Today, Chelsey and Sara share their most anticipated spring book releases paired with backlist selections. After listening today, your TBR will be filled with delightful fiction, thrilling mysteries, historical romance and literary books from favorite writers, all releasing between late February and May. As always, our go-to pairings will keep your spring both entertaining and engaging.
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Books Mentioned:
Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane Oliver
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft
Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrush
Victim by Andrew Boryga
Erasure by Pervical Everett
The Love Remedy by Elizabeth Everett
Sirens of Sussex series by Mimi Matthews
James by Percival Everett
The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn by Mark Twain
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Clear by Carys Davies
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Colony by Audry McGee
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay by Octavia Butler
The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
How Long ‘Til Black Future Month by N.K. Jemisin
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
The Oracle of Delphi by William J. Broad
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Oye by Melissa Mogollon
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
A Gamble at Sunset by Vanessa Riley
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133. The modern reader's guide to historical fiction
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