What To Read This Spring
Happy Spring! As the days grow longer and springtime blossoms, there’s no better time to refresh your reading list with stories that inspire, entertain, and transport you. Whether you’re looking for a cozy novel to enjoy with a cup of tea, a thrilling page-turner to keep you on the edge of your seat, or a thought-provoking nonfiction book to expand your horizons, this season offers plenty of literary gems. Here’s a curated list of must-read books to add to your springtime reading stack!
Buckeye
by Patrick Ryan
Patrick Ryan’s story begins on VE Day in 1945, when an impulsive kiss between two married strangers—Cal Jenkins and Margaret Salt—sets in motion a series of secrets that will shape their lives and the lives of their families for years to come. As the story unfolds across the post–World War II decades, the consequences of that single moment echo through marriages, friendships, and the lives of the next generation growing up in their small Ohio town.
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Lost Lambs
by Madeline Cash
In Madeline Cash’s Lost Lambs, the Flynn family is slowly coming apart! Catherine and Bud’s unconventional marriage is unraveling, while their three daughters are caught up in their own unusual predicaments—dangerous relationships, secret online interactions, and growing obsessions with conspiracy theories. When the youngest daughter starts digging into the activities of a wealthy and potentially corrupt billionaire in their coastal town, her investigation unexpectedly entangles the entire family in a criminal plot. I laughed out loud countless times!
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Strangers
by Belle Burden
In her essay and memoir, Belle Burden chronicles the sudden breakdown of her marriage during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. After learning her husband James is having an affair, he abruptly leaves their 20-year marriage, offering little explanation and abandoning the life they built together—including custody of their children. As she reflects on the relationship and its collapse, Burden reaches a haunting realization: she had been married to a stranger.
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Theo of Golden
by Allan Levi
Allan Levi’ heartfelt novel centers around a mysterious older man named Theo arrives in the small Southern town of Golden, no one knows where he came from or why he’s there. After discovering a wall of pencil portraits of local residents in a coffee shop, he begins buying the drawings one by one and returning them to the people depicted. Through these quiet acts of generosity, Theo forms unexpected friendships and gradually changes the lives of those around him—while the townspeople begin to wonder about the story behind his own past.
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Wild Dark Shore
by Charlotte McConaghy
Charlotte McConaghy’s latest novel gripped me from the start. A woman running from her past ends up on a remote island where a small family is looking after a crucial seed bank designed to protect the world’s plant life. As powerful storms, rising seas, and buried secrets begin to threaten the island, the strangers have to figure out whether they can trust each other. Surprised how much I enjoyed this book and its twist and turns!