America

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…

Stephanie Dray and Laura KamoieJuly 2, 2026

Nonfiction

Isaac Fitzgerald’s Journey Along the Trail of Johnny Appleseed

Isaac Fitzgerald is a New York Times best-selling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, recipient of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award and frequent Today Show guest.

Linda HitchcockJune 3, 2026

Fiction

Here’s Why Edgar Allan Poe Still Matters

Celebrating the death rather than the birthday of the master of the macabre, is only fitting. On this day October 7, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of 40 after he was found in a gutter on a side street in Baltimore, Maryland. Some people say he died…

Matt GillickOctober 7, 2016

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Mike Bond Launches “Freedom,” Book Two of His Epic Historical Saga, a “1960s Coming-of-Age Masterpiece”

Celebrated novelist Mike Bond has been called one of the 21st Century’s most exciting authors. His recently released historical epic, America, is the first of a seven-book series that relives our last 70 years and our nation’s most profound upheavals since the Civil War. Now, in the tumultuous last years…

BookTribDecember 13, 2021

Book Club Network Fiction

Mike Bond’s “America” Explores the Turbulent and Transformative Era of the 1960s

“One of the 21st Century’s most exciting authors.” — Washington Times —∞— “Mike Bond’s books are a national treasure.” — Art Zuckerman, WVOX —∞— Bestselling author Mike Bond is best known for his thrillers. His Pono Hawkins series, along with his novels of international espionage and military action, have garnered…

BookTribApril 28, 2021

Miscellany

Sorting Through Fiction and Non-Fiction Narratives

At Delphinium, we often ponder the difference between fiction and non-fiction narrative, and it seems more and more that these two literary distinctions are being blurred. Even though the memoir genre is still thriving, it’s now generally understood that memoirs are embellished, truth laced with invention; and yet it’s also…

Joseph OlshanAugust 7, 2018

Miscellany

Read, White, and Blue: Books About America

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. It’s the 4th of July, and this time of year, we’re reminded that so many authors have put pen to paper to write about life in the United States. Some have penned memoirs, others have written novels, and still others have produced nonfiction or…

BookishJuly 4, 2018

Miscellany

Your Next TV Obsession: PBS’ ‘The Great American Read’

BookTrib is partnering with Early Bird Books to bring you more great content, including this article on the latest and greatest television series on PBS: "The Great American Read." In an announcement that set our bookish hearts a-flutter, PBS revealed the latest addition to their television line-up: “The Great American Read.” Slated to air throughout…

Early Bird BooksAugust 15, 2017

Miscellany Nonfiction

“50 State Odyssey from Sea to Shining Sea” Takes You on a Photographic Trip To Every State

“From the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters…” Osprey Nest, Florida Everglades circumstances, a collection of images from majestic places would spur readers to pack their backs and set out on a journey. With discretionary travel largely curtailed until safer times emerge, people can find joy and harmony in…

Jim AlkonApril 15, 2021

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Find Out How Celebrities Touch the Masses in “Celebrities Against Violence”

Celebrities Against Violence: Case Studies in Speaking Out by Truman R. Keys is a scholarly look at what makes celebrities such powerful spokespeople. Keys notes that their fame makes it easy for people to relate, just as we might listen to a friend’s opinion or experiences. Celebrities also can “plainspeak” complex…

Joanna PoncavageApril 5, 2022

Nonfiction

Writer’s Bone Podcast: Sam Quinones’ ‘True Tale of an American Epidemic’ in ‘Dreamland’

Author and journalist Sam Quinones talks to Daniel Ford about what led him to journalism, his research and writing process for Dreamland, and his experience testifying in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee about the opioid crisis in the United States. Read a preview of Dreamland…

Aisha K. StaggersJanuary 31, 2018

Nonfiction

#AmericaRecycles: Our Picks for the Environmentally Conscious Reader

For the past few decades, we have been celebrating #AmericaRecycles as a way for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to recognize our nation's progress on recycling, making a better future for generations to come. Go green today and pick up one of these environmentally conscious reads... and don't forget to recycle…

Maggie MeyersNovember 15, 2017

Nonfiction

Historic Wonder and What-if’s Bring James Mauro’s ‘Twilight’ to Life

I needed to read Twilight at the World of Tomorrow because Mauro is a friend of mine. I was a little nervous because I didn’t know what I was going to say if I didn’t like it. I couldn’t imagine Jim writing anything mediocre – he was, after all, once…

Sherri DaleyAugust 28, 2017

Nonfiction

13 Books You Absolutely Must Read Before Seeing Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Detroit’

The Summer of '67 was a unique time in America’s history that some fondly remember as a season full of love, music and flower power. Still, for others in major American cities, that summer was awash in civil unrest, where waves of injustice led to rebellion and social change. A…

Aisha K. StaggersAugust 4, 2017

Nonfiction

Amazon No. 1 New Release ‘The Cooking Gene’ Talks Food Traditions in the Old South

Like the author himself, The Cooking Gene (Amistad, August 1, 2017) by Michael W. Twitty defies easy categorization. Not quite a memoir, nor historical nonfiction, nor a cookbook, it combines elements of all three to take us on a historical journey that shows how African foodways formed and informed the American…

JeriAnn GellerJuly 21, 2017

Fiction

“2044” Takes “Addicted to Our Devices” to a Whole New Level

If anyone told you a couple of decades ago that there would be some form of legalized marijuana in three-quarters of the states in the U.S., that we would willingly wear monitors on our wrists that collect health data and even make transactions for us, or that AI technology would…

Gevera Bert PiedmontOctober 4, 2021

Essential Reads for America250

Here’s Why Edgar Allan Poe Still Matters

Mike Bond Launches “Freedom,” Book Two of His Epic Historical Saga, a “1960s Coming-of-Age Masterpiece”

Mike Bond’s “America” Explores the Turbulent and Transformative Era of the 1960s

Sorting Through Fiction and Non-Fiction Narratives

Read, White, and Blue: Books About America

Your Next TV Obsession: PBS’ ‘The Great American Read’

“50 State Odyssey from Sea to Shining Sea” Takes You on a Photographic Trip To Every State

Writer’s Bone Podcast: Sam Quinones’ ‘True Tale of an American Epidemic’ in ‘Dreamland’

#AmericaRecycles: Our Picks for the Environmentally Conscious Reader

Historic Wonder and What-if’s Bring James Mauro’s ‘Twilight’ to Life

13 Books You Absolutely Must Read Before Seeing Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Detroit’

Amazon No. 1 New Release ‘The Cooking Gene’ Talks Food Traditions in the Old South

“2044” Takes “Addicted to Our Devices” to a Whole New Level

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