Welcome to the Spring 2021 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books!
Catherine and I share our most anticipated books coming out April – May 2021 (plus, 2 June 1 releases!).
Also, stay tuned for my Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2021 blog post, which is coming out soon. I’ll share some of the books I talked about in this podcast, but also some that I didn’t!
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Highlights
- Catherine and I’s prediction that books about the Roaring 20’s will make a comeback (due to a similar feeling once COVID-19 dissipates a bit).
- Sarah’s and Catherine’s #1 Spring book picks.
Spring 2021 Book Preview [5:49]
April
Sarah’s Picks:
- What Comes After
by JoAnne Tompkins (April 13) | Buy from Amazon
[5:49]
- When the Stars Go Dark
- Sure, I’ll Be Your Black Friend by Ben Phillipe (April 27) | Buy from Amazon
Catherine’s Picks:
- The Bohemians
- Good Company
by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney (April 6) | Buy from Amazon
- Early Morning Riser
May
Sarah’s Picks:
- Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann (May 4) | Buy from Amazon
Catherine’s Picks:
- Ariadne by Jennifer Saint (May 4) | Buy from Amazon [32:27]
- The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker (May 18) | Buy from Amazon [42:21]
- Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty by Lauren Weisberger (May 18) | Buy from Amazon [48:39]
June 1
Sarah’s Picks:
- Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (June 1) | Buy from Amazon
- Seven Days in June by Tia Williams (June 1) | Buy from Amazon [45:49]
Other Books Mentioned
- Song of a Captive Bird
- A Good Marriage
- Long Bright River by Liz Moore (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
[14:14]
- The Current by Tim Johnston (My Review) | Buy from Amazon
- The Paris Wife
- Circling the Sun
- The Body Keeps the Score
- The Nest
- Field Guide to the North American Teenager
- I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [22:36]
- Standard Deviation
- All Adults Here by Emma Straub | Buy from Amazon
- The Vacationers by Emma Straub | Buy from Amazon
- The Big Rich by Bryan Burrough | Buy from Amazon
- The Push
- Dark Horses by Susan Mihalic | Buy from Amazon [42:26]
- The Time in Between by Nancy Tucker | Buy from Amazon [43:44]
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Catherine started The Gilmore Guide to Books over 6 years ago after wrapping up a career as a corporate librarian. She loves books and reading (surprise!) and currently lives in Ann Arbor, MI.
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What Spring 2021 books are you most excited to read?
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I highly reccomend the book Learning to See by Elise Hooper. It’s Historical Fiction based on Dorothea Lange. It was soo good. It’s about her work during the depression and her marriage.