Spring Reading List 2024

I’m a little late on this but that’s okay! I’ll be reading the books listed below for the next few months. We’ve got a few different genres including thrillers, fantasy, historical fiction, non-fiction, literary fiction, romance, and more. I hope you can find some books to add to your TBR in this spring reading list — let’s get into it!

Spring Reading List

While some of my previous seasonal reading lists have been themed to that season (ex: mostly thrillers in the fall reading list), this is more of a random selection of books. I’m trying to explore new genres this year, so these books will be all over the place.

I’ll start things off with the longest fiction book I bought, Wellness.

Fiction Books

Wellness by Nathan Hill

Wellness is a literary fiction novel with two main characters, Jack and Elizabeth, who live in Chicago in the 90s. The book spans their relationship from before they met and were basically stalking each other (they lived in buildings right next to each other and could see one another from their windows), finally met and fell in love, and fast-forward years into the future of their marriage.

It’s a longer novel at 600 pages so you do need to be committed to spend a bit of time with it. But if you’re interested in reading about the intricacies of a marriage, how things change over the span of a relationship, how people evolve over time, this is a really interesting read.

It’s also an Oprah’s book club selection!

Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli

If you’re into fantasies (or “romantasies”) you’ll love Heartless Hunter. It’s the first book in the Crimson Moth series and the only one to be released so far. I hate reading books that are part of a series when there’s only one or two out, because by the end of the book, I’m dying to read the next one. But with Heartless Hunter, it’s worth the suspense.

Heartless Hunter is about Rune, a witch, who due to living in a post-revolution world, has to hide her magic. If she is found out, she’ll face being “purged”. It’s not only a fantasy about Rune and the other witches’ magic, but a “will they, won’t they” love story as well. If you’re into romantic fantasies, you’ll absolutely adore this book!

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

I love reading a quick thriller after a longer/more intense book. So once I finished Wellness (a 600-page novel) this was the perfect selection on Book of the Month.

I’m currently about 2/3 of the way through Listen for the Lie and it keeps you hooked all the way through. This book is about a girl (Lucy) who was accused of killing her best friend. Due to suffering a head injury the night of her friend’s death, she can’t remember anything that happened.

A true-crime podcaster (Ben) is releasing a podcast about the murder and visiting Lucy’s small hometown in Texas to investigate. They end up meeting and Ben is not only interviewing Lucy, but basically everyone in the town who would have any insight.

If you enjoy thrillers with a hint of romance, you’ll love Listen for the Lie.

The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

The Paris Library is a historical fiction that bounces back and forth between World War II Paris and 1980s Montana. The main story is set in Paris at the American Library in Paris, highlighting the lives of the brave librarians there during the war.

Flash forward to 1980s Montana, where teenage Lily meets and interviews her neighbor, Odile, about her experience in Paris during the war.

If you enjoy historical fiction and getting a different insight on World War II from a librarian’s perspective, you’ll enjoy this book.

A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen

At the beginning of 2024, I told myself this is the year I get into fantasies. I loved Harry Potter as a kid and am always intrigued by stories about magic, witches, etc., so there’s no reason I wouldn’t love a good fantasy read.

After reading and LOVING Heartless Hunter a couple of months ago, I knew I had to choose another Fantasy as my March Book of the Month.

A Fate Inked in Blood is another first in a series (Saga of the Unfated). It’s about our main character, Freya, who is stuck in an awful marriage where she has no freedom. She dreams of becoming a warrior. Her deep secret is that she’s a shield maiden, which gives her the magic to protect herself from attacks. She has to learn how to control her magic and how to fight.

I’m excited to get into the magical world of A Fate Inked in Blood.

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

Not going to lie, I wasn’t intrigued by this book when I first heard about it. But it was my first year being a BOTM BFF, meaning I received a free Book of the Year candidate! Since Shark Heart was in the Top 5 votes for Book of the Year, it was one of my options for a free book. I’d already read a few of the other books and this one looked like the best choice, so I decided to take a chance.

Shark Heart is somewhere in between magical realism and “romantasy”. It’s about a newlywed (Lewis) who finds out that he’s diagnosed with a rare condition where he slowly turns into a shark. Wren (Lewis’s wife) doesn’t know how this is going to work out for their marriage and has to figure this out throughout the book.

This is giving me somewhat Animorphs vibes from childhood but with more adult themes about marriage, grief, and finding meaning in life.

Non-Fiction Books

Now, we’re on to the non-fiction portion of the blog! I’ve been listening to non-fiction books on Audible instead of reading physical books and honestly, I love it. It’s like listening to a podcast and really works for non-fiction books in my experience.

With fiction, listening to the audiobook tends to take me out of the story and lose focus. But with non-fiction, it lets me listen to it when driving or walking, so I get through the books a lot quicker.

Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken

Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot online about ultra-processed foods and their dangers. Almost every person I heard talking about it referenced this book by Chris van Tulleken, so I figured I’d give it a chance.

I went into the book with fears that it would be an extreme/restrictive diet book that tells you to never eat processed foods again, but luckily that wasn’t the case at all.

Van Tulleken has a realistic outlook on ultra-processed foods and went on a mostly UPF diet throughout the book to see how it affected him.

The book explains the downsides of eating a diet high in UPF, but with the understanding that UPF is everywhere in modern society and hard to completely avoid. It teaches you how to recognize UPF in your everyday diet and make better choices (if that’s something you want to do.) He’s not telling you how to eat, but educating you on how to start noticing certain ingredients in foods if you want to cut down on UPF.

I loved this book and honestly, it changed my way of looking at food in a really positive way. I’d recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about ultra-processed foods and how to start looking for better alternatives in their diet.

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Atomic Habits is a classic personal development book for those of us who are trying to set better goals, be more productive, and overall live a more disciplined life.

James Clear teaches different ways to build good habits and break not-so-good ones. His guidance is practical and easy to implement with small everyday changes. He teaches you how to change your environment to make these practices easier, so good habits are something you don’t have to even think about, they just naturally occur in your daily life.

I’d recommend Atomic Habits to anyone who wants to build good habits with simple changes.

The Spring Reading List

I hope this blog post gave you some ideas of books to add to your spring reading list! If you have any other books currently on your TBR (or that you’re reading and loving right now) — let me know in the comments! I’m always on the lookout for new books to read. 🙂

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Thanks for reading! <3

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