historical fiction

How Nicola Cornick Merges Two Loves: History and Writing

The life of a writer can be a strange business. Frequently people assume it’s a glamorous job; they imagine a world of book launches and literary parties with a few words thrown down on paper in between. It can be seen as arcane and exciting and if you tell people…

Nicola CornickAugust 21, 2018

Miscellany

Tasty Food and Book Pairings for Every Literary Genre

There are food and wine pairings, book and wine pairings, and even book and coffee pairings but no one knows what to eat with a book! What should you munch on while reading Mockingjay? Or nibble while reading New Moon? Well, lick your lips and attack a snack, because here…

Rachael ElmyAugust 1, 2017

Miscellany

Book Review: Circling the Sun with real-life adventurer Beryl Markham

Beryl Markham Fans of Paula McLain’s The Paris Wife—her delicious first-person novel about Ernest Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley Richardson—will be glad to hear that her new work of historical fiction, Circling the Sun (Ballantine Books, July 28th) is just as good, if not better. You might not think you have…

Rebecca FosterJune 7, 2015

Miscellany

Chickens and the Civil War: a roasted dinner from A LIFE FOR NANCY—THE DAUGHTER OF FRANKIE SILVER

Lean times are common for Nancy and her children as they struggle to survive in Danita Stoudemire and Riley Henry's historical novel, A Life for Nancy—The Daughter of Frankie Silver (Bookstand Publishing, 2012). But when winter hits their rural Appalachian community in the midst of the Civil War, life becomes…

IngridMarch 18, 2014

Nonfiction

Tragedy on the Baseball Diamond – 100 Years Later

In a beautiful historic Cleveland cemetery that includes the gravesites of President James A. Garfield, John D. Rockefeller and Eliot Ness among others, the grave of Ray Chapman, some 100 years after his death, is one of the most frequently visited. Ray in many ways was just an ordinary guy …

Jim AlkonDecember 1, 2019

Giveaways

BookTrib Giveaway: History Is Adventure in These Thrilling Reads

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/booktrib_giveaway_2021-12-09-feature-scaled.jpg Burning Ground by D.A. Galloway —∞— "When I finish a genuinely great read, it leaves me with a sense of melancholy because the adventure the author took me on through his work is now over, and I'm left wanting more. Burning Ground is exactly that sort of book." —Brian…

BookTribDecember 9, 2021

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Who Was NeOmi? A Poetic Novel Explores Cultural Identity

Her Name Was NeOmi (Gatekeeper Press) by Seta Shishmanian is a tale of immigrants, told in an idiosyncratic, poetic style in the present tense. Its effect is dreamlike and surreal. After translating her grandfather’s letter, Katherine writes a novel based on what she has learned about her family. Her publisher…

Joanna PoncavageJune 14, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

A Thoroughbred’s Harrowing Tale Sparks a Mystery at the Smithsonian in “Horse”

Pulitzer prize winner, Geraldine Brooks, dashes out of the gate with a bittersweet antebellum tale of horse racing in her latest thrilling novel Horse (Viking). A mystery unfolds as a Nigerian-American graduate student, Theo Northam, is struggling to find the topic for his PhD dissertation in Art History. Theo, a…

Jodé MillmanJune 14, 2022

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

A Murder at a Prohibition-Era Speakeasy Turns a Haven into a Crime Scene

"A compelling, atmospheric series debut. Schellman expertly creates a strong sense of pace, introducing a nightclub as a world where people of different races, classes, and sexual orientations can come together." —Library Journal "Excellent ... Vivian proves to be a most imaginative sleuth. Readers will eagerly await her return." ―Publishers…

Claudia KeenanJune 6, 2022

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Priest, Bride, Haunted Hacienda Sweep Readers Into Spellbinding 19th-Century Mexico

The speaker in Isabel Cañas’ remarkable blend of suspense, horror, romance and supernatural gothic, The Hacienda (Berkley), is Beatriz, 20, the new bride of a rich Mexican landowner named Don Rodolfo. The year is 1823, shortly after the bloody Mexican War of Independence, and Beatriz’s family had the misfortune of…

Neil NyrenApril 29, 2022

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Old Crime Noir Tropes Get New Life in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “Velvet Was the Night”

"A stylish, hard-boiled novel painted in shades of gray with a whole lot of heart." — Steph Cha, author of Your House Will Pay —∞— It’s 1970s Mexico City, and civil unrest creates a dangerous backdrop for our unsuspecting, fantasy-minded protagonist, Maite. Working days as a bored secretary and nights deeply…

Emma LongAugust 17, 2021

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A Family, and a City, Confront Their “Monsters”

“Memory, of course, is also a story. It feels like the truth, especially when there is no one to dispute your recollection of events. But it is a story nonetheless — some moments have been elided, and others have been emphasized and made either luminous or horrific or both ……

Neil NyrenJune 25, 2021

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Laurie R. King Delivers Majesty and Enigma in the Latest Mary Russell Mystery, “Castle Shade”

Detective work doesn’t sleep. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes have barely closed the door on their latest case when they arrive in Transylvania to delve into another. Summoned by Roumania’s Queen Marie, the pair is commissioned to investigate the ominous happenstances lately encompassing Castle Bran, a structure with sinister and…

Amanda GardnerJune 8, 2021

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A Murder Mystery Full of Art and Intrigue in 1960s Manhattan

Once upon a time, Thomas Hart Benton was a household name, known widely as America’s foremost Regionalist painter. A prolific chronicler of the nation during the good and bad times of the 1920s through World War II, the Kansas City native studied art in Paris and New York City and…

Claudia KeenanMarch 1, 2021

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Warner’s World War II Drama Is an Epic, White-Knuckle Ride

John W. Warner IV’s Little Anton is a story to get lost in. Teetering between fact and fiction, it’s a trove of information and historical events we would have remembered from high school classes had we been paying attention. Then it slides off-center into the occult where believability meets intrigue.…

Sherri DaleyDecember 14, 2020

Fiction Thrillers

Is it Suicide or “Murder in Old Bombay”?

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Murder-in-Old-Bombay.jpg Books are like time machines, transporting us to faraway places that stir our imagination. Murder in Old Bombay (Minotaur), the thrilling debut mystery from Nev March, is one such novel. It conjures the exotic fragrances of sandalwood, jasmine, and meats roasting at the local bazaars, images of women in…

Jodé MillmanNovember 10, 2020

How Nicola Cornick Merges Two Loves: History and Writing

Tasty Food and Book Pairings for Every Literary Genre

Book Review: Circling the Sun with real-life adventurer Beryl Markham

Chickens and the Civil War: a roasted dinner from A LIFE FOR NANCY—THE DAUGHTER OF FRANKIE SILVER

Tragedy on the Baseball Diamond – 100 Years Later

BookTrib Giveaway: History Is Adventure in These Thrilling Reads

Who Was NeOmi? A Poetic Novel Explores Cultural Identity

A Thoroughbred’s Harrowing Tale Sparks a Mystery at the Smithsonian in “Horse”

A Murder at a Prohibition-Era Speakeasy Turns a Haven into a Crime Scene

Priest, Bride, Haunted Hacienda Sweep Readers Into Spellbinding 19th-Century Mexico

Old Crime Noir Tropes Get New Life in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “Velvet Was the Night”

A Family, and a City, Confront Their “Monsters”

Laurie R. King Delivers Majesty and Enigma in the Latest Mary Russell Mystery, “Castle Shade”

A Murder Mystery Full of Art and Intrigue in 1960s Manhattan

Warner’s World War II Drama Is an Epic, White-Knuckle Ride

Is it Suicide or “Murder in Old Bombay”?

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