Yahoo Lifestyle Find Your Next Best Read with These New Spring 2023 Books
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Find Your Next Best Read with These New Spring 2023 Books
Spring is the perfect time to find a new book to read. The days are longer so you have more daylight hours to spend reading, and the weather is nice enough for sitting outside with a page-turner. This year, there are so many brand-new spring books to read from every genre. Here, we've pulled together our favorite thrillers, romance novels, historical novels, and more to get you through those spring days. And many of these make perfect beach reads for spring break and upcoming summer travel.
Some of our favorite authors, like Emily Henry and Ruth Ware, are back with their most recent novels, but there are several debut authors on this list too if you're looking for a fresh voice. Read on to discover your new favorite.
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1) Mastering the Art of French Murder
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$26.00
Who knew Julia Child and murder mystery was the crossover we needed for 2023? This book follows the iconic chef's fictional best friend and neighbor, Tabitha Knight, as she explores her new city, none other than the great Paris. But her relaxing working holiday takes a dark turn when she and Julia find out that a body has been found in the cellar of their building—and it's someone they know. Through the investigation, the women both somehow become suspects, which leads Tabitha to take matters into her own hands and solve the mystery herself.
(Available April 25)
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2) The Celebrants
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$14.99
In his follow-up to the beloved 2021 novel The Guncle, Stephen Rowley follows a group friends over several decades as they encounter the highs and lows of life. After the death of their college classmate, they all decide to have their own funerals while they're still alive. They reunite for each one, whether it's after the death of a parent, a divorce, or another of life's curveballs. It's heartbreaking and heartwarming all at once.
(Available May 30)
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3) The Do-Over
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$10.99
Lily Lee is on a deadline to finish her latest career handbook, How to Land the Perfect Job, when she finds out that she never actually graduated college. She returns to her alma mater to complete her outstanding credits only to find that her former boyfriend is one of her TAs.
(Available April 4)
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4) With My Little Eye
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$28.99
Joshilyn Jackson is one of our favorite authors, and she once again returns to the thriller genre with this new novel. It's a truly frightening tale of actress and mother Meribel Mills who has a stalker she refers to as the Marker Man. She moves from L.A. to Atlanta in an effort to escape him, only to suspect that he followed her across country.
(Available April 25)
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5) In the Lives of Puppets
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$25.73
The author of House of the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door is back with a new fantasy novel. This time, he tells the story of a family of robots assembled from spare parts. When another robot is repaired, the family is suddenly in danger and must embark on a harrowing journey to rescue one of their own.
(Available April 25)
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6) Camp Zero
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$12.99
Camp Zero, Michelle Min Sterling's debut novel, takes place in the near future in Northern Canada, where an American building project has a lot to hide. Rose travels to Camp Zero to spy on its architect. She and a college professor, Grant, uncover more about the camp and its architect than they could've imagined.
(Available April 4)
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7) Homecoming
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$24.99
Fans of Morton's 2018 New York Times best-seller The Clockmaker's Daughter will want to go ahead and preorder this now. The story begins with a delivery man making a gruesome discovery in a small Australian town in 1959. Years later, a journalist searching for a story digs into the murder, only to find a connection to her own famly.
(Available April 4)
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8) If We're Being Honest
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$14.99
When Gerry Williams dies, his children and grandchildren return home for the funeral. Gerry's best friend delivers a drunken eulogy, and drops a major revelation about the family patriarch. The family, all dealing with their own personal issues, must band together to deal with their grief. Cat Shook's debut novel is a poignant and funny look at one family's dynamics.
(Available April 18)
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9) Cassandra in Reverse
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$12.99
Cassie is having an epically bad day. Her boyfriend breaks up with her, she loses her job, and her local cafe has run out of her favorite muffins. As she tries to pick up the pieces, Cassie learns that she has the ability to turn back time and change the past. This is the first adult novel for Holly Smale, the best-selling author of the Geek Girl and The Valentines teen series.
(Available May 9)
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10) The Only One Left
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$23.99
Riley Sager fans can count on the author to deliver page-turning thrillers like The House Across the Lake and Lock Every Door, and The Only One Left is no exception. The Hope family massacre rocked a coastal Maine town in 1929, and many believed teenager Lenora Hope to be the murderer. Decades later, Lenora has not left her home or spoken about the event. Now confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak, Lenora communicates to her home health care aid that she's ready to tell the truth about that night.
(Available June 20)
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11) Same Time Next Summer
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$11.99
Nora Goes Off Script was one of my favorite reads of 2022, so I headed into this one with high expectations. I'm happy to say Sam's story captured my heart just as much as Nora's did. Sam and her fiance return to her family's beach house to plan their wedding. Those plans are thrown off track when Sam encounters musician Wyatt, her neighbor and teenage love. Sam's funny and endearing family provides the perfect backdrop for this read.
(Available June 6)
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12) The True Love Experiment
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$12.99
Christina Lauren fans begged for a book about Fizzy, the best friend character from The Soulmate Equation. And the current queens of romance delivered. Romance novelist Fizzy Chen has serious writer's block and finds herself starring on a reality dating show in hopes of sparking her creativity. She's supposed to find love on-screen but instead starts spending time with the show's producer, single dad Connor. This novel stands alone, but we recommend reading The Soulmate Equation if you haven't.
(Available May 16)
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13) Romantic Comedy
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$13.99
Love in the time of a pandemic! Sally is a writer on a Saturday Night Live-type show and has an unexpected spark with the show's musical guest, Noah. Things don't work out at the time, but the two reconnect years later as penpals during the pandemic. The result is a refreshing and real look at modern-day love.
(Available April 4)
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14) Happy Place
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$23.99
Emily Henry is one of my must-read authors, with Beach Read and Book Lovers being two recent favorites. This year, she's back with Happy Place, a novel about friends who reunite for an annual summer vacation. But things are changing: The beach house is going to be sold, so this is their last year together. Longtime couple Harriet and Wyn have broken up but don't want to ruin the trip by telling their friends. Will the trip (and being forced to share a room!) bring them back together or drive them further apart?
(Available April 25)
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15) The Trackers
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$23.49
Frazier's debut novel, Cold Mountain, was published in 1997 and broke records with 61 weeks on the New York Times best-sellers list. The award-winning author is returning with this new novel that takes place during the Great Depression. Artist Val Welch heads to Wyoming after being hired to paint a mural. He stays with a mysterious couple, John and Eve. When Eve disappears, Val and John go on a journey to find her and end up uncovering unexpected secrets along the way.
(Available April 11)
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16) The Soulmate
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$14.99
Gabe and Pippa live in a cottage at the top of a cliff where people often come to jump to their deaths. Gabe talks them down, until one night he lets the person jump. Who is this mysterious person, and why didn't Gabe stop her? Hepworth's follow-up to The Mother-In-Law and The Younger Wife will have you up past your bedtime.
(Available April 4)
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17) Yours Truly
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$10.99
Grappling with a recent divorce and a sick brother, Dr. Briana Ortiz is struggling. She expects to be passed up for a promotion in favor of a new (male) doctor she detests, but is surprised when he starts sending her letters. This new novel by rom-com favorite Abby Jimenez (Part of Your World, The Friend Zone) is a must-read.
(Available April 11)
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18) Practice Makes Perfect
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$11.99
Sarah Adams is a refreshing new voice in the rom-com genre. Her stories are sweet and funny while never drifting into cheesy territory. This follow-up to When in Rome focuses on Annie Walker, a small-town flower shop owner who has been unlucky in love. Thinking she just needs a little practice, she enlists the help of tattooed bodyguard Will Griffin to be her dating tutor. But will their practice dating result in real feelings?
(Available May 2)
Amazon - 20/24
19) Zero Days
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$14.99
You can always count on Ruth Ware (The It Girl, The Woman in Cabin 10) for a page-turning mystery. Jack and her husband, Gabe, are hired by companies to break into offices and hack their security systems. After a job gone wrong, Gabe ends up dead, and the police identify Jack as the suspect. Jack must find the truth about what happened to clear her own name.
(Available June 20)
Amazon - 21/24
20) How I'll Kill You
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$14.99
The premise: Identical triplets-slash-serial killers make men fall in love with them, only to murder them. What happens when one of the sisters develops feelings for a potential victim? You'll be staying up all night to find out what happens in this twisty thriller.
(Available March 21)
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21) Coronation Year: A Novel
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$11.99
Just in time for King Charles's coronation, this novel by the author of The Gown delves into the lives of the people who live at the Blue Lion, a hotel on Queen Elizabeth's coronation parade route. The hotel is faced with threats on Coronation Day and its residents race to get to the bottom of the mystery. A must-read for royal fans!
(Available April 4)
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22) The Cuban Heiress
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$10.99
The author of Next Year in Havana is back with another historical novel inspired by the true story of the SS Morro Castle. Catherine Dohan, a New York heiress with a troubled past, and jewel thief Elena Palacio team up aboard the ship to seek justice.
(Available April 11)
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23) Meet Me at the Lake
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$16.20
Carley Fortune returns after her best-selling hit Every Summer After. This new novel brings together two strangers, Fern and Will, who form a strong connection in just one day. They vow to meet again a year later, but Will doesn't show. Ten years later, they reunite when Fern returns to town to run her late mother's resort and Will shows up to help. Fern must decide if she can overlook the past for a second chance at love.
(Available May 2)
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