As the sun breaks through winter it is time to enjoy some outdoor reading so we have rounded up the best books of the spring season. From razor sharp speculative fiction to heart-pounding romance, these are the reads you’ll want to take with you on spring break 2025.
Dream State by Eric Puchner (2/18)
In this Montana-set Oprah’s Book Club pick, we meet Cece and Charlie as they put the finishing touches on planning their wedding. They appear to be a perfect pair and Cece believes she is signing up for the life of her dreams. Garret, Charlie’s best friend and the officiant, is the opposite of Charlie, but bonded by a tragic event in their past. As Cece gets to know Garret she begins to wonder if the life she planned is what she really wants. Following the events of the wedding, this book takes a fifty-year look at the repercussions of a decision not only on the three main characters, but also, their children.
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Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (3/4)
From the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah comes a novel following the lives of four women. Chiamaka, is a Nigerian travel writer in America during the pandemic. Zikora is her best friend, succeeding as a lawyer, but suffering from a betrayal. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s cousin, is a successful financier in Nigeria going through a period of self-reflection. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeeper, is providing a life for her daughter, but is faced with a threat that could undo all she’s achieved.
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The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami (3/4)
This Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist’s latest novel, The Dream Hotel, has been chosen for the Read with Jenna pick of March 2025 and we can’t wait to get our hands on this daring speculative fiction. In a Minority Report-esque future, Sara’s dreams have alerted the Risk Assessment Administration and she’s being detained because they believe she will commit a crime… against her husband. Guilty until proven innocent, she’s being held longer than she was told alongside other dreamers. This book explores technology, surveillance and privacy in an era where all of these things are converging in terrifying new ways.
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Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
Beth has made a quiet, decent life for herself with her gentle husband Frank. The balance is maintained as long as they both ignore the past. When the man who broke Beth’s heart returns to her life after a shocking turn of events, she’s confronted not only with her first love, but with deadly secrets and consequences. This Reese’s Book Club pick bridges the world of a heart-filled love story with the pacing of a thriller.
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How to Love Better: The Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth, Kindness, and Compassion by Yung Pueblo (3/11)
In his trademark profound and reflective style, this #1 New York Times bestseller encourages us to go deeper within as we manage the relationships around us. From intimate relationships to friends and family, this book will guide you through growth and more satisfying and compassionate connections.
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All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman (3/11)
Florence only gets out of bed every day for one reason: her son Dylan. Otherwise, she lives a pretty unextraordinary life of underachieving. When her son’s bully goes missing and Dylan is suspected, she must try to find the child herself to exonerate her son. She has a few problems though, none of the mothers at school like her and she isn’t complete convinced of her son’s innocence.
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Counting Backwards by Jacqueline Friedland (3/11)
Jessa’s intentions for a high-powered legal career aren’t quite going as planned. When she takes on a pro bono ICE case, things change forever. Isobel is fighting to stay with her daughter, but her health and the medical treatment she’s received brings up shocking revelations that lead her back in time through history to 1927. A startling revelation has a personal tie to Jessa as she fights for her client and the truth.
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Story of My Life by Lucy Score (3/11)
Hazel was a successful romance author until a recent bout of writer’s block threw her for a loop. In a desperate attempt to harvest some inspiration, she buys a historic home that is a little more rundown than she expected. But both problems might solve themselves when the grumpy (and sexy) contractor, Campbell, arrives at her door. Now, she has all the fuel she needs for her story, but she might find herself living a romance as often as she’s writing it.
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Everybody Says It’s Everything by Xhenet Aliu (3/18)
Adopted twins Drita and Petrit (Pete) lived a fairly ordinary American, 90s childhood, but as they grow, their paths begin to diverge. Drita was always destined for college, but Pete was headed in the wrong direction. Eventually, they become estranged for years until Pete’s girlfriend and their son show up and now Ditra is determined to find her brother, leading her on a path that reveals their Albanian ties, their connection to the war in Kosovo and could save or cost them their bond forever.
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The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue (3/18)
At the end of the 19th century, a shocking event at Paris’s Montparnasse train station sends ripples through history. In this gripping historical fiction novel from the bestselling author of Room, Donoghue masterfully weaves together the lives of a diverse cast of passengers—ranging from a medical student to politicians—all aboard a train hurtling toward disaster.
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Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (3/18)
In the fifth book within the Hunger Games world, fans are taken into the past during the second quarter quell, where double the tributes are forced to compete. One of those conscripted is Haymitch Abernathy, the man who will go on to be our favorite cantankerous mentor. But in this addition to the saga, he is a teenage boy with a drive to survive and everything to lose.
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green (3/18)
In this deeply personal, yet globally informed, new release, John Green shares his journey to understanding the reality of tuberculosis. A disease that has plagued the world for centuries is highly curable, yet still claims 1 million lives a year. When Green met Henry Reider, a young sufferer of tuberculosis in Sierra Leone, he became fast friends with the young man and an advocate for treatment and awareness. As he weaves Henry’s story with the medical, historical and social reality of the disease, he invites everyone into a global healthcare issue begging for resolution.
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Elphie by Gregory Maguire (3/25)
As everyone still tries to reconcile their obsession with Wicked, a perfectly timed prequel is released. In Elphie, Gregory Maguire takes us even further back into Elphaba’s childhood. In this coming-of-age novel, readers will discover the formative events that shaped Elphie into being the young woman we meet in Wicked and, eventually, the Wicked Witch of the West.
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Secrets of Adulthood: Simple Truths for Our Complex Lives by Gretchen Rubin (4/1)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project comes a book to guide you through the shifts and dilemmas of adulthood. Whether it’s career or marriage, massive changes or daily difficulties, this collection of aphorism–large ideas distilled into as few words as possible–will fuel you through experiences ranging from procrastination to pursuing happiness. Leaning on Rubin’s research and personal life, this book is the shorthand to living a more vibrant life.
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The Maid’s Secret by Nita Prose (4/8)
In this return to the Regency Grand Hotel, Molly is in the midst of fantastic change. As the Head Maid and Special Events Manager, she is organizing a a taping of the hit antiquities TV show Hidden Treasures while also planning her wedding to Juan Manuel. But when an antique turns out to be worth millions–turning Molly’s fortunes on a dime–a grand heist takes place. Diving into Gran’s journals, Molly finds a connection to the past that could unlock more than one mystery.
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The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose (4/15)
Sarah had thought her life was moving on. It’s been eleven years since she defended her ex-husband in the murder trial of his mistress. Life with her new husband Bob and their child seems to be the ideal Sarah’s been aiming for, but when she discovers he’s had a one-night stand, she files for divorce immediately. Now the case against Adam is reopening and Bob’s hookup has gone missing. Sarah is thrown back not the high stakes criminal investigation where more secrets are revealed and twists you never saw coming are around every corner.
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Watch Me by Tahereh Mafi (4/15)
In this return to Tahereh Mafi’s bestselling series, Shatter Me, the world is set ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment. The rebellion uprising that broke apart the authoritarian regime has resettles, but those controlling the remaining surveillance state are gearing back up on Ark Island. James Anderson has managed to break in. Rosabelle Wolff is an assassin under constant monitoring, even her thoughts aren’t safe. In this enemies-to-lovers dystopia, all must decide who they are when no one is watching.
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The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick (4/22)
In this 60s-set novel set in an elite suburb, Margaret Ryan is trying to be the perfect model of an American housewife. When a mysterious new woman moves into town, Margaret starts a new book club to get closer to Charlotte. As they read The Feminine Mystique with two other women, a truth about their own satisfaction in this life comes out. And the book club becomes a sanctuary for their dreams, their difficulties and the idea that life can be more than the pampered restrictive lives they live.
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Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (4/22)
Alice and Hayden have both been given the opportunity to pen the biography of an aging heiress who was once the center of tabloid talk. Alice is an optimistic writer looking for her big break. Hayden is a grumpy Pulitzer-winner. Each is being fed a portion of Margaret Ives’ story and they can’t share it with each other because of the NDA. In this head-to-head competition there’s a fine line between work and play.
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King of Envy by Ana Huang (4/29)
In the fifth book of the Kings of Sin series, billionaire Vuk Markovic wants her. It’s the only thing he can’t have. Ayana Kidane is his best friend’s fiancé, but Vuk believes he should be hers. What he doesn’t know is that her marriage is arranged and her picture perfect life as a supermodel is her ticket out.
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