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From Doctor to Healer: A Physician’s Harrowing, Hopeful Journey

Physician Erica M. Elliott, M.D., closes her memoir trilogy with a riveting account of chemical injury, a 50/50 brain surgery and the slow, practical work of healing. From an emergency appendectomy in India to environmental‑medicine sleuthing and a spiritual reckoning, From Doctor to Healer is an intimate, hopeful narrative about…

BookTribNovember 18, 2025

Pop Culture - Featured Popular

From Lyrics to Literature: Books That Hit the Same Notes as These Albums

Some albums don't just play, they tell stories. The heartbreaks, obsessions, awakenings and anthems that shape an artist's sound often mirror the emotional arcs found in literature. So we ask ourselves, what happens when we match your favorite new albums to their literary counterparts? From the lyrical ache of Florence…

Cameron KimballNovember 12, 2025

Author Spotlight

Rooted in Wonder: Jane Gallagher on Nature, Movement, and the Mystery of Life

Some books explain, and some books invite you to experience. Reflections on Life’s Illusions is the latter—a luminous exploration of how nature, movement, and reflection converge into a philosophy of wholeness. For Jane Gallagher, spirituality is not a belief system but a felt relationship: between science and mystery, self and…

Kelsey HallNovember 10, 2025

Nonfiction

A Clear-Eyed, Big-Hearted Memoir About Grief, Grit and the Places That Hold Us

Chris Smith’s My Mountains is a powerful memoir about family, faith, and resilience. Through breathtaking highs and heartbreaking lows, it reveals the strength of love and the quiet beauty of healing in the wake of loss.

BookTribNovember 6, 2025

Listicles

BookTrib Editors’ Picks This Week

The remarkable blend of memoir and fiction in this week's new books is sure to enthrall, inspire, and move. From John Irving's epic historical drama Queen Esther to Oyinkan Braithwaite's compelling examination of familial curses in Cursed Daughters, readers might lose themselves in vividly imagined settings. While Heather Gudenkauf creates…

BookTribNovember 3, 2025

Nonfiction Recommended

A Thoughtful Exploration of How Culture, Nature and Consciousness Intertwine

If you’ve ever found yourself contemplating how much of what you believe comes from the world around you vs. how much comes from within yourself, Jane Gallagher’s Reflections on Life’s Illusions: A Memoir of Culture and Consciousness will become your next deep dive. A Memoir that Thinks Beyond Memory Gallagher’s…

BookTribOctober 31, 2025

Nonfiction Popular

“Nobody’s Girl” by Virginia Giuffre Exposes a World That Protects Monsters

Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice — co-authored with journalist Amy Wallace — is both a testimony and a warning. It’s unflinching, intimate, relentless, forcing readers to confront not only the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Prince Andrew and others in…

BookTribOctober 24, 2025

Listicles

From Breakdown to Breakthrough: 7 Books About Falling Apart and Building Yourself Anew

Some books don’t just tell a story; they hold up a mirror, reminding readers that reinvention is often gritty, uncertain and deeply human. For anyone who’s ever faced a season of unraveling — whether from loss, burnout, addiction or quiet self-doubt — transformational memoirs offer something both intimate and universal.…

Katie BloomerOctober 22, 2025

Miscellany Popular

On Not Minding One’s Own Business

I’d been taking notes towards the idea of writing a book titled Gina School since I attended an anniversary party in 2019. Seated on one side next to the successful adult daughter of the couple whom we were gathered to celebrate, and flanked on the other side by her boyfriend,…

Gina BarrecaOctober 16, 2025

Hidden Gems

A Feminist Coming-of-Age That’s Quiet, Powerful and Unforgettable

Marianna Marlowe’s Portrait of a Feminist isn’t your typical feminist memoir. It doesn’t shout its message or come armed with statistics and slogans. Instead, it invites you into the quiet, powerful moments that shaped one woman’s identity across years, continents and cultures. Told in a series of beautifully written personal essays that…

Kelsey HallOctober 15, 2025

Better Self Recommended

Inspirational Faith-Fueled Roadmap for Real, Lasting Change

Part memoir, part field guide, The Blueprint of Becoming offers a candid recovery story, Scripture-driven insights, and step-by-step practices—journaling prompts, prayers, and goal-setting—to help readers realign their lives with God’s design and take the next faithful step.

BookTribOctober 14, 2025

Nonfiction

“Eat, Pray, Love” Author’s Latest Memoir of Love and Loss Joins Oprah’s Book Club

All the Way to the River is a glorious, raw memoir that folds you into Elizabeth Gilbert’s journey of love, addiction, recovery and death. In this book, Gilbert takes us inside her relationship with Reyya Elias, her best friend, lover and wife. We travel with her all the way to…

LA BourgeoisOctober 8, 2025

Better Self Recommended

A Raw and Inspiring Memoir of Addiction, Transformation and Redemption

Jason Ferguson’s electrifying memoir Nobody’s Legend chronicles a journey from rock bottom to redemption. This raw, motivational story of identity, addiction, and perseverance doubles as a roadmap for anyone ready to rewrite their own life story and take back their future.

BookTribOctober 7, 2025

Nonfiction Recommended

Belonging After Brokenness: One Woman’s Search for Truth and Healing

Wendy B. Correa’s new memoir My Pretty Baby: Seeking Truth and Finding Healing, details a fascinating life defined by resilience and accomplishment in the face of childhood trauma and a dysfunctional family environment. As Correa deftly shows in this writing debut, life is not so much about what happens to…

Anne Eliot FeldmanSeptember 22, 2025

Hidden Gems Nonfiction Recommended

One Man’s Extraordinary Journey of Survival, Sobriety and Success

Moving and music weave twin threads of hope and self-discovery in John Beyer’s poignant and uplifting memoir of addiction and recovery, Live a Little Better. There’s something deeply courageous about laying bare the pain and trauma of your life’s mistakes, and Beyer doesn’t flinch from describing the fissures in his…

BookTribSeptember 11, 2025

Nonfiction Recommended

True-Life Page-Turner About Power, Danger and Finding Your Voice

Brenda Coffee’s Maya Blue recounts a fairytale marriage turned nightmare in a memoir that races along like a thriller. From the infamous “Spy House” in Texas to a terrifying jungle abduction, Coffee’s real-life journey of survival and self-discovery will leave readers breathless and inspired.

BookTribAugust 29, 2025

From Doctor to Healer: A Physician’s Harrowing, Hopeful Journey

From Lyrics to Literature: Books That Hit the Same Notes as These Albums

Rooted in Wonder: Jane Gallagher on Nature, Movement, and the Mystery of Life

BookTrib Editors’ Picks This Week

A Thoughtful Exploration of How Culture, Nature and Consciousness Intertwine

“Nobody’s Girl” by Virginia Giuffre Exposes a World That Protects Monsters

From Breakdown to Breakthrough: 7 Books About Falling Apart and Building Yourself Anew

On Not Minding One’s Own Business

A Feminist Coming-of-Age That’s Quiet, Powerful and Unforgettable

Inspirational Faith-Fueled Roadmap for Real, Lasting Change

A Raw and Inspiring Memoir of Addiction, Transformation and Redemption

Belonging After Brokenness: One Woman’s Search for Truth and Healing

One Man’s Extraordinary Journey of Survival, Sobriety and Success

True-Life Page-Turner About Power, Danger and Finding Your Voice

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