Road Trip

5 Nostalgic Road Trip Reads

The early days of summer have arrived at long last on the hot, tantalizing breezes of sunscreen, popsicles, and flip flops galore. Now is the time so many of us feel the need to bust free of our daily restraints and fill our lungs with the sunshiney goodness of the…

J'nell CiesielskiJune 15, 2026

Fiction Recommended

When Escape Becomes the Journey Home

In Lori Keesey’s Second Chance Highway, escape is only the first act of courage. Ginny Carmichael has already done the urgent thing: she has fled Atlanta with her infant daughter, Laurel, leaving behind Jacob Hudson, the charming, controlling fiancé whose abuse has made her life smaller and smaller. But getting…

BookTribJune 11, 2026

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DJ Lynn Ran From Her Demons and Ran Into Renewal

DJ Lynn had a simple wish: a life uncomplicated. Instead, she was barely 40 with four failed relationships, a college-age daughter who basically hated her and a witty preteen son with ADD. At the root, she supposed, were the men. Reflection time leads to reaction, which leads to a road…

Judy MorenoNovember 22, 2021

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Mother-Son 12,000-Mile Road Trip Shows the Journey Always Exceeds the Destination

It’s 1995, and Debbi Lynn is taking a cross-country road trip with her son, Steve. While she travels with a cell phone, it is long before the time of Google Maps and “find rest stops near me.” When she tells people about her plans to travel the country with only the…

Nicole MaherNovember 9, 2021

Miscellany

Have Book, Will Travel: 6 Literary Road Trips

The most effective way humans can connect with and understand one another is, arguably, through a shared experience. If you have ever read a novel that detailed a personal experience or an awakening you resonated with, then you’re probably aware of the intricate emotional connection that literature can evoke. Narratives,…

Keilah KeiserOctober 8, 2018

Nonfiction

Lori Morrison’s Memoir Leads Her on a Journey of Book Tours and Pups

I can get real comfortable sitting in front of my computer day after day, trying to manage the literary empire that I am in the process of creating. Social media, email lists, Amazon rankings, Facebook posts, tweets - every day I show up to play in a virtual market evolving…

Lori MorrisonJuly 21, 2017

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No One Can Be Trusted in Riley Sager’s Thriller “Survive the Night”

Riley Sager’s latest suspense novel, Survive The Night (Dutton), takes the “Never get into a car with a stranger” warning to a new, spine-tingling, hair-raising and goosebump-inducing level. As Brit from the podcast Crime Junkies would say, this book would give even the most levelheaded individual “full-body chills.” It’s November…

Gabby DavisJune 29, 2021

Fiction

A Fractured Family Searches for a Safe Haven at Local Wrestling Club in “Forever Free”

“He was a good-looking young man, early 20s, with the face every woman wanted to kiss and every man wanted to punch.” Jurrell A. Pabrezis’ novel Forever Free opens with this description of the main character’s younger brother. Grayson and Donovan Alexander grew up in a tough neighborhood outside of…

Michael FerryOctober 26, 2021

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Ex-Best Friends Take an Absurdly Humorous Road Trip

During the past several months, who hasn’t dreamed of shaking things up, grabbing her girlfriends, heading on a road trip, and seeing lots of new places along the way? Samantha Arias and Holly Dunfee, the protagonists of bestselling author Ann Garvin’s latest page-turner, that’s who. In I Thought You Said…

Kristy Woodson HarveyMay 27, 2021

Better Self Nonfiction

Kristy Sweetland’s “Stark Raving Zen” is a Fascinating Memoir of Personal Metamorphosis

Kristy Sweetland’s Stark Raving Zen is a haunting memoir of paranormal experiences, mysticism, voices, ghosts, memories and dreams. It’s a rocky cross-country ride in a green station wagon with a dog for company and a seemingly endless parade of mind-boggling happenings. It’s a story of self-discovery and acceptance, a spiritual…

Sherri DaleyFebruary 25, 2021

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The Great Outdoors: 11 Books To Get You Out of the House

Summer is here and this is definitely the year to celebrate the great outdoors! Why the big fuss? It's all about embracing nature and how it nurtures and nourishes our souls. We’ve gathered together 11 books in which the natural world takes a pivotal role, not just as a backdrop…

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationJune 30, 2021

Miscellany Podcasts Pop Culture

“Alice Isn’t Dead:” Popular Podcast is Now a Novel

Buckle in and get ready for a risky road trip! The podcast Alice Isn’t Dead has gained a lot of popularity over the years, and now fans have a novel to go with it (Harper Perennial) -- coming out this month from Joseph Fink. The novel fits nice and cozy into…

Rachael ElmyOctober 3, 2018