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7 Books About the Heroes No One Believed In Until It Was Too Late

The world never saw them coming. These aren’t stories about chosen ones. There were no prophecies. No royal blood. No mentors handing them a sword and saying, “It’s your time.” Most of these characters were told they didn’t matter. That they were too weak, too poor, too strange. They were…

Monique SnymanMay 21, 2025

Miscellany

What’s America Reading? The Top Book Genres by State

Reading preferences in the United States vary greatly from coast to coast. To highlight which book genres captivate readers most across different states, Cloudwards conducted a comprehensive analysis of Google Trends data related to books and literature. Some Key Findings: Romance dominates as the most popular genre, its appeal especially…

BookTribApril 8, 2025

Listicles Romance

6 Books that Prove Love Transcends Everything … Even Death

The saying “love never dies” takes on a literal meaning when it comes to some paranormal romances. Lovers often find themselves separated by the veil between worlds, yet their bond remains unbroken. Ghosts linger, usually driven by an undying passion transcending their otherworldly existence. Vampires and other immortals navigate through…

Monique SnymanSeptember 13, 2024

Book Club Network Listicles

6 Perfect Summer Reads For Your Next Book Club Meeting

Are you looking for a new book to incite thrilling conversations with your book club? Look no further! We’ve got six books this month that are sure to spark lively discussions, entertain and teach you something new. Each month, BookTrib helps book clubs pick their next read by sending 60…

BookTribJune 25, 2024

Fiction

Edgar Scott’s “418: I Am a Teapot” Warns of an Automated, and Unsettling, Future

How do we define our humanity? And who gets to make that definition? Edgar Scott’s 418: I Am a Teapot, a futuristic dystopian tale of a world where inner and outer lives may have little to do with one another, gives the reader much to ponder — and to be…

Gevera Bert PiedmontMarch 24, 2021

Match Making for Beginners by Maddie Dawson

Miscellany Romance

A Writer’s Journey Through Wart Wishes and Matchmaking Marvels

My grandmother wasn’t like other people’s grandmothers. Not only did she live in a house perched on stilts over a lake in northern Florida — where she calmly contended with alligators, water moccasins, and violent thunderstorms daily — but she also knew how to wish warts away. Yep. Warts. She…

Maddie DawsonJune 11, 2024

Miscellany Thrillers

Cover Reveal for Lindy Ryan’s “Another Fine Mess”, a Mystery of Humor, Heart and Horror

From Lindy Ryan, "one of the “most electrifying voices in the horror genre” (Gwendolyn Kiste), comes Another Fine Mess, the sequel to Bless Your Heart, coming from Minotaur Books on April 15, 2025. Another Fine Mess brings the Evans women back around in this unputdownable, crackling, rollicking mystery of humor,…

BookTribJune 7, 2024

Preacher teacher Hater Fraud by Charles Trantanella

Nonfiction

Seeking the Limelight: A Forgotten Actor in a Great American Tradition

No doubt about it—the twenty-first century is bursting with unsavory influencers, but this type of character has always been around. Social media gives them greater reach and louder voices than those who racked up followers 150 years ago. Yet human nature does not change. A Life of Intrigue and Notoriety…

Claudia KeenanMay 13, 2024

Miscellany

Celebrating Independent Bookstore Day: Authors Share Their Favorite Indie Bookstores

Independent Bookstore Day, falling on the last Saturday in April for the 11th year, is a national one-day party celebrating independent bookstores across the country both online and in-store. Through exclusive books and literary items, contests, cupcakes, and different events — such as a trail navigating more than 20 indie…

BookTribApril 22, 2024

Fiction Listicles Listicles - Featured

An Unconventional Ride: 8 Daring Novels of Train Travel

You love to travel. No, wait, I’m not overgeneralizing! Hear me out, because I have an argument all prepared. You might have instantly thought, “yes, she read my mind!” Maybe you’re a bold backpacker who is willing to risk the discomfort of hostels in order to get that authentic experience.…

Judy MorenoJanuary 31, 2022

Better Self Better Self - Featured Book Club Network Business Nonfiction

An Invitation You’ll Want to Accept: Find Your “Uncommon Courage”

The first thing I thought when I picked up Uncommon Courage by global award-winning B2B communications professional and certified speaker Andrea T Edwards was, “what a BIG book!” But the subtitle is “An Invitation” so how can you pass that up? And then cracking open the book, it looked so…

Barbara WilkovFebruary 7, 2022

Romance

Top 10 Sylvia Day Books that Keep Us Coming Back for More!

One thing we learned from our “Perfect Book Boyfriends We Wish Existed in Real Life” article is that you're all just as obsessed with Sylvia Day as we are. And who can blame us? Day’s writing sucks you into her worlds, making you fall hard for both her stories and the…

Rachel CarterJuly 25, 2016

Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

The Strand Magazine Announces the 2021 Strand Critics Award Nominations

The Strand Magazine is pleased to announce the nominations for the 2021 Strand Critics Awards! Recognizing excellence in the field of mystery fiction and publishing, the 2021 Strand Critics Awards are judged by a select group of book critics and journalists. This year’s judges include talent from NPR, USA Today, The…

BookTribJune 18, 2021

Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

The Strand Magazine Announces the 2021 Strand Critics Award Winners!

The Strand Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Strand Critics Awards! The Strand is a leading source of the latest news on thrillers and mysteries and is a hotspot for all things related to the genre. It has published many exciting works from such giants as…

Judy MorenoOctober 6, 2021

Thrillers

Lee Child, Nelson DeMille, Tess Gerritsen Among Top 6 October Thrillers

It's almost the end of October, and what better way to celebrate Spooky Season than some thriller recommendations by Jon Land! Read on, if you dare. Then, make sure to tell BookTrib below which books you plan to try next. Tess Gerritsen plows new ground in The Shape of Night…

Jon LandOctober 21, 2019