Fiction

A Second, Closer Look at Amor Towles’ “A Gentleman in Moscow”

With the popularity of Amor Towles at an all-time high from the recent launch of the TV series “A Gentleman in Moscow” based on his bestselling novel and his just-published and highly acclaimed Table for Two collection of short stories, multi-award-winning author William Maz (The Bucharest Dossier and The Bucharest…

William MazMay 3, 2024

Audiobooks Fiction Listicles Romance

7 Later-in-Life Romances on Audiobook

Dating isn’t just a young man’s game. The flames of romance can begin to burn at any stage of life, taking hold of college-bound teenagers, middle-aged spinsters and retired divorcees alike. To celebrate this agelessness of love, we’ve compiled a list of 7 later-in-life romances for you to read —…

BookTribApril 29, 2024

Fiction

Little Deaths and Big Deaths: A Gothic Mystery Through a Modern Lens

“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.…

Neil NyrenApril 26, 2024

Fiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Chikodi Anunobi on “The Thief and the Patriot”: Unraveling Nigeria’s Complex Culture

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…

BookTribApril 17, 2024

Audiobooks Fiction Listicles

Exciting New Sci-Fi on Audio

Let’s get far away from present-day Earth this month with some thought-provoking and fun science fiction.

Aurelia C. ScottApril 26, 2024

Fiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Uncovering Turkey’s 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…

BookTribMay 1, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Coming-of-Age Novel Exposes Harsh Reality of Eugenics Movement

“American eugenics is often misunderstood and forgotten, yet it impacts the heritage of so many of us. These women’s voices went unheard for enough years.” On a stormy winter day in 1928, representatives of the Pennsylvania Children’s Aid Society come to collect the four Wilson children, who are living alone…

Megan BeauregardApril 29, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Choices Collide with Destiny in Short Stories Set Across the Multiverse

“In a universe of many possible worlds, there is no such thing as right or wrong, good or evil. Only a multitude of choices with unintended consequences.” These words, spoken by an AI-forged “universal intelligence” in the short story, “The Ice Cream Man,” might well describe the center that holds…

Cynthia ConradMarch 27, 2023

Fiction Listicles

Strange Justice: 6 Unusual Justice Systems in Speculative Fiction

The justice system is an aspect of worldbuilding we often take for granted in fiction. In the world of fantasy, we’re used to scenes of dungeons and burnings at the stake. In science fiction, we know to expect exile to the farthest corner of space. And in stories set in…

BookTribApril 25, 2024

Fiction Listicles

19th Century Historical Women’s Fiction

For April, the Women's Fiction Writers Association is focusing on fiction that highlights the lives of women in the 19th century.

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationApril 24, 2024

Fiction Recommended Young Adult

Epic YA Magical Fantasy Follows Chosen Few’s Revolutionary Quest

Chosen by J.R. Emerson is a riveting young adult fantasy novel that tells the story of a villainous king, shocking betrayal, powerful rebellion, and forces that unite to fight for justice. Shadow meets fire, evil rulers meet their opposition, and the underdogs face off against the privileged in this epic,…

Megan BeauregardApril 26, 2024

Fiction

Atmospheric and Lyrical Coming-of-Age Novel From Pulitzer Winner Jane Smiley

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley gives readers a fully atmospheric novel brimming with grit and glitter. In Lucky, we watch one woman’s rise to fame and the journey across changing times to find herself. Folk Musician's Rise to Fame When we meet Jodie Rattler, she is six years old and…

Kelsey HallApril 23, 2024

Fiction Thrillers

David Baldacci’s “Calamity of Souls” is a Racially-Charged 60s Courtroom Drama

It took New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci more than a decade to write what may be his best, and most personal, story to date — and as someone who has sold more than 150 million copies of his novels worldwide in 45 languages over the span of his…

Dawn IusApril 16, 2024

Fiction

Jennifer Belle Talks New Hilarious and Wildly Shocking Coming-of-Age, “Swanna in Love”

How could one resist a novel called Swanna In Love? As with Jennifer Belle’s previous books, Going Down, High Maintenance, Little Stalker and The Seven Year Bitch, her wit and unforgettable voice hook the reader at once. We are swept into fourteen-year-old Swanna Swain’s first-person narration in this latest tale.…

Susan Shapiro BarashApril 17, 2024

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Secret Document by Galileo Leads Professor and Countess on Adventure Through Italy

A veiled prophecy of scientist Galileo Galilei is discovered four centuries after his death, launching an American professor and an Italian countess on a perilous quest to solve its hidden clues in D. Allen Henry’s imaginative The Starry Message. In the fall of 1641, a sightless Galileo recognizes his impending…

Peggy KurkowskiApril 23, 2024

Fiction Recommended Romance Young Adult

Profound Insights Underpin a Tale of Forbidden Love

How much control do we have over our own choices? If you knew in advance that a particular choice would lead to heartbreak, would you still choose it? Is love worth the risk? These profound questions underpin Books of Destinies Vol. 1, a young adult paranormal romance by Martha Kowalski.…

Cynthia ConradApril 17, 2024

A Second, Closer Look at Amor Towles’ “A Gentleman in Moscow”

7 Later-in-Life Romances on Audiobook

Books & Looks Podcast: Chikodi Anunobi on “The Thief and the Patriot”: Unraveling Nigeria’s Complex Culture

Exciting New Sci-Fi on Audio

Books & Looks Podcast: Uncovering Turkey’s Seismic Secrets with Geologist D.J. Green

Coming-of-Age Novel Exposes Harsh Reality of Eugenics Movement

Choices Collide with Destiny in Short Stories Set Across the Multiverse

Strange Justice: 6 Unusual Justice Systems in Speculative Fiction

19th Century Historical Women’s Fiction

Epic YA Magical Fantasy Follows Chosen Few’s Revolutionary Quest

Secret Document by Galileo Leads Professor and Countess on Adventure Through Italy

Profound Insights Underpin a Tale of Forbidden Love

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