Literature

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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

Grief, Sisterhood and the Quiet Power of Rosie Storey’s “Dandelion Is Dead”

I finished Dandelion Is Dead by Rosie Storey feeling a little unsettled, a little sad and oddly comforted all at once. It’s one of those books that doesn’t shout for your attention but instead stays with you, quietly tapping you on the shoulder long after you’ve put it down. I…

Sunday Juliet AdakuJanuary 15, 2026

Ian McEwan’s “What We Can Know” Balances Big Ideas with Bold Storytelling

Ian McEwan is no stranger to tackling big questions. Over his decades-long career, he has given us novels that explore morality, memory, love and loss through the most intimate of lenses. With What We Can Know, he sets his sights on something even more ambitious: the very limits of human…

Lydia LefevreSeptember 22, 2025

Fiction

Here’s Why Edgar Allan Poe Still Matters

Celebrating the death rather than the birthday of the master of the macabre, is only fitting. On this day October 7, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of 40 after he was found in a gutter on a side street in Baltimore, Maryland. Some people say he died…

Matt GillickOctober 7, 2016

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One Man’s Story of Heaven, With Three Different Endings

Mortality isn’t an easy topic to tackle. But that didn’t stop Dave Wolffe from penning After Here (Palmetto Publishing), his speculative and thought-provoking story of life after death. Following the character of Joe Golden, Wolffe fills Heaven with loved ones and strangers who have passed before Joe, all there to…

BookTribJuly 10, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Touching & Imaginative Journey to Find Peace Beyond Suffering

Not sure whether there is an afterlife? You’re not alone. In fact, if you google the question, you will find 16.8 million entries, all with opinions, theories and images of what the afterlife looks like. In the world of the arts, there are plenty of depictions of what comes next…

Jim AlkonJune 8, 2023

Young Adult

The Top 10 March Books for Those Sunny Spring Afternoons

Spring is officially here and so are March books! Sadly, we’re getting warm days, then cold ones. Snowy mornings and sunny afternoons. But the end of winter is finally in sight, which is gearing us up for potential BBQs, beach days and leaving the house without a bulky parka on…

Rachel CarterMarch 20, 2017

Miscellany Thrillers

Edgar Allan Poe: Influencing Literature From the Grave

Edgar Allan Poe is one of only a handful of writers who not only gained recognition during their lifetime but left behind a legacy that influenced generations of writers in a variety of genres and even languages. He is said to be the father of the modern detective story, was…

Monique SnymanJanuary 19, 2022

Miscellany

“Literary Places” Unleashes Every Reader’s Wanderlust

Have you ever read stories with settings so vivid that you felt you could be standing there alongside the characters? Some settings in books have become so iconic and intrinsic to their stories that they serve as active elements rather than passive backgrounds. From dark and brooding to serene and…

Rebecca ProulxMarch 1, 2019

Miscellany

13 Novels That’ll Take You Back to School

When we think of our school days, we remember hours spent in the library, lecture halls that sat hundreds, and all-night study sessions before semester exams. But beyond our academic pursuits, we also encountered plenty of interesting characters. Whether it was a dorm room neighbor, an eccentric professor, or a…

Early Bird BooksDecember 5, 2017

Miscellany

These Adorable Animals Reading Will Get You Through Any Work Week!

It’s Monday folks! Now, before you go drowning your back-to-work blues in a pot full of coffee and sugary donuts (I'm not opposed to that method, by the way), let’s ease into the work week -- following a long holiday weekend -- with a compilation of animals reading, because really, why not?! And…

McKenzie MorrellSeptember 12, 2016

Miscellany

Sparky Sweets, Ph.D. Drops Literary Wisdom in New Book ‘Thug Notes’

When I began teaching college-level English, I was a grad student, barely older than the students in my class. We were by and large on the same page, so to speak. We were members of the same generation. We spoke the same language. Comedian Greg Edwards Now I’m an academic…

Michael RuscoeAugust 18, 2015

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

“Living in Color” Paints Love as the Best Treatment in One Couple’s Cancer Journey

If ever there was a story about a couple living in the moment in an inner world of uncertainty and anguish, making the best of it, and coming as close to a perfect ending as can be imagined, it’s Living in Color: A Love Story, in Sickness and in Health (createSpace),…

Jim AlkonOctober 11, 2021

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Alice McDermott Shares Writerly Wisdom in “What About the Baby?”

For almost four decades, award-winning fiction author, essayist and teacher Alice McDermott has impressed readers with novels about loss, resilience and nostalgia that bind strong-knit communities. What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is her newest work, a collection of essays about…

Gisèle LewisAugust 16, 2021

Nonfiction

Review: Lost World Remembered in House of Twenty Thousand Books

In The House of Twenty Thousand Books (New York Review Books, September 1, 2015) this is the journey taken by Sasha Abramsky, whose family was tasked with the job of cleaning out a houseful of books upon his grandfather’s death. His grandfather was no ordinary book collector. The co-owner…

Michael RuscoeAugust 19, 2015

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

This Suspenseful Novella Asks What Really Inspires Our Fear of the Dark

“An exceptional suspense that shines in its prose and stylistic elements, a story that will keep the reader guessing at every twist and turn.” — Jane Riley for The Book Commentary People go to extraordinary lengths to avoid prolonged periods of physical darkness. We brighten the gloom with the highest…

Monique SnymanJanuary 28, 2022

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

Here’s Why Edgar Allan Poe Still Matters

One Man’s Story of Heaven, With Three Different Endings

Touching & Imaginative Journey to Find Peace Beyond Suffering

The Top 10 March Books for Those Sunny Spring Afternoons

Edgar Allan Poe: Influencing Literature From the Grave

“Literary Places” Unleashes Every Reader’s Wanderlust

13 Novels That’ll Take You Back to School

These Adorable Animals Reading Will Get You Through Any Work Week!

Sparky Sweets, Ph.D. Drops Literary Wisdom in New Book ‘Thug Notes’

“Living in Color” Paints Love as the Best Treatment in One Couple’s Cancer Journey

Alice McDermott Shares Writerly Wisdom in “What About the Baby?”

Review: Lost World Remembered in House of Twenty Thousand Books

This Suspenseful Novella Asks What Really Inspires Our Fear of the Dark

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