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BookTrib is proud to partner with Tall Poppy Writers, a cross-genre, cross-publisher women’s author collective that includes many notable writers including New York Times bestselling authors and National Book Award Finalists. Want more Poppies? Follow them on Twitter and Instagram at @TallPoppyWriters or join the Tall Poppy Book Club on Facebook.

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Beach Reads with a Body Count

There’s something about late summer — the sticky heat, the long shadows, the sense that time is running out — that makes it the perfect backdrop for a good thriller. As the season winds down, I’m craving books that keep me up too late, flipping pages a little too fast,…
Eliza Knight
August 15, 2025
ListiclesPopular

Why Representation Matters, and It Isn’t About The Cliches

One of the most significant shifts in the post-pandemic publishing environment was a push for more cultural representation fueled by the growing influence of social media voices navigating reader selection. Popular accounts on TikTok and Instagram that focused on book recommendations were often hosted by people representing a diverse range…
C. I. Jerez
August 7, 2025
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New Lives in New Lands: 5+ Journeys of Reinvention

After enjoying a great read about life in another country, do you ever daydream about living elsewhere? I've always dreamed of starting a new life in the south of France. While that hasn’t happened for me (yet!), I’ve found joy in creating characters who do live that fantasy. My Love…
Patricia Sands
July 24, 2025
Books About Books - Tall PoppyListicles

Can A Book Become a Main Character?

You walk to your gate at the airport, pick a chair, stash your suitcase, and see, sitting next to you, a person reading the same book you are. You could talk to that person instantly, right? Because the book gives you common ground. It’s the reason you’re reading this article…
Hank Phillippi Ryan
July 29, 2025
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Historical Scenery Turns Sparks into Fire

The screen flickers and the camera sweeps across a tree lined drive, rolling hills, and bees frolicking among the flowers. Mr. Darcy steps into frame and with a perfect swan dive plunges into the pond on his estate where the elegant manor of Pemberly watches all. Another screen flickers. This…
J'nell Ciesielski
July 14, 2025
Miscellany

Where the Writer Ends and the Story Begins

It’s the most paradoxical idea of all. Somehow, it’s both the most tempting and the most potentially disastrous. Because if we’re supposed to “write what you love” and “write what you fear,” all of us have those same passions and apprehensions about the same thing: writing! So what could be…
Hank Phillippi Ryan
May 23, 2025
Miscellany

Our Best Friends in Fiction

I happened upon a listopia category called Dog Book Lists, and it contained seven pages of lists devoted to our four-legged best friends. At first, I was surprised at the sheer amount of books mentioned, then thought, why not? The American Veterinary Medical Association reported that in 2024, 59.8 million…
Tif Marcelo
July 1, 2025