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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Bridgerton
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Episode 141: Bookish Pairings for our favorite period dramas
53. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Part Two
52. Backlist pairings for our most anticipated Spring 2021 book releases
51. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Part One
50.5 Five tips for reading Pride and Prejudice (or any Austen novel)
50. Quarterly Favorites: the stand-out books we read in Winter 2020-2021
49. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter and twisted Gothic fairytales to read in one sitting
48. Fairytale retellings for readers of all ages
47. There is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset and ambitious family stories that span generations
46. Love letters to books: nonfiction books about the reading life
45. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff and charming books for devoted bibliophiles
44.5 Anticipated book releases for winter 2021 and backlist books to read while you wait
44. Short Story Club: The Hunter's Wife by Anthony Doerr and wintry books to cozy up with this season
43. Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde and books that center intersectional feminism
42. Superlatives for underrated, surprising, and well-loved books we read in 2020
41. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and contemporary book recs inspired by the March sisters
40. The joy of nostalgic reads and books that Jo March would love with Annie B. Jones, owner of The Bookshelf
39. My Antonia by Willa Cather, plus books about community and survival to read this winter
38. The Best Audiobooks We Read in 2020
37. Quarterly Favorites: the best books we read in Fall 2020
36. The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as told by Alex Haley, with Traci Thomas of The Stacks
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