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From a Barroom in England to the Streets of Italy, Sarah Winman’s “Still Life” Is Life Well-Lived

If you had the opportunity to read Tin Man, a beautiful story of love, loss and art by Sarah Winman and loved it like I did, then you cannot miss Still Life, her latest novel! Still Life is a lovely meandering through lives well-lived where the eclectic characters choose their…

Jennifer BlankfeinJanuary 14, 2022

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7 Fictions Attacking the Civil War From All Sides

We are living through a tumultuous time in history. The COVID-19 pandemic, racial injustice, political tension — every day, it seems, we experience a new event in keeping with the recent theme of crazy-high levels of change. This isn’t the first time, however, that this country has gingerly picked its…

Judy MorenoApril 23, 2021

Fiction

Madame Tussaud: The Woman Behind The Wax

Little (Riverhead) is the unusual story of a determined young girl who shapes a better life for herself through masterful wax figures. We recognize Madame Tussaud as the famed wax sculptor, but Edward Carey adds a compelling story that will stay with you as much as her own art. After her father…

Jennifer BlankfeinDecember 13, 2018

Fiction Listicles

Tall Poppy Bloggers Recommend: Heartwarming Holiday Reads

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — and it just might be the most wonderful time for books as well! In addition to sharing a few of my can’t-miss sweet reads for the holiday season, I asked favorite book influencers to share what stories are making them feel…

Kristy Woodson HarveyDecember 16, 2021

Book Club Network Fiction

“Dava Shastri’s Last Day” Prompts Her, and Us, To Perform a Personal Perspective Overhaul

Fate is not an option. Instead, she takes charge of the when, where and how — though, as she soon learns, not everything can be so tightly scripted. In Dava Shastri’s Last Day (Grand Central), author Kirthana Ramisetti weaves a world in which the secrets of Dava’s past are free…

Karina Holosko, M.A. English LitNovember 30, 2021

Listicles Young Adult

7 YA Fantasy Novels That Invent Captivating New Creatures

Sometimes you really just need to get out of your own life by getting into a book. A 600-page Russian drama? Not it. A thought-provoking nonfiction book that scares you into believing society truly is doomed? Not it. A cheery positivity book about gratitude? Overcompensating. What’s a reader to do?…

Judy MorenoJanuary 25, 2022

Book Club Network Thrillers

A.F. Brady’s “Could Be” Killer

Compelling readers to turn the pages in a novel with a hateful anti-hero and few sympathetic characters is tricky, but A.F. Brady succeeds and captivates in the complex, intricately plotted and propulsive psychological thriller Once A Liar (Park Row Books). A.F. Brady, the pseudonym of a Manhattan psychotherapist, is also…

Ann LinebergerApril 9, 2019

Fiction

Fighting Fire with Feelings in “Beneath the Flames”

"With heavy smoke coming from the home, Captain Gregory Lee Renz knew that if the boys were to have any chance of being rescued, he had to get to them quickly. Without regard for his own safety, he descended the basement stairs and began to search for the boys.” What…

Jim AlkonJune 5, 2019

Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

The Strand Magazine Announces the 2021 Strand Critics Award Winners!

The Strand Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Strand Critics Awards! The Strand is a leading source of the latest news on thrillers and mysteries and is a hotspot for all things related to the genre. It has published many exciting works from such giants as…

Judy MorenoOctober 6, 2021

Thrillers

ITW Spotlight: “The Remaking” Tracks a Ghost Story Through the Ages

When Clay McLeod Chapman and Quirk Books Editorial Director Jhanteigh Kupihea were brainstorming ideas for Chapman’s latest novel—a cerebral horror tale about a ghost story haunted by the very ghosts at its narrative core—they decided to anchor the story in an actual urban legend rather than start from scratch. “We…

International Thriller WritersOctober 10, 2019

Thrillers

Act of Kindness Spirals into Citywide Mob Warfare in New Lee Child Novel

In Lee Child’s latest Jack Reacher novel, Blue Moon (Random House), the wandering action hero is riding a Greyhound bus when he suspects that a young thug plans to prey on an elderly gentleman whose pocket bulges with an envelope of money. Concerned, Reacher rescues the man from his attacker,…

Gisèle LewisOctober 29, 2019

Thrillers

The “Breaking Bad” of Books: Gailey’s “The Guilt We Carry”

As author Samuel W. Gailey introduces one seedy character after another to a troubled teenager trying to find herself in his latest novel, The Guilt We Carry (Oceanview Publishing), one can only hope there’s a payoff down the line – for the characters and for the readers themselves. Believe me, there…

Jim AlkonDecember 10, 2018

Thrillers

Baby Teeth Proves It’s Dangerous to Play Favorites

If you are in need of a blood chilling thriller to make your heart pound, Baby Teeth (St. Martin's Press) is for you! It is clear that author Zoje Stage mastered everything dark and suspenseful when she created Hanna, a seven year old, and the only child of Suzette and Alex.…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 13, 2018

Thrillers

Fenton and Steinke Turn Up the Suspense in ‘The Good Widow’

There is nothing wrong with a quick departure from reality with a good suspense novel at your heels. As you become wholeheartedly absorbed in the suspense of The Good Widow, you will find that reality isn't what it seems. Jacks answers her front door to find two police officers telling…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 2, 2017

Romance

Romance is in the Air: An Extra Special BookTrib Giveaway

This week's BookTrib giveaway features a whopping TWENTY-FOUR romance books! Check it out here: https://booktrib.com/booktrib-giveaways/

BookTribJune 1, 2019

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Fail or Fave: Screen Adaptations of Books

Many of us have had this experience: one of our favorite books has been turned into a movie or a TV series and we are so excited to see it come to life on the screen! We might comb entertainment news to find out which actors will play which characters.…

BookTribFebruary 2, 2022

From a Barroom in England to the Streets of Italy, Sarah Winman’s “Still Life” Is Life Well-Lived

7 Fictions Attacking the Civil War From All Sides

Madame Tussaud: The Woman Behind The Wax

Tall Poppy Bloggers Recommend: Heartwarming Holiday Reads

“Dava Shastri’s Last Day” Prompts Her, and Us, To Perform a Personal Perspective Overhaul

7 YA Fantasy Novels That Invent Captivating New Creatures

A.F. Brady’s “Could Be” Killer

Fighting Fire with Feelings in “Beneath the Flames”

The Strand Magazine Announces the 2021 Strand Critics Award Winners!

ITW Spotlight: “The Remaking” Tracks a Ghost Story Through the Ages

Act of Kindness Spirals into Citywide Mob Warfare in New Lee Child Novel

The “Breaking Bad” of Books: Gailey’s “The Guilt We Carry”

Baby Teeth Proves It’s Dangerous to Play Favorites

Fenton and Steinke Turn Up the Suspense in ‘The Good Widow’

Romance is in the Air: An Extra Special BookTrib Giveaway

Fail or Fave: Screen Adaptations of Books

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