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The Chill Quill: Halloween’s Most Horrifying Horror

It’s the spookiest month of spooky season, and this month’s picks are all about horror in its finest forms — ghost girls in cursed homes, sisters wrapped in secrets and botanical estates blooming with forbidden love and buried rot. From queer retellings to murderous hauntings, demonic demons and blood-soaked culinary…
Lindy Ryan
October 15, 2025
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5 Books Featuring Strong Single Mothers

Single mothers often embody resilience, strength and unwavering dedication as they navigate life’s greatest challenges. Their stories are powerful testaments to love, sacrifice and perseverance, inspiring readers across generations. Here are five novels that put these remarkable women at the forefront — highlighting their courage, resilience and the unbreakable bonds…
RaeAnne Thayne
October 9, 2025
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Defending the Right to Read What We Want

Book banning has been a part of American culture for a long time. Back in 1851, for instance, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was banned and even burned for depicting the horrors of slavery.  But if it seems like book banning has gotten worse recently, you aren’t imagining that.…
Laura Anne Bird
October 6, 2025
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Staff Picks: What to Read Where

For avid readers like the BookTrib team, everywhere is the best place and anytime is the best time to get lost in a book. Don't believe us? Here are some of our picks for your most (and maybe one of your least) favorite places to read.
BookTrib
October 3, 2025
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7 Locomotive Murder Mysteries

I once took a train from Boston to Chicago. Twenty-three hours. Twenty-three hours! I had my own little sleeping compartment, which I had envisioned as opulent and chic and very North by Northwest.  And, for about four hours, the whole thing was fabulous. Cozy, glamorous, speedy and super fun.  My imagination…
Hank Phillippi Ryan
September 22, 2025
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7 Books That Change How We View the World

Some books amuse us while others teach us something new, but few change our perception. There are many perspectives we have on life (and the world in general) that are damaging to us, or others around us. These books address changing some of those perspectives.
BookTrib
September 3, 2025
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Why Representation Matters, and It Isn’t About The Cliches

One of the most significant shifts in the post-pandemic publishing environment was a push for more cultural representation fueled by the growing influence of social media voices navigating reader selection. Popular accounts on TikTok and Instagram that focused on book recommendations were often hosted by people representing a diverse range…
C. I. Jerez
August 7, 2025