contemporary fiction

Listicles

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. JerezAugust 7, 2025

Book Club Network Fiction Thrillers

“The Devil Wears Prada” Meets “Get Out” in “The Other Black Girl”

In The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris (Atria), 26-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers loves her New York City publishing job. She has longed to become an editor at Wagner Books ever since reading their groundbreaking bestseller Burning Heart when she was a teenager. Nella’s dream has come true,…

Jodé MillmanJune 2, 2021

TALL POPPY - Summer Staycation - New Lives in New Lands Journeys of Reinvention

Listicles

New Lives in New Lands: 5+ Journeys of Reinvention

After enjoying a great read about life in another country, do you ever daydream about living elsewhere? I've always dreamed of starting a new life in the south of France. While that hasn’t happened for me (yet!), I’ve found joy in creating characters who do live that fantasy. My Love…

Patricia SandsJuly 24, 2025

Listicles

7 Books to Read When You Want to Escape to the Mediterranean

My favorite travels during my life have always taken me to the Mediterranean, from the three months I spent in Greece when I was a student, to the writing courses I taught several summers in Tuscany. We can’t all jump on a jet plane when we need a dose of…

Rhys BowenJuly 2, 2025

Listicles

8 Books That Prove Daddy Issues Make Great Literature

We all have baggage — but some of us have a full matching set labeled Dad. Whether he was absent, overbearing or just emotionally unavailable, the father figure looms large in literature. These eight books dive headfirst into the complicated, messy, sometimes tender, but often painful relationships we have with…

Kelsey HallJune 12, 2025

Fiction Listicles

Craving More Sally Rooney? You’ll Love These 6 Rooney-Esque Books

I, like so many others, have constantly chased the high I feel when reading books by bestselling author Sally Rooney. She has a way of making the most mundane subject matter fill you with such emotion as each book portrays the spectrum of human connection and interpersonal relationships. The same…

Kelsey HallSeptember 24, 2024

Fiction Listicles

9 Novels That Shine a Light on the Privileged Class of Society

Part of what makes novels so appealing is how they allow us to step into the lives of others. This allows us to not only escape the real world — like in science fiction and fantasy — but also to see the real world through a new lens. To see…

Katie BloomerFebruary 21, 2025

Miscellany

Love Drama? Sample the First Chapter of 6 Contemporary Fiction and Family Novels

Imagine if you could pick and choose which drama you wanted to be involved with. Now, you can! If you’re looking for some drama in your life, or prefer an entertaining contemporary read, you can get a sneak peek of dozens of first chapters with our newest edition of Lit…

BookTribFebruary 18, 2025

Fiction Listicles

9 Novels About Finding Oneself Away from Home

Not all who wander are lost. — J.R.R. Tolkien It’s a sentiment as old as storytelling itself. Sometimes, a person needs to go on a grand journey to discover who they really are. There’s something about leaving home — leaving what’s known and comfortable — that makes a person reflective…

Katie BloomerNovember 21, 2024

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Wearing “Someone Else’s Shoes” Brings Life Changes for Two Women From Different Worlds

Jojo Moyes is the type of author that knows how to pull on readers’ heartstrings, especially when it comes to digging into realistic situations about love, friendships and careers. Jojo also knows how to flesh out open and vulnerable characters that readers will relate to, as they learn lessons along…

Aurora DominguezFebruary 2, 2023

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Blasphemy, Truth and Conviction in Epic Family Drama

THE PLOT This is a book about freedom and what it means to have it ripped away. It’s a story about women and their independence --- or lack thereof. It’s about liberties given and liberties relinquished. And it’s about strong women fighting their way through hardship. In An Unlasting Home…

K.L. RomoSeptember 16, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

A Moving Story of Marriage, In-Laws and Family, Starring Three Generations of Women

Before we even begin Sally Koslow's latest novel, The Real Mrs. Tobias (Harper), there is a pause to appreciate the title. Next you turn the first pages, at once lured into an unforgettable tale written in snappy prose with lots of humor. In a mother-in-law triangle, we meet Veronika, the…

Susan Shapiro BarashSeptember 14, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

“All This Could Be Different,” A Radiant Portrait of a Young, Queer, Immigrant Woman

This novel is as vibrant as its cover, alive and awash with people and love. Its first chapters begin in a rhythm that is clipped and clear, the beat of it ticking along like a clock until suddenly, it shatters, lurching into the life of a young, queer, Indian woman. All…

Megan BeauregardAugust 5, 2022

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When Plans Go Awry: 5 Captivating Tales of Unplanned Vacations

This month in BookTrib, we are celebrating Women’s Fiction titles that showcase unplanned vacations. Getting stuck on the road, at the airport, on a boat, at a house for the weekend. Stories where the character is unable to leave a location and has to deal with the situation. It may…

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationJuly 27, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Long-Divorced Lucy Barton Finds Love During Pandemic

A LONG-DIVORCED COUPLE'S UNEXPECTED BOND IN THE EARLY LOCKDOWN DAYS In Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel Lucy By The Sea (Penguin Random House), Lucy Barton draws us right in with her first few words, understated, self-effacing and intimate: “Like many others, I did not see it coming. But William is a…

Anne Eliot FeldmanSeptember 19, 2022

Young Adult

Everything, Everything Adaptation Puts Spotlight on Young Adult Novels

With blockbuster series like Twilight or The Hunger Games on bookshelves, it’s easy to assume that most young adult novels need a sexy vampire or a dystopian future in order to succeed. Sure, we’re not ever going to turn down a sexy vampire—we’re not crazy, after all. But there’s also…

Rachel CarterMay 18, 2017

contemporary fiction

Why Representation Matters, and It Isn’t About The Cliches

“The Devil Wears Prada” Meets “Get Out” in “The Other Black Girl”

New Lives in New Lands: 5+ Journeys of Reinvention

7 Books to Read When You Want to Escape to the Mediterranean

8 Books That Prove Daddy Issues Make Great Literature

Craving More Sally Rooney? You’ll Love These 6 Rooney-Esque Books

9 Novels That Shine a Light on the Privileged Class of Society

Love Drama? Sample the First Chapter of 6 Contemporary Fiction and Family Novels

9 Novels About Finding Oneself Away from Home

A Moving Story of Marriage, In-Laws and Family, Starring Three Generations of Women

“All This Could Be Different,” A Radiant Portrait of a Young, Queer, Immigrant Woman

When Plans Go Awry: 5 Captivating Tales of Unplanned Vacations

Everything, Everything Adaptation Puts Spotlight on Young Adult Novels

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