These Spring 2020 Book Releases Will Take Your Mind Off Coronavirus (And Other Bad News)

We’re only three months in, but some days, it seems 2020 couldn’t get much worse. The world is being ravaged by COVID-19, and millions of us are isolated at home. On top of everything, election season is dragging onward. And spring seems to be taking its sweet time. Whatever the reason, many of us could use an escape, so we’ve rounded up some reads—from transportive novels to hilarious memoirs, insightful self-care to inspiring romances—that promise to carry you away. We can’t make the greater world better, but we can guarantee to give you a break, however brief, from what ails you.