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.
BookTribJuly 6, 2026
“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,…
BookTribJuly 8, 2026
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…
BookTribJuly 8, 2026
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.
BookTribJuly 1, 2026
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…
BookTribJune 23, 2026
In her newest book, I Eat the Stars, Sarah Wilson aims to help us find a light through all of the darkness.
Riley HarkerJune 24, 2026
Wayne Williams' Grab Another Gear is a motivating guide to living with intention rather than drifting through life on autopilot.
BookTribMay 28, 2026
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,…
BookTribJune 17, 2026
Lauren Hough’s narrative chronicling her three-month trek across the country with her canine companion, Woody Guthrie, is contemplative and immensely entertaining.
Philip ZozzaroJune 16, 2026
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…
Amy PurdyJune 12, 2026
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…
BookTribFebruary 24, 2023
It’s fitting that Lorna Blake, at the very beginning of her memoir, Born to Rise, tells a story about her mother as a little girl. Young Ethlyn was only 8 years old at the time, the ninth of ten children born to a poor coffee and cocoa farmer. Ethlyn’s much…
Jim AlkonFebruary 9, 2023
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.
BookTribJune 11, 2026
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…
BookTribJune 5, 2026
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.
Linda HitchcockJune 4, 2026