26 Books You Should Read This Spring

In The Madwoman Upstairs, Samantha Whipple is the last remaining descendant of the Bronte sisters. When she enrolls at her father's alma mater, Oxford University, long-forgotten objects from her past reappear, and she sets off on a literary treasure hunt with her handsome but inscrutable professor to find her family's legacy. An impossibly smart and original debut.

I'm Glad About You tells the story of two people, Kyle and Alison, who were high-school sweethearts, but whose lives went in drastically different directions after graduation. With searing insights about the world of show business from industry insider Theresa Rebeck, this book is about relationships, and what we do in order to make our dreams come true.

Your favorite authors team up in Fall of Poppies, a collection of short stories set in the aftermath of World War I. Read stories by Jessica Brockmole, Hazel Gaynor, Evangeline Holland, Marci Jefferson, Kate Kerrigan, Jennifer Robson, Heather Webb, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig in this beautiful collection.

When her twin sister is murdered, it changes Cady Martino’s life. In Nowhere Girl, Cady finds, years later, that her sister’s case has been reopened and there is new evidence. But will retracing the past help her to find out the truth?

Two babies born, minutes apart, to two sisters-in-law whose families live together in a two-family brownstone in 1947 Brooklyn.The Two-Family House is a complex story about love, family, and the secrets behind us.

When a single mother Jennifer gives up parental rights to her two daughters, she assumes they'll be adopted together into a loving home with safety and security, two things she's unable to give them. Baby Natalie does get adopted into a loving home, but four-year-old Brooke remains in the system, bouncing from group home to foster home and back. Somewhere Out There is a moving novel that asks: how do our early experiences define us as adults?

The story about a hot-shot quarterback and the woman from college he forgot all about long ago. A novel about second chances from the author of Big Girl Panties.

Three siblings meet in Manhattan to confront their freshly-released-from-rehab older brother whose reckless actions have endangered their joint trust fund, affectionately known as "The Nest." You’ll devour this story of family dysfunction and dynamics whole. A compulsively readable novel that will keep you thinking about how expectations can shape our lives, and what happens when we can no longer rely on them.

"Reader, I murdered him." So begins Jane Steele, Edgar-nominated Lyndsay Faye's modern retelling of Jane Eyre. Like the protagonist of her favorite novel, Jane Steele is an orphan who suffers at the hand of her cruel aunt and then later becomes a governess. But Jane Steele is different than Jane Eyre — when her cousin knocks her down, she kills him.

The Charm Bracelet is the story of three generations of women and the charm bracelets that unite them. When Lolly's daughter Arden and her granddaughter Lauren rush home to be with her after a health scare, it gives Lolly the chance to tell them the meaning behind each of the treasured charms. A sentimental story about family and faith.

What would you do if your husband revealed his darkest secret to you on your wedding day? Set against the vibrant backdrop of St. Lucia, Just Fall is an un-put-downable sexy psychological thriller about how far we will go to protect the ones that we love, and figuring out who we can trust.

After losing her mother, Jessie’s father remarries and moves them from Chicago to chi-chi L.A., where she doesn’t fit in at her intimidating new prep school. When she gets an anonymous email from Somebody/Nobody, has Jessie found a new friend or could it be an elaborate hoax? Tell Me Three Things is a compulsively readable story that’s equal parts funny, moving, and mysterious.

When the lives of three very different women are thrown off course in drastically different ways. they find each other through barre class and come to rely on each other for strength to find their way back. Some Women is a beautiful homage to the redemptive power of female friendship.

This debut novel is lyrical and poetic look at family, love, and loss. In Sunday's on the Phone to Monday, we meet Mathilde and Claudio, two New York City bohemians who fall madly in love. They settle in the suburbs and raise three girls, where their tight-knit family bond is threatened by illness, mental and physical, and deeply held secrets.

When three very different families come together for the Gold family Passover Seder, it will be a night different from all other nights. The holidays are about family, when long forgotten memories come to the surface, old grievances play out, and in Brenda Janowitz's fifth novel, The Dinner Party, these families will learn that the only way to move forward with your future is to let go of your past. A thought-provoking story about family dynamics, acceptance, and forgiveness.

Reading an Anita Hughes novel makes you feel on vacation, and in Island in the Sea, she takes us to Majorca, the island off the coast of Spain. When record exec Julia Lyman goes to see award-winning songwriter Lionel Harding, she thinks she’s just there to retrieve his latest lyrics. Instead, she learns about love long lost, the power of music, and figuring out what you want in life.

A modern retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by the acclaimed author of Prep and American Wife. Need I say more? You'll gobble Eligible up whole — fans of Austen will marvel at this thoroughly modern remake, but you don't have to know the original to fall in love with this hilarious and clever story of reality TV dating, real life fix-ups, and family.

Meet Judith Rashleigh: London art house assistant by day, London champagne house
"hostess" by night. When Judith gets fired after discovering an art fraud, she sets off on a course of action with dire consequences. Maestra is utterly un-put-down-able, a shocking and sexy psychological thriller that is the first in a trilogy. Film rights have already been sold.

Bestselling author Angela Benson returns with The Summer of Me, a moving story about a single mother who does everything for her children. When they go away to spend the Summer with their father and stepmother, Destiny plans to do some things for herself, like finishing her college degree. But Destiny's friends think her plans should include romance . . .

Marjorie "Madgesty" Plum was the "it" girl of her high school. Only problem? High school's over. Now, she needs to grow up . . . with the help of a new roommate, a new boss, and an 11-year-old girl. Will You Won't You Want Me? asks the question: who does Madge want to be?

In The Year We Turned Forty, three friends get the chance to go back and relive the year of their lives that changed everything, their fortieth year. Will they make the same mistakes or will they do it right this time around? And more important: will they choose to come back? Another page turner from Liz and Lisa.

Imagine you erroneously get a check from your employer. The amount is nothing to your billionaire boss, but it's everything to you — it will pay off your student loans in full. You'd cash it, wouldn't you? That's exactly what happens to Tina Fontana in The Assistants. What could possibly go wrong? An insanely fun ride that is as hilarious as it is smart.

A horrible car accident takes the life of a 5-year-old child. Jenna flees, and tries to start over from the heartbreak. You'll be shocked by the twist in the middle of I Let You Go — just don't spoil it for everyone else!

The acclaimed author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls is back with The After Party, a gorgeous novel about female friendship, and how our mothers shape our lives. Joan Fortier is the center of the glamorous social scene in 1950s Houston, and her lifelong friend, CeCe, is always right there, by her side. But the insular world is not big enough for Joan, she wants more, leaving CeCe behind to figure out her unknowable best friend. A smart, thoughtful must read.

When his daughter Vera suffers a psychotic break, barely there dad Lucas takes her on a trip to Lithuania, his grandmother's homeland, for the Summer. As Lucas discovers what really happened on the night of Vera's breakdown and the truth about his grandmother's past, Vera searches for answers about herself and her family on her own. Dear Fang, With Love is a beautiful story about mental illness and love.

Can you ever go back home again? In Flight Patterns, Queen of Southern fiction Karen White introduces us to Georgia, an expert of fine china, who makes her living sifting through the old memories of other families. But when a rare Limoges soup bowl comes across her desk, she'll need to go back to the one place she never wanted to return: her family home.