An inspiring memoir of midlife transformation, where grit and perseverance turn a 48-year-old beginner into an Ironman triathlete and ultramarathoner.
BookTribDecember 29, 2025
Some losses feel like mountains you’ll never climb. Some griefs linger in the quiet corners of your heart. And some questions have no easy answers. Yet in those moments, certain books become companions, guides, even lifelines. The following memoirs do exactly that. They explore grief, faith and the stubborn courage…
BookTribDecember 3, 2025
Sometimes the score doesn’t tell the whole story. The following titles aren’t just about sports, but rather they tell stories about the people who shape us, the moments that test us and the unexpected directions life takes when we follow our passions. If you’ve been looking for books that capture…
BookTribDecember 2, 2025
Physician Erica M. Elliott, M.D., closes her memoir trilogy with a riveting account of chemical injury, a 50/50 brain surgery and the slow, practical work of healing. From an emergency appendectomy in India to environmental‑medicine sleuthing and a spiritual reckoning, From Doctor to Healer is an intimate, hopeful narrative about…
BookTribNovember 18, 2025
If there was ever a list of new releases that displayed the kind of diversity and breadth that we love about books, it would be this list. We have one of the most intimate books of the personal life of Prince (you never forget your first time hearing a Prince…
BookTribOctober 24, 2017
With a Youtube show titled My Drunk Kitchen, where social media star Hannah Hart gets drunk and dubiously tries to cook (or bake) things, you would expect her memoir to be lighthearted, comedic, even self-deprecating view of her life - on the contrary, however; Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded is…
BookTribSeptember 19, 2017
Not many people have lead a life like that of Nobu Matsuhisa. Born in Saitama, Japan, he and his brother were raised solely by their mother, their father dying in a traffic accident when Matsuhisa was just seven years old. After graduating high school, he worked at a restaurant for seven…
BookTribNovember 9, 2017
The Madison Park community in Montgomery, Alabama, has one of the most interesting and important histories in the country. Founded in 1880 by fourteen former slaves, they established a school, a church, and ultimately, a philosophy of community that has lasted for generations. One such person to be raised there…
BookTribNovember 13, 2017
Joely Fisher has had a long career in Hollywood as an actress and singer. The daughter of Eddie Fisher and Connie Stevens, she grew up in the spotlight as part of a Hollywood dynasty, alongside her half-sister Carrie Fisher. With her mother and younger sister Tricia Leigh Fisher, Joely toured the world,…
BookTribNovember 15, 2017
I’d been taking notes towards the idea of writing a book titled Gina School since I attended an anniversary party in 2019. Seated on one side next to the successful adult daughter of the couple whom we were gathered to celebrate, and flanked on the other side by her boyfriend,…
Gina BarrecaOctober 16, 2025
All the Way to the River is a glorious, raw memoir that folds you into Elizabeth Gilbert’s journey of love, addiction, recovery and death. In this book, Gilbert takes us inside her relationship with Reyya Elias, her best friend, lover and wife. We travel with her all the way to…
LA BourgeoisOctober 8, 2025
Some books amuse us while others teach us something new, but few change our perception. There are many perspectives we have on life (and the world in general) that are damaging to us, or others around us. These books address changing some of those perspectives.
BookTribSeptember 3, 2025
You’ve committed to the 75 Hard Challenge, or maybe you’re still hovering on the edge of starting. Either way, you know this is more than just a physical transformation. Created by Andy Frisella, 75 Hard is a mental toughness program that pushes you to complete five daily tasks for 75…
Monique SnymanAugust 14, 2025
Author C D Kreger delivers a memoir as gut-wrenching as it is uplifting with Face the Storm, inviting readers into her world with fearless honesty, recounting a life shaped by childhood neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional turmoil. Yet this book is far more than a recounting of dark experiences. Face…
Monique SnymanJanuary 23, 2025
Some books whisper, while others hit like lightning … then there are the rare ones that do both. Those books tend to shift something deep inside you with their quiet insistence on truth. The following 7 books are shaped by memory and sharpened by resistance. They dig deep and unearth…
Monique SnymanAugust 4, 2025
The doctors tell me unequivocally that if I ever drank again, I would likely not survive. I believe them. Then I drink again. This gut-punch of an excerpt comes from the prologue of Alison Ashby’s memoir, Progress Not Perfection. In just three sentences, the author shines a light on the…
BookTribJanuary 28, 2025