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The Day After a Hurricane, Three Women Are Killed. Forty Years Later, the Search for Truth Continues.

A wedding ring tucked beneath a couch cushion. A fortune in jewelry hidden in a wastebasket. Three bullets bearing the same letter. These are some of the details Houston detectives had to work with after three women were shot at a real estate office in August 1983. More than 40…

BookTribNovember 13, 2026

Author Spotlight

Clark Brown on Understanding Dogs and Preventing Animal Abuse

What does it really mean to protect man’s best friend? For Clark Brown, it takes more than compassion — it requires understanding animal behavior, recognizing the signs of abuse and neglect, and knowing how to intervene. Drawing on more than 35 years of experience as an Animal Control Officer and…

BookTribNovember 13, 2026

Nonfiction Recommended

Reading the Rocks Along Lewis and Clark’s Trail

Try following travel directions written more than 200 years ago. The old path may have been paved over or swallowed by development. The river may have been dammed or diverted. Land may have been blasted to make way for a road. The view may be transformed beyond recognition. But a…

BookTribNovember 9, 2026

Better Self Nonfiction

Priyanka Mattoo’s “How to Be Less Useful” Celebrates the Art of Doing Less

If you’re feeling overwhelmed by life’s expectations and wish to find more joy in life, How to Be Less Useful should be on your bookshelf. Author of Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones, Priyanka Mattoo, delivers a humorous, nonfiction self-help/memoir about reducing the need to be more efficient and useful all…

Natalia KavaleNovember 5, 2026

Nonfiction Recommended

When Helping a Dog Takes More Than a Good Heart

Seeing a dog suffer, most of us would want to do something immediately. Remove the animal, get it somewhere safe, figure out the rest later. But what if intervening means violating an owner’s rights? What if acting too quickly undermines the very case that could protect the dog longer term?…

BookTribNovember 4, 2026

Nonfiction

Follow Three Trailblazing Women’s Paths Through the American Wilderness

Heather Hansman’s engaging new work of nonfiction is Fierce Country: The Untold Story of Three Women Who Ignited America’s Love for the Wild. The women were Georgie White, Anne LaBastille and Dolores LaChapelle, who, despite never meeting and their quite dissimilar temperaments, were each ferociously independent and shared a passion for…

Linda HitchcockOctober 22, 2026

Author Spotlight

Jeffrey Snyder on Championing Neurodivergent Students

For neurodivergent students, everyday school experiences can present challenges that often go unnoticed or misunderstood. In his book The Neurodivergent Owl, author and self-advocate Jeffrey Snyder draws on his personal experiences growing up with autism to shed light on the importance of understanding, flexibility and individualized accommodations in education. Through his…

BookTribOctober 22, 2026

Listicles Nonfiction Popular

5 Books Exploring the Future of Family and Parenthood

Family life is changing, and so are the ways we think about having and raising children. From declining birth rates and the pressures of modern parenting to the influence of technology and the importance of community, today's families face challenges that previous generations could hardly have imagined. These five thought-provoking…

BookTribOctober 21, 2026

Nonfiction Recommended

From Fire Drills to Field Trips: Understanding the Neurodivergent School Experience

A fire alarm interrupts a lesson. Students head outside, teachers call for silence, and the school practices its emergency procedures. For Jeffrey P. Snyder, the noise and sudden disruption could overwhelm him long after the drill ended. In The Neurodivergent Owl Presents: Alarms, Assemblies and Accommodations: Inside the Neurodivergent Classroom,…

BookTribOctober 15, 2026

Nonfiction Recommended

Why Are We Having Fewer Children? This Intriguing Theory May Surprise You

Many people imagine a future with children, only to end up with a smaller family than they hoped for — or no children at all. Money, relationships, health and timing can each play a part. But why is this gap between hope and reality appearing across so many societies? In…

BookTribOctober 13, 2026

Nonfiction

Behind the Famous Paintings, Three Girls’ Lives Shatter Amid War

The Renoir Girls, subtitled A Hidden History of Art, War & Betrayal, is an impeccably researched, sweeping, densely rich chronicle spanning the decadent Belle Époque, modern industrial times and WWII as experienced by the prominent and immensely wealthy Cahen d’Anvers family. Bestselling author and journalist Catherine Ostler examines the impact…

Linda HitchcockOctober 9, 2026

Better Self Nonfiction Recommended

Turning Addiction Recovery into a Blueprint for Christian Living

For Matthew Linehan, escaping addiction was not the end of the story. It was the beginning of learning how to live. In Free Indeed: The 7 Keys to Unlock Your Freedom, he recounts his journey from three decades of alcohol and drug addiction to a life rooted in Christian faith.…

BookTribSeptember 17, 2026

Nonfiction Recommended

Finding Light in the Shadows of Memory

From the Cyclops Cave is a memoir written by Don Schofield where an American poet, long settled in Greece, rents a house on the island of Kýthnos that the locals call "the Cyclops Cave." Alone there for three summers and two Easters in '92, '93 and '94, gazing out at…

BookTribSeptember 14, 2026

Nonfiction

The Man Who Made the Beatles

Mr. Moonlight: Brian Epstein and the Making of the Beatles is the brainchild of columnist Philip Norman, former rock music critic for The Times and noted biographer of numerous acclaimed musicians and other public figures. Lauded for his first book, Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation, published in 1981, his…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 11, 2026

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Child Rearing and Civilization: How Each Shapes the Other

Histories of civilization tend to focus on rulers, governments, laws, wars, religions and other major institutions. Nam Nguyen draws our attention to the people who care for children. In Kin: Childhood, Parenting, and the Making of Civilization, he argues that the way one generation raises the next is not a…

BookTribSeptember 1, 2026

Nonfiction Popular

“Miracle” Tells the Astonishing True Story of the Boys Who Escaped Auschwitz’s Gas Chamber

Michael Calvin, co-author with Josef Lewkowicz of The Survivor: How I Made It through Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter, and Rabbi Naftali Schiff, founder of Jewish Futures and active educator who travels worldwide interviewing Holocaust survivors to preserve their stories and legacy, have documented a powerful, formerly…

Linda HitchcockAugust 24, 2026

The Day After a Hurricane, Three Women Are Killed. Forty Years Later, the Search for Truth Continues.

Clark Brown on Understanding Dogs and Preventing Animal Abuse

Reading the Rocks Along Lewis and Clark’s Trail

When Helping a Dog Takes More Than a Good Heart

Jeffrey Snyder on Championing Neurodivergent Students

5 Books Exploring the Future of Family and Parenthood

From Fire Drills to Field Trips: Understanding the Neurodivergent School Experience

Turning Addiction Recovery into a Blueprint for Christian Living

Finding Light in the Shadows of Memory

Child Rearing and Civilization: How Each Shapes the Other

“Miracle” Tells the Astonishing True Story of the Boys Who Escaped Auschwitz’s Gas Chamber

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