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Overcome Adversity in 8 Irresistibly Triumphant Tales

There’s something irresistible about a fish-out-of-water story — where characters find themselves wildly out of their element. After all, we instantly know it will all come down to a high-stakes choice: Cling to their old ways, gasping and flapping on the shore, or learn to adapt and walk tall. We…

Jessica StrawserSeptember 29, 2022

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5 Gift-Worthy Books for the Mothers in Your Life — Yourself Included!

Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and let’s be honest: books make the best gifts! While this is true for every holiday, it seems especially accurate for Mother’s Day. What mom wouldn’t love a handpicked page-turner that will sweep her away from her endless to-do list? Let’s be honest…

Nicole BaartMay 1, 2024

Fiction Listicles

Tall Poppy Bloggers Recommend: Heartwarming Holiday Reads

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — and it just might be the most wonderful time for books as well! In addition to sharing a few of my can’t-miss sweet reads for the holiday season, I asked favorite book influencers to share what stories are making them feel…

Kristy Woodson HarveyDecember 16, 2021

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A Locked Room Is Not Always a Locked Room

Do you remember when you first read The Speckled Band? The Sherlock short story by Arthur Conan Doyle where a soon-to-be-wed daughter is mysteriously killed in a creepy mansion where no one could possibly have entered her locked room? And then, guess what, ANOTHER soon-to-be-wed daughter has to sleep in…

Hank Phillippi RyanAugust 4, 2022

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Gay Romance on Ice: Our Favorite Ice Hockey Series

The beloved ice hockey romance, Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid, just became a TV series and the acclamation in North America is louder than a goal horn when the biscuit is in the basket. Ice hockey can be sweaty, brutal and profane, but when it comes to sports romance, we…

BookTribDecember 19, 2025

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Delightful Stories That Make Little Explorers Fall in Love with the World Around Them

There’s something magical about a story that nudges kids outdoors, sparks their curiosity and lets them spend time with the people they care about most. From wandering through fields to discovering the rhythms of farm life, these books are perfect for kids around 5 to 6. So, grab a cozy…

BookTribDecember 19, 2025

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7 Cozy Reads of Christmas Past, Present and Future

There is something undeniably appealing about curling up beneath a blanket on a crisp December day and immersing yourself in the warm glow of a festive read. As we wrote Christmas with the Queen, we were feeling particularly nostalgic for the late Queen Elizabeth II and found ourselves digging into her…

Hazel Gaynor and Heather WebbDecember 16, 2024

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The Chill Quill: 2025 Favorites

As the nights grow colder and the year winds down, I’m revisiting some of my favorite reads from this year’s New Releases. From ghost-soaked hotels to cursed legacies, witchy teens to viral monsters and even a nefarious cheesecake murder, these were the books that stuck with me long after the…

Lindy RyanDecember 17, 2025

Fiction Listicles

BookTrib Editors’ Picks This Week

This week’s new releases showcase a mix of genres, from historical adventures and spellbinding fantasy to suspenseful mysteries and contemporary drama. Whether you’re drawn to true stories of courage on treacherous seas, dark legacies spanning centuries or imaginative worlds filled with magic and intrigue, these books will transport readers into…

BookTribDecember 8, 2025

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Staff Picks: Our Gift Guide

Finding the perfect book can feel like offering someone an entirely new world to step into. The BookTrib team is sharing the titles we’re wrapping up for our own friends and family this year. These are the stories we know will spark joy and great conversations. Our staff picks offer…

BookTribDecember 11, 2025

Fiction Listicles

The Hidden Architects: 3 Books That Reveal the Real World Behind “A Spy Inside the Castle”

When I was writing A Spy Inside the Castle, I kept thinking about the hidden hands that shape history — the quiet decisions made in secure rooms that steer nations toward peace or disaster. Most of us never see that world, but we live in its consequences every day. The…

M.B. CourtenayDecember 10, 2025

Listicles Thrillers

5 Unputdownable Espionage Books That Will Grip You From Page One

Whether you love the razor-edge tension of undercover missions or the moral complexity of intelligence work, WWII remains one of the richest eras for spy fiction — a time when information was deadlier than bullets, loyalties shifted like quicksand and the line between hero and traitor was just one coded…

BookTribDecember 9, 2025

Fiction Listicles

5 New Books to Read by the Fire this Winter

With the season of holiday lights and Jack Frost upon us, there is no better time to think about the books that will keep you company through what many are foretelling to be a long, dark winter. So, cozy up by the fire with a cup of hot cocoa and…

BookTribDecember 23, 2022

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6 Soul-Stirring Memoirs That Show Us How to Keep Climbing

Some losses feel like mountains you’ll never climb. Some griefs linger in the quiet corners of your heart. And some questions have no easy answers. Yet in those moments, certain books become companions, guides, even lifelines. The following memoirs do exactly that. They explore grief, faith and the stubborn courage…

BookTribDecember 3, 2025

Listicles Nonfiction

3 Rock N’ Roll Legends Explore Their Lore

Every so often, fortune arrives in the shape of a long-awaited memoir from an artist whose work has already shaped the contours of our inner world. It’s one thing to encounter their art, but entirely another to glimpse the hidden rooms from which that art first emerged. To learn the…

Lillian ParrottaNovember 26, 2025

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Where Sports End and Life Begins: Stories of Heart, Hope & Hard-Won Wins

Sometimes the score doesn’t tell the whole story. The following titles aren’t just about sports, but rather they tell stories about the people who shape us, the moments that test us and the unexpected directions life takes when we follow our passions. If you’ve been looking for books that capture…

BookTribDecember 2, 2025

Overcome Adversity in 8 Irresistibly Triumphant Tales

5 Gift-Worthy Books for the Mothers in Your Life — Yourself Included!

Tall Poppy Bloggers Recommend: Heartwarming Holiday Reads

A Locked Room Is Not Always a Locked Room

Gay Romance on Ice: Our Favorite Ice Hockey Series

Delightful Stories That Make Little Explorers Fall in Love with the World Around Them

7 Cozy Reads of Christmas Past, Present and Future

The Chill Quill: 2025 Favorites

BookTrib Editors’ Picks This Week

Staff Picks: Our Gift Guide

The Hidden Architects: 3 Books That Reveal the Real World Behind “A Spy Inside the Castle”

5 Unputdownable Espionage Books That Will Grip You From Page One

5 New Books to Read by the Fire this Winter

6 Soul-Stirring Memoirs That Show Us How to Keep Climbing

3 Rock N’ Roll Legends Explore Their Lore

Where Sports End and Life Begins: Stories of Heart, Hope & Hard-Won Wins

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