Short Stories

New and Upcoming Climate-Focused Releases for Earth Day

April 22 is Earth Day, and a continued reminder of the importance of protecting our planet and ensuring a better future for all of its inhabitants. From conservation work to sustainability initiatives to small everyday changes, everyone has a part to play in making a difference. It’s easy to feel…

Megan BeauregardApril 22, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Graphic Novel Depicts Five Profound, Deeply Personal Stories of Humanity and Existence

When people think of graphic novels, they often associate the genre with flashy superhero comics or children’s stories. And while these types of titles also have their place in the world of graphic novels, they’re not the only ones. Oftentimes, graphic novels are far more profound than the public gives…

BookTribApril 16, 2024

Fiction

36 Major Literary Voices, Edited by Atwood and Preston, Produce “Fourteen Days”

The iconic Margaret Atwood and American author Doug Preston have spearheaded a unique novel in which each of 36 noted authors of The Authors Guild contribute by each creating and writing about one character living in a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan telling stories on the rooftop one…

BookTribFebruary 6, 2024

Romance

6 “Improbable Meet-Cutes” in Collection from Christina Lauren, Abby Jimenez and More

The Improbable Meet-Cute Collection is a romance anthology piecing together romantic stories from six bestselling authors. Each author explores Valentine’s Day and all the ways it can go so wrong…or so right. Six Serendipitous Love Stories In the first story, The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren, she tackles…

Robyn BonavitaFebruary 9, 2024

Recommended

Riveting Short Story Collection Comments on the Human Experience

Perhaps the greatest compliment one can pay a writer is this: As long as Stanislas Yassukovich keeps writing stories, I will keep reading them. I remember being introduced to this author when someone handed me James Grant, a long, dense novel about a privileged yet troubled young man that I…

Jim AlkonJanuary 10, 2024

Audiobooks Listicles

Micro-Listens: Short Fiction on Audio

Feeling scattered these days? You need micro listens! They offer all the pleasure of an audiobook without hours of commitment. Here are four single-story audiobooks plus a couple of bang-up short story collections. Have fun. Robert Petkoff’s deep warm voice and engaged pacing entice us into CALYPSO’S GUEST as thoroughly as an…

Aurelia C. ScottJanuary 3, 2024

Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Echoes of Life in Literature: Deborah Jenkins on “Winter Lights”

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio 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 reviews are either…

BookTribNovember 15, 2023

Fiction Miscellany

Strand Uncovers Unpublished Story from Truman Capote

From the archives of the Library of Congress, The Strand Magazine has uncovered yet another story from a classic writer. This time, the story comes from Truman Capote, author of the 1958 novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s which quickly became the beloved Audrey Hepburn film. His 1966 true crime masterpiece, In…

BookTribSeptember 22, 2023

Fiction

Short Story Collection Finds Inspiration in Unlikely Places From Italy to Idaho

Reading can be a transcendent experience. Constant readers like me are occasionally transported magically into another time, place or world by the sheer eloquence and elegant beauty of an author’s choice of words and phrasing. It doesn’t happen frequently but when it occurs you want to metaphorically shout it from…

Linda HitchcockAugust 23, 2023

Fiction

Anthology of Stories Set in New York City Explores the Human Experience

The best stories are those that tap into what it intrinsically means to be human. By doing so, we’re connected not only with the characters within said stories but also with our fellow readers experiencing their journeys. In his second collection, Witness (FSG), Jamel Brinkley captures this phenomenon across ten…

Darryl OliverAugust 7, 2023

Fiction

Short Stories Reckon With the Confederacy’s Dark Legacy

Ann Beattie is a genius at creating characters that are three-dimensional and relatable, and she sets them down in surprisingly familiar situations like planting tulips or a family squabble. Readers can easily immerse themselves in Beattie’s worlds. So when she comes out with a new collection of short stories, that’s…

Sherri DaleyJuly 18, 2023

Fiction

Margaret Atwood Looks at Love, Loss & Memory in New Short Story Collection

Old age is a culmination of experience. At 83, Margaret Atwood has seen more than her fair share of good fortune and tragedy to know a thing or two about the subject. In her first collection of short stories since 2014, Old Babes in the Wood (Penguin Random House), Atwood…

C RunyonMarch 6, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Moving Memoir About Unattainable Love and the Ghosts That Haunt Us

How do you find lasting love when you can’t even love yourself? How do you love yourself when you weren’t shown affection growing up? How do you process the loss of someone who was never emotionally there? How do you unravel the tangled strings of your past to form a…

Katie BloomerFebruary 27, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Short Stories Rip the Bandage Off Lifestyles, Emotions in Small-Town CA

“Everyone has secrets…and that’s what I write about.” You hear the word “secrets” and immediately associate it with some kind of suspense drama, or thriller with twists and turns. Then there’s the work of Bill VanPatten, who creates fictitious characters – likely amalgamations of real-life people and experiences – and…

Jim AlkonDecember 12, 2022

Miscellany

The Hot List: Jeffrey Eugenides’ Fresh Complaint and The Best New Book Releases for This Week

Every week, Booktrib brings you The Hot List: the list of brand new releases you won't want to miss. With some of the most poignant biographies, fascinating mysteries, funny, touching, and introspective fiction, there's something for everyone to find here. For the first week of October, these are the hottest new…

Rachel Fogle De SouzaOctober 3, 2017

Miscellany Pop Culture Pop Culture - Featured

Sisterhood of Storytelling: Oprah Magazine’s 28 Books for a Transportive Summer

“While our movements these days may be restricted, that doesn’t mean we can’t explore the world,” says Oprah Winfrey in the essay she penned to introduce Oprah Magazine’s annual summer reading list. This year, that list boasts 28 women writers from around the world, and its diverse range of titles…

BookTribJune 30, 2020

New and Upcoming Climate-Focused Releases for Earth Day

Graphic Novel Depicts Five Profound, Deeply Personal Stories of Humanity and Existence

Riveting Short Story Collection Comments on the Human Experience

Micro-Listens: Short Fiction on Audio

Books & Looks Podcast: Echoes of Life in Literature: Deborah Jenkins on “Winter Lights”

Strand Uncovers Unpublished Story from Truman Capote

Moving Memoir About Unattainable Love and the Ghosts That Haunt Us

Short Stories Rip the Bandage Off Lifestyles, Emotions in Small-Town CA

The Hot List: Jeffrey Eugenides’ Fresh Complaint and The Best New Book Releases for This Week

Sisterhood of Storytelling: Oprah Magazine’s 28 Books for a Transportive Summer

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