Friendship Fiction

Fiction

“A Man Called Ove” Author Returns with Funny and Deeply Moving Tale of Friendship

Best-selling author Frederik Backman’s latest novel, My Friends, is a heart-warming, heart-breaking gem that shines with wisdom, compassion and humor, illuminating the immeasurable power of friendship. In an unnamed seaside town in an unnamed country, where hope and aspiration come in short supply, an artist and his three friends save…

Anne Eliot FeldmanJune 13, 2025

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Fictional Favorites and Real-Life Stories to Read with Your BFF This National Best Friend Day

Female friendships are intimate, intense and often life-defining. Whether they are decades-long sisterhoods, fleeting yet powerful connections, or platonic partnerships that will outlast romantic relationships, these bonds deserve center stage. In honor of those messy yet magical relationships, we’ve rounded up some of the most compelling titles that explore the depth…

Kelsey HallJune 9, 2025

Fiction

“The Office” Meets “Six Feet Under” in Comedic Tale of Midlife Second Chances

Author John Kenney has gifted readers an uplifting novel for the ages that immediately shot to the top of my five favorite books read so far in 2025. I See You’ve Called in Dead is replete with essential elements that make a work of fiction great: heart, humor, intelligence and…

Linda HitchcockMay 8, 2025

Fiction

Page Getz Delivers Frank Capra for the 21st Century in Goodnight, Kansas

Can a fish-out-of-water save a polluted lake — and an entire community? Given their long gestation time, it’s stunning how some novels feel preordained to speak to the moment in which they’re published. A Town with Half the Lights On by Page Getz truly is one such book. Which is…

JeriAnn GellerApril 17, 2025

Eddie Winston is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin

Fiction

Intergenerational Friendship Sparks a Search for Love in Marianne Cronin’s Latest

Don’t be confused by the title Eddie Winston is Looking for Love thinking it is a throwaway lightweight trashy novel about some bachelor billionaire cowboy/ carpenter/ wall street broker/ laird of the manner/stud muffin of some sort (fill in the fantasy blank) seeking a nubile baby mama to satisfy his…

Linda HitchcockFebruary 5, 2025

Fiction Recommended

Young Attorney’s Journey of Love, Survival and Friendship

Lunch Tales: Suellen by Lucille Guarino is an engaging and heartfelt novel about Suellen, a young attorney navigating her career, complicated relationships, and personal growth. At its core, Lunch Tales: Suellen is a story about survival — emotional, physical and relationship survival. Guarino makes Suellen feel real, like one of my girlfriends —…

Kelsey HallFebruary 13, 2025

The Butcher and the Butterfly by Jim Antonini

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Boxer and Ballerina Discover Friendship and Hope in Most Unlikely Place

“A butcher can hit… A butterfly can dance.” In the boxing world, there are either butchers or butterflies, as Bobby Raymond’s old trainer used to say. The Butcher and the Butterfly, as its title promises, balances the violent with the delicate, the brutal with the graceful, while paralleling two sports…

BookTribFebruary 10, 2025

Book Club Network Fiction

Latest Masterpiece in Elizabeth Strout’s Literary Repertoire, “Tell Me Everything”

Tell Me Everything is the latest novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout, selected as the 107th pick for Oprah's Book Club. Going into this novel knowing beloved Strout characters Bob Burgess, Lucy Barton and Olive Kitteridge would have a part to play, I wondered if we’d spend equal time…

Sophie CampbellSeptember 9, 2024

Feature art for BookTrib review of The Memo by Rachel Dodes and Lauren Mechling

Fiction

“The Memo” is the Blueprint to Success in Mind-Bending Rom-Com

If you were offered a do-over, not limited to clothing, hair or make-up, rather an opportunity to erase the past 15 years of your life history for a chance to relive your past, would you make that choice? There would be strict rules, terms and conditions as part of this…

Linda HitchcockJuly 16, 2024

Fiction

“How to Read a Book” Is Heartfelt Novel of Forgiveness, Compassion and the Power of Stories

Award-winning author of several works of fiction, memoirist and playwright Monica Wood has written an impactful and deeply touching novel celebrating the transformational power of reading as well as the empowerment that comes with acceptance, true forgiveness and heartfelt compassion for others. How to Read a Book is a rare…

Linda HitchcockJune 12, 2024

Studies at the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan

Fiction

Humorous and Moving Grand Finale to Jenny Colgan’s Boarding School Series

Studies at the School by the Sea (Avon) written by Jenny Colgan was originally published in the United Kingdom as Studies. It is the fourth novel in a captivating series set in a Cornish boarding school. As befits a Scottish writer of cozy novels and romantic comedies, this best-selling and…

Linda HitchcockApril 16, 2024

Fiction

“The Reading List” Author Returns With Lush Story of Community Gardens and Found Family

Sara Nisha Adams’ debut novel The Reading List, was so utterly exquisite it caused this reviewer to wonder whether her second could measure up to what seemed an impossibly high bar. All doubts have been allayed as it too is an absolute gem. The Twilight Garden is beautifully written in…

Linda HitchcockMay 23, 2024

Recommended Thrillers

Wild Bill Rides Again: Everyday Man Drops Everything and Takes Off — With FBI on His Tail

Remember news anchorman Howard Beale from the classic 1976 Oscar-winning movie Network, who proclaims in the middle of a seemingly nervous breakdown that he is “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore?” Beale, who observed the injustices and misfortunes of a society in the throes of a…

Jim AlkonNovember 10, 2023

Fiction Recommended

This Fantastical Journey Through the Cosmos Explores the Enduring Power of the Human Spirit

In Searching for Zen, author Albert T. Franklin weaves an exhilarating tale that seamlessly melds elements of fantasy and science fiction into an epic narrative of self-discovery, love and the enduring power of the human spirit. From its humble beginnings on Earth to the vast expanses of the cosmos, this…

Wyatt SemenukFebruary 15, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Women’s Fiction Explores Complexities of Friendship and Personal Growth

Let’s face it, we all have that one person in our lives who we secretly envy because they seem perfect at everything. We may grudgingly admire this person, and we may even hate them for being so put together all the time. But overall, we feel intimidated by them for…

Natalia KavaleJanuary 25, 2024

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Video Game Designers Soar to Fame in Story of Love, Redemption and Identity

The charm and intensity of the Barnes and Noble and Jimmy Fallon Book Club Pick, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (Knopf) by Gabrielle Zevin will sneak up on you unsuspectedly and before you know it, you will be deep into a book about the coming of age of three young people…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 31, 2022

Friendship Fiction

Fictional Favorites and Real-Life Stories to Read with Your BFF This National Best Friend Day

Young Attorney’s Journey of Love, Survival and Friendship

Boxer and Ballerina Discover Friendship and Hope in Most Unlikely Place

Wild Bill Rides Again: Everyday Man Drops Everything and Takes Off — With FBI on His Tail

This Fantastical Journey Through the Cosmos Explores the Enduring Power of the Human Spirit

Women’s Fiction Explores Complexities of Friendship and Personal Growth

Video Game Designers Soar to Fame in Story of Love, Redemption and Identity

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