Riveting Books You Don't Want to Miss This Spring
Spring book season is here, and it's our favorite time of the year when it's finally warm enough to sit outside and read a great book (or two). We believe every season needs a book soundtrack—and the following reads make up ours. There's something for everyone on this reading list, keep reading to learn more about Olve's picks for "The Big Books of Spring."
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How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang A heartfelt romance about grief and healing. Helen Zhang’s bestselling books are being adapted for television, and she’s wrangled a spot in the writers’ room, which is run by a man with whom she shares a tragic and still-raw secret. |
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Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Written in homage to the classic Little Women, Hello Beautiful follows the story of the four Padovano sisters, who live in Pilsen, a working-class neighborhood of Chicago. The girls’ close-knit, rambunctious family is forever changed when the eldest, Julia, marries a young man with a tragic past that threatens their future together. |
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Main Character Energy: Novel by Jamie Varon Poppy writes lists for a popular online website, her dream of becoming an author abandoned long ago. But when her aunt dies and gives Poppy the opportunity to escape to a writer’s retreat in the South of France, she can’t resist the lure of her dormant ambitions. Any aspiring author will be able to relate to this tale of dashed hopes, writer’s block, the power of the writing community, and taking chances when they come your way. Layered onto this story is how it feels to be a slightly larger body navigating the world, especially when a couple of men catch your eye. |
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Love Me by Jessica Saunders A pitch-perfect exploration of modern married life, Jessica Saunders’s deliciously readable novel embraces the truth that some old flames can’t be snuffed out, no matter how many years go by. |
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Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan Kevin Kwan's books never lack in style, humor, or delicious twists for their well-heeled characters, and this latest is no exception. Rufus Gresham is a titled heartthrob, even if he'd happily give up an English country estate for a Hawaiian surf shack, but when his glamorous, overbearing mother decides it's time for him to marry—and marry rich—to save the family from ruin, secrets are revealed, hearts are broken, and nothing goes quite as planned. It's an exciting, engrossing, and very, very funny story that takes readers around the world and wraps them up in the high stakes of the love affairs of the one percent. |
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The Sicilian Inheritance by Sara Marsala Sara Marsala is taking a trip to Sicily. Her great aunt Rosie has passed away, and she is taking the opportunity to leave her failed business and marriage to uncover a family mystery. There is talk that Sara’s great-grandmother, Serafina, was murdered |
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