Secrets Threaten to Derail CIA Duo’s Quest for Vengeance

Secrets Threaten to Derail CIA Duo’s Quest for Vengeance

Krista Beggan’s debut novel A Life Saving Bullet starts off fast and never lets up. Six months after a young CIA officer dies during a clandestine operation, his best friend and sister, both CIA officers themselves, get assigned the mission of finding his killer. Hunting a ruthless criminal puts everything…

Anne Eliot FeldmanMarch 12, 2025

Nonfiction

Thrilling Chronicle of U.S. Attorney’s Career Battling Murderers, Drug Lords & More

If you like John Grisham-like thrillers and legal TV shows and movies, you’re going to love Justice Never Rests: A U.S, Attorney’s Battle Against Murders, Drug Lords, Mob Kingpins & Cults. It’s full of the same kind of crime stories except for one big difference. Everything in this book is…

R.G. BelskyMarch 5, 2025

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The Votes Are In! The 10 Best Audiobooks of March

Each month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors handpick the best new audiobooks for BookTrib readers. As spring slowly approaches, take one of these great audiobooks out into the sun with you — or stay curled up inside with one, either way works!

AudioFileMarch 3, 2025

Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid

Fiction Young Adult

Queer Dystopian Romance Perfect for Fans of “The Hunger Games” and “The Last of Us”

Fable for the End of the World marks A Study in Drowning author Ava Reid’s highly anticipated return to YA. A heart-pounding dystopian romance, Fable for the End of the World takes the televised-competition-to-the-death premise of The Hunger Games and infuses it with even more modern context and triggers, all…

Kiersten BjorkMarch 10, 2025

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BookTrib’s Bites: Spring Into These Four Spellbinding Reads

BookTribMarch 20, 2025

Fiction Romance

Body Positivity Meets Restaurant Culture in Second-Chance Romance

When I first heard about Paulette Stout’s latest release, What We Give Away, I had only heard that it was a book about weight issues. So, of course, my mind went immediately to myself and my own beliefs about the subject. Most of the characters I write are curvy or…

Y. M. NelsonFebruary 10, 2025

Recommended

A Raw and Unflinching Exploration of Identity, Family, and the Ties That Bind

Through alternating perspectives in Kalayla: Unraveling Tangles, Jeannie Nicholas brings to life an engaging story that explores themes of family, love, loss, marital abuse, healing, and second chances. Set in Cambridge, Massachusetts, between the summer of 1999 and the spring of 2002, the novel follows the lives of three women…

Natalia KavaleMarch 11, 2025

Thrillers

Explore Dark Secrets and Crime in Brooklyn’s Hidden Underworld

Saint of the Narrows Street will shoot an arrow through your heart as you may likely weep for the plight of the primary characters. They are Risa Franzone, her younger sister Giulia and their loyal friend Christopher “Chooch” Gardini who are at the center of a morass that threatens their…

Linda HitchcockMarch 5, 2025

Recommended

Bible on Trial for Truth and Evidence

Is something true merely because a lot of people believe it to be? "So many have died believing the resurrection was true ... Does that make a falsehood true? Does sacrifice for a lie, make the lie the truth? ... Is Jim Jones a prophet of God because his followers…

Jim AlkonMarch 7, 2025

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BookTrib’s Bites: Enjoy a Variety of Fascinating Reads This Spring

BookTribMarch 11, 2025

Miscellany

Fairy Tales Exposed, Love Without Limits and Books That Change Everything

The Dark Truth Hidden in Fairy Tales Fairy tales may have shaped our childhood, but who shaped them? Uncover the unsettling truths behind the stories you thought you knew — these revelations will change how you see your favorite fairy tales forever. Love Has No Age Limit Romance isn’t just…

BookTribFebruary 27, 2025

Children's Books Listicles

6 Chapter Book Mysteries For Young Readers to Investigate

Is there a young reader in your life who could use a little mystery in their next book? Maybe they’re a curious investigator always looking for a new puzzle to solve. Maybe they’re a reluctant reader in need of that book that will click. Maybe their dress-up bin includes a…

Cameron KimballFebruary 27, 2025

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Love-ly Reads for February

This month, WFWA is celebrating women’s fiction that highlights February’s favorite topic: Love! Check out these heartwarming stories to bring some of cupid’s magic to your bookshelves!

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationFebruary 26, 2025

BooksToScreen Miscellany

Racial History of the Fairy Tale, From Literary Classics to Modern Disney

Editor’s Note: In her book Specters of the Marvelous: Race and the Development of the European Fairy Tale, literature Professor Kimberly J. Lau observes the legacy of race in classic fairy tales. The following essay provides a glimpse of the fairy tale tradition modern audiences have inherited, the conclusion that…

Kimberly J. LauFebruary 26, 2025

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9 Shocking Books You Won’t Believe Are Banned

It’s Banned Books Week, launched in 1982 in response to the sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. The annual, week-long event highlights the value of free and open access to information and brings together the book community in efforts against censorship. Lists…

Megan BeauregardSeptember 26, 2024

Author Spotlight

Jack of All Trades Author Recounts His Journey to Penning Modern, Complex Mysteries

In the world of literary arts and beyond, few names resonate with such diverse and profound creativity as Hal Glatzer. A distinguished author, journalist and musician, Glatzer's career spans decades and genres, from gripping mystery novels to evocative jazz performances. Hal Glatzer wrote his first piece of fiction in elementary…

BookTribJanuary 17, 2025