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
Also Mentioned:
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Bridgerton
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Episode 141: Bookish Pairings for our favorite period dramas
112. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
111. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
110. Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes and stories of community, music, and home
109. Reading classic children's literature with Alice, Anne and Aslan
108. Our favorite (and least favorite) books of 2022
107. The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo and adapting the classics for modern readers
106. Revisit West Egg with Novel Pairings: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
105. A stack of sparkling novels set in the Roaring 20s
104. The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare and pairings for theatrical, political, or fantastical readers
103. Shakespearean titles to topple your To Be Read stack
102. Perplexed by Persuasion on Netflix
101. Ask a Shakespeare Professor
100. Persuasion by Jane Austen and romantic novels with plenty of pining
99. Literary adaptations we can't wait to read this fall
98. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry and stories as big as Texas
97. Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay and postcolonial novels to expand your world
96. Must-read books of the summer paired with beach-worthy backlist titles
95. Love and Freindship by Jane Austen and adding pure FUN to your TBR list
94. Ask Us Anything with Chelsey, Sara, and a surprise guest
93. Middlemarch by George Eliot Part Two: Pairings
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