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- [Hip-Hop and Heart: A Bold New Take on "The Wizard of Oz"](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/13/my-hip-hop-wiz-innton-tagger/) - Innton Tagger grabbed a beloved classic and completely remixed it in his own voice to create My Hip-Hop Wiz. This is a culturally rich reinvention of The Wizard of Oz that trades yellow brick roads for hustle, heart and hip-hop. From the opening pages, the book announces exactly what it is. Tagger's version of Dorothy
- [Behind the Palm Beach Glamour, One Family Faces a Reckoning](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/02/palm-beach-confidential-susannah-marren-review/) - In Palm Beach, a family can look flawless from the outside and still be coming apart behind the hedges. The trick is knowing how to smile through it, where to sit, what to wear and which rumors to pretend not to hear. Lucinda Barrows has spent decades perfecting that art. In Susannah Marren’s Palm Beach
- [A Mythic Fantasy Adventure Rooted in Heart and Heroism](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/10/marek-of-the-mists-corey-e-king/) - Corey E. King's novel, Marek of the Mists: The Sword of the Moon Maiden, is a fantasy novel featuring a hooded swordsman, a fog-bound coastal kingdom, a tyrant in a lightning-crowned tower and a hero who doesn't yet know how much of the story is about him. A Hero's Journey Begins in the Fog The
- [Reading Isn't Dead. Stop Writing Its Obituary.](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/10/we-are-not-headed-into-the-dark-ages-reading-is-very-much-alive/) - This week’s Atlantic Magazine cover story suggested we mourn reading like a death in the family. The argument is compelling and the anecdotes and history are interesting, but the industry-level numbers tell us a much less bleak story than a "postliterate collapse" into the dark ages. Let’s start with the market itself. If reading were
- [Chris Smith on the Science Behind "Absolute Nutrition"](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/10/chris-smith-on-the-science-behind-absolute-nutrition/) - Nutrition advice is everywhere, but clear, evidence-based guidance can be surprisingly difficult to find. In Absolute Nutrition, author Chris Smith set out to cut through conflicting studies, fad diets and misinformation with a practical guide focused on nutrient-dense foods and everyday meals. Drawing on two years of research from leading scientific and medical sources, Smith
- [A Practical Guide to Eating Better in a World That Makes It Hard](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/08/absolute-nutrition-christopher-d-smith-review/) - “Eat better” may be the most common advice for good health — but it’s also among the least useful. That’s because most of us don’t know what “better” actually looks like on a plate. In Absolute Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Nutrition & Nutrient-Dense Foods and Meals for Lifelong Health, Christopher D. Smith seeks to
- [Jenny Jackson's "The Shampoo Effect" Is a Beach Read That Goes Beyond Romance](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/30/the-shampoo-effect-jenny-jackson/) - The Shampoo Effect delivers exactly the kind of warm, breezy atmosphere that makes you want to pack a bag and head for the coast. With its beachside setting, Jenny Jackson slowly immerses readers in the charming seaside town of Greenhead, where relationships are as tangled as they are heartfelt. Caroline Lash, desperate and eager to
- [Finding the Next Chapter in Andrew Forrester's "How the Story Goes"](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/01/how-the-story-goes-andrew-forrester/) - Andrew Forrester has made a fine impression with his debut novel, How the Story Goes, a charming, upbeat literary romance set in the small fictional town of Whelk Harbor, Massachusetts. The two primary characters, Whit Longacre and Merritt Pryor, are similarly broken-hearted, despondent and in desperate need of finding purpose, renewed hope and their former
- [Echoes of the 60s: Essential Reads From the Vietnam Era](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/07/echoes-of-the-60s-essential-reads-from-the-vietnam-era/) - When I set out to write Wayward Girls, I was pulled into the Vietnam era. My childhood memories centered around the nightly news with Walter Cronkite. I wasn’t really focused on the texture of daily life during that seismic decade: the music, the grief, the quality of American restlessness and the way ordinary people were
- [Randomness Realized:  Sonny Rollins, Sentences and Surrender](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/08/randomness-realized-sonny-rollins-sentences-and-surrender/) - Sentence construction is a thing. So is rhythm. Don’t get me started on structure. My father had filed suit on behalf of Tony’s mother when she’d inadvertently set her hair on fire while trying to light an unfiltered menthol with the cigarette lighter of her 1971 Grand Prairie Deluxe Edition Station Wagon—desert cream color with
- [Bookaholic Podcast — A Hidden Town. Retired Spies. One Impossible Choice.](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/09/bookaholic-podcast-a-hidden-town-retired-spies-one-impossible-choice/) - The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- ["Murder at the Hotel Orient" Checks Readers Into a Scandalous Whodunit](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/06/murder-at-the-hotel-orient-alessandra-ranelli/) - If Murder at the Hotel Orient were a film, it would be given an “R” if not an “NC-17” rating, as it is a quite naughty, although highly entertaining, murder mystery that would be unsuitable for church or library-based book clubs. The dedication attests to this: “For Mr. Husson, my fourth-grade teacher, who made me
- [The Extraordinary Legacy of One Final Wish](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/29/the-wish-heather-morris/) - The Wish carries the tagline “some stories live forever” and this first contemporary novel by author Heather Morris is certain to live on in its readers’ hearts. She is well known for her impeccably researched uplifting works of historical fiction based on real events including critically acclaimed The Tattooist of Auschwitz which spent 70 weeks
- [Kristin Casey's Fearless Memoir of Survival and Self-Worth](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/06/casey-dancer-kristin-casey/) - Kristin Casey's Casey Dancer takes on subject matter most memoirists would soften or sanitize: a return to stripping at thirty-nine after a stalled real estate career, a decade of dating in sobriety and an eventual pivot into professional companionship work. Casey refuses to flinch from any of it. What makes the memoir sing is Casey's
- [WE THE PRESIDENTS: Why the Presidents of the Past Still Matter](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/08/we-the-presidents-why-the-presidents-of-the-past-still-matter/) - Presidential history can sound like something that belongs in a classroom, a documentary or a very large book you keep meaning to read someday. But Ronald Gruner’s We the Presidents makes a compelling case that the presidents of the past are not really past at all. Their decisions are still shaping the country we live
- [Listen While You Work: Top Audiobooks to Multitask To](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/01/multitask-audiobooks/) - Trying to hit your fitness goals? Procrastinating on meal prepping? Dreading the prospect of a drive through Fourth of July weekend traffic? We’ve found the ultimate hack for boosting productivity: audiobooks! With everything from celebrity voices to multi-cast narration, these new + upcoming audiobooks will keep you engaged while you get through your daily tasks.
- [Book Recs to Match the Internet’s Hot Takes on Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s Wedding](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/08/book-recs-to-match-the-internets-hot-takes-on-taylor-swift-travis-kelces-wedding/) - The Taylor Swift x Travis Kelce MSG wedding was the parasocial event of the century. And as usual, when it comes to Taylor Swift, the internet has lots of opinions… Are you a Swiftie who’s living vicariously through paparazzi pics? Are you judging the choice of venue like a true New Yorker? Are you in
- [Four for the Fourth: A Reinvigorating Reading Itinerary](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/03/four-for-the-fourth-a-reinvigorating-reading-itinerary/) - Happy Reading! Meryl Moss, Publisher, BookTrib GIVEAWAY: The Dual-Timeline Tale of Princess Di's Dressmaker GIVEAWAY: Dive Into This Enemies-to-Lovers, Second-Chance Romance With a Magical Realism Twist BOOK CLUBS: Claim Your FREE Access Codes to This Month's Full-Cast Audio Drama Stay in the Loop! Be among the first to receive our weekly book recommendations. Sign up
- [Family Saga Explores What We Inherit, What We Bury and What We Harvest](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/24/plowman-2nd-ed-charles-bruckerhoff-review/) - The story in Charles Bruckerhoff’s PLOWMAN: Harvest of Grain and Innocence (2nd edition) begins, in a sense, when a dusty wooden first-aid case crashes down from an attic shelf. It is not medicine inside, but memory: loose pages, wartime journals, military records and family history waiting for someone young enough — and brave enough —
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: David Weiden Explains Why All Good Writing Starts at the Scholastic Book Fair](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/07/writers-ink-podcast-david-weiden-explains-why-all-good-writing-starts-at-the-scholastic-book-fair/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [A Story of Loss and the Hard Work of Carrying Love Forward](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/06/roller-coasters-the-life-kind-joseph-m-lenard-review/) - Grief does not always behave like an ending. Sometimes it acts more like a ride that refuses to stop: the same drops and turns, the same sickening return to the place where everything irrevocably changed. In the latest entry to his “Life and Living” series, Roller Coasters: The Life Kind, Joseph M. Lenard builds a
- [Essential Reads for America250](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/02/essential-reads-for-america250/) - America’s 250th celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, but this national milestone represents much more than that. In writing our new novel, A Founding Mother, we were always aware that the Founders set about to create “a more perfect union.” They knew that the nation would be an ongoing work-in-progress ever striving towards
- [F. N. Knight's "The First Cycle" Delivers Epic Science Fantasy with Heart](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/02/the-first-cycle-f-n-knight/) - F. N. Knight's The First Cycle is an ambitious, richly imagined science-fantasy epic that announces the arrival of a writer with a bold vision. Set on the alien world of Thelo, nearly a thousand years after humanity's catastrophic exodus from a dying Earth, the novel weaves together political intrigue and mystical power into a tapestry
- ["A Hard Farewell" Honors the Bond Between Pets and Their People](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/02/a-hard-farewell-fred-jandt/) - Fred Jandt's A Hard Farewell is a small book that carries an enormous weight. Subtitled as a meditation on the loss and grief that come with the end of the sacred bond between pets and their people, it is a love letter to a cat named Yoda and to every animal companion whose absence has
- [Secrets, Shadows and Strange Terrors: June Horror Releases](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/24/secrets-shadows-and-strange-terrors-june-horror-releases/) - June’s darkest releases are steeped in secrets — buried beneath pristine neighborhoods, hidden inside crumbling estates, whispered through old folklore, and lurking at the edge of apocalypse. From gothic fairy tales and supernatural thrillers to uncanny tech nightmares and twisted retellings, this month’s lineup proves that the things we refuse to confront rarely stay buried
- [6 Works of Crime Fiction That Reinvent Justice](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/29/6-works-of-crime-fiction-that-reinvent-justice/) - What if the justice system didn't stop at prison? What if it prevented crimes before they happened, asked offenders to experience the pain they'd caused, or sought healing instead of punishment? These six works of crime fiction take familiar questions about crime and accountability in strikingly different directions. Some embrace rehabilitation, others favor revenge, prediction,
- [The Last Frontier: Books Set in Alaska](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/01/the-last-frontier-books-set-in-alaska/) - In 1954, the New York Times ran an article called "Couple Finds Life in Alaska Varied." In it they wrote, “As in the country of which it is a territory, ‘living in Alaska is what you make it,’ according to one young couple here.” That sentiment is still true today and seen so clearly in the
- [Peter A. Giersch on "Talking of Michelangelo" and the Search for Divine Providence](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/02/peter-a-giersch-on-talking-of-michelangelo-and-the-search-for-divine-providence/) - In Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region, author Peter A. Giersch blends memoir, literary criticism, theology and travel writing into a personal exploration of faith and meaning. Drawing on an Ignatian retreat in France, the poetry of T.S. Eliot, the art of Michelangelo and the enduring wisdom of great
- [A Sense of Place: How Jane Austen Uses Houses in "Pride and Prejudice" to Reveal Character and Culture](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/01/a-sense-of-place-how-jane-austen-uses-houses-in-pride-and-prejudice-to-reveal-character-and-culture/) - As much as I would love to be in Bath right now, dancing the quadrille in the Assembly Rooms to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, or wandering through Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, believed (for good reason) to be Austen’s inspiration for Pemberley, my real-life plans to honor Miss Austen this summer are more modest. I’m
- [Cutting Through Diet Myths with the History of Nutritional Science](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/01/in-search-of-the-optimal-human-diet-jonathan-spitz/) - Jonathan Spitz set out to write the book he wished he'd had when he first went plant-based, and the result is an impressive achievement: a rigorously documented history of nutritional science that manages to be both scholarly and readable by people without any scientific background. The History Behind Modern Nutrition What makes In Search of
- [Books & Looks Podcast — Teddy Roosevelt’s Secret Weapon: The Tennis Cabinet That Built Modern America](https://booktrib.com/2026/07/01/books-looks-podcast-teddy-roosevelts-secret-weapon-the-tennis-cabinet-that-built-modern-america/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Embody Your Favorite Daisy Chain Performer's Energy With These Fresh Reads](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/24/cant-wait-for-daisy-chain-fields-embody-your-favorite-upcoming-performer-with-these-fresh-reads/) - Eagerly refreshing the tickets page for Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields? Embody the energy of this woman-forward, charity-driven music festival with book recs inspired by the iconic lineup. Want a read that channels the queer chaos + joy of Chappell Roan, or the melancholy melodies of Stevie Nicks? What about Doechii’s unrivaled dynamism or Mitski’s
- [Thrillers You Won’t Want to Miss This Summer](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/29/thrillers-you-wont-want-to-miss-this-summer/)
- [Becoming Jane Eyre: A Roundup of Retellings](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/30/becoming-jane-eyre-a-roundup-of-retellings/) - What makes Jane Eyre still relevant today? That was a question very much on my mind when I was writing my own Jane Eyre reimagining, 4 Janes, which traces the parallel lives of one soul searching for meaning, connection and a place to belong. For a character self-described as small, plain and poor, Jane remains
- [Celebrate the Magic of Romance in New YA Romantasy Collection](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/30/these-kindred-hearts-shari-b-pennant/) - These Kindred Hearts: 17 Tales of Love and Magic is an absolutely delightful new anthology of short stories that span the tropes of the young adult romantasy genre. Edited by Shari B. Pennant, a bookseller and author committed to diversifying young adult fiction — and whose story Meet Me at World’s End is also a highlight
- [Inside "Enter the Nightmare"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/30/inside-enter-the-nightmare/) - With Enter the Nightmare, author Jayne Ann Krentz, writing as Jayne Castle, returns to Harmony with a blend of paranormal suspense, Gothic atmosphere and unforgettable romance. The latest installment in her beloved futuristic series follows Alice North, a woman haunted by a dangerous psychic gift and determined to reclaim her life after being branded insane.
- [The Sleepless Night That Sparked "Witch Season"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/30/the-sleepless-night-that-sparked-witch-season/) - Five years ago, I was supposed to be up early. I had to get out at four a.m. for an early call, and I had grand ambitions of going to bed at seven and getting a full night’s sleep. Instead, I wound up lying in bed staring at the ceiling until my alarm went off,
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Why the Outline Is the Lie We All Agree To, With Maurice Broaddus](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/30/writers-ink-podcast-why-the-outline-is-the-lie-we-all-agree-to-with-maurice-broaddus/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Finding Home Under the Wings of Alicanto](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/29/the-secret-of-alicanto-inder-verma/) - Inder Verma's The Secret of Alicanto is set against a sweep of locations including the sun-drenched streets of West Palm Beach, the cobblestoned grandeur of Lisbon and Porto and the leafy calm of Belmont, Massachusetts. This novel traces the life of Maria Francisca Oliveira, a Brazilian-born nurse and single mother of twins, as she navigates
- [Your Father’s a Serial Killer. Now What Do You Do?](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/26/the-death-row-club-v-a-vasquez/) - “The truth is, my parents were in love. One of my earliest memories is hovering in the doorframe while they danced, barefoot, in the kitchen — a dishrag thrown over my father’s shoulder, his arm wrapped around my mother’s waist as she hummed along with the radio. He was a good husband; he was an
- [Book News: Chilling Reads for Hot Days, Recs for Pride Month, Bookcations and More!](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/27/book-news-chilling-reads-for-hot-days-recs-for-pride-month-bookcations-and-more/) - Gleaming Indie Discoveries Await You for June GIVEAWAY: Win This Cozy Historical Mystery Stay in the Loop! Be among the first to receive our weekly book recommendations. Sign up for our newsletter here.
- [Jamie Brenner on Writing "Blue Angel"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/18/jamie-brenner-on-writing-blue-angel/) - In Blue Angel, Jamie Brenner ventures into bold new territory, exploring desire, performance and the transformative power of self-discovery. At the center of the novel is Mallory, a young woman whose carefully mapped future begins to unravel after a visit to a burlesque club that challenges everything she thought she knew about herself. Through a
- [Finding Hope in a World of Exile](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/26/the-realm-of-ruin-carson-zan-hughes/) - The Realm of Ruin by Carson Zan Hughes begins as a classic exile-and-survival fantasy and gradually unfolds into a story about identity, belonging, trauma and what it means to rebuild a life after everything has been stripped away. The Realm of Ruin is a planetary dumping ground — a world to which the ruling council
- [Monster-Hunting Fantasy with Danger Beyond the Beasts](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/25/monster-hunting-fantasy-books-with-danger-beyond-the-beasts/) - In monster-hunting fantasy, the creature is rarely the whole story. The fang, claw or curse may be what gets the plot moving, but the best books in the subgenre understand that monsters often expose something deeper: a broken society, a buried history, a dangerous bargain, a wounded hero or a world built to devour the
- [Spiritual Journeys That Transform the Traveler](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/23/spiritual-journeys-that-transform-the-traveler/) - The spiritual journey is rarely a straight path. It unfolds through moments of wonder and doubt, clarity and confusion, longing and discovery. These books explore that universal search for meaning, inviting readers to reflect on the questions that shape our lives and the experiences that transform us. Whether rooted in religious tradition or contemplative observation,
- [Pride Month Reads: Love & Friendship](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/24/pride-month-reads-love-friendship/) - For Pride Month, we’re celebrating stories that highlight the many forms of connection that shape our lives. These novels showcase LGBTQ+ authors and characters navigating relationships that are complex and heartfelt. Whether through romance, loyalty, shared history or unwavering support in times of crisis, each book reminds us that the relationships we build can define
- [Ann Patchett’s "Whistler" Is a Moving Meditation on Redemption](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/25/ann-patchett-whistler-review/) - They say no great story ever began with a salad, but how about a museum? It’s not any garden-variety museum; we’re talking about the Metropolitan Museum of Art smack-dab in Central Park, New York. You know, the one famous for the Met Gala. On a whim, Jonathan and Daphne Fuller decide to spend the day
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Belle Burden’s Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/25/bookaholic-podcast-belle-burdens-strangers-a-memoir-of-marriage/) - The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- ["I Eat the Stars": How Collapse Can Bring Us Closer](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/24/i-eat-the-stars-sarah-wilson/) - If you are a part of the growing number reckoning with the destructive tendencies of our civilization, then I Eat the Stars may provide you with some welcome relief. Not to tell you everything will be ok. Not to encourage us to all be doomsday preppers. Not even to feed into the bottomless pit of
- [Keep Your TBR On-Trend With Book Recs to Match Today’s Most Popular Accessories](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/16/keep-your-tbr-on-trend-with-book-recs-to-match-todays-most-popular-accessories/) - What if we told you the hottest summer 2026 trend is a good book? Rampant consumerism has us all operating in brain-rot mode … and while there’s joy to be found in an online shopping session, nothing hits quite like a perfect summer read. Replace the clear jelly bag you’re coveting with a crystal-clear read;
- [Immerse Yourself in Different Cultures with These Six Novels](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/24/immerse-yourself-in-different-cultures-with-these-six-novels/) - Open yourself to different cultures and experience the world through the lens of those whose lives may be different from your own. These novels are beautiful, haunting stories of love, heartbreak, ancestry, resilience and redemption, spanning continents and time periods. All will open your heart and expand your understanding of the ways our cultural inheritance
- ["In Every Possible Way" Is Alicia Thompson’s Most Enchanting Romance Yet](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/22/in-every-possible-way-alicia-thompson/) - When I think of the romcom genre, I think of Ali Hazelwood. Emily Henry. Abby Jimenez. Carley Fortune. Katherine Center. Tessa Bailey. I also think of Alicia Thompson, author of In Every Possible Way. Her novels are highly relatable and touch on various different subjects, from baseball to music to serial killer podcasts, making them
- ["The Story Eaters of Yamm" Is a Delightfully Chaotic Sci-Fi Adventure](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/23/the-story-eaters-of-yamm-kevin-hincker/) - Through The Story Eaters of Yamm, critically acclaimed author Kevin Hincker brings to life a bizarre, laugh-out-loud and chaotic science fiction tale about a group of struggling science fiction writers tasked with crafting a hostile alien invasion story on Earth. Los Angeles resident Larry Palczewski is a 45-year-old aspiring science fiction novelist who lives with
- [Laughing at Longevity: 5 Absurdly Relatable Guides to the Indignities of Aging](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/19/laughing-at-longevity-5-absurdly-relatable-guides-to-the-indignities-of-aging/) - Getting older is an inevitable journey, but these five books prove that navigating its twists and turns is much easier when you lean into the comedy of it all. Rather than offering dry advice, our curated list approaches the golden years through a refreshingly witty lens, with each selection offering a distinct take on aging’s
- [Shifting Out of Autopilot: Wayne Williams’ Call to Live With Intention](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/28/grab-another-gear-wayne-williams/) - Wayne Williams‘ Grab Another Gear is a motivating guide to living with intention rather than drifting through life on autopilot. The central metaphor is cycling, and Williams wears it with conviction: an experienced competitive cyclist who uses the language of gears, laps, and traction. The book is structured as a “Gear Map” of twenty-four chapters (called “Laps”),
- [A Blazing Beginning for an Inventive Fantasy Saga](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/22/blackfyre-shattered-shards-daniel-welynn/) - Daniel Welynn's BlackFyre: Shattered Shards is a fantasy novel that is hard to put down. Set in fog-draped San Francisco, the novel opens with two teenage girls named Branwen and Daphne who are walking home from school, trading banter about Shakespeare essays and the creeping October haze. The scene feels ordinary, until it doesn't. Welynn
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: How Hard-Hitting Reporting Can Translate Into a Novel, With Bestseller Sarah Vaughan](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/23/writers-ink-podcast-how-hard-hitting-reporting-can-translate-into-a-novel-with-bestseller-sarah-vaughan/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [The Dead Demand Answers in Uzma Jalaluddin’s "Moonlight Murder"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/19/moonlight-murder-uzma-jalaluddin/) - Uzma Jalaluddin’s amateur sleuth Detective Aunty Kausar Khan returns to solve crimes in Moonlight Murder. She moved out of her daughter Sana’s home, where she baked, cooked, cleaned, and established close relationships with her granddaughters Maleeha and Fizza after investigating a murder. Kausar had ensured justice was done by proving her daughter’s innocence and then
- [Books About the Future of Medicine, Featuring Michael Crichton](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/18/books-about-the-future-of-medicine-featuring-michael-crichton/) - Medicine is no longer confined to hospitals, scalpels and stethoscopes. It is moving quietly but relentlessly into territory once reserved for speculation: clones, artificial consciousness, genetic editing, suspended death. Fiction has been there first. The best medical thrillers and speculative novels don’t just entertain, they pressure-test ideas before reality catches up. They ask the questions
- [Dan Licitra on Aging and Why “This Sh*t Only Gets Worse”](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/19/dan-licitra-on-aging-aches-and-why-this-shit-only-gets-worse/) - Aging is supposed to bring wisdom, perspective and a deeper appreciation for life's simple pleasures. It also apparently brings mysterious back injuries from writing checks, sleep-related ailments and the realization that standing up from a comfortable chair has become a team sport. In his hilarious new book, This Sh*t Only Gets Worse, Dan Licitra finds
- [The Role of Women in Fairy Tales](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/17/the-role-of-women-in-fairy-tales/) - There’s a question I get asked, now that I’ve written a novel about Wendy Darling as an adult: Of all of the women in fairy tales and children’s tales, why her? Why the girl at the nursery window? I think it’s because in the story of Peter and Wendy written by J.M. Barrie, Peter always
- [Michael West on Understanding Why](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/17/michael-west-on-understanding-why/) - Why? Recently, I was asked by a friend for professional advice; I loathe giving business advice. Don’t get me wrong, I am honored when someone thinks I can add value, but I don’t enjoy talking about business. My career would suggest I am well-versed in various business topics; I have done a lot of things.
- [Gleaming Indie Discoveries Await You for June](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/18/indie-discoveries-await-you-for-june/) - Some books announce themselves loudly. Others wait to be found. This month’s Indie Discovery List is devoted to hidden indie gems — books that may not yet be on every reader’s radar, but deserve a closer look. Across thrillers, historical fiction, women’s fiction, business, self-help and spirituality, these stories and guides prove how much range,
- [Behind the Grand Facades of Pill Hill, Dark Secrets Burn](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/17/the-great-houses-of-pill-hill-diane-josefowicz/) - Egyptologist, Victorianiana expert, and prolific author Diane Josefowicz has written The Great Houses of Pill Hill, a wickedly witty, sharp, and sophisticated locked-room mystery that takes place in a Gilded Age home in the fictional New England town of New Preston. The mesmerizing plot is far from formulaic or predictable, with each chapter revealing surprising
- [Books & Looks Podcast — Same Beginning, Same End: The Entwined Lives of Adams and Jefferson](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/18/books-looks-podcast-same-beginning-same-end-the-entwined-lives-of-adams-and-jefferson/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Stories of Disruption, Discovery and Transformation](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/17/booktribs-bites-stories-of-disruption-discovery-and-transformation/)
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Four Books About Crisis, Courage and Consequence](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/booktribs-bites-four-books-about-crisis-courage-and-consequence/)
- [Spiritual Memoir Takes Us on a Journey Through Paris, Burgundy and the Soul](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/17/talking-of-michelangelo-peter-a-giersch-review/) - Peter A. Giersch sets out for France expecting time to contemplate, surrounded by monastic quiet. What he finds instead is something closer to a spiritual ambush. In Talking of Michelangelo: Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell in the Burgundy Region, Giersch turns a two-week trip into a memoir that’s part travelogue, part journey of the soul.
- [Lauren Hough’s Journey Across America in “Monster of a Land”](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/16/monster-of-a-land-lauren-hough/) - Lauren Hough’s narrative chronicling her three-month trek across the country with her canine companion, Woody Guthrie, is contemplative and immensely entertaining. An odyssey in a well-equipped yet questionably operational van, Lauren’s travels take her from her home state of Texas through the many highways and byways of the United States, the sounds of the open
- [A Family Saga Where History Leaves No One Untouched](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/16/the-future-is-not-yet-written-michael-weiner-review/) - The Future Is Not Yet Written, Michael Weiner’s sequel to Both Sides of the Same Coin, begins where many stories might end: in the stunned aftermath of September 11, 2001. The novel follows the children, spouses and surviving relatives of the Klein, Carbone, Doyle, Roth and Bartell families, whose lives have already been shaped by
- ["The Reel Life of Zara Kegg" Explores the Messy Reality of Loss and Growing Up](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/16/the-reel-life-of-zara-kegg-brad-barkley/) - What happens when grief becomes so familiar that it starts to feel like a second home, and when the one person who makes life bearable starts drifting away? In The Reel Life of Zara Kegg, a coming-of-age novel set in Carolina Beach, Brad Barkley explores these questions. Ever since her mother died of cancer three
- [Exploring Fate and Human Choice with John H. Thomas](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/16/exploring-fate-and-human-choice-with-john-h-thomas/) - In Echoes of the Gene, John H. Thomas blends high-stakes science fiction with deeply human questions about empathy, grief, fate and free will. At the heart of the novel is Emily Harper, a young woman whose extraordinary ability to experience the emotions of others forces her to navigate a world shaped by powerful technologies, hidden
- [5 Nostalgic Road Trip Reads](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/15/5-nostalgic-road-trip-reads/) - The early days of summer have arrived at long last on the hot, tantalizing breezes of sunscreen, popsicles, and flip flops galore. Now is the time so many of us feel the need to bust free of our daily restraints and fill our lungs with the sunshiney goodness of the big wide world and everything
- [This Hidden Gem Is More Than Just a Stalker Story](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/13/this-hidden-gem-is-more-than-just-a-stalker-story/) - Dear Readers, What first caught my attention about the thriller Dawn Before Darkness wasn't the stalking plot. It was the guardianship plot. Let me explain. Psychological thrillers are full of dangerous exes, but far fewer ask a more unsettling question: what happens when someone uses the legal system itself as a weapon in ways you’d
- [Take Note, Hollywood! We’re Pitching Our Dream Book Adaptations](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/take-note-hollywood-were-pitching-our-dream-book-adaptations/) - These days, it seems like every on-screen story is based on a novel … and far too often, the book is way better. The publishing industry is shaping the world of film and TV like never before, from Anne Hathaway optioning the buzzy Yesteryear to Elle Kennedy’s Off Campus series inspiring the latest hit Amazon
- [A Seductive Descent into New York's Glittering Underworld](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/12/blue-angel-jamie-brenner/) - Jamie Brenner's Blue Angel is a smart, sensuous and thoroughly entertaining dive into the electric underbelly of New York City nightlife. This is seduction as literary art: wicked, atmospheric and impossible to put down. The novel opens with Mallory Dale, a polished young lawyer grinding through her twenty-fifth birthday at her desk when her charming,
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Accessing Past Lives With NYT Bestseller, Lauren Oliver](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/16/writers-ink-podcast-accessing-past-lives-with-nyt-bestseller-lauren-oliver/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [In Dreams Begin Responsibilities](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/in-dreams-beget-responsibilities/) - A few years ago, I woke from a dream with this phrase in my mind: Heaven is running out of angels. I didn’t quite understand those words, but I could feel them, could sense their import and drama. And I knew they were the premise to a story I would eventually tell. I grew up
- [Maggie O’Farrell’s "Land" Explores the Power of Place](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/12/land-maggie-ofarrell/) - In one of the most anticipated releases of the year, Land tells the story of a peninsula on the western edge of Ireland in the aftermath of the great famine. In her first book following the breakout novel Hamnet, author Maggie O’Farrell combines gripping generational drama with fabled mysteries of an untamed land. A young
- [Wayne Williams on the Hardest Gear Shift of His Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/15/wayne-williams-on-the-hardest-gear-shift-of-his-life/) - For many leaders, success becomes a destination. For Wayne Williams, it became a detour. In his new book, Grab Another Gear, the entrepreneur, coach and business leader draws on the world of cycling to explore what happens when life forces us to shift direction — whether through failure, transition, loss or unexpected opportunity. Williams knows
- [How My Novel About a Hasidic Woman Tells a Universal Story](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/15/how-my-novel-about-a-hasidic-woman-tells-a-universal-story/) - My first serious writing workshop ended in tears. My professor was tiny, brutally honest and the chair of the creative writing department. After tearing my story apart, much to the horrified glee of my classmates, she sat on her desk, looked me directly in the eye, and asked, "What do you know?" And she meant
- [What Resilience Really Looks Like After Adversity](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/12/what-resilience-really-looks-like-after-adversity/) - I used to think resilience was the moment you finally reach the mountaintop, arms open wide, looking back at all it took to get there, yelling, “I did it!” Or standing on a podium with medals around your neck, celebrating what it looks like to not give up even when times get tough. But after
- [Sofia Montrone’s Nymph Is a Lyrical Coming-of-Age Journey Through Love and Loss](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/11/nymph-sofia-montrone/) - Sofia Montrone’s debut novel, Nymph, is a coming of age story that will sweep you away into the Italian countryside. Split into two parts, Nymph takes us on Leo’s journey as she grows from girl to woman. Summer Innocence and Family Legends Part one introduces the reader to a 10-year-old Leo whose family on her
- [5 Novels on the Cost of a Curated Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/10/5-novels-on-the-cost-of-a-curated-life/) - There is a distinct, intoxicating friction in stories about the moneyed elite, but the true captivation begins when their immaculate facades start to crack. In these five exceptional contemporary novels, wealth and social supremacy are treated not just as privileges but as high-stakes, endless efforts of narrative control. The families who rule these pages understand
- [I Took a Pickleball to the Face—and It Changed the Course of My Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/i-took-a-pickleball-to-the-face-and-it-changed-the-course-of-my-life/) - I wish I could tell you my new novel came to me out of the sky. Oh, wait. It did. But not in the way you’d imagine. There was no quiet reflection beneath the stars. No magical Maui sunrise. No words flying suddenly onto the screen while I read Madeleine L’Engle under a blanket, sipping
- [5 Unforgettable Memoirs That Are Sure to Inspire Every Reader](https://booktrib.com/2023/02/24/5-unforgettable-memoirs-that-are-sure-to-inspire-every-reader/) - Many of us look to books for a source of inspiration — and not just the creative type of inspiration. We see ourselves in our most beloved characters, feeling their triumphs as our own. When a book’s theme preaches strength through adversity, we’re compelled by that calling. But while these emotions can be found in
- [The Wisdom That Guided One Woman’s Incredible Journey to Success](https://booktrib.com/2023/02/09/the-wisdom-that-guided-one-womans-incredible-journey-to-success/) - Read Born to Rise by Lorna Blake for an inspirational story full of promise and hope for anyone willing to look at themselves, not wallow in misfortune and be willing to change for the better.
- [Magic and Mystery in Six Stories of Extraordinary Women](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/10/magic-and-mystery-in-six-stories-of-extraordinary-women/) - History is filled with women whose stories have been overlooked, forgotten or left untold. In fiction, authors often reclaim those voices by blending the ordinary with the extraordinary, weaving together magic, folklore, spirituality and mystery to illuminate lives. The six novels below each focus on remarkable women whose gifts allow them to navigate worlds marked
- [When Escape Becomes the Journey Home](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/11/second-chance-highway-lori-keesey-review/) - In Lori Keesey’s Second Chance Highway, escape is only the first act of courage. Ginny Carmichael has already done the urgent thing: she has fled Atlanta with her infant daughter, Laurel, leaving behind Jacob Hudson, the charming, controlling fiancé whose abuse has made her life smaller and smaller. But getting away does not mean she
- [A Practical Path to Peace in an Unsettled World](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/11/the-peace-guidebook-elizabeth-hamilton-guarino-dr-katie-eastman/) - Co-authored by Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman, The Peace Guidebook is for anyone who has ever wondered how to find stillness in the middle of a storm and how to stay there. Building Peace One Choice at a Time The book is organized around three parts — Foundation, Growth and Harmony — each subdivided
- [Books & Looks Podcast — How Nature Tells Time without a Clock](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/11/books-looks-podcast-how-nature-tells-time-without-a-clock/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [A Chance Encounter Resurrects Love and Loss in Ann Patchett’s “Whistler”](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/10/whistler-ann-patchett/) - Do not be misled by the cover portrait of a horse or the title of bestselling author Ann Patchett’s latest book Whistler. In fact, the story is not an equestrian tale like Bagnold’s National Velvet, O’Hara’s My Friend Flicka, or Brooks’ Horse, per se. Rather, Daphne Fuller, a mid-fifties English teacher at an elite Upper
- [Harnessing Stem Cells for Healing: Dr. Nathan Newman Discusses His Groundbreaking Work](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/17/dr-nathan-newman-author-spotlight/) - For decades, cosmetic surgeon Dr. Nathan Newman has been asking a simple yet radical question: What if the key to regeneration has been inside us all along? In his pioneering work with stem cell therapy, he has discovered that the fat we often try to lose might actually hold the greatest promise for restoring youth,
- [Bringing Bible Stories to Life for Reluctant Young Readers](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/bringing-bible-stories-to-life-for-reluctant-young-readers/) - Capturing the attention of middle-grade readers who are hesitant to pick up a book requires a specific kind of literary formula: high-stakes pacing, strong visual cues, relatability and a touch of humor or suspense. For parents, educators, and leaders seeking to bring biblical truths to life, we’ve compiled five books that keep kids' attention from
- [Writing for the Outcasts – "Her Sharp Embrace"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/writing-for-the-outcasts-her-sharp-embrace/) - To find my place in this world. To be loved for all I am and all I would never be. To belong. If you traveled back in time to talk to teenage Kate, that’s what she’d tell you she desired most. That and someday publishing her own book. I’m happy to say all those dreams
- [Women in STEM and Sleuthing](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/09/women-in-stem-and-sleuthing/) - Women in STEM has been a hot topic in recent years. Whether it's medical advances or landing spacecraft on the moon, women are proving what the fairer sex has known all along: female scientists kick ass. In fiction, too, I’ve seen a turn toward setting women in scientific fields recently, particularly in romance. The mystery
- [The Silence Beneath Millbrook Falls](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/10/the-alpha-trace-j-mayberry/) - J. Mayberry's The Alpha Trace is an atmospheric and structurally inventive thriller that makes you uneasy about the world. The story is set in Millbrook Falls, a small American town with the kind of bones that have been rotting for decades. In the early 1990s, the town was terrorized by a series of killings —
- [Two-Faced Reads: Your Sign to Pick Up These Opposing Titles for Gemini Season](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/04/two-faced-reads-your-sign-to-pick-up-these-opposing-titles-for-gemini-season/) - Happy Gemini season, readers! We’re embodying the dual nature of this zodiac sign with books for both sides of the cultural conversation. From tales of late-stage capitalism to parenting hot takes + analyses of AI, these reads capture the conflicting opinions on all the hot-button topics we can’t stop talking about. Exercise the Gemini spirit of
- [Thrilling Story, Exceptional Narration](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/08/thrilling-story-exceptional-narration/) - What would happen if science discovered that death was not a mystery but a certainty — fixed, encoded and knowable down to the second? That is the premise at the heart of The Terminal Gene, John H. Thomas's techno-conspiracy thriller set in a near-future Boston. The answer Thomas delivers is terrifying and thrilling. A Discovery
- [Sun, Sand and Secrets: The Perfect Beach Read](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/05/sun-sand-and-secrets-the-perfect-beach-read/) - Dear Readers, I’m heading to the beach this weekend, and I already know what’s going in my beach bag: Palm Beach Confidential, Susannah Marren’s latest Palm Beach novel. At first glance, it has everything I want in a beach read: glamorous settings, characters in conflict, a secret romance and a powerful family with far too
- [Our June Selections Include David Ellis' "Keep Them Close"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/08/our-june-selections-include-david-ellis-keep-them-close/) - Things are heating up now that it’s summer and that also means it’s time to hit the beach or pool with a great new book. Whether you’re in the mood for murder, unexpected pregnancies, a retelling of Jane Eyre, a yacht filled with conniving influencers or siblings keeping dark secrets, you’ll find something here to
- [Good Intentions Need a Plan. Here’s the Roadmap.](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/05/intelligence-and-compassion-in-action-the-seven-pillars-for-social-entrepreneurs-lauren-speeth-review/) - Caring about the world can be exhausting. There is always another crisis, another cause, another reason to feel both morally summoned and practically overwhelmed. Intelligence & Compassion in Action: The Seven Pillars for Social Entrepreneurs begins in that very human place: Lauren Speeth, PhD, looking at the world’s needs and wondering how one person, one
- [Books to Read After Watching “Obsession”](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/05/books-that-are-like-obsession/) - If the new movie Obsession left you fascinated by its intense psychological tension, manipulative relationships and unsettling exploration of fixation, you're not alone. Stories about obsession have long captivated readers, offering a chilling look into the minds of people who blur the line between love and control. From stalkers convinced they're soulmates to voyeurs drawn
- [When Revenge Collides with Duty in "Missing Sister"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/03/missing-sister-joshilyn-jackson/) - An Explosive Beginning Missing Sister is a heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat thriller that gets off to an explosive start right from the opening pages when a rookie woman police officer discovers that the victim in her first murder case investigation is a man she has long blamed for her sister’s death. Officer Penny Albright is shocked to
- [Jane Harper's "Last One Out" Is a Chilling Mystery Set In a Dying Town](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/last-one-out-jane-harper/) - Last One Out is a deliciously twisty, compelling and unputdownable thriller about a mother’s long search for answers about what happened to her son who suddenly went missing five years earlier on his 21st birthday. A Shocking Disappearance That Haunts a Family Set in a dying rural small town in Australia, best-selling author Jane Harper
- [Ghosts of Sicily Brings a Remarkable WWII Secret Out of the Shadows](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/04/ghosts-of-sicily-mark-harmon-leon-carroll/) - Ghosts of Sicily, subtitled The True Story of the Naval Intelligence Agents Who Courted the Mob to Fight Nazis in America and the Battlefields of Italy is the third nonfiction collaboration between best-selling authors Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll, JR. It’s an extensively researched reconstruction of ‘Operation Underworld,' a temporary alliance during WWII between the
- [Books That Will Help You Lead with Impact, Featuring James Clear's "Atomic Habits"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/04/books-that-will-help-you-lead-with-impact-featuring-james-clears-atomic-habits/) - The journey toward personal growth, purposeful living and effective leadership requires more than good intentions — it demands commitment, self-awareness and a willingness to continually improve. The books in this collection explore what it means to live with intention, develop strong character, build positive habits and lead with purpose. Through practical guidance, inspirational insights and
- [Dip Your Toe Into What Could Be Your Next Favorite Genre](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/27/dip-your-toe-into-what-could-be-your-next-favorite-genre/) - Looking to venture into new waters this summer? Well, you’re in luck – because we’ve got the guide to introduce readers to a whole new pool of bookish options. Expand your genres of choice with book recs that will complement your reading tastes instead of challenging them entirely. For romance readers who are ready to
- [Isaac Fitzgerald’s Journey Along the Trail of Johnny Appleseed](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/03/american-rambler-isaac-fitzgerald/) - Isaac Fitzgerald is a New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts; recipient of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award; and frequent Today Show guest. His current work of nonfiction, American Rambler, subtitled Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed, documents his insightful adventures following the legend and facts of the
- [Pride Reads From Queer Authors of Color](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/03/pride-reads-from-queer-authors-of-color/) - Another Pride season draws near, and like clockwork, we have become accustomed to rainbow lettering and parade planning taking center stage. So it becomes all the more crucial, in a time of increased censorship, violence and systemic exclusion, to remember that the first Pride was a riot. As readers and lovers of literature, we know
- [Energy, Consciousness and a Lyrical Search for the Soul](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/20/energy-fields-by-joseph-l-bensinger-review/) - What is the soul? Joseph L. Bensinger begins Energy Fields with that old, almost unanswerable question, then refuses to keep it in one category. The soul, in his telling, is not only a religious idea, a poetic image or a problem for consciousness studies. It is a pattern — a form of coherence within a
- [6 Novels that Masterfully Blend History and Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/01/6-novels-that-masterfully-blend-history-and-mystery/) - Historical fiction and suspense. On their own, each offers something I love. But together? That’s where the magic can really happen. Historical fiction invites us into another time — often rooted in real people or true events. Suspense keeps us leaning forward, turning pages late into the night. One grounds us. The other propels us.
- [Celeste Dador's Summer Romance Wrapped in Stars and Stripes](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/29/stars-stripes-and-summer-nights-celeste-dador/) - Stars, Stripes and Summer Nights is a wholesome young adult romance novel by Celeste Dador. The story follows Abigail Cary-Alzona, the first daughter (of the female president) of the United States of America, as she experiences small-town summer adventures that include picnics, pool parties and practice kisses under the stars. Unlike most teenagers, Abby spends
- [Team Picks: Lillian's Most Anticipated Reads for June](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/01/team-picks-lillians-most-anticipated-reads-for-june/) - What are the 6 books you're looking forward to in June? I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World by Sarah Wilson The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris Thrilling Tales of Modern Men by Danny McBride Children of the
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Screenplays, Bestsellers and Everything in Between With Lee Goldberg](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/02/writers-ink-podcast-screenplays-bestsellers-and-everything-in-between-with-lee-goldberg/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Liz Lazarus on the Real-Life Pain Behind "Dawn Before Darkness"](https://booktrib.com/2026/06/02/liz-lazarus-on-the-real-life-pain-behind-dawn-before-darkness/) - In her thriller Dawn Before Darkness, Liz Lazarus explores what happens when the systems meant to protect us become tools of manipulation and control. Drawing on years of personal experience battling for guardianship of her mother, as well as extensive research into stalking and victim advocacy, Lazarus crafts a story that feels both terrifyingly plausible
- [Leah Rowan's Brilliant Twist on an Iconic Classic](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/29/marion-leah-rowan/) - Her name is Marion. Actually, it isn’t, but never mind. You know the type: young, blonde and pretty enough. The first girl to die in the slasher films. But not this time. Alarmed by her sister’s abusive, controlling husband, Marion has decided to steal money from her oblivious employer, and race to save her, but
- [Mindfulness Meets Murder in Crime Thriller Debut](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/29/murder-mindfully-karsten-dusse-review/) - Karsten Dusse’s debut novel Murder Mindfully, translated from the German by Florian Duijsens, is a jet-black satirical comedy so zany this reviewer nearly fell out of bed guffawing while gulping it down in one evening. The author lampoons the wellness industry, unscrupulous criminal defense lawyers, and ultra-competitive parents of pre-schoolers, enveloping them all in an
- [A Forgotten Surrealist Finally Comes Into Focus](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/30/a-forgotten-surrealist-finally-comes-into-focus/) - Dear Readers, This week, we turn our attention not just to a book that’s a hidden gem, but to a book about a forgotten artist of the 20th-century art world. Too often, art history remembers women by proximity: wife, lover, model. Jacqueline Lamba, if remembered at all, is often recalled as the muse of André
- [Doug Preston’s “Paradox” Leads a Stellar Lineup of Thrillers](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/30/doug-prestons-paradox-leads-a-stellar-lineup-of-thrillers/)
- [Anthony Horowitz Blends Murder and Movie Chaos in "A Deadly Episode"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/28/a-deadly-episode-anthony-horowitz/) - A Deadly Episode is the sixth installment in the clever and endlessly engrossing metafictional universe Hawthorne and Horowitz series. It places the richly imagined, unconventional, disgraced former detective inspector turned private investigator Daniel Hawthorne and the real-life author Anthony Horowitz in an uneasy partnership. This deft and intriguing blending of real and imaginary makes it
- [The Long, Winding Path to the Love That Lasts](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/18/the-kiss-by-joseph-goodson-review/) - 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. Celeste loves him. Her father,
- [Lindy Ryan's Horror Lineup for May](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/27/lindy-ryans-horror-lineup-for-may/) - May’s horror lineup is all about transformation — with teeth. From isolated islands and idyllic farms to haunted forests and too-perfect lives, these stories peel back the veneer of control and ask what we’re willing to become to survive, belong or start over. The result? A month of sharp, unsettling reads where reinvention isn’t just
- [Four Sisters, One Epic Quest](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/the-unlikely-conquerors-barry-mynes-jr/) - Barry Mynes, Jr.'s debut novel, The Unlikely Conquerors, is a sweeping fantasy adventure rooted in the author's deep affection for his wife and four daughters, whose real names and personalities breathe life into every page. The result is a tale that feels both timeless and personal, a quest story that celebrates bravery, family and the
- [A Breakup Turns Into a Nightmare of Manipulation and Control](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/26/dawn-before-darkness-liz-lazarus-review/) - Some thrillers begin with a crime scene. Dawn Before Darkness begins with a woman trying to end a relationship without angering the man on the other end of the phone. That choice — careful, almost ordinary — tells readers exactly what kind of danger Liz Lazarus is interested in. Not the kind that announces itself
- [Uprooting Fear: Dawn Isler Cox on Anxiety and Truth](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/28/uprooting-fear-dawn-isler-cox-on-anxiety-and-truth/) - In a culture marked by chronic worry, overthinking and fear, Dawn Isler Cox believes anxiety often reveals something deeper than difficult circumstances — it exposes what we truly believe about God. In her book, The Root of All Fear, Cox uses the vivid “Berry Bush” metaphor to help readers identify the hidden root lies fueling
- [Women’s Fiction Shines a Light on Mental Health](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/27/womens-fiction-shines-a-light-on-mental-health/) - May is Mental Health Awareness month. To promote a supportive community and reduce stigma, we are featuring women’s fiction that depicts mental health struggles.
- [A Gentle Bilingual Lesson in Friendship, Peace and the Beauty of Difference](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/27/lili-and-the-tree-of-magical-colors-rosalba-segovia-review/) - Children often understand the world through color long before they can explain it in words. Brightness feels like joy. Grayness feels like sadness. A rainbow can suggest possibility and hope. In Lili & The Tree of Magical Colors, Rosalba Segovia uses that simple, child-friendly language of color to tell a tender story about kindness, inclusion
- [Fantasy or How History Should Have Been?](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/26/fantasy-or-how-history-should-have-been/) - The appeal of fantasy for a woman in a male-dominated world is — in a word — obvious. That aside, my love affair with fantasy started as a small child because something deep and powerful in my core has always called out to the existence of dragons, fairies and magic. Since the tender age of
- [David Sedaris at His Funniest and Most Heartfelt Yet](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/26/the-land-and-its-people-david-sedaris/) - 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. Sedaris once again — as he has done in his past acclaimed books like this one — provides a wonderfully diverse collection of everyday observations about life ranging
- [James Chesterton on the Slow Collapse of Democracy](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/27/james-chesterton-on-the-slow-collapse-of-democracy/) - James Chesterton’s Ashes of the Republic is a chilling political thriller that fuses technological dystopia with spiritual symbolism, exploring how power reshapes democracy, morality and personal identity in an age of corporate surveillance and authoritarian drift. Set against the beauty of Sedona’s red deserts, the novel follows characters trapped between conscience and complicity as advanced
- [Book Recs for the Kind of Summer You’re Having in 2026](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/19/book-recs-for-the-kind-of-summer-youre-having-in-2026/) - What’s your summer state of mind? Whether you’re living the lush life of a hot girl summer à la Zara Larsson or you’re embracing summertime sadness through the end of August (literally) in the spirit of Noah Kahan, we’ve got book recommendations to match your energy. Hot girl summer essentials: Sunscreen (for that midnight sun),
- ["Dog Days": Emily LaBarge on Trauma Writing and Trauma Reading](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/21/dog-days-emily-labarge/) - It’s often assumed that to write a good memoir, a writer must have something happen to them. Something big, juicy, and traumatic. Something unbelievable that really happened to you. Emily LaBarge is here to critique this idea. In her memoir, Dog Days, LaBarge challenges the idea that writing a ‘trauma narrative’ is an act of
- [Regency Meets Road Rage in "Fast and Fastidious"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/22/fast-and-fastidious-r-m-caldwell/) - Fast and Fastidious is an absolutely smashing and highly entertaining genre-defying first novel by R.M. Caldwell, a pseudonym for New Zealand theater director and escape room puzzle designer. The author has described it as a “mash-up of Pride and Prejudice and Fast and the Furious." Set in 1810 Regency England amid the Napoleonic Wars and
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Sustaining a career in romance with "New York Times" bestselling author, Lori Foster](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/26/writers-ink-podcast-sustaining-a-career-in-romance-with-new-york-times-bestselling-author-lori-foster/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Aunt Libra: The Bromantasy of It All](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/22/aunt-libra-the-bromantasy-of-it-all/) - Bromantasy, the delightful romantic fantasy novel by Máire Roche, drops May 26. The book’s description of “Two heroes. One brain cell.” grabbed the attention of our own Aunt Libra, and she insisted on having the boys drop in to discuss their adventure. We were fortunate to receive this transcript of their talk. Aunt Libra: Juniper O’Reilly
- [“Black & Blue:” A League (and a Statement) of Their Own](https://booktrib.com/2019/10/08/black-blue-a-league-and-a-statement-of-their-own/) - Black & Blue by Andra Douglas is an important story of breaking societal norms, battling stereotypical prejudices, and coming to terms with what defines you as a person.
- [A Devastating Mirror of Modern Corporate Leadership](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/21/the-overprivileged-underqualified-manifesto-giovi/) - Drawing on more than two decades working across digital transformation initiatives spanning Latin America, Europe and the United States, Giovi, author of The Overprivileged, Underqualified Manifesto, brings to the page something most leadership books lack: the credibility of someone who has lived inside the dysfunction they describe. This is written by someone who gave the
- [Finding One’s Function in a Fractured World](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/11/a-quest-for-purpose-ruth-keidel-clemens/) - Ruth Keidel Clemens's A Quest for Purpose is a vivid and inspiring memoir that invites readers to examine their lives. Clemens grew up as a "missionary kid" in the Democratic Republic of Congo during one of the most turbulent periods in that nation's history. Her parents, Levi and Eudene Keidel, were Mennonite missionaries who built
- [When Memory Becomes the Most Dangerous Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/04/carly-remembers-r-s-nichols-review/) - What happens when the most frightening mystery is not who hurt you, but what your own mind has been protecting you from? In Carly Remembers, R.S. Nichols opens with a scene built for a thriller: a night-shift employee at a New Brunswick 7-Eleven discovers a badly injured young woman lying behind the store. Bruised, bloodied
- [A Bouquet of 10 Indie Discoveries for May](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/19/a-bouquet-of-10-indie-discoveries-for-may/) - This May, we’re celebrating the flourishing creativity of indie authors. The Indie Discovery List is back with a fresh crop of books ready to surprise, unsettle, move and entertain. These 10 indie titles branch out in every direction — from literary fiction to art-inspired coming-of-age, forbidden love, AI speculation, Victorian occult mystery, crime, supernatural suspense
- [A Mother and Daughter Reconcile to Solve a Mystery in “The Last Mandarin”](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/20/the-last-mandarin-louise-penny-mellissa-fung/) - Bestselling author Louise Penny joins forces with Mellissa Fung, a documentary producer and non-fiction writer, to pen The Last Mandarin, a political thriller centered on contemporary American and Chinese politics. Columbia University School of Journalism graduate and food blogger, Alice Li, and her world respected Chinese mother Vivien are meeting for lunch in Washington, DC,
- [Books & Looks Podcast — The 1909 Race Henry Ford Cheated to Win – Eric Moskowitz on “The Hardest, Longest Race”](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/21/books-looks-podcast-the-1909-race-henry-ford-cheated-to-win-eric-moskowitz-on-the-hardest-longest-race/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [A. H. Lewis on Building the World of Durajan](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/20/a-h-lewis-on-building-the-world-of-durajan/) - A. H. Lewis doesn’t speak about fantasy as escapism. In this conversation, the author of The Empires of Durajan reflects on the questions that shaped his life long before they shaped his fiction: questions about belief, surrender, identity, power and the people history forgets. Drawing from decades of quiet reflection, creative partnership with his wife
- [Voices of the Forgotten Defy Silence in The Chronicles of Durajan](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/17/voices-of-the-forgotten-defy-silence-in-the-chronicles-of-durajan/) - Exiled outcasts unite to rebuild a community in A.H. Lewis’s epic fantasy debut The Chronicles of Durajan, a saga of identity, faith and resilience.
- [Dance Upon Demons in Vaishnavi Patel’s New Contemporary Fantasy](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/we-dance-upon-demons-vaishnavi-patel/) - Vaishnavi Patel, New York Times bestselling author of Kaikeyi, returns with a heart-pounding new standalone contemporary fantasy novel, We Dance Upon Demons. A Contemporary Fantasy Rooted in Reality Set in the present day following the events of the pandemic and the most recent political turmoil, We Dance Upon Demons introduces us to Nisha — a
- [Carley Fortune’s "Our Perfect Storm" Captures the Ache of Love and Timing](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/19/our-perfect-storm-carley-fortune/) - There’s something quite comforting and familiar about Carley Fortune's novels. They are emotionally intimate, filled with nostalgia, complicated friendships and a yearning that lingers beneath the surface for years. Almost every book lover or romantic is familiar with this feeling. A Second Chance Wrapped in Nostalgia Our Perfect Storm continues this tradition with a heartfelt
- [“The Museum Detective” Features an Archaeological Mystery in Karachi](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/19/the-museum-detective-maha-khan-phillips/) - Kudos to publisher SOHO Crime for their continued commitment to presenting international, multicultural mysteries and thrillers, providing readers with exciting, well-crafted plots and fresh viewpoints. London-based, multi-award-winning journalist and novelist Maha Khan Phillips was raised in Karachi, Pakistan, the setting for The Museum Detective, now available in paperback. This series debut featuring archaeologist Dr. Gulfsa
- [A Christian Framework That Digs to the Roots of Anxiety](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/19/the-root-of-all-fear-by-dawn-isler-cox-review/) - 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 the book its purpose. Cox
- [Looksmaxxing? More Like Booksmaxxing: Trending Titles To Enhance Your Reading](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/looksmaxxing-more-like-booksmaxxing-trending-titles-to-enhance-your-reading/) - Looksmaxxing might be all the rage, but what about booksmaxxing? If you've somehow missed the discourse about this extreme new trend, let us introduce you to looksmaxxing — defined by Wikipedia (yes, it has a Wiki page) as "the process of maximizing one's physical attractiveness." But instead of advice for looksmaxxing your appearance, we're here
- [7 Books That Send You Into the Wild](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/18/7-books-that-send-you-into-the-wild/) - As the temperatures rise and the days grow longer, many of us feel the pull to spend more time outside. Sometimes, all it takes is the right story to turn that feeling into action. Whether it’s a tale of adventure in the wilderness, a thoughtful look at climate and sustainability, or a love story shaped
- [What to Read Next: May Selections](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/06/what-to-read-next-may-selections/) - How is it May already? It’s been a busy season but fortunately, we bibliophiles will always find those moments to sneak in some reading. In this month’s selections, we’ve got the magical and mystical, historical and horror, murder and mayhem, and more. We’re sure you’ll find something worthy to read in this curated list for
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: The Case of the Mysterious Chewed Pen Cap With Shannon Chakraborty](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/19/writers-ink-podcast-the-case-of-the-mysterious-chewed-pen-cap-with-shannon-chakraborty/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Leonie Swann's Wickedly Inventive Farewell to Agnes Sharp](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/18/agnes-sharp-and-the-wedding-to-die-for-leonie-swann/) - Leonie Swann, a pseudonym for a stellar German crime writer, with translations from the adroit Amy Bojang, first introduced quirky, elderly sleuth Agnes Sharp in 2020. According to the author, Agnes Sharp and the Wedding to Die For concludes the series, and just as tears are often shed at weddings, many fans may whimper or
- [Book Your Trip to These Storied Destinations](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/16/book-your-trip-to-these-storied-destinations/) - Dearest Curious Reader, This week, we reflected on how reading feels like being transported to another destination, whether to a real-life location or to another place and time. After all, books do more than make us think and feel new things. They help us go places outside of our ordinary lives. A few years ago,
- [Brandon Knightley’s "Scripts" Is a Tender Study of the Lives We Hide](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/14/scripts-brandon-knightley/) - Set somewhere in mid-twentieth-century America, Brandon Knightley's Scripts centers on Arlene, a young woman of uncommon intelligence trapped in a marriage of contemptuous indifference. Her husband Charlie is not a villain in any operatic sense; he is something colder and more recognizable: a man who has decided, without ever quite articulating it, that his wife
- [What Makes Readers Believe Unreliable Narrators](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/15/what-makes-readers-believe-unreliable-narrators/) - You know a narrator is lying. The story makes that clear. The details don’t line up. The tone shifts. Something feels off. And you keep believing them anyway. Not because you’re convinced, but because the story gives you just enough to stay. Readers don’t need a narrator to be truthful. They need the story to
- [A Fantasy Adventure Rich With Heart and Haunted Magic](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/13/a-nightmare-of-magic-and-madness-matthew-paul-spizuco/) - Matthew Paul Spizuco's A Nightmare of Magic and Madness: The Chaos of Magic, Book 1 is a fantasy adventure with heart, sharp wit and a talent for atmosphere. At the center of the novel is Logan Grenbrook, a third-class mage of the Gen'Dom Order who does not fit any of the usual fantasy archetypes. He
- [8 Summer Reads About Friends Bonding Over a Pact](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/15/8-summer-reads-about-friends-bonding-over-a-pact/) - Ever since I was young, I’ve loved a good friendship story — the kind that feels like one long heart-to-heart with a kindred spirit. And when the friends have a shared goal that invites readers in on the fun? Even better. Books about friends helping each other through life’s ups and downs make for perfect
- [The Hype About New Psycho Thriller And Its Debut Author](https://booktrib.com/2018/05/22/interview-christine-mangan-tangerine/) - BookTrib got to interview debut author Christine Mangan on her book "Tangerine," as well was the possible movie adaption, new books, and writing inspiration
- [Therapy Gone Wrong, Featuring Alex Michaelides's "The Silent Patient"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/13/therapy-gone-wrong-featuring-alex-michaelidess-the-silent-patient/) - When a therapist appears on the pages of a novel, readers wonder who to trust. The unreliable patient with their history of trauma and instability? Or the healing therapist who holds the key to change and transformation? It is this question of reliability that drives many novels about mental health, treatment and care. But can
- [New Taipei Night Market Novel Dives Into the Plight of Undocumented Workers](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/the-dead-cant-make-a-living-by-ed-lin-review/) - This reviewer’s sole complaint about personal favorite award-winning author Ed Lin is the long wait between books in his Taipei Night Market series, which began in 2014 with Ghost Month. The Dead Can’t Make a Living is the fifth featuring the sympathetic stand-out protagonist and narrator Jing-nan. Incidentally, Jing-nan is the given name of American-born
- [10 Hidden Indie Gems for Indie Bookstore Day](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/24/10-hidden-indie-gems-for-indie-bookstore-day/) - Independent Bookstore Day is this weekend! In case you aren't familiar, it's an annual event that falls on the last Saturday in April — a national one-day party celebrating indie bookstores across the country, both online and in-store. This year, we’re thinking beyond bookstores to the whole "indieverse" of publishing — particularly indie authors. Every
- [Marsha Taylor on Finding God in Life’s Hardest Seasons](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/14/marsha-taylor-on-finding-god-in-lifes-hardest-seasons/) - Author and Bible teacher Marsha Taylor has built her ministry around a message that resonates deeply with readers navigating insecurity, hardship and spiritual growth: true freedom is found not in striving for approval, but in surrendering fully to God. In her books Beyond Blessed, Persevere and A Heart After God, Taylor combines personal vulnerability with
- [The Untrodden Path to Frances White's "The Bone Door"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/the-untrodden-path-to-frances-whites-the-bone-door/) - It’s a common mantra amongst writers that ‘ideas are easy; writing them is hard,' and while I do stand by this, I am not a writer blessed with endless ideas. I’m very self-critical, picky and easily distracted. For an idea to survive from my head to the page, it has to not only excite but
- [A Memoir That Finds Grace in Grief’s Hardest Questions](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/13/saying-it-out-loud-amy-king-review/) - 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 27 and left to raise
- [Living on Purpose: Marlyse Tchamko on Identity and Guiding Teens Toward God’s Calling](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/13/living-on-purpose-marlyse-tchamko-on-identity-and-guiding-teens-toward-gods-calling/) - In Seeds of Purpose, author Marlyse Tchamko encourages teens to stop waiting for adulthood to begin living with intention, faith and purpose. Blending biblical wisdom with practical guidance, the book explores identity, integrity, relationships, leadership and vocational calling through relatable reflections and Scripture-based lessons. In this conversation, Tchamko shares how her own journey shaped the
- [Building a More Inclusive Path to Youth Mental Health: An Interview with Dr. Alfiee](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/building-a-more-inclusive-path-to-youth-mental-health-an-interview-with-dr-alfiee/) - 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 relevant guide to emotional wellness,
- [BookTrib’s Bites: The Courage to Begin ― and Begin Again](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/booktribs-bites-the-courage-to-begin-―-and-begin-again/)
- [Hy Conrad Turns a Quiet Austin Routine into a High-Stakes Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/15/the-man-on-the-bench-hy-conrad/) - In Hy Conrad's The Man on the Bench, sits Barney, a man on a bench who greets Callie with warmth and attention. He looks unhoused, yet he carries himself with an educated ease. He quotes poetry, he asks careful questions and he listens without rushing the conversation. Callie starts stopping for a chat. One stop
- [Sometimes Digging for the Truth Can Be a Slippery Slope](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/13/the-silver-fish-connor-martin-review/) - What does it mean to make a choice when every option is constrained by circumstance — or controlled by someone else? Is gathering truth fundamentally different from manipulating it? In The Silver Fish, Connor Martin drops readers into a high-stakes world where these questions aren’t theoretical — they’re immediate, and sometimes lethal. Danielle “Dani” Moreau
- [When the Clock Hits Zero, Everything Changes](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/03/gone-in-three-seconds-jim-de-la-vega/) - There is a kind of thriller that grabs you by the collar in the opening pages and doesn’t let go. This happens when the writer has mastered the rarest of craft combinations: an original premise delivered with steady pacing and a protagonist you cannot help but root for. Gone in Three Seconds, the debut novel
- [Our Exclusive Met Gala "Lookbook"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/08/our-exclusive-met-gala-lookbook/) - My Art-Loving Beauty-Seeking Readers, It was a big week for fashion as well as publishing: the Met Gala turned the red carpet into a spectacle with its “Fashion Is Art” dress code, and Pulitzer Prize winners were announced along with major new releases, so our team did the only reasonable thing — we paired the
- [Pairing Your Favorite Quote From “The Devil Wears Prada” With Your Next Great Read](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/30/pairing-your-favorite-quote-from-the-devil-wears-prada-with-your-next-great-read/) - The most stylish books of the season, just in time for The Devil Wears Prada 2 👠 From Meryl Streep’s brilliant performance as Miranda Priestly to Anne Hathaway rocking those Chanel boots, there’s a reason the original film persists in our collective memory. And with so many iconic quotes to choose from, how could we
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Fan Writing with Chris M. Barkley](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/writers-ink-podcast-fan-writing-with-chris-m-barkley/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [The Permanence of Memory in Novels](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/11/the-permanence-of-memory-in-novels/) - In his novel In a Strange Room, the South African Booker Prize winner Damon Galgut, wrote, “a journey is a gesture inscribed in space, it vanishes even as it’s made… the very air closes behind you like water and soon your presence, which felt so weighty and permanent, has completely gone. Things happen once only
- [The Final Days of Old Brooklyn in Xochitl Gonzalez’s "Last Night in Brooklyn"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/11/last-night-in-brooklyn-xochitl-gonzalez/) - When I saw the title of this book, Last Night in Brooklyn, I immediately thought I was about to read a post-apocalyptic dystopian tale (that could have had something to do with the other media I’d been consuming), but I urged myself to read the description. And of course, when I saw a character named
- [Somewhere Between the Pitt and Deciding Whether or Not to Be Child Free](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/12/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 romance writer, writing and reading
- [A Tale of Transformation — Both the Magical and Personal Kind](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/23/a-witch-a-wizard-and-a-princess-joe-kulin-review/) - What if the greatest magic isn’t casting spells — but learning who you really are? In A Witch, a Wizard, and a Princess, Joe Kulin offers a sequence of interconnected fairy-tale adventures that, at first glance, feel comfortably familiar: a curious princess, a shadowy forest, a mysterious witch and a dangerous wizard. But as the
- [Football, Friendship and the Surprising Ways We Find Each Other](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/08/football-friendship-and-the-surprising-ways-we-find-each-other/) - I didn’t set out to write Changing Cadence: Friendship, Football, and the Art of Transition. It came out of a restlessness I couldn’t quite name. Football had always been the one place where I didn’t second-guess myself. On the field, everything was immediate. Instinct took over. There was no time to wonder if I belonged — I
- [Real Intelligence](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/08/real-intelligence/) - The 1976 album titled Boston by the band with the same name resonated with me; the lyrics took me to a place my narrow life lacked; the music energized my young soul. I was hooked; I still am. In my pre-teen days, my parents’ record player was the only way I could listen to music.
- [Finding Peace in a Culture of Chaos with John Stephen Frey](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/08/finding-peace-in-a-culture-of-chaos-with-john-stephen-frey/) - In an age dominated by political outrage, digital overload and growing spiritual uncertainty, author John Stephen Frey believes many people are searching for peace in all the wrong places. In his book, Beyond the Broad Path, Frey explores how cultural confusion, ideological division and what he calls “autocratic gaslighting” have left countless people anxious, distracted
- [A Perfect Summer House — With a Terrifying Catch](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/08/the-vanishers-r-g-belsky-review/) - The vacation house is perfect. That, The Vanishers quickly teaches us, is the first warning sign. R.G. Belsky’s gothic thriller begins with Megan Foley in a state of near-collapse, wandering from vacation town to vacation town in search of a house no one else seems to remember. When she finally spots it in a rental
- [Mark Blake's Oral History of Pink Floyd’s Enduring Legacy](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/pink-floyd-shine-on-mark-blake/) - Music is an integral part of modern culture. Musical genres such as rock-n-roll define generations and give hope and excitement to listeners fortunate enough to be a part of the musical experience. Groups such as Black Sabbath, AC/DC, and Pink Floyd have stamped their mark around the world and on pop culture for decades. In
- [Faith Turns Fatal in This Riveting FBI Investigation](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/07/before-the-devil-knows-r-john-dingle/) - Before the Devil Knows is the third installment in the critically acclaimed and award-nominated Gus Wheeler FBI Thriller series by R. John Dingle. This dark crime thriller follows Agent Gus Wheeler and his partner, Vanessa Lambert, as they investigate the murder of a 17-year-old boy, which quickly unearths a series of murders connected to ancient
- [Love These 2026 Met Gala Looks? We Have the Book Recs to Match](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/love-these-2026-met-gala-looks-we-have-the-book-recs-to-match/) - There's no time that makes the cultural ubiquity of the celebrity more obvious than the night of the Met Gala. And listen — do we have criticisms of these blatant displays of wealth during a time of economic uncertainty? Yes. Are we entertained and dazzled by the glamour of the rich & famous? Also yes.
- [A Speculative Tale That Asks Us to Sit With Uneasy Truths](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/06/written-in-the-stars-with-lillian-parrotta-taurus-edition/) - Aries season asked us to burn. To move fast, act first and trust the fire. Taurus season asks something different — and perhaps harder. It asks us to slow down, sink into the earth beneath our feet and sit with what is real. Richard Powers' Playground — recently released in paperback — is exactly the
- [Why Future Dreamers Need Cece’s Story: My Inspiration Behind the Story](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/07/why-future-dreamers-need-ceces-story-my-inspiration-behind-the-story/) - Growing up as a young reader, I voraciously read story after story of solving mysteries, entering new worlds through a magical treehouse and following the adventures of a boy with a cape and underpants. My imagination soared from page to page, and even when the book was finished, I was left wanting more… more adventure,
- [4 Short Story Collections Showcasing Fresh Canadian Talent](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/06/4-short-story-collections-showcasing-fresh-canadian-talent/) - The literary landscape in Canada today is arguably richer and more diverse than it’s ever been. To see a sign of this bookish splendor, look no further than the many wonderful short story collections by Canadian writers that are being published by small presses across the country. Canada is fortunate to have a longstanding tradition
- [Spies and Other Gods](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/two-books-many-spies/) - Spy fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. They can be grim, sardonic, playful, weary, intricate, or a sheer adrenaline rush. They can represent worldviews as different as those of Ian Fleming, John Le Carre, Daniel Silva, Mick Herron, or I.S. Berry, the CIA veteran whose debut novel, The Peacock and the Sparrow, swept the
- [Susan Appel on Healing and "What the Heart Carries"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/06/susan-appel-on-healing-and-what-the-heart-carries/) - In her deeply personal novel What the Heart Carries, Susan Appel transforms lived experience into a moving story of family, faith and long-buried truths. Inspired by real events yet shaped through the lens of fiction, the book explores how a single secret can ripple across generations — leaving behind both wounds and unexpected paths to
- [A Rom-Com That Finds Magic in Life’s “What Ifs”](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/06/just-for-love-a-moment-in-time-len-guardino/) - 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 comedy with a story about
- [A Quiet Town and a Strange Storm That Unleashes the Darkness](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/09/the-rain-william-barney/) - Rain is usually background noise — something that blurs the windows, dampens the sidewalks and sends people running for umbrellas. In William Barney’s The Rain, it becomes something else entirely: a creeping, corrosive force that seeps into a small town and begins to change everything it touches. What begins as a familiar slice of small-town life
- [How Perfume and Heritage Inspired "The Library of Flowers"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/how-perfume-and-heritage-inspired-the-library-of-flowers/) - Lucy Hua comes from a long line of Chinese perfumers gifted with the secret power to sway emotion with their perfumes. In every fifth generation, an eldest daughter is born with the rarest gift of all: the ability to summon true love. However, when Lucy, the long-awaited fifth daughter, fails, she flees her exacting mother
- [Baldacci's Latest, Two Paybacks and a Whole Lot of Suspenseful Fun](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/baldaccis-latest-two-paybacks-and-a-whole-lot-of-suspenseful-fun/)
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Finding Readers Who Will Love Your Book, with Dominique Raccah](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/writers-ink-podcast-finding-readers-who-will-love-your-book-with-dominique-raccah/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Small Town Stories with Big Secrets and Plenty of Charm](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/01/small-town-stories-with-big-secrets-and-plenty-of-charm/) - What is it about small-town settings that instantly make a story jump off the page? Is it the secrets? The quirky characters? The fact that everyone knows everything about everyone? For me, in my new novel Summer State of Mind, it’s a little bit of all those things. Plus, when something goes scandalously wrong in
- [What Inspired "The Instigators: How Black Women Have Been Essential to American Democracy (And What We Can Learn from Them)"](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/05/what-inspired-the-instigators-how-black-women-have-been-essential-to-american-democracy-and-what-we-can-learn-from-them/) - As people look for guidance and strategy while democracy is eroding, look no further than the Black women political organizers, journalists, movement leaders and elected officials I feature in my book, whom I call "The Instigators." Oftentimes much is said about the ability of women to change the world, so if you elect a woman
- [Privileged Lives, Powerful Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/02/privileged-lives-powerful-fiction/) - Dear Readers, I am continually amazed at the writers we meet who work tirelessly in obscurity yet produce such excellent work. This week, I’d like to introduce you to one such author. South African writer Stanislas M. Yassukovich is remarkable not because of the world he writes about, but also because of the way he
- [A World in Transition, Told Through the People Forced to Shape It](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/01/a-world-in-transition-told-through-the-people-forced-to-shape-it/) - Epic fantasy often asks a familiar question: who rises, who falls — and who’s left holding power when the dust settles? In The Empires of Durajan, A. H. Lewis shifts the focus. The outcome matters, but the real interest lies in what comes after — when the dust doesn’t settle so much as reveal a
- [5 Books Every Christian Teen Should Read for Faith, Identity and Purpose](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/04/5-books-every-christian-teen-should-read-for-faith-identity-and-purpose/) - 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 approach that journey in the
- [Turning the Page: Books to Gift 2026 Graduates](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/01/turning-the-page-books-to-gift-2026-graduates/) - Graduation marks both an ending and a beginning — a moment filled with possibility, pressure and no small amount of uncertainty. As the Class of 2026 steps into a rapidly changing world, the path forward may feel less defined than ever before. These books speak directly to that in-between space, offering perspective on how to
- [No One Is Quite Who They Seem in Emma Garman's "The Kindness of Strangers"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/24/the-kindness-of-strangers-emma-garman/) - Jimmy was cold, paralyzingly cold, and sticky wet above the waist. Blood soaked his sweater, churned in his throat, filled his lungs. He tried to move, to turn onto his back, but an iron bar of pain held him in place. Circling above like seagulls’ squawks were voices discussing, with maddening dispassion, whether he was
- [Lindy Ryan's Chill Quill Horror Lineup](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/22/horror-lineup-aprils-chill-quill/) - Spring may be in full bloom, but this horror lineup proves the rot is still very much alive beneath the surface. This month’s releases dig into haunted houses, fractured timelines, buried rage and the ghosts we carry — whether in our homes, our histories or our own bodies. From surreal revenge to gothic reckonings and
- [A Life Forged in Extremes, a Love That Outlives Loss](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/30/trail-of-thoughts-david-lomax/) - David Lomax's Trail of Thoughts is part frontier adventure, part meditation on survival and a profound tribute to love and loss. Endurance in the Alaskan Wild Lomax grew up between two worlds: the sun-warmed suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area and the vast, unforgiving landscape of Alaska, where his family relocated in the mid-1970s
- [5 Books About the Lives We Hide](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/29/5-books-about-the-lives-we-hide/) - Secrets have a way of shaping the lives we lead — and the ones we leave behind. Stories that explore hidden truths and fractured identities tap into something deeply human: the longing to understand where we come from and how the past continues to echo into the present. For readers drawn to emotionally rich narratives,
- [A Gentle, Bird‑Filled Call to Live Bravely](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/27/when-the-forest-dreams-andrea-ezerins/) - In When the Forest Dreams by Andrea Ezerins, we are in New York City in 2013. Emma Jablonski lives with her parents and grandmother in a rent-controlled apartment on the Upper East Side. Her days follow a dreary routine: early mornings with dough and flour, evenings with family television, and worry about money and her
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Sasha Preston on Cozy Heist Mysteries, Female Friendship, and Diverse Leads](https://booktrib.com/2026/05/01/bookaholic-podcast-sasha-preston-on-cozy-heist-mysteries-female-friendship-and-diverse-leads/) - The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- ["Crazy": Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/05/crazy-reclaiming-life-from-the-shadow-of-traumatic-memory/) - Lyn Barrett’s memoir Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory chronicles her battle with Dissociative Identity Disorder and path to healing.
- [Why a Hollywood Screenwriter Set His Debut Novel in a Fictional Southeast Asian Country](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/28/why-a-hollywood-screenwriter-set-his-debut-novel-in-a-fictional-southeast-asian-country/) - I have always believed that the most cherished travel memories are the little ones that often come by accident. The simple meal of bread, cheese and ham, bought from three different stores, that you eat on a bench beside a canal in Venice because the fancy restaurant you had a reservation at is closed; the
- [Isabel Klee’s "Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About" Highlights the Messy Magic of Your 20s](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/29/dogs-boys-and-other-things-ive-cried-about-isabel-klee/) - Isabel Klee perfectly captures the feeling of being a woman in her 20s in her brand new memoir, Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About. For twenty-somethings this will be incredibly relatable, and for those of us who made it through that time, it will conjure feelings of nostalgia that leave you both with
- [The Cruelty of False Hope Inspired "Ashes of the Republic"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/28/the-cruelty-of-false-hope-inspired-ashes-of-the-republic/) - When I was seven or eight, my parents left me with a neighbor so they could attend a healing Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ozone Park, Queens — just a few blocks from where we lived. The sitter explained that if it worked — if the Lord saw fit — my parents
- [Dear Aunt Libra: Pride Edition](https://booktrib.com/2025/06/13/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 a good hour before Alex
- [Aunt Libra Answers Your Bookish Questions](https://booktrib.com/2025/05/22/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 paramour and solve your woes
- [Dear Aunt Libra: Dog Days of Summer Edition – Hot Enough for You?](https://booktrib.com/2025/07/30/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 pool slathered in Korean sunscreen
- [Much Ado About Manga: Aunt Libra Schools Us in Love](https://booktrib.com/2025/09/25/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 youth, so bring auntie your
- [TJ Klune Turns the End of the World Into a Love Story You Won’t Forget](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/28/we-burned-so-bright-tj-klune/) - Buckle up for a road trip unlike any other in We Burned So Bright. Rodney and Don reflect on the life they’ve built together over forty years, against impossible odds. When a rogue blackhole appears on the edge of the solar system, the couple realizes their time together will be cut short. One important item
- [Reclaiming God’s Law in an Age of Moral Confusion](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/29/reclaiming-gods-law-in-an-age-of-moral-confusion/) - In a cultural moment when the concept of moral law is either dismissed as irrelevant or weaponized as a tool of judgment, Tom Lutz offers something refreshing: a clear, grace-rooted and practical case for why God's law remains not just relevant but beautiful for Christians today. Equipping Christians for Kingdom Obedience is a book that
- [BookTrib’s Bites: The Stories We Tell — and the Truths We Uncover](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/28/booktribs-bites-the-stories-we-tell-and-the-truths-we-uncover/)
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: A Deadly Episode with Anthony Horowitz.](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/28/writers-ink-podcast-a-deadly-episode-with-anthony-horowitz/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Hot Trends and Reading Recs from Indie Bookstores](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/25/hot-trends-and-reading-recs-from-indie-bookstores/) - Dear Readers, BookTrib is a huge fan of indie bookstores — always has been. In Connecticut, our team loves to visit Barrett Books and RJ Julia. My favorites are The Corner Bookstore in NYC and, of course, the legendary Strand. Whenever I’m in a new city or country, I make it a point to visit
- [Alice Henderson’s "Storm Warning" Is a Wild Ride of Survival Science and Savage Threats](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/27/storm-warning-alice-henderson/) - Storm Warning is Alice Henderson’s fifth wild and wooly, storm-tossed, action-packed suspense novel featuring protagonist wildlife biologist and environmentalist adventurer Alex Carter. Her current assignment to study and protect imperiled hawksbill turtles in tropical Hawai’i seemed like an idyllic vacation of sun, surf, swimming and snorkeling. The intensive military survival training taught to her by
- [A Call to Truth and Renewal in a Culture Adrift](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/28/beyond-the-broad-path-john-stephen-frey/) - John Stephen Frey’s Beyond the Broad Path is a work of careful biblical reasoning and a book that challenges, encourages and points the reader toward the only source of lasting peace Frey believes exists: Jesus Christ. A Culture Diagnosed, A Christ-Centered Cure From the opening pages, Frey establishes himself as a clear-eyed and courageous diagnostician
- [Jane Harper's "Last One Out" Features a Ghost Town and Its Secrets](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/24/last-one-out-jane-harper-2/) - The weatherboard farmhouse. The ivy cottage. The stone bungalow. You can always tell a Jane Harper thriller. Set in her native Australia, they are slow-burn psychological explorations of a close-knit community – friends, family, colleagues, loved ones – into which a devastating loss has been introduced. The stories are often set over a span of
- [Which Gender Reads More? Settling the Debate With Hard Data](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/24/which-gender-reads-more-settling-the-debate-with-hard-data/) - Ever wonder what the gender gap is? No, not the pay gap — the reading gap. How does recreational reading differ from men to women? Well, according to Pew Research Center, there's a clear winner: Specifically, they found that "[w]omen are more likely than men to say they’ve read a book in the past 12
- [Forgery and the Price of Illusion in J.R. Thornton's "Lucien"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/24/lucien-jr-thornton/) - J.R. Thornton’s second novel, Lucien, is a captivating cautionary tale of a master manipulator who persistently abused the friendship of his naïve college roommate, dazzled by the trappings of wealth. It’s an erudite thriller replete with unforeseen twists involving two Harvard College undergraduates who become art forgers. In a single-page prologue, narrator and protagonist Christopher
- [Adriane Leigh's "Society Women" Unleashes a Chilling Tale of Deception and Revenge](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/23/society-women-adriane-leigh/) - From the title, Society Women might seem to be a light diversion, a frothy, amusing tale of the escapades of wealthy urban dwellers who live to shop, gossip and lunch. Instead, Adriane Leigh has written a diabolical, scorching tale of revenge directed at morally bankrupt predators. Women of every class have been victimized or controlled
- [The Next Wave of Storytellers Has Arrived — And They’re Rewriting the Future](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/23/l-ron-hubbard-writers-and-illustrators-of-the-future-2026-winners/) - If science fiction and fantasy have always been about imagining what comes next, then the L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contest offers something rarer: a glimpse of who will be imagining it. Each year, the contest gathers emerging voices from around the world and gives them something few new creators ever
- [Glen Hellman on Killing His Hero and Raising the Stakes of "Time to Die"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/24/glen-hellman-on-killing-his-hero-and-raising-the-stakes-of-time-to-die/) - Glen Hellman doesn’t believe in safety nets — on the page or in life. In Time to Die: The Cost of Mercy, the latest installment in his high-stakes thriller series, Hellman delivers a bold, emotionally charged story that challenges one of storytelling’s most comforting assumptions: that heroes survive. In this candid Q&A, the author reflects
- [When Life Unravels: Women’s Fiction with a Pulse of Suspense](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/22/when-life-unravels-womens-fiction-with-a-pulse-of-suspense/) - Women’s fiction has long been a space for exploring relationships, identity and personal transformation — but what happens when you add a layer of danger, deception or the unknown? The result is a genre blend that delivers both emotional depth and page-turning tension. In these novels, ordinary lives are upended by secrets, crimes, hidden pasts
- [Baldacci’s Latest Combines International Intrigue and Complex Revenge Plot](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/hope-rises-david-baldacci-review/) - Walter Nash, working undercover for the FBI as Dillion Hope, returns in the latest installment of David Baldacci’s riveting Hope Rises, the second book of a series. In the previous number-one bestseller, Nash Falls, unfounded murder accusations forced Nash to go underground and reinvent himself to protect his wife and himself. Out of necessity, Nash,
- [Small Boat: A Powerful Account of Shared Complacency](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/21/small-boat-vincent-delecroix/) - Small Boat is a powerful and crushing work of translation written by Vincent Delecroix and translated into English by Helen Stevenson. It is short, less than 200 pages. A quick punch, but its effects linger. Small Boat takes us back to November 2021, to a real-life accident that we all probably heard about from the
- [Staying Afloat: A Mother’s Grief and Healing](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/21/held-by-the-tide-cyndi-horowitz/) - Held by the Tide, the debut work by licensed marriage and family therapist Cyndi Horwitz, is part memoir, part somatic healing guide and part meditation companion. It is one of the most honest books about grief, motherhood and the long road back to oneself to arrive in recent memory. Horwitz writes from the interior of
- [People Who Need People: 8 Books About Human Connection](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/21/people-who-need-people-8-books-about-human-connection/) - “People who need people are the luckiest people in the world,” Barbra Streisand famously sang — but what does that actually mean? The truth is, connection isn’t one-size-fits-all. We don’t just need people for companionship; we rely on them for physical and emotional survival. We need them to help us understand who we are and
- [Education, Citizenship and the Future of Democracy: A Conversation with Robert Mitchell](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/22/education-citizenship-and-the-future-of-democracy-a-conversation-with-robert-mitchell/) - In an era marked by deep political divides and ongoing debates about the purpose of education, Robert Mitchell offers a timely and thought-provoking perspective in his work Education and the Culture of Democracy. In this conversation, Mitchell explores how educational systems shape civic values, the responsibilities of schools in fostering democratic engagement and the cultural
- [THE LOST PANEL: Novel "Solves" the Greatest Art Heist in History](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/21/the-lost-panel-novel-solves-the-greatest-art-heist-in-history/)
- [A Life Shaped by Secrets, Redeemed by Forgiveness](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/21/what-the-heart-carries-susan-appel/) - Susan Appel's debut novel, What the Heart Carries: One Secret, Two Lives, is intimate in scale and enormous in emotional reach, and written with the honesty of someone who has lived every word on the page. A Love Story Rooted in Time and Place The novel opens in Brooklyn in 1966, where we meet Cecilia
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: It’s possible to trad publish without an agent. Author R.M. Caldwell explains.](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/21/writers-ink-podcast-its-possible-to-trad-publish-without-an-agent-author-r-m-caldwell-explains/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Why Readers Enjoy Stories They Shouldn’t](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/17/why-readers-enjoy-stories-they-shouldnt/) - Why do we keep reading when we know we shouldn’t? A character crosses a line early. Not a small one. Something that should shut the book in our hands. But it doesn’t. We keep going. That reaction — staying instead of turning away — isn’t accidental. It’s what pulls readers deeper into psychological fiction. Most
- [India’s Pre-Bollywood Film Industry Makes a Dramatic Setting for Murder](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/15/the-star-from-calcutta-sujata-massey-review/) - The Star from Calcutta is the fifth in Sujata Massey's acclaimed, award-winning Perveen Mistry historical mysteries set in the 1920s. Her previous engaging series took place in contemporary Japan, featuring protagonist Rei Shimura, an expert antique and art dealer. Perveen Mistry is the sole female lawyer in Bombay who, after earning a law degree from
- [National Infertility Awareness Week Reads](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/20/national-infertility-awareness-week-reads/) - 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 for complicated feelings, reassurance in
- [Book News: Anne Hathaway in Yesteryear, Vertical Storytelling, Books You Can't Look Away From & More](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/18/book-news-anne-hathaway-in-yesteryear-vertical-storytelling-books-you-cant-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 Tennis Rom Com Stay in
- [A Faith-Filled Guide for Teens Finding Purpose and Identity](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/20/seeds-of-purpose-marlyse-tchamko/) - Few Christian self-help books speak to teenagers with the kind of warmth, intelligence and genuine affection that Marlyse Tchamko brings to Seeds of Purpose. This book manages to be both deeply rooted in scripture and refreshingly alive on every page — a rare combination that makes it essential reading for any young person trying to
- [Murder and Mayhem at The Primrose](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/17/the-primrose-murder-society-stacy-hackney/) - Fans of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series will heartily embrace The Primrose Murder Society for its originality, charm and warmth. Stacy Hackney introduces an unlikely crew of amateur sleuths investigating a twenty-one-year-old cold case murder that took place in Richmond, Virginia’s upscale Primrose building. This landmark condominium filled with wealthy retirees has an age
- [New Desire and No Easy Answers in Rainbow Rowell’s "Cherry Baby"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/15/new-desire-and-no-easy-answers-in-rainbow-rowells-cherry-baby/) - Cherry Baby is a women’s fiction romance by New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell. The story revolves around Cherry, a plus-size woman struggling to get back on her feet, torn between moving forward and holding on to her old life. A Life in Limbo Cherry is 36 years old. She lives in Omaha and
- [A Dystopia Without Answers — And That’s the Point](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/17/i-who-have-never-known-men-jacqueline-harpman-review/) - What would a world without men be like? What would it be like to grow up without ever knowing a man at all? Jacqueline Harpman’s novel I Who Have Never Known Men offers few concrete answers in response to the questions it poses — of which there are many. The story features no main antagonist
- [Written in the Stars With Lillian Parrotta: Aries Edition](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/written-in-the-stars-with-lillian-parrotta-aries-edition/) - Aries season is upon us — and with it, an invitation to examine what it means to burn boldly in a world that would rather you didn't. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. Ruled by Mars, it carries the energy of someone who was born knowing their worth — and refuses to shrink
- [The Rise of Vertical Storytelling as a Book Adaptation Medium](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/17/the-rise-of-vertical-storytelling-as-a-book-adaptation-medium/) - The journey from page to screen is nothing new. We’ve all followed beloved classics and buzzy contemporary novels as they’ve made their way to theaters and major streaming platforms. But the adaptation of Bound by Honor by Cora Reilly marks a different kind of milestone — not just for the author, but for the rapidly
- [Live from New York, It’s a Cold Case: "The Midnight Show" Blends Comedy and Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/15/the-midnight-show-lee-kelly-jennifer-thorne/) - Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne’s The Midnight Show is that rare novel that manages to be both wildly entertaining and deeply poignant. It pulls readers into the smoke-filled, late-night world of the 1980s New York comedy scene, weaving a razor-sharp whodunit with a cultural critique of what it meant to be a woman daring to
- [A Feminist Reclamation in Julia Langbein’s "Dear Monica Lewinsky"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/16/dear-monica-lewinsky-julia-langbein/) - As someone who was a young teenager during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, I can remember having strong feelings. How could the President of the United States act in such a way? But also — how could a young woman, not all that much older than myself, degrade herself? Reframing Monica: From Scandal to Saint Julia Langbein’s fictionalized
- [Greg Seeley’s "Henry’s Pride" Is Civil War Fiction at Its Most Human](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/16/henrys-pride-greg-seeley/) - Greg Seeley’s Henry's Pride is a richly imagined work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Inspired by the actual letters and journals of the author's great-grandfather, Ira Seeley — a soldier who served with the 29th Iowa Infantry Regiment — the novel transforms a family inheritance into a multi-threaded
- [Escaping a World Gone Mad: One Woman’s Journey from Oppression to Hope](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/21/a-world-gone-mad-gretel-timan/) - Trauma can be the defining aspect of many individual lives. The ironic aspect of trauma is that it can be used to force someone into coming to terms with who they are and what they want out of life. The collective trauma of life in Nazi Germany and life under Soviet rule could have been
- [A Beautifully Doomed Love Story in "The Girl from Melodia"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/29/the-girl-from-melodia-jonathan-toussaint/) - 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 Lockhart, son of the infamous
- [A Southern Gothic Mystery That Knows What Secrets Cost](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/13/lost-in-the-holler-michael-west/) - Michael R. West’s Lost in the Holler follows RJ Burnette back to Appalachian Gizzard’s Holler, where family stories, porch talk, and a decades-old murder collide.
- [Books & Looks Podcast — The True Story of America’s First Dance Battle ft. April F. Masten](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/16/books-looks-podcast-the-true-story-of-americas-first-dance-battle-ft-april-f-masten/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [The Power of Choosing: A Conversation with Richard Dugan](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/16/the-power-of-choosing-a-conversation-with-richard-dugan/) - Richard Dugan’s Choices explores the quiet, pivotal moments that shape the course of our lives — decisions made in an instant that echo far beyond their beginnings. In this conversation, Dugan reflects on the inspiration behind his work, the themes of consequence and personal responsibility that run through it, and the ways in which our
- [Rethinking Democracy from the Classroom Up](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/education-and-the-culture-of-democracy-with-a-k-12-curriculum-outline-robert-mitchell-review/) - 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. This is not a policy
- [Start Your 2026 Spring Reset (Or Don’t) With These Fresh Book Recs](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/15/start-your-2026-spring-reset-or-dont-with-these-fresh-book-recs/) - It’s spring: a season of hope, renewal, and… avoidance. Whether you’re confidently embracing your goals or strategically avoiding anything resembling personal growth, you deserve a reward for getting through those seasonal sniffles + surviving another new cycle. Follow these flow charts for book recs that will help you achieve your productivity dreams (or help you
- [Book Recs Based on the Songs Stuck in Our Heads](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/book-recs-based-on-the-songs-stuck-in-our-heads/) - Are you joyfully blasting Zara Larsson with the windows open? Embracing Geese’s anti-tax season anthem? Or maybe you're crying over “Drag Path” edits on TikTok instead. No matter what musical mood you're in, we have the book recs that pair perfectly with your chart-topping song of choice. These new + trending reads are sure to
- [The Art of Repeat Reading (and Other Bookish Things We Find Deeply Chic)](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/the-art-of-repeat-reading-and-other-bookish-things-we-find-deeply-chic/) - Earlier this year, I published a list of “things I find randomly chic.” It was a pastiche of mannerisms and preferences that I have observed in the deeply stylish: pairing something masculine with something feminine, cursive handwriting, having “an order” at a restaurant. Above all: sincerity, that rare and treasured quality of the curious and
- [Lyla Lane’s "The Best Little Motel in Texas" Is a Charming, Laugh-Out-Loud Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/13/the-best-little-motel-in-texas-lyla-lane/) - Lyla Lane has ventured from rom-coms and YA literature into the cozy mystery genre with The Best Little Motel in Texas. It’s a highly original, heartfelt and hilarious novel that might make the reader forget a murder had been committed. The title is an homage to a certain long-running Broadway musical and hit 1982 film
- [Reckoning with the Cost of Mercy](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/time-to-die-glen-hellman-review/) - Some thrillers begin with a body. Time to Die: The Cost of Mercy by Glen Hellman begins with a reckoning, one that’s been building for years, waiting for the moment when past decisions finally come due. At first glance, the novel moves like a high-stakes international thriller. Greg Newsome — brilliant, instinctive, and always a
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: The Ending Writes Itself, co-authors VE Schwab and Cat Clarke.](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/writers-ink-podcast-the-ending-writes-itself-co-authors-ve-schwab-and-cat-clarke/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [In "The Art of Loving You," Natasha Bishop Proves Love Can Bloom Through Grief](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/14/the-art-of-loving-you-natasha-bishop/) - The Art of Loving You by Natasha Bishop is the latest book in her Forever Falling series, and it did not disappoint. We pick up where book 1 left off at the end of the most dramatic destination wedding I’ve read. You don’t need to pick up Only for the Week if you haven’t already,
- [A Tale of Survival and Belief in War-Torn Germany](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/13/the-black-bow-ar-bender/) - The Black Bow is a richly imagined historical novel set against the brutal backdrop of the Thirty Years War in seventeenth-century Germany. It is a compelling debut from A.R. Bender. Part adventure epic, part spiritual journey, part love story, it weaves together the lives of characters navigating one of Europe's most devastating conflicts with skill
- [How True Is Your Family History?](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/01/how-true-is-your-family-history/) - Every family has stories — the ones they tell over holiday dinners and on road trips, the ones grandparents passed down to their littles, the ones couples who are getting serious reveal to each other. And yes, certainly, some of those stories are true. But families repeat the stories they want repeated, don't they? It's
- [What to Read Next: April Selections](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/what-to-read-next-april-selections/) - Hello Spring Readers! I think we can agree that there’s nothing better than grabbing a fresh new novel and heading out into the sunshine to relax and read. Whether it’s a Wild West historical fiction, a folklore story about a monster disguised as an old lady or a reimagining of actress Katharine Hepburn, we think
- [Drop Everything and Read These Books!](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/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 Cleary's birthday, the BookTrib team
- [Obsession and Loss Intertwine in Yann Martel’s Emotionally Complex "Son of Nobody"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/son-of-nobody-yann-martel/) - Son of Nobody is a nuanced literary effort that is both ambitious in scope and also affecting. Yann Martel’s latest narrative proceeds in an unorthodox manner, yet gradually the protagonist and his subject matter become equally compelling, and the reader becomes fascinated with the trajectory of both. Martel has penned a book that is surprising
- [Need a Spring Break ... From Reality? Use These Books to Escape 2026](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/03/need-a-spring-break-from-reality-use-these-books-to-escape-2026/) - In desperate need of a vacation? These days, it feels like cortisol is at an all-time high, and no stress relief technique is getting it down. And while vacation season is on the horizon, some of us need a little extra help escaping the weight of our responsibilities sooner rather than later. If spring break
- [Time Is Running Out as Jim De La Vega Talks "Gone in Three Seconds"](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/time-is-running-out-as-jim-de-la-vega-talks-gone-in-three-seconds/) - Jim De La Vega brings a lifetime of urgency, loss and real-world experience to Gone in Three Seconds, the explosive first installment in his Mind Hunter series. Drawing on his background as a TV news reporter and his encounters with some of the world’s most dangerous minds, De La Vega crafts a high-stakes thriller anchored
- [A Stalker Who's Desperate to Show She Is Not a Boring Asian Female](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/27/boring-asian-female-canwen-xu-review/) - “This is just a mistake. I’m going to get all of this sorted out in no time. They just need to know that they made a mistake.” In Canwen Xu’s Boring Asian Female, Elizabeth Zhang has it all planned out. She’s maintained a 3.9 GPA at Columbia and picked all the right professors for letters
- [15 Canadian Poetry Collections to Add to Your TBR this Poetry Month](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/03/15-canadian-poetry-collections-to-add-to-your-tbr-this-poetry-month/) - With National Poetry Month underway, you may be looking at your ambitious 2026 reading goals and wondering if you need more poetry. Yes, the answer is always “yes.” Canadian poets are some of the finest on the planet, writing face-melting, breathtaking, soul-expanding poetry. To celebrate this auspicious month, here are 15 new and forthcoming poetry
- ["Intimate Audrey": A Moving, Deeply Personal Look at a Timeless Icon](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/08/intimate-audrey-sean-hepburn-ferrer-wendy-holden/) - Reading Intimate Audrey feels like cuddling into your favorite reading nook and wrapping yourself in a real-life fairy tale. In this book, Sean Hepburn Ferrer and Wendy Holden take you on a most personal journey into Audrey Hepburn’s life from her childhood to her death. Filled with stories of victory like being seen by Collette
- [Caro Claire Burke's Yesteryear Keeps You Guessing Until the Very End](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/09/yesteryear-caro-claire-burke/) - To the world, Natalie Heller Mills has it all in Caro Claire Burke's Yesteryear. She’s a traditional wife, living in a quaint farm with her cowboy husband named Caleb and bringing up a parade of children right in front of the ever-growing millions in her online audience. She’s an influencer through and through, with traditional
- [Traumatic Childhoods — and the Adults Who Survived Them](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/09/traumatic-childhoods-and-the-adults-who-survived-them/) - Some childhoods leave marks that never fully fade — fractures that run quietly beneath the surface of adult lives. The memoirs in this list bear witness to early years shaped by neglect, instability, poverty and other forms of harm, each story offering a different lens on what it means to grow up without the safety
- [From Town Clown to Tech Titan in Jeff Burgess’s Hard-Earned Rise](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/10/it-worked-for-me-jeff-burgess/) - Jeff Burgess's It Worked for Me is a ground-level, candid and compulsively readable account of how one self-described "town clown" and college dropout built a company that became the world's largest supplier of purpose-built video surveillance recording appliances. And it is all the more convincing for never pretending the road was straight. A Turning Point
- [A Lyrical Portrait of War and Survival in WWII Libya](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/07/the-woman-from-warsaw-salah-el-moncef/) - In The Woman from Warsaw, the ruins of Benghazi, Libya, serve as a backdrop for the intertwined stories of a young Libyan girl and a Jewish refugee during World War II. In 1976, Mariam Khaldoon’s husband encourages her to write her memories of living in war-torn Benghazi during Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini’s takeover of Libya
- [Frances Crawford’s Bold, Brilliant Crime Debut](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/06/a-bad-bad-place-frances-crawford/) - Frances Crawford is proof that age is not a barrier to becoming a successful author. In 2022, at the age of sixty, she earned a master's in literature in creative writing with distinction from Glasgow University, followed by winning the Bloody Scotland/Glencairn Crime Short Story Competition in 2023, and she has now published a singularly sensational
- [Why “Other People” Matter: A Conversation with Michael Piraino](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/09/why-other-people-matter-a-conversation-with-michael-piraino/) - Michael Piraino’s Other People is a memoir that gently but powerfully reframes what it means to heal. Rather than centering solely on his own inner journey, Piraino turns our attention outward — to the quiet, often unnoticed ways others shape our lives, our resilience and our capacity for meaning. In this conversation, he reflects on
- [A Wise Meditation on the Freedom to Choose](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/09/choices-richard-dugan/) - Richard Dugan's Choices: 5 Steps for Life is written over the span of nearly three decades. There are early passages from the 1990s woven alongside reflections from the 2000s and beyond. This personal guide to intentional living is one of those rare works that feels less like reading and more like sitting across from a
- [Books & Looks Podcast — The Secret Math System That Broke Casinos](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/09/books-looks-podcast-the-secret-math-system-that-broke-casinos/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Lily Diamond on Lilith Lit: A Feminist Book Club for Truth and Defiant Women’s Voices](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/06/lily-diamond-on-lilith-lit-a-feminist-book-club-for-truth-and-defiant-womens-voices/) - Lily Diamond’s Lilith Lit isn’t just a book club — it’s a gathering space for women seeking truth, connection and courage through literature. Centered on bold, defiant works by women (the first season includes Lisa Taddeo, Domenica Ruta, Rebecca Walker, Lisa Ko, Cat Bohannon, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, and Debra Magpie Earling) the community brings readers into
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Stories of Resilience, Comfort and Purpose](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/07/booktribs-bites-stories-of-resilience-comfort-and-purpose/)
- [Love "The Pitt," "Love Story," "Vladimir"? Read These Books Next!](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/04/love-the-pitt-love-story-vladimir-read-these-books-next/) - Dear Readers, In this week’s newsletter, we turn our focus to television and books because both are having a powerful cultural moment — one that reflects how we consume stories, ideas and inspiration today. TV is no longer just entertainment; it has evolved into a space for cinematic storytelling, bold experimentation and global connection. At
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Why two heads are better than one – the art of co-authoring with Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/07/writers-ink-podcast-why-two-heads-are-better-than-one-the-art-of-co-authoring-with-lee-kelly-and-jennifer-thorne/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [This Week, In Ink](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/04/this-week-in-ink/) - This week’s new releases span wildly different worlds — yet each grapples sith identity, transformation and the search for meaning. From a nostalgic, joy-filled reckoning with aging and desire to a deeply human meditation on finding joy amid life’s hardships, these books invite readers to reconsider what fulfillment really looks like. Whether through humor, vulnerability
- [Mark Hammond on The Lost Panel and an Unsolved Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/06/mark-hammond-on-the-lost-panel-and-an-unsolved-mystery/) - Mark Hammond’s The Lost Panel dives into one of art history’s most enduring mysteries — the 1934 theft of the Ghent Altarpiece’s “Just Judges” panel — and reimagines it through a sweeping narrative that bridges centuries. Blending meticulous historical research with inventive storytelling, Hammond explores the blurred lines between truth and myth, art and faith
- [Michael West on the Blessing of a Good Book](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/01/michael-west-on-the-blessing-of-a-good-book/) - Mom and Dad could read; they chose not to. They would say there was too much activity in their daily lives to allow for brief moments of pleasure lost in a book; I can’t dispute their conclusion. Sometimes all you can do is get by. Because my parents didn’t foster an environment for books, I
- [Séances Versus Science: Eight Mysteries That Pit the Supernatural Against Reason](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/02/seances-versus-science-eight-mysteries-that-pit-the-supernatural-against-reason/) - I grew up in a house built in 1884 that was prone to unexplained creaks, groans and even occasionally children’s laughter. The heavy, antique doorbell would sometimes ring out with its sonorous clang for no reason. Once, my mother heard footsteps in the foyer, but when she went to investigate, nobody was there. One of
- [The People Who Shape Us: Finding Meaning, Healing and Connection in Other People](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/31/other-people-michael-s-piraino-review/) - 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 a compelling premise, one he
- [A Childhood Fractured, A Voice Unbreakable](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/02/fault-line-still-standing-tim-smith/) - There are memoirs that inform, and then there are memoirs that transform. Tim Smith's Fault Line: Still Standing belongs in the latter category. It is a raw, devastating and ultimately triumphant account of one man's survival of a childhood most of us cannot fathom, written with such ferocious honesty and literary precision. A Voice Forged
- [In This Near-Future America, Freedom Is the First Casualty of Theocracy](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/01/ashes-of-the-republic-james-chesterton-review/) - Imagine America 20 years from now. How different is the U.S. in 2046? In James Chesterton’s dark speculative thriller Ashes of the Republic we see a future where our current political environment has laid the groundwork for an America that prioritizes surveillance and control over the preservation of freedoms. It’s eerily reminiscent of current initiatives
- [Books & Looks Podcast — The 2,000-Year History of Mac and Cheese](https://booktrib.com/2026/04/02/books-looks-podcast-the-2000-year-history-of-mac-and-cheese/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Change the Script, Change the Game, Change Your Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/31/booktribs-bites-change-the-script-change-the-game-change-your-life/)
- [10 Historical Fiction Stories About Female Friendship](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/31/10-historical-fiction-stories-about-female-friendship/) - I can’t get enough of books featuring the bonds of female friendship and women helping other women – so much so that those themes are at the center of my new historical fiction novel, Ship of Dreams, set aboard the Titanic. We’re talking women who have seen us at our best and our worst; who
- [Luke Dumas' Deliciously Twisted Horror](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/31/nothing-tastes-as-good-luke-dumas/) - As the author of the cosmic horror novel Fat Monster, a tale of an obese woman caught up in a sketchy weight-loss scheme, I was eager to see how another author would handle a similar body horror premise. And Mr. Dumas did not disappoint. Nothing Tastes as Good is told in a brilliant combination of
- [Witchy Books that Inspired "A Spell for Saints and Sinners"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/31/witchy-books-that-inspired-a-spell-for-saints-and-sinners/) - When I first had the idea to write a suspense novel about a struggling psychic-witch who, hoping to escape the poverty and loneliness crushing her, allows herself to be taken in by the wealthiest family in Savannah, I knew I wanted the brand of witchcraft she practices to be as realistic as possible. As much
- [Wendy Walker's Chilling Thriller Is Forged in the Brutal World of Elite Figure Skating](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/27/blade-wendy-walker/) - Blade is best-selling author Wendy Walker’s seventh compelling psychological thriller and the most personal. Published in time for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, it has dredged up cathartic memories of her own teenage dreams of competing for medals in ladies' figure skating. She has spoken recently in interviews of her own intensive training
- ["Daughter of Egypt": Excavating Women’s Mark on History](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/26/daughter-of-egypt-marie-benedict/) - Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict is a deeply researched and carefully crafted historical fiction novel that excavates the untold stories of two women who have been erased by history and the desert sands of Egypt. Benedict introduces us to two real-life figures, Lady Evelyn Herbert and the mysterious Pharaoh Hatshepsut. In Daugher of Egypt,
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Mixing Fact and Fiction with #1 New York Times Bestseller, Steve Berry](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/31/writers-ink-podcast-mixing-fact-and-fiction-with-1-new-york-times-bestseller-steve-berry/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Active Bystandership: The Small Acts of Courage That Make a Big Difference](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/30/evil-goodness-and-creating-active-bystandership-ervin-staub-review/) - 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 Hungary during World War II,
- [Joan Lunden: A Groundbreaking Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/28/a-groundbreaking-career-on-so-many-fronts/) - 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 meet. Among them is Joan
- [Sandra Brown Leads A Thriller Lineup That Delivers](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/30/a-thriller-lineup-that-delivers-it-all/)
- [Next Week’s Books Are Worth the Wait](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/28/next-weeks-books-are-worth-the-wait/) - From magical ambition to deeply human resilience, this collection of books explores what it means to search for purpose, belonging and truth — whether in fantastical worlds, the natural environment or the tangled realities of small-town life. Each story introduces characters at a crossroads, grappling with personal limitations, societal barriers or hidden forces that threaten
- [7 Horror Novels Fueled by Loss and Grief](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/26/7-horror-novels-fueled-by-loss-and-grief/) - Grief resists structure. It doesn’t behave the way we expect it to. It’s often described as a process, but that suggests a kind of order that rarely exists in reality. More than just sadness, it’s a messy tangle of yearning, anger, guilt, anxiety, arriving in waves that don’t follow rules or timelines. Grief also has
- [When the Setting Is So Prominent, It's Practically a Character](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/25/when-the-setting-is-so-prominent-its-practically-a-character/) - Some stories unfold in a place and time; others are shaped by it. In these ten novels, setting isn’t just a backdrop — it breathes, pulses and presses in on every choice the characters make. From sun-drenched vineyards and historic European streets to windswept rivers, quiet coastal towns and even tightly controlled wartime communities, each
- [Bookaholic Podcast — When Doctors Say “Never”: What Every Parent Needs to Hear](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/27/bookaholic-podcast-when-doctors-say-never-what-every-parent-needs-to-hear/) - The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Kate Quinn’s Enchanting Ode to the Power of Libraries](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/26/the-astral-library-kate-quinn/) - The Astral Library is Kate Quinn’s gift to bibliophiles, a joyous affirmation and celebration of all that is right and wonderful about public libraries. This concoction is a genre-bending combination of magical realism and fantasy adventure sprinkled liberally with delightful literary references to a range of favorite books and authors. A Life Shaped by Books
- [Can’t-Miss New Releases](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/23/cant-miss-new-releases/) - Looking for your next must-read? From pulse-pounding thrillers to enchanting fantasies and transformative nonfiction, this week’s new releases have something for every reader. Dive into heart-stopping suspense with a young man trapped on a hijacked New York subway, or lose yourself in the haunting, inventive world of a girl woven from flowers and words. Explore
- [Team Picks: Caroline’s Most Anticipated Reads for April](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/25/team-picks-carolines-most-anticipated-reads-for-april/) - What are the 6 books you're looking forward to in April? Transcription by Ben Lerner Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About by Isabel Klee Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Joyful, Anyway by Kate Bowler We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune The Noma Guide to Building Flavour by René Redzepi and the Noma Test Kitchen What do you like
- [Michiko Aoyama’s Marble Café Serves Stories of Quiet Transformation](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/25/hot-chocolate-on-thursday-michiko-aoyama/) - Michiko Aoyama’s latest novella Hot Chocolate on Thursday, translated from the Japanese by E. Madison Shimoda, invites readers to take a break and relax in the fictional Marble Café. This tiny bistro, located in a quiet Tokyo neighborhood situated on a riverbank, has three tables and a counter with seating for five. There are ornamental
- [The Greatest Art Heist in History—And the Secret It May Still Be Hiding](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/25/the-lost-panel-mark-steven-hammond-review/) - Among the many treasures of Saint Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium, is a massive altarpiece painted by the Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck. Its many panels depict an array of biblical figures, saints, martyrs, soldiers, prophets, clergy, angels and other figures attending a pastoral scene at the center, where the Lamb of God bleeds from
- [Ready to Expand Your Reading Bracket for March?](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/24/ready-to-expand-your-reading-bracket-for-march/) - Prefer your protagonists spiraling and unstable? From tales of possessive, all-consuming desire to frenzies of anger and resentment, there’s a story here for every uncomfortable emotion. Get ready for shocking reads and satisfying moments of catharsis – because there’s freedom in embracing the madness. These books are sure to be slam dunks! A Touch of
- [How Far Would You Go for Humanity?](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/24/celestial-lights-cecile-pin/) - What would you give to be a part of history? What would you trade for the good of humanity? In a contemplative journey across space and time, Celestial Lights poses these questions and offers a reminder that some things aren’t worth sacrificing. Author Cecile Pin crafts a story that is both touching and tragic and
- [From Hollywood to Kickstarter: Frank Zanca Brings Ravenore to Life Through Immersive Audio](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/24/from-hollywood-to-kickstarter-frank-zanca-brings-ravenore-to-life-through-immersive-audio/) - As audiobooks continue their rapid rise — and as crowdfunding reshapes how books reach readers — more authors are exploring new ways to tell stories beyond the printed page. For Frank J. Zanca, an award-winning screenwriter, producer and novelist, the answer lies in blending cinematic storytelling with direct audience support. His latest project, Tales of
- [A Love Story That Built a Career](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/24/a-love-story-that-built-a-career/) - I had a life partner who thought my work was as important as his, and I think that made all the difference for me…” —Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Somewhere around 2016 I came across this quote, and I realized I have at least one thing in common with Ruth Bader. Ginsburg often mentioned
- [A Luminous Adventure About Mastering Anger](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/25/hana-and-the-eclipse-of-shadows-khalil-huballa/) - There are books that entertain, and then there are books that change the way a reader sees themselves. Khalil Huballa's Hana and the Eclipse of Shadows — a sweeping three-part adventure — belongs in the second category. It is a luminous, imaginative work that is exciting while teaching one of the most important lessons a
- [Dark Magic and Inner Demons Collide in Ava Morgyn’s Spellbinding "Only Spell Deep"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/19/only-spell-deep-ava-morgyn/) - Supernatural themes underscore many of the current wave of popular novels. The idea that there are forces beyond our control is enticing to many readers. The new novel from Ava Morgyn, Only Spell Deep, finds a place in the world of the supernatural that will entice readers to follow along with Jude, a witch who
- [A Proactive Path Through the Teen Mental Health Crisis](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/19/champions-in-life-elaine-and-henry-brzycki/) - 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 Champions in Life: The Playbook
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Want to finish your novel? NYT Bestselling author Karen Robards explains the importance of learning to write anywhere.](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/24/writers-ink-podcast-want-to-finish-your-novel-nyt-bestselling-author-karen-robards-explains-the-importance-of-learning-to-write-anywhere/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [The Psychology of Writing a Serial Killer](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/23/the-psychology-of-writing-a-serial-killer/) - To write convincingly from the perspective of a serial killer, you have to spend time inside a mindset most people instinctively avoid. That discomfort reveals things about how people justify their actions. When I began writing Memoirs of a Serial Killer, shock value wasn’t the goal. I wasn’t interested in making the story as graphic
- [Have You Ever Been Dumped by a Friend?](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/19/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 ambitions evolve. But our closest
- [5 Books Celebrating Wisdom, Life Lessons and the Bonds Between Generations](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/19/5-books-celebrating-wisdom-life-lessons-and-the-bonds-between-generations/) - Wisdom isn’t just about age — it’s about the stories we share, the lessons we pass on and the connections we nurture across generations. These five books celebrate the transformative power of experience, highlighting how meaningful relationships and thoughtful guidance can leave a lasting impact. These titles offer insight into life, love and the ways
- [A Smart “Emotionary” for Anyone Who Wants Better Words for What They Feel](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/05/a-smart-emotionary-for-anyone-who-wants-better-words-for-what-they-feel/) - A BookTrib review of Choosing Emotions by D. Earl Johnston, a 378-page “emotionary” defining 272 emotional states through clear definitions and street phrases.
- [Where Dinosaurs Roam and Courage Awakens](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/20/artemios-gift-charles-bruckerhoff/) - Charles Bruckerhoff's Artemio's Gift is an ambitious children's book that threads together dinosaurs, time travel, talking owls and moral philosophy into a single bedtime-length adventure. The book follows Viola, a capable and curious child who tumbles from an ordinary spring day of yard work into a dream journey that takes her back to the age
- [Spring Creeping In: March's Chill Quill](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/18/spring-creeping-in-marchs-chill-quill/) - This year, March is bringing the monsters! From neon-lit cities haunted by vanished gods to blood-soaked cabarets, cursed forests and grief that refuses to stay buried, this month’s darkest releases dive deep into obsession, transformation and things that refuse to die. Whether you prefer Gothic dread, supernatural thrillers or strange stories that linger under your
- [6 Books That Explore the Modern Crisis of Masculinity](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/18/6-books-that-explore-the-modern-crisis-of-masculinity/) - Navigating the path from boyhood to manhood has never been more complicated. Today’s young men face unique pressures from shifting cultural expectations, evolving gender roles and the fast pace of modern life. From understanding emotional health to finding purpose and responsibility, the journey to becoming a confident, grounded man is full of challenges. These five
- [Caitlin Rother’s "Hooked" Dives Into the Dark Side of La Jolla](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/18/hooked-caitlin-rother/) - Caitlin Rother brings verisimilitude from her previous career to her carefully crafted latest novel Hooked, a fast-paced crime thriller pairing for the first time investigative reporter Katrina Chopin with Ken Goode, a surfing homicide detective. This is the first in a planned series featuring the charismatic, well-matched pair of investigators with the second slated to
- [A Treasury of Words You Didn’t Know You Needed](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/18/simply-fun-vocabulary-words-and-expressions-ed-hennessy/) - There is a particular kind of reader — the sort who delights in words like jeremiad, philippic, or omnium gatherum — who will feel instantly at home in Ed Hennessy’s Simply Fun — Vocabulary Words and Expressions: 1600 Words and Expressions You Never Had Time to Look Up. For everyone else, this book may serve
- [Books & Looks Podcast — America’s Secret WWII Coastal War with Sara Vladic](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/19/books-looks-podcast-americas-secret-wwii-coastal-war-with-sara-vladic/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [The Heart of the Wait: Dr. Jeff Deaton on Infertility, Hope and Healing](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/18/the-heart-of-the-wait-dr-jeff-deaton-on-infertility-hope-and-healing/) - 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 those facing the uncertainty of
- [From Page to Screen on Netflix: Binge Rating Five Red Hot Flames](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/16/from-page-to-screen-on-netflix-binge-rating-five-red-hot-flames/) - Why Vladimir Is the Smart, Steamy Academic Drama Everyone Is Talking About For me there’s always something irresistible about stories set in academia. The ivy-covered buildings, the sharp conversations in seminar rooms, the collision of ambition, intellect and ego — universities have long provided the perfect backdrop for stories where ideas and emotions run equally high or
- [A Fever-Dream Journey in "Westward Women"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/12/westward-women-alice-martin/) - Westward Women by Alice Martin breathes new life into the dystopian genre with a road trip that feels like a fever dream. The hypnotic writing takes you on the road with three incredible young women who embark on a journey of a lifetime, perhaps even their last. A mysterious outbreak is occurring throughout America, as
- [Written in the Stars With Lillian Parrotta](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/17/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 deep within us all, and
- [A Love Story That Slowly Steeps in "A Latte Like Love"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/17/a-latte-like-love-michelle-c-harris/) - Most love stories are predictable and ordinary, but this debut novel, A Latte Like Love, by Michelle C. Harris is anything but traditional or ordinary. I thought this was going to be a typical romance of boy meets girl and they fall madly in love, but instead it was a delightful surprise that felt like
- [BookTrib’s Bites: From Trauma to Healing](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/17/booktribs-bites-from-trauma-to-healing/)
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Capturing the moment in your fiction with J.R. Thornton](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/17/writers-ink-podcast-capturing-the-moment-in-your-fiction-with-j-r-thornton/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [A Family Saga of Ambition, Legacy and the Two Sides of Success](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/16/two-sides-of-the-same-coin-michael-weiner-md-review/) - The classic immigrant story usually ends once the family finds its footing in America. In Both Sides of the Same Coin, author Michael Weiner, MD, asks a deeper question: What happens next? His novel begins in familiar territory — families fleeing famine, persecution and political upheaval — but it quickly expands into something larger: a
- [The Publishing Evolution: How Influencers Are Changing the Landscape](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/16/the-publishing-evolution-how-influencers-are-changing-the-landscape/) - In an era where social media rules, a 30-second reel on Instagram or TikTok can now sell more books than a full-page ad in the New York Times. And all it takes is a reader holding up a novel, talking about the moment that made them cry, gasp, or stay up until three in the
- [Louise Fein’s "Book of Forbidden Words" and the Enduring Fight for Freedom of Thought](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/13/book-of-forbidden-words-louise-fein/) - Has there ever been a time since the inception of printing that certain books have not been banned? Critically acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author Louise Fein has a former practicing lawyer’s perspective on championing freedoms of expression in writing, speech, thoughts and ideas with differences of opinion respected. Her recently published fourth novel Book of
- [How to Get Free Books for Your Book Club – And What to Read Next](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/13/how-to-get-free-books-for-your-book-club-and-what-to-read-next/) - Libraries remain at the heart of every great book club by connecting readers and offering a shared place for stories to thrive. And now, in the digital age, there’s a new and even easier way to discover and share those stories. The Libby app is a mobile app that allows users to borrow digital books,
- [Putting Feelings into Words Just Got Easier](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/13/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 love ideas. And then there
- [Rising Stars, Falling Shadows in "Darkening Song"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/11/darkening-song-delphine-seddon/) - A BookTrib review of Darkening Song by Delphine Seddon, a story about feminism, the power of female bonds and the resilience it takes for women to claim their place at the top.
- [Historical Coming-of-Age Tale Explores the Dawn of the Human-Horse Bond](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/11/review-of-she-who-rides-horses-book-one-audiobook/) - For most of human history, horses have carried us farther than our own legs ever could. They have borne us across continents, through wars and migrations, and into stories and mythologies that define entire cultures. The partnership between horse and rider feels so natural today that it is easy to forget it had a beginning.
- [A Storyteller’s Story: Michael West on the Roots of His Writing](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/10/a-storytellers-story/) - I have a large family; large in the sense that I have several hundred cousins dispersed across Tennessee. My cousins can all trace their existence to the 1920 union of Jesse James Warren and Kim Davis Heath; together, they raised eleven kids who all lived long lives. One of the eleven, daughter number three, was
- [A Conversation with D. Earl Johnston on the Power of Emotional Language](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/12/a-conversation-with-d-earl-johnston-on-the-power-of-emotional-language/) - Understanding emotions is often easier said than done. While we all experience a wide range of feelings every day, many of us struggle to find the right words to describe what is happening inside. In Choosing Emotions, author D. Earl Johnston explores the idea that expanding our emotional vocabulary can help us better navigate life’s
- [Heartpounding Sapphic Romance in Kiersten White's New Gothic Fantasy](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/10/the-fox-and-the-devil-kiersten-white/) - Breathtaking. Mesmerizing. Utterly to die for. #1 New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White is back with a heart-pounding gothic fantasy laced with slow-burn sapphic romance, found family and – of course – a dark, supernatural twist – The Fox and the Devil. Anneke Van Helsing – daughter of the infamous Abraham – is a
- [Bold Heroine Rides into History in Immersive and Spirited Series](https://booktrib.com/2025/07/02/bold-heroine-rides-into-history-in-this-immersive-and-spirited-series/) - Calling all readers of historical fiction, fans of spirited heroines, and horse lovers, this book is for you. Poetic, powerful, and deeply humane, A Clan Chief’s Daughter is a reminder that sometimes, it takes just one person, one rider, one dreamer, one daughter to change the course of history. In this Q&A, we talk with
- [The Cost of Secrets in Ren DeStefano’s Twisting Spy Thriller](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/10/a-lie-for-a-lie-ren-destefano/) - From the author of How I’ll Kill You, A Lie for a Lie by Ren DeStefano is a contemporary thriller that will keep you hooked until the story concludes. This compelling story is about a woman living a carefully constructed double life as a housewife and a spy who must use all her espionage skills
- [Seasons of Memory: A Conversation with Stanislas Yassukovich](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/11/seasons-of-memory-a-conversation-with-stanislas-yassukovich/) - Stanislas Yassukovich’s Summertime and Short Stories is a reflective collection shaped by memory, nostalgia and the complicated bonds of family history. Drawing on moments from his own life—often transformed through fiction—Yassukovich explores the contrasts between joy and sorrow, past and present, and the ways in which personal history continues to shape who we become. In
- [Obsessed with Coach Book Charms? So Are We](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/06/obsessed-with-coach-book-charms-so-are-we/) - The latest must-have statement piece for 2026? Apparently, it's books. Like everyone else on the internet, we’re loving Coach’s new mini book bag charms. Including traditional and modern classics such as Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, popular titles like Little Fires Everywhere by
- [A Political Thriller with Moral Depth](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/05/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 and Washington insider who writes
- [A Town of Secrets Faces the Tempest in Rachel Hawkins’ "The Storm"](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/09/the-storm-rachel-hawkins/) - Closely held secrets and shocking surprises await readers of the edgy Southern Gothic thriller The Storm by New York Times best-selling author Rachel Hawkins. It’s the height of hurricane season in the fictional small coastal town of St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama although lacking a bay; the town was appropriately named after St. Medard, the patron
- [A Fond Farewell to Starz’s Outlander Series: A Celebration of Time, Faith, Prophecy and Love](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/06/outlander-season-8/) - Through eight seasons — 101 episodes — and a dozen years, Starz’s adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander series has swept the world up into its universe. This genre-bending show has followed Claire Randall, a World War II combat nurse, as she stumbled through the standing stones at Craigh na Dun, Scotland, in 1945, into
- [BookTrib’s Bites: When Time Shapes Fate](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/10/booktribs-bites-ticking-clocks-and-slow-blooms/)
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: "How to Survive in the Woods" with author, Kat Rosenfield](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/10/writers-ink-podcast-how-to-survive-in-the-woods-with-author-kat-rosenfield/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [A Doctor Follows the Deadly Trail of Miracle Pills](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/09/poison-pill-anthony-lee-review/) - Anthony Lee’s Poison Pill follows doctor Mark Lin as two weight-loss cases reveal a dangerous network. A tense medical thriller with real hospital detail.
- [What to Read This March](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/06/what-to-read-this-march/) - March may “come in a like a lion and go out like a lamb” but either way, there is always time to find another great book to read. In this month’s What to Read Next, you’ll find unsolved murders, witchcraft, a quartet of “Golden Gays” and a coming-of-age story about the summer of ’69. A
- [Village Gossip Fuels a Chilling Death in Tana French’s “The Keeper”](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/06/the-keeper-tana-french/) - The West Irish village of Ardnakelty is filled with characters who love to gossip about the doings in their close-knit hamlet. They discuss their sheep, and football, but most of the time, they gossip about each other. In The Keeper, the third and final installment of Tana French’s tales about American ex-pat, Cal Hooper, such
- [M.L. Stedman’s "A Far-flung Life" Is a Sweeping Saga of Grief and Endurance](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/04/a-far-flung-life-ml-steadman/) - “Some gates close off every other path you could possibly take. A single moment in your past denies you a future: condemning you to a death in life.” What happens when your life falls apart? Not just once, but over and over again? When you’re constantly reminded of your mistakes? When there is no true
- [Jon Land’s Must-Read Thriller Showcase](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/05/jon-lands-must-read-thriller-showcase/)
- [What to Read Next?](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/04/what-to-read-next/) - When it comes to books being published, there are so many to choose from and so little time! If I’m searching for my next favorite read, I’ll scroll to find books that look interesting and then I’ll pre-order them months in advance. When a book finally arrives at my door, it’s like a surprise gift
- [In the Hills of Appalachia, a Hidden Gem of a Story](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/26/the-booktrib-brief-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 a remarkable book before the
- [Pasadena's Historic Japantown Brought to Life in New Hirahara Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/04/crown-city-naomi-hirahara-review/) - True confessions, this reviewer is a super fan of Naomi Hirahara, the brilliant, always relevant author of complex mysteries as well as nonfiction, beginning with Summer of the Big Bachi (2004), the first in the six-book Mas Arai series and Publishers Weekly honored Best Book of the Year, continuing with the Leilani Santiago Hawai’i and
- [Offering Clear-Eyed Hope on Infertility’s Hardest Days](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/04/when-waiting-becomes-life-jeff-deaton-md-review/) - A warm, practical review of Jeff Deaton MD’s When Waiting Becomes Life, blending infertility with clear medical guidance, decision support, and grounded hope.
- [Books & Looks Podcast — How Did She Write 40+ Bestselling Mysteries?](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/05/books-looks-podcast-how-did-she-write-40-bestselling-mysteries/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [5 Historical Novels That Bring New York Neighborhoods to Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/03/5-historical-novels-that-bring-new-york-neighborhoods-to-life/) - When I first moved to Manhattan, it seemed like a huge, overwhelming metropolis. But I soon began to learn its neighborhoods, and I knew I would write those neighborhoods, not as they are today but as they were, each as unique as the people who inhabited them. In The Sisters of Book Row, my Applebaum
- [Anxiety Memorist Dives Deeper Into Emotions](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/03/review-hard-feelings-daniel-smith/) - In his book, Hard Feelings: Finding the Wisdom in Our Darkest Emotions, Daniel Smith’s contemplative reflection is both rewarding and cathartic, as he explores the emotions he has contended with over his lifetime and the scholarly research that has examined similar feelings. Each chapter is full of rewarding insight into feelings such as despair, boredom
- [Women’s History Month: A Quick Journey Through Time and My March 2026 TBR](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/02/womens-history-month-a-quick-journey-through-time-and-my-march-2026-tbr/) - “Guess what month March is?” “Nope, that’s not it.” “Still missing the point.” “Women’s History Month?” “Wow! Finally!” “Okay, cool. But what does it mean? When did it begin, and what’s it got to do with historical fiction and publishing?” Well, here’s the deal. In the United States, Women’s History Month started as a grassroots
- [5 Literary Novels That Are Also Alluring Mysteries](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/27/5-literary-novels-that-are-also-alluring-mysteries/) - As a writer of mysteries and thrillers, I devour dozens of suspense novels every year, and I absolutely love the rush they deliver. But sometimes, I crave something slower, more contemplative—that’s why I’m also a devoted reader of contemporary literary fiction. With these books, I’m willing to trade a jaw-dropping twist for in-depth character development,
- [New Works, New Worlds](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/28/new-works-new-worlds/) - From sun-drenched villas and small-town lavender farms to royal courts and chaotic college campuses, these five new releases pulse with urgency, desire and high-stakes choices. Whether it’s a second-chance romance, a ticking-clock caper, a bold feminist reimagining, a tense marital thriller or a sharp exploration of identity and trust, each story centers on characters forced
- [Where Silence Carries History: A Conversation with "Red Anemones" Author Paula Dáil](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/28/where-silence-carries-history-a-conversation-with-red-anemones-author-paula-dail/) - Paula Dáil’s Red Anemones is a meditation on the stories families carry in silence — the inherited memories, buried histories and quiet choices that shape identity across generations. Inspired by the author’s own discovery of a previously unknown Jewish ancestor, the novel weaves personal reckoning with larger questions of immigration, antisemitism, resilience and moral responsibility.
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: "The Best Little Motel in Texas" with Author, Lyla Lane](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/03/writers-ink-podcast-the-best-little-motel-in-texas-with-author-lyla-lane/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Daniel Grace Brings Judas and Pilate Back to New York](https://booktrib.com/2026/03/03/in-the-wake-of-golgotha-daniel-grace/) - Someone has staged them with nails, blood and a cold sense of purpose. The police see a grotesque crime scene. A defense attorney sees a case that will swallow his career. A social worker sees a summons that feels older than the city itself. Daniel Grace’s debut novel, In the Wake of Golgotha, starts with
- [Echoes of Home: Stories of Identity and the Pull of the Past](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/25/echoes-of-home-stories-of-identity-and-the-pull-of-the-past/) - Stories rooted in Appalachia and the broader American South often center on place as much as plot — where landscape, family history and community expectations shape every choice a character makes. These narratives explore the tension between leaving and staying, the weight of generational memory and the complicated bonds that tie people to home.
- [A Thriller with Heart and Humor](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/27/this-story-might-save-your-life-tiffany-crum/) - What doesn’t kill you makes you…a survivor. Joy Moore and Benny Abbott have been best friends for a very long time, although the relationship has had its ups and downs. Right now, it’s definitely up, though there are other worries. A Podcast Built on Chemistry and Chaos In Tiffany Crum’s This Story Might Save Your
- [Colleen Hoover’s "Woman Down" Is a Thrilling Descent Into Desire and Consequence](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/13/woman-down-colleen-hoover/) - In Colleen Hoover’s latest novel, Woman Down, Petra Rose is a disillusioned, down-on-her-luck, bestselling author in desperate need of a Hail Mary. It’s been 18 months since she wrote anything publishable, and the overwhelming criticism the movie adaptation of her last novel received has been anything but inspiring. So, she retreats to a cabin in
- [Over the Wealthy Elite in Fiction? These Books Are Your Antidote](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/21/over-the-wealthy-elite-in-fiction-these-books-are-your-antidote/) - Lately, it seems like every new novel comes with a penthouse view, a private jet and a trust fund meltdown. While glossy wealth drama may be having a moment, it doesn’t always reflect the world most of us actually inhabit. We’re far more interested in stories that capture real lives, shared struggle and the power
- [The Ultimate Snowed-In Reading List](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/26/the-ultimate-snowed-in-reading-list/) - The first snowstorm of 2026 has much of the country settling into full-on snow day mode. It’s the perfect excuse to cancel your plans, cozy up and finally crack open a great book. We asked our team to share their favorite snow day recommendations, and they delivered. From swoony romances that bring the heat to
- [Essential Reads to Frame the Latest "Wuthering Heights" Adaptation](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/13/essential-reads-to-frame-the-latest-wuthering-heights-adaptation/) - Early reactions to Fennell’s highly anticipated Wuthering Heights adaptation are rolling in — and let’s just say the conversation is… intense. Maybe you’ve been deep in the casting debates, or maybe you’ve had the Charli XCX-powered soundtrack on repeat. Whatever your take on the upcoming film, we’ve got the perfect reading recs to match your
- [5 Library Love Stories for National Library Lovers Day (and Valentine’s Day, Too)](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/14/5-library-love-stories-for-national-library-lovers-day-and-valentines-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, the written word. But in
- [The White Hot: A Love Letter to Female Rage](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/11/the-white-hot-quiara-alegria-hudes/) - In her debut novel, The White Hot, playwright and memoirist Quiara Alegria Hudes tackles the complexity of an emotion that few dare to explore: the explosive power of female rage. The story is told in the form of a letter written by a mother to her daughter on her 18th birthday. The letter is an
- [A Reckoning With Grief and Identity in The Gratifying Relief of Being Forgotten](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/21/the-gratifying-relief-of-being-forgotten-bk/) - The Gratifying Relief of Being Forgotten by BK is a bruising and beautiful exploration of grief, longing, self-erasure and the persistence of love in its most destructive and redemptive forms. Moving between aphoristic fragments, longer narrative poems, typographic experimentation and a prose-poem sequence, BK constructs a world where memory, nature, the self and others collide
- [“If Necessary Alone” Is a Bracing WWII Spy Thriller with a Vicar’s Heart](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/25/if-necessary-alone-is-a-bracing-wwii-spy-thriller-with-a-vicars-heart/) - V. M. Knox’s “If Necessary Alone” turns a grieving vicar into a razor‑sharp WWII operative in Caithness, blending tradecraft, moral stakes and icy atmosphere.
- ["The Heir Apparent" Delivers an Adult Twist on the Princess Fantasy](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/02/the-heir-apparent-rebecca-armitage/) - As a teenager coming of age in the aughts, I was a fan girl of The Princess Diaries. Mia Thermopolis learns that she is a princess of the fictitious country of Genovia, and undergoes a giant makeover. She is transformed from a bespectacled nobody into a bombshell babe, and must make a difficult decision; will
- [Seven Fantastical Journeys That Rip You Out of Reality in the Best Way](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/16/seven-fantastical-journeys-that-rip-you-out-of-reality-in-the-best-way/) - If there’s one thing I love, it’s a book that yanks me straight into another world like it has zero regard for my to-do list. Give me magic. Give me danger. Give me the kind of quest where a kid with more heart than experience has to figure out who they are before the world
- [Love Becomes the Strongest Spell in Ellen A. Roth’s "Ten Fingers Touching"](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/18/ten-fingers-touching-ellen-a-roth/) - Fairy tales promise that love can conquer the darkest forces, but Ellen Roth’s Ten Fingers Touching invites readers to consider an even more tantalizing possibility: that true love might be the most powerful magic of all. Roth’s debut novella opens with a wager between Good and Evil — a cosmic bet about the strength of
- [“Fighting Back” Traces One Pilot’s Journey From Bronx Childhood to the Birth of the Israeli Air Force](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/09/fighting-back-stan-andrews/) - A gripping biography of pilot Stan Andrews, “Fighting Back” traces one Jewish American’s path from WWII missions to the first fighter squadrons of Israel’s air force.
- [Lit Picks: 6 Books that Redefine Suspense, Mystery & Thrillers](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/05/lit-picks-6-books-that-redefine-suspense-mystery-thrillers/) - Mystery, suspense and thrillers unfold through tension and anticipation, not chaos or contrived shocks. True suspense emerges from uncertainty, discovery and the sense that something essential lies just beyond reach. The six books below demonstrate this with precision. Each constructs its world with deliberate pacing and psychological insight, delivering plots that twist purposefully and characters
- [Faith, Courage and a Talking Wolf in “Journey to the Land of Integrity"](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/24/faith-courage-and-a-talking-wolf-in-journey-to-the-land-of-integrity/) - Bruce Beck’s Journey to the Land of Integrity follows a teen into a fantasy kingdom where faith, courage, and hard choices teach what it means to live with integrity.
- [The Sad, Glorious World of Margaret Anderson](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/09/a-danger-to-the-minds-of-young-girls-adam-morgan/) - A new biography of the bohemian powerhouse Margaret C. Anderson opens with a quotation from Anthony Comstock, who has been in the news recently, although he died over 100 years ago. Comstock was a censorious bully who objected to the publication and distribution of written material that he deemed offensive. The Comstock Act, passed by
- [Anthony Hopkins’ Honest Memoir of Art and Adversity](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/17/we-did-ok-kid-anthony-hopkins/) - We Did OK, Kid is that rare substantive revelatory memoir sharing more than is typically glimpsed behind the gilded gates of Hollywood as told in gossip columns or seen in interviews. Anthony Hopkins writes with tremendous honesty and passion about his life, education, formative years as a repertory actor, and favorite roles as well as
- [Bob Dylan’s Life on the Road, Reimagined on the Page and Canvas](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/22/bob-dylans-life-on-the-road-reimagined-on-the-page-and-canvas/) - The enigmatic Bob Dylan was born in 1941, moved to New York City in January, 1961, began playing Greenwich Village clubs the following month and was quickly signed to Columbia Records releasing his debut album Bob Dylan in March, 1961. He embarked on his first concert tour in 1964 lasting from February 1 to December
- [A Wickedly Smart Page-Turner About the Price of Literary Fame](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/23/murder-your-darlings-jenna-blum/) - Murder Your Darlings by the accomplished and versatile Jenna Blum is one of those all too rare novels that might transform a non-reader into a committed bibliophile.
- [When Harry Met Sally… at the Weather Desk](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/26/and-now-back-to-you-bk-borison/) - And Now, Back to You is B.K. Borison’s latest contemporary romance delivering a cozy romcom that had me smiling from ear to ear!
- [When Moral Codes Collide: 7 Novels Built on Opposing Characters](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/25/when-moral-codes-collide-7-novels-built-on-opposing-characters/) - Some novels hinge on a single protagonist’s rise or fall. Others are built on something far more volatile: characters shaped by different codes, different wounds or different beliefs — moving through the same world toward radically different ends. In these stories, morality isn’t abstract. It’s forged in childhood kitchens, locker rooms, orphanages, prep schools and
- [Epic Space Adventure Told Through Neurodivergent Lens](https://booktrib.com/2024/11/11/space-city-william-spencer/) - Space City by William Spencer is an entertaining novel that delivers from every angle. Whether you’re a fan of science fiction, action and adventure, thrillers, or mysteries .
- [Rewriting the Story of What It Means to Grow Older](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/13/the-myth-of-aging-arnold-gilbert/) - What if the most limiting beliefs about aging aren’t biological — but cultural? What if the narrative of slowing down, shrinking ambition and quietly stepping aside simply isn’t true? In The Myth of Aging: A Prescription for Emotional and Physical Well-Being, Beverly Hills psychiatrist Arnold Gilberg, MD — writing with Jon Land — challenges the
- [All the Rage: Fictional Women Embracing Their Fury](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/25/all-the-rage-fictional-women-embracing-their-fury/) - Angry about the state of the world? That might just be main-character energy. From political spectacle to academic precarity, from Tudor courts to domestic betrayal, fictional women are no longer swallowing their fury — they’re reshaping it. The rage of women has moved from subtext to spotlight, and our TBR stacks are brimming with revenge
- [Turn the Stressful Process of Mediation Into a Plan for Success](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/27/review-how-to-survive-a-mediation-fred-e-jandt/) - Fred E. Jandt’s How to Survive a Mediation breaks down what happens in mediation and how to prepare, negotiate, and document agreements.
- [8 Gothic Novels that Celebrate Unique Settings](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/26/8-gothic-novels-that-celebrate-unique-settings/) - My latest novel, The Fourth Princess, is a Gothic novel set in Old Shanghai – not the usual location. Gothic novels feature easily identifiable tropes: a crumbling castle, a young woman in danger, a dangerous secret and plenty of bleak atmosphere. The stories usually take place in a Western European setting, preferably a location with
- [BookTrib’s Bites: When Determination Shapes Fate](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/27/booktribs-bites-when-determination-shapes-fate/)
- [Romance-Infused Women’s Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/25/romance-infused-womens-fiction/) - This month at BookTrib, we are celebrating women’s fiction books featuring emotionally rich romance. These novels explore love, resilience, reinvention and the courage to choose one’s own destiny across eras and continents.
- [A Practical Guide to Staying Alert in an Unpredictable World](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/25/look-twice-tim-beard/) - Tim Beard’s Look Twice, Volume I turns everyday awareness into an easy, repeatable habit. A calm, practical safety guide that favors awareness over fear.
- [Dark Slow-Burn Romance Explores Trauma, Trust and the Complicated Ties That Bind](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/24/only-the-small-bones-c-p-harris-review/) - C.P. Harris’s Only the Small Bones is a dark, slow-burning MM romance exploring trauma, trust, and redemption as two broken souls find hope and love.
- [From Cupid to Creepy: February's Chill Quill](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/16/from-cupid-to-creepy-februarys-chill-quill/) - Love is in the air this February—but so is something darker. This month’s horror releases bring haunted influencers, monstrous pregnancies, bloodthirsty vampires, enchanted forests, cursed wells, and the high price of happily-ever-after. Whether you’re craving a slow-burn gothic or a full-throttle screamfest, there’s something for every dark heart in this month’s new reads. And speaking
- [A New Chapter Begins](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/14/a-new-chapter-begins/) - From sweeping literary adventures to gripping psychological suspense and deeply personal cultural exploration, these five new releases showcase the powerful ways stories help us understand identity, relationships and belonging. Spanning fantasy, contemporary fiction, thriller and nonfiction, each book offers a unique lens on the choices that shape our lives and the connections that define us.
- [Hamnet, the Film — an Interview with Maggie O’Farrell](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/06/hamnet-the-film-an-interview-with-maggie-ofarrell/) - Every once in a while, a novel filled with love, loss and pathos crosses our path. I knew this in the summer of 2020 when I read Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. We all knew it, and the book was published to great acclaim. In this historical drama about Anne Hathaway (Agnes) and William Shakespeare and
- [Her To-Do List Involves a Dead Body. What About Yours?](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/30/a-sociopaths-guide-to-a-successful-marriage-mk-oliver/) - Domestic Bliss, with a Body “The truth is, it’s surprisingly difficult to kill someone with a vegetable knife. But as I was preparing carrot sticks at the time, it’s all I had.” That’s Lalla Rook talking. In M.K. Oliver’s A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage (and doesn’t that tell you everything you really need
- [Books Are Our Favorite Things!](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/22/books-are-our-favorite-things/) - What the book world is shouting about!
- [Pinky Swear, Broken Trust](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/24/pinky-swear-danielle-girard/) - Pinky Swear is another well-crafted story that will have readers on edge as we follow a mother desperately seeking her missing friend and her unborn child.
- [The Fight Before the Fight: When Eating Disorders Hide in Plain Sight](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/23/weight-class-danny-oconnor/) - Eating disorders have the second-highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness, second only to opioid addiction. Yet despite their severity, they remain dangerously misunderstood — often associated with teenage girls, fashion culture or vanity. In reality, eating disorders affect people of every gender, age and background. An estimated 10 million men in the United States
- [Memory and Moral Complexity in "Summertime & Short Stories"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/24/memory-and-moral-complexity-in-summertime-short-stories/) - In Stanislas Yassukovich’s Summertime & Short Stories, a poignant summer affair anchors a collection of elegant, insightful tales of love, memory and class.
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Research, research, research with "White River Crossing" author, Ian McGuire](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/24/writers-ink-podcast-research-research-research-with-white-river-crossing-author-ian-mcguire/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- ["Where the Wildflowers Grow": A Tender Story of the Slow Work of Healing](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/19/where-the-wildflowers-grow-terah-shelton-harris/) - Some books are written to heal and nurture, and this is what you will find in "Where the Wildflowers Grow" by Terah Shelton Harris.
- [13 Memoirs that Inspire Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/20/13-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 childhood but fictionalized into a
- [Don Winslow Proves He’s Still the Master of Crime Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/20/the-final-score-don-winslow/) - Some books are written to heal and nurture, and this is what you will find in "Where the Wildflowers Grow" by Terah Shelton Harris.
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Exploring the Depths of Human Experience](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/24/booktribs-bites-exploring-the-depths-of-human-experience/)
- ["So Old, So Young": A Nostalgic Masterpiece](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/19/so-old-so-young-grant-ginder/) - "So Old, So Young" follows a group of six friends over 20 years, as the real world intervenes, adulthood beckons and they struggle to maintain their relationships with one another.
- [The Real Love Story? 6 Powerful Books That Celebrate Female Friendship](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/17/the-real-love-story-6-powerful-books-that-celebrate-female-friendship/) - We talk endlessly about romantic love. We chart it, market it, monetize it. We measure our lives by it. But female friendship — the kind that begins in school corridors, in shared bedrooms, in whispered secrets and borrowed clothes — rarely gets the same cultural reverence. It is treated as a prelude to something bigger.
- [History and Dark Psychology Intertwine in Tale of Two Ex-Prisoners](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/20/history-and-dark-psychology-intertwine-in-tale-of-two-ex-prisoners/) - In Parno Beng’s debut novel, Hell’s Sweet Nectar (Beginnings), two ex-convicts navigate a dark, multi-generational saga.
- [Stealing Back What Was Lost: Romance and Reckoning in “It Happened One Heist”](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/19/it-happened-one-heist-shenee-howard/) - Some audiobooks are content to entertain you, but It Happened One Heist wants to flirt with you, pull you across three continents, hand you a priceless artifact and dare you to run. It Happened One Heist by Shenee Howard is romantic suspense with a glossy, cinematic edge. In audio, it becomes a full-bodied experience. Performed
- [Cinderella Retellings to Swoon Over Before Bridgerton Returns](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/18/cinderella-retellings-to-swoon-over-before-bridgerton-returns/) - Dearest Gentle Reader, Are you also fluttering in expectation as we await the outcome of the starcrossed romance of Sophie Baek, modest housemaid, and Benedict Bridgerton, most notorious rake, when Bridgerton returns on February 26? If this tale seems familiar, there is good reason. My cousin, whom you all know as Aunt Libra, has persuaded
- [Books & Looks Podcast — Separating Sense from Nonsense: The Science of Health Trends with Dr. Joe Schwarcz](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/19/books-looks-podcast-separating-sense-from-nonsense-the-science-of-health-trends-with-dr-joe-schwarcz/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Michael West on Heritage, Identity and Finding Your Way Home in "Lost in the Holler"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/18/michael-west-on-heritage-identity-and-finding-your-way-home-in-lost-in-the-holler/) - 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 to confront family history, buried
- [Sherrie Todd-Beshore](https://booktrib.com/2019/05/24/sherrie/) - Sherrie Todd-Beshore Is An Adult Mystery / Suspense Thriller Writer Who After 20 years in journalism writing-to-space and checking facts in 2006, crossed over to fiction full time.
- [From War-Torn Aristocrat to Minnesota Bride: Reclaiming Her Destiny in "The Jilted Countess"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/18/the-jilted-countess-loretta-ellsworth/) - Loretta Ellsworth is a former middle school Spanish teacher with an MFA in writing who has received numerous accolades and awards for her imaginative books for children and young adults as well as adult readers. The Jilted Countess is a captivating blend of historical fiction and romance. It was inspired by a true story the
- [Trapped at Sea: Survival and Hard Choices in Will Dean’s "Adrift"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/17/adrift-will-dean/) - Life is full of choices. A simple twist of fate can send someone towards a winning lottery ticket or into a life filled with fear, confusion and sadness. Life choices can also be a breeding ground for resilience and determination. In the new novel, Adrift by author Will Dean, Peggy Jenkins and her son Samson, struggle
- [Sparks and Small-Town Swoon in "Maybe This Once"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/13/maybe-this-once-sophie-sullivan/) - What happens when the daughter of a legendary rockstar moves in with her uncle at the resort that he lives and works at in a northern Michigan town? And she subsequently meets the - ahem - super gorgeous owner of said resort and develops feelings that she should NOT have? Guess you’ll have to find
- [Your Sign Decides: Find A New Book to Read Based on Your Astrological Sign](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/17/your-sign-decides-find-a-new-book-to-read-based-on-your-astrological-sign/) - Today, February 17th, 2026, officially marks the beginning of a new year. No, you are not confused. And no, you did not imagine that Times Square celebration last month. We are talking about the Chinese New Year. 2026 is the year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac. This animal is strong, free-spirited, and well
- [Books That Prove One Small Act of Kindness Can Change Everything](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/18/books-that-prove-one-small-act-of-kindness-can-change-everything/) - Every February 17, Random Acts of Kindness Day invites us to believe something deceptively simple: small gestures matter. A compliment. A helping hand. An unexpected second chance. In life, those moments can feel fleeting. In fiction, they often become the hinge on which entire stories turn. A single act of compassion can redirect a lonely
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: How to memorialize the truth when it’s stranger than fiction with Benjamin Hale](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/17/writers-ink-podcast-how-to-memorialize-the-truth-when-its-stranger-than-fiction-with-benjamin-hale/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Patti Smith’s "Bread of Angels" Chronicles a Legendary Life](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/11/bread-of-angels-patti-smith/) - Visual, performing and recording artist, poet, punk priestess, songwriter, and memoirist Patti Smith has written Bread of Angels, her third and possibly most intimate, heart-rending, haunting autobiography. Her seminal, critically acclaimed album Horses debuted 50 years ago and is widely regarded as one of the top 100 recordings by Billboard, Rolling Stone and the Rock
- [Lessons in Growth and Connection: A Q&A with Vince Benevento on "Boys Will Be Men"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/17/lessons-in-growth-and-connection-a-qa-with-vince-benevento-on-boys-will-be-men/) - In his insightful and personal new book, Boys Will Be Men, author and therapist Vince Benevento draws on decades of professional experience and his own journey through young adulthood to explore the challenges facing modern men. Blending real-life stories, therapeutic strategies and practical guidance, Benevento offers a compassionate roadmap for growth, connection and accountability. In
- [The True Second Chance Romance: Divorced Characters in Romance Novels](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/16/the-true-second-chance-romance-divorced-characters-in-romance-novels/) - Who does the HEA, or happy ever after, in romance novels pertain to? Is it simply for the young and carefree single person, the character who appears on the page with their hearts wide open and ready for love? Or, can it also be for the late-in-life character, who had their hearts once broken before?
- [BookTrib’s Most Anticipated Book-to-Screen Adaptations for 2026](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/11/booktribs-most-anticipated-book-to-screen-adaptations-for-2026/) - Oh, we're going to be spoiled rotten this year, judging from this year's book-to-screen adaptations! From Wuthering Heights to Sunrise on the Reaping ...
- [The BookTrib Brief: Heathcliff Was Never the Villain (And Other Valentine’s Day Thoughts)](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/12/the-booktrib-brief-heathcliff-was-never-the-villain-and-other-valentines-day-thoughts/) - Dearest reader, Emily Brontë never pretended that love would save anyone. What Wuthering Heights gives us instead is attachment so total it becomes identity — Cathy declaring herself as Heathcliff, Heathcliff mistaking possession for devotion, both unable to survive the distance between desire and reality … With a new film adaptation arriving in time for
- [Books That Prove Galentine’s Day Is the Real Love Story](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/12/books-that-prove-galentines-day-is-the-real-love-story/) - Forget Valentine’s Day, with apologies to my husband… this week I’ll be celebrating Galentine’s Day, a portmanteau that sounds a little silly but points to something essential—friends matter! Celebrating platonic love among girlfriends is central to my new novel Clutch, which introduces readers to five women, friends since college, twenty years out, as they’re converging
- [Through Snow and Silence, Love Endures in "Fireflies in Winter"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/12/fireflies-in-winter-eleanor-shearer/) - Fireflies in Winter is a vividly realistic historical fiction by the author of River Sing Me Home, Eleanor Shearer. Set in 1796, the story revolves around a young Jamaican Maroon woman named Cora, who is forced to leave her hometown of Trelawny Town because of war and seek refuge in Nova Scotia, Canada. Cora and
- [Montgomery & Taggert’s Romance Revelations](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/09/montgomery-taggerts-romance-revelations/) - Step inside Montgomery & Taggert, the independent romance bookstore that’s become a haven for every reader seeking intrigue, desire and a story that will stay with you for eternity.
- [A Thriller That Explores the Dark Side of the Mind](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/11/what-boys-learn-andromeda-romano-lax/) - Andromeda Romano-Lax once again holds her reading audience in the palm of her hand with her latest engrossing psychological thriller What Boys Learn. It both enthralls and terrifies with the frightening possibilities of mind manipulation by an expert who subtly controls his vulnerable subjects mesmerizing them to commit unconscionably heinous crimes. Her previous novel The
- [Valentine’s Books to Fall For in 2026](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/11/valentines-books-to-fall-for-in-2026/) - February is the month of love, yet with this selection of love-themed books, you’ll find a variety of types – unhinged, unimaginable, unforgettable! Because after all, what’s love without a little bit of drama and dysfunction? These selected books are publishing this year and all feature love in some way. Whether it’s stalking, obsessing, professing,
- [Romance… With a Side of Chaos](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/05/romance-with-a-side-of-chaos/) - For readers who savor love stories rooted in years-long friendships, these selections offer the kind of slow-burn romance that unfolds with patience and emotional depth. For those who prefer their love stories with a bolder edge, several of these titles also deliver a satisfying dose of heat. Looking to discover your next romantic read? Explore
- [Lauded Poet Breaks Into Nonfiction With Study of Society’s Complex Relationship With Wolves](https://booktrib.com/2023/12/20/lauded-poet-breaks-into-nonfiction-with-study-of-societys-complex-relationship-with-wolves/) - Echo Loba, Loba Echo by Author Sonja Swift. Wolves are an essential component of a healthy ecological system and require active protection for the benefit of our planet.
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Assassination Conspiracy: What Really Happened to Abraham Lincoln](https://booktrib.com/2023/12/20/books-looks-podcast-assassination-conspiracy-what-really-happened-to-abraham-lincoln/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or unknown authors
- [Happiness, Heroism and a Lifetime of Wisdom Shared in Letters From Father to Children](https://booktrib.com/2023/12/19/happiness-and-heroism-y-p-r/) - Happiness and Heroism by Author Y.P.R. Amidst an era plagued by toxicity and the pervasive influence of negativity, “Happiness and Heroism” is nothing short of a guiding light.
- [Divorcee Speaks Out About Marriage Trauma in "They Get Your Highs (I Get Your Lows)"](https://booktrib.com/2021/05/12/divorcee-speaks-out-about-marriage-trauma-in-they-get-your-highs-i-get-your-lows/) - Book Review - "They Get Your Highs (I Get Your lows)". In her enlightening and harrowing memoir, They Get Your Highs (I Get Your Lows): A Story of Survival and New Hopes, Knight gives us a caretaker’s-eye view of her struggle
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- [From War Zone to Classroom: Pilot's Firsthand Account of Life in the Cockpit](https://booktrib.com/2025/07/17/high-flight-richard-hess/) - Thanks to their miles-high vantage point, aviators develop an outsider’s perspective of life on the ground, like the Apollo 17 astronauts who saw the earth looking like a “blue marble.” In his memoir, former U.S. Air Force and airline pilot Richard Hess takes the broad view. High Flight: A Pilot’s Journey Through Life is an
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- [Crash Course: 7 Books About Aviation Disasters](https://booktrib.com/2020/12/07/rough-take-offs-and-crash-landings-7-books-about-aviation-disasters/) - Crash Course: 7 Books About Aviation Disasters
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- ["Always Together at Christmas" is an Uplifting Tale for This Holiday Season](https://booktrib.com/2020/11/26/always-together-at-christmas-is-an-uplifting-tale-for-this-holiday-season/) - How will families spend the holidays this year? What about Santa? Does he leave presents out on the sidewalk, or does he wear a mask? Inspired by the ways her own family and friends are coming together – while staying apart – during the pandemic, author Sara Sargent has penned a timely picture book bringing
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- [7 Holiday Children’s Books Perfect for Last-Minute Gifting](https://booktrib.com/2024/12/19/7-holiday-childrens-books-perfect-for-last-minute-gifting/) - Parents everywhere know — it’s holiday crunch time. It’s not easy balancing all the shopping, cooking and decorating, all while your kids grow more and more antsy in anticipation. And when things are as hectic as this, it can be hard to feel like you’ve picked up enough gifts to make your child’s holiday truly
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- [Hilderbrand's Historical Fiction "Summer of '69" Makes a Splash](https://booktrib.com/2019/07/02/hilderbrands-debut-historical-fiction-summer-of-69-makes-a-splash/) - Elin Hilderbrand, known for portraying atmospheric Nantucket Island romances, now focuses on a family drama as tensions of the war period rise socially and emotionally in her debut historical fiction Summer of '69.
- [What Could Possibly Happen in 100 Days?](https://booktrib.com/2019/07/03/what-could-possibly-happen-in-100-days/) - In Harlan Lebo's book, 100 Days: How Four Events in 1969 Shaped America, He focuses on 100 days of one of the most tumultuous years of American history.
- [A Timely Thriller from the Masterful Cristina Alger](https://booktrib.com/2019/07/02/a-timely-thriller-from-the-masterful-cristina-alger/) - In Cristina Alger’s Girls Like Us (G.P. Putnam’s Sons), FBI agent Nell Flynn returns to her hometown in Long Island, NY, to settle the estate of her homicide detective father.
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- [Magic, Secrets and Dark Academia Collide in Debbie Cassidy’s Wicked Onyx](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/10/magic-secrets-and-dark-academia-collide-in-debbie-cassidys-wicked-onyx/) - Wicked Onyx by Debbie Cassidy blends dark academia and fantasy in a tale of a cursed bloodline, a deadly magical academy, and a daring quest for truth.
- [Hamish Macbeth Investigates a Bloody Valentine’s Day Wedding in “Death of a Groom”](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/10/death-of-a-groom-mc-beaton/) - In MC Beaton’s latest Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth mystery, Death of a Groom, the mystery not only involves who is the killer and how it was accomplished, but which groom becomes the victim. In a twist that strikes from the first page, there are two actual grooms in the book. The first is a man
- [Madeline Taylor Debuts Sizzling Dark Romantasy, "Heir of Illusion"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/10/heir-of-illusion-madeline-taylor/) - “She is not the pet they tamed. She is the beast they let inside.” Madeline Taylor’s Heir of Illusion is a heart-pounding new dark romantasy novel that will leave you more than a little breathless. Hot on the heels of its success in the self-publishing market, Heir of Illusion receives the traditional treatment in a stunning
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- [Your V-Day Plans Reveal Your Next Must-Read](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/09/your-v-day-plans-reveal-your-next-must-read/) - How are you celebrating — or dodging — Valentine’s Day this year? Planning an over-the-top romantic date? Cozying up with Ben & Jerry’s on the couch? Hoping tonight ends with a ring? Keeping things strictly Galentine’s? Whatever your Valentine’s vibe, there’s a perfect book recommendation (or three) waiting for you. Happy reading! Looking for
- [Where Owls Become Neighbors and Nature Becomes Home](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/05/the-company-of-owls-polly-atkin/) - In The Company of Owls, Polly Atkin’s devotion to her own tawny owls glows like the auroras she enjoys during her evening walks to visit her owl neighbors. We begin our journey in the night time, a moment when the hooting of owls interrupts sleep. Her first relationship with the owls was only by sound,
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- [Game On: 5 Football Romances That'll Hit Harder Than the Super Bowl](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/06/game-on-5-football-romances-thatll-hit-harder-than-the-super-bowl/) - The snacks are fire, the commercials are iconic, the halftime show slays … but let's be real: sometimes the real thrill isn't on the field. It's in the stories where sweat-soaked egos collide with raw longing, where the playbook gets thrown out the window for one electric glance and love becomes the ultimate high-stakes play.
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- [Books & Looks Podcast: Racing the Clock and Each Other: The Globe Trotting Journalists Who Defied an Era](https://booktrib.com/2023/10/04/books-looks-podcast-racing-the-clock-and-each-other-the-globe-trotting-journalists-who-defied-an-era/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or unknown authors
- [World-Traveling Couple Introduces Readers to Incredible People From Around the Globe](https://booktrib.com/2024/04/02/world-traveling-couple-introduces-readers-to-incredible-people-from-around-the-globe/) - Eternally curious and dogged in their pursuit, married travelers Scott and Tarantino know how to track down a good story, and not just any story. In fact, their book Looking For Legends, comes with a bold itinerary before you even get past the cover.
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Last of Their Kind, 10 Cultural Traditions About to Vanish](https://booktrib.com/2025/01/29/books-and-looks-podcast-custodians-of-wonder-eliot-stein/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors.
- [Sue Nelson](https://booktrib.com/2019/02/25/sue-nelson/) - Sue Nelson is a multi award-winning British science journalist specializing in space. More recently she achieved a personal ambition by floating like an astronaut onboard a Zero G flight.
- [An Unlikely Questing Party Looks Death in the Eye in High Fantasy Adventure](https://booktrib.com/2022/11/04/an-unlikely-questing-party-looks-death-in-the-eye-in-this-high-fantasy-adventure/) - This is particularly true when it comes to books — especially fantasy, however any real fantasy reader knows that one of the greatest struggles of being a fan of the genre is plowing through these new releases too quickly. Having to deal with the wait between series entries can feel like an eternity, and often
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- [Embark on a Global Culinary Adventure Exploring Food Sources and Sustainability](https://booktrib.com/2023/03/31/from-scratch-david-and-jon-moscow/) - Co-authors David Moscow and his father Jon Moscow honor the food growers, harvesters, hunters, cooks and chefs who daily feed the inhabitants of our planet Earth with FROM SCRATCH.
- [“Outlander” Stars Heughan and McTavish Storm the Scottish Highlands in Kilts](https://booktrib.com/2020/11/13/outlander-stars-heughan-and-mctavish-storm-the-scottish-highlands-in-kilts/) - Book Review: "Clanlands" By Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish. There is something incredibly sexy about men in kilts, especially if they are Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish. The cheeky cover of their new travelogue, Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Has Tourism Changed Forever? With Paige McClanahan](https://booktrib.com/2024/08/08/books-and-looks-podcast-has-tourism-changed-forever-with-paige-mcclanahan/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [The Bright Side to Voluntourism](https://booktrib.com/2019/06/24/the-bright-side-to-voluntourism/) - In Travel with Purpose, author Jeff Blumenfeld throws all those preconceived notions about voluntourism out the window and instead focuses on the good it can do.
- [Guide Through México’s Wine Country, the World’s Best Kept Secret](https://booktrib.com/2025/02/07/exploring-wine-regions-mexico-michael-higgins/) - Michael C. Higgins, PhD, invites readers to embark on an exciting journey through the heart of México’s wine regions in Exploring Wine Regions — México: México’s Quality Wines and Phenomenal Cuisine.
- [Books to Take You to Tokyo and Beyond, Ava Gardner's Many Loves and Gatsby Lived Where?](https://booktrib.com/2020/06/12/books-to-take-you-to-tokyo-and-beyond-ava-gardners-many-loves-and-gatsby-lived-where/) - BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our editors take a pulse on what’s happening in the book world and hand pick stories, tidbits and reviews you may have missed.
- [9 Time Travel Romances to Cure Your “Outlander” Hangover](https://booktrib.com/2025/01/08/9-time-travel-romances-to-cure-your-outlander-hangover/) - I scoured the internet and found 9 swoon-worthy timeslip romances to help fill that Outlander-sized hole.
- [Everything You Need to Know Before Reading Diana Gabaldon's Ninth Outlander Novel](https://booktrib.com/2021/11/22/everything-you-need-to-know-before-reading-diana-gabaldons-ninth-outlander-novel/) - Book Review - "Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone" by Diana Gabaldon. Each of the eight previous Outlander novels exceeds a thousand pages, and it would take me as long to explain the bewitching details of the series.
- [Casey McQuiston's Queer Rom-Com "One Last Stop" Takes a Time-Traveling Twist](https://booktrib.com/2021/06/02/casey-mcquistons-queer-rom-com-one-last-stop-takes-a-time-traveling-twist/) - Book Review - "One Last Stop" by Casey McQuiston. New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston, presents her reader with a classic problem in One Last Stop
- [Time Travel and Romance Collide in Alexandra Bracken's 'Passenger' Series](https://booktrib.com/2017/01/05/time-travel-and-romance-collide-in-alexandra-brackens-passenger-series/) - Ever since I read Caroline B. Cooney’s Both Sides of Time as a preteen, I’ve been hooked on time travel stories. Over the years, I’ve devoured any time travel book that I can, especially ones involving romances that exist out of space and time. And there have been a lot of good ones: Outlander, The
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- [DJ Lynn Ran From Her Demons and Ran Into Renewal](https://booktrib.com/2021/11/22/dj-lynn-ran-from-her-demons-and-ran-into-renewal/) - DJ Lynn Ran From Her Demons and Ran Into Renewal
- [Mother-Son 12,000-Mile Road Trip Shows the Journey Always Exceeds the Destination](https://booktrib.com/2021/11/09/mother-son-12000-mile-road-trip-shows-the-journey-always-exceeds-the-destination/) - It’s 1995, and Debbi Lynn is taking a cross-country road trip with her son, Steve. While she travels with a cell phone, it is long before the time of Google Maps and “find rest stops near me.” When she tells people about her plans to travel the country with only the company of a preteen, she
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- [Glimpse the National Parks as You’ve Never Seen Them in 3D Photo Collection](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/05/3d-national-parks-david-a-bossert/) - In David A. Bossert’s coffee-table-sized stereoscopic photography book, 3D National Parks (The Old Mill Press), he uses the subhead “Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before.” Let’s qualify that a bit. Even though visitation to our national parks has been steadily growing every year, there remain millions of Americans who, for one reason or another, have
- [Ed Hajim Discusses His Secrets to Success While "On the Road Less Traveled"](https://booktrib.com/2021/03/22/ed-hajim-discusses-his-secrets-to-success-while-on-the-road-less-traveled/) - Ed Hajim Discusses His Secrets to Success While “On the Road Less Traveled”
- [Diverse Lives of Circus Performers Blur the Lines of Reality & Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2023/01/26/circus-home-jason-ollander-krane/) - In his debut novel Circus Home: A Novel of Life, Love and New Jersey, Jason Ollander-Krane takes readers back in time to witness the lives of a variety of circus and carnival performers.
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- [George R. R. Martin On His Three Favorite Books](https://booktrib.com/2018/11/30/george-r-r-martin-on-his-three-favorite-books/) - Ever wonder what books your favorite authors are reading? George R. R. Martin shares three of his favorites.
- [A Family's Journey to Enlightenment in India and Nepal](https://booktrib.com/2019/04/02/the-buddha-sat-right-here-a-familys-journey-enlightenment/) - "The Buddha Sat Right Here" marks a family's odyssey through India and Nepal with their growth together and personally.
- [Tall Poppy Review: Capturing a Time, an Emotion, and Your Attention](https://booktrib.com/2021/07/22/three-words-for-goodbye-captures-a-time-an-emotion-and-your-attention/) - Book Review - “Three Words for Goodbye” by Heather Webb and Hazel Gaynor. Three Words for Goodbye (William Morrow Paperbacks) by Heather Webb and Hazel Gaynor takes us there: Inside the cultural and class norms
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- [Nine Novels That Will Take You on a Trip Around the World](https://booktrib.com/2021/07/08/nine-novels-that-will-take-you-on-a-trip-around-the-world/) - Nine Novels That Will Take You on a Trip Around the World
- [BookTrib Interview with Rick Steves on Transformational Travel and Global Perception](https://booktrib.com/2018/03/13/rick-steves-travel-perception/) - BookTrib talks with travel and guidebook author Rick Steves about his book 'Travel as a Political Act', the importance of having a global perspective, and how the world has changed for travelers.
- [Globe-Trotting Memoir Recounts Woman's Path to Becoming a "Traveler Between Worlds"](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/14/traveler-between-worlds-jo-patti-munisteri/) - “There is a threshold which most do not see nor cross during their life on Earth ... We are able to travel between portals of space and time. Between worlds.” When Jo Patti Munisteri is offered a paper “with colored spots like dot candy” by her friend Meg in college, Jo takes the drug and
- [Delightful and Insightful Travel Guide to the World of California Wine](https://booktrib.com/2023/11/17/exploring-wine-regions-california-central-coast-michael-c-higgins/) - Whether you’re a casual wine drinker with a thirst for learning more or on your way to becoming a full-fledged sommelier, Michael C. Higgins has produced the quintessential tome for traveling wine country along California’s central coast. Exploring Wine Regions: The Central Coast of California is the third in Higgins’ acclaimed series featuring some of
- [Connect With Sara Wiseman's "Messages from the Divine"](https://booktrib.com/2018/05/21/booktrib-interview-sara-wiseman-messages-divine/) - BookTrib got to chat with spiritual teacher and author Sara Wiseman about her new book "Messages from the Divine," how she found her own spiritual path, and the one lesson that everyone should know.
- [Bad Bunny Ushers In a Cultural Phenomenon](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/06/bad-bunny-ushers-in-a-cultural-phenomenon/) - William Shakespeare said it best. All the world’s a stage. Witnessing Benito “Bad Bunny” Ocasio’s wins at the 68th Annual Grammys on Sunday, February 1st, I proudly noted that this stage represents everything I want to be a part of. It’s a stage where a Puerto Rican musician can win Album of the Year for
- [Julia Quinn Spills the Tea on Bridgerton Season 4 – Plus a Subscription Box](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/27/julia-quinn-spills-the-tea-on-bridgerton-season-4-plus-a-subscription-box/) - Sex, romance and class conflict spice up the latest season of the Netflix smash. Greetings from the Bridgerverse, where anticipation for Bridgerton Season 4 is reaching a fever pitch as the first four episodes drop today. So far in everyone’s favorite Regency romance series, we have been thrilled by the exploits of a sexy duke
- [BookTrib is Turning Up the Fun with a Fabulous February!](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/05/booktrib-is-turning-up-the-fun-with-a-fabulous-february/) - What the book world is shouting about!
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Reading the Warning Signs](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/03/booktribs-bites-reading-the-warning-signs/)
- [Ratings, Revenue and Relentless Power: Inside the NFL’s Path to Total Dominance](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/30/ratings-revenue-and-relentless-power-inside-the-nfls-path-to-total-dominance/) - Sports fans have more choices than ever to watch sports. But no matter how many leagues are created or other sports that take massive leaps forward in popularity, in America, the NFL reigns supreme as the most dominant sports organization. Via the Hollywood Reporter, NFL ratings continue to remain high as Amazon, CBS, ESPN, Fox
- [The True Story of Nazi Germany’s Secret Resistance and Its Deadly Infiltration](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/04/the-traitors-circle-jonathan-freedland/) - Jonathan Freedman has written a thought-provoking, heart-breaking work of non-fiction in The Traitor’s Circle subtitled The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany and the Spy Who Betrayed Them. Among his previous works is the award-winning true story The Escape Artist: The Man who Broke out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
- [This Black History Month, Read with Range and Intention](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/04/this-black-history-month-read-with-range-and-intention/) - Black History Month exists to create space — for remembrance, interrogation and attention. It asks readers to engage not with a single narrative, but with a body of work shaped across centuries, geographies and genres. Too often, that engagement narrows rather than widens, circling the same texts and themes until Black history feels fixed instead
- [Fresh Faces and Legendary Detectives Collide in Jon Land's Latest Thrill List](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/04/fresh-faces-and-legendary-detectives-collide-in-jon-lands-latest-thrill-list/)
- [Safe Harbors: 6 Books That Explore Second Chances](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/27/safe-harbors-6-books-that-explore-second-chances/) - These six novels delve into the complexities of the human heart, exploring love, loss and the transformative power of redemption. From haunting journeys of trauma and healing to moral dilemmas, unforgettable friendships and the weight of memory, each story invites readers into richly drawn worlds where courage, faith and the struggle to overcome past wounds
- [The Life and Legacy of Abstract Expressionist Barnett Newman](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/30/barnett-newman-here-amy-newman/) - Art historian, journalist and author Amy Newman (no relation to her subject) has written the definitive biography Barnett Newman: Here, about one of the founding members of the Abstract Expressionist movement. Newman sometimes referred to their works as “Abstract Sublime”. Beginning in the early 1940’s, these artists primarily based in New York City and only
- [When Forgiveness Fails, Vengeance Thrives in Caroline Glenn’s "Cruelty Free"](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/03/cruelty-free-caroline-glenn/) - That uniquely magical moment when a novel knocks you flat and makes you ask, “Did that really just happen?” The joy of reading a passage multiple times to revisit the delightful insanity that liberates the reader from their reality. In Cruelty Free, author Caroline Glenn delivers a number of these moments in a playfully sinister
- [Astrology Beyond Prediction: An Embodiment Forecast for 2026](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/02/astrology-beyond-prediction-an-embodiment-forecast-for-2026/) - Here's the thing about most astrology forecasts: they're not wrong. The information is usually accurate. But accuracy isn't the same as usefulness, and that's where a lot of astrologers miss the mark. Because what good is knowing that Saturn is doing this or Neptune is doing that if it just makes you more anxious? If
- [The Power of Stories About the Wrongly Accused](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/02/the-power-of-stories-about-the-wrongly-accused/) - I’ve been reading crime fiction and true crime since adolescence, like many readers, maybe especially women. But until last year, I’d never written a crime novel. The Birdwatcher is about the trial of a very unusual young woman accused of a very unusual double murder, and about a lifelong friendship against terrible odds. It got
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: If you’re not using Scrivener, you’re doing it all wrong](https://booktrib.com/2026/02/03/writers-ink-podcast-if-youre-not-using-scrivener-youre-doing-it-all-wrong/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [The Antidote to Endless Scrolling](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/31/the-antidote-to-endless-scrolling/) - This week's new releases invite readers into worlds both familiar and strange, where ambition, desire and secrets intertwine in the lives of unforgettable characters. From the quiet obsessions of a bystander holding the truth of a sensational trial to the divided life of a mother whose fame casts long shadows, these novels explore the fragile,
- [This Week’s Must-Reads](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/15/this-weeks-must-reads/) - From high-stakes mysteries on a luxurious superyacht and the jazz-filled streets of 1920s Harlem, to conspiracies threatening American democracy and a romantic comedy set in the skies, these new releases offer something for every reader. Buckle up! Each book will sweep you into a world you won’t want to leave.
- [Aunt Libra Holiday Edition: A Kalamity of Kringles](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/16/aunt-libra-holiday-edition-a-kalamity-of-kringles/) - Darlings! The world is getting absolutely holly jolly. Rather than fretting about having to endure another episode of Uncles Webster and Oxford launching ad homonym attacks over holiday dinner, I’m greeting the winter season with joy. And why not? The festivals abound: Bodhi Day! St. Lucy’s Day! Hanukkah! Yule! Dongzhi! Los Posadas! Christmas! Kwanzaa! Boxing
- [Inconceivable! The Literary Legacy of The Princess Bride](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/22/inconceivable-the-literary-legacy-of-the-princess-bride/) - Good writing can take us to places we’ve never considered. Great writing becomes part of our cultural DNA. One of the most beloved novel-to-movie adaptations of all time, The Princess Bride, is just such a piece of writing. In the hands of the late, great director Rob Reiner it has become a literary touchstone, and
- [Do Not Pass Go: What Your Favorite Tabletop Games Says About You as a Reader](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/22/do-not-pass-go-what-your-favorite-tabletop-games-says-about-you-as-a-reader/) - Family Game Night says more about your reading preferences than your Zodiac sign. Whether you’re gathered with the littles to play endless rounds of Candy Land or Chutes and Ladders, or you're in the fourth hour of a ruthless Monopoly standoff, your favorite board games are a great predictor of your reading personality and what
- [Training for the Patriot Games? 7 YA Dystopian Novels Where Athleticism Becomes Power](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/26/training-for-the-patriot-games-7-ya-dystopian-novels-where-athleticism-becomes-power/) - When President Donald Trump announced the “Patriot Games,” an athletic competition bringing one young man and one young woman from every state and territory to Washington, D.C., a lot of people felt a strange kind of déjà vu. Not concern, exactly. More like recognition. YA dystopian fiction has been exploring this territory for years. The
- [Aunt Libra Goes Clubbing](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/30/aunt-libra-goes-clubbing/) - Darlings! Did all of my three-dimensional dear ones have a Happy New Year? I certainly hope so! I for one had quite the New Years Eve. Lovebirds Nick Carroway and Jay Gatsby’s mansion is THE place to be as the year turns. Champagne, fireworks, endless dancing, canoodling and that bonfire on the beach as we
- [When Women Start Over, Everything Changes](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/28/when-women-start-over-everything-changes/) - This month in BookTrib, we are celebrating women’s fiction books featuring characters who take brave leaps of faith to start over and forge new paths in their lives.
- ["The Seven Daughters of Dupree" Weaves a Haunting Tapestry of Black Womanhood](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/29/the-seven-daughters-of-dupree-nikesha-elise-williams/) - Nikesha Elise Williams starts the prologue of The Seven Daughters of Dupree with a sentence so horrible readers will hope it’s a metaphor for something less unthinkable. And then, as though taking the hand of a reluctant child, Williams pulls her readers into the first chapter – and into a hair salon where we meet
- [Hear This: We Can’t Get Enough of Audiobooks & Podcasts](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/29/hear-this-we-cant-get-enough-of-audiobooks-podcasts/) - What the book world is shouting about!
- [A Glamorous Facade Cracks in Alyssa Sheinmel’s Chilling Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/20/such-sheltered-lives-alyssa-sheinmel/) - It’s not true that painkillers eliminate pain. They only make it seem far away, as if it’s happening to someone else and you have no choice but to watch. Three intricately woven stories of addiction, resentment, and deceit converge at an exclusive rehabilitation facility for the rich and famous. The mysterious death of a patient
- [Behind the Perfect Porches, Something Deadly Lurks in "All the Little Houses"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/20/all-the-little-houses-may-cobb/) - This is the first May Cobb book I’ve read, but it sure won’t be the last - I’m hooked! Cobb has received tremendous acclaim for her deliciously twisty best-selling domestic thrillers in the past such as The Hunting Wives which also went on to be a hit TV series on Netflix. And she really hits
- [Ashley Winstead’s "The Future Saints" Hits an Emotional High Note](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/22/the-future-saints-ashley-winstead/) - The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead is an ambitious novel, expansive in its concerns: sisterhood and family, the highs and lows of the music industry and the long-term consequences of mental illness and addiction. The novel is at its strongest in its close attention to daily interactions—among the band members themselves and with the record
- [Freida McFadden’s "Dear Debbie" Is a Sinister Delight](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/27/dear-debbie-freida-mcfadden/) - Freida McFadden’s latest psychological thriller is fiendishly clever and gripping in its narrative, revolving around Debbie Mullen and her family. Debbie is an advice columnist for the local newspaper, where she regularly offers advice for stressed wives and mothers. She may need some advice on her domestic situation, as her home is filled with secrets
- [Kat Devereaux Brings Italy’s Forgotten Resistance to Life in "Daughter of Genoa"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/28/daughter-of-genoa-kat-devereaux/) - “He who saves a single life saves the entire world” – The Talmud Author Kat Devereaux has written an impressive second work of historical fiction with Daughter of Genoa. The plot centers on protagonist Anna Levi Pastorino, a half-Jewish widow whose existence in Genoa in 1944 is precarious. Believing blame and lies about their daughter-in-law,
- [Secrets Don’t Stay Buried in "Lost Girls of Hollow Lake"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/27/lost-girls-of-hollow-lake-rebekah-faubion/) - Queer author Rebekah Faubion delivers a captivating and haunting Young Adult horror/thriller with a paranormal twist. Lost Girls of Hollow Lake revolves around a group of high school teenage girls who vanished on a mysterious island while on a school trip. During an Environmental Science trip to Hollow Lake National Park, Evie Williams and seven
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Navigating the Unfamiliar—and Learning the Way Forward](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/29/booktribs-bites-navigating-the-unfamiliar-and-learning-the-way-forward/)
- [Monster Slayers on a Collision Course With Destiny in "Curse of the Dragon King"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/28/curse-of-the-dragon-king-lyn-south-michael-anderle/) - Monster-hunting is business-as-usual for the Fairborne daughters. The new fantasy Curse of the Dragon King, by Lyn South and Michael Anderle, draws you in from the start. Lush descriptions on page one — a lakeside wood grove of ancient trees, velvety green moss and air that smells of damp earth and old magic —give way
- [6 Audiobooks Where Friendship, Betrayal and Disappearances Collide](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/28/6-audiobooks-where-friendship-betrayal-and-disappearances-collide/) - Some friendships hide more than shared laughter — they hide secrets, betrayals and sometimes the faint echo of someone who never came back. From disappearances that ripple across decades to lies that quietly destroy trust, these seven audiobooks explore the tension between loyalty and self-preservation. If it’s layered suspense and morally tangled characters you’re looking
- [BookTrib Giveaway: Two New Tales of Intrigue in Women's Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2021/09/02/booktrib-giveaway-two-new-tales-of-intrigue-in-womens-fiction/) - BookTrib Giveaway: Two New Tales of Intrigue in Women’s Fiction
- [S. Kirk Walsh on Her Debut Historical Novel of War, Loss and Animal Companionship](https://booktrib.com/2021/04/05/animal-helps-zookeeper-cope-with-war-and-loss-in-captivating-debut-the-elephant-of-belfast/) - Q&A with Author S.Kirk Walsh on her Novel The Elephant of Belfast. Based on true events, the reader is immediately drawn into her story, which begins in the fall of 1940.
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- [Fictional Telling of FDR’s Maid, the Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement](https://booktrib.com/2025/03/13/let-us-march-on-shara-moon/) - Shara Moon is making a mighty splash with her debut in historical fiction: Let Us March On. The novel introduces a broader community of readers to Lizzie McDuffie, one of America’s “hidden figures”, who made a quiet difference in the early Civil Rights Movement by way of having the ear of a powerful president. In
- [AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Lovers Caught at the Crossroads of History](https://booktrib.com/2023/11/06/authorbuzz-giveaway-lovers-caught-at-the-crossroads-of-history/) - AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Lovers Caught at the Crossroads of History
- [Abandoned in Axis Territory, Married Secret Agents Must Survive the War — And Reveal Its Secrets](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/12/abandoned-in-axis-territory-married-secret-agents-must-survive-the-war-and-reveal-its-secrets/) - Trust No One (TMR Press) pulls readers into historic events and clandestine locations across Europe in a search for the conspirators behind a high-profile assassination that could change the course of World War II. Accomplished author Glenn Dyer crafts a thrilling tale that moves through ancient crypts of Algiers and along dark alleys of Lyon,
- [Kate Quinn's "The Diamond Eye" Celebrates a WWII Heroine Who's No Construct of Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2022/04/18/kate-quinns-the-diamond-eye-celebrates-a-wwii-heroine-whos-no-construct-of-fiction/) - “Quinn manages to give her readers something that’s both engaging because it’s well written and exciting because it’s grounded in truth.” —∞— Amid WWII, can Lady Death, a quiet bookworm turned lethal sniper, hit her mark? Based on an incredible true story, Kate Quinn’s latest novel, The Diamond Eye (William Morrow) focuses on the amazing
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Cracking the Code: K.D. Alden's Thrilling Tale of America's First Female Cryptologist](https://booktrib.com/2024/06/12/books-and-looks-podcast-k-d-aldens-thrilling-tale-of-americas-first-female-cryptologist/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or
- [Search for Stolen Art Leads to Battle of the Bulge in This WWII-Era Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2024/10/10/search-for-stolen-art-leads-to-battle-of-the-bulge-in-this-wwii-era-mystery/) - James R. Benn returns with an action-packed addition to his best-selling WWII-based Billy Boyle mystery series with The Phantom Patrol. The Boston native ex-cop detective returns as investigator and crime solver assigned to “Uncle Ike’s” staff. His distant cousin is General Dwight David Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. The novel takes
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Lost and Found: The Battle for Art in WWII's Darkest Hours](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/07/books-looks-podcast-lost-and-found-the-battle-for-art-in-wwiis-darkest-hours/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or
- [Historian Weaves Gripping Tale of Fight for Freedom in Post-WWII Novel](https://booktrib.com/2024/03/27/cold-peace-helena-p-schrader/) - Berlin, 1948. A war-ravaged city lies in ruins as the victorious Allied powers guard their separate occupation zones and work toward reinstituting Berlin’s infrastructure and economy. But when the Soviet Union brazenly imposes a blockade upon the Western sectors, it will precipitate the heroic and herculean effort known as the Berlin Airlift — the focus
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Untold Horrors of WWII: Heather B. Moore on Java's  Overlooked History](https://booktrib.com/2023/09/20/books-looks-podcast-untold-horrors-of-wwii-heather-b-moore-on-javas-overlooked-history/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or unknown authors
- [Debut "When Sleeping Women Wake" Is a Love Letter to the Forgotten Women of War](https://booktrib.com/2025/07/01/when-sleeping-women-wake-emma-pei-yin/) - It’s no secret that MANY millennials view historical fiction as their favorite genre, and I can confirm this theory. The older I get, the more I want to expand my horizons from World War II-occupied Europe stories (though those are still fabulous, don’t get me wrong) to new periods, different types of stories, and other
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Madeline Martin on Wartime Resilience, Motherhood and the Power of Books](https://booktrib.com/2024/10/16/books-and-looks-podcast-madeline-martin-booklovers-library/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [6 Moving Novels That Explore the Emotional Depth of WWII](https://booktrib.com/2025/08/22/6-moving-novels-that-explore-the-emotional-depth-of-wwii/) - History’s darkest chapters are often best understood not through dates and battles, but through the intimate stories of those who lived them. For readers drawn to the emotional weight of World War II fiction, these six novels balance sorrow with hope. Each powerfully reminds us: though war shatters worlds, the bonds of humanity endure.
- [A Tapestry of War, Memory, and Survival](https://booktrib.com/2025/08/27/a-tapestry-of-war-memory-and-survival/) - What does it mean to come of age in a world where truth itself is a battlefield? Through shifting timelines and converging fates, The Threads Remain wrestles with identity, morality, and the haunting legacies of war. In this Q&A with author Glenn Shapiro, we step beyond the page to uncover the inspirations, struggles, and visions
- [A Genre-Bending Thrill Ride Through the Lone Star State](https://booktrib.com/2024/01/10/on-madera-creek-rachel-goss/) - On Madera Creek, the second installment in Rachel Goss’s engaging SHE (science, history and espionage) series, is a fast-paced genre-bending tale set against the captivating backdrop of 1947 West Texas.
- [The Manor of Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Home Hosts Wartime Evacuees and Intrigue](https://booktrib.com/2021/10/12/the-manor-of-mystery-agatha-christies-home-hosts-wartime-evacuees-and-intrigue/) - The Manor of Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Home Hosts Wartime Evacuees and Intrigue
- [Susan N. Swann Explores the Bonds of Family During Wartime in "Angels in the Fog"](https://booktrib.com/2022/04/25/susan-swann-explores-the-bonds-of-family-during-wartime-in-angels-in-the-fog/) - In the heartbreaking war novel Angels in the Fog, author Susan N. Swann uses the separate narratives of four siblings to chronicle the story of how one family struggled to keep hope and faith alive
- ["Angels of the Pacific" Honors the Courage of WWII Military Nurses Imprisoned in the Philippines](https://booktrib.com/2022/03/11/angels-of-the-pacific-honors-the-courage-of-wwii-military-nurses-imprisoned-in-the-philippines/) - If you only read one book about women who served in the military during World War II, I heartily recommend Angels of the Pacific (William Morrow) by Elise Hooper. Many books have been written about the war in the Pacific, the occupation of the Philippines by Japanese troops and the horrific conditions at Bataan and
- [Take a Peek Behind the Curtain at Author Lisa Barr, the Original "Woman on Fire"](https://booktrib.com/2022/05/04/take-a-peek-behind-the-curtain-at-author-lisa-barr-the-original-woman-on-fire/) - What an amazing ride author Lisa Barr takes us on in Woman on Fire! Idealistic, young writer Jules Roth desperately wants to work with Dan Mansfield, a well known investigative journalist who has a personal interested in a stolen piece of art. He hires her and decides to bring her in on his private quest. Jules
- [Jennifer Rosner Takes Us Inside Gripping "The Yellow Bird Sings"](https://booktrib.com/2020/03/03/the-yellow-bird-sings-our-qa-with-author-jennifer-rosner/) - Emotional, heartbreaking and hopeful, The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner touches the music of your soul. It is 1941 Poland; Roza and Shira, mother and daughter are Jews, hidden in a barn by farmers.
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- [“Sins of the Fathers” Is a “What If?” Historical Thriller Blending Fact and Fiction Seamlessly](https://booktrib.com/2022/02/22/sins-of-the-fathers-is-a-what-if-historical-thriller-blending-fact-and-fiction-seamlessly/) - Although Sins of the Fathers (Skyhorse) by Herbert J. Stern and Alan A. Winter is a historical fiction novel for the most part, there are a lot of factual points the tale draws inspiration from.
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- [Adriana Trigiani’s Dazzling Novel Portrays a Family’s Enduring Legacy in the Tuscan Hills](https://booktrib.com/2022/04/26/adriana-trigianis-dazzling-novel-portrays-a-familys-enduring-legacy-in-the-tuscan-hills/) - The primary setting for The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani is as essential as the characters. Renowned for its art nouveau architecture, miles of white sandy beaches ...
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- [Marine’s Account of Battle in Philippines Exposes War's Realities](https://booktrib.com/2024/06/20/marines-vivid-account-of-battle-in-philippines-exposes-stark-realities-of-war/) - The Remains of the Corps Volume II: The March Across Samar (EG&A Publishing) by Tom Hebert has given us much more dense and intricate storytelling to savor, and only further build the anticipation for subsequent planned volumes in this riveting series taking us all the way to 1975 and the Vietnam War.
- [A Powerful, Human Story of Grief and Grace in the Aftermath of War](https://booktrib.com/2025/07/09/this-troubled-ground-les-carroll/) - An Air Force officer and a Gold Star mother navigate grief and hope in Les Carroll’s This Troubled Ground, a heartfelt novel of war’s emotional aftermath.
- [Strike Gold on This Middle-Grade Mystery Full of Ciphers & Secret Codes](https://booktrib.com/2025/03/28/knocktopia-secret-of-the-mother-lode-hunter-malone/) - For 12-year-old Benjamin Coolahan, it feels like just yesterday he was enjoying life in 1873’s Boston, sailing on the Charles River with friends while his father worked in the Coolahan Gold Mine. But now Ben’s father is dead, and his will dictates that Ben move to Gold Flat, California, to live with the step-grandmother he’s
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- [Alka Joshi](https://booktrib.com/2019/10/21/alka-joshi-2/) - Alka Joshi shares her writing and publishing process on her YouTube channel. She is represented by Emma Sweeney Literary Agency in New York.
- [Deborah Curtin](https://booktrib.com/2019/10/21/deborah-curtin-2/) - Art and writing have always been the core of Deborah’s background. An opportunity to write ‘human interest’ stories for a local newspaper opened up and she excelled in this endeavor.
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- [Tall Poppy Review: "Yellow Wife" Is a Powerful and Immersive Historical Novel](https://booktrib.com/2021/02/25/sadeqa-johnson-crafts-a-powerful-and-immersive-historical-novel-in-yellow-wife/) - Johnson’s novel takes us to the harsh world of the plantation-era South in Charles City, VA. Pheby Dolores Brown is born on a plantation, the daughter of an enslaved woman and the plantation master.
- [A Young Girl Fights For Love, Identity, Freedom and Everything She Deserves](https://booktrib.com/2023/05/19/wild-beautiful-and-free-sophfronia-scott/) - A beautiful, and well-written story that is fast-paced, emotional and purposeful, Wild Beautiful and Free tells the story of a determined young girl of mixed race, born to an enslaved woman and a plantation owner during the Civil War. Learning about love, family and integrity from her beloved father when she was a child, Jeannette is on
- [Five Books That Examine Racism and Prejudice in the American Legal System](https://booktrib.com/2023/09/13/five-books-that-examine-racism-and-prejudice-in-the-american-legal-system/) - As tensions continue to rise across American political lines, one particularly incendiary topic is the discussion of the US legal system. Many advocates have brought to light the way the prison-industrial complex plays a major role in the racism and subjugation of Black Americans. And while the US legal system’s crimes are slowly being brought
- [Little Deaths and Big Deaths: A Gothic Mystery Through a Modern Lens](https://booktrib.com/2024/04/26/the-library-thief-kuchenga-shenje/) - “The way I see it, in any good life you need to die several times to really lead a life worth living. There are little deaths and there are big deaths. My tale has both – and the real tragedy would be if this story were to die with me. “I was lying when I
- [Historical “The Bootlegger’s Mistress” Illuminates Underpinnings of America’s Great Migration](https://booktrib.com/2021/10/29/historical-the-bootleggers-mistress-illuminates-underpinnings-of-americas-great-migration/) - With his latest novel, The Bootlegger’s Mistress (MLPR Books), Marc Curtis Little shines a compelling light on the difficult implications of America’s Great Migration
- [Historical Fiction "Norvel" Relays Boxer's Noble Battles In and Outside the Ring](https://booktrib.com/2021/04/16/norvel-an-american-hero/) - Book Review - "Norvel" By Kenneth F. Conklin. One simple story in Kenneth F. Conklin’s Norvel shows the true measure of the man.
- [Late Mother Serves Estranged Siblings Long-Kept Secrets With Caribbean "Black Cake"](https://booktrib.com/2022/03/30/late-mother-serves-estranged-siblings-long-kept-secrets-with-caribbean-black-cake/) - “At turns delightfully juicy and then stunningly wise, Black Cake is a winner.” — Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising “So beautifully written I’m struggling to believe it’s a debut … the scenes are so well drawn I could almost taste the cake, feel the warm sea on my skin.”
- [Eugenics Program Masquerades as Health Clinic in Eye-Opening Historical Novel](https://booktrib.com/2022/10/05/eugenics-program-masquerades-as-health-clinic-in-eye-opening-historical-novel/) - Summer of No Rain is a fictional retelling of a disturbing true story. In Alabama in 1973, the sisters Minnie Lee and Mary Alice Relf were forcibly sterilized as minors in a federally funded, systemically racist and ableist program disguised as “experimental birth control.” Laura Hunter has reimagined this haunting tale of racism, eugenics and
- [Road to Freedom Fraught with Danger in Historical Western-esque Adventure](https://booktrib.com/2025/03/14/sun-walker-dave-schafer/) - The son of a Virginia plantation owner and an enslaved woman flees west after he is accused of killing his father… but that is only the beginning of his misadventures in Dan Schafer’s Western homage, Sun Walker. In 1821, Joshua Beck is one of a hundred volunteers for a large trapping party ascending the Missouri
- [Tananarive Due Tackles History's Horrors, Heroes and "Haints" in "The Reformatory"](https://booktrib.com/2023/11/21/tananarive-due-the-reformatory/) - Tananarive Due’s new novel, The Reformatory, had an auspicious publication date: October 31st. It’s long been said that the line between the living and the dead is at its thinnest on Halloween night—a belief fitting of her story, given the ghosts (or “haints”) she resurrects within its pages. A seven-plus year labor of love and
- [Biographical Historical Fiction Tells the Story Behind the Headlines](https://booktrib.com/2024/07/23/the-trial-of-mrs-rhinelander-denny-s-bryce/) - In the summer of 2019, I met with my then-editor at Kensington Books, and she mentioned Alice Beatrice Jones and Leonard 'Kip' Rhinelander and their headline news story from the 1920s. It was a passing comment that I took to heart because I’d never heard of Alice or Kip and the actual true events that
- [In This Booker Prize Finalist, a Somali Immigrant Endures the Biased Justice System of 1950s Cardiff](https://booktrib.com/2021/12/23/in-this-booker-prize-finalist-a-somali-immigrant-endures-the-biased-justice-system-of-1950s-cardiff/) - Book Review - "The Fortune Men" by Nadifa Mohamed. Author Nadifa Mohamed explores the topic of wrongful incarceration and a corrupt justice system in her new release, The Fortune Men (Knopf)
- [Jane Green Pens a Stunning Love Letter to Talitha Getty, Marrakech and the '60s](https://booktrib.com/2022/04/07/jane-green-pens-a-stunning-love-letter-to-talitha-getty-marrakech-and-the-60s/) - Jane Green‘s Sister Stardust (Hanover Square Press) transports you to another time where life is carefree, exhilarating and dangerous. 1960s England was a unique time in history … moral was high, the World Cup was won, fresh new music from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones emerged, and London was the place to be. Claire
- [Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ Year in Post-War Paris](https://booktrib.com/2022/09/29/jackie-kennedy-onassis-year-in-post-war-paris/) - This current novel is an expansion of her New York Times article: A Year in Paris that Transformed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis published in June, 2019. Vast numbers of biographies, newspaper and magazine articles have been published about the former First Lady and her storied life. Although Jacqueline in Paris is a novel of historical fiction,
- [An Irish Immigrant Saves the Work of a Brilliant Poet in "Emily's House"](https://booktrib.com/2021/08/03/an-irish-immigrant-saves-the-work-of-a-brilliant-poet-in-emilys-house/) - Book Review - "Emily's House" by Amy Belding Brown. Emily’s House (Berkley) is Amy Belding Brown‘s long-awaited novel about one of America’s greatest poets, Emily Dickinson
- [Touching Historical Novel Follows Seamstress in Quaint Italian Town](https://booktrib.com/2022/12/22/touching-historical-novel-follows-seamstress-in-quaint-italian-town/) - The Seamstress of Sardinia (Harper Perennial) is a lovely dream of a book, soothing, pleasant and welcome in a complicated world often filled with obligations and stress. It is not an inconsequential novel. It chronicles the emancipation and independence of a modest peasant girl into a resilient, self-educated young woman more than capable to think
- [Novelized Life of Under-Recognized Woman Who Translated Einstein and Thomas Mann](https://booktrib.com/2024/02/26/novelization-of-the-life-of-mrs-lowe-porter-the-brilliant-under-recognized-translator-for-einstein-and-thomas-mann/) - Mrs. Lowe-Porter (Jackleg Press) is a captivating biographical novel by award-winning author Jo Salas that blurs the lines between rather bare bones known historical facts and a fictional story adding great emotional depth with richly imagined innermost thoughts and feelings of its subject. This book effectively projects American author and translator Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (1876-1963) out
- ["The First Ladies" Authors Discuss the Inspiring and Symbiotic Friendship That Made History](https://booktrib.com/2023/10/04/the-first-ladies-authors-discuss-the-inspiring-and-symbiotic-friendship-that-made-history/) - Much like the dynamic and accomplished women in The First Ladies, Mary McLeod Bethune and Eleanor Roosevelt, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray have forged an incredible friendship and partnership. Following the great success of The Personal Librarian, they have released their second collaboration, The First Ladies. Please find the video recording of the Book Nation Book Club interview
- [Historical Novel Explores NY's First Social Club for Women](https://booktrib.com/2024/11/07/the-colony-club-shelley-noble/) - The Colony Club is the epitome of what historical fiction should be, as the genre all too often misses the mark, riddled with anachronisms or carelessly blatant errors. Author Shelley Noble deftly balances clearly identified actual people, places and events with plausible vibrant fictional characters portrayed in a lively story that draws the reader in,
- [Novel About Florence Nightingale Perfect for Women’s History Month](https://booktrib.com/2024/03/12/flight-of-the-wild-swan-melissa-pritchard/) - Sweeping yet intimate, Flight of the Wild Swan tells the story of a brilliant, trailblazing woman whose humanity has been obscured beneath the iconic weight of legend.
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Aimie K. Runyan on "Mademoiselle Eiffel": Gustave's Right Hand Woman](https://booktrib.com/2024/10/02/books-and-looks-podcast-aimie-k-runyan-mademoiselle-eiffel/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Haunting and Powerful Story Explores Man’s Tumultuous Relationship with the Land](https://booktrib.com/2023/11/14/ordinary-soil-alex-woodard/) - In the desolate landscapes of the Oklahoma Panhandle, Alex Woodard’s Ordinary Soil (Greenleaf Book Group Press) is a powerful and haunting story that delves into themes of generational trauma, family, love, global health and ultimately, man’s tumultuous relationship to the land.
- [Grandmother's Mementos Reveal Details of Her Coming-of-Age in Berlin's Belle Époque](https://booktrib.com/2023/09/07/claras-secret-stephan-r-frenkel/) - Clara’s Secret by Stephan R. Frenkel is a poignant family story seamlessly integrated into the larger history of the Belle Époque, following Clara from adolescence to emigration, “a time of beauty to a time of condemnation.”
- [Soldier Seeks Purpose Beyond the Battlefield in Biographical Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2024/11/07/covet-the-chaos-caleb-shawn-sully/) - It is a grey November morning when an American foreigner in the Peace Corps makes his way through Ukraine aboard a cramped bus. Here, in an unfamiliar land, he hopes he can start fresh and leave his Army days and the war behind him, but he has yet to reconcile with a past he is
- [Ancient Courage Rides Again in a Young Woman’s Hands](https://booktrib.com/2025/06/25/a-clan-chiefs-daughter-sarah-v-barnes/) - A fearless girl, a sacred horse, and a clan on the brink — discover a richly woven prehistoric saga of courage, destiny, and transformation.
- [Visit the Big Apple Through the Pages of These 5 Great Reads](https://booktrib.com/2022/02/03/visit-the-big-apple-through-the-pages-of-these-5-great-reads/) - Visit the Big Apple Through the Pages of These 5 Great Reads
- ["The Fervor" Depicts the Horrors of Japanese Internment During WWII](https://booktrib.com/2022/04/27/historical-horror-novel-the-fervor-depicts-the-very-real-horrors-of-japanese-internment-during-wwii/) - Set in 1944 as World War II rages on, The Fervor (Putnam) by Alma Katsu, follows Meiko and her young daughter Aiko as they endure life in an internment camp where a mysterious disease is spreading like wildfire. What starts as a cold quickly turns into fits of violence, aggression and even death among those
- [A Murder Mystery Full of Art and Intrigue in 1960s Manhattan](https://booktrib.com/2021/03/01/book-review-an-artful-murder-helen-a-harrison/) - Helen A. Harrison’s latest mystery, An Artful Corpse (Poisoned Pen Press), it is 1967 and the name of the 78-year-old painter means nothing to most of the students at New York’s venerable Art Students League
- [4 Historical Novels That Burn Down Stereotypes of Lawless Women](https://booktrib.com/2024/03/01/4-historical-novels-lawless-women-tall-poppies/) - For ages we’ve devoured stories about gangsters and cowboys, thieves and pirates, and all manner of scoundrels, but they nearly always feature male protagonists. Suddenly, there’s a rise in novels featuring women on the other side of the law, their trials and adventures, and it made me think about the appeal of lawless heroines whose
- [Much Ado About Shakespeare: 5 Novels For Fans of The Bard](https://booktrib.com/2024/04/01/much-ado-about-shakespeare-5-novels-for-fans-of-the-bard/) - From adaptations to original works of fiction to stories starring Shakespeare himself, there are so many ways to approach the Bard’s legacy. Whether you’re well-versed in the plays, are trying to build your way up to reading them, or are looking to expand your knowledge beyond the canon, these novels are just what you’re looking
- [Epic Adventure Novel Imagines Life Before "The Great Gatsby"](https://booktrib.com/2024/08/02/gatsbys-rival-richard-guimond/) - Gatsby’s Rival by Richard Guimond is an epic adventure story that rivets the reader from page one, with a high-stakes plot and an ensemble cast of characters as iconic as the great Gatsby himself.
- [Books & Looks Podcast: Uncovering Turkey's Seismic Secrets with Geologist D.J. Green](https://booktrib.com/2024/05/01/books-looks-podcast-uncovering-turkeys-seismic-secrets-with-geologist-d-j-green/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors or
- [Young Woman Embarks Across America & War-Torn Vietnam for a Place to Belong](https://booktrib.com/2024/05/22/young-woman-embarks-across-america-war-torn-vietnam-for-a-place-to-belong/) - Inspired by snippets from the author’s life, Ida Mae and Her Passage to Chautauqua (Koehler Books) is a historical nonfiction narrative by Rick Taylor.
- [6 Scintillating Novels That Reveal the Dark Side of the Roaring ‘20s](https://booktrib.com/2024/09/30/6-scintillating-novels-that-reveal-the-dark-side-of-the-roaring-20s/) - It wasn’t all flappers and Great Gatsby-esque parties. We may think of the Roaring Twenties as a time of frivolous fun, but our ideas of sequined dresses and sparkling champagne flutes are tinted by rose-colored glasses. The truth of the 1920s was far grittier — a time of revelry, yes, but revelry to distract from
- [Insightful and Exciting Military Thriller Leaves Readers Hungry For More](https://booktrib.com/2024/08/09/cold-war-a-novel-of-the-berlin-airlift-helena-p-schrader/) - Cold War is historian and award-winning author Helena P. Schrader’s thrilling sequel to Cold Peace and middle volume of her new trilogy, Bridge to Tomorrow
- [Character-Driven Historical Thriller Is a Stirring Triumph of Conscience and Courage](https://booktrib.com/2025/06/13/cold-victory-helena-p-schrader/) - A gripping historical novel set during the Berlin Airlift, Cold Victory blends rich research, unforgettable characters, and a powerful story of postwar resilience.
- [In 1960s America, The Disillusioned Search for Truth](https://booktrib.com/2024/07/24/maypole-man-a-novel-of-the-sixties-carol-egmont-st-john/) - Carol Egmont St. John's new book, Maypole Man: A Novel of the Sixties, begins in Brooklyn where St. John was born and raised, then shifts to Vermont where, like many ...
- [Captivating Story of Faith, Healing and Reckoning with the Past](https://booktrib.com/2025/09/17/entertaining-angels-sandy-hope-stewart/) - In Sandy Hope Stewart’s brand new novel, Entertaining Angels, Rebekah Lang learns lessons about life that shape her belief system forever. We meet Rebekah at 70 years old as she’s confronting her lifelong guilt, seemingly for the first time, in therapy. What a prologue! I didn’t quite know what to expect, but it certainly wasn’t
- [19th Century Historical Women's Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2024/04/24/19th-century-historical-womens-fiction/) - For April, the Women's Fiction Writers Association is focusing on fiction that highlights the lives of women in the 19th century.
- [Boyhood Coming-of-Age Inspired by Polio-Stricken 1950s America](https://booktrib.com/2024/06/12/a-polio-story-dave-eubanks/) - A Polio Story by Dave Eubanks is a poignant, coming-of-age tale — inspired by true events — about what it was like for a little boy growing up in America during the 1950s.
- [The New Release Rundown](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/24/the-new-release-rundown/) - From gothic mansions steeped in famine-era secrets to jazz-lit Harlem love affairs, from supernatural reckonings at death’s door to forbidden second chances in romance and hard truths about women unjustly imprisoned, this week’s new releases deliver emotional range. Whether you’re craving chills, historical drama, social justice–driven fiction or a swoony love story, these five standout
- [Two Sisters Face One Life-Changing Secret in "A Palm Beach Scandal"](https://booktrib.com/2020/09/15/susannah-marren-a-palm-beach-scandal/) - Parents, children and their buried secrets lie at the heart of Susannah Marren’s new novel, A Palm Beach Scandal (St. Martin’s Griffin).
- [Susannah Marren Explores What ​​Lurks Beneath Palm Beach’s Glittering Facade](https://booktrib.com/2023/06/27/maribelles-shadow-susannah-marren/) - The third volume in Susannah Marren trilogy about the Florida haunt for the wealthy and famous, Maribelle’s Shadow comes to life with biting dialogue and the inner monologues of three sisters who are at cross-purposes with each other and their elegant, imperialistic mother.
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Why every story could use a splash of fantasy with Samantha Sotto Yambao](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/27/writers-ink-podcast-why-every-story-could-use-a-splash-of-fantasy-with-samantha-sotto-yambao/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Queer Gothic Reads Where Power, Desire and Dark Secrets Refuse to Stay Buried](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/19/queer-gothic-reads-where-power-desire-and-dark-secrets-refuse-to-stay-buried/) - Queer gothic fiction is dangerous in the best way: it whispers, it seduces, it drags you into dark hallways where desire hides in shadow and power shifts with every glance. The following novels are about women, outsiders and anyone daring enough to claim a voice in worlds built to silence them. If you want stories
- [Refresh Your Stack with This Week's Hottest Upcoming Book Releases](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/17/refresh-your-stack-with-this-weeks-hottest-upcoming-book-releases/) - Whether you love a thriller that keeps your pulse racing, a moral drama that makes you question who’s really in control, or a story that lingers long after the last page, these novels are the ones your TBR can’t afford to miss!
- [This Audiobook Proves that the Silence Between Rooms is Where Danger Lurks …](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/23/the-room-next-door-wendy-walker/) - There’s a very specific kind of dread that settles in when a story hinges on what wasn’t said. The Room Next Door understands that silence isn’t passive — it’s a choice, and sometimes it’s a crime. Internationally bestselling author Wendy Walker’s latest thriller doesn’t rely on spectacle or shock-for-shock’s-sake. Instead, it creeps under your skin
- [The Thrill List Starts 2026 Off with a Bang!](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/16/the-thrill-list-starts-2026-off-with-a-bang/) - January wastes no time reminding us why thriller and mystery fiction remain such irresistible winter reading. This month’s most compelling new releases span the full spectrum of suspense, from pulse-pounding conspiracies and courtroom battles to psychologically devastating reckonings with grief, identity, and buried secrets. These are stories fueled by obsession, driven by moral ambiguity, and
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Listen To This Podcast Before Your Next Relationship](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/23/bookaholic-podcast-listen-to-this-podcast-before-your-next-relationship/) - The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Writing From the Inside: Brandon M. Rogers on Addiction, Identity and "The Safe Place"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/23/writing-from-the-inside-brandon-m-rogers-on-addiction-identity-and-the-safe-place/) - Brandon M. Rogers’ The Safe Place is a deeply introspective novel that traces the quiet, often uncomfortable terrain of addiction, identity and the long road toward self-understanding. Born not from an intention to publish but from a private therapeutic exercise, the book carries an unusual emotional honesty — one rooted in lived experience rather than
- [Navigating the Tricky Tightrope Act of Basing Fictional Characters on Real People](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/26/navigating-the-tricky-tightrope-act-of-basing-fictional-characters-on-real-people/) - In the 2021 biography of the late author Philip Roth, it was noted that, when his early work was published, Roth’s relatives often expressed outrage to the writer over his fictionalized use of what they recognized as family stories. Roth tried to explain that, while he had based the characters or events on real life,
- [Allow Me to Introduce Myself … The Plotser](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/15/allow-me-to-introduce-myself-the-plotser/) - In the writing world authors tend to categorize themselves as plotters or pantsers. For those of you not in the know, a plotter is someone who, get ready for it, plots! They’re organized, create detailed outlines, scribble away at character bios, have notebooks stuffed to the gills with notes and research tidbits, and most likely
- [Books & Looks Podcast — "The Strength of Water": An Asian American Coming of Age Memoir with Karin K. Jensen](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/22/books-looks-podcast-the-strength-of-water-an-asian-american-coming-of-age-memoir-with-karin-k-jensen/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Southern Sass Meets Smart Crime in “A Killer in the Low Country” Audiobook](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/25/southern-sass-meets-smart-crime-in-a-killer-in-the-low-country-audiobook/) - Charge your headphones and let Candice Fox, Uzo Aduba, Chrissy Metz and the whole dazzling crew escort you straight into the sticky, sultry, sarcastic heart of A Killer in the Low Country.
- [The “365 Buttons” Effect — Books Our Staff Love (No Explanation Required)](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/19/the-365-buttons-effect-books-our-staff-love-no-explanation-required/) - If you’ve spent any time on TikTok this month, you may have stumbled across a phrase that feels oddly freeing in its simplicity: 365 buttons. No clear instructions. No tidy explanation. Just a quiet refusal to justify why something matters to you. The meme began when a TikTok user named Tamara casually mentioned collecting 365
- [BookTrib's Staff Turns the Page with Ambitious Reading Resolutions for 2026](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/02/booktribs-staff-reading-resolutions-for-2026/) - Every January, readers everywhere make the same hopeful promise: This is the year I finally tackle my TBR. Spoiler alert — the TBR almost always fights back. For 2026, BookTrib's staff is setting reading resolutions that are ambitious, realistic, slightly chaotic and refreshingly honest. From finally cracking open neglected classics and shopping our own shelves,
- [The Chill Quill: New Year, New Nightmares](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/14/the-chill-quill-new-year-new-nightmares/) - New year, new nightmares. From ghost-haunted towns to snowbound streets whispering ancient secrets, this month’s horror lineup explores the dark threads of grief, inheritance, and transformation. Whether you’re craving short stories or queer Southern Gothic, January kicks off the year with fresh chills that linger well past the final page.
- [Building Better Men, Brick by Brick in "Boys Will Be Men"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/20/boys-will-be-men-vince-benevento/) - In an era when conversations about masculinity often oscillate between defensiveness and despair, Vince Benevento’s Boys Will Be Men: 8 Lessons for the Lost American Male takes a different approach. Rather than debating what masculinity should mean, Benevento focuses on what young men actually need: structure, accountability, mentorship and a sense of purpose grounded in
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Journey to Worlds Seen and Unseen](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/20/booktribs-bites-journey-to-worlds-seen-and-unseen/)
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Plotter, pantser, or plantser? Autocrit’s Bekah Brinkmeier breaks it all down](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/20/writers-ink-podcast-plotter-pantser-or-plantser-autocrits-bekah-brinkmeier-breaks-it-all-down/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Grief, Sisterhood and the Quiet Power of Rosie Storey’s "Dandelion Is Dead"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/15/dandelion-is-dead-rosie-storey/) - I finished Dandelion Is Dead by Rosie Storey feeling a little unsettled, a little sad and oddly comforted all at once. It’s one of those books that doesn’t shout for your attention but instead stays with you, quietly tapping you on the shoulder long after you’ve put it down. I enjoyed this novel not because
- [Scott Eyman’s "Joan Crawford" and the Making of a Hollywood Legend](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/16/joan-crawford-scott-eyman/) - Actress Joan Crawford had one of the most striking and memorable faces of the Golden Age of Hollywood and managed to camouflage her true nature behind an artfully constructed movie star persona. At last, film historian and acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman has authored Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face, a comprehensive and
- [“People We Meet on Vacation” Emily Henry Reading Guide](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/09/your-post-people-we-meet-on-vacation-emily-henry-reading-guide/) - If you're reading this, there's a good chance that you just finished watching the highly anticipated Netflix film, People We Meet on Vacation. Well, we're glad to let you know there is an array of other books by the one and only Emily Henry! If that movie left you craving more sharp banter, emotionally devastating
- [5 Books in Which the World Changes and So Changes Us](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/12/five-books-in-which-the-world-changes-and-so-changes-us/) - How do we respond to change? Do we embrace it, deny it, carry on regardless and hope it will go away, or leave it to others to address? As individuals, many of us don’t seem to cope with change all that well. Right now, we are being told that we are in the middle of
- [Love, Loss and Laughter: The Unexpected Humor in Heartbreak](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/06/love-loss-and-laughter-the-unexpected-humor-in-heartbreak/) - One of my favorite things about my first husband was that he and I used to quote lines from Steel Magnolias to each other all the time. If one of us groaned when getting up off the couch, the other would say, “Exercises are good for her!” Or if I was meal prepping for the
- [Staff Picks: 6 Before 2026](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/03/staff-picks-6-before-2026/) - As the year winds down, we’re swapping ambitious “10 before the end” goals for something a little more joyful and attainable: 6 before 2026. December rarely leaves room for double-digit reading lists, so we’re keeping things short, sweet and satisfying with the half-dozen books we’re determined to finish before the clock strikes midnight on New
- [Pick 3: Books that Bring the Nostalgia](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/20/pick-3-books-that-bring-the-nostalgia/) - Charles Dickens may have said it best: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Some days, all I want is the comfort of books, drinks, places and memories that feel familiar—that warm, nostalgic pull of remembering. That feeling was one of the inspirations behind my newest novel, Sonora. The title
- [BookTrib Editors’ Picks This Week](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/17/booktrib-editors-picks-this-week-2/) - There is a fascinating variety of stories this week that will enthrall readers of all genres. These new titles examine ambition, identity, and the power of tales via everything from the witty wisdom of a centenarian icon to daring mythological reimaginings, sinister academic riddles, and enchanted realms concealed beneath city streets. Each novel delivers a
- [Under the Spotlight: Novels That Tackle Celebrity Culture](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/23/under-the-spotlight-novels-that-tackle-celebrity-culture/) - “Famous people are just more interesting.” When Almost Famous was released 25 years ago, Penny Lane’s iconic words stuck with me so much that I turned them into a little sign using Microsoft Paint. I hung it on the bulletin board above my desk, fully believing, like the 16-year-old character who uttered the line, that
- [The Gift of Magic Awaits Every Reader](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/24/the-gift-of-magic-awaits-every-reader/) - This month at WFWA we celebrate stories prompted by the gift of magic and/or the gift of giving! Here you will find six enjoyable titles that fit this theme — perfect reads as well as good choices for seasonal gifts.
- [Jenny Colgan’s Most Enchanting Christmas Adventure Yet](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/12/the-secret-christmas-library-jenny-colgan/) - It’s no secret that this reviewer thoroughly enjoys the work of New York Times best-selling, prolific author and gifted storyteller Jenny Colgan, despite professing an aversion to romances. In addition to charmingly cozy novels, she has also written several scripts for television, children’s books, Doctor Who stories and other works of science fiction. The Secret
- [Workouts for People Who’d Rather Be Reading](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/30/workouts-for-people-whod-rather-be-reading/) - Reading is my favorite hobby — and if it were an Olympic sport, I’m pretty sure I’d be a gold medalist. Sadly, reading is a sedentary sport. While books nourish the mind, our bodies often pay the price for all that sitting and page-turning. Movement, at its core, is about loving yourself and supporting the
- [New Year, New Me … Same Obsession With Books](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/08/new-year-new-me-same-obsession-with-books/) - What the book world is shouting about!
- [Punk, Profane, and Unstoppable: Sister Holiday Returns in "Divine Ruin"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/13/divine-ruin-margot-douaihy/) - In 2023, Margot Douaihy introduced crime fiction to an unforgettable new heroine in the form of a tatted-up, punk rock, cigarette-smoking, lesbian nun named Sister Holiday. Having spectacularly blown up her life in Brooklyn — her family, her girlfriend, her band — she’d fled to the only place that would take her, the Sisters of
- [New Ideas for Your Favorite Book Lover!](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/13/new-ideas-for-your-favorite-book-lover/) - What the book world is shouting about!
- [Warning: These Book May Cause Emotional Damage (And You’ll Thank Us)](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/04/warning-these-book-may-cause-emotional-damage-and-youll-thank-us/) - What the book world is shouting about!
- [This Week in Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/29/this-week-in-fiction/) - From cozy Regency fantasy to dark academia, small-town romance to perilous vampire realms, this week’s roundup offers a rich mix of worlds, magic and heart-stopping suspense. Follow characters as they face unexpected challenges, uncover hidden secrets and navigate love, danger and destiny.
- [Ryan L. Cole Revives the Heroism and Legacy of America’s Beloved Revolutionary](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/05/the-last-adieu-ryan-l-cole/) - Ryan L. Cole has brought Marquis de Lafayette, the French war hero of the American Revolution, back to full, vivid life reminding readers of the tremendous contribution this nobleman made to the colonists fight for independence from Great Britain. The Last Adieu: Lafayette’s Triumphant Return, the Echoes of Revolution and the Gratitude of the Republic
- [8 Anticipated Mysteries and Thrillers Coming in 2026](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/17/8-anticipated-mysteries-and-thrillers-coming-in-2026/) - What’s better than starting the year off with a selection of brand-new mysteries and thrillers to look forward to reading? We’ve curated a list of books that are sure to keep you glued to your seat, eyes on the page, nerves on edge, and heart pounding! Our anticipated 2026 mysteries and thrillers list includes stories
- [In the Endless Arctic Night, a Murder](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/26/a-gift-beofre-dying-malcolm-kempt/) - “Accidents, murders, suicides, illnesses. Dying of old age was rare in Cape Dorset.” Cape Dorset is a remote Arctic community, inhabited mainly by the Inuit and a few people who aren’t. Sergeant Elderick Cole is one of the latter. In Malcolm Kempt’s A Gift Before Dying, he’s part of the place’s undermanned, overworked police force,
- [Read Around the World](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/15/read-around-the-world/) - What the book world is shouting about!
- [Thrillers Featuring Motherhood](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/05/thrillers-featuring-motherhood/) - As a novelist and a mother, I’m often asked how I manage to write while parenting two young children. The implication of this question is that children demand so much of your time and attention, it’s impossible to have anything left for yourself let alone a creative practice. Children, so this logic goes, may be
- [Gripping Debut Explores a Lie, a Fire and the Search for Safety](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/13/the-safe-place-by-brandon-m-rogers/) - Brandon M. Rogers’ novel The Safe Place follows Tristan from a childhood fire to an adult collapse, tracing a path toward faith, forgiveness and self‑worth.
- [A Love That Shows Up Every Day: In Conversation with "Mama, I Love You" Author Mona Liza Santos](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/12/a-love-that-shows-up-every-day-in-conversation-with-mama-i-love-you-author-mona-liza-santos/) - In Mama, I Love You, author Mona Liza Santos captures the quiet, powerful moments that define motherhood—love expressed not only through words, but through presence, sacrifice and everyday care. Drawing from her own experiences as a mother and a child raised by strong, devoted women, Santos writes with tenderness and emotional honesty that resonates across
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Finding Truth in Unexpected Places](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/13/booktribs-bites-finding-truth-in-unexpected-places/)
- [Laura Dave Delivers Another Unputdownable Thriller](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/06/laura-dave-delivers-another-unputdownable-thriller/) - The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave brings the reader on a journey of twist and turns as the main characters race across the globe to end the decades long threat to their safety. The first book in the series, The Last Thing He Told Me, hooked me and was adapted into an
- [10 Must-Read Self-Help Books for 2026](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/07/10-must-read-self-help-books-to-make-2026-your-most-well-rounded-best-year-ever/) - If 2025 left you thinking, “I need a reset,” 2026 is your chance to stop wishing and start shaping your life the way you actually want it by reading these 10 must-read self-help books.
- [Bookaholic Podcast — EX-CIA Agent Unveils Thrilling Secrets](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/09/bookaholic-podcast-ex-cia-agent-unveils-thrilling-secrets/) - The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [“Bad Baby” Launches a High-Octane New Thriller Series](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/08/bad-baby-launches-a-high-octane-new-thriller-series/) - Bad Baby is the first book of a thrilling new series by author Stephen Martin. It opens when the brothers John and Merlin Cooper were in their teens living in a farm in Florida when they receive the news about their father’s death. This happened in the year 2001, specifically, that other day that will
- [Books & Looks Podcast — "John Candy: A Life in Comedy" by Paul Myers](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/08/books-looks-podcast-john-candy-a-life-in-comedy-by-paul-myers/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Ironman Journey in 'Racing Against Time' Redefines Midlife](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/29/ironman-journey-in-racing-against-time-redefines-midlife/) - Jeffrey Weiss’s 'Racing Against Time' chronicles a transformation from out-of-shape to Ironman triathlete, proving it’s never too late to chase bold goals.
- [Enter the Magic of Roshani Chokshi’s Latest YA, "The Swan’s Daughter"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/06/the-swans-daughter-roshani-chokshi/) - New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi (The Star-Touched Queen, The Gilded Wolves, Aru Shah and The End of Time) makes her highly anticipated return to YA this year with The Swan’s Daughter, an endearing tale set within a fairytale world packed with magic and mayhem. A Fairytale Curse with a Brutal Price In Prince
- ["Mama, I Love You" Celebrates Love, Gratitude and Growing Together](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/07/mama-i-love-you-mona-liza-santos/) - A stunning motivational read, Mama, I Love You by Mona Liza Santos offers inspiration for mother-child activities, gratitude for mom, and a loving tribute. The story begins with a simple reminder to “mama” that she’s loved every day, which is a sweet sentiment that is repeated throughout the book. A Love Letter Told Through Shared Moments The story is
- [The Making of a Visionary in "The Architect of New York"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/06/the-making-of-a-visionary-in-the-architect-of-new-york/) - The Architect of New York is a historical biography of a Spanish immigrant, Rafael Guastavino Moreno Sr., a historical figure who introduced the Catalan tile vault system to the USA in the 1880s. The book is crafted by prize-winning author Javier Moro, who recounts the story from the perspective of Rafael Guastavino’s youngest son, Rafael
- [A Gentle Story About Change, Courage and the Butterflies That Help Us Grow](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/06/the-turquoise-butterfly-dale-v-atkins/) - In The Turquoise Butterfly, Dale V. Atkins, PhD, offers young readers a tender, emotionally intelligent story about change — both the kind we anticipate and the kind that arrives without warning. Told through the eyes of a young girl named Victoria, the book explores childhood anxiety, resilience and grief with a gentleness that never talks
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Christopher Locke explains how IBPA can help authors](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/06/writers-ink-podcast-christopher-locke-explains-how-ibpa-can-help-authors/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Pour the Hot Chocolate! "Mistletoe Murders 4" Is the Coziest Kind of Deadly](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/17/mistletoe-murders-4-ken-cuperus/) - Oh, there's just something so ridiculously comforting about diving into a world where the Christmas lights never dim, the hot cocoa flows endlessly. .. and yeah, someone's probably about to get bumped off. Mistletoe Murders 4, the latest drop in Audible's addictive Original series, nails that perfect holiday vibe: cozy crimes packed with heart, sharp
- [From Darcy-Level Romance to Must-Have Gifts & Giveaways](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/18/from-darcy-level-romance-to-must-have-gifts-giveaways/) - What the book world is shouting about!
- [Five Gilded Age Novels to Binge After HBO’s "The Gilded Age"](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/01/five-gilded-age-novels-to-binge-after-hbos-the-gilded-age/) - If you haven’t seen The Gilded Age on HBO, I highly suggest you remedy that immediately. The period drama is pure immersive escapist television, transporting readers back to a time of decadent balls, slow-burn courtships, high-stakes gossip and staggering social strategy. If you are a fan, I’m thrilled to share five recent novels set in
- [New Year, New Reads](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/05/new-year-new-reads/) - A new year brings a fresh slate and a stack of compelling new reads to match. From storm-lashed secrets to high-speed romance and emotionally charged returns to beloved characters, these four new releases kick off the year with drama, heart and momentum. Each of these reads offers a captivating way to start the reading year
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Four Books That Ask What We’re Willing to Become](https://booktrib.com/2026/01/06/booktribs-bites-four-books-that-ask-what-were-willing-to-become/)
- [When Your Neighbor Might Be a Murderer… or Your Next Great Love](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/06/when-your-neighbor-might-be-a-murderer-or-your-next-great-love/) - Wary, Jaded and ... Falling in Love? Would you date a neighbor that looks suspiciously like a murderer (even if you were attracted to him)? That’s the question on Zona’s mind in The Man Next Door by Sheila Roberts. While this novel looks to be more cozy mystery than romance in the beginning, somewhere along
- [6 Holiday Mysteries That Make Merry … and Make Trouble](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/24/6-holiday-mysteries-that-make-merry-and-make-trouble/) - The holidays are supposed to be about comfort. Twinkly lights. Familiar rituals. The reassuring knowledge that everything will be fine by dessert. Which, frankly, is why a well-placed murder works so well this time of year. Nothing cuts through forced cheer like a body where the poinsettias should be. If you like your seasonal stories
- [Overcome Adversity in 8 Irresistibly Triumphant Tales](https://booktrib.com/2022/09/29/overcome-adversity-in-8-irresistibly-triumphant-tales/) - There’s something irresistible about a fish-out-of-water story — where characters find themselves wildly out of their element. After all, we instantly know it will all come down to a high-stakes choice: Cling to their old ways, gasping and flapping on the shore, or learn to adapt and walk tall. We love rooting for these characters,
- [5 Gift-Worthy Books for the Mothers in Your Life — Yourself Included!](https://booktrib.com/2024/05/01/5-gift-worthy-books-for-the-mothers-in-your-life-yourself-included/) - Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and let’s be honest: books make the best gifts! While this is true for every holiday, it seems especially accurate for Mother’s Day. What mom wouldn’t love a handpicked page-turner that will sweep her away from her endless to-do list? Let’s be honest about something else: Mother’s Day
- [Tall Poppy Bloggers Recommend: Heartwarming Holiday Reads](https://booktrib.com/2021/12/16/tall-poppy-bloggers-recommend-heartwarming-holiday-reads/) - It’s the most wonderful time of the year — and it just might be the most wonderful time for books as well! In addition to sharing a few of my can’t-miss sweet reads for the holiday season, I asked favorite book influencers to share what stories are making them feel merry and bright. From short
- [A Locked Room Is Not Always a Locked Room](https://booktrib.com/2022/08/04/a-locked-room-is-not-always-a-locked-room/) - Do you remember when you first read The Speckled Band? The Sherlock short story by Arthur Conan Doyle where a soon-to-be-wed daughter is mysteriously killed in a creepy mansion where no one could possibly have entered her locked room? And then, guess what, ANOTHER soon-to-be-wed daughter has to sleep in the same room? And then
- [Gay Romance on Ice: Our Favorite Ice Hockey Series](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/19/gay-romance-on-ice-our-favorite-ice-hockey-series/) - The beloved ice hockey romance, Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid, just became a TV series and the acclamation in North America is louder than a goal horn when the biscuit is in the basket. Ice hockey can be sweaty, brutal and profane, but when it comes to sports romance, we can’t seem to get enough.
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: How to Murder Your Darlings with New York Times bestseller, Jenna Blum](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/23/writers-ink-podcast-how-to-murder-your-darlings-with-new-york-times-bestseller-jenna-blum/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Four Ways to Keep a Series Fresh (Without Repeating Yourself)](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/18/four-ways-to-keep-a-series-fresh-without-repeating-yourself/) - Who hasn’t finished the latest installment in a favorite series and then hurried over to the author’s website: Will there be a new book? Is the author actually working on it? When can I read it? I felt the same way — until I was the author and understood how uncertain the publishing industry is
- [Natalie Bergman on the Cost of Inheritance in "Pearl Bound"](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/19/natalie-bergman-on-the-cost-of-inheritance-in-pearl-bound/) - Set against the unforgiving landscape of late–19th-century upstate New York, Pearl Bound is a novel where history presses as heavily as fate and love is inseparable from survival. In this conversation, author Natalie Bergman discusses how the Gilded Age’s stark inequalities shaped her story, why the supernatural functions as a form of inheritance rather than
- [Delightful Stories That Make Little Explorers Fall in Love with the World Around Them](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/19/delightful-stories-that-make-little-explorers-fall-in-love-with-the-world-around-them/) - There’s something magical about a story that nudges kids outdoors, sparks their curiosity and lets them spend time with the people they care about most. From wandering through fields to discovering the rhythms of farm life, these books are perfect for kids around 5 to 6. So, grab a cozy spot, maybe a snack and
- [7 Cozy Reads of Christmas Past, Present and Future](https://booktrib.com/2024/12/16/7-cozy-reads-of-christmas-past-present-and-future/) - There is something undeniably appealing about curling up beneath a blanket on a crisp December day and immersing yourself in the warm glow of a festive read. As we wrote Christmas with the Queen, we were feeling particularly nostalgic for the late Queen Elizabeth II and found ourselves digging into her favorite things about the holiday
- [Lights, Lattes and Literary Magic: Books for Every Holiday Mood](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/11/lights-lattes-and-literary-magic-books-for-every-holiday-mood/) - What the book world is shouting about!
- [The Chill Quill: 2025 Favorites](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/17/the-chill-quill-2025-favorites/) - As the nights grow colder and the year winds down, I’m revisiting some of my favorite reads from this year’s New Releases. From ghost-soaked hotels to cursed legacies, witchy teens to viral monsters and even a nefarious cheesecake murder, these were the books that stuck with me long after the last page. Of course, no
- [American Gothic Sapphic Thriller Has Celtic Roots](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/16/american-gothic-sapphic-thriller-has-celtic-roots/) - In a cabin in upstate New York’s frigid wilderness, a hungry woman waits for her husband to return from hunting. She remembers the tenement they left in Dublin, filled with friends and warmth. Now they struggle for survival alone. Just as troubling to Moira Kelly is the strange behavior of her three-year-old daughter, Eve. Moira
- [Books & Looks Podcast — "Mysteries of the National Parks" by Mike Bezemek](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/17/books-looks-podcast-mysteries-of-the-national-parks-by-mike-bezemek/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Still Swooning After 250 Years: Jane Austen’s Greatest Heartthrobs](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/16/still-swooning-after-250-years-jane-austens-greatest-heartthrobs/) - December 16, 2025 celebrates the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth and yet her men remain as appealing as when they were first written.
- [Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Education in Art and Ambition](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/17/lin-manuel-miranda-the-education-of-an-artist-daniel-pollack-pelzner/) - Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist is a must read for theater lovers, historians, performers and aspiring artists alike. The author Daniel Pollack-Pelzner explores his subject’s passion, drive, collaborative nature and the creative evolution of his many projects; his unlikely journey from Washington Heights in the northern most portion of Manhattan to the pinnacle
- [Why It’s a Good Idea to Belly Crawl Under a Mountain for the Love of A Novel](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/16/why-its-a-good-idea-to-belly-crawl-under-a-mountain-for-the-love-of-a-novel/) - From the first time I visited Ruby Falls in Chattanooga, Tenn., I wanted to set a novel there. I rode an elevator two hundred and sixty feet underground and stepped into a different world. Solid rock everywhere, first sheared smooth from dynamite and, later, with stalactites hanging like sharp teeth. The light and shadow and
- [Chris Smith on "My Mountains" and the Journey Behind the Memoir](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/25/chris-smith-on-my-mountains-and-the-journey-behind-the-memoir/) - In My Mountains, Chris Smith invites readers into a landscape shaped as much by grief, resilience and faith as it is by the rugged peaks surrounding his home in Pagosa Springs. The memoir traces the journey of loving a son through addiction, chronic pain and ultimately loss. Smith writes not as a hero or expert,
- [Where Humanity Meets the Machine: A Conversation with Joseph L. Bensinger](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/03/where-humanity-meets-the-machine-a-conversation-with-joseph-l-bensinger/) - In Cracks in Glass Towers, Joseph L. Bensinger steps far beyond the boundaries of a typical collection about technology, turning his gaze instead to the long sweep of human history, spirituality and self-inquiry. His poems explore AI not as circuitry, but as the newest chapter in our ancient struggle with ambition, memory, consciousness and faith.
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Four Reads That Make the Perfect Last-Minute Holiday Gift](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/16/booktribs-bites-four-reads-that-make-the-perfect-last-minute-holiday-gift/)
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Mastering social media with Magen Mintchev](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/16/writers-ink-podcast-mastering-social-media-with-magen-mintchev/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [BookTrib Editors’ Picks This Week](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/08/booktrib-editors-picks-this-week-4/) - This week’s new releases showcase a mix of genres, from historical adventures and spellbinding fantasy to suspenseful mysteries and contemporary drama. Whether you’re drawn to true stories of courage on treacherous seas, dark legacies spanning centuries or imaginative worlds filled with magic and intrigue, these books will transport readers into rich lives and landscapes.
- [Revisiting Post-War America in "One of Them"](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/11/one-of-them-kitty-zeldis/) - Kitty Zeldis is a prolific author and gifted storyteller who ably captures the zeitgeist of the time period immediately following WWII in her well-crafted novel One of Them which focuses on two college girls struggling with identity and discrimination. It’s an unusual coming of age story involving anti-Semitism in Ivy League universities prevalent at the
- [Bolster Online Retail Sales With Book Reviews](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/01/bolster-online-retail-book-sales-with-reviews/) - When used strategically, editorial reviews can act as a silent salesperson, persuading potential readers to choose your book among thousands of options.
- [Turn Reviews Into Shelf Space in Bookstores and Libraries](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/15/turn-reviews-into-shelf-space-in-bookstores-and-libraries/) - When used strategically, editorial reviews can act as a silent salesperson, persuading potential readers to choose your book among thousands of options.
- [Use Reviews to Drive Direct Book Sales](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/08/use-reviews-to-drive-direct-book-sales/) - When used strategically, editorial reviews can act as a silent salesperson, persuading potential readers to choose your book among thousands of options.
- [Tracy Cavelli on Faith, Fantasy and "The Dark Birth of the Secret Council"](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/15/tracy-cavelli-on-faith-fantasy-and-the-dark-birth-of-the-secret-council/) - In The Dark Birth of the Secret Council, author Tracy Cavelli blends suspense, fantasy and faith to create a spiritual thriller that explores the unseen battles shaping our world. In this Q&A, Cavelli shares the inspiration behind her genre-bending trilogy, the spiritual and emotional evolution of her heroine Trisha Maitland and the deeper symbolism that
- [Staff Picks: Our Gift Guide](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/11/staff-picks-our-gift-guide/) - Finding the perfect book can feel like offering someone an entirely new world to step into. The BookTrib team is sharing the titles we’re wrapping up for our own friends and family this year. These are the stories we know will spark joy and great conversations. Our staff picks offer something special for every kind
- [Thomas Schlesser’s "Mona’s Eyes" Is a Triumph of Art and Heart](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/09/monas-eyes-thomas-schlesser/) - Thomas Schlesser wears many hats as an art historian, college professor, foundation director and author of several well-regarded nonfiction books. His second novel is the international #1 best seller Mona’s Eyes, first published in Europe in 2024. It was translated from the original French for this English language edition by Hildegarde Serle who was twice
- [Erica Elliott on Healing, Courage and the Mountain Lion That Changed Her Life](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/01/erica-elliott-on-healing-courage-and-the-mountain-lion-that-changed-her-life/) - In From Doctor to Healer, Erica Elliott recounts a life shaped as much by intuition and spirit as by science and training. Her journey begins in the halls of conventional medicine but soon veers into deeper, uncharted territory after illness, environmental exposure and a startling encounter with a mountain lion push her to reconsider what
- [Decoding Death: A Conversation with John H. Thomas on "The Terminal Gene"](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/05/decoding-death-a-conversation-with-john-h-thomas-on-the-terminal-gene/) - John H. Thomas’s The Terminal Gene poses a question as chilling as it is irresistible: what happens when science can predict the exact moment of your death? In this gripping techno-thriller, Thomas blends cutting-edge biotechnology with haunting philosophical tension, building a world where data is power, privacy is an illusion and fate may be nothing
- [Bookaholic Podcast — How ADHD Became Her Superpower in Writing](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/12/bookaholic-podcast-how-adhd-became-her-superpower-in-writing/) - The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Prophetic Dreams, Ruthless Power and a Threat Only Faith Can Stop](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/09/prophetic-dreams-ruthless-power-and-a-threat-only-faith-can-stop/) - In The Dark Birth of the Secret Council, Tracy Cavelli takes the reader on a journey with Trisha as she attempts to make sense of God’s messages to her in her dreams while evil forces are building a secret council. Two storylines — good and evil — Trisha, a writer and champion for God, and
- [The Hidden Architects: 3 Books That Reveal the Real World Behind "A Spy Inside the Castle"](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/10/a-spy-inside-the-castle-mb-courtenay/) - When I was writing A Spy Inside the Castle, I kept thinking about the hidden hands that shape history — the quiet decisions made in secure rooms that steer nations toward peace or disaster. Most of us never see that world, but we live in its consequences every day. The intelligence community has always been
- [“This Or That” With Debut Novelist Stephanie Burns](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/10/this-or-that-with-debut-novelist-stephanie-burns/) - Debut novelist Stephanie Burns admits she’s been consumed by pop culture for as long as she can remember. “I love television, movies and music more than anything. I even studied acting in college,” she says. But Burns’ obsession with the entertainment industry goes far beyond boy bands and must-see TV. “I’m compelled by the real
- [Fall in Love with a Unique, Paranormal Take on Christmas Romance This Holiday Season](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/02/the-christmas-spirit-alexandrea-weis/) - Inspired by Austrian folklore that introduces readers to Perchta, the seamless blend of paranormal elements and romance that adds layers to The Christmas Spirit are a testament to Weis's storytelling prowess.
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Vietnam War & Past Lives: Inside Ellen Birkett Morris’s Gripping Tale](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/10/bookaholic-podcast-vietnam-war-past-lives-inside-ellen-birkett-morriss-gripping-tale/) - The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [5 Unputdownable Espionage Books That Will Grip You From Page One](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/09/5-unputdownable-espionage-books-that-will-grip-you-from-page-one/) - Whether you love the razor-edge tension of undercover missions or the moral complexity of intelligence work, WWII remains one of the richest eras for spy fiction — a time when information was deadlier than bullets, loyalties shifted like quicksand and the line between hero and traitor was just one coded message away. These five books
- ["The Treasure Within" Leads Readers Back to Identity, Peace and God’s Love](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/10/the-treasure-within-matthew-adcock/) - Matt Adcock’s The Treasure Within offers an inspiring, scripture-based journey to uncover one’s God-given purpose and identity.
- [5 New Books to Read by the Fire this Winter](https://booktrib.com/2022/12/23/5-new-books-to-read-by-the-fire-this-winter/) - With the season of holiday lights and Jack Frost upon us, there is no better time to think about the books that will keep you company through what many are foretelling to be a long, dark winter. So, cozy up by the fire with a cup of hot cocoa and one of these five titles
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Escape the Ordinary With These Four Books](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/11/booktribs-bites-escape-the-ordinary-with-these-four-books/)
- [Slices of the Secret Self: Cynthia Schumacher’s "Prose Pizza"](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/08/proze-pizza-cynthia-schumacher/) - Cynthia Schumacher’s Prose Pizza is a charming, thoughtful collection of nine stories that reveal the extraordinary layers beneath ordinary lives. With a warm yet incisive eye, Schumacher explores private desires, social expectations, small rebellions and the moments — quiet or sudden — that reorient a life. The opener, “Sunless Sea,” follows a practical man whose
- [Seventeen Years, One Unfinished Love Story: "Love Letters from Other People" Soars](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/08/love-letters-from-other-people-shaylin-gandhi/) - In a small town in Indiana, two teenagers named Aubrey and Nick fall in love. Nick lives with his alcoholic father, while Aubrey comes from a traditional family. Can their love survive? Love Letters from Other People is a novel told in dual timelines: the present and 17 years ago. It centers on two protagonists,
- [A Spellbinding Return to Camelot in "The Once and Future Queen"](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/08/the-once-and-future-queen-paula-lafferty/) - If you think you know the story about King Arthur and Queen Guinevere, you may be in for a surprising - and enlightening - awakening in The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty. This debut novel, the first in a trilogy, is described as a magical Camelot that is part Outlander and part Princess
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Agent Mark Tavani shares publishing and marketing insights](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/09/writers-ink-podcast-agent-mark-tavani-shares-publishing-and-marketing-insights/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- ["The Magic Ingredient" Is a Sweet Treat for the Holiday Season](https://booktrib.com/2020/11/23/the-magic-ingredient-is-a-sweet-treat-for-the-holiday-season/) - Book Review: "The Magic Ingredient" By Lindy Miller. Looking for a perfectly cheery book to end your autumn on a high note? If so, The Magic Ingredient by Lindy Miller will be as welcome as a dusting of sugar sprinkles on your favorite pumpkin-flavored treat.
- [What Covering Crime In TV News Taught Me About Crafting Thrillers](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/05/what-covering-crime-in-tv-news-taught-me-about-crafting-thrillers/) - The leap from reporting crime as a TV news producer to writing psychological thrillers is not as big a jump as you might think. For me, it’s been a logical next step, a distillation of so much of what I’d heard and seen and experienced in the nearly two decades I had the honor of
- [Why Ordinary People Make Extraordinary Detectives](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/05/why-ordinary-people-make-extraordinary-detectives/) - The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe (1841) is generally considered the first modern detective story. Most writers of crime fiction know that, and yet many of us are surprised to learn that the eccentric detective, M. Auguste Dupin, isn’t a policeman. He isn’t even a detective like Hercule Poirot. Monsieur Dupin
- [A Conversation with BK on Love, Loss and Letting Go](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/08/a-conversation-with-bk-on-love-loss-and-letting-go/) - In a world where silence often hides pain, BK’s writing speaks with an honesty that echoes after the page is turned. In her book The Gratifying Relief of Being Forgotten, she navigates the fragile crossroads of love and loss as personal truths carved from grief, longing and the search for identity. In this conversation, BK
- [When Everyday Tech Turns Enemy: Two Eye-Opening Thrillers](https://booktrib.com/2025/09/22/when-everyday-tech-turns-enemy-two-eye-opening-thrillers/) - While I was listening to Elliot Wolf’s Eavesdropper (read my review here), I occasionally had to put my phone face down on the table. Not because the story was too intense — though it is — but because the novel’s premise felt uncomfortably close to the little black rectangle already sitting within arm’s reach. The
- ["The Book of Women’s Friendship": Unpacking The Nature of This Powerful Bond](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/04/the-book-of-womens-friendship-rachel-cooke/) - Female friendship is all the rage in popular culture at the moment. You see it in the forefront of movies, TV shows, and social media. The idea that platonic relationships between women are of incredible importance, more so even than a romantic relationship, has become more and more normalized in the media, but this certainly
- [6 Soul-Stirring Memoirs That Show Us How to Keep Climbing](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/03/6-soul-stirring-memoirs-that-show-us-how-to-keep-climbing/) - Some losses feel like mountains you’ll never climb. Some griefs linger in the quiet corners of your heart. And some questions have no easy answers. Yet in those moments, certain books become companions, guides, even lifelines. The following memoirs do exactly that. They explore grief, faith and the stubborn courage it takes to keep moving
- [Business Consultant Presents Timeless Leadership Lessons from Curiosity to Collaboration](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/05/the-5-year-old-ceo-hunter-mcmahon/) - Despite this book’s playful title and cover image, it’s not about a child chief executive officer. Instead, author Hunter McMahon pairs short scenarios in the life of Eric, a fictional five-year-old boy, with important lessons in leadership for managers of corporations and professional consultancies. “Childlike,” in this context, doesn’t mean childish. It means curious, empathetic,
- [BookTrib’s Bites: From Magic and Mayhem to Memory and Meaning](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/08/booktribs-bites-from-magic-and-mayhem-to-memory-and-meaning/)
- [Vanessa Lillie’s Thrilling Reckoning with History and Justice](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/12/the-bone-thief-vanessa-lillie/) - Midway through The Bone Thief, Vanessa Lillie’s new thriller starring Cherokee B.I.A. archaeologist Syd Walker, this interaction between Syd and Shawna, a Narragansett woman who interned with the B.I.A, hit me in the heart. “No, not artifacts, not objects … This basket is a story about how we’re connected to the land, to our own
- [The Untold Story of the Psychologist Who Mapped Human Bonds](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/04/searching-for-bowlby-cv-wooster/) - C.V. Wooster's book, Searching for Bowlby, is a fascinating chronicle of an intriguing figure in psychology.
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Political Followership: A Blueprint for Breaking Toxic Leadership with Ira Chaleff](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/04/bookaholic-podcast-political-followership-a-blueprint-for-breaking-toxic-leadership-with-ira-chaleff/) - The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Storytelling as a Survival Skill: Why We Tell to Endure](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/03/storytelling-as-a-survival-skill-why-we-tell-to-endure/) - In the 2021 biography of the late author Philip Roth, it was noted that, when his early work was published, Roth’s relatives often expressed outrage to the writer over his fictionalized use of what they recognized as family stories. We don’t usually think of ourselves as narrators. We think of ourselves as parents, partners, coworkers,
- [Characters Who Take Over Your Book](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/03/characters-who-take-over-your-book/) - I needed a ghost. I’d just published my debut novel, A Beginner’s Guide to Starting Over, and was beginning my follow-up. I was about halfway into writing the second book when I began to receive feedback from readers about the first. One of the things they commented on was how much they liked the ghost
- [3 Rock N’ Roll Legends Explore Their Lore](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/26/3-rock-n-roll-legends-explore-their-lore/) - Every so often, fortune arrives in the shape of a long-awaited memoir from an artist whose work has already shaped the contours of our inner world. It’s one thing to encounter their art, but entirely another to glimpse the hidden rooms from which that art first emerged. To learn the artist’s story is to add
- [The Roar of Colonialism](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/03/the-jaguars-roar-micheliny-verunschk/) - Micheliny Verunschk weaves a nuanced web about colonialism and the effect centuries-old behavior still has on modern times in her newest release, The Jaguar’s Roar. With whip-smart prose, she imagines the life of Iñe-e as she is raised in Brazil and eventually taken from her homeland. Verunschk’s writing stands out because of the way she
- [Where Sports End and Life Begins: Stories of Heart, Hope & Hard-Won Wins](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/02/where-sports-end-and-life-begins-stories-of-heart-hope-hard-won-wins/) - Sometimes the score doesn’t tell the whole story. The following titles aren’t just about sports, but rather they tell stories about the people who shape us, the moments that test us and the unexpected directions life takes when we follow our passions. If you’ve been looking for books that capture family traditions, friendship forged through
- ["The Terminal Gene" Explores a World Where Your Death Is Predicted](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/02/the-terminal-gene-john-h-thomas/) - What would you do if you know your exact point of death? What if death is encoded into our DNA at birth? Imagine the possibilities. They’re hard to grasp, right? John H. Thomas delves into those very questions in his new novel, The Terminal Gene. The novel’s far from an existential crisis, but instead it
- [Uniting Faith and Project Management for Purposeful Leadership](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/03/uniting-faith-and-project-management-for-purposeful-leadership/) - What happens when biblical wisdom guides the boardroom? If Jesus Was a Project Manager offers a practical faith-based roadmap for project leaders.
- [November's Most Thrilling Reads](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/01/novembers-most-thrilling-reads/) - November arrives with a surge of adrenaline as this month’s Thrill List spans eras, continents and every shade of suspense. Whether you crave breakneck plotting, morally tangled protagonists or atmospheric mysteries that pull you in deep, these standout titles promise to keep you turning pages long into the winter nights.
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Children's Books Holiday Showcase](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/04/booktribs-bites-childrens-books-holiday-showcase/)
- [The Woods Hold Secrets — As Do the People Who Live There](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/28/the-woods-hold-secrets-as-do-the-people-who-live-there/) - “Middle children always knew how to remain unseen. They knew how to slip below the notice of others … Middle children were tricksters.” In Julie Doar’s The Gallagher Place, Marlowe Fisher, 36, is the middle child between two brothers, Nate and Henry, the three of them raised in a big house in the Hudson Valley,
- [A Sheltered Heiress Steps Into Destiny in "Echoes of Descent"](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/01/echoes-of-descent-cm-evergreene/) - V. M. Knox’s “If Necessary Alone” turns a grieving vicar into a razor‑sharp WWII operative in Caithness, blending tradecraft, moral stakes and icy atmosphere.
- [BookTrib Editors’ Picks This Week](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/01/booktrib-editors-picks-this-week-3/) - From historical mysteries that span continents to suspenseful thrillers and tales of friendship, the following new releases invite readers into worlds rich with intrigue, danger and unforgettable characters. Whether unraveling family secrets across oceans, confronting the shadows of postwar Europe, navigating suburban Cold War paranoia or exposing the hidden truths of glamorous social circles, each
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: The impact of direct sales on your local bookstore with Bob Lingle](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/02/writers-ink-podcast-the-impact-of-direct-sales-on-your-local-bookstore-with-bob-lingle/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Heartfelt, Heroic and High-Stakes Reads](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/02/booktribs-bites-heartfelt-heroic-and-high-stakes-reads/)
- [Loved "All Her Fault"? These 5 Twisty Thrillers Will Keep You Up All Night](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/01/loved-all-her-fault-these-5-twisty-thrillers-will-keep-you-up-all-night/) - I have a confession to make. I watched All Her Fault before I read it. I was clearly the target demographic for Peacock’s newest thriller starring Sarah Snook and Dakota Fanning, and after watching countless teasers and even seeing a bus in New York City wrapped corner to corner in the movie posters, I couldn’t
- [Lives on the Frontline: Stories from Military Families](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/26/lives-on-the-frontline-stories-from-military-families/) - This month, WFWA showcases the challenges, courage, and tenacity of individuals who serve our country and the people who love and support them.
- [Kindness Blooms and Paper Sparks Magic in Evelyn Skye’s Latest](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/26/the-incredible-kindness-of-paper-evelyn-skye/) - The Incredible Kindness of Paper is a sprightly, optimistically sunny book with a clever combination of light fantasy and romance that although published in mid-summer will instantly banish dreary late fall and winter doldrums. New York Times best-selling author Evelyn Skye has previously written several books for adults, YA and Princess Private Eye for children.
- [AudioFile’s 2025 Best Biography & Memoir Audiobooks](https://booktrib.com/2025/12/01/audiofiles-2025-best-biography-memoir-audiobooks/) - From biographies of James Baldwin and Mark Twain to personal memoirs of life, love, loss, and family, these listens are our musts for 2025. Some are narrated by the authors, some by skilled narrators, and all offer fascinating glimpses into interesting lives. For the full list of 2025 Best Audiobooks, visit AudioFile’s website. https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/best-audiobooks-2025
- [6 Thrillers That Explore the Battle Between Light and Darkness](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/24/6-thrillers-that-explore-the-battle-between-light-and-darkness/) - Christian thrillers have a unique ability to captivate readers by drawing them into dark worlds where terror and faith coexist, where life is influenced by the invisible and where the distinction between right and wrong is as hazy as a whisper. Both suspense and introspection are encouraged by these tales, which stay with the reader
- [The Muse, The Myth, The Legend: Aunt Libra Reveals All](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/26/the-muse-the-myth-the-legend-aunt-libra-reveals-all/) - Step through the vellum veil, darling … Book World’s most notorious hostess is back! Aunt Libra, patron saint of punctuation disputes and keeper of Romancelandia’s juiciest secrets, is finally ready to talk. From scandalous family lore to dinner parties that nearly summoned the apocalypse, this literary legend is about to spill the entire inkpot. We’ve
- [No Barriers to Love: The Romances of Olivia Dade](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/25/no-barriers-to-love-the-romances-of-olivia-dade/) - Years before U.S. Olympic Rugby star Ilona Maher went viral for her uplifting message of body positivity, there was romance novelist Olivia Dade, whose rich, resonant, sexy, and occasionally hilarious romances championed big, beautiful lovers of every size and shape. “Fat isn’t a pejorative,” she says, “it’s merely a descriptor of a certain body type,”
- ["Skewed Muse" Revives the Golden Age of Witty Cartoons and Zany Zingers](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/07/skewed-muse-rusty-nielsen/) - Most of us grew up reading comic strips, which were known as the Sunday Funnies, in the newspaper. They were located either on the back page or somewhere in the middle, depending on which publication they were in. Back then, comics such as Marmaduke, Garfield, Family Circus and Peanuts were proudly featured and read by
- [6 Books About the Lives of Psychologists Who Shaped the Way We Understand Ourselves](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/18/6-books-about-the-lives-of-psychologists-who-shaped-the-way-we-understand-ourselves/) - Some psychologists spend their lives writing polite articles about human behavior. Others walk straight into the storm and pull truths out of the chaos. The books below follow the second group, the thinkers who argued, obsessed, unravelled and rebuilt everything we thought we knew about the mind. Their lives were messy, bold and sometimes unbelievable,
- [What’s in a Pen Name?: How I Went From Gothic Fiction to Bubblegum Pop](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/04/whats-in-a-pen-name-how-i-went-from-gothic-fiction-to-bubblegum-pop/) - James Baldwin famously claimed that “every writer has only one story to tell,” and I’ve found that to be true. In my work I find myself grappling with the same set of ideas in different settings, changing scenery and characters to illuminate the same set of human truths. But if each writer has one story
- [Book News, Halloween Edition: The Stories Keeping Us up at Night](https://booktrib.com/2025/10/31/booktrib-book-news/) - Happy Halloween! This week, we’re highlighting our recent coverage of all things creepy and crawly (in a good way). From hyper-specific horror reads for every aesthetic to spellbinding new + upcoming releases, there’s plenty here to help readers keep the Halloween spirit going well into November. The Black Wolf by Louise Penny review Tequila by
- [Where Science Meets Spellcraft: Building Worlds on the Edge of Magic and Math](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/03/where-science-meets-spellcraft-building-worlds-on-the-edge-of-magic-and-math/) - “Magic's just science that we don't understand yet.” — Arthur C. Clarke, paraphrased. Science is a crucial element in science fiction stories, but for me, a creative, geeky, STEM girl, it’s crucial in the telling of great fantasy as well. The concept of “science as magic” was pretty much embedded in my creative process at
- [Memoirs That Reveal How Culture Shapes Consciousness](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/25/memoirs-that-reveal-how-culture-shapes-consciousness/) - Everything we believe about ourselves is borrowed, whether it’s from society, history or the people we’ve loved. The following memoirs refuse to accept those borrowed truths without question, plunging into the intersection of identity, memory and culture. They trace how consciousness emerges when we confront the stories we inherit, challenge the narratives we construct and
- [From Lyrics to Literature: Books That Hit the Same Notes as These Albums](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/12/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 + The Machine to the
- [A Translator’s Journey to Curate a Global Bookstore](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/26/a-translators-journey-to-curate-a-global-bookstore/) - In a city brimming with bookstores, Clevo Books stands out for its singular focus: translated literature from around the world. Founded by translator Cathryn Siegel-Bergman, the shop brings international voices to local readers, offering a curated selection that ranges from Japanese horror to contemporary classics. We spoke with Cathryn to learn more about what inspired
- [Basquiat, Unvarnished: Phoebe Hoban’s Clear-Eyed Portrait of an Artist and a System](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/25/basquiat-a-quick-killing-in-art-phoebe-hoban/) - Phoebe Hoban’s Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art distinguishes itself by refusing to polish its subject into legend. Jean-Michel Basquiat appears not as a figure suspended above the world but as a young artist drawn into the machinery of fame. The book traces his path from Brooklyn to global notoriety, yet its real power lies
- [How J.R.R. Tolkien Shaped the World of Fantasy](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/24/jrr-tolkien-the-father-of-modern-fantasy-don-marshall/) - Dr. Erica M. Elliott’s memoir traces chemical injury, a 50/50 brain surgery, and a hard‑won path to integrative healing—anchored by a mountain lion’s gift.
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Kick Off the Holiday Season with These Four Stellar Reads](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/24/booktribs-bites-kick-off-the-holiday-season-with-these-four-stellar-reads/)
- [Books & Looks Podcast — Christmas Book Recommendations 2025](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/25/books-looks-podcast-christmas-book-recommendations-2025/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: The importance of character with Richard Kirshenbaum](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/25/writers-ink-podcast-the-importance-of-character-with-richard-kirshenbaum/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Joseph L. Bensinger's Poetic Lens on a Changing World](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/21/cracks-in-glasss-towers-joseph-l-bensinger/) - The world of artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming commonplace in our modern society. Many of the everyday things that people do are now being completely automated and changing the way that society looks at those functions. Customer service and support desk services are being phased into artificial intelligence. Online purchases are being facilitated by things
- [I, Medusa: A Lyrical Reclaiming of the Monster We Thought We Knew](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/21/i-medusa-ayana-gray/) - Ayana Gray has exceeded expectations in this captivating retelling of Medusa. Gray did not disappoint as she delivered a story challenging the narrative around one of the most commonly known monsters within Greek Mythology. Medusa is creatively crafted as a legend, as she navigates her journey through finding her identity, strength and purpose. This story
- [Lit Picks: 4 Bold Novels That Hit Too Close to Home](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/19/lit-picks-4-bold-novels-that-hit-too-close-to-home/) - Families are supposed to hold us together, but sometimes they’re the fault lines that crack everything open. These following fiction standouts dive into the secrets we keep, the bonds we fight for and the moments that change everything. If you’re craving character-driven stories, raw emotion and relationships that bend but refuse to break, download your
- [Love, Lies and Last Chances: Save Us Wraps the Maxton Hall Saga with Heart](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/05/save-us-mona-kasten/) - Save Us is the third book and the final installment in Mona Kasten’s Maxton Hall series, which gained popularity in the U.S. after an explosive first season on Prime Video. Season One closely followed book one, Save Me, and with season two releasing later this month, we’ll all find out together if the streaming series
- [Your Sagittarius-Season Reading Guide: New Drops, Nostalgia Hits & Chilling Recs](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/21/your-sagittarius-season-reading-guide-new-drops-nostalgia-hits-chilling-recs/) - Happy Sagittarius season! ♐ We’re manifesting a month of TBR-tackling + bookish wishlist-bulding, and our latest issue of BOOK NEWS is here to help with exactly that! This week, we’re covering: 🌟 brand-new + upcoming releases, plus our editors’ picks of the week 🌟 horror recs as chilling as the dropping temperatures, courtesy of author
- [From Doctor to Healer: A Physician’s Harrowing, Hopeful Journey](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/18/from-doctor-to-healer-a-physicians-harrowing-hopeful-journey/) - Dr. Erica M. Elliott’s memoir traces chemical injury, a 50/50 brain surgery, and a hard‑won path to integrative healing—anchored by a mountain lion’s gift.
- [Discover the Books That Will Carry You Through the Rest of the Year](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/20/discover-the-books-that-will-carry-you-through-the-rest-of-the-year/) - What the book world is shouting about!
- [James R. Benn Delivers a WWII Mystery Rooted in Hidden History](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/20/a-bitter-wind-james-r-benn/) - A Bitter Wind is author and former librarian James R. Benn’s 20th WWII based action-packed mystery novel in his grippingly realistic Billy Boyle series. This quote from Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1917 short story His Last Bow set on the eve of WWI serves as its preface: “There’s an east wind coming all the same, such
- [A Slow-Burn Romance That Gets Everything Right](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/19/honeymoon-phase-amy-daws/) - If there were ever a perfect “friends-to-lovers” romance, The Honeymoon Phase by Amy Daws would be it. This book captures everything that makes the trope timeless with the slow-burn chemistry, the lingering tension, and the deep emotional bond that grows from years of friendship into undeniable love. The story begins when Luke realizes he’s the
- [Press Play on "Thunderbird Rising" to Experience Pure Thrills and Unmatched Tension](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/19/press-play-on-thunderbird-rising-to-experience-pure-thrills-and-unmatched-tension/) - Thunderbird Rising by John H. Thomas soars as an audiobook; narrator Scott Fleming’s performance and crisp production deliver an immersive thriller experience.
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Why Wonder Matters: Bestselling Author Laura Munson Talks Creativity, Healing & Purpose](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/20/bookaholic-podcast-why-wonder-matters-bestselling-author-laura-munson-talks-creativity-healing-purpose/) - The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [The Chill Quill: Where Secrets Rot, Wolves Howl and Houses Remember](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/19/the-chill-quill-where-secrets-rot-wolves-howl-and-houses-remember/) - This month’s newest horrors are about the things we bury — secrets in the trees, grief in the walls, wolves in our hearts. Whether you’re chasing ghosts in haunted houses, howling with rage in the wild, or vanishing into a valley of impossible wonders, November’s releases are rich with atmosphere, aching with memory and sharpened
- [5 Spellbinding Reads for Fans of Wicked](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/19/5-spellbinding-reads-for-fans-of-wicked/) - Rejoicify, it's time to return to Oz! As you prepare to walk down the Yellow Brick Road, dive into one of these thrillifying reads, perfect for any fans of Wicked! From stories of witches and friendship to tales that will make you question who the real villain is, these books are sure to fill the
- [Power, Prophecy, and the Pull of the Wolf: Inside Covenant with Lisa Lacriola](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/19/lisa-lacriola-author-spotlight/) - If Lineage was Toni Luello’s awakening, then Covenant is her reckoning. With new allies, old wounds, and a rising threat that tests the very core of her identity, Toni Luello is no longer the girl caught between worlds—she’s learning to command them. In this Q&A, author Lisa Lacriola unpacks Toni’s evolution from uncertain outsider to
- [20 New Book Releases of The Week: Cookbooks, Suspense, Poetry and More](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/28/new-book-releases-cookbooks-poetry/) - The new releases are just in time for holiday shopping, and with our huge list of books, we know you'll find a perfect gift for loved ones, or yourself!
- ['Welcome to Night Vale': Chatting it Up with Author Jeffrey Cranor](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/23/interview-night-vale-jeffrey-cranor/) - Booktrib was lucky enough to catch up with Welcome to Night Vale's Jeffrey Cranor for an interview, on inspiration, creative control, and Carlos' hair.
- [Prince, John Grisham, Anna Faris, Oliver Sacks and Nikki Giovanni Reign!: New Books, Old Favs](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/24/prince-faris-sacks-giovanni-new-releases/) - From Nikki Sixx's The Heroin Diaries, Anna Faris' life advice, and the most intimate portrayal of Prince yet, here are the best new releases of the week.
- [10 Books Inspired by Television's New Fall Season](https://booktrib.com/2017/09/22/10-books-television-fall-season/) - Today we take a look at 10 books that are inspired by the new fall season of shows that we love, including 'American Horror Story' and 'The Blacklist.'
- [30 Books Perfect for Summer Reading](https://booktrib.com/2018/06/02/30-books-perfect-for-summer-reading/) - We've compiled together a list of 30 books that we think are perfect summer reads, and with publication dates ranging from April through July, your reading shelf is covered all summer long. Take a look at the books down below, and with a mix of everything from literary fiction and romance to thrillers and memoirs, there's something for everybody to find.
- [Award-Winning Novelist Alexis Wright Talks to BookTrib About Her Latest Work, 'The Swan Book'](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/19/alexis-wright-interview-swan-book/) - Critically-acclaimed author Alexis Wright's latest book 'The Swan Book' is a deeply moving and profound addition to her works. Here, the author talks to BookTrib about storytelling, the environment, inspiration and swans.
- [Mikkel Rosengaard's Debut, 'The Invention of Ana' is a Surreal Reinvention of Classic Literary Fiction](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/01/269426/) - Poignant, introspective and mesmerizing is its curiosity, Rosengaard's debut, 'The Invention of Ana' is a uniquely stunning novel that's on its way to becoming a new classic..
- [Disney Pixar's 'Coco,' Not Just for Kids](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/31/disney-pixars-coco-not-just-for-kids/) - We can't wait until Pixar's Coco comes out in theaters, but in the meantime, we have the companion book, Coco: A Story about Music, Shoes, and Family.
- [Joanna Cantor on Her Debut Novel, Yoga, and Writing About Grief](https://booktrib.com/2018/06/04/debut-author-joanna-cantor-interview/) - Debut author Joanna Cantor talks with BookTrib about her novel Alternative Remedies For Loss, grief, how yoga helped her write, and more.
- [Review: Xhenet Aliu's 'Brass' is Absolutely Fearless](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/08/brass-review-xhenet-aliu/) - Brass encompasses the personal, if at times painful bonds between mothers and daughters, while capturing the longing of wanting to leave home and explore the world.
- [BookTrib Q&A:  Author Douglas Schofield on Writing Female Characters, the Refugee Crisis, and More](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/19/douglas-schofield-killing-pace/) - Lawyer and author Douglas Schofield sits down to talk about his latest book, 'Killing Pace,' the inspiration behind it, the refugee crisis, and more.
- [BookTrib Q&A: Andrea Dunlop 'Regrets Nothing' about Her Love of The Big Apple](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/09/andrea-dunlop-booktrib-interview/) - Booktrib got to talk with author Andrea Dunlop about her new book 'She Regrets Nothing,' unlikely female protagonists, and what makes NYC great.
- [Debut Author Julia Sonneborn Talks Jane Austen, First Drafts and Adaptations](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/08/julia-sonneborn-book-austen/) - English professor and debut author Julia Sonneborn talks with BookTrib about writing an updated Jane Austen novel, the advice she gives her undergrad students and more!
- [Happy Birthday Virginia Woolf!: Celebrate Her Life with Previews of Her 10 Greatest Works](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/25/happy-birthday-virginia-woolf/) - It's Virginia Woolf's 136th birthday today, and in celebration of her life and the works, people and movements she inspired, we have a list featuring ten of her greatest works!
- [Jane the Virgin's Book 'Snow Falling' is Coming to a Bookshelf Near You](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/01/jane-the-virgin-snow-falling/) - Last season on Jane the Virgin, Jane became a published author. Now, her book Snow Falling will be available on bookshelves on November 14th.
- [Feldman's Follow Up to 'The Book of Jonah' is Endearing and Darkly Comedic](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/11/feldman-follow-up-start-without-me/) - Known for his critically-acclaimed debut novel The Book of Jonah, author Joshua Max Feldman is back with another novel that promises to be every bit as engaging, intelligent and introspective as you think it will be. 
- [Ike and Kay a World War II Passionate Love Affair](https://booktrib.com/2018/07/18/ike-and-kay-a-world-war-ii-love-affair/) - James MacManus talks about his new novel Ike and Kay, the love affair between Dwight Eisenhower and Kay Summersby durining World War II.
- [History and Music Play in Perfect Harmony in 'Do Not Say We Have Nothing'](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/27/madeleine-thien-do-not-say-we-have-nothing/) - Rarely does a book come along that is as masterfully written as 'Do Not Say We Have Nothing' by critically-acclaimed author Madeleine Thien,
- [Kiss From a Rose: Award-Winning Author Rose Tremain on Writing and 'Mastering' Oneself](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/19/kiss-rose-award-winner-tremain-writing-mastering/) - Booktrib recently interviewed award-winning author Rose Tremain about her new nove,l 'The Gustav Sonata,' writing, and the art of 'mastering' oneself.
- ['Manhattan Beach': The Newest Release from Jennifer Egan](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/08/manhattan-beach-jennifer-egans-novel/) - Best known for her two novels The Keep, and A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan is back with another book, Manhattan Beach: A Novel.
- [Modesty Blaise: Clever, Cunning, Daring and Kick-Ass](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/23/modesty-blaise-anti-heroine-heroine/) - Modesty Blaise, debuting in the eponymous comic-strip from the 1960s, was so much more than just your average female spy. She was also insanely wealthy, absolutely fealress... and the head of her own criminal organization.
- [Overnight Celebrities: Flipping Social Media Fame Into Bestsellers](https://booktrib.com/2017/09/21/overnight-celebrities-social-media-bestsellers/) - Today, some of our favorite social media authors bring us new novels - from actresses on a path to Youtube stars we couldn't forget.
- [Layered with Sex, Lies and Glamour, 'She Regrets Nothing' is Utterly Captivating](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/07/review-she-regrets-nothing-dunlop/) - Andrea Dunlop's latest novel 'She Regrets Nothing' is a captivating and enthralling story of family, lies, power and the dark side of wealth.
- ['Yonkers Yonkers!': Patricia Vaccarino's New Book Explores Racial Tensions and Friendship during Woodstock](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/24/patricia-vaccarino-yonkers-woodstock/) - 'YONKERS Yonkers!,' the forthcoming book by Patricia Vaccarino is an enriching and beautiful narrative of friendship, social boundaries, and music at Woodstock.
- [Elegant and Poetic, Carrie La Seur's 'The Weight of an Infinite Sky' Draws Inspiration from Shakespeare](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/16/review-weight-infinite-sky-la-seur/) - From Carrie La Seur, The Weight of an Infinite Sky is a stunning story of family, murder, betrayal, and love, drawing in elements from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- [Review: "Song of a Captive Bird" is a Stunning Account of Famed Iranian Poet Forugh Farrokhzad's Life](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/12/song-captive-bird-farrokhzad-darznik/) - Jasmin Darznik's novel tells the story of Forugh's childhood and life in Tehran. Beautifully written and imaginative, Song of a Captive Bird is an incredibly captivating story.
- [BookTrib Q&A: Father-Daughter Duo Charles Veley and Anna Elliot on Their New Sherlock Holmes Narrative Series](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/22/sherlock-holmes-lucy-james-veley-elliott/) - In an exclusive Q&A with BookTrib, Charles Veley and Anna Elliott talk about creating Sherlock Holmes' daughter, collaborative efforts, and more!
- [BookTrib Q&A: Author/Attorney Stone Grissom on Finding Inspiration in the Fight for Justice](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/18/stone-grissom-interview-cry-justice/) - Journalist, news anchor, legal analyst, attorney - Stone Grissom has done it all. Now, he's an author of the new crime thriller 'A Cry for Justice.'
- [BookTrib Review: "Summer Hours at the Robbers Library" Is Worth Checking Out](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/28/summer-hours-robbers-library-review/) - Full of a beautiful imagination and creativity, 'Summer Hours at the Robbers Library' is the story of three lives carefully woven together, turning into a wonderful book of community, friendship and self-discovery.
- [10 New Books of Literary Fiction with a Razor's Edge](https://booktrib.com/2017/12/05/ten-new-releases-literary-fiction/) - From the likes of Sam Shepard, Jenny Diski and Elif Shafak, here are the ten best new books in literary fiction, released this week.
- [BookTrib Q&A: Joanne Sonenshine, Author of 'ChangeSeekers' on Changing Careers and Finding Your Calling](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/12/joanne-sonenshine-changeseekers/) - Joanne Sonenshine, Founder and CEO of Connective Impact shares the wisdom she's gained about careers and life in her book 'ChangeSeekers.'
- [True Blood's Sookie Stackhouse Returns in Collection of Short Stories](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/09/true-bloods-sookie-stackhouse-short-stories/) - True Blood series and Southern Vampire Mysteries star Sookie Stackhouse returns in a collection of short stories by award-winning author Charlaine Harris.
- [Brand Yourself Like a Kardashian!: A BookTrib Q&A with Branding Strategist Rina Plapler](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/31/mblm-brand-intimacy-plapler-interview/) - In an interview with BookTrib, Rina Plapler, co-author of Brand Intimacy: A New Paradigm in Marketing talks to us about how the particular type of branding we see with the Kardashians works.
- [BookTrib Q&A: Marc Demetriou Talks About the Amazing Courage and Wisdom He Learned from His Grandfather](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/24/marc-demetriou-lessons-interview/) - Sometimes the best advice is the advice that's been handed down from others. Here, author and top-rated finance and real estate expert Marc Demetriou shares with BookTrib the advice for happiness and financial security that he learned from his grandfather in his new book, 'Lessons From My Grandfather.'
- [BookTrib Q&A: Author Ryan Avery Talks Generational Differences and 'Motivating Millennials'](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/23/motivating-millenials-book-interview/) - In an exclusive Q&A with BookTrib, Ryan Avery, co-author of 'Motivating Millennials' spoke about millennial misconceptions, workplace strategies, and bridging the generation-gap.
- [Gigged: Sarah Kessler on Future of the Job Market](https://booktrib.com/2018/07/05/sarah-kessler-gig-economy-interview/) - Sarah Kessler, the deputy editor of Quartz spent years researching the gig economy. With a new book out now, she talked with us about gigging, technology, and more.
- ['Getting to the Green': How Playing Golf Can Help You Plan Your Financial Future](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/09/golf-can-help-plan-financial-future/) - Altair Gobo, takes on the task of explaining financial planning by comparing it to a game of golf his book, 'Getting to the Green.'
- [Cassandra Clare Signs Seven-Figure Book Deal for New Series](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/29/cassandra-clare-book-deal-new-series/) - New York Times Best-selling Author Cassandra Clare has just signed a seven figure book deal for upcoming high fantasy series, her first books for adults.
- [What Does Amazon's Same-Day Delivery Mean for the Book Industry?](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/15/amazon-same-day-delivery-publishing/) - In a recent interview, printing industry veteran Jon Conley looks at what would happen to the publishing industry if Amazon introduces same-day delivery.
- [Yale's Secret Societies Are Revealed in 'Skulls and Keys'](https://booktrib.com/2017/09/18/yale-secret-societies-skulls-keys/) - Secret societies over the years at Yale University are now revealed in David Alan Richards' 'Skulls and Keys,' which covers key chronology and history.
- [‘The State of Affairs’: Sex, Betrayal and Why We Need to Understand Infidelity](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/12/affairs-sex-betrayal-infidelity/) - Esther Perel has proved again in her book State of Affairs why she is one of the most recognizable authorities when it comes to relationships and intimacy.
- [Let's Dish with Food Network's Biggest Stars: New Books, New Recipes, Classic Favorites!](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/11/dish-food-network-stars-new-books/) - Just in time for the holidays! New cookbooks from stars of the Food Network will give you ideas for the perfect holiday meal.
- [New Coffee Table Book Goes Behind the Scenes of Woody Allen's Films](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/11/new-coffee-table-book-woody-allen-films/) - Film critic Jason Solomon's coffee table book 'Woody Allen Film by Film' provides a view of Woody Allen's films beyond what's seen on the screen.
- [YouTube Star Hannah Hart's 'Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded'](https://booktrib.com/2017/09/19/youtube-hannah-hart-fully-loaded/) - Youtube star Hannah Hart recently constructed a memoir of her troubling times growing up before her rise to fame as a comedian, author, and actress.
- ['Ex Libris': Award-Winning Film Takes a Fresh Look at the New York Public Library](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/08/ex-libris-new-york-public-library/) - Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's latest documentary, 'Ex Libris,' is about the New York Public Library and how an old institution is making new waves..
- [Colin Kaepernick Signs $1 Million Deal with Random House Imprint](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/03/colin-kaepernick-signs-million-book-deal/) - Ex-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has been swirled in controversy, has signed a $1 million book deal with One World, a Random House imprint.
- ['You Must Change Your Life': Award-winning Author Rachel Corbett on Rodin and Rilke](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/31/you-must-change-your-life-rachel-corbett/) - Author and art editor Rachel Corbett talks about her award-winning book You Must Change Your Life, which documents the relationship between Rodin and Rilke.
- ["Letters of Sylvia Plath": The Woman Behind the Writing](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/20/letters-sylvia-plath-writing/) - The Letters of Sylvia Plath document her life over the years, from her time at Smith College, her anxiety and suicide attempt, to shortly after her marriage.
- [Wonderland: Steven Johnson on How Play Shaped the Modern World](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/14/wonderland-amusements-past-future/) - Steven Johnson's book on how our favorite pastimes shaped the modern world was released today in paperback for the first time.
- [Rose McGowan to Release 'Brave' New Book on Harvey Weinstein and Sexual Harassment in Hollywood](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/13/rose-mcgowan-book-weinstein-sexual-harassment/) - Rose McGowan has become a head of the movement against Weinstein, and everything he represents. She's now coming out with a book in January, titled Brave.
- [ICYMI: 'A Place of Hope': Eric L. Motley on His Life in the Historic Madison Park Community](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/13/madison-park-ericlmotley-historic-community/) - Madison Park, founded in 1880 by former slaves, carries a legacy of values, community, and hope. Eric Motley's book recounts his life in the community.
- [Chef Nobu Matsuhisa's New Memoir is Comfort Food for the Literary Soul](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/09/nobu-memoir-renowned-chef-review/) - Nobu Matsuhisa: renowned chef, with acclaimed restaurants across the world. Now, in his new memoir, he shares his personal thoughts for the first time.
- [BookTrib Q&A: Dr. David Friedman on Diet Myths, "Food Sanity' and Living a Food-Positive Lifestyle](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/19/food-sanity-david-friedman-diet/) - Dr. David Friedman talks to BookTrib about diet myths, misconceptions and the best foods to for weight loss, food intolerance, and more!
- [BookTrib Q&A with Meditation Expert Light Watkins](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/16/light-watkins-interview-bliss-more/) - In his book Bliss More, Light Watkins breaks away from conventional methods of teaching meditation, and offers a new, universal approach instead.
- ['Growing Up Fisher:' Joely Fisher Reflects on Family, Fame and Life in New Memoir](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/15/joely-fisher-memoir-growing-up-fisher/) - Joely Fisher's new memoir was released today, and covers her family, how she coped with the loss of her sister, financial struggles, and more.
- [Memoirs Take Center Stage in This Week's List of New Releases](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/14/this-weeks-new-releases-november-fourteenth/) - Now that it's finally cold, our list of new releases are guaranteed to keep you more than entertained while the wind is blowing outside.
- [VIDEO Interview with Ryan Boyle 2016 Paralympian and Author of 'When The Lights Go Out'](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/22/ryan-boyle-interview-paralympics/) - Watch our author interview with the 2016 Paralympic Silver Medalist for Cycling, Ryan Boyle. Here, he talks with BookTrib about his beginnings, how he found the strength and willpower to work harder than ever, winning the silver medal at Rio, and where he's headed to next.
- [New Day Northwest Talks With DailyOM's Madisyn Taylor on the Four Pillars of Wellness](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/21/madisyn-taylor-video-four-pillars/) - We love hearing what Madisyn Taylor, editor-in-chief of DailyOM and autor of the book 'Unmedicated' has to say about wellness, holistic health and how to better make our lives stress-free. Most recently, she made an appearance on KING-TV’s New Day Northwest
- [BookTrib Q&A: Radio Host Michael Hart Discusses the America You Won't Find in History Books](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/22/michael-hart-unknown-america/) - Radio Host Michael Hart talks to BookTrib about his book 'Unknown America' and shares facts, stories and myths on US history that have long been forgotten.
- [4 Bestselling Authors Share Thoughts On Movie Adaptations](https://booktrib.com/2018/07/31/what-your-fave-authors-think-of-august-movie-adaptations/) - Many feel strongly about their favorite books coming to screen, and the authors are no exception. We have opinions of authors on adaptations.
- [Emmy Books and Red Carpet Looks](https://booktrib.com/2017/09/13/emmy-books-red-carpet-looks/) - This week, we are counting down the days until the Emmy Awards on Sunday, and while we are all excited to hear about our favorite TV shows and celebrities, we can't forget an essential part of any awards ceremony: the red carpet.
- ['Unbelievable' New Releases You Can't Wait  to Read!](https://booktrib.com/2017/09/15/unbelievable-new-releases/) - This week, many new book releases have taken the world by storm, including those following celebrities and those that focused on the recent election.
- [The Two Funniest, Quirkiest Humor Books Coming This Fall!](https://booktrib.com/2017/09/14/two-funniest-quirkiest-humor-books-fall/) - We don't want you to miss any awesome new releases - which is why we bring you suggestions for two new humor novels that will keep you laughing!
- [BookTrib Fictional Bookshelf: Diabolically Funny Reads for Michael of 'The Good Place'](https://booktrib.com/2017/09/26/booktrib-fictional-bookshelf-the-good-place/) - Uncommonly good and diabolically funny, The Good Place, starring Ted Danson, returned to NBC for it's second season, and is already living up to everything we loved about the first season.
- [The Hot List: This Week's Smoking New Releases](https://booktrib.com/2017/09/19/hot-list-smoking-releases/) - This week we present our new Tuesday feature, The Hot List, a list of brand new releases that anyone who is anyone will be reading and talking about! Stay in the know each week as we share these smoking, hot new releases with you each week.
- ['Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Premiered on FOX: Re-live it with Our Reads for Rosa](https://booktrib.com/2017/09/27/brooklyn-nine-nine-premiere-reads/) - Last night, Rosa Diaz and the cast of Brooklyn Nine-Nine returned to FOX. After last season, we're all looking forward to seeing what Jake and Rosa will do!
- [More Than A Little Cynical: Awesome Reads Inspired by Netflix's 'Stranger Things'](https://booktrib.com/2017/09/28/awesome-reads-inspired-by-netflix-stranger-things/) - Netflix's 'Stranger Things,' will be returning for a second season on October 27th and we can't wait to see what happens next.
- [The Hot List: This Week's Hottest New Releases!](https://booktrib.com/2017/09/26/hot-list-this-weeks-new-releases/) - It's the last week of September, and we couldn't be more excited about curling up with a cup of something hot, and one of these new book releases.
- [Joni Mitchell, Tom Hanks, and Gabrielle Union: This Week's New Releases](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/17/this-weeks-new-releases/) - This week, Joni Mitchell's biography has been released, as well as Tom Hanks' short stories, Gabrielle Union's book of collected essays, and many others.
- [The Hot List: New Releases from John Green, Alice Hoffman, and More](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/10/hot-list-new-releases-green-hoffman/) - Every Tuesday, Booktrib brings you The Hot List: a list of the week's best new releases, from every genre, that everyone is looking forward to reading.
- [The Hot List: Jeffrey Eugenides' Fresh Complaint and The Best New Book Releases for This Week](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/03/hot-list-best-new-releases/) - Every week, Booktrib brings you The Hot List: a list of the brand new book releases you won't want to miss. With some of the best biographies, fiction and mysteries, there's something for everyone to find.
- [#TuesdayThoughts: The Meaning of Freedom](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/31/tuesdaythoughts-the-meaning-of-freedom/) -  to help celebrate and find the true meaning of liberty and freedom, we have fifteen quotes by authors around the world on what freedom means to them.
- [#TGIM: Ten Good Reasons Why Mondays Rock](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/30/tgim-ten-good-reasons-why-mondays-rock/) - Get ready to #TGIM, because while we get why you don't like Mondays (and trust me, we get it), we have ten excellent reason why you should.
- ['Andi Mack': Meet Disney Channel's First LGBTQ Character](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/27/disney-channel-debut-lgbtq-storyline/) - This Friday, Disney Channel's hit sitcom Andi Mack will introduce the first LGBTQ storyline in the television network's history.
- [Barnes & Noble Kitchen: Bookseller's Perfect Pairing of Books and Food is Our New Favorite Thing](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/13/barnes-noble-kitchens-pairs-books-food/) - Barnes & Noble Kitchen is our new favorite thing with the opening of new store in Plano, TX that features a full menu of goodies for book-loving foodies.
- [*New Releases*: New York Magazine Turns 50, Joan Didion Gets a Second Look and 'Girl Logic' Rules!](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/08/didion-shlesinger-new-releases-week/) - This week's books are pretty special: from timeless essays, and emotional memoirs, to hilarious girl-meets-mans-world books, here are the best new releases.
- [From Kennedys to (Rat) Kings: 7 New Releases with a Twist](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/31/kennedys-to-rat-kings-7-new-releases-with-twist/) - This week's list of new releases is one of the most diverse book suggestions we've given so far--- full of bold writing and interesting topics. 
- [Best of 2017: 10 Gift Ideas for the Reader or Writer in Your Life](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/24/gifts-for-readers-and-writers/) - It can be really hard to come up with gifts for loved ones. So, we have a list of gifts for the readers and writers, to make your life just a bit easier.
- [The Best of 2017: Booktrib's Weekly Countdown to the End of the Year](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/16/best-of-2017-booktrib-year-countdown/) - With only six more weeks left in the year, Booktrib is starting a weekly post on the best articles, books, gifts, and more of 2017!
- [Books are the New Superheroes: Reading is the Antidote to Holiday Stress](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/21/reading-antidote-holiday-stress/) - In an independent survey by Barnes and Noble, Thanksgiving is the busiest reading time of the year, as reading is the best way to beat the holiday stress.
- [Can't Get Enough of the Big News? Here Are Some More Royal Reads!](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/27/celebrate-royal-engagement-books-royal-families/) - Because we're obsessed with royalty, here's a great list of books on royal families all over the world and some families whose names are like royalty.
- [New Books About Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks and President Obama in Time for Black Friday Shopping](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/21/new-releases-for-black-friday/) - The new releases are super-sized, just in time for Thanksgiving holidays and Black Friday. From Bob Dylan to the "anti-guru," you're sure to find something!
- [Black, White and (well) Read: Diverse Bookfinder Makes Diversity in Children's Literature a Priority](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/17/diverse-bookfinder-database-kids-representation/) - Representation is powerful, especially for kids. Diverse Bookfinder is an online database of children's books, featuring diverse themes and main characters.
- [Add A Little Glam: 30 New Books to Give as Gifts This Season](https://booktrib.com/2017/12/18/gautreaux-corrias-julien-new-releases/) - The new releases of this week come just in time for the holiday and Christmas gift-giving season. Take a look at our list for the best suggestions!
- [Jenny Slate is Winning with a New Commercial and Collection of Feminist Fables](https://booktrib.com/2017/12/12/jenny-slate-book-deal-feminist/) - Jenny Slate has announced that she will be writing a collection of feminist essays and fables, to be published in 2019 by Little, Brown and Company,
- [Glee's Chris Colfer Signs Deal with Little, Brown for Continuation of 'Land of Stories'](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/30/chris-colfer-book-deal-land-stories/) - Actor, singer, and writer Chris Colfer has signed with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers to write two more books for his Land of Stories series.
- [All You Need Is Love: 20 New Book Releases Just In Time for Valentine's Day!](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/13/valentines-day-new-book-releases/) - Valentine's Day is tomorrow, and we're making it easy to celebrate love, with your love of books! Our list of new releases for this week are all love stories - and because love comes in all shapes, sizes and forms, we have a diverse group of books for you.
- [*New This Week*: Celebrate Diversity with New Books For Everyone in Every Genre](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/06/new-books-celebrate-diversity/) - This week's theme is diversity! We are celebrating writers of different backgrounds. Included on our list are novels, cookbooks and memoirs. We've also added a few surprises--- perfect reads for cold winter nights. 
- [Vive La Resistance: 12 Must-Read Books That Sparked a Movement](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/23/books-2018-resistance-rebellion/) - This year, there will be more books than ever being published on resistance, women's rights, LGBTQ rights, intersectionality, immigration, and so much more.
- [Happening This Week: Best, Must-Attend Literary Events In and Around New York City](https://booktrib.com/2018/03/05/nyc-literary-events-this-week/) - Books can expand our world, but often that's happening when we're at home, sitting in that one chair that's comfier than all the others. But this week, we're getting you out of the house and around New York City for some of the best literary events happening this week:
- ['The Great American Read' Premieres in PBS in May](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/27/pbs-great-american-read-premiere/) - This May, PBS premieres a new television and online series, 'The Great American Read,' which explores 100 of the most beloved books in America.
- [Is Chat-Fiction the Next Big Thing in Publishing?](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/14/chat-fiction-next-big-thing-publishing/) - First came ebooks, now there are chat-fiction apps: stories, told in text message format. Now the apps are looking to make a mark on the publishing world.
- [10 Thriller Classics Perfect for a November Night](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/02/10-thriller-classics-perfect-for-november-nights/) - From the classic thriller, to horror guaranteed to thoroughly creep you out, here's a list of ten horror movies and the books they were originally based on.
- [Hollywood 'Whodunnits' and More: Murder Mysteries Perfect for October](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/06/perfect-october-murder-mysteries/) - From classic 'whodunnits,' to hair-raising thrillers, here's our list of seven murder mysteries, perfect for the cold weather and short days of October.
- [Rickstad's Latest 'Girls' Novel is a Disturbingly Beautiful Masterpiece](https://booktrib.com/2017/09/21/rickstad-girls-disturbingly-beautiful-masterpiece/) - The newest thriller by Eric Rickstad, 'The Names of Dead Girls' is sequel to 2014's 'The Silent Girls' Commanding a beautiful mastery over writing, Rickstad's novel is intense and gripping from the very first page, all the way to the last.
- ['Odd Child Out': A BookTrib Conversation with Gilly MacMillan](https://booktrib.com/2017/11/20/gilly-macmillan-odd-child-out-conversation/) - Gilly MacMillan is one of the best suspense writers out there. Here, she talks about immigration, and memorable characters in her new novel, Odd Child Out.
- [The Return of Bailey Weggins: Author Kate White Talks About Her Latest Book, 'Even If It Kills Her'](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/25/bailey-weggins-kate-white-latest/) - Booktrib caught up with Kate White to talk about creating characters we can actually relate to, writing a really good storyline, and giving career advice.
- [A.J. Finn Takes the Classic Novel Noir to New Heights in His Debut, 'The Woman in the Window'](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/02/author-aj-finn-talks-debut-novel/) - Booktrib talks with new author, A.J. Finn, about his debut novel, writing literary noir and how to create the perfect protagonist.
- [Review: 'Mister Tender's Girl' is a Dark Re-telling of Slender Man Case](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/09/slender-man-mister-tender-girl-review/) - Not for the faint of heart, 'Mister Tender's Girl' is a mesmerizing, complex thriller that's impossible to put down until the very end - just make sure to keep the lights on.
- [New York Times Best Seller Laura Lippman is Back with 'Sunburn' an Intriguing and Provocative Literary Noir Novel](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/26/sunburn-review-laura-lippman-literary-noir/) - From the mind games, the cat-and-mouse-like chases, forbidden desires, dark pasts and even darker secrets, literary noir is in a whole realm of its own. Laura Lippman's new noir, 'Sunburn' promises to be dark, provocative and heady.
- [Review: 'Look For Her' Sees the Thrilling Return of Keene and Frohmann in a Brand New Mystery](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/26/emily-winslow-review-look-for-her/) - Psychological thrillers are all the rage lately and while it seems that each one is reaching the top of the bestsellers list, all this does is raise the bar for the next one that comes along. But with the release of Look For Her, written be acclaimed author Emily Winslow, the new bar is going to be pretty hard to beat.
- [Part Two: BookTrib Q&A with New York Times Best Selling Author Lisa Gardner](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/13/lisa-gardner-look-for-me-interview-part-two/) - BookTrib was able to sit down and talk with Lisa Gardner about researching her latest novel, surviving, writing kick-ass women and more.
- [ICYMI: BookTrib's Exclusive with New York Times Best Selling Author Lisa Gardner](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/18/booktrib-interview-bestselling-author-lisa-gardner/) - BookTrib was able to sit down and talk with Lisa Gardner about researching her latest novel, surviving, writing kick-ass women and more. Here's our interview that ran earlier this week. You don't want to miss it!
- [Charlie Donlea's Fictional Answer to Crime Docu-Dramas](https://booktrib.com/2018/05/31/charlie-donlea-on-writing-the-fictional-literary-answer-to-true-crime-docu-dramas/) - In the footsteps of Making A Murderer and Serial, Chalie Donlea's latest thriller has a filmmaker make a docudrama that questions whether a girl whose been sitting in prison for ten years really did murderer her boyfriend.
- [Tara Isabella Burton's Debut and Deadly Relationships](https://booktrib.com/2018/06/21/tara-isabella-burton-social-creature-interview/) - BookTrib got to talk with debut novelist Tara Isabella Burton on what made her want to write a novel, writing deadly friendships, and what's coming next.
- [Emily Arsenault on Two Characters That Define Her Thriller](https://booktrib.com/2018/07/26/emily-arsenault-interview-the-last-thing-i-told-you/) - Emily Arsenault has a long career of writing some of the most engaging mystery, crime, and thriller books out there, and her latest book is no exception.
- [Riley Sager on Summer Camp and Stephen King](https://booktrib.com/2018/07/03/riley-sager-last-time-i-lied-interview/) - Bestselling author Riley Sager talks about his latest novel, summer camp, Stephen King, and what makes a good thriller great.
- [Pretty Little Liars' Sara Shepard on Her Latest Adult Thriller](https://booktrib.com/2018/07/16/pretty-little-liars-sara-shepard-on-her-latest-adult-thriller-the-elizas/) - Pretty Little Liars' Sara Shepard talks with BookTrib about her latest novel, "The Elizas," writing a good thriller, and what's coming next.
- [Ten's Gretchen McNeil: How to Make Serial Killers Fun](https://booktrib.com/2018/07/12/gretchen-mcneil-interview-murdertrending/) - Gretchen McNeil, author of Ten, and 3:59, talked with us about her latest horror-comedy, #MurderTrending, and making memorable serial killers.
- [School Mom or Sociopath? Harding's "Her Pretty Face"](https://booktrib.com/2018/07/23/school-mom-or-sociopath-robyn-harding-on-her-pretty-face/) - Robyn Hardinghas given us yet another pulse quickening read, set within a seemingly normal friendship of mothers in Her Pretty Face.
- [Debut Authors Amy Brewer and Patty Carothers on Collaboration and Writing a Happy Ending](https://booktrib.com/2018/06/14/interview-amy-brewer-patty-carothers/) - BookTrib interviewed debut authors, friends and collaborators Amy Brewer and Patty Carothers about writing their hit YA book "Texting Prince Charming."
- [Technology and Terror Fill Shah's Dystopian Society](https://booktrib.com/2018/08/06/interview-bina-shah-before-she-sleeps/) - Pakistani journalist and author Bina Shah talks with us about her new book Before She Sleeps, feminism in the East, and more.
- [BookTrib Q&A with Rachel Hollis, Best Selling Author, Founder and CEO of Chic Media](https://booktrib.com/2018/02/16/interview-rachel-hollis-girl-wash-your-face/) - BookTrib sat down with bestselling author Rachel Hollis for a quick Q&A about inspiration, writing mindsets, upcoming books, and more!
- [Brilliant and Twisted: Emily Elgar's Debut 'If You Knew Her' is a Thriller You Won't Forget](https://booktrib.com/2018/01/08/emily-elgar-debut-thriller/) - January brings us Emily Elgar's debut novel, If You Knew Her, a psychological suspense centered on three strangers brought together after a hit-and-run.
- [A Complex, Gripping Thriller: Mike Bond's Latest Book, 'Snow'](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/03/mike-bond-snow-complex-gripping-thriller/) - Called the "master of the existentialist thriller" by the BBC, renowned author Mike Bond is back with a new release, Snow.
- [15 Best Independent Bookstore Bargains](https://booktrib.com/2017/10/26/15-best-independent-bookstore-bargains/) - Because books can be expensive to buy, we thought we'd give you a list of low-price bookstores to keep both your bookshelf and your wallet happy.
- [Audiobooks That Bring Jewish History to Life](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/17/audiobooks-that-bring-jewish-history-to-life/) - If you ask listeners what kinds of historical fiction audiobooks feature Jewish characters, many responses will mention World War II settings. Several of these recently published audiobooks are highlighted below, but Jewish historical stories span centuries and continents, from Biblical times to the late 20th century. Historical fiction audiobooks can serve as a wonderful vehicle
- [Housing the Heroine in "Cinder House"](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/18/housing-the-heroine-in-cinder-house/) - If you asked me today, and if you'd asked me two years ago, I'd tell you I'm very fond of my house. It's nothing special. It's a townhouse surrounded by other townhouses that look just like it, forming a semicircle of beige brick at the end of a street. There's no garden, because when I
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: James Patterson explains why hope is not a strategy, but a little tenacity can take you far](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/18/writers-ink-podcast-james-patterson-explains-why-hope-is-not-a-strategy-but-a-little-tenacity-can-take-you-far/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [When Saving the Ocean Starts on Land: The Human Story Behind a Conservation Breakthrough](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/14/when-saving-the-ocean-starts-on-land-the-human-story-behind-a-conservation-breakthrough/) - At first glance, Sea Change seems like a story about fish, numbers, quotas, and dwindling stocks. But the deeper you go, the more it becomes a story about people. A story about cultures that shape them, the community that holds them together, and the unexpected ways those forces can either erode an ecosystem or revive one.
- [BookTrib Editors’ Picks This Week](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/03/this-week-in-books/) - 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 tension with The Perfect Hosts,
- [The Show Girl Life Isn’t Just For Listeners, It’s For Readers](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/10/the-show-girl-life-isnt-just-for-listeners-its-for-readers/) - After the wild success of “The Life of a Showgirl,” Taylor Swift's 12th album (and after playing it relentlessly these past couple of weeks!), I started thinking about books that feature showgirls of all kinds. As it turns out, there are some fantastic books featuring a few of my favorite things to read about in
- [Spooky Season's Just Begun with October's Most Thrilling Reads](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/05/jon-land-october-2025-thrill-list/) - Spooky season is far from over, and this month's Thrill List proves it. From paranormal noirs and keen legal thrillers to neo-gothic tales and blood-curdling psychological masterpieces, these thrilling reads will keep you up through the long nights ahead — so be prepared.
- [BookTrib Editors’ Picks This Week](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/10/booktrib-editors-picks-this-week/) - Four exciting new titles that provide distinct worlds and emotional experiences are coming out this week. Readers have a lot to choose from, including high-concept speculative thrillers, grand fantasy epics, and intimate tales of family and identity. These novels cover a wide range of genres and themes, so whether you're interested in stories about love,
- [Cozy Up, Buttercup — It’s Storytime!](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/06/cozy-up-buttercup-its-storytime/) - What the book world is shouting about!
- [Love, Lavender and Lights: Holidays in Paris and Provence](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/14/love-lavender-and-lights-holidays-in-paris-and-provence/) - Christmas is coming! Joyeux Noël! I’m certain we all have our favorite place to spend this special holiday. It may not come as a surprise that France happens to be mine. In my new novel, The French Effect, I loved setting the story in December and January so I could write about the way France
- [Brigands, Breadknives and the Beauty of Getting Out There](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/14/brigands-and-breadknives-travis-baldree/) - In Travis Baldree’s new novel, Brigands & Breadknives, we take a little step to the left and join Fern, the rattkin bookshop owner from Bookshops & Bonedust, on an accidental (or was it?) adventure. Brigands & Breadknives is the third book in Baldree’s series that began with Legends & Lattes. Rather than an epic quest
- [The Queen of Bohemia Returns to the Page](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/13/queen-of-bohemia-predicts-own-death-eve-kahn/) - Zoe Anderson Norris hid in plain sight for well over a century but now she is back on the scene! A prolific writer and social activist, Zoe (rhymes with “no”) moved to New York City in 1898. Alternately chagrined and captivated by urban life, she remained haunted by her dark 19th-century past in faraway Kentucky
- [Books & Looks Podcast — Isabella d’Este: The First Woman of the Renaissance with author Sarah Dunant](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/14/books-looks-podcast-isabella-deste-the-first-woman-of-the-renaissance-with-author-sarah-dunant/) - Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either new authors
- [A Multiverse of Mayhem: "The Strength of the Few Supercharges" Islington’s Ambitious Saga](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/13/the-strength-of-the-few-james-islington/) - James Islington is back with his explosive sequel to The Will of the Many. The Strength of the Few picks up right where the first one ends. Vis has survived the final trial of the Catenan Academy, the Iudicium, though not without loss. The ancient device beyond the Labyrinth, hidden deep within the ruins on
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Four Fall Reads You Won’t Want to Put Down](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/20/booktribs-bites-four-fall-reads-you-wont-want-to-put-down/)
- [When the Hunt Turns Inward: 5 Psychological Thrillers Where Madness Shadows the Chase](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/12/when-the-hunt-turns-inward-5-psychological-thrillers-where-madness-shadows-the-chase/) - In today’s most compelling crime fiction, the chase is never just about the killer — it’s about the fragile minds drawn into the hunt. These five thrillers plunge deep into the psychology of obsession, pairing haunted investigators with murderers who blur the boundaries between predator and prey. Set against backdrops of small-town secrets, urban decay
- [Hunting a Serial Killer Gets Personal in Thrilling Sequel to "Karma Never Sleeps"](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/05/wings-of-madness-r-john-dingle/) - R. John Dingle, the author of Karma Never Sleeps, returns with another page-turning thriller in the Gus Wheeler FBI Thriller series. In Wings of Madness, readers are taken on a suspenseful journey filled with psychological twists as FBI Agent Gus Wheeler and his spirited female partner pursue a psychopathic killer preying on young women in
- [Acclaimed Poet and "Inverno" Author Cynthia Zarin Talks Truth and Art in New Novel, "Estate"](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/06/cynthia-zarin-estate-interview/) - In her mesmerizing new novel Estate, poet and essayist Cynthia Zarin returns to the interior landscape she began charting in Inverno. Where Inverno was wintry and suspended in time, Estate unfolds like the heat of summer — a mirror image that captures the feverishness of love and the difficulty of seeing oneself clearly within it.
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Breaking into the thriller world with J. Luke Bennecke](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/11/writers-ink-podcast-breaking-into-the-thriller-world-with-j-luke-bennecke/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [Rooted in Wonder: Jane Gallagher on Nature, Movement, and the Mystery of Life](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/10/jane-gallagher-author-spotlight/) - 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 world, thought and body. In
- [Dolly Parton Fans Will Love These 5 Books](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/07/dolly-parton-fans-will-love-these-5-books/) - Dolly Parton is adored by fans not only for her musical hits or her prowess as an entertainer but also for her commitment to giving back. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library reaches across the globe, delivering millions of books to communities in need, ensuring that children from all walks of life have access to books. It’s
- [New Single, Same Icon: Hilary Duff’s Best Roles Reimagined as Must-Read Books](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/07/new-single-same-icon-hilary-duffs-best-roles-reimagined-as-must-read-books/) - If you grew up on Disney Channel classics and teen-era comfort movies, consider this your cinematic coming-of-age with adult reading glasses. We did what any self-respecting millennial/bookish Gen-Z-adjacent audience would do: we took Hilary Duff’s most iconic characters and paired them with books that hit the same emotional frequency, but with higher stakes, sharper humor
- [A Clear-Eyed, Big-Hearted Memoir About Grief, Grit and the Places That Hold Us](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/06/my-mountains-chris-smith/) - In My Mountains, Chris Smith shares his family’s moving journey through heartbreak, survival, and faith in the Rockies—a tribute to love, loss, and resilience.
- [Alexander McCall Smith's New Mystery Romp in No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/07/in-the-time-of-five-pumpkins-alexander-mccall-smith/) - In the Time of Five Pumpkins is the 26th book in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series, which began in 1998. Sir Alexander McCall Smith has mentioned in filmed talks and emailed letters to his legion of faithful readers that he typically revisits these dear friends in Botswana in mid-January. Mid-winter in Edinburgh seems quite
- [A Thoughtful Exploration of How Culture, Nature and Consciousness Intertwine](https://booktrib.com/2025/10/31/reflections-on-lifes-illusions-by-jane-gallagher/) - 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 book isn’t your run of
- [5 Novels That Brace for Impact in a Changing World](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/05/5-novels-that-brace-for-impact-in-a-changing-world/) - Some stories don’t need the end of the world to feel urgent. They make their case in classrooms and courtrooms, across kitchen tables and from behind pulpits. These are the novels that cut into the muscle of culture and belief, stories that sit at the crossroads of morality and personal truth without hiding behind dystopia
- [Bookaholic Podcast — From Heart Surgery to Literary Success: Megan Michelle on Her Debut Novel 'Skylark'](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/06/bookaholic-podcast-from-heart-surgery-to-literary-success-megan-michelle-on-her-debut-novel-skylark/) - The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Choose Your Chill: Horror Reads for Every Type of Reader](https://booktrib.com/2025/10/31/choose-your-chill-horror-reads-for-every-type-of-reader/) - Spooky season is here and book lovers can rejoice, because there is no shortage of suitable reads. Whether you’re just dipping your toe into horror for the first time or are a long-time fan of all things creepy, there is a sub-genre that’s perfect for you. Take my latest novel, FIEND: it should appeal to
- [Return To The Rich, Sultry World Of Vampires In Tigest Girma’s Eternal Ruin](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/04/return-to-the-rich-sultry-world-of-vampires-in-tigest-girmas-eternal-ruin/) - *Contains spoilers for Immortal Dark* Hot on the heels of the acclaimed release of Immortal Dark, Tigest Girma returns to the seductive world of Uxlay University in Eternal Ruin. The final chapters of Immortal Dark had readers desperate for the next installment in the story of Kidan and Susenyos, and Girma has served up another
- [Bookaholic Podcast — Sisterhood, Witchcraft & Breaking Generational Curses with Liz Parker](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/05/bookaholic-podcast-sisterhood-witchcraft-breaking-generational-curses-with-liz-parker/) - The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s something here to spark your
- [Writers, Ink Podcast: Story structure with Ender’s Game author, Orson Scott Card](https://booktrib.com/2025/11/04/writers-ink-podcast-story-structure-with-enders-game-author-orson-scott-card/) - BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R”
- [BookTrib’s Bites: Sneak Peek Into the Year's Most Thrilling Reads](https://booktrib.com/2025/09/17/booktribs-bites-sneak-peek-into-the-years-most-thilling-reads/)

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## Book Authors

- [Sherrie Todd-Beshore](https://booktrib.com/book_author/sherrie-todd-beshore/) - Sherrie Todd-Beshore began her writing career as a reporter and editor for her high school newspaper, The Static. A decade later, she was publishing columns and feature stories for magazines and daily newspapers across Alberta, Colorado and New York. After 20 years of deadlines and fact-checking, she left journalism for fiction — bringing her investigative
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- [J. S. Allen](https://booktrib.com/book_author/j-s-allen/) - J. S. Allen is a Naturist-Christian writer, linguist, and historian from Kansas City, Missouri. He is the author of the young adult series Sauragia and Knights of Aralia, as well as the Woodland Tales short story anthology for children, which he also illustrated. His work has also appeared in various journals and magazines over the
- [Dr. Steven Ray](https://booktrib.com/book_author/dr-steven-ray/) - Dr. Steven Ray is a retired (2008) United States Air Force Colonel after serving nearly 40 years of highly decorated (i.e. Legion of Merit), active duty service. Colonel Ray was drafted in 1970 and served in the Vietnam War. When he retired, he was the Director of Staff at Lackland Air Force Base, TX…home of
- [Cheryl Reed](https://booktrib.com/book_author/cheryl-reed/) - Cheryl L. Reed is an author and journalist who has shadowed dark and mysterious characters — from cops to murder suspects, cloistered nuns to girls doing drugs. Her second novel, Map of My Escape, is a suspense about Riley Keene, a school shooting survivor turned anti-gun activist who accidentally shoots a Chicago cop and must
- [Rick Pullen](https://booktrib.com/book_author/rick-pullen/) - RICK PULLEN is a journalist by trade who began his novel-writing career in 2011. Naked Ambition, his first novel, made Amazon’s bestseller thriller list in 2016, just three weeks after it was published. The Apprentice was published in 2017, and Naked Truth, a sequel to Naked Ambition, followed in 2018. His agent is John Talbot. His publisher is
- [Mike Ekstrom](https://booktrib.com/book_author/mike-ekstrom/) - A fantasy writer born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, Mike Ekstrom creates tales that are bound to the mystic and ethereal while intertwined with the human condition. What began as a personal project going into college, The Volumes from the Void, has taken him over fifteen years to craft into a developing five-part series. Having
- [Thomas Roehlk](https://booktrib.com/book_author/thomas-roehlk/) - Thomas M. Roehlk is a retired corporate attorney from St. Charles, Illinois. He worked at a variety of major international corporations, including companies in the defense sector, and businesses in consumer products, transportation equipment and financial services. He spent more than 20 years as a general counsel of a public company, and as a chief
- [Rose Hamilton](https://booktrib.com/book_author/rose-hamilton/) - Rose Hamilton, 32, a Pennsylvania native, graduated with her Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice in 2013 with honors at Neumann University. She then continued her education at Neumann, graduating with honors in 2015 with a Master’s degree in Strategic and Organizational Leadership. She is continuing to expand her knowledge by continuing her education with a Master’s
- [Harry Swanson](https://booktrib.com/book_author/harry-swanson/) - Harry Swanson had worked in Finance and Administration for 45 years and is now retired. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and a Master’s Degree in Business and Finance. Harry works under such titles as Controller, Director of Finance and Administration, CFO and Financial Management Consultant for both large and small / profit and
- [Modello Brown](https://booktrib.com/book_author/modello-brown/) - Growing up in Englewood, Chicago — a place of limited opportunity and notorious for being one of the most dangerous cities — Modello knew he had to pursue his dreams to develop the desired future. His enthusiasm for various art forms, such as music, animation, drawing and painting, drove him to strive for success. In
- [MHR Geer](https://booktrib.com/book_author/mhr-geer/) - MHR Geer was born in California but raised in the Midwest. After studying Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, she started a bookkeeping business. MHR enjoys reading suspense and is always delighted with an unexpected twist. Assumed is her debut novel. She lives in Ventura, CA with her two sons and her unicorn
- [Spencer Cho](https://booktrib.com/book_author/spencer-cho/) - Spencer, the Founder of GO! Evangelism Ministry, urges and challenges all Christians to boldly go out and plant the ‘Seeds of the Gospel’ to as many perishing souls as possible as time is running out fast and His coming is imminent. The Lord urged Spencer to establish GO! Evangelism Ministry, 25 years ago. He has
- [Liz Leonard](https://booktrib.com/book_author/liz-leonard/) - Liz Leonard is a passionate storyteller based in NJ, where she lives with her husband, daughter, and dog. After earning her BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University, she dove into the world of animation, film, and television often drawing inspiration from her own childhood experiences. Aside from her
- [Ivan Obolensky](https://booktrib.com/book_author/ivan-obolensky/) - Ivan Obolensky was born in New York and educated in the US and the UK. He began by writing nonfiction articles on economics, finance, history and other social sciences. Inspired by stories about his grandmother, Alice Astor (who died while reading an Egyptian Book of the Dead and was an active supporter of psychic research)
- [Michael Eon](https://booktrib.com/book_author/michael-eon/) - Michael Eon earned a BA in psychology from the University of Michigan and an MA in international affairs from Columbia University. A former board member of the Audio Publishers Association and a former producer of major motion pictures and television productions, Michael worked in the publishing and entertainment industries for more than twenty years. Michael
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- [Elena Hartwell Taylor](https://booktrib.com/book_author/elena-hartwell-taylor/) - Elena Taylor spent several years working in theater as a playwright, director, designer, and educator before turning her storytelling skills to fiction. Her first series, the Eddie Shoes Mysteries, written under the name Elena Hartwell, introduced a quirky mother/daughter crime-fighting duo. With All We Buried, Elena returns to her dramatic roots and brings readers a
- [Chioma Chelsea Oleka-Onyewuchi](https://booktrib.com/book_author/chioma-chelsea-oleka-onyewuchi/) - Chioma Chelsea N. Oleka-Onyewuchi is a finance major, holder of an MBA, and is currently an innovative and prolific Talent Management Regeneration Strategist. She was born in the city of Heilbronn, in the state of Baden Württemberg, Germany. It lies along the Neckar River, surrounded by vineyards and the Swabian Forest. Her dad was a
- [Janice Carr Smith](https://booktrib.com/book_author/janice-carr-smith/) - Janice Carr was raised in the ’60s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a short hike from Harvard Square. She loved to read, write, and act out stories with her stuffed animals and her brother, Charlie, while Dad’s Wurlitzer Organ buzzed the corners of the ceiling, rocking the house. Mom would be out marching for some left-wing cause.
- [M. L. Buchman](https://booktrib.com/book_author/m-l-buchman/) - USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestseller M. L. "Matt" Buchman has 70+ novels, 125 short stories and 50 read-by-author audiobooks. PW declares of his Miranda Chase action-adventure thrillers that: “Tom Clancy fans open to a strong female lead will clamor for more.” About his military romantic suspense: “Like Robert Ludlum and Nora Roberts had a
- [J. Luke Bennecke](https://booktrib.com/book_author/j-luke-bennecke/) - Luke Bennecke is a veteran civil engineer who helps people by improving Southern California roadways. He has a civil engineering degree, an MBA, a private pilot’s certificate, and is a partner in an engineering firm. He enjoys philanthropy and awards scholarships annually to high school seniors. Bennecke resides in Southern California with his wife of
- [Linda A. Broenniman](https://booktrib.com/book_author/linda-a-broenniman/) - Linda grew up in Buffalo, New York. She is the middle child of seven, born to Hungarian physicians who survived World War II and started their new life in the US in 1949. Linda graduated from Swarthmore College with a BA in psychology and from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon with an
- [Randall Howlett](https://booktrib.com/book_author/randall-howlett/) - Randall is a 69-year-old retired and divorced American who has been living in Bangkok for the last ten years enjoying the life as an expat. Prior to that, he worked in middle management for a major insurance company for about 20 years after doing a stint as a Captain in the US Marine Corps for
- [Gerard Marconi](https://booktrib.com/book_author/gerard-marconi/) - Gerard Marconi has a master’s degree in Humanities from Johns Hopkins University and in Theatre from Catholic University. He taught drama and produced theatre at the college level for over thirty years and led study trips to theatres and museums in Washington, Baltimore, London, and Florence, Italy. As Coordinator of Cultural Events at the Rose
- [Sue C. Dugan](https://booktrib.com/book_author/sue-c-dugan/) - Sue C. Dugan is a Michigander transplanted in Nevada. She has one foot in her Midwest roots and another in her adopted Western State. The two locals have served her well, and she has used them both in her work. She has two children, five grandchildren and two writing partners who wag their tails and
- [Kenya Lee](https://booktrib.com/book_author/kenya-lee/) - Kenya Lee is a Registered Nurse, Artist, Author and Women’s Empowerment Expert. She grew up in Detroit, Michigan where the struggles of urban childhood and adolescence fueled her passion for helping young girls and women thrive in life. Her life journey to evolve into emotional wellness was preceded by hardships that threatened her very ability
- [Jill Button](https://booktrib.com/book_author/jill-button/) - Jill is the President & CEO of ProcurePro Consulting, a boutique Procurement, Project Management and IT consulting firm specializing in implementing ERP, Finance, HR, CRM, Payroll, Supply Chain and Procurement systems. A Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain executive, with over thirty years of supply chain, technology, business and leadership experience, Jill was recently honored to
- [Mike McCoy](https://booktrib.com/book_author/mike-mccoy/) - Mike McCoy is a novelist. His debut novel ASTEROIDS–Bridge to Nowhere, received high praise from critics and was selected as a semifinalist for the 2020 Publishers Weekly Booklife Prize with a rating of 9.5 out of 10. Because of the research Mike conducted for the novel, he has been a frequent guest on talk radio
- [Rita Ali](https://booktrib.com/book_author/dr-rita-ali/) - Dr. Rita (AKA) Faridah Ali was born and reared in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She’s had a successful career in public relations as a columnist and media producer. Her unique credentials enabled Dr. Ali to develop professional relationships with, and work on projects featuring, icons in the sports industries like Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes, as well
- [Scott Ventrella](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-scott-ventrella/) - Scott Ventrella is a high-profile executive coach, professor and Christian leader based in the New York area. Ventrella’s commitment to his Christian faith goes deep and spans his entire lifetime. He has served as an executive at the Peale Center for Christian Living, coached clergymen, and has served for 30 years as a Catechist in
- [Mark E Greene](https://booktrib.com/book_author/mark-e-greene/) - BIO: Mark E. Greene is an award-winning author with an offbeat sense of humor and a sharp eye for the absurd. A speeding lobster boat plowing through a flotilla of helpless sea kayakers sparked his interest in the rough-and-tumble world of Maine lobstermen and became the driving concept for Lobster Wars. His first novel, Cutthroat,
- [Nadean Stone](https://booktrib.com/book_author/nadean-stone/) - Nadean Stone was born in Blind River Ontario, Canada, graduated from Windsor University in 1973 with a BA and McMaster University in 1976 with an MBA. She obtained her Certificate in Journalism in 2002 and her Certificate of Legal Management, CLM in 2011. In 2004, Nadean helped launch a weekday one-hour talk show on NBC
- [Janet Porter](https://booktrib.com/book_author/janet-porter/) - Janet developed her singular (skewed?) worldview through a witch’s brew of nature, nurture and the times in which it was shaped. She was joined in the lower middle-class milieu by her beloved brother, Robert, after six years navigating solo. After finishing high school (and lacking any clear, purpose-driven agenda), Janet used her prodigious secretarial skills
- [Susan McGrath](https://booktrib.com/book_author/susan-mcgrath/) - A native Californian, Susan grew up in western Malibu, riding her horse on the beach and in the hills, weaving stories and daydreaming. Now, a lifetime later, she still rides in the Santa Monica Mountains—either on a horse or a motorcycle—enjoying flights of fancy along the way. During the intervening years, Susan earned a degree
- [Deborah Goodrich Royce](https://booktrib.com/book_author/deborah-goodrich-royce/) - Deborah Goodrich Royce graduated Summa Cum Laude from Lake Erie College in 1980 with a BA in modern foreign languages (French and Italian) and a minor in dance. In 2008, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the same institution. Deborah was an actress in film and television for ten years. Her big
- [Derek Rydall](https://booktrib.com/book_author/derek-rydall/) - DEREK RYDALL, one of a new generation of spiritual visionaries and thought leaders, is an Amazon/Barnes & Noble #1 bestselling author of EMERGENCE: Seven Steps for Radical Life Change (Atria/Beyond Words; 2015). This book revealed the revolutionary principle, the Law of Emergence, showing people how to tap into the pattern of perfection in any area
- [David Plante](https://booktrib.com/book_author/david-plante/) - David Plante Memoirs Diaries Fiction Critically acclaimed novelist and gifted modern diarist, with background similar to Jack Kerouac, brought up in a French-speaking parish. DAVID PLANTE grew up in Providence, RI, within a French-Canadian parish that was palisaded by its language, a French that dated from the time of the first French colonists in the
- [James R. Hannibal](https://booktrib.com/book_author/james-r-hannibal/) - As a former stealth pilot, JAMES R. HANNIBAL is no stranger to secrets and adventure. He has been shot at, locked up with surface to air missiles, and chased down a winding German road by an armed terrorist. He is an award-winning author of multiple series, including the Nick Baron covert ops trilogy from Penguin,
- [Kathleen Hill](https://booktrib.com/book_author/kathleen-hill/) - KATHLEEN HILL has lived most of her adult life in New York City. In her twenties she and her husband, Clifford Hill, taught in a secondary school close to Lagos, Nigeria, and then a few years later spent a year in Niger with their three young children. After receiving a doctorate in English literature, she
- [Katherine Nouri Hughes](https://booktrib.com/book_author/katherine-nouri-hughes/) - Iraqi-Irish by birth, KATHERINE NOURI HUGHES attended Princeton University, where she earned a Master’s Degree in Near Eastern Studies and where she served on that department’s advisory council for 25 years. After living in Cairo and traveling extensively in the region, she returned to the United States and was a communications executive in both the
- [Jim & Stephanie Kroepfl](https://booktrib.com/book_author/jim-stephanie-kroepfl/) - JIM and STEPHANIE KROEPFL are a husband-and-wife team who write stories of mystery and adventure from their cabin in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. When they aren’t dodging moose, their story ideas appear during their walks with their dog, who far prefers playing to plotting novels. Jim and Stephanie are world travelers who seek out crop
- [Kris Frieswick](https://booktrib.com/book_author/kris-frieswick/) - KRIS FRIESWICK is an award-winning journalist, essayist, editor and humorist who has written for and edited leading national magazines and newspapers for over 20 years. She’s an avid cyclist, traveler and cook. She splits her time between Cape Cod, MA, and St. Croix, USVI, with her husband. Read BookTrib's review of her book, The Ghost Manuscript.
- [Alan Brenham](https://booktrib.com/book_author/alan-brenham/) - ALAN BRENHAM has served as a criminal investigator with municipal, county and federal law enforcement agencies, and as a contractor with the U.S. Army in Berlin, teaching college-level law enforcement classes to U.S. military personnel. Later, he was admitted to the Texas state bar and spent his legal career as a prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, and
- [Joseph Cicio](https://booktrib.com/book_author/joseph-cicio/) - JOSEPH CICIO is a uniquely talented and visionary creative leader in the world of retail, Joseph Cicio’s high-profile positions brought him into contact with leading celebrities of the day. He became close friends with figures such as Lady Nancy Slim Keith, Lauren Bacall, Audrey Hepburn, the Kissingers, and Joan Rivers, earning him a fascinating insight into the
- [Steve Berry](https://booktrib.com/book_author/steve-berry/) - STEVE BERRY is the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of 13 Cotton Malone adventures and four stand-alone thrillers. His books have been translated into 40 languages with more than 22,000,000 copies in 51 countries. They consistently appear in the top echelon of The New York Times, USA Today, and indie bestseller lists. History lies at the
- [Alexandre Montagu](https://booktrib.com/book_author/alexandre-montagu/) - ALEXANDRE MONTAGU is a lawyer living in New York City. Fluent in English, French, Farsi and German he studied at the University of Cambridge, Harvard Law School and Princeton University where he teaches a course in the comparative literature department as a visiting lecturer. Intellectual Property: Money and Power in a New Era 2012 The
- [Martin Jay Weiss](https://booktrib.com/book_author/martin-jay-weiss/) - MARTIN JAY WEISS is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed and produced a vast anthology of commercials, films, and television projects. He has a BS in Journalism from the University of Illinois and an MFA in Film from New York University. Born and raised in Chicago, he now lives in California with his wife
- [Layne James](https://booktrib.com/book_author/layne-james/) - Layne James has been writing since she could hold a pen. With a background in photojournalism, she is passionate about telling stories with both her camera and her words. Layne loves gardening, being outside, traveling, keeping life as simple as possible, and time with her heart friends. Her dream is to sit in bed reading,
- [Bonnie C. Monte](https://booktrib.com/book_author/bonnie-c-monte/) - Bonnie grew up in Brooklyn, long before it was a magnet for hipsters. She’s been writing and editing for three decades — for Parenting magazine, for Sunset books, for big-name catalogs, you name it. But writing fiction is her new favorite endeavor because she gets to make stuff up. The mother of two grown daughters,
- [Lindsay Blake](https://booktrib.com/book_author/lindsay-blake/) - Lindsay Blake’s dream list is one hundred deep. She has traveled to over thirty-two countries, caring for others and exploring our beautiful planet. She’s jumped out of a plane, lived in a mud hut in South Sudan, nearly died from a tapeworm in Pakistan, and dreams of flying to outer space. She’s shaved her head
- [Simon Mayo](https://booktrib.com/book_author/simon-mayo/) - Simon Mayo is one of England’s most admired radio presenters. He has worked on BBC radio since 1982 and is now the presenter of Drivetime on BBC Radio 2. He lives in London. He is the author of the historical fiction novel Mad Blood Stirring. Read BookTrib's review of Simon's book, Mad Blood Stirring. ITCH
- [Casey Barrett](https://booktrib.com/book_author/casey-barrett/) - Casey Barrett is the author of the Duck Darley crime series. His debut, UNDER WATER, was nominated for a Shamus Award in 2018. He is a Canadian Olympic swimmer and is the co-founder of Imagine Swimming, New York City’s largest learn-to-swim school. He has won three Emmys and one Peabody award for his work on
- [Michael Okon](https://booktrib.com/book_author/michael-okon/) - Michael Okon is an award-winning and best-selling author of multiple genres including paranormal, thriller, horror, action/adventure and self-help. He is a screen writer, as well. He graduated from Long Island University with a degree in English, and then later received his MBA in business and finance. Coming from a family of writers, he has storytelling
- [Carole P. Roman](https://booktrib.com/book_author/carole-p-roman/) - Carole P. Roman is the award-winning author of over fifty children’s books. Whether it’s pirates, princesses, or discovering the world around us, her books have enchanted educators, parents, and her diverse audience of children. She hosts two blog radio programs and is one of the founders of a new magazine, Indie Author’s Monthly. She’s been
- [Brit Lunden](https://booktrib.com/book_author/brit-lunden/) - Brit Lunden is a prolific author who’s written over 50 books in assorted genres under different pen names. Bulwark was her first effort in adult fiction and was chosen by several of her fellow authors as the basis for a new series, A Bulwark Anthology. Using her characters, they are creating new denizens in spin-off
- [Margot Suzanne Weyandt](https://booktrib.com/book_author/margot-suzanne-weyandt/) - MARGOT SUZANNE WEYANDT holds a bachelor’s degree in education and language arts from SWMN State University. She taught elementary students who had special learning and behavior problems on Leech Lake Indian Reservation, MN. Margot received an MSSW degree from the U of TX, Arlington, and became a LMSW, specializing in biofeedback, marriage and family counseling,
- [Charita Cole Brown](https://booktrib.com/book_author/charita-cole-brown/) - Charita Cole Brown was diagnosed with a severe form of bipolar disorder while finishing her final semester as an English major at Wesleyan University in 1982. Doctors predicted she would never lead a “normal “ life. Despite that prognosis and because she sought treatment, Charita went on to marry, raise a family, earn a masters
- [Diana Grillo](https://booktrib.com/book_author/diana-grillo/) - DIANA GRILLO grew up in a struggling, Italian immigrant family while living in a wealthy suburb in Westchester County, New York. The neighborhood’s substantial wealth and social status starkly contrasted with her family’s, making Diana feel as though she never quite belonged. She became a mother at a very young age and worked her way
- [Juno Rushdan](https://booktrib.com/book_author/juno-rushdan/) - Juno Rushdan is an award-winning author of romantic thrillers. She drew from her background as a former military Intelligence Officer to create the Final Hour series, which includes Every Last Breath, Nothing to Fear and Until the End(Sourcebooks Publishing). A native New Yorker, she currently lives in the Washington, DC area with her patient husband,
- [Sondra Helene](https://booktrib.com/book_author/sondra-helene/) - Sondra Helene is a board member and writer at GrubStreet, Boston’s center for literary life. Her publications include “Jewish Magic Protected My Sister” in Lilith Magazine, “The Switch” in Voices of Caregiving: Stories of Courage, Comfort and Strength; and “Losing My Sister and the Long Road Back” on better50.com. She has studied fiction and nonfiction
- [Tom Weidlinger](https://booktrib.com/book_author/tom-weidlinger/) - Tom Weidlinger is an independent filmmaker who has been writing, directing and producing documentary films for thirty-five years. Many of his films have won festival awards, and twenty-one have aired nationally on public television. Concerned with themes of social justice, his work deals with a broad range of topics, from the dilemmas of humanitarian aid
- [Jeffrey Michelson](https://booktrib.com/book_author/jeffrey-michelson/) - Two geniuses shaped Jeffrey Michelson’s life. In 1967, Norman Mailer hired him as houseboy and sparring partner and they became lifelong friends. In 1970, John Lennon chose Jeffrey to create the advertising campaign for his album “Imagine.” Apple then asked Jeffrey to form an advertising agency to oversee all their media: print ads, billboards, radio
- [Anita Speake](https://booktrib.com/book_author/anita-speake/) - Anita Swanson Speake was born and raised in Minnesota. She completed her nurse’s training and began her nursing career in Minneapolis before moving to Los Angeles. She spent thirty one years working as a registered nurse in emergency rooms and intensive care units. As she finished her career in nursing she was looking for something
- [Kimberly Townsend](https://booktrib.com/book_author/kimberly-townsend/) - Dr. Kimberly Townsend is President and CEO of Loretto Management Corporation in Syracuse, NY. She is an expert in the fields of healthcare management, board governance, and leadership. Kimberly Townsend, MBA, MPA, JD, Ed.D, CPA, GPHR, is a role model for anyone who wants to make positive change in the world. Like many women, she’s
- [Mona Patel](https://booktrib.com/book_author/mona-patel/) - Mona Patel is a dynamic entrepreneur with 17-years experience convincing leaders at some of the world’s biggest brands, including NASA, BMW, and Microsoft, to understand, value and optimize their customers’ experiences. As the CEO and Founder of Motivate Design, a user-centered design agency based in New York City, Mona developed the Reframework, an eight-step process
- [Philip Wolfson](https://booktrib.com/book_author/philip-wolfson/) - Philip Wolfson studied Chinese politics, spycraft, language and culture at Columbia University in the 1960s, while passing the Foreign Service Examination of the United States Information Agency—all of which fueled his ongoing interest in espionage and international relations, including propaganda and cultural warfare. In his 9-year stint as Creative Supervisor in medical advertising, he used
- [Alice Inoue](https://booktrib.com/book_author/alice-inoue/) - This book offers a new system from an ancient framework for personal guidance on how to deal with life like the Superhero you have within you—in command of your life and more confident every step of the way. The exclusive Archetype Quiz will reveal your natural elemental nature. Who are you? Calm Connector? Masterful Ally?
- [Christine Davis Merriman](https://booktrib.com/book_author/christine-davis-merriman/) - Christine Davis Merriman completed her MFA in Imaginative Writing/Fiction at UMass Amherst forty years ago. As an undergrad, she won Towson State University’s John S. Lewis Fiction Award for a collection of short stories, and was eager to pursue a career in fiction. Then “life” intervened, with marriage, a son, divorce, a second marriage, and
- [Herb Freed](https://booktrib.com/book_author/herb-freed/) - Herb Freed started his adult life as an ordained rabbi and became the spiritual leader of Temple Beth Shalom in Lake Mahopac, NY, while producing and directing three shows at the Maidman Playhouse in New York City. Eventually, he resigned his pulpit to become a movie director. He has directed and produced 15 feature films, most of
- [Gregory Lee Renz](https://booktrib.com/book_author/gregory-lee-renz/) - In 2006 Gregory Lee Renz was inducted into the Fire and Police Hall of Fame for the dramatic rescue of two boys from their burning home. In 2008 Captain Renz retired, exchanging his turnout gear for a writing desk to pursue his passion, storytelling. After eight years, numerous creative writing courses through the University of
- [J. O. Quantaman](https://booktrib.com/book_author/j-o-quantaman/) - J. O. has worked as a fishing guide, a photographer, street traffic consultant, a software developer and graphic artist. Currently, he's an indie author and publisher. Founder of Psignologic Services since 1995. Read BookTrib's review of J. O.'s book, Loose Threads. BOOKS: Loose Threads: Cool Assassins 1 (2018) Hot Wheels: Cool Assassins 2 (2019)
- [Bradley Harper](https://booktrib.com/book_author/bradley-harper/) - COL (ret) Bradley Harper is a retired US Army pathologist with real-life experience in forensic death investigation, and he uses that experience in his writing. His debut novel, A Knife in the Fog, involves a young Arthur Conan Doyle and suffragette author Margaret Harkness in the hunt for Jack the Ripper and was a finalist
- [Stevie Z Fischer](https://booktrib.com/book_author/stevie-z-fischer/) - Stevie Z Fischer writes about the dynamics of people, nature, and power in small-town New England. Her first novel, River Rules, looks at how everyday heroes can be forged as lives are changed by forces seemingly beyond our control. Stevie's focus on the bonds of friendship, love of nature, and refusal to be marginalized shines
- [Hannah Mary McKinnon](https://booktrib.com/book_author/hannah-mary-mckinnon/) - I was born in the UK and grew up in Switzerland where I earned a couple of degrees in finance and business. After graduating I worked in a number of different industries before joining an IT recruitment company to do “everything except sales” (that was my actual job-title). Fast-forward a little over a decade and
- [Diana Altman](https://booktrib.com/book_author/diana-altman/) - Diana Altman is the author of Hollywood East: Louis B. Mayer and the origins of the studio system, a book of film history still quoted in movie star biographies. Her novel In Theda Bara’s Tent was described by Publishers Weekly as “enthralling.” Her latest novel, We Never Told, was compared to Wally Lamb and received 5-stars
- [Lukas Konandreas](https://booktrib.com/book_author/lukas-konandreas/) - Lukas Konandreas M.D. was born in Greece and has been living in the USA for over 45 years. He is running an Urgent Care Medical Center in Stamford Connecticut. He is married to Georgia, a Doctor of Psychology and has two sons. Lukas, was part of this tragic true story and has used personal memories,
- [Barbara N. McLennan](https://booktrib.com/book_author/barbara-n-mclennan/) - BARBARA MCLENNAN has lived in Williamsburg since 2001. Formerly with the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments, and former Vice President for Government Affairs of the Electronic Industries Association (consumer electronics), she has provided consulting services on investment, valuation, trade and tax issues. Over the last several years, Dr. McLennan has served as a docent at Jamestown
- [George Robert Minkoff](https://booktrib.com/book_author/george-robert-minkoff/) - A rare book dealer for fifty-two years, George Robert Minkoff is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America as well as the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Minkoff currently serves as Secretary on the Board of Directors of the Poetry Society of America. George Robert Minkoff Inc. Rare Books is known internationally for
- [Karen Schutte](https://booktrib.com/book_author/karen-schutte/) - The oldest of four daughters, I was born during WWII on a farm in rural Wyoming. I went to the first 8 grades in a two-room school then on to Greybull High School and the University of WY. I read everything I could get my hands on. I always had dreams for my life—Marriage, four
- [Jodé Millman](https://booktrib.com/book_author/jode-millman/) - Jodé Millman is the author of the best-selling Seats: New York theatre guidebooks. Her debut thriller novel, The Midnight Call (our review), was released by Immortal Works Publishing in 2019 and is now available in audiobook format. The unpublished manuscript of The Midnight Call was short-listed for the 2014 Clue Award and received the First Place
- [Rita Dragonette](https://booktrib.com/book_author/rita-dragonette/) - Rita Dragonette is a writer who, after spending nearly thirty years telling the stories of others as an award-winning public relations executive, has returned to her original creative path. The Fourteenth of September, her debut novel, is based upon her personal experiences on campus during the Vietnam War. The novel, which came out from She Writes Press
- [Amy Rivers](https://booktrib.com/book_author/amy-rivers/) - Amy Rivers was born and raised in southern New Mexico and currently resides in Colorado with her husband and kids. Her graduate work focused on politics, psychology and forensic criminology, topics she loves to incorporate into her writing. Her latest novel, All the Broken People, was released in March 2019. Read BookTrib's review of Amy's
- [Margo T Krasne](https://booktrib.com/book_author/margo-t-krasne/) - A dyed in the wool New Yorker, MARGO KRASNE has taken many roles simultaneously. Trained as an actress under Sanford Meisner, she later left the theater for the ad world. Margo created the Radio Department at Doyle Dane Bernbach in the 1960’s. She then went to sculpting full time until she reinvented herself in her
- [Alisha Perkins](https://booktrib.com/book_author/alisha-perkins/) - Writer. Author. Mental Illness Speaker. Mother. Wife. Introvert. TEDx Speaker. Learn more about Alisha on her Author Profile page. BOOKS: Running Home (2016) Martyred (2019) Biggest literary influencers: Greer Hendricks, Liv Constantine, Megan Miranda, Gillian Flynn, Peter Swanson Last book read: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert The book that changed your life: The
- [Stacey Wilk](https://booktrib.com/book_author/stacey-wilk/) - Stacey Wilk wrote her first novel in middle school to quiet the characters in her head. It was that or let them out to eat the cannolis, and she wasn't sharing her grandfather’s Italian pastries. Many years later her life took an adventurous turn when she gave birth to two different kinds of characters. She often sits in awe
- [Monique Snyman](https://booktrib.com/book_author/monique-snyman/) - Monique Snyman’s mind is a confusing bedlam of glitter and death, where candy-coated gore is found in abundance and homicidal unicorns thrive. Sorting out the mess in her head is particularly irksome before she’s ingested a specific amount of coffee, which is equal to half the recommended intake of water for humans per day. When
- [Kelli Estes](https://booktrib.com/book_author/kelli-estes/) - KELLI ESTES earned a degree in business before deciding to try her hand at writing. Six manuscripts, two kids and fifteen years later, her dream of being an author came true in 2015 with the publication of The Girl Who Wrote in Silk, a USA Today Bestseller and winner of the PNWA Nancy Pearl Award and
- [Michelle Alstead](https://booktrib.com/book_author/michelle-alstead/) - MICHELLE ALSTEAD is a single, divorced mom of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She tries to promote autism awareness and advocate for gender equality while raising Sheldon Cooper and searching for some semblance of a love life. Read BookTrib's review of Michelle's latest book, The Last Chapter. BOOKS: The Last Chapter (2019) One
- [David G. Thomas](https://booktrib.com/book_author/david-g-thomas/) - DAVID G. THOMAS is an author, historian, filmmaker, producer, actor, screenwriter and travel writer. He is the Associate Producer of the 2019 documentary film The Wonder of the Century, based on the author’s book on Giovanni Maria de Agostini, an Eighteenth Century world traveler. David is also the co-founder of the Pat Garrett Western Heritage
- [Mike Bond](https://booktrib.com/book_author/mike-bond/) - Bestselling novelist MIKE BOND has worked in many dangerous and war-torn regions of the world. His critically acclaimed novels portray the innate hunger of the human heart for good, the intense joys of love, the terror and fury of battle, the sinister conspiracies of dictators, corporations and politicians, and the beauty of the vanishing natural world.
- [Suzanne Kamata](https://booktrib.com/book_author/suzanne-kamata/) - Suzanne Kamata was born in Michigan and later moved to South Carolina where she graduated from the University of South Carolina. She has an MFA from the University of British Columbia. She is the author of books for both young and adult readers, and currently teaches at a university in Japan. Suzanne raised two children,
- [Andra Douglas](https://booktrib.com/book_author/andra-douglas/) - ANDRA DOUGLAS is a native of central Florida and a graduate of Florida State University and Pratt Institute. A national champion athlete in rugby and women's tackle football, she was the owner of the New York Sharks Women's Pro Football team for nineteen years and is the founder of the Fins Up! Foundation for Female
- [Adriana Herrera](https://booktrib.com/book_author/adriana-herrera/) - ADRIANA HERRERA was born and raised in the Caribbean, but for the last 15 years has let her job (and her spouse) take her all over the world. She loves writing stories about people who look and sound like her people and gives them unapologetic happy endings. When she’s not dreaming up love stories, planning
- [Ursula Masdal](https://booktrib.com/book_author/ursula-masdal/) - URSULA MASDAL was born in Ireland and moved to London, England at an early age. She was educated in a convent. Surrounded by her Irish family sparked her interest in Irish folk lore, thus her writings show her Irish humor. This can be seen in her short plays and children’s books. Her short plays have been
- [Leslie Shimotakahara](https://booktrib.com/book_author/leslie-shimotakahara/) - Leslie Shimotakahara's memoir The Reading List won the Canada-Japan Literary Prize in 2012, and her fiction has been shortlisted for the KM Hunter Artist Award. She has a PhD in English from Brown University. Although Leslie wanted to be a writer since childhood, she ended up taking a slightly nerdy detour through the academic study
- [Peter Fortunato](https://booktrib.com/book_author/peter-fortunato/) - PETER FORTUNATO grew up in Wappingers Falls and Poughkeepsie, New York at a family-run restaurant and resort much like the Villa Giustovera. His father was a stage magician and singer and his mother an extraordinary seamstress and cook. His grandparents and their friends were his earliest connection not only to Italy but also to the
- [Ellen Gibson-Adler](https://booktrib.com/book_author/ellen-gibson-adler/) - Ellen Gibson-Adler was born in Tokyo during the American military occupation of Japan following WWII. She grew up in the nomadic travels of a military family, which took her from Japan to Alaska, Ohio, Texas, Louisiana and Massachusetts. She graduated with honors from the University of Massachusetts at Boston with majors in anthropology and sociology.
- [Ron Coury](https://booktrib.com/book_author/ron-coury/) - Ron Coury is a name well known to longtime residents and members of the business community in Southern Nevada. A U.S. Marine, Coury has seen and done a lot in his 45 years in Las Vegas. Coury is an observational entrepreneur, a “niche finder,” in his words. With nearly every venture he has undertaken, he
- [Deborah Curtin](https://booktrib.com/book_author/deborah-curtin/) - Art and writing have always been the core of Deborah’s background. An opportunity to write "human interest" stories for a local newspaper opened up and she excelled in this endeavor. Several years later she began a column of local interest for an online publication. Soon another writing avenue spoke to her; visiting farms and creating
- [Jeff and Beth McCord](https://booktrib.com/book_author/jeff-and-beth-mccord/) - After growing through 24 years of marital ups and downs, there's nothing this duo loves more than coming alongside couples - armed with the tools of the Enneagram and the truth of the Gospel - to offer a better way to live and grow, together. Beth and Jeff McCord are the founders of Your Enneagram
- [Ryan Foland](https://booktrib.com/book_author/ryan-foland/) - Ryan Foland is a high energy speaker, podcast host, and consultant who teaches executives how to build their personal brands. His 3-1-3® Method uncovers core brand messaging to guide bespoke content marketing strategies. Ryan has given 4 TEDx talks and has been featured in Inc., Entrepreneur, Forbes, Fortune, and more. His award-winning book, Ditch the
- [Leonard Kim](https://booktrib.com/book_author/leonard-kim/) - Leonard Kim is the coauthor of Ditch the Act, in which he teaches readers how to own and expose who they truly are, form meaningful relationships that move the needle and ultimately, uncover the greatness that already exists from within, to stack success. Leonard Kim is the author of Ditch the Act, a book that
- [Matt Coyle](https://booktrib.com/book_author/matt-coyle/) - Matt Coyle is the author of the bestselling Rick Cahill crime series. Matt knew he wanted to be a crime writer at age fourteen when his father gave him Raymond Chandler’s The Simple Art of Murder. His books have won the Anthony, Shamus, Lefty, Ben Franklin Silver, Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Silver, and San Diego Book
- [Joan Spilman](https://booktrib.com/book_author/joan-spilman/) - Joan holds an MFA from Wichita State University, where she was awarded a fellowship. She is the author of This Will Never Stop, narrated by four generations of Appalachian women, of which Kirkus Reviews said, “Spilman’s textured prose masterfully evokes the hard-knock lives and locales of these women. A highly readable and adeptly crafted addition
- [G. Wayne Miller](https://booktrib.com/book_author/g-wayne-miller/) - Wayne Miller is a Providence Journal staff writer, filmmaker, screenwriter, podcaster, visiting fellow at Salve Regina University’s Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, and co-host and co-producer of the Telly Award-winning weekly national PBS TV and SiriusXM Satellite Radio show Story in the Public Square. He is also the author of 10 books
- [Author Julie Clark](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-julie-clark/) - Born and raised in Santa Monica, California, Julie Clark grew up reading books on the beach while everyone else surfed. After attending college in Northern California and a brief stint working in athletics at Berkeley, she returned to Santa Monica to teach. She now lives there with her two sons and a golden doodle with
- [Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey](https://booktrib.com/book_author/michael-houlihan-bonnie-harvey/) - Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey Business Audio Theatre – Full Cast Performance Founders of Barefoot Wine provide a new approach to audiobooks where actors play the parts in the entertaining story of their humble beginnings — complete with sound effects, music and interviews Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey help “start-up, build-up, and build-out” companies mitigate
- [Author David Myers](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-david-myers/) - David Meyers has spoken at business conferences and to post-doc psychologists at what was then known as the Institute for Rational Emotive Therapy, as well as taught in 2,000 classrooms from first graders to PhD business students on topics that include "The Uniform Structure of Information," "The Coloring Book for Thinking," and "Life as a
- [Steve Anderson](https://booktrib.com/book_author/steve-anderson/) - Steve Anderson is an insurance expert. He holds a master’s degree in Insurance Law. He was chosen as one of the original 150 LinkedIn Influencers and has over 340,000 followers. Anderson is a professional speaker, consultant, and “futurist.” His passion is to help businesses take the right amount of risk to grow and thrive in
- [Karen S. Gordon](https://booktrib.com/book_author/karen-s-gordon/) - Karen's fascination with the twenty-six black and white symbols began when she embarked on her first major writing project at age three: to copy the entire Los Angeles phone directory into her older brothers' school notebooks. She's led an eclectic life. Karen got her first job at age twelve as a groom for a top
- [Author Ronald S. Barak](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-ronald-s-barak/) - Ron Barak, bestselling author, Olympic athlete, law school honors graduate and experienced courtroom lawyer, is uniquely qualified to write novels that appeal to political and legal thriller fans. Ron resides in Pacific Palisades, California, where he is hard at work on his next novel, JK’s Code. In the meantime, read our review of his latest
- [Author Chuck Miceli](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-chuck-miceli/) - Chuck Miceli is an award-winning author, editor, playwright and poet. His writings include two textbooks, two plays, two novels and dozens of training courses, short stories and poems. His co-authored text, Fire Behind Bars, was the first book in the country to deal with deadly fires in secure institutions and put him on the national
- [BK Fulton](https://booktrib.com/book_author/bk-fulton/) - BK as a child BK Fulton is an author, filmmaker, philanthropist and entrepreneur. BK was awarded a ComputerWorld Smithsonian International Technology Laureates Medal and his influential writings on technology are permanently archived at the Smithsonian Institute. He lives in Virginia with his wife, Jackie, where they raised twin boys. His series, Mr. Business, tells the
- [Rebekah Simon-Peter](https://booktrib.com/book_author/rebekah-simon-peter/) - Looking back over thirty years of recovery from addiction and twenty-five years as a United Methodist pastor, Casper, Wyoming, author, Rebekah Simon-Peter, reflects on the power of spirituality, a surprise vision, and her work coaching church leaders in her latest book, Dream Like Jesus: Deepen Your Faith and Bring the Impossible to Life. The result
- [Kevin Doherty](https://booktrib.com/book_author/kevin-doherty/) - Kevin Doherty grew up in Northern Ireland, graduated from Queen’s University Belfast, and lives in England, near Windsor Castle, with his wife Roz. His professional background is advertising and marketing. He has worked for a number of U.K. and international companies and has advised business and government agencies in Britain and Europe. He now writes
- [Paul Molenberg](https://booktrib.com/book_author/paul-molenberg/) - Paul Molenberg lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has had a lifelong commitment to fitness and sport activities, including almost two decades of mountain biking a diverse range of trails throughout the United States and some of Canada. The coastal redwood trails of Northern California, Lake Tahoe’s epic rim trail, the slopes of
- [Ken Kamen](https://booktrib.com/book_author/ken-kamen/) - Ken Kamen is the president of Mercadien Asset Management with nearly four decades of experience in the securities and personal finance industries. Kamen is a nationally recognized financial expert and advisor. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Reclaim Your Nest Egg: Take Control of Your Financial Future. He is also president of Mercadien
- [Valerie Taylor](https://booktrib.com/book_author/valerie-taylor/) - Valerie Taylor was born and raised in Stamford, CT. She earned a B.S. Marketing degree and an MBA from Sacred Heart University, as well as a graduate certificate in health care administration from Simmons University (formerly Simmons College). She had a thirty-year career in the financial services industry as a marketer and writer. After her
- [Humphrey Hawksley](https://booktrib.com/book_author/humphrey-hawksley/) - Humphrey Hawksley is an author, foreign correspondent and commentator on world affairs. His work with the BBC has taken him to crises all over the world. His journalism has also appeared in most mainstream media in the U.K. and U.S., such as NPR, the New York Times and the London Times. His latest non-fiction book
- [Chad Morris and Shelly Brown](https://booktrib.com/book_author/chad-morris-and-shelly-brown/) - Shelly: Chad Morris and Shelly Brown wrote Willa and the Whale, Squint and Mustaches for Maddie. They have won the Buckeye Children’s Book Award, the Nebraska Book Award and Foreword review’s Book of the Year. They have also appeared on CNN and the Hallmark Channel. Chad is also the author of the futuristic Cragbridge Hall
- [Frank L. Cole](https://booktrib.com/book_author/frank-l-cole/) - Frank L. Cole was born into a family of southern storytellers and wrote his first book at age eight. Highly superstitious and gullible to a fault, Frank will believe in any creepy story you tell him, especially ones involving ghosts and Big Foot. Currently, along with his wife and three children, he resides in the
- [Spencer Hyde](https://booktrib.com/book_author/spencer-hyde/) - Spencer Hyde’s novel Waiting for Fitz released in March of 2019. His second novel, What The Other Three Don’t Know will release in March of this year. His stories and essays have appeared in Glimmer Train, Bellevue Literary Review, Five Points and elsewhere. He teaches creative writing and literature at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and is currently at work on
- [John DeSimone](https://booktrib.com/book_author/john-desimone/) - John DeSimone is a novelist, memoirist and editor. He’s co-authored bestselling memoirs, including The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan, and others. He taught writing as an adjunct professor at Biola University, and has worked as a freelance editor and writer for nearly twenty years. His novel, The Road to Delano (our review here),
- [Andrew Milburn](https://booktrib.com/book_author/andrew-milburn/) - Andrew Milburn was born in Hong Kong and grew up in the United Kingdom where he attended St Paul’s School and University College London. After graduating from law school, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps as a private. He was commissioned from the ranks, and as a Marine infantry and special operations officer, has
- [Peter Damm](https://booktrib.com/book_author/peter-damm/) - Peter Damm’s life has traveled varied tracks. He was raised in small town rural Michigan and graduated with Honors from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He later studied with National Book Award winner, Wright Morris, and with Guggenheim Fellow and National Jewish Book Award winner Leo Litwak in the Master’s Creative Writing Program
- [Davin Goodwin](https://booktrib.com/book_author/davin-goodwin/) - Davin Goodwin is a graduate of Arkansas State University and works in the technology industry. He’s been a small business owner, a real estate investor, an aerial photographer and flight instructor, a semi-professional banjo player and a scuba diver, often seen on the island of Bonaire. Diver’s Paradise is his first novel and he intends
- [Drew Murray](https://booktrib.com/book_author/drew-murray/) - Drew Murray is a native of Ontario, Canada. After a corporate career in technology, he has transitioned into education and writing. He’s an avid fan of Comic Cons, escape rooms and board games, which positions him well as the author of Broken Genius, his debut novel. Drew lives with his family in London, Ontario.
- [Sandra Tankoos](https://booktrib.com/book_author/sandra-tankoos/) - Sandra Tankoos has been a teacher and a successful entrepreneur. She has served on the boards of several organizations within the Jewish Community. She was Vice President of the Association of Reform Zionists of America and a Vice President of American Zionist Movement. She was President of a synagogue in Long Island and, thus, is
- [Phillip Goodrich](https://booktrib.com/book_author/phillip-goodrich/) - An amateur American history buff, Phillip Goodrich has developed a fascination with the lesser-told stories behind the characters during America’s founding years. His interest has led him to extensive research into the personal and political lives of American greats such as Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Through his unique insights and knowledge, Phillip
- [Otho Eskin](https://booktrib.com/book_author/otho-eskin/) - Otho Eskin published his first thriller, The Reflecting Pool, to great reviews and book club interest in 2020. The novel follows Marko Zorn, a D.C. homicide detective who has a strong ethical compass but refuses to play by the rules. The sequel, Head Shot, also featuring Marko Zorn, will be released on December, 7, 2021.
- [Joseph H. Gibson](https://booktrib.com/book_author/joseph-h-gibson/) - Joseph Gibson has worked for over twenty-five years in emerging technologies and has led the implementations of some of the world’s largest Search and Knowledge Management systems. He is currently engaged in the fields of machine learning, artificial intelligence and intent-based processing in his role as Knowledge Management Lead for a global high-tech corporation. He
- [Raymond C. Perkins Jr.](https://booktrib.com/book_author/raymond-c-perkins-jr/) - Ray is a retired middle school Social Studies teacher who began writing along with his students early on in his teaching career. He has written and published three books for young readers in the B.T. and Jimmy Adventure Series. Spychip Armageddon is his first attempt at adult fiction. Growing up in the wilds of northern
- [Susan Wingate](https://booktrib.com/book_author/susan-wingate/) - Susan Wingate writes unputdownable, surprising and twisty stories with crackling dialogue that exhibit a rare deftness in style offering up stories that are riveting, original and with a humanity rarely seen in contemporary fiction. She is a #1 Amazon bestseller and award-winning author of over fifteen novels. BOOKS: How the Deer Moon Hungers (2020)
- [Thomas Duffy](https://booktrib.com/book_author/thomas-duffy/) - Thomas Duffy is a New York-based writer who has authored several fiction novels, including 2016’s 9/11 themed To Never Know. He finds stories of day-to-day challenges fascinating and intriguing. Duffy has written about different topics such as working in retail, mental illness, romance and existentialism. Stockboy Nation is his eighth novel and his first sequel. Duffy also has
- [Tim Darcy Ellis](https://booktrib.com/book_author/tim-darcy-ellis/) - Tim Darcy Ellis (BA BSc, MHSc) is a writer and physiotherapy-business owner. He was formerly a professional archaeologist. Tim's critically acclaimed debut, The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives, is a fast-paced and meticulously researched historical fiction novel. He is passionate about bringing his love of history, archaeology and philosophy together through his writing. Tim
- [Andrea Carter](https://booktrib.com/book_author/andrea-carter/) - Andrea Carter grew up in the midlands of Ireland, studied law at Trinity College Dublin and practiced as a solicitor on the Inishowen Peninsula, Co. Donegal, where she ran the most northerly solicitor’s practice in the country. After a number of years, she returned to Dublin to practice as a barrister before turning to write
- [Anna Gomez](https://booktrib.com/book_author/anna-gomez/) - As Christine Brae After experiencing a great loss in her life, Anna Gomez decided that it was time to channel her feelings on paper and see where it would take her. She never imagined that her words would touch the hearts of many women with the same stories to tell. With an established fan base
- [Linda L. Richards](https://booktrib.com/book_author/linda-l-richards/) - Linda L. Richards is a journalist and the author of 15 books, including three series of novels featuring strong female protagonists. She is the former publisher of Self-Counsel Press and the founder and publisher of January Magazine. Her short story, “Terminal City” appeared in Vancouver Noir (Akashic Books) and was awarded the Arthur Ellis Award
- [Michael J. Hoggatt](https://booktrib.com/book_author/michael-j-hoggatt/) - Mike is the President of the Disability Ministry Conference, an organization whose mission is to "Advance Quality Disability Ministry by Coming Together to Learn, Connect & Collaborate." He holds Masters in both Special Education and Public Policy as well as a Ph.D. in Higher Education Policy with an emphasis in Disability Policy. His work on
- [R.J. King](https://booktrib.com/book_author/r-j-king/) - RJ was born and raised in North Carolina. He currently resides in Maryland, about fifteen minutes away from D.C. For more information, visit his website here. Read our review of his debut thriller, A Shepherd of Wolves, here. BOOKS: A Shepherd of Wolves (2021) Your biggest literary influences: At this point, there are too
- [Tammy Euliano](https://booktrib.com/book_author/tammy-euliano/) - By day, Tammy Euliano, MD, is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Florida where she cares for patients, teaches medical students and residents, performs research, and invents cool stuff. She's been honored with numerous teaching awards, more than 100,000 views on her YouTube teaching videos, and was featured in
- [Sharon Geltner](https://booktrib.com/book_author/sharon-geltner/) - Sharon Geltner’s career has spanned social work, social climbing, social media and more recently, social distancing. She’s worked as a reporter in Washington, D.C., and Boca Raton, FL, written for celebrity authors, and traveled the world on assignment including to the Mideast as a war correspondent. Her achievements include a national award for Outstanding News
- [K.W. Beasley](https://booktrib.com/book_author/k-w-beasley/) - K.W. Beasley is a previous history teacher and lover of everything apocalypse. He is currently working in his second favorite field of construction after doing an eight-year tour in the classroom teaching social studies to high schoolers. Dr. Beasley has four degrees with his latest one being a doctorate in educational leadership. He values education
- [Ben McCarty](https://booktrib.com/book_author/ben-mccarty/) - Ben McCarty is a former Cyber Capability Developer with the National Security Agency (NSA) and served as a Cyberwarfare Specialist in the U.S. Army. He has multiple security certifications, patents and years of experience working in the security industry. He served in the U.S. Army’s Network Warfare Battalion and became the first fully qualified cyberwarfare
- [Douglas A. Drossman, MD and Johannah Ruddy, MEd](https://booktrib.com/book_author/douglas-a-drossman-md-and-johannah-ruddy-med/) - Doug: Johannah: Dr. Drossman is trained in gastroenterology and psychiatry and was the founder and co-director of the Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders at the University of North Carolina. He is an internationally recognized scientist, clinician, and educator in DGBIs and communication skills training. He has written over 500 peer-reviewed scientific articles, published
- [Kenneth F. Conklin](https://booktrib.com/book_author/kenneth-f-conklin/) - Ken Conklin, a native of Los Angeles, lives in Botetourt County in southwestern Virginia. His essays have been published in the Roanoke Times and other publications such as the Victoria Advocate, Easy Reader and Microwave Journal. Norvel is his first book. (Read BookTrib's review here.) Although always a writer, he made his living in the technology
- [Anna Knight](https://booktrib.com/book_author/anna-knight/) - Anna Knight is the pen name of a first-time author. In her book, They Get Your Highs (I Get Your Lows), she offers readers a new perspective of addiction from behind closed doors. Anna kept records for 22 years just in case they were needed to protect herself. She just wanted to help to keep
- [Andrew S. Scott](https://booktrib.com/book_author/andrew-s-scott/) - Andrew Scott is a thoughtful leader and innovator, somebody who's creative, somebody who has a big heart, who loves being able to connect and network with people. He is a husband, a father, a son, a friend, and a brother. He has a love and a passion for interacting with people, making a positive impact
- [Author Rob Leininger](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-rob-leininger/) - Rob Leininger is an electronic technician (U.S. Navy), a mechanical engineer, a high school math teacher, the author of the Gumshoe P.I. series and other mysteries and thrillers. He lives in Northwest Montana with his wife and three spoiled dogs. Read our review of his latest, Gumshoe in the Dark, here. BOOKS: Gumshoe in the
- [A.F. Agui](https://booktrib.com/book_author/a-f-agui/) - A.F Agui is the name. Pen name? Maybe. Birth name? Probably. Agui started his writing journey in his early teens. He viewed it as a form of art, and he wanted to be in the mix, to create his own art and add to the artistic world. So, he did. Later, in his early twenties,
- [Steve Goble](https://booktrib.com/book_author/steve-goble/) - Steve Goble is a former Ohio journalist, now working with a digital investigations and cybersecurity firm in Cleveland. He writes a series of modern-day detective novels and a series of historical mysteries featuring pirates in the 1720s. He is a board member for Mystery Writers of America’s Midwest Chapter. Read BookTrib's review of City Problems here. BOOKS:
- [Renaii West](https://booktrib.com/book_author/renaii-west/) - Renaii West has been writing and performing from an early age. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, she became the dramatic arts instructor in a performing arts program, where she wrote and directed many of her own productions. Desiring to spread her creative wings, she is now creating fun-loving and sometimes quirky characters
- [Angela K. Durden/Durden Kell](https://booktrib.com/book_author/angela-k-durden-durden-kell/) - Angela K. Durden won national attention in 2000 for her first published book, Nine Stupid Things People Do To Mess Up Their Resumes. On her first in-studio radio interview, she advised syndicated host G. Gordon Liddy about how to best deal with the long gap in his resume. Angela served four years as managing editor
- [Freddie Floyd Jr.](https://booktrib.com/book_author/freddie-floyd-jr/) - Greetings! I am the published author of the hit book You Are Designed to be Successful. I like to consider myself a spiritual teacher on a mission to uplift people’s lives in a biblical fashion. I am on a personal mission to bring people back to God in a way that may be a bit
- [Frances Schoonmaker](https://booktrib.com/book_author/frances-schoonmaker/) - Winner of the 2019 Agatha Award for Best Middle Grade/Young Adult Mystery, Frances Schoonmaker is author of The Last Crystal Trilogy (Auctus Publishing). The trilogy combines history, mystery, and fantasy around the central theme that there are some things only a child can do because children imagine possibilities adults often fail to see. As an
- [Michael E. Gosset, Ed.D.](https://booktrib.com/book_author/michael-e-gosset-ed-d/) - Michael E. Gosset is a Physical Education professional who is interested in the long-term growth of children. He has been a teacher, a youth and scholastic coach, a high school Athletic Director, and currently teaches and is an administrator at the college level. He was a competitive runner and tennis player, and continues an active
- [Matt Witten](https://booktrib.com/book_author/matt-witten/) - Matt Witten is a TV writer, novelist, playwright and screenwriter who has written for many TV shows including House, Pretty Little Liars, Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Medium, JAG, The Glades, Homicide, Judging Amy, and Women’s Murder Club. His latest novel, The Necklace, has been optioned for film by Appian Way and Cartel Pictures, with
- [Justin C. Denton](https://booktrib.com/book_author/justin-c-denton/) - Justin Denton is an investigative journalist, military historian, a certified business continuity (and pandemic) planner (CBCP), as well as a certified information systems security professional (CISSP). As such, he has written or reviewed countless pandemic plans and recovery protocols as well as investigated many breaches of information system security. Denton has also authored articles, interviews
- [Erik Bean](https://booktrib.com/book_author/erik-bean/) - Erik Bean holds a master's degree in journalism from Michigan State University, and he also holds a doctorate in education with sanctioned research interests in cultural competence, leadership and mental health. A section editor of The Journal of Leadership Studies, John Wiley & Sons, he also is founder of the Ethan Bean Mental Wellness Foundation,
- [Helaine Mario](https://booktrib.com/book_author/helaine-mario/) - Helaine Mario is the author of four novels of suspense - Firebird (Amazon E-book), and the award-winning Classical Music Suspense Series, The Lost Concerto, Dark Rhapsody and Shadow Music. Helaine, a Boston University graduate, has been married for over 50 years and lives with her husband Ron in Arlington, VA. She is grateful to be a two-time
- [Michael Anderle](https://booktrib.com/book_author/michael-anderle/) - Michael Anderle was born in Houston, TX. A very curious child, he got into trouble — a lot. What to do with an inquisitive mind when he was grounded? Read! For his first 20 years, he mostly read Science Fiction and Fantasy. In the last 10 years, he has enjoyed Urban Fantasy and Military Fiction. With
- [Nicklois Leonard](https://booktrib.com/book_author/nicklois-leonard/) - Nicklois Leonard was born and raised in a rural area in southeastern Ohio. Growing up in a small town, he was fascinated with music, sports and science fiction. Later, Mr. Leonard spent over 25 years serving in the US Navy. He now spends his time working in the corporate world. When not working, he enjoys
- [Robert Burnham](https://booktrib.com/book_author/robert-burnham/) - Robert Burnham is a licensed professional forensic engineer with two University of Michigan engineering degrees. He is a member of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers and the National Society of Professional Engineers. Burnham’s scientific and analytical background enabled him to accurately assess the possibility that Hitler’s scientists could have been first in the world
- [Dr. Ambroes Pass-Turner](https://booktrib.com/book_author/dr-ambroes-pass-turner/) - Dr. Ambroes Pass-Turner is a Doctor of Counseling Psychology, owner of APT Counseling Services, LLC, professor, and author. She published the books Rex's Journey: Helping Children Understand and Cope with Emotions, Childhood Sexual Abuse: Pathway to Mental Health Issues and Delinquent Behavior and the forthcoming ADHD Warrior: Helping Children Conquer ADHD Unwanted Behavior. She is
- [Jesse Banner](https://booktrib.com/book_author/jesse-banner/) - Jesse Banner is the author of To Hover Over Waters, the first book in a series about children who have magically and mysteriously been made invisible to the world around them. Drawing inspiration from a variety of books and movies, he wrote the novel as an exploration of purpose, belief and culture from a
- [Kari Allen](https://booktrib.com/book_author/kari-allen/) - Kari Allen is an elementary teacher at a local independent school where every day she gets to share stories with kids. She has an MA in the Teaching of Writing, and one of her favorite things is to help kids fall in love with words. Kari feels happiest with her toes in the water and
- [Tom Farrell](https://booktrib.com/book_author/tom-farrell/) - Tom Farrell has worked as a golf course starter and a chemist, and clerked at City Hall in Chicago while attending law school. He has served as Vice President of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, a nonprofit corporation, and was a past finalist in the Pikes Peak Writer’s Contest in the Mystery, Suspense and Thriller category.
- [Dd Jaseron](https://booktrib.com/book_author/dd-jaseron/) - Dd Jaseron lives on the beachside of Central Florida with her husband, her son, and her Standard Poodle, Isabelle. She grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she fell in love with writing at the young age of seven. Her poems and short stories were often published in the Cambridge Chronicle, and she went on to
- [Ron Gabriel](https://booktrib.com/book_author/ron-gabriel/) - Ron Gabriel is a magazine industry veteran who has worked for Seventeen, The New York Times Upfront, Cosmopolitan, US Weekly and Rolling Stone. He grew up in northern New England where he loved exploring old graveyards and places rumored to be haunted. Late nights, he devoured horror fiction from Stephen King, Anne Rice and Peter
- [Stella Atrium](https://booktrib.com/book_author/stella-atrium/) - Stella Atrium is a cynical septuagenarian. She has spent a lifetime exploring female characters for real-world reactions to obstacles. Often pushed into submissive and non-verbal roles, women really live in a world of networking among aunties, cousins, wives of husbands, convenient friends and neighbors. This rich world is largely unexplored. “I grew up with all
- [Linda Huntzinger Calhoun](https://booktrib.com/book_author/linda-huntzinger-calhoun/) - Debut author Linda Huntzinger Calhoun is delighted by the enthusiastic response from new readers. “This is not a sugar-coated book,” she says of Awake Beloved and Arise. “It deals with some tough issues. It is written from my heart, and it is exciting that readers are finding it inspiring, motivating and helpful!” Growing up in
- [Edith Ryder](https://booktrib.com/book_author/edith-ryder/) - After six years abroad, Edith recently returned to her hometown of Sydney, Australia, where she lives with her husband and daughter. When not writing she loves swimming in the ocean and drinking Aperol spritzes on her balcony. She's a devoted reader of YA fantasy novels and is always on the hunt for a good historical
- [Ben Levin Author Profile](https://booktrib.com/book_author/ben-levin-author-profile/) - Ben has been in love with stories ever since he was a little boy and has written many throughout his life. “Stories just constantly pop into my mind like magic, and I feel a need to share them with other kids,” says the teenager. Born in Lexington, Massachusetts, the New England native currently lives in
- [Creative Thinking With an Engineering Elephant](https://booktrib.com/book_author/creative-thinking-with-an-engineering-elephant/) - Children have a natural sense of creativity and exploration. But as they age, their own ingenuity is often repressed or crushed by doubts of peers, self-consciousness or fear of failure. The Thing About Swings (Mascot Books), written by Mona Patel and illustrated by Tomas Christensen, encourages creative thinking, open-mindedness and teamwork in young readers through the
- [J.F. Banas](https://booktrib.com/book_author/j-f-banas/) - Storm Surge is the debut thriller by John F. Banas. John read his first novel — Andromeda Strain — when he was just eight years old and has been hooked on thriller novels ever since. He is drawn to stories about average, everyday people who are thrust into impossible situations and called upon to reach above
- [Jon Land](https://booktrib.com/book_author/jon-land/) - Jon Land is the USA Today bestselling author of 48 books, including ten titles in the critically acclaimed Caitlin Strong series, including Strong as Steel. Most recently, Jon has taken over the Murder, She Wrote book series based on the fabulously successful television show starring Angela Lansbury. His first effort writing as “Jessica Fletcher,” A Date
- [Chris Formant](https://booktrib.com/book_author/chris-formant/) - Novelist CHRIS FORMANT is a student of history, a former top executive of a multibillion-dollar global business, and active early-stage technology investor and CEO. Formant is an unlikely author of historical fiction, but the heroic story of Maryland’s Forgotten 400 drove him to assemble an expert team to help him conduct painstaking research and then
- [Alka Joshi](https://booktrib.com/book_author/alka-joshi/) - Born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Alka Joshi has lived in the U.S. since the age of nine. She graduated from Stanford University and worked in the fields of advertising and PR before starting her own marketing consultancy in 1995. In 2011, she obtained her MFA in Creative Writing from the California College of Arts in
- [Bina Shah](https://booktrib.com/book_author/bina-shah/) - BINA SHAH is a Karachi-based author of five novels and two collections of short stories. Her previous novel, A Season for Martyrs, was published in the U.S., France, and India to critical acclaim, while her forthcoming feminist dystopian novel, Before She Sleeps, will be published by Delphinium Books in August 2018. A regular contributor to
- [Erica Katz](https://booktrib.com/book_author/erica-katz/) - Erica Katz is the author’s pseudonym. She’s an attorney at a large law firm in New York City. Her first novel, The Boys’ Club, portrayed a female lawyer’s fight against the patriarchy of male-dominated high-stakes law.
- [Jendella Benson](https://booktrib.com/book_author/jendella-benson/) - Here is the bio Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla
- [Read the Rainbow with LGBTQ-Themed Books](https://booktrib.com/book_author/read-the-rainbow-with-lgbtq-themed-books/) - Pride Month is here and we want to celebrate by giving you a reading list with a diverse range of genres featuring LGBTQ themes. From poignant photo collections to grabbing graphic novels, we've got you covered this June. Pride: Fifty Years of Parades and Protests by The New York Times (Abrams) This book is
- [Stacey Rourke](https://booktrib.com/book_author/stacey-rourke/) - Stacey Rourke is the award winning author of works that span genres, but possess the same flare for action and snarky humor. She lives in Florida with her husband, two beautiful daughters, and two giant dogs. Stacey loves to travel, has an unhealthy shoe addiction, and considers herself blessed to make a career out of
- [Cassandra Finnerty](https://booktrib.com/book_author/cassandra-finnerty/) - Cassandra is the author of action-adventure, fantasy and romance. She loves to create bold, untamed and endearing characters who struggle to overcome their flaws. Her fondness for western Ireland – with its rugged shores, hidden caves and wind-swept cliffs — inspired many settings in the Princess of Nature Series. Cassandra enjoys writing about mystical powers,
- [S.J. Hartland](https://booktrib.com/book_author/s-j-hartland/) - S.J. Hartland is an Australian journalist and foil fencer who has spent too many holidays wandering around obscure castles and is obsessed with anything medieval. She is originally from Townsville, north Queensland, lived in Sydney for many years and now calls the Darling Downs home. The 19th Bladesman, the first in the Shadow Sword series,
- [Rory Surtain](https://booktrib.com/book_author/rory-surtain/) - Rory Surtain is a 2020 debut author and novelist. They reside on the Gulf Coast of the USA, dodging hurricanes, airports, and alpha-personality domestic cats. After a few decades being creative in the technical corporate world, freedom has taken the form of fitness, Irish whiskey, and full-time writing and self-publishing. An avid cloud photographer, art
- [Carolyn CJ Jones](https://booktrib.com/book_author/carolyn-cj-jones/) - Carolyn CJ Jones’ passion is sharing with you how to find peace and freedom from resentment, through the practice of forgiveness. She is a college forgiveness instructor, multi-award-winning author, motivational speaker, life coach, and retired registered nurse. Her work The Art of Forgiveness: A Promise of Peace is an international bestseller. Additionally, it won an
- [Lindsay Schuster](https://booktrib.com/book_author/lindsay-schuster/) - Lindsay Schuster is a 24-year-old high school English teacher living in her hometown of Brownsville, TX. While she is a woman of many interests, she has been writing since she was 11 years old and telling fictional stories since she was a toddler. Storytelling was always part of her personality! At fifteen, she began writing
- [Kristy Sweetland](https://booktrib.com/book_author/kristy-sweetland/) - Kristy Sweetland is a writer, teacher and coach of transpersonal growth and transformation. She holds a master’s degree in psychology and is professionally credentialed as a transformational life coach. Kristy writes exclusively on the subjects of freeing the human spirit and healing and growth through creative expression. She considers Mother Nature to be one of
- [Tammy Spears](https://booktrib.com/book_author/tammy-spears/) - Tammy Spears is the author of an inspirational poetry book Flutter of an Eye which was published through iUniverse of Bloomington, Indiana. The book was written and dedicated in memory of her beautiful mother Diana Hullings who passed away at the young age of 61 from lung cancer. Tammy's poem "Flutter of an Eye" has
- [Steve Melen](https://booktrib.com/book_author/steve-melen/) - In his late thirties, Steve Melen thought he had it all — a successful career in finance, a house on the hill, a beautiful newborn daughter, and a zest for life and travel. He was unstoppable ... until a diagnosis of Stage IIIB stomach cancer brought it all to a screeching halt. Facing the hard
- [Kristoffer Polaha](https://booktrib.com/book_author/kristoffer-polaha/) - Kristoffer Polaha is best-known for his long starring role in the critically acclaimed series Life Unexpected (The CW). Other TV series credits include Get Shorty with Ray Romano and Chris O’Dowd, the limited series Condor opposite William Hurt and Max Irons, The CW’s Ringer (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Valentine, as well as North Shore (FOX). In addition to co-starring with Rainn Wilson in Backstrom (FOX), he had
- [Roy E. Schreiber](https://booktrib.com/book_author/roy-e-schreiber/) - After college (UCLA and the University of London), Roy Schreiber spent a good deal of time teaching British History at a branch campus of Indiana University. Like all the other professors, he wrote academic books. His were about people who lived in the 16th and 17th centuries. Only (roughly) fifty other academics in the whole
- [Kathleen Harryman](https://booktrib.com/book_author/kathleen-harryman/) - Kathleen Harryman is a storyteller and poet in the historically rich city of York, North Yorkshire, England, with her husband, children and pet dog and cat. Kathleen was first published in 2015, with her debut novel romantic suspense entitled The Other Side of the Looking Glass. Since then, Kathleen has developed a unique writing style that
- [S.E. Keller](https://booktrib.com/book_author/s-e-keller/) - S. E. Keller is a first-time author and dedicated reader. She loves to write stories and explore human psychology, hoping to inspire readers to take a closer look at the world around them. She grew up in a small town in Wyoming, where she still lives and writes. Read our review of her debut novel,
- [Casey Rislov](https://booktrib.com/book_author/casey-rislov/) - Casey is the author of five award-winning children's books. Her passion has always been centered around children, and she has been actively involved with children in sports and academics from preschool to high school for over 25 years. These moments have added to her love of all things picture books, as who doesn't love a
- [Marlene Veltre](https://booktrib.com/book_author/marlene-veltre/) - Marlene Veltre was born and raised in the midwest. She has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science and has also studied piano performance and art. Early in her career, Marlene was a university instructor of computer science classes and a software engineer, writing code for CAT scan machines at a medical diagnostic imaging
- [Victor M. Pace](https://booktrib.com/book_author/victor-m-pace/) - Victor Pace is a family medicine physician with over 25 years of providing quality medical care. He graduated from Saint John Vianney High School in Kirkwood, Missouri. Dr. Pace then received his Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Saint Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. After conducting molecular genetic research at Washington University in Saint Louis,
- [Jamil Hasan](https://booktrib.com/book_author/jamil-hasan/) - Jamil Hasan is an American author and former technology, operations, finance and database manager at American International Group, Inc. His expertise in creating operational efficiencies, building data intelligence engines and departments, and being a prolific project closer brought him face to face with some of what he defines as unfair corporate governance opportunities that jettisoned
- [Fae Bidgoli](https://booktrib.com/book_author/fae-bidgoli/) - Fae Bidgoli, slated to become a child bride herself in Iran at the age of 13, managed to escape her fate by a combination of defiance, courage, and luck. However, she entered a forced marriage at age 17. Born and raised in Iran, Fae left the country during the Iranian revolution in 1978 as a
- [Todd A. Weiler](https://booktrib.com/book_author/todd-a-weiler/) - Todd A. Weiler is a combat veteran, national security leader and activist in the gay community. His work in and out of the Pentagon has promoted major equality issues, allowing more people the opportunity to serve. Weiler entered the senior ranks of the Pentagon at the young age of 28 and has been helping service
- [Katie Beringer](https://booktrib.com/book_author/katie-beringer/) - Katie Beringer is a debut author who, after losing her beautiful husband to cancer at age 58, was encouraged by her more daring and adventurous girlfriends to jump into the exciting online dating arena! She knew that she had many more life and “love chapters” left in her youthful spirit, and she was ready to delve
- [Matthew Hickson](https://booktrib.com/book_author/matthew-hickson/) - Matthew Hickson was born at such a young age that he can hardly even remember it. According to his parents, it was in 1991 and it was messy. He has had a very interesting life so far trying many different things including engineering, geology, and music. He now teaches music full-time at a school in
- [MerriLea Kyllo](https://booktrib.com/book_author/merrilea-kyllo/) - Minnesota is home to MerriLea Kyllo, RN. She and her husband, Barry, raised two daughters in the land of 10,000 lakes and expanded their home to include six foreign exchange students, as well as their nephew, Brad. The cultural exchange that brought their exchange sons and daughters into their home broadened their views. Europe and
- [Reynaldo Encina Jopé](https://booktrib.com/book_author/reynaldo-encina-jope/) - Reynaldo Encina Jopé is a secondary and dual-enrollment mathematics teacher. In 2008, he was named District Secondary Teacher of the Year by McAllen Independent School District in McAllen, Texas, USA. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics degree from Mindanao State University in General Santos City, Philippines (1990), and a Master of Liberal Arts
- [Paige Bowers](https://booktrib.com/book_author/paige-bowers/) - Paige Bowers is the author of The General's Niece: The Little-Known de Gaulle Who Fought to Free Occupied France and co-author of Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering. Paige is a nationally published news and features writer whose work has appeared in TIME, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York
- [Luke Fellows](https://booktrib.com/book_author/luke-fellows/) - Luke Fellows is a forty-something recovering hedge fund manager. Born in London and educated at St. Paul’s School and Oxford University, he sacrificed his love of Classics for a Wall Street career, moving to New York City in 2000. After a sojourn at Harvard Business School, he made the leap to Silicon Valley, where, in
- [Ken Langer](https://booktrib.com/book_author/ken-langer/) - Ken’s love of India began when he spent a college year in Varanasi. After earning his Ph.D. in Sanskrit and Indian Studies from Harvard, he spent two years in Pune, India translating Sanskrit love poetry, and another two years in New Delhi as a consultant to high-tech and renewable energy companies. In his next reincarnation,
- [Claudia Keenan](https://booktrib.com/book_author/claudia-keenan/) - Claudia Keenan is a historian of American education (PhD, New York University). She has taught at Emory, Henry College and the University of Virginia extension and has published on such varied topics as the image of the First Lady, the history of the suburban P.T.A., and the philosopher George S. Counts. Her scholarly interests include
- [Scott Brody](https://booktrib.com/book_author/scott-brody/) - Scott Brody is the author of the political thriller, The Org. He grew up in a political home in New York, where the older generations met, supported candidates, and argued about politics. In the 60s, a teenage Scott joined in the political and cultural ferment of the time. He marched against the war in Vietnam,
- [Amber Garza](https://booktrib.com/book_author/amber-garza/) - Amber Garza has had a passion for the written word since she was a child making books out of notebook paper and staples. Her hobbies include reading and singing. Coffee and wine are her drinks of choice (not necessarily in that order). She writes while blaring music, and talks about her characters like they’re real
- [Sheri Williams](https://booktrib.com/book_author/sheri-williams/) - Sheri Williams has worked in the publishing industry for 23 years. She is a publisher and a freelance editor. Her educational background includes Journalism, Creative Writing, Business Administration, and Criminal Justice. She is a founding faculty member of the Pitch Me! Workshops for fiction and nonfiction writers. Sheri is also a Success Coach with an
- [Yeo Chuen Chuen](https://booktrib.com/book_author/yeo-chuen-chuen/) - Yeo Chuen Chuen is a multi-award-winning executive coach who raises the quality of leadership in every organization by developing agility. Honored with accolades and praise for her outstanding work over the years, she was named “Woman Super Achiever” and one of "Top 101 Global Coaching Leaders" at the 28th World HRD Congress. Her focus
- [Kimberley Paterson](https://booktrib.com/book_author/kimberley-paterson/) - Kimberley Paterson is the first-time author of a children’s illustrated book entitled Frankie the Ferret, which has recently been named a 2020 Canada Book Award Winner. She was born in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada, a small rural farming town north of Toronto where her mother still resides. Kimberley is the mother of two children and the
- [Ryan Southwick](https://booktrib.com/book_author/ryan-southwick/) - Ryan Southwick is the author of The Z-Tech Chronicles. The first book in an epic series, Angels in the Mist, released June 2020. Southwick is also a veteran Silicon Valley software developer. During his career, he’s developed everything from mission-critical business applications in the healthcare industry to 3D applications and mobile games. His professional path touches every corner of IT and he is a rabid, agile evangelist as a result. In The Z-Tech Chronicles, Southwick uses
- [James A. Scott](https://booktrib.com/book_author/james-a-scott/) - James Scott is author of The President’s Dossier, an international spy/political thriller, and The Iran Contradictions, an acclaimed historical thriller based on the Iran-contra scandal of the 1980s. Scott began writing out of dissatisfaction with thrillers that were not thrilling. For the settings of his novels, Scott draws on twenty years of living and travel
- [Lori Hart Beninger](https://booktrib.com/book_author/lori-hart-beninger/) - Lori Hart Beninger is the author of three critically acclaimed historical novels (Embracing the Elephant, A Veil of Fog and Flames and A Peculiar Peace). The books follow two 19th century teenagers as they struggle with survival and acceptance in the pivotal era of the California Gold Rush, survive the wilds of early San Francisco, then plunge
- [Darel Ison](https://booktrib.com/book_author/darel-ison/) - Darel Ison is a Transformational Coach and single father with two boys. He has utilized online dating, between relationships, since Match.com’s early days in the late ’90s. Finding himself undatable after his second divorce, he transformed himself from a 270-pound dying, obese couch potato, riddled with disease and anxiety, to a 185-pound active, healthy and
- [Vincent Zandri](https://booktrib.com/book_author/vincent-zandri/) - Vincent Zandri is the New York Times bestselling, ITW Thriller Award and Shamus Award-winning author of more than 40 novels and novellas. He has also been a finalist for a Derringer Award for Best Novelette. His domestic publishers include Dell, Delacorte, Thomas & Mercer, Blackstone Audio, Oceanview Publishing, Down & Out, and others. He’s also
- [Mary Keliikoa](https://booktrib.com/book_author/mary-keliikoa/) - Mary Keliikoa is a Pacific Northwest native and spent the first 18 years of her adult life working around lawyers. Combining her love of all things legal and books, she creates a twisting mystery where justice prevails. She has had a short story published in Woman’s World and is the author of the PI Kelly
- [Max Tomlinson](https://booktrib.com/book_author/max-tomlinson/) - Born in the wilds of San Francisco, with its rich literary history and public transport system teeming with characters suitable for crime novels, the stage was set for Max Tomlinson to become a mystery writer. He has published multiple novels, including Sendero, which was listed as one of the top 100 Indie novels of 2012
- [Glenn Aparicio Parry](https://booktrib.com/book_author/glenn-aparicio-parry/) - Glenn Aparicio Parry, PhD, of Basque, Aragon Spanish and Jewish descent, is the author of the Nautilus award-winning book, Original Thinking: A Radical Revisioning of Time, Humanity, and Nature (North Atlantic Books) and an educator, ecopsychologist and political philosopher whose passion is to reform thinking and society into a coherent, cohesive whole. The founder and
- [Keith Craig](https://booktrib.com/book_author/keith-craig/) - Retired Sergeant Major Keith L. Craig, a decorated combat Veteran, entertainment executive, philanthropist and author, found and fulfilled his purpose on the battlefield, on the football field and in the boardroom. He is an established leader, having served 32 years and obtained 51 awards and decorations in the United States Army, won six division championships
- [Tom Young](https://booktrib.com/book_author/tom-young/) - Tom Young served in Afghanistan and Iraq with the Air National Guard. In all, Young logged nearly 5,000 hours as a flight engineer on the C-5 Galaxy and the C-130 Hercules while flying to almost forty countries. Military honors include the Meritorious Service Medal, three Air Medals, three Aerial Achievement Medals and the Air Force
- [Robert McCaw](https://booktrib.com/book_author/robert-mccaw/) - Robert McCaw grew up in a military family traveling the world. After graduating from Georgetown University, he served as a lieutenant in the US Army before earning his law degree from the University of Virginia. Thereafter he practiced as a partner in a major international law firm in Washington, D.C. and New York City —
- [R.G. Belsky](https://booktrib.com/book_author/r-g-belsky/) - R.G. Belsky is an award-winning author of crime fiction and a journalist in New York City. His newest mystery, Beyond the Headlines, is being published in May by Oceanview. It is the fourth in a series featuring Clare Carlson, the news director for a New York City TV station. The first book, Yesterday’s News, was
- [Claire Fullerton](https://booktrib.com/book_author/claire-fullerton/) - Claire Fullerton is the author of Little Tea, the five-time award winning Mourning Dove, Dancing to an Irish Reel, and A Portal in Time. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines, and her novella, Through an Autumn Window appears in the book, A Southern Season. She is represented by Julie Gwinn of the Seymour Literary
- [Burt Weissbourd](https://booktrib.com/book_author/burt-weissbourd/) - Burt Weissbourd writes character-driven thrillers. It began years ago when he went to Hollywood in 1975 to produce feature films. He was 26 and didn’t know anyone in the movie business, but he'd stumbled onto a timely idea — he was going to work with, and most importantly, back screenwriters. That is to say, stand
- [Author John Cammidge](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-john-cammidge/) - John survived a demanding childhood in Yorkshire, England, and went on to become a very successful Human Resources executive. At the age of 35 he was relocated to the United States by his employer (Bank of America) and subsequently became a U.S. citizen. He worked for Stanford University and the University of California before retiring.
- [Brian Littlefair](https://booktrib.com/book_author/brian-littlefair/) - Brian Littlefair has worked with foreign joint ventures, international financial institutions and the government. He has also done penitential volunteer work in food security, development and human rights, recounted here. BOOKS: Desert Burial (2002) Your biggest literary influences: The gleeful mustache-twirling malevolence of Larry Summers’ and Lant Pritchett’s “underpolluted countries memo.” Last book read:
- [Obert Skye](https://booktrib.com/book_author/obert-skye/) - Obert Skye is the bestselling author of over 35 books. He is known for humorous, exciting and imaginative series like Leven Thumps, The Creature From My Closet, Mutant Bunny Island and Wizard for Hire. He is also known for being born in the back seat of a fast moving taxi and not being great
- [Larry Daniel](https://booktrib.com/book_author/larry-daniel/) - Mr. Daniel received his firefighting credentials from the Fire Academy in Camden, AR and attended paramedic school at Springdale Memorial Hospital, in Springdale, AR, where he also served as an instructor in both advanced cardiac life support and advanced trauma life support. He gained a licensure in invasive cardiology with a specialty in cardiac
- [Leah Garriott](https://booktrib.com/book_author/leah-garriott/) - Though she earned degrees in math and statistics, Leah Garriott lives for a good love story. She's resided in Hawaii and Italy, walked the countryside of England, and owns every mainstream movie version of Pride and Prejudice. She's currently living her own happily ever after in Utah with her husband and three kids. Read our
- [Paul Budden](https://booktrib.com/book_author/paul-budden/) - We are invited to join a journey with the author which he had no intention of travelling upon, indeed did not even know existed, but which has since becoming unfurled occupied many a waking hour. That uncovers what is believed to be the true story of a shady gentleman called Tannaker Buhicrosan, feted as the
- [Wendy S. Swore](https://booktrib.com/book_author/wendy-s-swore/) - Born a crop-duster’s daughter, Wendy S. Swore grew up flying over fields with her dad, which meant long drives before dawn to be ready to take flight at first light. As her family moved from state to state for work, and her facial tumor made it difficult to fit in, Wendy found friends in books,
- [Layla Matthews](https://booktrib.com/book_author/layla-matthews/) - Author Lisa Mathis is a Family Nurse Practitioner who writes under the pen name of Layla Matthews. Being in the medical field for over twenty years has given her the opportunity to see and experience a variety of medical situations. Having cared for thousands of patients and working with a multitude of physicians and other
- [Linda Kennedy](https://booktrib.com/book_author/linda-kennedy/) - Linda Kennedy was born one of five children to missionaries in Nigeria, West Africa. She has enjoyed writing poetry and songs since an early age. The idea for this book came to her over 20 years ago. However, it wasn’t until becoming disabled and after two failed back surgeries, that she sat down and wrote
- [Jim Parry](https://booktrib.com/book_author/jim-parry/) - Jim Parry misspent his years at Harvard by helping start the Gargoyle, a humor magazine to compete with the Lampoon, and starting and captaining the undefeated national championship tiddlywinks team. He and Ron Barrett (co-creator and illustrator of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) met when they were at the same ad agency and were
- [David Putnam](https://booktrib.com/book_author/david-putnam/) - During his law enforcement career, David Putnam worked on teams for, SWAT, Narcotics, Violent Crimes, Criminal Intelligence, Internal Affairs, Detective Bureau and as child protective services coordinator. He rounded out his law enforcement career with three years in the Hawaiian Islands as a Special Agent — part of a real-life "Hawaii Five-0″ team. He's now
- [Ron Barrett](https://booktrib.com/book_author/ron-barrett/) - Ron Barrett is the internationally bestselling illustrator and author of many books for children and adults, including Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Animals should definitely not wear clothing and others. Ron was Art Director of The National Lampoon. His illustrations have been honored by the Society of Illustrators and have been exhibited at The Louvre, which is
- [Author Spiros Gratsias](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-spiros-gratsias/) - Spiros Gratsias was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. Spiros is an engineer, designer, artist, illustrator, screen and fiction writer. He is the screenwriter of the award-winning short film animation "Inverse" based on a story from his book Rootless Roots. He is also the author of the historical fiction novel, The C Enigma and the
- [Author Amy Larson Marble](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-amy-larson-marble/) - Amy is a mom, wife, author and lawyer (the order may vary). She was raised in North Dakota, graduated from Minot State University and then St. Louis University School of Law. She lives in Minnesota with her family and their three dogs (a.k.a. the pack). Read our review of her debut YA Novel, Life on
- [Author Bette Bono](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-bette-bono/) - Bette Bono’s writing mixes many things she loves including history, mystery, time travel, adventure, romance, senior citizens and superheroes. She doesn’t believe those last few categories are mutually exclusive. Her characters are members of the American Association of Remarkable Persons (“the other AARP”), a group of senior citizens who use their time-travel ability to solve
- [Author Ashley Blooms](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-ashley-blooms/) - Born and raised in Cutshin, Kentucky, Ashley Blooms received her MFA as a John and Renee Grisham Fellow at the University of Mississippi. Her short stories have appeared in The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction and Strange Horizons, among others. Her nonfiction has appeared in the Oxford American. She’s been awarded
- [David P. Wichman](https://booktrib.com/book_author/david-p-wichman/) - David Wichman is an author, speaker, sexual healer and entrepreneur who is respected and well-known all over the world to those who seek to live free of stigma, shame, and fear around sex, love and intimacy. Raised in Fremont, California, David survived a childhood marked by severe neglect and abuse, which led him into years
- [Author Mya O'Malley](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-mya-omalley/) - Mya O'Malley was born and raised in the suburbs of New York City, where she currently resides with her family. Mya's passion is writing; she has been creating stories and poetry since she was a child. She earned her undergraduate degree in special education and a graduate degree in reading and literacy. Mya is a
- [Author Angela Lam](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-angela-lam/) - Angela is a San Francisco Bay Area native. She studied journalism at Northwestern University as a Cherub scholar. She received her B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Sonoma State University. Her nonfiction articles on real estate, lending and finance can be found online at SFGate.com. Her short stories, essays and poetry are published in
- [O. Michele Giacomini](https://booktrib.com/book_author/o-michele-giacomini/) - Specializing in marketing, writing, and career and education consulting, Miss OMG devours every opportunity to express her love for food and wine by day, and is a Northern California chicken farmer by night. Between being the mother of two crazy boys, while married to the yin to her yang, (and working as an elementary school
- [Author William M. Hayes](https://booktrib.com/book_author/author-william-m-hayes/) - William M. Hayes lives with his beautiful family in a small suburb in New York. He became passionate about writing in his twenties. For an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Save Him, sign up for his mailing list on his website. BOOKS: Save Him (2019) The Year Santa Stubbed His Toe (2016) Your
- [Bevan Atkinson](https://booktrib.com/book_author/bevan-atkinson/) - Bevan Atkinson has been a writer since receiving the Prose Award at Winchester-Thurston School in Pittsburgh, PA. Ms. Atkinson wrote business documents of all kinds in corporate environments (Pacific Bell, The Bank of California, MHI Global, etc.), and was the Director of Retail Training for Apple Computer, designing and developing the training for the most
- [Judson & Patricia Henderson](https://booktrib.com/book_author/judson-patricia-henderson/) - For close to 50 years, Judson and Patricia Henderson have personally observed and evaluated many changes in healthcare delivery. Many of these changes have brought great benefits. However, even though the United States has the nucleus of the greatest healthcare system in the world, there are warning signs of problems that present a huge threat
- [Rick Swaine](https://booktrib.com/book_author/rick-swaine/) - Rick grew up in Miami, Florida and is a graduate of Florida State University. A semi-retired Certified Public Accountant and Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator, he has been a rabid baseball fan since the age of nine and still plays the game in age appropriate leagues and tournaments throughout the southeast. Read our review
- [Maryl Damian](https://booktrib.com/book_author/maryl-damian/) - Maryl was born the oldest of five children in an Italian-American family in 1946. As a child, she always thought that she would write a novel. In college, she started out as an art student but eventually got a job, which she loved, at a local community college as an English tutor. During this time,
- [Mark R. Adams](https://booktrib.com/book_author/mark-r-adams/) - Mark is a very competitive former basketball coach and teacher who now runs and owns a company that produces and sells crude oil. He plays golf with a passion and carries a handicap of one at 65 years old. His focus has turned to the problems facing the US today. He says that if you
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## Team Members

- [Caroline Belina](https://booktrib.com/team/caroline-belina/)
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- [Penguin Publishing Group](https://booktrib.com/booktrib-partner/penguin-publishing-group/) - The Penguin Publishing Group is the proud publisher of great writers and gifted storytellers, beloved books and eminent works. It is the largest division of Penguin Random House, Inc., and one of the leading trade book publishers in the United States. The imprints making up Penguin Publishing Group include Avery, Berkley, Blue Rider Press, Dutton,
- [Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA)](https://booktrib.com/booktrib-partner/womens-fiction-writers-association-wfwa/) - (WFWA) was founded in 2013 as a professional, enriching, supportive and diverse international community for writers of women’s fiction. Now over a thousand members strong, WFWA is the premier organization for women’s fiction. It is a volunteer-run, welcoming community that purposely fosters a climate of inclusion and opportunity. Whether you are an aspiring, debut or
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- [Romo’s Reading Room](https://booktrib.com/booktrib-partner/romos-reading-room/) - Romo’s Reading Room showcases the work of freelance reviewer K.L. Romo. Her reviews have appeared in a variety of publications including The Big Thrill, Washington Independent Review of Books, Shondaland, Library Journal and BookTrib. Romo covers thrillers, mysteries and suspense, along with contemporary women’s fiction and select nonfiction. Learn more about K.L. Romo here.
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## Book Products

- [Edgar Allan Poe Glass Tumbler](https://booktrib.com/book-product/edgar-allan-poe-glass-tumbler/) - Literary-themed rocks glasses are a great gift for any book lover! This glass is a heavyweight 11-ounce Libby low ball glass made in the USA. The image is screen printed onto each glass, so it is permanent (not a decal) and is dishwasher safe. 11-ounce volume glass Dishwasher safe 3.5" H x 3" W Also
- [Never Underestimate the Power of a Girl With a Book Glass Tumbler](https://booktrib.com/book-product/never-underestimate-the-power-of-a-girl-with-a-book-glass-tumbler/) - Literary-themed rocks glasses are a great gift for any book lover! This glass is a heavyweight 11-ounce Libby low ball glass made in the USA. The image is screen printed onto each glass, so it is permanent (not a decal) and is dishwasher safe. Each glass is packaged in a rigid black matte gift box,
- [Ernest Hemingway Glass Tumbler](https://booktrib.com/book-product/ernest-hemingway-glass-tumbler/) - Literary-themed rocks glasses are a great gift for any book lover! This glass is a heavyweight 11-ounce Libby low ball glass made in the USA. The image is screen printed onto each glass, so it is permanent (not a decal) and is dishwasher safe. Each glass is packaged in a rigid black matte gift box,
- [Sherlock Mystery Pipe Glass Tumbler](https://booktrib.com/book-product/sherlock-mystery-pipe-glass-tumbler/) - Literary-themed rocks glasses are a great gift for any book lover! This glass is a heavyweight 11-ounce Libby low ball glass made in the USA. The image is screen printed onto each glass, so it is permanent (not a decal) and is dishwasher safe. 11-ounce volume glass Dishwasher safe 3.5" H x 3" W Also
- [What Happens at the Book Club Stays at the Book Club Stemless Wine Glass](https://booktrib.com/book-product/what-happens-at-the-book-club-stays-at-the-book-club-stemless-wine-glass/) - Literary-themed wine glasses are a great gift for any book lover! This glass is a heavyweight 15-ounce stemless wine glass made in the USA. The text is screen printed onto each glass, so it is permanent (not a decal) and is dishwasher safe. Each glass is packaged in a black matte gift box for a
- [Book Lovers Never Go to Bed Alone Stemless Wine Glass](https://booktrib.com/book-product/book-lovers-never-go-to-bed-alone-stemless-wine-glass/) - Literary-themed wine glasses are a great gift for any book lover! This glass is a heavyweight 15-ounce stemless wine glass made in the USA. The text is screen printed onto each glass, so it is permanent (not a decal) and is dishwasher safe. 15-ounce volume glass Dishwasher safe 4.5" H x 3.5" W Also available:
- [Short Story, Long Story, Tall Tale Stemless Wine Glass](https://booktrib.com/book-product/short-story-long-story-tall-tale-stemless-wine-glass/) - What's your story? Tell it over a glass of wine with this 15-ounce stemless wine glass! Short Story....Long Story...Tall Tale! Literary-themed wine glasses are a great gift for any book lover! This glass is a heavyweight 15-ounce stemless wine glass made in the USA. The text is screen printed onto each glass, so it is
- [Read Between the Wines Stemless Wine Glass](https://booktrib.com/book-product/read-between-the-wines-stemless-wine-glass/) - Literary themed wine glasses are a great gift for any book lover! This glass is a heavyweight 15-ounce stemless wine glass made in the USA. The text is screen printed onto each glass, so it is permanent (not a decal) and is dishwasher safe. A great gift for a wedding, retirement, birthday or educator! 15-ounce
- [Just One More Chapter Ceramic Mug](https://booktrib.com/book-product/just-one-more-chapter-ceramic-mug/) - We all know that "Just One More Chapter" is a lie we tell ourselves sometimes five or six times in a row. This coffee mug is a great gift for yourself or the book lover in your life. Product Details: 11-ounce white ceramic mug Made in Fly Paper Products' studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan Dishwasher
- ["I have measured out my life in coffee spoons"  T.S. Eliot Quote Ceramic Mug](https://booktrib.com/book-product/i-have-measured-out-my-life-in-coffee-spoons-t-s-eliot-quote-ceramic-mug/) - This encouraging quote by T.S. Eliot can get anyone through the day! Product Details 11-ounce white ceramic mug Made in Fly Paper Products' studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan Dishwasher and microwave safe Also available: "I have measured out my life in coffee spoons" T.S. Eliot Quote Vinyl Sticker
- ["I could quit reading anytime. But I'm NO quitter!" Ceramic Mug](https://booktrib.com/book-product/i-could-quit-reading-anytime-but-im-no-quitter-ceramic-mug/) - This book and library themed coffee mug is a great gift for any special person in your life. Great for teachers and librarians too! Product Details: 11-ounce white ceramic mug Made in Fly Paper Products' studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan Dishwasher and microwave safe Also available: "I could quit reading anytime. But I'm NO quitter!"
- [Sip Read Repeat Glass Mug](https://booktrib.com/book-product/sip-read-repeat-glass-mug/) - The 13-ounce Libbey Mug features a classic shape and modern design to blend into any decor. The easy-to-hold handle gives your customers the comforts of home at your restaurant, bar, or hotel. Its thick walls provide durability, while the clear glass shows off its contents. Perfect for bold teas, rich coffee, decadent hot chocolate, seasonal
- [I'm Silently Correcting Your Grammar Pin Back Button](https://booktrib.com/book-product/im-silently-correcting-your-grammar-pin-back-button/) - Swag for your jacket, backpack or clothing! 1.25" round pinback button Metal materials with clear UV protection Also available in another design on these products: I'm Silently Correcting Your Grammar Vinyl Sticker I'm Silently Correcting Your Grammar 80-Page Notebook I'm Silently Correcting Your Grammar 11-Ounce Ceramic Mug Looking for a pencil to correct someone's grammar?
- [Log Off and Face a Real Book Pin Back Button](https://booktrib.com/book-product/log-off-and-face-a-real-book-pin-back-button/) - Swag for your jacket, backpack or clothing! 1.25" round pinback button Metal materials with clear UV protection Also available as a fridge magnet.
- [Books Are My Happy Place Pin Back Button](https://booktrib.com/book-product/books-are-my-happy-place-pin-back-button/) - Swag for your jacket, backpack or clothing! 1.25" round pinback button Metal materials with clear UV protection Also available in a different design on an 11-ounce ceramic mug.
- ["My book club only reads wine labels" Pin Back Button](https://booktrib.com/book-product/my-book-club-only-reads-wine-labels-pin-back-button/) - Swag for your jacket, backpack or clothing! 1.25" round pinback button Metal materials with clear UV protection Also available in various designs on other products: "My book club only reads wine labels" Fridge Magnet "My book club only reads wine labels" Wood Bookmark
- ["A book is like an iPad ... but made of trees" Fridge Magnet](https://booktrib.com/book-product/a-book-is-like-an-ipad-but-made-of-trees-fridge-magnet/) - Yes, indeed. Smart little girl. Back in the day we used to look up information in a book. Imagine that! Made in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Image printed on a commercial-grade Konica Minolta digital printer on premium stock papers. Your magnet will never fade in color. Magnet measures 3" x 2' Rigid metal inside with clear
- ["No, a thesaurus is NOT a prehistoric animal" Fridge Magnet](https://booktrib.com/book-product/no-a-thesaurus-is-not-a-prehistoric-animal-fridge-magnet/) - Made in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Image printed on a commercial-grade Konica Minolta digital printer on premium stock papers. Your magnet will never fade in color. Magnet measures 3" x 2' Rigid metal inside with clear mylar protective U/V covering Large, super-strong flat magnet on the backside
- ["I like to touch my shelf" Vinyl Sticker](https://booktrib.com/book-product/i-like-to-touch-my-shelf-vinyl-sticker/) - Add some flair to a water bottle, phone case or laptop with an inspiring vinyl sticker! The sticker is approximately 3" x 3" in size. Made in the USA! Also available: "When I think about books, I like to touch my shelf" 11-Ounce Ceramic Mug
- [Kindly Fuck Off, I'm Reading Vinyl Sticker](https://booktrib.com/book-product/kindly-fuck-off-im-reading-vinyl-sticker/) - This Regency Era, Jane Austen inspired vinyl sticker is perfect for the back of your e-reader ... or to add flair to a water bottle, phone case or laptop. The sticker is approximately 3" x 3" in size. Made in the USA! Also available: Fuck Off, I'm Reading 11-Ounce Ceramic Mug Too "Rated R" for
- [Mark Twain Humorous Quote Vinyl Sticker](https://booktrib.com/book-product/mark-twain-humorous-quote-vinyl-sticker/) - "Book are for people who wish they were somewhere else." If you're an "escapist" reader, this sticker is for you! Add some flair to a water bottle, phone case or laptop with this 3" x 3" vinyl sticker. Made in the USA! Are you a Mark Twain fan? Also check out: "The secret of getting
- [I Only Have My Shelf to Blame Vinyl Sticker](https://booktrib.com/book-product/i-only-have-my-shelf-to-blame-vinyl-sticker/) - Add some flair to a water bottle, phone case or laptop with an inspiring vinyl sticker! The sticker is approximately 3" x 3" in size. Made in the USA!
- ["She realized that she alone was the true author of her biography" 80-Page Unlined Notebook](https://booktrib.com/book-product/she-realized-that-she-alone-was-the-true-author-of-her-biography-80-page-notebook/) - Ready to fill with your drawings, notes, memos, doodles, thoughts, poetry and ideas. Or write down your memories of the past and visions for your future! A great size to throw into a purse or backpack and take your thoughts and ideas with you. The cover is made of heavyweight 100lb card stock and the
- [Wherever You Go You Meet Part of Your Story Eudora Welty Quote Unlined Notebook](https://booktrib.com/book-product/eudora-welty-quote-wherever-you-go-you-meet-part-of-your-story-unlined-notebook/) - Ready to fill with your drawings, notes, memos, doodles, thoughts, poetry and ideas. Great as a travel notebook both in theme and size; throw into a purse or backpack and take your memories with you. The cover is made of heavyweight 100lb card stock and the backside is thick black chipboard for a rigid and sturdy
- [Write What You Wish to Write Virginia Woolf Quote Unlined Notebook](https://booktrib.com/book-product/virginia-woolf-write-what-you-wish-to-write-unlined-notebook/) - Ready to fill with your drawings, notes, memos, doodles, thoughts, poetry and ideas. And, most importantly, what it is that you wish to write! A great size to throw into a purse or backpack and take your ideas with you. The cover is made of heavyweight 100lb card stock and the backside is thick black chipboard
- ["To Due List" Magnetic Memo Vintage Library Book Cards](https://booktrib.com/book-product/to-due-list-magnetic-memo-vintage-library-book-cards/) - What a fun way to organize your deadlines or write down memos and notes! You can also use the vintage library book cards in craft projects and scrapbooking or as a special gift tag. This also makes a great gift for any book lover! Each library pocket is filled with 16 blank book cards, 4
- [Famous Male Author Inspiration Pencil Set](https://booktrib.com/book-product/famous-male-author-inspiration-pencil-set/) - Who inspires you? Set of 5 assorted pencils of famous male authors. Do you have writer's block? What would Ernest Hemingway write? You will receive a set of 5 different male authors in your pack. Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitztgerald and William Shakespeare! Made in the USA Wood case pencils
- [Famous Female Author Inspiration Pencil Set](https://booktrib.com/book-product/famous-female-author-inspiration-pencil-set/) - Who inspires you? Set of 5 assorted pencils of famous female authors. Do you have writer's block? What would Jane Austen write? You will receive a set of 5 different female authors in your pack. Jane Austen, Dorothy Parker, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou and Sylvia Plath! Made in the USA Wood case pencils with #2
- ["I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by" Douglas Adams Quote Stylus Rollerball Ink Pen](https://booktrib.com/book-product/i-love-deadlines-i-love-the-whooshing-noise-they-make-as-they-go-by-douglas-adams-quote-stylus-rollerball-ink-pen/) - The quote is etched into one side of the pen, and Douglas Adams is etched on to the opposite side. A great gift for any writer, author, journalist, student, or graduate! This humorous pen features a retractable, black ink rollerball tip and a rubber stylus end to use on all your electronic devices. This stylish
- ["A word after a word after a word is power" Margaret Atwood Quote Stylus Rollerball Ink Pen](https://booktrib.com/book-product/a-word-after-a-word-after-a-word-is-power-margaret-atwood-quote-stylus-rollerball-ink-pen/) - The quote is etched into one side of the pen, and Margaret Atwood is etched on to the opposite side. This inspirational quote pen features a retractable, black ink rollerball tip and a rubber stylus end to use on all your electronic devices. This stylish pen is laser etched so the text will not rub off and
- ["This is where you fell asleep" Wood Bookmark](https://booktrib.com/book-product/this-is-where-you-fell-asleep-wood-bookmark/) - A stylish and eco-friendly way to hold your place while enjoying a good book! This bookmark is made from 100% real, unaltered, natural wood materials. The production of the materials uses very minimal amounts of energy and gas, and no use of water. This green product is made entirely in the USA. Since the wood
- ["I like big books and I can not lie" Wood Bookmark](https://booktrib.com/book-product/i-like-big-books-and-i-can-not-lie-wood-bookmark/) - A stylish and eco-friendly way to hold your place while enjoying a good book! This bookmark is made from 100% real, unaltered, natural wood materials. The production of the materials uses very minimal amounts of energy and gas, and no use of water. This green product is made entirely in the USA. Since the wood
- [Famous Female Literary Bookmark Set (7 total)](https://booktrib.com/book-product/famous-female-literary-bookmark-set-7-total/) - This collection of 7 wood bookmarks is a selection of famous and inspirational women in literature we admire! Set includes Louisa May Alcott, Maya Angelou, Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, and Charlotte Bronte. What Customers Say - Actual 5 Star Review!"Thick enough to be snug between the pages, thin enough and light
- [Famous Literary Men Bookmark Set (6 total)](https://booktrib.com/book-product/famous-literary-men-bookmark-set-6-total/) - This collection of 6 wood bookmarks is a selection of famous and inspirational men in literature we admire! This set makes a great gift for writers and book lovers. Set includes quotes by William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, and J.R.R. Tolkien. What Customers Say - Actual 5 Star Review!"Thick
- ["Before there was spell check there was spelling!" Fridge Magnet](https://booktrib.com/book-product/before-there-was-spell-check-there-was-spelling-fridge-magnet/) - Made in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Image printed on a commercial-grade Konica Minolta digital printer on premium stock papers. Your magnet will never fade in color. Magnet measures 3" x 2' Rigid metal inside with clear mylar protective U/V covering Large, super-strong flat magnet on the backside
- [The Jane Austen Book Lovers Fridge Magnet](https://booktrib.com/book-product/the-jane-austen-book-lovers-fridge-magnet/) - Guy #1: Our book club is reading Jane Austen next!" Guy #2: Dude, seriously? I love her! Guy #1: Knew you would be jealous. Two dudes just sipping their coffee having a morning chit chat! Made in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Image printed on a commercial-grade Konica Minolta digital printer on premium stock papers. Your magnet
- [Wuthering Heights LiteraTea - Earl Grey with Orange + Vanilla](https://booktrib.com/book-product/wuthering-heights-literatea-earl-grey-with-orange-vanilla/) - Wuthering Heights tea combines the comforting flavors of vanilla and creme to soften the citrus notes of traditional Earl Grey. Your taste buds will swoon at first sip! High Level of Caffeine Steep at 212° for 3-5 minutes. Blended with Black Tea, Orange, Blue Cornflowers, Natural Vanilla Flavor, Natural Bergamot Flavor and Natural Creme Flavor Available as 12
- [Anne of Green Gables LiteraTea - Green Rooibos](https://booktrib.com/book-product/anne-of-green-gables-literatea-green-rooibos/) - This tea is inspired by "Anne of Green Gables," particularly Avonlea and the romantic misadventures of Anne Shirley. Green rooibos is light bodied with a natural subtle sweetness. The tea is blended with summer fruits including peaches, strawberries, and citrus. It is juicy, nectar-like, and supremely refreshing either as a hot or iced tea. Caffeine
- [Gone with the Wind LiteraTea - Peach Oolong](https://booktrib.com/book-product/gone-with-the-wind-peach-oolong-classic-literatea/) - This lovely Peach Oolong is made with the darker, more oxidized oolongs of Taiwan that are known for having lush, playful flavors. Deeply floral, honey and juicy, it's not uncommon to have a lovely cup that's almost like a succulent slice of peach. Why not let the tea play with some actual peaches? Fragrant and sweet like
- [Cozy Reads Candle - Pumpkin + Spice + Anjou Pear](https://booktrib.com/book-product/cozy-reads-candle-pumpkin-spice-anjou-pear/) - A Fly Paper Products Exclusive! Cozy Reads is a blend of pumpkin, spices, apples, and anjou pears. It is the quintessential fall scent that reminds you of a roaring fire and baked goods any time of the year! Fly Paper Products' candles are inspired by a love of libraries, books and bookstores, and the stories that
- [Get Lit...erary Candle - Mint Mojito](https://booktrib.com/book-product/get-lit-erary-candle-mint-mojito/) - A Fly Paper Products Exclusive! Cool, fresh, and invigorating. This candle will make you want to get lit...erary! by pouring your favorite beverage to sip while reading a good book. This scent fuses notes of fresh mint with tropical undertones of pineapple, lime, and rum. Fly Paper Products' candles are inspired by a love of libraries,
- [Burn Candles Not Books Candle - Bergamot + Amber](https://booktrib.com/book-product/burn-candles-not-books-candle-bergamot-amber/) - A Fly Paper Products Exclusive! Burn Candles Not Books is an exotic blend of patchouli, cedar and amber infused with tonka and vanilla. Top notes: lavender, bergamot, green leaves Middle notes: cedar Base notes: vanilla, patchouli, Tonka bean, amber Fly Paper Products' candles are inspired by a love of libraries, books and bookstores, and the stories that take us on each adventure. Literary candles are the
- [Slow Burn Romance Candle - Wild Rose + Basil + Magnolia](https://booktrib.com/book-product/slow-burn-romance-candle-wild-rose-basil-magnolia/) - A Fly Paper Products exclusive! Slowly breathe in this unexpected combination of wild roses and basil, perfect to burn while reading a steamy summer romance full of yearning and slow build ups! This candle contains basil and grapefruit fragrances, with rose and a hint of magnolia blossoms. Sweet and earthy patchouli balances out the rose
- [A Midsummer Night's Dream LiteraTea - Nighttime Blend](https://booktrib.com/book-product/a-midsummer-nights-dream-nighttime-tea-valerian-root-chamomile-lavender/) - A Midsummer Night's Dream tea is a dreamy blend of herbs known to promote healthy sleep. This cup will round out your day and carry you into the sweetest of dreams. Valerian root is combined with the familiar flavors of soothing chamomile, spearmint, and lavender. One cup before bed makes for an ideal way to unwind and lull
- ["No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world" Cotton Canvas Book Bag](https://booktrib.com/book-product/no-matter-what-anybody-tells-you-words-and-ideas-can-change-the-world-cotton-canvas-book-bag/) - This quote is so relevant today; it gives a sense of empowerment to continue to be the best we can be, and stand up for what we believe in. This book bag is a stylish way to transport your most important daily items to school, work or shopping! Heavyweight 12oz cotton canvas for durability and
- [#bookworm Cotton Canvas Book Bag](https://booktrib.com/book-product/bookworm-cotton-canvas-book-bag/) - Books, books, books and more books. Need we say more?! There are never enough moments in the day it seems to do our favorite thing ... READ! This book bag is a stylish way to transport your most important daily items to school, work or shopping — or yoga class! Heavyweight 12oz cotton canvas for durability
- ["Books are yoga for the mind" Cotton Canvas Book Bag](https://booktrib.com/book-product/books-are-yoga-for-the-mind-cotton-canvas-book-bag/) - This book bag is a stylish way to transport your most important daily items to school, work or shopping — or yoga class! Heavyweight 12oz cotton canvas for durability and reinforces stress points. Great for heavy books. Black web handles for strength. The web weave makes it easy to rinse off and clean. Bag measures 15"
- [Quoth the Raven Nevermore Edgar Allan Poe Tote Bag](https://booktrib.com/book-product/quoth-the-raven-nevermore-edgar-allan-poe-tote-bag/) - This tote bag is inspired by Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Raven," featuring the line, "Quoth the raven, Nevermore" with an illustrated black bird. It's a stylish way to transport your most important daily items to school, work or shopping! Heavyweight 12oz cotton canvas for durability and reinforces stress points. Great for heavy books. Black web

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