Historical Fiction

Historical Coming-of-Age Tale Explores the Dawn of the Human-Horse Bond

For most of human history, horses have carried us farther than our own legs ever could. They have borne us across continents, through wars and migrations, and into stories and mythologies that define entire cultures. The partnership between horse and rider feels so natural today that it is easy to…

Cynthia ConradMarch 11, 2026

Author Spotlight

Bold Heroine Rides into History in Immersive and Spirited Series

Calling all readers of historical fiction, fans of spirited heroines, and horse lovers, this book is for you. Poetic, powerful, and deeply humane, A Clan Chief’s Daughter is a reminder that sometimes, it takes just one person, one rider, one dreamer, one daughter to change the course of history. In…

BookTribJuly 2, 2025

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Hamnet, the Film — an Interview with Maggie O’Farrell

Every once in a while, a novel filled with love, loss and pathos crosses our path. I knew this in the summer of 2020 when I read Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. We all knew it, and the book was published to great acclaim. In this historical drama about Anne Hathaway…

Susan Shapiro BarashFebruary 6, 2026

Fiction

From War-Torn Aristocrat to Minnesota Bride: Reclaiming Her Destiny in “The Jilted Countess”

Loretta Ellsworth is a former middle school Spanish teacher with an MFA in writing who has received numerous accolades and awards for her imaginative books for children and young adults as well as adult readers. The Jilted Countess is a captivating blend of historical fiction and romance. It was inspired…

Linda HitchcockFebruary 18, 2026

Fiction

Through Snow and Silence, Love Endures in “Fireflies in Winter”

Fireflies in Winter is a vividly realistic historical fiction by the author of River Sing Me Home, Eleanor Shearer. Set in 1796, the story revolves around a young Jamaican Maroon woman named Cora, who is forced to leave her hometown of Trelawny Town because of war and seek refuge in…

Natalia KavaleFebruary 12, 2026

Fiction

Everything You Need to Know Before Reading Diana Gabaldon’s Ninth Outlander Novel

With the long-awaited release of Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (Delacorte Press), Diana Gabaldon’s ninth installment of the Outlander series, it’s time to revisit Jamie and Claire Fraser, and where we, as readers, stand within the Outlander universe. It’s been seven years since the release of Written…

Jodé MillmanNovember 22, 2021

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Celebrating Books That Have Cultivated, Challenged and Revitalized a Love of Reading

Happy National Book Lovers Day to me! And to you, of course. I am a book lover. I think I’d feel like a fake if I worked for a company called BookTrib and wasn’t someone who authentically loves to read. Seriously, would you want to read something about books written…

Judy MorenoAugust 9, 2021

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Capturing a Time, an Emotion, and Your Attention

There’s so much to love about a novel that gives us insight into what it was like to be a woman during a certain time in history. Even better if that time was pivotal, unforgettable and hovering on the brink of seismic shifts that will leave the world forever changed.…

Jessica StrawserJuly 22, 2021

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Nine Novels That Will Take You on a Trip Around the World

Road trips are full of fun, adventure and lasting memories. After over a year of being stranded by the pandemic, many of us are anxious to dust off our traveling boots and head … anywhere. While you’re waiting out the restrictions and making your wish lists, what better way to…

Heather WebbJuly 8, 2021

Listicles Miscellany

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

Fiction

Kat Devereaux Brings Italy’s Forgotten Resistance to Life in “Daughter of Genoa”

“He who saves a single life saves the entire world” – The Talmud Author Kat Devereaux has written an impressive second work of historical fiction with Daughter of Genoa. The plot centers on protagonist Anna Levi Pastorino, a half-Jewish widow whose existence in Genoa in 1944 is precarious. Believing blame…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 28, 2026

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S. Kirk Walsh on Her Debut Historical Novel of War, Loss and Animal Companionship

After reading S. Kirk Walsh’s piece that ran in the New York Times this past January, “How the Author of ‘Ragtime’ Taught an Aspiring Writer to Hear the Music,” I was eager to read her new novel, The Elephant of Belfast (Counterpoint). Having also studied with E.L. Doctorow at NYU…

Susan Shapiro BarashApril 5, 2021

Fiction Giveaways

BookTrib Giveaway: Two New Tales of Intrigue in Women’s Fiction

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/booktrib_giveaway_2021-09-02-feature-scaled.jpg What’s Not True by Valerie Taylor —∞— “A tense nerve-shredder ... compelling, real, and utterly enjoyable.” —Readers’ Favorite 5-star review “An engaging story of love, honesty, tangled family relationships, jealousy, and ambition.” —Midwest Book Review “A dramatic, comedic telenovela of a women’s fiction about infidelity and fickle hearts ... with…

BookTribSeptember 2, 2021

Fiction Giveaways

BookTrib Giveaway: A Book to Make You Laugh, a Book to Make You Cry

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BookTribMarch 24, 2022

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Fictional Telling of FDR’s Maid, the Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement

Shara Moon is making a mighty splash with her debut in historical fiction: Let Us March On. The novel introduces a broader community of readers to Lizzie McDuffie, one of America’s “hidden figures”, who made a quiet difference in the early Civil Rights Movement by way of having the ear…

Linda HitchcockMarch 13, 2025

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Kate Quinn’s “The Diamond Eye” Celebrates a WWII Heroine Who’s No Construct of Fiction

"Quinn manages to give her readers something that’s both engaging because it’s well written and exciting because it’s grounded in truth." —∞— Amid WWII, can Lady Death, a quiet bookworm turned lethal sniper, hit her mark? Based on an incredible true story, Kate Quinn’s latest novel, The Diamond Eye (William…

Lydia LefevreApril 18, 2022

Historical Fiction

Historical Coming-of-Age Tale Explores the Dawn of the Human-Horse Bond

Bold Heroine Rides into History in Immersive and Spirited Series

Hamnet, the Film — an Interview with Maggie O’Farrell

Everything You Need to Know Before Reading Diana Gabaldon’s Ninth Outlander Novel

Celebrating Books That Have Cultivated, Challenged and Revitalized a Love of Reading

Nine Novels That Will Take You on a Trip Around the World

This Black History Month, Read with Range and Intention

S. Kirk Walsh on Her Debut Historical Novel of War, Loss and Animal Companionship

BookTrib Giveaway: Two New Tales of Intrigue in Women’s Fiction

BookTrib Giveaway: A Book to Make You Laugh, a Book to Make You Cry

Kate Quinn’s “The Diamond Eye” Celebrates a WWII Heroine Who’s No Construct of Fiction

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