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Book News: Anne Hathaway in Yesteryear, Vertical Storytelling, Books You Can’t Look Away From & More

Dear Readers, The BookTrib Brief is back this week with the latest book news. We’re dishing out buzzy bookishness, including tidbits about the new book on everyone’s lips, Yesteryear, recently scooped up by Anne Hathaway, and plenty of other juicy stories you will love. Happy reading! Meryl Moss, Publisher, BookTrib Win This Juicy, Action-Filled…
Meryl L. Moss
April 18, 2026
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Drop Everything and Read These Books!

Dear Readers, Drop everything and read — it’s Beverly Cleary weekend!  As a kid, I couldn’t get enough of her stories — and honestly, that feeling never left me. Most recently, I dropped everything for the Booker Prize winner Flesh by David Szalay — total immersion, no regrets. In honor of…
Meryl L. Moss
April 10, 2026
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Joan Lunden: A Groundbreaking Life

Dearest Discerning Readers,For more than three decades, I’ve had the extraordinary privilege of representing authors — and I can say without hesitation that it has made my life endlessly fascinating. This career has introduced me to some of the most intelligent, passionate and trailblazing people I could ever hope to…
Meryl L. Moss
March 28, 2026
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Have You Ever Been Dumped by a Friend?

Dear Readers, As women, we grow up believing in the bestie, a forever best friend and confidante who knows our history and holds our secrets. These relationships are supposed to be steady constants in lives that are otherwise filled with change. Careers shift. Partners come and go. Cities, identities, even…
Meryl L. Moss
March 19, 2026
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Written in the Stars With Lillian Parrotta

We are kicking off a new series here at BookTrib. Written in the Stars With Lillian Parrotta celebrates every Zodiac season by giving a fresh book recommendation based on the current sign. Come back each month to discover how you can connect to the stars. “The universe buries strange jewels…
Lillian Parrotta
March 17, 2026
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Putting Feelings into Words Just Got Easier

Not since Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence has a book come along to help us articulate our emotions with such clarity. The third book in our Hidden Gem series is entitled Choosing Emotions: Thinking with Your Head and Acting with Your Heart by D. Earl Johnston. Some people love stories. Some…
Meryl L. Moss
March 13, 2026
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A Political Thriller with Moral Depth

Dear Readers, For our weekly newsletter about Hidden Gems, I look for the book that deserves a brighter spotlight — the one that is not on any lists but absolutely commands your attention once you read the first page. This week’s discovery is Black Sun Rising by Otho Eskin — a former diplomat…
Meryl L. Moss
March 5, 2026
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In the Hills of Appalachia, a Hidden Gem of a Story

Dear Readers, As the founder and publisher of BookTrib.com, I receive so many special books by new and unknown authors. That's why we created a new weekly newsletter, The BookTrib Brief – a dedicated space to uncover and champion the true "hidden gems" of publishing. After all, isn’t there something electric about discovering…
Meryl L. Moss
February 26, 2026
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13 Memoirs that Inspire Fiction

Real life is unhinged. That’s why I love memoirs. Half the time you’re reading one and thinking, this can’t be real—and yet, here we are. When a memoir is done right—written to entertain—it becomes pure storytelling, empowered by authentic emotion. My new novel, Tiny Little Earthquakes, is based on my…
Hays Blinckmann
February 20, 2026