Literary Fiction

A Darkly Humorous Tale, Maria Kuznetsova’s “Something Unbelievable” Exceeds Expectations

A book about the struggles of new motherhood in modern-day Manhatten and surviving hostile living situations in the Ural Mountains circa World War II is not what comes to mind when one hears the phrase “laugh-out-loud funny”; however, that is the case for Maria Kuznetsova’s Something Unbelievable (Random House). In…

Madison HillApril 14, 2021

Fiction

Video: Missed It? Interview with Ken Murray and Eulogy

The controlled and calm life of William Oaks is shattered when his parents die suddenly in a car accident. A reclusive paper conservator at a renowned Toronto museum, William must face the obsessions and denials that have formed him: delusional family history, religious fundamentalism, and get-rich-quick schemes. Memory and facts…

BookTribDecember 1, 2015

Fiction

Lev Grossman discusses weaving the power of literary fiction into fantasy

Lev Grossman’s latest novel, The Magician’s Land, hits shelves this week, marking the triumphant close of his New York Times bestselling fantasy trilogy. The trilogy is no doubt a beacon on the current rising tide in fantasy readership and writership, a genre which Grossman says is evolving quickly. It’s a…

Angela PalmAugust 11, 2014

Fiction

Literary Tale of Sadness, Sorrow and Grief Told by a Poet

Should a book ever win a prize for its unreliable narrator, bet on The Offering (Penelope Books) by Salah el Moncef. The narrator in question is Tariq Abbassi, a lapsed Muslim who leaves Tunisia to study philosophy at the Sorbonne but ends up running a successful Middle Eastern restaurant in…

Joanna PoncavageNovember 7, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured Thrillers

The Glamour and Seedy Underside of the Film Industry

A photographer with a limp and progressive hearing loss. A lithe actress who lands a plum role in an art film. The sometimes drug dealer, sometimes porn producer, recently sworn jihadist whose history links the two together. These are just three of the dozens of fascinating and complex characters that…

Cynthia ConradSeptember 23, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured Romance

Mirth’s Pursuit of Love and Happiness — Plus Q&A with Kathleen George

A Pittsburgh writer with the inimitable name of Harrison Mirth sits at breakfast: juice, egg, a buttered English muffin spread with marmalade. His third wife, Liz, passes back and forth through the kitchen, attentive to Mirth’s every need. The scene depicts “the beginning of the end,” we are told. Later…

Claudia KeenanSeptember 27, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Fishing a Couple’s Rubicon River: “Ruin, A Novel of Flyfishing in Bankruptcy”

Character and chance braid vividly throughout Ruin (City Point Press), a tale by Leigh Seippel of a couple’s shattered glittering life. Young Frank and Francy had every settled marriage’s nightmare of sudden total loss of basic viability. But they wake into that nightmare, which becomes reality for them. Completely bankrupted…

BookTribSeptember 27, 2022

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10 Dark Academia Reads to Obsess Over this Autumn

Dark academia lurks on the underside of academia — with a focus on the illicit, the murderous and the obsessive. When students become wildly fixated on their studies, they careen into forbidden territory, uncovering secrets that become the subject of the novel. This subgenre's appeal is not unlike the pull…

Megan BeauregardSeptember 23, 2022

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6 Fantasy Books with Powerful Female Leads

Powerful female characters don’t only wield a sword and fight evil. Grand, sweeping fantasy novels present these women with dangers and challenges that they must learn to face bravely. But they can cast spells and slay dragons while being a multitude of other things: strong-willed, determined, vulnerable or flawed. A…

Megan BeauregardSeptember 26, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Dani Shapiro’s “Signal Fires” Meditates on Grief, Regret and Human Connection

“But these are only a few possible arcs to a life, a handful of shooting stars in the night sky. Change one thing and everything changes. A tremor here sets off an earthquake there. A fault line deepens. A wire gets tripped.” On one fateful night, three teenagers go on…

Megan BeauregardOctober 12, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Mother Speaks From Grave in Story of Grief, Love and the Supernatural

It’s only natural that mothers meddle in their children’s lives. At some point, though, the meddling usually comes to an end when the mother realizes her children have grown up and can fend for themselves or, in some extreme cases, the meddling only ends when the mother dies. Well, Joseph…

Monique SnymanOctober 21, 2022

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Silas House on His Influences, Religion and Writing Appalachian Literature

BookTrib is proud to share this previously unpublished conversational interview with Silas House. Silas House is the a bestselling and award-winning author of several novels, a handful of plays and one book of creative nonfiction. The following interview was conducted in November of 2013 by Linda Hitchcock, a frequent BookTrib…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 29, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured Recommended

Literary Journey of Self-Discovery Shows the Making of a Man

It’s a bold and gutsy move to open a book with a description of two dead men, their bodies mangled at the bottom of a construction pit, blood running from their mouths and stiffening into maroon jelly. “If you have to, blame me for wanting to feel the rush that…

Joanna PoncavageOctober 31, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured Recommended

Retired Artist in Savannah Valley Redefines Generational Wealth

Life in the Savannah Valley has the potential to be different from anything Adelia ever dreamed of. On the surface, it looks picture-perfect. But when she arrives in the retirement community, she feels like an impostor. The rich locals don’t take kindly to a woman who they don't think belongs…

Megan BeauregardOctober 26, 2022

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A Reality Survival Show Becomes a Little Too Real in “Small Game”

Ashley wanted to be famous. That’s not an insult, it’s the truth … Kyle was an Eagle Scout, which meant a lot to him, although none of the others pretended to care … Bullfrog was a real anarchist type, old-school. The kind who wouldn’t call it anarchy, just country living…

Neil NyrenOctober 28, 2022

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Harmless Teenage Prank Prompts National Panic in “Now Is Not the Time to Panic”

Kevin Wilson delivers a witty and charming coming-of-age story in his latest novel, Now is Not the Time to Panic (Ecco). Twenty years ago, famous children’s author Frances Budge was an awkward teenage loner. She had no true friends, felt uncomfortable in her own skin, and believed there was more…

Jodé MillmanNovember 7, 2022

A Darkly Humorous Tale, Maria Kuznetsova’s “Something Unbelievable” Exceeds Expectations

Video: Missed It? Interview with Ken Murray and Eulogy

Lev Grossman discusses weaving the power of literary fiction into fantasy

The Glamour and Seedy Underside of the Film Industry

Mirth’s Pursuit of Love and Happiness — Plus Q&A with Kathleen George

Fishing a Couple’s Rubicon River: “Ruin, A Novel of Flyfishing in Bankruptcy”

10 Dark Academia Reads to Obsess Over this Autumn

6 Fantasy Books with Powerful Female Leads

Dani Shapiro’s “Signal Fires” Meditates on Grief, Regret and Human Connection

Mother Speaks From Grave in Story of Grief, Love and the Supernatural

Silas House on His Influences, Religion and Writing Appalachian Literature

Literary Journey of Self-Discovery Shows the Making of a Man

Retired Artist in Savannah Valley Redefines Generational Wealth

A Reality Survival Show Becomes a Little Too Real in “Small Game”

Harmless Teenage Prank Prompts National Panic in “Now Is Not the Time to Panic”

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