The Land and Its People by David Sedaris is such a delight to read — compelling, insightful, funny and powerful at many moments too in its message.
R.G. BelskyMay 26, 2026
Dawn Isler Cox’s The Root of All Fear takes a familiar therapeutic idea — that thoughts shape feelings and behavior — and asks what happens when the thought beneath anxiety is not only “I’m not enough,” but something much deeper: our beliefs about the nature of God. That shift gives…
BookTribMay 19, 2026
Early in her book Saying It Out Loud, Amy King learns that grief does not always look like tears. Sometimes it looks like guilt over laughing, guilt over planning, guilt over feeling even a flicker of happiness in a life her husband no longer gets to share. Widowed at age…
BookTribMay 13, 2026
Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble has spent three decades working to expand what mental health care can look like — especially for young people whose experiences have too often been overlooked by traditional systems. In Rise and Thrive, she brings that work directly to teens and young adults, offering an inclusive, culturally…
BookTribMay 12, 2026
For today’s teens, questions of identity, purpose and direction aren’t abstract; they’re constant. Between social media, academic pressure and a rapidly shifting culture, figuring out who you are and what you stand for can feel overwhelming. That’s where faith-based guidance can make a meaningful difference — but not all books…
BookTribMay 4, 2026
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.
BookTribApril 30, 2026
National Infertility Awareness Week is a time to bring often-silent struggles into the light — creating space for honesty, empathy and connection. For the millions navigating infertility, the journey can feel isolating, unpredictable and emotionally overwhelming. Books, however, have a way of meeting people exactly where they are: offering language…
BookTribApril 20, 2026
What does it mean to teach democracy — not just as a form of government, but as a habit of mind, a civic culture, even a way of understanding the self? That is the large and difficult question Robert Mitchell sets for himself in Education and the Culture of Democracy.…
BookTribApril 10, 2026
What if the story of your life isn’t really about you? In Other People: A Memoir and Reflections on Trauma, Connection, Meaning, and the Neuroscience of Healing, Michael S. Piraino makes a quiet but persistent case that who we become is shaped, piece by piece, by those around us. It’s…
BookTribMarch 31, 2026
Why do some people step in when something is wrong, while others stay quiet? It’s a question without an easy answer, but it sits at the heart of Ervin Staub’s Evil, Goodness, and Creating Active Bystandership. And for Staub, it’s not just theoretical. It’s personal. As a Jewish child in…
BookTribMarch 30, 2026
In recent years, rates of anxiety, depression and other forms of emotional distress among teens have risen significantly, while access to qualified mental health professionals remains uneven at best. For many families, the question is no longer whether support is needed, but where to find it. Into this gap steps…
BookTribMarch 19, 2026
Jeff Deaton, MD, has spent more than three decades helping individuals and couples navigate one of life’s most emotionally complex journeys: infertility. In his book When Waiting Becomes Life, he brings together the deeply human stories behind the science of fertility medicine, offering both compassionate insight and practical guidance for…
BookTribMarch 18, 2026
Jeff Deaton MD’s When Waiting Becomes Life pairs intimate infertility stories with clear, readable medical guidance. The result is a compassionate book that helps readers feel less alone, ask better questions at the clinic, and keep living fully through the hardest stretches of waiting.
BookTribMarch 4, 2026
A calm, practical safety guide that favors awareness over fear. Tim Beard’s Look Twice, Volume I offers simple decision tools, scenario-based advice, and checklists that help readers stay alert at home, at work, out in town, and on the move.
BookTribFebruary 25, 2026
In his debut novel Lost in the Holler, Michael West explores what happens when ambition pulls a man far from his roots. Set between the high-pressure world of New York business and the quiet, insular valley of Gizzard’s Holler in Appalachia, the novel follows RJ Burnette as he returns home…
BookTribFebruary 18, 2026