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Kelsey Grammer’s Heartbreaking Tribute to His Sister

Karen: A Brother Remembers is a probing and introspective look into a family nearly undone by the unspeakable. In this deeply affecting story, Kelsey Grammar leaves no stone unturned. There is no amount of preparation in life for confronting the tragic loss of a loved one. In July 1975, renowned…

Philip ZozzaroMay 6, 2025

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: The Shocking True Story of Jeddah Bride

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…

BookTribMarch 13, 2025

My Bully My Aunt and Her Final Gift by Harold Phifer

Nonfiction Recommended

Memoir Reveals Unexpected Healing — And Humor — Found in Family Dysfunction

Harold Phifer’s My Bully, My Aunt, and Her Final Gift is a refreshingly honest, darkly humorous, and unexpectedly heartfelt memoir that masterfully balances comedy and introspection. With sharp wit and a candid narrative style, Phifer takes readers on a journey through his complicated past, shaped by the formidable presence of his Aunt…

Kelsey HallFebruary 18, 2025

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Read What They Don’t Want You to Read

Censorship has long been a weapon against ideas that challenge the status quo — but some books refuse to be silenced. Tackling race, gender, oppression, and free speech, these banned books feel more urgent than ever. Their struggles are still our struggles, their messages louder than ever. If a book…

Monique SnymanFebruary 10, 2025

Nonfiction Recommended

Facing the Storm of Trauma and Finding Strength in Healing

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

Nonfiction Recommended

Unflinching Memoir Unlocks the Hidden Struggles of Addiction and Recovery

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…

Cameron KimballJanuary 28, 2025

Nonfiction Recommended

Story of Resilience Recounts Escape from Poverty and Hardship in Appalachia

Mary Frances Barron’s newly released memoir Escape from Appalachia: Who Will Rescue Me? is rich in area history, vivid in setting descriptions and compelling in its recounting of a difficult childhood. The audiobook version provides an immersive reading experience for anyone who would like to revel in the depth of…

Anne Eliot FeldmanJanuary 22, 2025

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Jumpstart Your Year With Samples of 8 Memoir and Nonfiction Books

Searching for a memoir or nonfiction read that will motivate, encourage, and empower your next chapter? If you’re seeking a source of inspiration as you make resolutions, reevaluate your future and embark on a journey of personal transformation, these 8 inspiring memoirs and nonfiction books have just what you need. …

BookTribJanuary 7, 2025

Nonfiction Recommended

Memoir Seeks to Destigmatize and Explore Nuance of Mental Illness

It’s a hard subject to talk about, especially for someone suffering from it. “Many of us have been labeled or even seen ourselves as freaks, weirdos, oddballs, eccentrics and outcasts. So it’s no surprise that many of us attempt to keep our illness hidden to the extent we can.” That’s…

Jim AlkonOctober 25, 2024

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A Mother’s Quest to Find Herself and Her Lost Son

I always find it fascinating to learn about the lives that others live. This is why I love reading memoirs — because you get to experience another person’s life right along with them. Sometimes the journey ends up in a good place and other times not. And just like in…

Barbara WilkovAugust 15, 2024

The Black Pages by Antonio Ricardo Cannady

Nonfiction Recommended

Gripping Memoir Chronicles Triumph Over Turbulent Past

According to society, not to mention his own family, Antonio Ricardo Cannady had zero chance of making something of himself. Born into an abusive household in the ghettos of Orlando, Florida, he came up in the 80s with an entire generation of poor Black kids whose lives were shaped by…

Cynthia ConradAugust 23, 2024

Feature art for BookTrib's review of fictional memoir Son of Satan by Steve Rascon

Nonfiction Recommended

A Deal With the Devil and Erotic Encounters in Genre-Bending Memoir

Steve is one lucky sonofabitch. Despite working a string of low-paying, low-man-on-the-totem-pole temp and retail jobs, his charm and natural good looks are a magnet for high-quality women. Jet-setting execs; bored, horny trophy wives; cute, perky college girls; exotic foreign nationals — it’s a never-ending “all you can eat” buffet…

BookTribJuly 12, 2024

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Heartfelt Memoir Transcends Time and Loss

“Time can’t erase a feeling that is so strong.” Rebekkah Funderburk and Kenneth Wesley Dunnings III knew what true love felt like. From the very first time their eyes met, it was meant to be. Unfortunately, all great stories must come to an end — they just never expected it…

BookTribJuly 10, 2024

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“Trump You”: Student Trumps Trump and Wins $25 Million Settlement!

“The story of Trump University is a gripping tale of ego and deceit, and it exposes the con man who became president. And no one can tell it better than Cohen.” — David Corn —∞— Silicon Valley businessman and entrepreneur Art Cohen wasn’t involved in national politics when he sued Donald…

Carole ClapsOctober 19, 2021

Book Club Network

“Wild Blueberries:” Nostalgic and Funny Essays That Tip Their Hats to Rural Michigan

A little bit Huckleberry Finn, a little bit Spanky and Our Gang, Wild Blueberries (O'Brien & Whitaker) is a delightful and beautifully written collection of essays by Peter Damm about growing up in rural Michigan. We meet the whole Damm family: young Peter, his four older brothers, one formidable sister Susan,…

Sherri DaleyJune 7, 2020

Nonfiction

“When the Tempest Gathers:” U.S. Marine Leader Dissects His Experiences in War

So writes Andrew Milburn in the introduction to When the Tempest Gathers (Pen and Sword Books), his detailed memoir as a Marine Corps leader in Mogadishu, Baghdad, Fallujah, Mosul and in the fight against ISIS. Marines, with their ritual, tradition, obedience and hierarchy, thrive in a profession that most Americans…

Jim AlkonMarch 31, 2020

Books & Looks Podcast: The Shocking True Story of Jeddah Bride

Memoir Reveals Unexpected Healing — And Humor — Found in Family Dysfunction

Read What They Don’t Want You to Read

Facing the Storm of Trauma and Finding Strength in Healing

Unflinching Memoir Unlocks the Hidden Struggles of Addiction and Recovery

Story of Resilience Recounts Escape from Poverty and Hardship in Appalachia

Jumpstart Your Year With Samples of 8 Memoir and Nonfiction Books

Memoir Seeks to Destigmatize and Explore Nuance of Mental Illness

A Mother’s Quest to Find Herself and Her Lost Son

Gripping Memoir Chronicles Triumph Over Turbulent Past

A Deal With the Devil and Erotic Encounters in Genre-Bending Memoir

Heartfelt Memoir Transcends Time and Loss

“Trump You”: Student Trumps Trump and Wins $25 Million Settlement!

“Wild Blueberries:” Nostalgic and Funny Essays That Tip Their Hats to Rural Michigan

“When the Tempest Gathers:” U.S. Marine Leader Dissects His Experiences in War

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