Hidden Gems

A Beautifully Doomed Love Story in “The Girl from Melodia”

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…

Gevera Bert PiedmontJanuary 29, 2026

Hidden Gems Nonfiction Recommended

Escaping a World Gone Mad: One Woman’s Journey from Oppression to Hope

Set on Scotland’s far northern coast in 1941, V. M. Knox’s If Necessary Alone sends Reverend Major Clement Wisdom undercover to trace enemy radio traffic. What follows is a lean, morally charged thriller—rich with atmosphere, careful tradecraft and a hero whose faith shapes every hard choice. A standout entry in…

Matthew McCartyJanuary 21, 2026

Better Self Hidden Gems Nonfiction

Building Better Men, Brick by Brick in “Boys Will Be Men”

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…

BookTribJanuary 20, 2026

Hidden Gems

Gripping Debut Explores a Lie, a Fire and the Search for Safety

In The Safe Place, Brandon M. Rogers follows Tristan from a childhood fire and a brutal stay in a children’s psychiatric hospital to an adult overdose that forces him to face the lie that shaped his life. The result is a moving, faith‑rooted story about shame, family, and the hard…

BookTribJanuary 13, 2026

Hidden Gems Nonfiction

Ironman Journey in ‘Racing Against Time’ Redefines Midlife

An inspiring memoir of midlife transformation, where grit and perseverance turn a 48-year-old beginner into an Ironman triathlete and ultramarathoner.

BookTribDecember 29, 2025

Hidden Gems Romance

American Gothic Sapphic Thriller Has Celtic Roots

In a cabin in upstate New York’s frigid wilderness, a hungry woman waits for her husband to return from hunting. She remembers the tenement they left in Dublin, filled with friends and warmth. Now they struggle for survival alone. Just as troubling to Moira Kelly is the strange behavior of…

Joanna PoncavageDecember 16, 2025

Fiction Hidden Gems Romance

Fall in Love with a Unique, Paranormal Take on Christmas Romance This Holiday Season

The Christmas Spirit by Alexandrea Weis emerges as a fresh deviation from the conventional holiday tales that saturate the market around this time of year. Courtney Winston, the protagonist of the story, is an accountant in Nashville and a writer in her spare time — although, like most aspiring authors,…

Monique SnymanDecember 2, 2025

Fiction Hidden Gems Recommended

Vanessa Lillie’s Thrilling Reckoning with History and Justice

Midway through The Bone Thief, Vanessa Lillie’s new thriller starring Cherokee B.I.A. archaeologist Syd Walker, this interaction between Syd and Shawna, a Narragansett woman who interned with the B.I.A, hit me in the heart. “No, not artifacts, not objects … This basket is a story about how we’re connected to…

LA BourgeoisNovember 12, 2025

Hidden Gems Nonfiction Recommended

The Untold Story of the Psychologist Who Mapped Human Bonds

C.V. Wooster has written a comprehensive biography about the life and work of Dr. John Bowlby, the noted British psychiatrist who devoted most of his career to studying the links of the emotional bond (or lack thereof) between parent/guardian and their child and how the child’s development was inhibited as…

Philip ZozzaroNovember 4, 2025

Hidden Gems Nonfiction

From Doctor to Healer: A Physician’s Harrowing, Hopeful Journey

Physician Erica M. Elliott, M.D., closes her memoir trilogy with a riveting account of chemical injury, a 50/50 brain surgery and the slow, practical work of healing. From an emergency appendectomy in India to environmental‑medicine sleuthing and a spiritual reckoning, From Doctor to Healer is an intimate, hopeful narrative about…

BookTribNovember 18, 2025

Hidden Gems Thrillers

Hunting a Serial Killer Gets Personal in Thrilling Sequel to “Karma Never Sleeps”

R. John Dingle, the author of Karma Never Sleeps, returns with another page-turning thriller in the Gus Wheeler FBI Thriller series. In Wings of Madness, readers are taken on a suspenseful journey filled with psychological twists as FBI Agent Gus Wheeler and his spirited female partner pursue a psychopathic killer…

Natalia KavaleNovember 5, 2025

Fiction Hidden Gems Recommended

When Power Devours Purpose and Justice Turns Ferocious

Jonathan R. Miller’s Animal Control is a bold, cerebral and unnervingly intimate exploration of what happens when the need to make the world better collides with the corruptive pull of control. Set in San Jose, this story follows 17-year-old Shay Garner, a young woman whose moral compass starts out strong…

Monique SnymanOctober 8, 2025

Hidden Gems Nonfiction

The Natural Intelligence of Stem Cells Unlocks a New Era of Regenerative Healing

In The Natural Intelligence of Stem Cells, cosmetic surgeon Dr. Nathan Newman takes readers on a fascinating journey into the world of stem cell therapy. This BookTrib review highlights how Newman’s groundbreaking discovery – that plant and human stem cells communicate in the same healing language – is unlocking new…

BookTribOctober 24, 2025

Hidden Gems Thrillers

Power, Passion and the Price of Justice: Tim Reuben’s Explosive Debut Thriller, Tequila

In the fields of the Jaliscan Highlands, the agave bristles under the Mexican sun. In a boardroom high above Manhattan, another kind of heat rises — ambition, greed and betrayal. Between these two worlds, a family empire begins to fracture. With his debut novel Tequila: A Story of Love, Sex…

BookTribOctober 17, 2025

Hidden Gems

A Feminist Coming-of-Age That’s Quiet, Powerful and Unforgettable

Marianna Marlowe’s Portrait of a Feminist isn’t your typical feminist memoir. It doesn’t shout its message or come armed with statistics and slogans. Instead, it invites you into the quiet, powerful moments that shaped one woman’s identity across years, continents and cultures. Told in a series of beautifully written personal essays that…

Kelsey HallOctober 15, 2025

Hidden Gems Nonfiction Recommended

One Man’s Extraordinary Journey of Survival, Sobriety and Success

Moving and music weave twin threads of hope and self-discovery in John Beyer’s poignant and uplifting memoir of addiction and recovery, Live a Little Better. There’s something deeply courageous about laying bare the pain and trauma of your life’s mistakes, and Beyer doesn’t flinch from describing the fissures in his…

BookTribSeptember 11, 2025

A Beautifully Doomed Love Story in “The Girl from Melodia”

Escaping a World Gone Mad: One Woman’s Journey from Oppression to Hope

Gripping Debut Explores a Lie, a Fire and the Search for Safety

Ironman Journey in ‘Racing Against Time’ Redefines Midlife

American Gothic Sapphic Thriller Has Celtic Roots

Vanessa Lillie’s Thrilling Reckoning with History and Justice

The Untold Story of the Psychologist Who Mapped Human Bonds

From Doctor to Healer: A Physician’s Harrowing, Hopeful Journey

Hunting a Serial Killer Gets Personal in Thrilling Sequel to “Karma Never Sleeps”

When Power Devours Purpose and Justice Turns Ferocious

The Natural Intelligence of Stem Cells Unlocks a New Era of Regenerative Healing

Power, Passion and the Price of Justice: Tim Reuben’s Explosive Debut Thriller, Tequila

A Feminist Coming-of-Age That’s Quiet, Powerful and Unforgettable

One Man’s Extraordinary Journey of Survival, Sobriety and Success

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