Romance

Carley Fortune’s “Our Perfect Storm” Captures the Ache of Love and Timing

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Pejuola RansomeMay 19, 2026

Fiction Recommended Romance

Brandon Knightley’s “Scripts” Is a Tender Study of the Lives We Hide

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

BookTribMay 14, 2026

Fiction Recommended Romance

The Long, Winding Path to the Love That Lasts

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.…

BookTribMay 18, 2026

Fiction Miscellany Pop Culture Romance

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…

Ava RaniMay 12, 2026

Recommended Romance

A Rom-Com That Finds Magic in Life’s “What Ifs”

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…

BookTribMay 6, 2026

Nonfiction Romance

Isabel Klee’s “Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About” Highlights the Messy Magic of Your 20s

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Kristin KeatonApril 29, 2026

Miscellany Romance

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…

Aunt LibraJune 13, 2025

Miscellany Romance

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…

Aunt LibraMay 22, 2025

Miscellany Romance

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…

Aunt LibraJuly 30, 2025

Miscellany Popular Romance

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…

Aunt LibraSeptember 25, 2025

Fiction Romance

TJ Klune Turns the End of the World Into a Love Story You Won’t Forget

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Michael FerryApril 28, 2026

Romance

New Desire and No Easy Answers in Rainbow Rowell’s “Cherry Baby”

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Natalia KavaleApril 15, 2026

Romance

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

Fiction Romance

In “The Art of Loving You,” Natasha Bishop Proves Love Can Bloom Through Grief

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Kristin KeatonApril 14, 2026

Fiction Romance

A Love Story That Slowly Steeps in “A Latte Like Love”

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Ashley IveyMarch 17, 2026

Listicles Romance

5 Library Love Stories for National Library Lovers Day (and Valentine’s 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,…

BookTribFebruary 14, 2026

Carley Fortune’s “Our Perfect Storm” Captures the Ache of Love and Timing

Brandon Knightley’s “Scripts” Is a Tender Study of the Lives We Hide

The Long, Winding Path to the Love That Lasts

Somewhere Between the Pitt and Deciding Whether or Not to Be Child Free

A Rom-Com That Finds Magic in Life’s “What Ifs”

Dear Aunt Libra: Pride Edition

Aunt Libra Answers Your Bookish Questions

Dear Aunt Libra: Dog Days of Summer Edition – Hot Enough for You?

Much Ado About Manga: Aunt Libra Schools Us in Love

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

5 Library Love Stories for National Library Lovers Day (and Valentine’s Day, Too)

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