transformational Travel and Global Perception](https://booktrib.com/2018/03/13/rick-steves-travel-perception/): BookTrib talks with travel and guidebook author Rick Steves about his book 'Travel as a Political Act', the importance of having a global perspective, and how the world has changed for travelers.
- [Globe-Trotting Memoir Recounts Woman's Path to Becoming a "Traveler Between Worlds"](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/14/traveler-between-worlds-jo-patti-munisteri/): “There is a threshold which most do not see nor cross during their life on Earth ... We are able to travel between portals of space and time. Between worlds.” When Jo Patti Munisteri is offered a paper “with colored spots like dot candy” by her friend Meg in college, Jo takes the drug and
- [Delightful and Insightful Travel Guide to the World of California Wine](https://booktrib.com/2023/11/17/exploring-wine-regions-california-central-coast-michael-c-higgins/): Whether you’re a casual wine drinker with a thirst for learning more or on your way to becoming a full-fledged sommelier, Michael C. Higgins has produced the quintessential tome for traveling wine country along California’s central coast. Exploring Wine Regions: The Central Coast of California is the third in Higgins’ acclaimed series featuring some of
- [Connect With Sara Wiseman's "Messages from the Divine"](https://booktrib.com/2018/05/21/booktrib-interview-sara-wiseman-messages-divine/): BookTrib got to chat with spiritual teacher and author Sara Wiseman about her new book "Messages from the Divine," how she found her own spiritual path, and the one lesson that everyone should know.
- [Bad Bunny Ushers In a Cultural Phenomenon](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/06/bad-bunny-ushers-in-a-cultural-phenomenon/): William Shakespeare said it best. All the world’s a stage. Witnessing Benito “Bad Bunny” Ocasio’s wins at the 68th Annual Grammys on Sunday, February 1st, I proudly noted that this stage represents everything I want to be a part of. It’s a stage where a Puerto Rican musician can win Album of the Year for
- [Julia Quinn Spills the Tea on Bridgerton Season 4 – Plus a Subscription Box](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/27/julia-quinn-spills-the-tea-on-bridgerton-season-4-plus-a-subscription-box/): Sex, romance and class conflict spice up the latest season of the Netflix smash. Greetings from the Bridgerverse, where anticipation for Bridgerton Season 4 is reaching a fever pitch as the first four episodes drop today. So far in everyone’s favorite Regency romance series, we have been thrilled by the exploits of a sexy duke
- [BookTrib is Turning Up the Fun with a Fabulous February!](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/05/booktrib-is-turning-up-the-fun-with-a-fabulous-february/): What the book world is shouting about!
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Reading the Warning Signs](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/03/booktribs-bites-reading-the-warning-signs/)
- [Ratings, Revenue and Relentless Power: Inside the NFL’s Path to Total Dominance](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/30/ratings-revenue-and-relentless-power-inside-the-nfls-path-to-total-dominance/): Sports fans have more choices than ever to watch sports. But no matter how many leagues are created or other sports that take massive leaps forward in popularity, in America, the NFL reigns supreme as the most dominant sports organization. Via the Hollywood Reporter, NFL ratings continue to remain high as Amazon, CBS, ESPN, Fox
- [The True Story of Nazi Germany’s Secret Resistance and Its Deadly Infiltration](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/04/the-traitors-circle-jonathan-freedland/): Jonathan Freedman has written a thought-provoking, heart-breaking work of non-fiction in The Traitor’s Circle subtitled The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany and the Spy Who Betrayed Them. Among his previous works is the award-winning true story The Escape Artist: The Man who Broke out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
- [This Black History Month, Read with Range and Intention](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/04/this-black-history-month-read-with-range-and-intention/): Black History Month exists to create space — for remembrance, interrogation and attention. It asks readers to engage not with a single narrative, but with a body of work shaped across centuries, geographies and genres. Too often, that engagement narrows rather than widens, circling the same texts and themes until Black history feels fixed instead
- [Fresh Faces and Legendary Detectives Collide in Jon Land's Latest Thrill List](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/04/fresh-faces-and-legendary-detectives-collide-in-jon-lands-latest-thrill-list/)
- [Safe Harbors: 6 Books That Explore Second Chances](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/27/safe-harbors-6-books-that-explore-second-chances/): These six novels delve into the complexities of the human heart, exploring love, loss and the transformative power of redemption. From haunting journeys of trauma and healing to moral dilemmas, unforgettable friendships and the weight of memory, each story invites readers into richly drawn worlds where courage, faith and the struggle to overcome past wounds
- [The Life and Legacy of Abstract Expressionist Barnett Newman](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/30/barnett-newman-here-amy-newman/): Art historian, journalist and author Amy Newman (no relation to her subject) has written the definitive biography Barnett Newman: Here, about one of the founding members of the Abstract Expressionist movement. Newman sometimes referred to their works as “Abstract Sublime”. Beginning in the early 1940’s, these artists primarily based in New York City and only
- [When Forgiveness Fails, Vengeance Thrives in Caroline Glenn’s "Cruelty Free"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/03/cruelty-free-caroline-glenn/): That uniquely magical moment when a novel knocks you flat and makes you ask, “Did that really just happen?” The joy of reading a passage multiple times to revisit the delightful insanity that liberates the reader from their reality. In Cruelty Free, author Caroline Glenn delivers a number of these moments in a playfully sinister
- [Astrology Beyond Prediction: An Embodiment Forecast for 2026](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/02/astrology-beyond-prediction-an-embodiment-forecast-for-2026/): Here's the thing about most astrology forecasts: they're not wrong. The information is usually accurate. But accuracy isn't the same as usefulness, and that's where a lot of astrologers miss the mark. Because what good is knowing that Saturn is doing this or Neptune is doing that if it just makes you more anxious? If
- [The Power of Stories About the Wrongly Accused](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/02/the-power-of-stories-about-the-wrongly-accused/): I’ve been reading crime fiction and true crime since adolescence, like many readers, maybe especially women. But until last year, I’d never written a crime novel. The Birdwatcher is about the trial of a very unusual young woman accused of a very unusual double murder, and about a lifelong friendship against terrible odds. It got
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: If you’re not using Scrivener, you’re doing it all wrong](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/03/writers-ink-podcast-if-youre-not-using-scrivener-youre-doing-it-all-wrong/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [The Antidote to Endless Scrolling](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/31/the-antidote-to-endless-scrolling/): This week's new releases invite readers into worlds both familiar and strange, where ambition, desire and secrets intertwine in the lives of unforgettable characters. From the quiet obsessions of a bystander holding the truth of a sensational trial to the divided life of a mother whose fame casts long shadows, these novels explore the fragile,
- [This Week’s Must-Reads](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/15/this-weeks-must-reads/): From high-stakes mysteries on a luxurious superyacht and the jazz-filled streets of 1920s Harlem, to conspiracies threatening American democracy and a romantic comedy set in the skies, these new releases offer something for every reader. Buckle up! Each book will sweep you into a world you won’t want to leave.
- [Aunt Libra Holiday Edition: A Kalamity of Kringles](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/16/aunt-libra-holiday-edition-a-kalamity-of-kringles/): Darlings! The world is getting absolutely holly jolly. Rather than fretting about having to endure another episode of Uncles Webster and Oxford launching ad homonym attacks over holiday dinner, I’m greeting the winter season with joy. And why not? The festivals abound: Bodhi Day! St. Lucy’s Day! Hanukkah! Yule! Dongzhi! Los Posadas! Christmas! Kwanzaa! Boxing
- [Inconceivable! The Literary Legacy of The Princess Bride](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/22/inconceivable-the-literary-legacy-of-the-princess-bride/): Good writing can take us to places we’ve never considered. Great writing becomes part of our cultural DNA. One of the most beloved novel-to-movie adaptations of all time, The Princess Bride, is just such a piece of writing. In the hands of the late, great director Rob Reiner it has become a literary touchstone, and
- [Do Not Pass Go: What Your Favorite Tabletop Games Says About You as a Reader](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/22/do-not-pass-go-what-your-favorite-tabletop-games-says-about-you-as-a-reader/): Family Game Night says more about your reading preferences than your Zodiac sign. Whether you’re gathered with the littles to play endless rounds of Candy Land or Chutes and Ladders, or you're in the fourth hour of a ruthless Monopoly standoff, your favorite board games are a great predictor of your reading personality and what
- [Training for the Patriot Games? 7 YA Dystopian Novels Where Athleticism Becomes Power](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/26/training-for-the-patriot-games-7-ya-dystopian-novels-where-athleticism-becomes-power/): When President Donald Trump announced the “Patriot Games,” an athletic competition bringing one young man and one young woman from every state and territory to Washington, D.C., a lot of people felt a strange kind of déjà vu. Not concern, exactly. More like recognition. YA dystopian fiction has been exploring this territory for years. The
- [Aunt Libra Goes Clubbing](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/30/aunt-libra-goes-clubbing/): Darlings! Did all of my three-dimensional dear ones have a Happy New Year? I certainly hope so! I for one had quite the New Years Eve. Lovebirds Nick Carroway and Jay Gatsby’s mansion is THE place to be as the year turns. Champagne, fireworks, endless dancing, canoodling and that bonfire on the beach as we
- [When Women Start Over, Everything Changes](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/28/when-women-start-over-everything-changes/): This month in BookTrib, we are celebrating women’s fiction books featuring characters who take brave leaps of faith to start over and forge new paths in their lives.
- ["The Seven Daughters of Dupree" Weaves a Haunting Tapestry of Black Womanhood](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/29/the-seven-daughters-of-dupree-nikesha-elise-williams/): Nikesha Elise Williams starts the prologue of The Seven Daughters of Dupree with a sentence so horrible readers will hope it’s a metaphor for something less unthinkable. And then, as though taking the hand of a reluctant child, Williams pulls her readers into the first chapter – and into a hair salon where we meet
- [A Glamorous Facade Cracks in Alyssa Sheinmel’s Chilling Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/20/such-sheltered-lives-alyssa-sheinmel/): It’s not true that painkillers eliminate pain. They only make it seem far away, as if it’s happening to someone else and you have no choice but to watch. Three intricately woven stories of addiction, resentment, and deceit converge at an exclusive rehabilitation facility for the rich and famous. The mysterious death of a patient
- [Behind the Perfect Porches, Something Deadly Lurks in "All the Little Houses"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/20/all-the-little-houses-may-cobb/): This is the first May Cobb book I’ve read, but it sure won’t be the last - I’m hooked! Cobb has received tremendous acclaim for her deliciously twisty best-selling domestic thrillers in the past such as The Hunting Wives which also went on to be a hit TV series on Netflix. And she really hits
- [Ashley Winstead’s "The Future Saints" Hits an Emotional High Note](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/22/the-future-saints-ashley-winstead/): The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead is an ambitious novel, expansive in its concerns: sisterhood and family, the highs and lows of the music industry and the long-term consequences of mental illness and addiction. The novel is at its strongest in its close attention to daily interactions—among the band members themselves and with the record
- [Freida McFadden’s "Dear Debbie" Is a Sinister Delight](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/27/dear-debbie-freida-mcfadden/): Freida McFadden’s latest psychological thriller is fiendishly clever and gripping in its narrative, revolving around Debbie Mullen and her family. Debbie is an advice columnist for the local newspaper, where she regularly offers advice for stressed wives and mothers. She may need some advice on her domestic situation, as her home is filled with secrets
- [Kat Devereaux Brings Italy’s Forgotten Resistance to Life in "Daughter of Genoa"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/28/daughter-of-genoa-kat-devereaux/): “He who saves a single life saves the entire world” – The Talmud Author Kat Devereaux has written an impressive second work of historical fiction with Daughter of Genoa. The plot centers on protagonist Anna Levi Pastorino, a half-Jewish widow whose existence in Genoa in 1944 is precarious. Believing blame and lies about their daughter-in-law,
- [Secrets Don’t Stay Buried in "Lost Girls of Hollow Lake"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/27/lost-girls-of-hollow-lake-rebekah-faubion/): Queer author Rebekah Faubion delivers a captivating and haunting Young Adult horror/thriller with a paranormal twist. Lost Girls of Hollow Lake revolves around a group of high school teenage girls who vanished on a mysterious island while on a school trip. During an Environmental Science trip to Hollow Lake National Park, Evie Williams and seven
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Navigating the Unfamiliar—and Learning the Way Forward](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/29/booktribs-bites-navigating-the-unfamiliar-and-learning-the-way-forward/)
- [Monster Slayers on a Collision Course With Destiny in "Curse of the Dragon King"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/28/curse-of-the-dragon-king-lyn-south-michael-anderle/): Monster-hunting is business-as-usual for the Fairborne daughters. The new fantasy Curse of the Dragon King, by Lyn South and Michael Anderle, draws you in from the start. Lush descriptions on page one — a lakeside wood grove of ancient trees, velvety green moss and air that smells of damp earth and old magic —give way
- [6 Audiobooks Where Friendship, Betrayal and Disappearances Collide](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/28/6-audiobooks-where-friendship-betrayal-and-disappearances-collide/): Some friendships hide more than shared laughter — they hide secrets, betrayals and sometimes the faint echo of someone who never came back. From disappearances that ripple across decades to lies that quietly destroy trust, these seven audiobooks explore the tension between loyalty and self-preservation. If it’s layered suspense and morally tangled characters you’re looking
- [S. Kirk Walsh on Her Debut Historical Novel of War, Loss and Animal Companionship](https://booktrib.com/2021/04/05/animal-helps-zookeeper-cope-with-war-and-loss-in-captivating-debut-the-elephant-of-belfast/): Q&A with Author S.Kirk Walsh on her Novel The Elephant of Belfast. Based on true events, the reader is immediately drawn into her story, which begins in the fall of 1940.
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- [Fictional Telling of FDR’s Maid, the Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement](https://booktrib.com/2025/03/13/let-us-march-on-shara-moon/): Shara Moon is making a mighty splash with her debut in historical fiction: Let Us March On. The novel introduces a broader community of readers to Lizzie McDuffie, one of America’s “hidden figures”, who made a quiet difference in the early Civil Rights Movement by way of having the ear of a powerful president. In
- [Abandoned in Axis Territory, Married Secret Agents Must Survive the War — And Reveal Its Secrets](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/12/abandoned-in-axis-territory-married-secret-agents-must-survive-the-war-and-reveal-its-secrets/): Trust No One (TMR Press) pulls readers into historic events and clandestine locations across Europe in a search for the conspirators behind a high-profile assassination that could change the course of World War II. Accomplished author Glenn Dyer crafts a thrilling tale that moves through ancient crypts of Algiers and along dark alleys of Lyon,
- [AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Lovers Caught at the Crossroads of History](https://booktrib.com/2023/11/06/authorbuzz-giveaway-lovers-caught-at-the-crossroads-of-history/): AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Lovers Caught at the Crossroads of History
- [Kate Quinn's "The Diamond Eye" Celebrates a WWII Heroine Who's No Construct of Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2022/04/18/kate-quinns-the-diamond-eye-celebrates-a-wwii-heroine-whos-no-construct-of-fiction/): “Quinn manages to give her readers something that’s both engaging because it’s well written and exciting because it’s grounded in truth.” —∞— Amid WWII, can Lady Death, a quiet bookworm turned lethal sniper, hit her mark? Based on an incredible true story, Kate Quinn’s latest novel, The Diamond Eye (William Morrow) focuses on the amazing
- [Historian Weaves Gripping Tale of Fight for Freedom in Post-WWII Novel](https://booktrib.com/2024/03/27/cold-peace-helena-p-schrader/): Berlin, 1948. A war-ravaged city lies in ruins as the victorious Allied powers guard their separate occupation zones and work toward reinstituting Berlin’s infrastructure and economy. But when the Soviet Union brazenly imposes a blockade upon the Western sectors, it will precipitate the heroic and herculean effort known as the Berlin Airlift — the focus
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Lost and Found: The Battle for Art in WWII's Darkest Hours](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/07/books-looks-podcast-lost-and-found-the-battle-for-art-in-wwiis-darkest-hours/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Cracking the Code: K.D. Alden's Thrilling Tale of America's First Female Cryptologist](https://booktrib.com/2024/06/12/books-and-looks-podcast-k-d-aldens-thrilling-tale-of-americas-first-female-cryptologist/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or
- [Search for Stolen Art Leads to Battle of the Bulge in This WWII-Era Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2024/10/10/search-for-stolen-art-leads-to-battle-of-the-bulge-in-this-wwii-era-mystery/): James R. Benn returns with an action-packed addition to his best-selling WWII-based Billy Boyle mystery series with The Phantom Patrol. The Boston native ex-cop detective returns as investigator and crime solver assigned to “Uncle Ike’s” staff. His distant cousin is General Dwight David Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. The novel takes
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Untold Horrors of WWII: Heather B. Moore on Java's  Overlooked History](https://booktrib.com/2023/09/20/books-looks-podcast-untold-horrors-of-wwii-heather-b-moore-on-javas-overlooked-history/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or unknown authors
- [A Tapestry of War, Memory, and Survival](https://booktrib.com/2025/08/27/a-tapestry-of-war-memory-and-survival/): What does it mean to come of age in a world where truth itself is a battlefield? Through shifting timelines and converging fates, The Threads Remain wrestles with identity, morality, and the haunting legacies of war. In this Q&A with author Glenn Shapiro, we step beyond the page to uncover the inspirations, struggles, and visions
- [6 Moving Novels That Explore the Emotional Depth of WWII](https://booktrib.com/2025/08/22/6-moving-novels-that-explore-the-emotional-depth-of-wwii/): History’s darkest chapters are often best understood not through dates and battles, but through the intimate stories of those who lived them. For readers drawn to the emotional weight of World War II fiction, these six novels balance sorrow with hope. Each powerfully reminds us: though war shatters worlds, the bonds of humanity endure.
- [Debut "When Sleeping Women Wake" Is a Love Letter to the Forgotten Women of War](https://booktrib.com/2025/07/01/when-sleeping-women-wake-emma-pei-yin/): It’s no secret that MANY millennials view historical fiction as their favorite genre, and I can confirm this theory. The older I get, the more I want to expand my horizons from World War II-occupied Europe stories (though those are still fabulous, don’t get me wrong) to new periods, different types of stories, and other
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Madeline Martin on Wartime Resilience, Motherhood and the Power of Books](https://booktrib.com/2024/10/16/books-and-looks-podcast-madeline-martin-booklovers-library/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [A Genre-Bending Thrill Ride Through the Lone Star State](https://booktrib.com/2024/01/10/on-madera-creek-rachel-goss/): On Madera Creek, the second installment in Rachel Goss’s engaging SHE (science, history and espionage) series, is a fast-paced genre-bending tale set against the captivating backdrop of 1947 West Texas.
- [The Manor of Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Home Hosts Wartime Evacuees and Intrigue](https://booktrib.com/2021/10/12/the-manor-of-mystery-agatha-christies-home-hosts-wartime-evacuees-and-intrigue/): The Manor of Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Home Hosts Wartime Evacuees and Intrigue
- ["Angels of the Pacific" Honors the Courage of WWII Military Nurses Imprisoned in the Philippines](https://booktrib.com/2022/03/11/angels-of-the-pacific-honors-the-courage-of-wwii-military-nurses-imprisoned-in-the-philippines/): If you only read one book about women who served in the military during World War II, I heartily recommend Angels of the Pacific (William Morrow) by Elise Hooper. Many books have been written about the war in the Pacific, the occupation of the Philippines by Japanese troops and the horrific conditions at Bataan and
- [Susan N. Swann Explores the Bonds of Family During Wartime in "Angels in the Fog"](https://booktrib.com/2022/04/25/susan-swann-explores-the-bonds-of-family-during-wartime-in-angels-in-the-fog/): In the heartbreaking war novel Angels in the Fog, author Susan N. Swann uses the separate narratives of four siblings to chronicle the story of how one family struggled to keep hope and faith alive
- [Jennifer Rosner Takes Us Inside Gripping "The Yellow Bird Sings"](https://booktrib.com/2020/03/03/the-yellow-bird-sings-our-qa-with-author-jennifer-rosner/): Emotional, heartbreaking and hopeful, The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner touches the music of your soul. It is 1941 Poland; Roza and Shira, mother and daughter are Jews, hidden in a barn by farmers.
- [Take a Peek Behind the Curtain at Author Lisa Barr, the Original "Woman on Fire"](https://booktrib.com/2022/05/04/take-a-peek-behind-the-curtain-at-author-lisa-barr-the-original-woman-on-fire/): What an amazing ride author Lisa Barr takes us on in Woman on Fire! Idealistic, young writer Jules Roth desperately wants to work with Dan Mansfield, a well known investigative journalist who has a personal interested in a stolen piece of art. He hires her and decides to bring her in on his private quest. Jules
- [Fiction Meets Fact: Exploring WWII’s Overlooked Heroes in The Mapmaker](https://booktrib.com/2025/08/11/fiction-meets-fact-exploring-wwiis-overlooked-heroes-in-the-mapmaker/): Drawing on his lifelong fascination with maps, his experience in the cockpit, and meticulous historical research, this author weaves a story of resilience and connection between two unlikely allies. In this Q&A, author Tom Young discusses the real-life inspirations behind his characters, the challenge of blending fact with fiction, and the enduring bonds forged in
- [Courageous Mapmaker Charts a Course to Victory in WWII Thriller](https://booktrib.com/2025/07/22/the-mapmaker-tom-young/): A Resistance operative and a daring pilot unite in Tom Young’s WWII thriller The Mapmaker, racing across Nazi-occupied France to aid the Allies before D-Day.
- [Unsolved Murders, Family Secrets and Dark History of Nazi-Occupied Italy](https://booktrib.com/2024/05/30/what-we-buried-robert-rotenberg/): What We Buried by Robert Rotenberg dives into two cold cases, dark family secrets, and a gruesome event pulled straight from history.
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Warsaw's Secret Pages: Madeline Martin on "The Keeper of Hidden Books"](https://booktrib.com/2024/01/24/books-looks-podcast-warsaws-secret-pages-madeline-martin-on-the-keeper-of-hidden-books/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or
- [Love Shines Through the Horrors of War in "A Small Hotel"](https://booktrib.com/2022/03/25/love-shines-through-the-horrors-of-war-in-a-small-hotel/): Suanne Laqueur’s ambitious historical fiction novel, A Small Hotel, begins with a “Once upon a time” innocence, a sweet simplicity that belies the labyrinthine journey she’s about to take her readers on. It’s a romance; a travelogue; an introduction to Swedish mythology, language and good luck charms. The story begins during World War II —
- [Grandmother's Resurfacing Spurs Woman's Quest to Find Family Lost in WWII Latvia](https://booktrib.com/2022/05/26/grandmothers-resurfacing-spurs-womans-quest-to-find-family-lost-in-wwii-latvia/): Daughters of the Occupation (HarperCollins) by Shelly Sanders is one of the most authentic and profound works of historical fiction I have ever read about World War II and the Holocaust. It is inspired by true events that provide a powerful lesson and a compellingly uplifting story of a fictional family who managed to narrowly
- [From a Barroom in England to the Streets of Italy, Sarah Winman’s “Still Life” Is Life Well-Lived](https://booktrib.com/2022/01/14/from-a-barroom-in-england-to-the-streets-of-italy-sarah-winmans-still-life-is-life-well-lived/): If you had the opportunity to read Tin Man, a beautiful story of love, loss and art by Sarah Winman and loved it like I did, then you cannot miss Still Life, her latest novel!
- [“Sins of the Fathers” Is a “What If?” Historical Thriller Blending Fact and Fiction Seamlessly](https://booktrib.com/2022/02/22/sins-of-the-fathers-is-a-what-if-historical-thriller-blending-fact-and-fiction-seamlessly/): Although Sins of the Fathers (Skyhorse) by Herbert J. Stern and Alan A. Winter is a historical fiction novel for the most part, there are a lot of factual points the tale draws inspiration from.
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Two Timelines, One Bakery: Unearthing Secrets from Paris's Montmartre](https://booktrib.com/2023/09/27/books-looks-podcast-two-timelines-one-bakery-unearthing-secrets-from-paris-montmartre/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or unknown authors
- [Jewish Couple’s Daring Escape From Berlin Unfolds in Unforgettable Historical Thriller](https://booktrib.com/2025/01/20/jewish-couples-daring-escape-from-berlin-unfolds-in-unforgettable-historical-novel/): A German Jewish couple must use every ounce of their strength and wiles to survive under the nose of the Nazis in this harrowing story, Untertauchen by Arthur M. James.
- [Food Is the Nourishment of the Soul in Multi-Generational Historical Novel](https://booktrib.com/2023/08/29/food-is-the-nourishment-of-the-soul-in-multi-generational-historical-novel/): “Sometimes food is simple nourishment for the body. Sometimes it is nourishment for the soul. Sometimes it is an apology”. A Bakery in Paris (William Morrow) brings a fresh take to a historical fiction novel, and Aimie K. Runyan can bring together mystery, comfort and two strong female characters to make this book a true
- [WWII Suspense, Neo-Gothic Noir and Assassins in Jon Land's Latest Thrill List](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/26/wwii-suspense-neo-gothic-noir-and-assassins-in-jon-lands-latest-thrill-list/)
- [Adriana Trigiani’s Dazzling Novel Portrays a Family’s Enduring Legacy in the Tuscan Hills](https://booktrib.com/2022/04/26/adriana-trigianis-dazzling-novel-portrays-a-familys-enduring-legacy-in-the-tuscan-hills/): The primary setting for The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani is as essential as the characters. Renowned for its art nouveau architecture, miles of white sandy beaches ...
- [Year in Review: Most Popular BookTrib Posts of 2021](https://booktrib.com/2021/12/30/year-in-review-most-popular-booktrib-posts-of-2021/): Year in Review: Most Popular BookTrib Posts of 2021
- [Bestselling Author Kristin Harmel Shines Anew With "The Forest of Vanishing Stars"](https://booktrib.com/2021/09/22/bestselling-author-kristin-hamel-shines-anew-with-the-forest-of-vanishing-stars/): Q&A with Author Kristin Harmel and her book “The Forest of Vanishing Stars”. This is a story of human strength, war, loss, survival, sacrifice, trust and love.
- [Serge Joncour Investigates Humanity’s Capacity to Tame Nature in "Wild Dog"](https://booktrib.com/2021/05/10/serge-joncour-investigates-humanitys-capacity-to-tame-nature-in-wild-dog/): Book Review - "Wild Dog" by Serge Joncour. So begins Serge Joncour’s riveting novel, Wild Dog (Gallic Books), translated from the French by Jane Aitken and Polly Mackintosh
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Ambiguous Loss and Perseverance: The Making of "Foreign Seed"](https://booktrib.com/2024/09/11/books-and-looks-podcast-foreign-seed-allison-alsup/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Wronged Women Pulled Into World of Wealthy Antique Collector in Historical Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/13/the-phoenix-crown-kate-quinn-janie-chang/): After six years of waiting, will justice be served? Kate Quinn and Janie Chang are the masters of historical fiction, and they take us on another whirlwind journey in The Phoenix Crown. This time, it's set in San Francisco in 1906. We follow Gemma and Suling, two women of very different backgrounds who find their
- [Tyranny of the High Seas Turns an Eager Bride Into a Fearless Captain in "The Highland Thistle"](https://booktrib.com/2021/09/15/tyranny-of-the-high-seas-turns-an-eager-bride-into-a-fearless-captain-in-the-highland-thistle/): If you put the best parts of Outlander and Pirates of the Caribbean together, you would get The Highland Thistle (Bowker) by KJ Fay, a swashbuckling tale brimming with adventure. The year is 1584; Scotland is on the precipice of a Civil War. Rebels and traitors are sweeping through the Highlands, building up their resistance
- [New Release Shines Light on Matriarch of “Little Women,” Marmee March](https://booktrib.com/2022/10/25/a-new-release-shines-a-light-on-the-matriarch-of-little-women-marmee-march/): Most Little Women fans know that Louisa May Alcott based the Marches on her own family. But just how autobiographical is this classic coming-of-age story of four sisters during the Civil War? Sarah Miller, the author of Marmee, A Novel of Little Women (William Morrow), believes that because Alcott wrote Little Women for children, she
- [AuthorBuzz Giveaway: An Imagined "The Scarlet Letter" Origin Story](https://booktrib.com/2023/10/02/authorbuzz-giveaway-an-imagined-the-scarlet-letter-origin-story/): Sorry, this promotion has ended. Read on for another great recommendation from AuthorBuzz! Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese (St. Martin's Press) Dear Reader, The Scarlet Letter was required reading in my high school, and probably yours, too. As an adult, I rediscovered Hawthorne’s classic and saw Hester through new eyes: she is our original badass
- [AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Powerful Women-Led Historical Murder Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2025/02/10/authorbuzz-giveaway-powerful-women-led-historical-murder-mystery/): Sorry, this promotion has ended. Read on for another great recommendation from AuthorBuzz! The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict (St. Martin's Press) Dear Reader, The Queens of Crime is in keeping with my earlier novels and yet, at the same time, something entirely new. It's an ode to strong women, the writerly life, the
- [5 Historical Fiction Novels Led by No-Nonsense, Rulebreaking Women](https://booktrib.com/2025/02/07/5-historical-fiction-novels-women/): Check out these titles for your fill of iconic female characters who will inspire you to make the world a better place.
- [Criminally Stunning Tale of Love and Adventure in Victorian London](https://booktrib.com/2025/01/27/stolen-brilliance-michael-g-colburn/): Michael Colburn’s historical thriller Stolen Brilliance: A Lady Black Mystery brings Victorian London to life.
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Discovering "The War Librarian" With Author Addison Armstrong](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/28/books-looks-podcast-discovering-the-war-librarian-with-author-addison-armstrong/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or
- [Enjoy a Magic Carpet Ride with Princess Jasmine in Spinoff of Disney Classic](https://booktrib.com/2023/11/23/realm-of-wonders-alexandra-monir/): Prepare yourself to get lost in the magic of Disney with Alexandra Monir’s Realm of Wonders (Disney Hyperion). Pairing a beloved Disney princess with the tough realities she faces, Monir’s book is a cant-miss take on a beloved franchise and a much-needed reminder about princesses — they’re just like us. Princesses also experience struggles after
- [When One Kid's Dream of Being a Superhero Actually Comes True](https://booktrib.com/2022/05/13/budding-teen-superhero-confronts-government-scientists/): Every comic book-obsessed kid fantasizes about becoming a superhero: they hope they’ll be wealthy enough to light up their own bat signal or smart enough to construct their own iron suit. They hope the spider that bit them while playing outdoors was radioactive. Sure, the superpowers are the initial draw, but most kids really want
- ["A Sisterhood of Secret Ambitions" Wears Its Own Ambitions On Its Sleeve](https://booktrib.com/2021/06/16/a-sisterhood-of-secret-ambitions-wears-its-own-ambitions-on-its-sleeve/): Book Review - "A Sisterhood of Secret Ambitions" by Sheena Boekweg. Right off the bat, Sheena Boekweg’s A Sisterhood of Secret Ambitions (Feiwel & Friends) is a real go-getter of a novel
- [ITW Spotlight: Maureen Johnson's Sardonic Sleuth Is Back!](https://booktrib.com/2021/06/30/itw-spotlight-maureen-johnsons-sardonic-sleuth-is-back/): In her first interview with The Big Thrill, Johnson divulges one of her favorite camp memories, digs deeper into what inspired The Box in the Woods
- [Daring Historical Adventure Reveals Harsh Truths of Native American Displacement](https://booktrib.com/2024/01/17/sid-johnson-and-the-well-intended-conspiracy-frances-schoonmaker/): Sid Johnson and The Well-Intended Conspiracy by Author Frances Schoonmaker. Riveting tales of historical fiction about slavery and the displacement of Native Americans .
- [Adventure with the Pony Express in YA Western](https://booktrib.com/2024/06/20/heart-of-grit-shelli-sivert/): The year is 1860, and in Victory Hills, a silver mining town in the Utah Territory of the Western United States, news of a groundbreaking enterprise is about to be revealed. The dawn of the Pony Express is here, and two young teenagers’ worlds will open up in ways they never before expected. Shelli Sivert’s
- [In Thoughtful YA Novel, 'Soul Mates' Transcend Time and Place - Over and Over](https://booktrib.com/2024/03/04/injury-induced-memory-loss-forces-young-woman-to-seek-answers-or-risk-losing-herself/): Billie Kowalewski’s ambitious, creative and thought-provoking YA novel Our Lives in Between: Book 1 of The Enlightened Series is a terrific story geared for 12-to-18-year-olds but truly enjoyable by all ages.
- [Medieval Historian's Timeslip Magical Realism Enchants England](https://booktrib.com/2022/01/10/medieval-historians-timeslip-magical-realism-enchants-england/): Book Review - "The Last Daughter of York" by Nicola Cornick. Fans of historical multi-timeline books, which merge multiple genres, such as Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series, will love this immersive (and informative) reading experience.
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Sally Gardner Explains Why You Need to Take Your Main Characters Out to Dinner](https://booktrib.com/2023/11/06/writers-ink-podcast-sally-gardner-explains-why-you-need-to-take-your-main-characters-out-to-dinner/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [5 Contemplative Novels From Authors Inspired By Their Time in the Military](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/16/5-contemplative-novels-from-authors-inspired-by-their-time-in-the-military/): You’ve heard the common phrase before, “Write what you know.” And who better to write about the harsh and weighty realities of war, the rigidity and routines of the military, the unique skillset needed to be part of it all, and the lasting effect of what they've witnessed — than someone who has lived it?
- [Captivating Literary Journey Contemplates Transformative Themes of the Human Soul](https://booktrib.com/2023/11/28/tabula-rasa-travis-lane/): Tabula Rasa by author Travis Lane is a captivating literary journey that delves into the profound theme of a blank slate, symbolizing the boundless potential within every individual for growth and transformation. Authored with finesse, the book presents a kaleidoscope of narratives, each serving as a unique chapter in the protagonist's soulful odyssey through diverse
- [7 Fictions Attacking the Civil War From All Sides](https://booktrib.com/2021/04/23/7-fictions-attacking-the-civil-war-from-all-sides/): 7 Fictions Attacking the Civil War From All Sides
- [Bernard Cornwell is as Sharp and Entertaining as His Latest Novel, "Sharpe's Assassin"](https://booktrib.com/2021/12/15/bernard-cornwell-is-as-sharp-and-entertaining-as-his-latest-novel-sharpes-assassin/): One theory that a reader might reasonably form about Bernard Cornwell, arguably the most successful historical novelist writing today and who just published Sharpe’s Assassin (Harper Collins) to a flurry of good reviews, is that the author of well over 50 books in 41 years must be a fanatical plotter.
- [A Powerful, Human Story of Grief and Grace in the Aftermath of War](https://booktrib.com/2025/07/09/this-troubled-ground-les-carroll/): An Air Force officer and a Gold Star mother navigate grief and hope in Les Carroll’s This Troubled Ground, a heartfelt novel of war’s emotional aftermath.
- [Marine’s Account of Battle in Philippines Exposes War's Realities](https://booktrib.com/2024/06/20/marines-vivid-account-of-battle-in-philippines-exposes-stark-realities-of-war/): The Remains of the Corps Volume II: The March Across Samar (EG&A Publishing) by Tom Hebert has given us much more dense and intricate storytelling to savor, and only further build the anticipation for subsequent planned volumes in this riveting series taking us all the way to 1975 and the Vietnam War.
- [Strike Gold on This Middle-Grade Mystery Full of Ciphers & Secret Codes](https://booktrib.com/2025/03/28/knocktopia-secret-of-the-mother-lode-hunter-malone/): For 12-year-old Benjamin Coolahan, it feels like just yesterday he was enjoying life in 1873’s Boston, sailing on the Charles River with friends while his father worked in the Coolahan Gold Mine. But now Ben’s father is dead, and his will dictates that Ben move to Gold Flat, California, to live with the step-grandmother he’s
- [BookTrib Giveaway: The Fate of the Western World Rests on Your Shoulders](https://booktrib.com/2022/05/05/booktrib-giveaway-the-fate-of-the-western-world-rests-on-your-shoulders/): https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Secret-GA-no-Click.png *U.S. Entries Only* PGEgY2xhc3M9InJjcHRyIiBocmVmPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnJhZmZsZWNvcHRlci5jb20vcmFmbC9kaXNwbGF5LzkzNjE0NTg0NDU3LyIgcmVsPSJub2ZvbGxvdyIgZGF0YS1yYWZsaWQ9IjkzNjE0NTg0NDU3IiBkYXRhLXRoZW1lPSJjbGFzc2ljIiBkYXRhLXRlbXBsYXRlPSI1YzAwODg5MjQ3MmJkODVhMGIxMTRhODUiIGlkPSJyY3dpZGdldF82eGY5NmhoMyI+YSBSYWZmbGVjb3B0ZXIgZ2l2ZWF3YXk8L2E+CjxzY3JpcHQgc3JjPSJodHRwczovL3dpZGdldC1wcmltZS5yYWZmbGVjb3B0ZXIuY29tL2xhdW5jaC5qcyI+PC9zY3JpcHQ+ “From start to finish this was simply an incredible work, and stunningly mind bending with its attention to detail, and accurate portrayal of history around the 12th century.” —Zansabar Coltrain, Amazon reviewer “The author through his descriptive words and the historical setting helps place your own imaginative imagery firmly into the
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Beth and Boyd Morrison Explain Why Every Book Should Have Dragons](https://booktrib.com/2023/11/13/writers-ink-podcast-beth-and-boyd-morrison-explain-why-every-book-should-have-dragons/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Jewish Boy’s Strange Journey to the Promised Land](https://booktrib.com/2022/11/18/the-immigrant-frederic-petrovsky/): More than historical fiction, The Immigrant by Frederic Petrovsky can be defined as a fine bit of motivational philosophizing -- and a most satisfying read. The Immigrant follows an admirable and eclectic list of previous works by Petrovsky: The Clinton Diaries, speculative fiction about former president Bill Clinton, his obsessions and his affair with Monica
- [Tall Poppy Review: Two Very Different Cultures Find Common Ground in the Freedom of Music](https://booktrib.com/2021/11/11/different-cultures-pushed-apart-by-war-find-common-ground-in-the-freedom-of-music/): Two Very Different Cultures Find Common Ground in the Freedom of Music
- [Historical Novel Spills the Secrets and Grace of Matchmaking](https://booktrib.com/2022/09/20/matchmakers-gift-lynda-cohen-loigman/): A divorcee and her two daughters are grieving for Sara, their beloved mother and grandmother who died recently after a very long life as a matchmaker. Sara’s career began at an early age, as a ten-year old girl on a boat with her family, emigrating from Eastern Europe to America. Amidst a crowd onboard, she
- [Historical Novel Details an Immigrant Family Navigating War, Uncertainty and Antisemitism](https://booktrib.com/2023/11/15/street-corner-dreams-florence-reiss-kraut/): Florence Reiss Kraut’s historical novel Street Corner Dreams (She Writes Press) captures in all its brilliant detail the life of an immigrant family in Brooklyn, NY, from 1914-1942.
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Exploring Historical Shadows: A Conversation with Eric Weintraub on "South of Sepharad"](https://booktrib.com/2024/01/10/books-looks-podcast-exploring-historical-shadows-a-conversation-with-eric-weintraub-on-south-of-sepharad/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or unknown authors
- ["The Lost Diary of Anne Frank" Imagines the Final Days of an Extraordinary Young Girl](https://booktrib.com/2021/04/14/the-lost-diary-of-anne-frank-imagines-the-final-days-of-an-extraordinary-young-girl/): Book Review - "The Lost Diary of Anne Frank" by Johnny Teague.Dr. Johnny Teague picks up with The Lost Diary of Anne Frank, a unique historical novel built upon an abundance of research.
- [Simon Mayo](https://booktrib.com/2019/01/28/simon-mayo-author-profile/): Simon Mayo is one of England’s most admired radio presenters. He has worked on BBC radio since 1982 and is now the presenter of Drivetime on BBC Radio 2.
- [Allison Pittman](https://booktrib.com/2019/03/18/allison-pittman/): Allison Pittman is an award-winning author of 14 novels in the Christian historical fiction space. Her novels span the centuries from the Protestant Reformation to the American Dust Bowl.
- [Christine Davis Merriman](https://booktrib.com/2019/05/02/christine-davis-merriman/): As an undergrad, Christine Davis Merriman, won Towson State University’s John S. Lewis Fiction Award for a collection of short stories, and was eager to pursue a career in fiction.
- [Rita Dragonette](https://booktrib.com/2019/07/31/rita/): Rita Dragonette is a writer who, after spending nearly thirty years telling the stories of others as an award-winning public relations executive, has returned to her original creative path.
- [Alka Joshi](https://booktrib.com/2019/10/21/alka-joshi-2/): Alka Joshi shares her writing and publishing process on her YouTube channel. She is represented by Emma Sweeney Literary Agency in New York.
- [Deborah Curtin](https://booktrib.com/2019/10/21/deborah-curtin-2/): Art and writing have always been the core of Deborah’s background. An opportunity to write ‘human interest’ stories for a local newspaper opened up and she excelled in this endeavor.
- [Mixed Heritage and Midlife Transitions Amplify a Woman's Perseverance in Onuzo's "Sankofa"](https://booktrib.com/2021/10/05/mixed-heritage-and-midlife-transitions-amplify-a-womans-perseverance-in-onuzos-sankofa/): Book Review - "Sankofa" by Chibundu Onuzo. Celebrated novelist Chibundu Onuzo takes readers on a journey from London to West Africa in Sankofa (Catapult), the story of a Black woman of mixed heritage attempting to move forward
- [Harry, Meghan and 10 Books on the Trials of Royalty](https://booktrib.com/2020/01/08/harry-meghan-and-10-books-on-the-trials-of-royalty/): As if their love story wasn’t already ripped straight out of the pages of a royal romance, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have announced their independence from being professionally royal.
- [AudioFile Editors Pick the Best March Audiobooks](https://booktrib.com/2021/03/29/audiofile-editors-pick-the-best-march-audiobooks/): As time rolls on, new books roll in, and audiobooks are a fresh way to “read” as much as humanly possible.
- [Madame Tussaud: The Woman Behind The Wax](https://booktrib.com/2018/12/13/madame-tusseud-the-woman-behind-the-wax/): Little is an unusual story of a determined young girl who makes a life for herself against all odds, eventually becoming Madame Tussaud.
- [Redeeming Josephine: Heather Webb and the Empress of the French](https://booktrib.com/2014/02/09/redeeming-josephine-heather-webb-and-the-empress-of-the-french/): Book Review - "Becoming Josephine" by Heather Webb. In Becoming Josephine, she tells the general that she doesn’t love him, but consents to marriage for financial security for herself and her children.
- [Ribbons of Scarlet: 7 Unforgettable Tales of Female Revolutionaries](https://booktrib.com/2019/10/01/ribbons-of-scarlet-7-unforgettable-tales-of-female-revolutionaries/): Perhaps one of the most ambitious historical fiction novels of the year, Ribbons of Scarlet is written by six different female authors detailing the lives of seven unique women from the revolution’s humble beginnings to its bloody end.
- [The Scent of Reincarnation](https://booktrib.com/2014/04/08/the-scent-of-reincarnation/): The Scent of Reincarnation
- [The Appetite of France's King Alters the Life of a Young Maid and Her Daughter](https://booktrib.com/2022/02/22/the-appetite-of-frances-king-alters-the-life-of-a-young-maid-and-her-daughter/): Veronique’s life is not easy. It’s Paris, 1755. Her father is dead, her mother is desperately poor, and the family’s four children sometimes go hungry. But one day that all changes. An elderly stranger wearing a purple frock coat approaches Veronique’s mother and says there is a place for the 13-year-old as a maid in
- [Love and Humanity Are Proven as the Most Powerful Weapons in This WWII Tale](https://booktrib.com/2021/11/08/love-and-humanity-are-proven-as-the-most-powerful-weapons-in-this-wwii-tale/): Book Review - "The Road Remembered" by Kaye D. Schmitz. In The Road Remembered (Kensington Studios Media), Kaye D. Schmitz weaves a poignant tale of two very different journeys
- [Tall Poppy Review: "Yellow Wife" Is a Powerful and Immersive Historical Novel](https://booktrib.com/2021/02/25/sadeqa-johnson-crafts-a-powerful-and-immersive-historical-novel-in-yellow-wife/): Johnson’s novel takes us to the harsh world of the plantation-era South in Charles City, VA. Pheby Dolores Brown is born on a plantation, the daughter of an enslaved woman and the plantation master.
- [A Young Girl Fights For Love, Identity, Freedom and Everything She Deserves](https://booktrib.com/2023/05/19/wild-beautiful-and-free-sophfronia-scott/): A beautiful, and well-written story that is fast-paced, emotional and purposeful, Wild Beautiful and Free tells the story of a determined young girl of mixed race, born to an enslaved woman and a plantation owner during the Civil War. Learning about love, family and integrity from her beloved father when she was a child, Jeannette is on
- [Five Books That Examine Racism and Prejudice in the American Legal System](https://booktrib.com/2023/09/13/five-books-that-examine-racism-and-prejudice-in-the-american-legal-system/): As tensions continue to rise across American political lines, one particularly incendiary topic is the discussion of the US legal system. Many advocates have brought to light the way the prison-industrial complex plays a major role in the racism and subjugation of Black Americans. And while the US legal system’s crimes are slowly being brought
- [Little Deaths and Big Deaths: A Gothic Mystery Through a Modern Lens](https://booktrib.com/2024/04/26/the-library-thief-kuchenga-shenje/): “The way I see it, in any good life you need to die several times to really lead a life worth living. There are little deaths and there are big deaths. My tale has both – and the real tragedy would be if this story were to die with me. “I was lying when I
- [Historical Fiction "Norvel" Relays Boxer's Noble Battles In and Outside the Ring](https://booktrib.com/2021/04/16/norvel-an-american-hero/): Book Review - "Norvel" By Kenneth F. Conklin. One simple story in Kenneth F. Conklin’s Norvel shows the true measure of the man.
- [Historical “The Bootlegger’s Mistress” Illuminates Underpinnings of America’s Great Migration](https://booktrib.com/2021/10/29/historical-the-bootleggers-mistress-illuminates-underpinnings-of-americas-great-migration/): With his latest novel, The Bootlegger’s Mistress (MLPR Books), Marc Curtis Little shines a compelling light on the difficult implications of America’s Great Migration
- [Late Mother Serves Estranged Siblings Long-Kept Secrets With Caribbean "Black Cake"](https://booktrib.com/2022/03/30/late-mother-serves-estranged-siblings-long-kept-secrets-with-caribbean-black-cake/): “At turns delightfully juicy and then stunningly wise, Black Cake is a winner.” — Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising “So beautifully written I’m struggling to believe it’s a debut … the scenes are so well drawn I could almost taste the cake, feel the warm sea on my skin.”
- [Eugenics Program Masquerades as Health Clinic in Eye-Opening Historical Novel](https://booktrib.com/2022/10/05/eugenics-program-masquerades-as-health-clinic-in-eye-opening-historical-novel/): Summer of No Rain is a fictional retelling of a disturbing true story. In Alabama in 1973, the sisters Minnie Lee and Mary Alice Relf were forcibly sterilized as minors in a federally funded, systemically racist and ableist program disguised as “experimental birth control.” Laura Hunter has reimagined this haunting tale of racism, eugenics and
- [Road to Freedom Fraught with Danger in Historical Western-esque Adventure](https://booktrib.com/2025/03/14/sun-walker-dave-schafer/): The son of a Virginia plantation owner and an enslaved woman flees west after he is accused of killing his father… but that is only the beginning of his misadventures in Dan Schafer’s Western homage, Sun Walker. In 1821, Joshua Beck is one of a hundred volunteers for a large trapping party ascending the Missouri
- [Biographical Historical Fiction Tells the Story Behind the Headlines](https://booktrib.com/2024/07/23/the-trial-of-mrs-rhinelander-denny-s-bryce/): In the summer of 2019, I met with my then-editor at Kensington Books, and she mentioned Alice Beatrice Jones and Leonard 'Kip' Rhinelander and their headline news story from the 1920s. It was a passing comment that I took to heart because I’d never heard of Alice or Kip and the actual true events that
- [Tananarive Due Tackles History's Horrors, Heroes and "Haints" in "The Reformatory"](https://booktrib.com/2023/11/21/tananarive-due-the-reformatory/): Tananarive Due’s new novel, The Reformatory, had an auspicious publication date: October 31st. It’s long been said that the line between the living and the dead is at its thinnest on Halloween night—a belief fitting of her story, given the ghosts (or “haints”) she resurrects within its pages. A seven-plus year labor of love and
- [In This Booker Prize Finalist, a Somali Immigrant Endures the Biased Justice System of 1950s Cardiff](https://booktrib.com/2021/12/23/in-this-booker-prize-finalist-a-somali-immigrant-endures-the-biased-justice-system-of-1950s-cardiff/): Book Review - "The Fortune Men" by Nadifa Mohamed. Author Nadifa Mohamed explores the topic of wrongful incarceration and a corrupt justice system in her new release, The Fortune Men (Knopf)
- [Jane Green Pens a Stunning Love Letter to Talitha Getty, Marrakech and the '60s](https://booktrib.com/2022/04/07/jane-green-pens-a-stunning-love-letter-to-talitha-getty-marrakech-and-the-60s/): Jane Green‘s Sister Stardust (Hanover Square Press) transports you to another time where life is carefree, exhilarating and dangerous. 1960s England was a unique time in history … moral was high, the World Cup was won, fresh new music from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones emerged, and London was the place to be. Claire
- [Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ Year in Post-War Paris](https://booktrib.com/2022/09/29/jackie-kennedy-onassis-year-in-post-war-paris/): This current novel is an expansion of her New York Times article: A Year in Paris that Transformed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis published in June, 2019. Vast numbers of biographies, newspaper and magazine articles have been published about the former First Lady and her storied life. Although Jacqueline in Paris is a novel of historical fiction,
- [An Irish Immigrant Saves the Work of a Brilliant Poet in "Emily's House"](https://booktrib.com/2021/08/03/an-irish-immigrant-saves-the-work-of-a-brilliant-poet-in-emilys-house/): Book Review - "Emily's House" by Amy Belding Brown. Emily’s House (Berkley) is Amy Belding Brown‘s long-awaited novel about one of America’s greatest poets, Emily Dickinson
- [Touching Historical Novel Follows Seamstress in Quaint Italian Town](https://booktrib.com/2022/12/22/touching-historical-novel-follows-seamstress-in-quaint-italian-town/): The Seamstress of Sardinia (Harper Perennial) is a lovely dream of a book, soothing, pleasant and welcome in a complicated world often filled with obligations and stress. It is not an inconsequential novel. It chronicles the emancipation and independence of a modest peasant girl into a resilient, self-educated young woman more than capable to think
- ["The First Ladies" Authors Discuss the Inspiring and Symbiotic Friendship That Made History](https://booktrib.com/2023/10/04/the-first-ladies-authors-discuss-the-inspiring-and-symbiotic-friendship-that-made-history/): Much like the dynamic and accomplished women in The First Ladies, Mary McLeod Bethune and Eleanor Roosevelt, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray have forged an incredible friendship and partnership. Following the great success of The Personal Librarian, they have released their second collaboration, The First Ladies. Please find the video recording of the Book Nation Book Club interview
- [Novelized Life of Under-Recognized Woman Who Translated Einstein and Thomas Mann](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/26/novelization-of-the-life-of-mrs-lowe-porter-the-brilliant-under-recognized-translator-for-einstein-and-thomas-mann/): Mrs. Lowe-Porter (Jackleg Press) is a captivating biographical novel by award-winning author Jo Salas that blurs the lines between rather bare bones known historical facts and a fictional story adding great emotional depth with richly imagined innermost thoughts and feelings of its subject. This book effectively projects American author and translator Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (1876-1963) out
- [Grandmother's Mementos Reveal Details of Her Coming-of-Age in Berlin's Belle Époque](https://booktrib.com/2023/09/07/claras-secret-stephan-r-frenkel/): Clara’s Secret by Stephan R. Frenkel is a poignant family story seamlessly integrated into the larger history of the Belle Époque, following Clara from adolescence to emigration, “a time of beauty to a time of condemnation.”
- [Novel About Florence Nightingale Perfect for Women’s History Month](https://booktrib.com/2024/03/12/flight-of-the-wild-swan-melissa-pritchard/): Sweeping yet intimate, Flight of the Wild Swan tells the story of a brilliant, trailblazing woman whose humanity has been obscured beneath the iconic weight of legend.
- [Haunting and Powerful Story Explores Man’s Tumultuous Relationship with the Land](https://booktrib.com/2023/11/14/ordinary-soil-alex-woodard/): In the desolate landscapes of the Oklahoma Panhandle, Alex Woodard’s Ordinary Soil (Greenleaf Book Group Press) is a powerful and haunting story that delves into themes of generational trauma, family, love, global health and ultimately, man’s tumultuous relationship to the land.
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Aimie K. Runyan on "Mademoiselle Eiffel": Gustave's Right Hand Woman](https://booktrib.com/2024/10/02/books-and-looks-podcast-aimie-k-runyan-mademoiselle-eiffel/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Historical Novel Explores NY's First Social Club for Women](https://booktrib.com/2024/11/07/the-colony-club-shelley-noble/): The Colony Club is the epitome of what historical fiction should be, as the genre all too often misses the mark, riddled with anachronisms or carelessly blatant errors. Author Shelley Noble deftly balances clearly identified actual people, places and events with plausible vibrant fictional characters portrayed in a lively story that draws the reader in,
- [Soldier Seeks Purpose Beyond the Battlefield in Biographical Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2024/11/07/covet-the-chaos-caleb-shawn-sully/): It is a grey November morning when an American foreigner in the Peace Corps makes his way through Ukraine aboard a cramped bus. Here, in an unfamiliar land, he hopes he can start fresh and leave his Army days and the war behind him, but he has yet to reconcile with a past he is
- [Ancient Courage Rides Again in a Young Woman’s Hands](https://booktrib.com/2025/06/25/a-clan-chiefs-daughter-sarah-v-barnes/): A fearless girl, a sacred horse, and a clan on the brink — discover a richly woven prehistoric saga of courage, destiny, and transformation.
- [Visit the Big Apple Through the Pages of These 5 Great Reads](https://booktrib.com/2022/02/03/visit-the-big-apple-through-the-pages-of-these-5-great-reads/): Visit the Big Apple Through the Pages of These 5 Great Reads
- [A Murder Mystery Full of Art and Intrigue in 1960s Manhattan](https://booktrib.com/2021/03/01/book-review-an-artful-murder-helen-a-harrison/): Helen A. Harrison’s latest mystery, An Artful Corpse (Poisoned Pen Press), it is 1967 and the name of the 78-year-old painter means nothing to most of the students at New York’s venerable Art Students League
- ["The Fervor" Depicts the Horrors of Japanese Internment During WWII](https://booktrib.com/2022/04/27/historical-horror-novel-the-fervor-depicts-the-very-real-horrors-of-japanese-internment-during-wwii/): Set in 1944 as World War II rages on, The Fervor (Putnam) by Alma Katsu, follows Meiko and her young daughter Aiko as they endure life in an internment camp where a mysterious disease is spreading like wildfire. What starts as a cold quickly turns into fits of violence, aggression and even death among those
- [4 Historical Novels That Burn Down Stereotypes of Lawless Women](https://booktrib.com/2024/03/01/4-historical-novels-lawless-women-tall-poppies/): For ages we’ve devoured stories about gangsters and cowboys, thieves and pirates, and all manner of scoundrels, but they nearly always feature male protagonists. Suddenly, there’s a rise in novels featuring women on the other side of the law, their trials and adventures, and it made me think about the appeal of lawless heroines whose
- [Much Ado About Shakespeare: 5 Novels For Fans of The Bard](https://booktrib.com/2024/04/01/much-ado-about-shakespeare-5-novels-for-fans-of-the-bard/): From adaptations to original works of fiction to stories starring Shakespeare himself, there are so many ways to approach the Bard’s legacy. Whether you’re well-versed in the plays, are trying to build your way up to reading them, or are looking to expand your knowledge beyond the canon, these novels are just what you’re looking
- [Epic Adventure Novel Imagines Life Before "The Great Gatsby"](https://booktrib.com/2024/08/02/gatsbys-rival-richard-guimond/): Gatsby’s Rival by Richard Guimond is an epic adventure story that rivets the reader from page one, with a high-stakes plot and an ensemble cast of characters as iconic as the great Gatsby himself.
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Uncovering Turkey's Seismic Secrets with Geologist D.J. Green](https://booktrib.com/2024/05/01/books-looks-podcast-uncovering-turkeys-seismic-secrets-with-geologist-d-j-green/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or
- [Young Woman Embarks Across America & War-Torn Vietnam for a Place to Belong](https://booktrib.com/2024/05/22/young-woman-embarks-across-america-war-torn-vietnam-for-a-place-to-belong/): Inspired by snippets from the author’s life, Ida Mae and Her Passage to Chautauqua (Koehler Books) is a historical nonfiction narrative by Rick Taylor.
- [Insightful and Exciting Military Thriller Leaves Readers Hungry For More](https://booktrib.com/2024/08/09/cold-war-a-novel-of-the-berlin-airlift-helena-p-schrader/): Cold War is historian and award-winning author Helena P. Schrader’s thrilling sequel to Cold Peace and middle volume of her new trilogy, Bridge to Tomorrow
- [6 Scintillating Novels That Reveal the Dark Side of the Roaring ‘20s](https://booktrib.com/2024/09/30/6-scintillating-novels-that-reveal-the-dark-side-of-the-roaring-20s/): It wasn’t all flappers and Great Gatsby-esque parties. We may think of the Roaring Twenties as a time of frivolous fun, but our ideas of sequined dresses and sparkling champagne flutes are tinted by rose-colored glasses. The truth of the 1920s was far grittier — a time of revelry, yes, but revelry to distract from
- [Character-Driven Historical Thriller Is a Stirring Triumph of Conscience and Courage](https://booktrib.com/2025/06/13/cold-victory-helena-p-schrader/): A gripping historical novel set during the Berlin Airlift, Cold Victory blends rich research, unforgettable characters, and a powerful story of postwar resilience.
- [In 1960s America, The Disillusioned Search for Truth](https://booktrib.com/2024/07/24/maypole-man-a-novel-of-the-sixties-carol-egmont-st-john/): Carol Egmont St. John's new book, Maypole Man: A Novel of the Sixties, begins in Brooklyn where St. John was born and raised, then shifts to Vermont where, like many ...
- [Captivating Story of Faith, Healing and Reckoning with the Past](https://booktrib.com/2025/09/17/entertaining-angels-sandy-hope-stewart/): In Sandy Hope Stewart’s brand new novel, Entertaining Angels, Rebekah Lang learns lessons about life that shape her belief system forever. We meet Rebekah at 70 years old as she’s confronting her lifelong guilt, seemingly for the first time, in therapy. What a prologue! I didn’t quite know what to expect, but it certainly wasn’t
- [19th Century Historical Women's Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2024/04/24/19th-century-historical-womens-fiction/): For April, the Women's Fiction Writers Association is focusing on fiction that highlights the lives of women in the 19th century.
- [Boyhood Coming-of-Age Inspired by Polio-Stricken 1950s America](https://booktrib.com/2024/06/12/a-polio-story-dave-eubanks/): A Polio Story by Dave Eubanks is a poignant, coming-of-age tale — inspired by true events — about what it was like for a little boy growing up in America during the 1950s.
- [The New Release Rundown](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/24/the-new-release-rundown/): From gothic mansions steeped in famine-era secrets to jazz-lit Harlem love affairs, from supernatural reckonings at death’s door to forbidden second chances in romance and hard truths about women unjustly imprisoned, this week’s new releases deliver emotional range. Whether you’re craving chills, historical drama, social justice–driven fiction or a swoony love story, these five standout
- [Two Sisters Face One Life-Changing Secret in "A Palm Beach Scandal"](https://booktrib.com/2020/09/15/susannah-marren-a-palm-beach-scandal/): Parents, children and their buried secrets lie at the heart of Susannah Marren’s new novel, A Palm Beach Scandal (St. Martin’s Griffin).
- [Susannah Marren Explores What ​​Lurks Beneath Palm Beach’s Glittering Facade](https://booktrib.com/2023/06/27/maribelles-shadow-susannah-marren/): The third volume in Susannah Marren trilogy about the Florida haunt for the wealthy and famous, Maribelle’s Shadow comes to life with biting dialogue and the inner monologues of three sisters who are at cross-purposes with each other and their elegant, imperialistic mother.
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Why every story could use a splash of fantasy with Samantha Sotto Yambao](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/27/writers-ink-podcast-why-every-story-could-use-a-splash-of-fantasy-with-samantha-sotto-yambao/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Queer Gothic Reads Where Power, Desire and Dark Secrets Refuse to Stay Buried](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/19/queer-gothic-reads-where-power-desire-and-dark-secrets-refuse-to-stay-buried/): Queer gothic fiction is dangerous in the best way: it whispers, it seduces, it drags you into dark hallways where desire hides in shadow and power shifts with every glance. The following novels are about women, outsiders and anyone daring enough to claim a voice in worlds built to silence them. If you want stories
- [Refresh Your Stack with This Week's Hottest Upcoming Book Releases](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/17/refresh-your-stack-with-this-weeks-hottest-upcoming-book-releases/): Whether you love a thriller that keeps your pulse racing, a moral drama that makes you question who’s really in control, or a story that lingers long after the last page, these novels are the ones your TBR can’t afford to miss!
- [This Audiobook Proves that the Silence Between Rooms is Where Danger Lurks …](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/23/the-room-next-door-wendy-walker/): There’s a very specific kind of dread that settles in when a story hinges on what wasn’t said. The Room Next Door understands that silence isn’t passive — it’s a choice, and sometimes it’s a crime. Internationally bestselling author Wendy Walker’s latest thriller doesn’t rely on spectacle or shock-for-shock’s-sake. Instead, it creeps under your skin
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Listen To This Podcast Before Your Next Relationship](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/23/bookaholic-podcast-listen-to-this-podcast-before-your-next-relationship/): The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Writing From the Inside: Brandon M. Rogers on Addiction, Identity and "The Safe Place"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/23/writing-from-the-inside-brandon-m-rogers-on-addiction-identity-and-the-safe-place/): Brandon M. Rogers’ The Safe Place is a deeply introspective novel that traces the quiet, often uncomfortable terrain of addiction, identity and the long road toward self-understanding. Born not from an intention to publish but from a private therapeutic exercise, the book carries an unusual emotional honesty — one rooted in lived experience rather than
- [Navigating the Tricky Tightrope Act of Basing Fictional Characters on Real People](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/26/navigating-the-tricky-tightrope-act-of-basing-fictional-characters-on-real-people/): In the 2021 biography of the late author Philip Roth, it was noted that, when his early work was published, Roth’s relatives often expressed outrage to the writer over his fictionalized use of what they recognized as family stories. Roth tried to explain that, while he had based the characters or events on real life,
- [Allow Me to Introduce Myself … The Plotser](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/15/allow-me-to-introduce-myself-the-plotser/): In the writing world authors tend to categorize themselves as plotters or pantsers. For those of you not in the know, a plotter is someone who, get ready for it, plots! They’re organized, create detailed outlines, scribble away at character bios, have notebooks stuffed to the gills with notes and research tidbits, and most likely
- [Books & Looks Podcast — "The Strength of Water": An Asian American Coming of Age Memoir with Karin K. Jensen](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/22/books-looks-podcast-the-strength-of-water-an-asian-american-coming-of-age-memoir-with-karin-k-jensen/): Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Southern Sass Meets Smart Crime in “A Killer in the Low Country” Audiobook](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/25/southern-sass-meets-smart-crime-in-a-killer-in-the-low-country-audiobook/): Charge your headphones and let Candice Fox, Uzo Aduba, Chrissy Metz and the whole dazzling crew escort you straight into the sticky, sultry, sarcastic heart of A Killer in the Low Country.
- [The “365 Buttons” Effect — Books Our Staff Love (No Explanation Required)](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/19/the-365-buttons-effect-books-our-staff-love-no-explanation-required/): If you’ve spent any time on TikTok this month, you may have stumbled across a phrase that feels oddly freeing in its simplicity: 365 buttons. No clear instructions. No tidy explanation. Just a quiet refusal to justify why something matters to you. The meme began when a TikTok user named Tamara casually mentioned collecting 365
- [BookTrib's Staff Turns the Page with Ambitious Reading Resolutions for 2026](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/02/booktribs-staff-reading-resolutions-for-2026/): Every January, readers everywhere make the same hopeful promise: This is the year I finally tackle my TBR. Spoiler alert — the TBR almost always fights back. For 2026, BookTrib's staff is setting reading resolutions that are ambitious, realistic, slightly chaotic and refreshingly honest. From finally cracking open neglected classics and shopping our own shelves,
- [The Chill Quill: New Year, New Nightmares](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/14/the-chill-quill-new-year-new-nightmares/): New year, new nightmares. From ghost-haunted towns to snowbound streets whispering ancient secrets, this month’s horror lineup explores the dark threads of grief, inheritance, and transformation. Whether you’re craving short stories or queer Southern Gothic, January kicks off the year with fresh chills that linger well past the final page.
- [Building Better Men, Brick by Brick in "Boys Will Be Men"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/20/boys-will-be-men-vince-benevento/): In an era when conversations about masculinity often oscillate between defensiveness and despair, Vince Benevento’s Boys Will Be Men: 8 Lessons for the Lost American Male takes a different approach. Rather than debating what masculinity should mean, Benevento focuses on what young men actually need: structure, accountability, mentorship and a sense of purpose grounded in
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Journey to Worlds Seen and Unseen](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/20/booktribs-bites-journey-to-worlds-seen-and-unseen/)
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Plotter, pantser, or plantser? Autocrit’s Bekah Brinkmeier breaks it all down](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/20/writers-ink-podcast-plotter-pantser-or-plantser-autocrits-bekah-brinkmeier-breaks-it-all-down/): BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Grief, Sisterhood and the Quiet Power of Rosie Storey’s "Dandelion Is Dead"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/15/dandelion-is-dead-rosie-storey/): I finished Dandelion Is Dead by Rosie Storey feeling a little unsettled, a little sad and oddly comforted all at once. It’s one of those books that doesn’t shout for your attention but instead stays with you, quietly tapping you on the shoulder long after you’ve put it down. I enjoyed this novel not because
- [Scott Eyman’s "Joan Crawford" and the Making of a Hollywood Legend](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/16/joan-crawford-scott-eyman/): Actress Joan Crawford had one of the most striking and memorable faces of the Golden Age of Hollywood and managed to camouflage her true nature behind an artfully constructed movie star persona. At last, film historian and acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman has authored Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face, a comprehensive and
- [“People We Meet on Vacation” Emily Henry Reading Guide](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/09/your-post-people-we-meet-on-vacation-emily-henry-reading-guide/): If you're reading this, there's a good chance that you just finished watching the highly anticipated Netflix film, People We Meet on Vacation. Well, we're glad to let you know there is an array of other books by the one and only Emily Henry! If that movie left you craving more sharp banter, emotionally devastating
- [Love, Loss and Laughter: The Unexpected Humor in Heartbreak](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/06/love-loss-and-laughter-the-unexpected-humor-in-heartbreak/): One of my favorite things about my first husband was that he and I used to quote lines from Steel Magnolias to each other all the time. If one of us groaned when getting up off the couch, the other would say, “Exercises are good for her!” Or if I was meal prepping for the
- [5 Books in Which the World Changes and So Changes Us](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/12/five-books-in-which-the-world-changes-and-so-changes-us/): How do we respond to change? Do we embrace it, deny it, carry on regardless and hope it will go away, or leave it to others to address? As individuals, many of us don’t seem to cope with change all that well. Right now, we are being told that we are in the middle of
- [Staff Picks: 6 Before 2026](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/03/staff-picks-6-before-2026/): As the year winds down, we’re swapping ambitious “10 before the end” goals for something a little more joyful and attainable: 6 before 2026. December rarely leaves room for double-digit reading lists, so we’re keeping things short, sweet and satisfying with the half-dozen books we’re determined to finish before the clock strikes midnight on New
- [BookTrib Editors’ Picks This Week](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/17/booktrib-editors-picks-this-week-2/): There is a fascinating variety of stories this week that will enthrall readers of all genres. These new titles examine ambition, identity, and the power of tales via everything from the witty wisdom of a centenarian icon to daring mythological reimaginings, sinister academic riddles, and enchanted realms concealed beneath city streets. Each novel delivers a
- [Pick 3: Books that Bring the Nostalgia](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/20/pick-3-books-that-bring-the-nostalgia/): Charles Dickens may have said it best: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Some days, all I want is the comfort of books, drinks, places and memories that feel familiar—that warm, nostalgic pull of remembering. That feeling was one of the inspirations behind my newest novel, Sonora. The title
- [Jenny Colgan’s Most Enchanting Christmas Adventure Yet](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/12/the-secret-christmas-library-jenny-colgan/): It’s no secret that this reviewer thoroughly enjoys the work of New York Times best-selling, prolific author and gifted storyteller Jenny Colgan, despite professing an aversion to romances. In addition to charmingly cozy novels, she has also written several scripts for television, children’s books, Doctor Who stories and other works of science fiction. The Secret
- [New Year, New Me … Same Obsession With Books](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/08/new-year-new-me-same-obsession-with-books/): What the book world is shouting about!
- [Workouts for People Who’d Rather Be Reading](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/30/workouts-for-people-whod-rather-be-reading/): Reading is my favorite hobby — and if it were an Olympic sport, I’m pretty sure I’d be a gold medalist. Sadly, reading is a sedentary sport. While books nourish the mind, our bodies often pay the price for all that sitting and page-turning. Movement, at its core, is about loving yourself and supporting the
- [The Gift of Magic Awaits Every Reader](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/24/the-gift-of-magic-awaits-every-reader/): This month at WFWA we celebrate stories prompted by the gift of magic and/or the gift of giving! Here you will find six enjoyable titles that fit this theme — perfect reads as well as good choices for seasonal gifts.
- [Under the Spotlight: Novels That Tackle Celebrity Culture](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/23/under-the-spotlight-novels-that-tackle-celebrity-culture/): “Famous people are just more interesting.” When Almost Famous was released 25 years ago, Penny Lane’s iconic words stuck with me so much that I turned them into a little sign using Microsoft Paint. I hung it on the bulletin board above my desk, fully believing, like the 16-year-old character who uttered the line, that
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