It’s a different experience every year, but it’s still something you can count on: The end of winter and the arrival of spring. And whether you and your library patrons feel like you’re stumbling out of hibernation or bursting into bloom, there’s another thing you can count on: The reading recommendations in NextReads.
In every month of every season, you can trust these newsletters to arrive on schedule, filled with high-interest, human-curated book suggestions to keep your patrons engaged with the library and keep you up-to-date. Don't have NextReads? No worries, anyone can check out these books! For info about how to access NextReads, scroll to the end of the list.
Here are just a few highlights from this spring’s NextReads selections:
Intriguing Literary Fiction
- Whidbey by T. Kira Madden
- The Complex by Karan Mahajan
In-Demand Teen Reads
- The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer
- Piper at the Gates of Dusk by Patrick Ness
Celebrated Indigenous Authors
- Python's Kiss by Louise Erdrich (Fiction A to Z)
- Red River Rose by Carole Lindstrom (Books for Kids and Tweens)
- Here Come the Aunties! by Cynthia Leitich Smith and Aphelandra (Picture Books)
Crime Novels from Beyond the U.S.
- Last One Out by Jane Harper (Australia)
- Wolf Hour by Jo Nesbø (Norway)
- Guilt by Keigo Higashino (Japan)
- A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford (Scotland)
Spring into Romance
- A Lady for All Seasons by TJ Alexander
- The Fortune Flip by Lauren Kung Jessen
- Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian
Double the Hype (featured in two NextReads newsletters)
- Dirty Metal by Allison Lamothe (featured in Mystery plus Thrillers and Suspense)
- Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward (featured in Horror plus Thrillers and Suspense)
- Kings and Pawns by Howard Bryant (featured in History and Current Events plus Biography and Memoir)
- Black Dahlia by William J. Mann (featured in History and Current Events plus Biography and Memoir)
Middle Grade Reads from Award-Winners
- The Mighty Macy by Kwame Alexander
- When Tomorrow Burns by Tae Keller
- Sashimi by Dan Santat
- A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic by Philip C. Stead
Buzzy Young Adult Debuts
- Her Hidden Fire by Cliodhna O'Sullivan
- Estela, Undrowning by René Peña-Govea
Notable Names in Nonfiction
- A World Appears by Michael Pollan
- The Beginning Comes After the End by Rebecca Solnit
- Chain of Ideas by Ibram X. Kendi
- How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay by Jenny Lawson.
Rebecca Honeycutt is the Content Development Coordinator for NoveList, which includes creating NextReads newsletters for kids and teens. They are currently reading Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley.
