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8 Gothic Novels that Celebrate Unique Settings

My latest novel, The Fourth Princess, is a Gothic novel set in Old Shanghai – not the usual location. Gothic novels feature easily identifiable tropes: a crumbling castle, a young woman in danger, a dangerous secret and plenty of bleak atmosphere. The stories usually take place in a Western European…

Janie ChangFebruary 26, 2026

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A Thriller with Heart and Humor

What doesn’t kill you makes you…a survivor. Joy Moore and Benny Abbott have been best friends for a very long time, although the relationship has had its ups and downs. Right now, it’s definitely up, though there are other worries. A Podcast Built on Chemistry and Chaos In Tiffany Crum’s…

Neil NyrenFebruary 27, 2026

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Romance-Infused Women’s Fiction

This month at BookTrib, we are celebrating women’s fiction books featuring emotionally rich romance. These novels explore love, resilience, reinvention and the courage to choose one’s own destiny across eras and continents.

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationFebruary 25, 2026

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Echoes of Home: Stories of Identity and the Pull of the Past

Stories rooted in Appalachia and the broader American South often center on place as much as plot — where landscape, family history and community expectations shape every choice a character makes. These narratives explore the tension between leaving and staying, the weight of generational memory and the complicated bonds that…

BookTribFebruary 25, 2026

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From Cupid to Creepy: February’s Chill Quill

Love is in the air this February—but so is something darker. This month’s horror releases bring haunted influencers, monstrous pregnancies, bloodthirsty vampires, enchanted forests, cursed wells, and the high price of happily-ever-after. Whether you’re craving a slow-burn gothic or a full-throttle screamfest, there’s something for every dark heart in this…

Lindy RyanFebruary 16, 2026

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Her To-Do List Involves a Dead Body. What About Yours?

Domestic Bliss, with a Body “The truth is, it’s surprisingly difficult to kill someone with a vegetable knife. But as I was preparing carrot sticks at the time, it’s all I had.” That’s Lalla Rook talking. In M.K. Oliver’s A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage (and doesn’t that tell…

Neil NyrenJanuary 30, 2026

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The Real Love Story? 6 Powerful Books That Celebrate Female Friendship

We talk endlessly about romantic love. We chart it, market it, monetize it. We measure our lives by it. But female friendship — the kind that begins in school corridors, in shared bedrooms, in whispered secrets and borrowed clothes — rarely gets the same cultural reverence. It is treated as…

BookTribFebruary 17, 2026

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Books That Prove One Small Act of Kindness Can Change Everything

Every February 17, Random Acts of Kindness Day invites us to believe something deceptively simple: small gestures matter. A compliment. A helping hand. An unexpected second chance. In life, those moments can feel fleeting. In fiction, they often become the hinge on which entire stories turn. A single act of…

BookTribFebruary 18, 2026

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6 Thrillers Where Beautiful People Make Bad Decisions

Money buys silence. Status buys patience … And reputation? Well, that buys second chances. The following novels understand this all too well, and dismantle the privileged systems without mercy. Set among rehab centers built to protect the famous, towns that quietly adjusted to old crimes and communities governed by image…

BookTribFebruary 9, 2026

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Game On: 5 Football Romances That’ll Hit Harder Than the Super Bowl

The snacks are fire, the commercials are iconic, the halftime show slays … but let's be real: sometimes the real thrill isn't on the field. It's in the stories where sweat-soaked egos collide with raw longing, where the playbook gets thrown out the window for one electric glance and love…

BookTribFebruary 6, 2026

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7 Novels Set in America’s National Parks

Many of us got rather tired of the same four walls during these past two years. No matter how much we organized, redecorated, hygged and hibernated, nothing quite satisfied the growing need to break free and get outside. That need, over time, may have morphed into quite the monster. A…

Judy MorenoDecember 14, 2021

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This Black History Month, Read with Range and Intention

Black History Month exists to create space — for remembrance, interrogation and attention. It asks readers to engage not with a single narrative, but with a body of work shaped across centuries, geographies and genres. Too often, that engagement narrows rather than widens, circling the same texts and themes until…

Monique SnymanFebruary 4, 2026

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Aunt Libra Holiday Edition: A Kalamity of Kringles

Darlings! The world is getting absolutely holly jolly. Rather than fretting about having to endure another episode of Uncles Webster and Oxford launching ad homonym attacks over holiday dinner, I’m greeting the winter season with joy. And why not? The festivals abound: Bodhi Day! St. Lucy’s Day! Hanukkah! Yule! Dongzhi!…

Aunt LibraDecember 16, 2025

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Aunt Libra Goes Clubbing

Darlings! Did all of my three-dimensional dear ones have a Happy New Year? I certainly hope so! I for one had quite the New Years Eve. Lovebirds Nick Carroway and Jay Gatsby’s mansion is THE place to be as the year turns. Champagne, fireworks, endless dancing, canoodling and that bonfire…

Aunt LibraJanuary 30, 2026

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When Women Start Over, Everything Changes

This month in BookTrib, we are celebrating women’s fiction books featuring characters who take brave leaps of faith to start over and forge new paths in their lives.

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationJanuary 28, 2026

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From a Barroom in England to the Streets of Italy, Sarah Winman’s “Still Life” Is Life Well-Lived

If you had the opportunity to read Tin Man, a beautiful story of love, loss and art by Sarah Winman and loved it like I did, then you cannot miss Still Life, her latest novel! Still Life is a lovely meandering through lives well-lived where the eclectic characters choose their…

Jennifer BlankfeinJanuary 14, 2022