While we’re spending most of this season discussing classic children’s literature, today Chelsey and Sara break from form to share our most anticipated spring book releases. Spring is a busy time in the publishing cycle and we will topple your TBR with feel-good fiction, literary books from favorite writers, and a surprising number of intriguing nonfiction titles, all releasing between late February and early May. Today is all about those new releases, but if you want to hear us offer backlist pairings for these anticipated buzzy titles, head over to our Patreon community to get that bonus content delivered to your podcast feed. To shop for all of the titles mentioned in today’s episode while supporting our show, head to our Bookshop.org affiliate storefront: https://bookshop.org/shop/novelpairings

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Books mentioned:

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
In Springtime by Sarah Blake
How to Think Like a Woman by Regan Penaluna
Ten Planets by Yuri Herrera
Lone Women by Victor Lavalle
Above Ground by Clint Smith
Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal
Greek Lessons by Han Kang
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

115. Enticing spring book releases for your To Be Read list

Novel Pairings

115. Enticing spring book releases for your To Be Read list