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Meet the H.A.K. Heroes Helping Kids Feel Understood and Empowered

BookTrib — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:05:10 +0000

Inspired by three very special real-life animals, Stevie Hill’s H.A.K. Heroes Series uses adventures to help young readers better understand ADHD, autism and anxiety. Featuring Hercules the mini pig, King the Dalmatian and Archi the French Bulldog, the series celebrates the powerful bond between children and animals while emphasizing empathy,...

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A Haunted Gettysburg Novel

BookTrib — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:37:36 +0000

Most Civil War novels about Gettysburg focus on the battle itself. Jeff Janoda’s Season of Life begins where many of them end: with the dead sprawled in the fields, the wounded packed into churches and barns, farms stripped bare, and civilians trying to piece together whatever can be salvaged after...

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Book Recs Based on Why You’re Watching the US Open Tennis Championships

BookTrib — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:02:09 +0000

As tennis stars face off at the US Open, we’re serving you a selection of winning books to fit your favorite part of the championships. Read these books to brush up on all things tennis, side-eye the latest influencer controversy or channel the sport’s classy elegance by reading about people...

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Bookaholic Podcast — Her Husband Left Her for a Man!

BookTrib — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:17:42 +0000

The Bookaholic Podcast is the ultimate audio haven for passionate readers, curious minds, and unapologetic book lovers. Hosted by Deirdre Pippins, each episode dives into the world of storytelling through author interviews, genre spotlights, literary trends, and honest book chats that feed your reading addiction. No matter the genre, there’s...

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The Machinery of Survival in Malta’s Darkest Hours

BookTrib — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:04:05 +0000

By early 1942, Malta was in trouble. The small British-held island sat directly across Axis supply routes to North Africa, which made it strategically valuable and an obvious target. Bombing had intensified. Food, fuel and aircraft were in short supply. And every ship that managed to reach the island had...

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The Devastation of Disappearing in Plain Sight

BookTrib — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:47:45 +0000

Live for Me, Nkem, is a book about depression that pulls you inside a mind that is quietly shutting down. Nneka Oluoha‘s debut is an emotionally honest portrait of maternal depression and it braids that portrait into a richly rendered Nigerian American family. Nkem Ezenwa has the life immigrant parents...

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The Strange Business of Free Will

BookTrib — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:24:42 +0000

John Merlan thinks he is nearing the end of things: his career is sputtering out (no thanks to his employer), his heart will not keep a steady rhythm, and most of his oldest friends are gone, save one. What remains is the question of what to do with the freedom...

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Writers, Ink Podcast: Finding Character Voice With Author Danielle McKechnie

BookTrib — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:19:47 +0000

BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and...

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Ann Garvin Turns Up the Suspense in “Tell Two Friends”

Laura Anne Bird — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:10:03 +0000

Ann Garvin’s new novel, Tell Two Friends, features a handful of her hallmarks: laugh-out-loud humor, deep friendship between women, a charmingly flawed yet relatable main character, and circumstances that feel impossible to navigate. But Tell Two Friends marks a departure for Garvin. Notably, she braids elements of suspense and foreboding...

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Giving Voice to the Women History Left Behind

Bo Wang — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:01:32 +0000

I spent a lot of my younger life fantasizing about living in Regency England or the nineteenth-century United States. As I got older, I understood either context would have been intensely uncomfortable — for anyone used to modern hygiene and for me as a Chinese American, in particular. I was...

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