10 Flowery Romances to Adorn Your Bookshelves This Spring

10 Flowery Romances to Adorn Your Bookshelves This Spring

The long winter has ended and spring is finally here. The flowers are blooming, their sweet perfume filling the air — right alongside the promise of love and new beginnings! This bright season is the perfect time to add some heartwarming romances to your bookshelves, so I’ve curated a list…

Katie BloomerMarch 25, 2025

Fiction Recommended

Two Lovers, Two Wars, and One Destiny as A Meticulous Plan Unfolds

“Was this not an ancient tale older than time itself? Once more, a new saga would begin. Once more, a man and a woman would fall in love.” Two families unite in matrimony, defying centuries-old cultural, physical and religious boundaries in A Meticulous Plan by A Mohit. When Pooja Roy…

Megan BeauregardMarch 25, 2025

Romance

Winning the Lottery Never Tasted So Sweet in This Trope-Filled Romance

In a time when eggs are priced at insane levels, winning the lottery seems like a sound financial plan. Okay, maybe not, but it may help supplement those grocery store trips. For Sybil in Just Our Luck by Denise Williams, winning the lottery came with a lot more than just…

Y. M. NelsonMarch 25, 2025

Fiction Thrillers

Battle Rugged Terrain and Violent Poachers in Roaring Good Thriller

Alice Henderson — wildlife researcher, eco-warrior and author of heart-in-your-throat suspense-filled thrillers — has just published The Vanishing Kind, the fourth in her Alex Carter series. Protagonist Alex must be like the proverbial cat with nine lives with several already spent from narrow escapes at the hands of serial killers…

Linda HitchcockMarch 25, 2025

Guest Article- The Last Man in Paradise Syed Massood

Fiction Miscellany

How One Author’s Character Came to Life and Challenged His Worldview

Azaan, the protagonist of The Last Man in Paradise, surprised me. I suppose that sounds a bit bizarre coming from an author — after all, I created Azaan and I wrote out everything that happened to him. I ought to have had full control over him and, therefore, he should’ve…

Syed M. MasoodMarch 18, 2025

Listicles Nonfiction

10 Memoirs of Trans Women Making History

This Women’s History Month, let’s not forget the scope of womanhood. For a long time, the only women whose stories were told were straight, white women — but not anymore! In light of the current wave of transphobia sweeping the nation, I wanted to celebrate the importance and raw beauty…

Katie BloomerMarch 14, 2025

Listicles Popular Thrillers

This Month’s Favorite Thrillers Feature Amnesia, Cajun-Noir, Time Travel and More

Featuring authors like Harlan Coban, Sandra Brown and Tess Gerritsen, Jon Land shares the best thrillers of the past month in the latest edition of The Thrill List.

Jon LandMarch 31, 2025

Listicles

Short Story Collections: The Lasting Impact of a Few Well-Chosen Words

We’ve been telling each other stories since our hominid ancestors gathered around campfires in darkened caves. While no one knows for certain, of course, some anthropologists speculate that the drawings on cave walls and rock face carvings all over the ancient world were illustrations of those stories. The date the…

Diane ParrishMarch 20, 2025

Fiction Listicles

8 Historical Novels Chronicling Women in the 18th & 19th Century

This month is Women’s History Month and at BookTrib, we are celebrating women’s historical fiction titles set in the eighteenth or nineteenth century.

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationMarch 26, 2025

Listicles Pop Culture Popular

Girl Dinner: A Feast of Short Stories & Essays by Women

Women’s voices in literature are as varied and nourishing as a perfectly curated “girl dinner” plate: sometimes indulgent, sometimes sharp, always satisfying. From bite-sized short stories to rich, thought-provoking essays, this collection celebrates women writers who serve up brilliance in every genre. Whether you’re craving stories of resilience, humor, identity…

Kelsey HallMarch 27, 2025

Nonfiction Recommended

A No-Nonsense Look at Our World and How Humanity Might Survive

There are some seriously pressing issues in our world today, and they only seem to be growing. Climate change, overpopulation, the threat of nuclear war. How much longer will humanity survive? Roy C. Carriker — who holds a PhD in Physics and a Harvard MBA, along with over 60 years…

Katie BloomerMarch 31, 2025

Miscellany

30,000 Book Lovers Can’t Be Wrong!

You may not know me, but my name is Meryl Moss, the Founder and CEO of Meryl Moss Media Group and the publisher of BookTrib.com. I started BookTrib 21 years ago on a napkin in a restaurant in Greenwich, CT. I’ve been working in the world of books for more…

BookTribMarch 21, 2025

Children's Books Fiction Recommended

Strike Gold on This Middle-Grade Mystery Full of Ciphers & Secret Codes

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…

Cameron KimballMarch 28, 2025

Elle Cosimano’s Bestselling Mystery Series is as Hilarious as It is Deadly!

Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave is a hoot and a half! There are some skeptics who continue to think it is odd to have a murder mystery that is (no pun intended) drop dead hilarious. This is the fifth installment in a series created by the multi-talented, best-selling, award-winning…

Linda HitchcockMarch 26, 2025

Novels with Surprising Structure - Tall Poppy Writers 2

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What Do “The Appeal,” “Mirror Me” and “All This and More” Have in Common That Will Blow Your Mind?

When we were little kids, if we were lucky, someone would put us on their laps and say the magic words: once upon a time. The walls would fall away, time would vanish, and we’d be transported to a new world. But I think we were also being introduced to…

Hank Phillippi RyanMarch 24, 2025

Tess Gerritsen Unleashes A Chilling Small-Town Mystery In “The Summer Guests”

Purity, Maine, is nothing like its name. It is a summer tourist destination divided into the wealthy and the working-class, seasonal residents and townies, and their secrets. It is also a place where CIA agents retire, seeking the peace and quiet of a remote, pastoral lifestyle. In The Summer Guests…

Jodé MillmanMarch 17, 2025