Welcome to the Spring 2023 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books!  

In this episode, Catherine and I share 12 of our most anticipated books releasing in April and May.  

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Highlights

• We have some debut authors and a few sophomore novels — one 14 years in the making!
• Catherine’s picks are still leaning more literary, including getting herself into a 700+ page book!
• Sarah’s spring has a variety of genres and micro genres.
• Two books Sarah has already read and loved from spring selections.
• Plus, their #1 picks for spring.

Spring 2023 Book Preview [5:19]

April

Sarah’s Picks:

• The One by Julia Argy (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [8:01]
• Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [14:00]
• The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants by Orlando Ortega-Medina (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [22:08]
• If We’re Being Honest by Cat Shook (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [26:00]

Catherine’s Picks:

• Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal (April 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [10:43]
• The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher (April 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [18:48] 
• Searching for Savanna by Mona Gable (April 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:08] 

May

Sarah’s Picks:

• Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan (May 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [32:35] 
• The Marriage Act by John Marrs (May 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [39:22]

Catherine’s Picks:

• The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (May 2) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [28:52]
• Dances by Nicole Cuffy (May 16) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [36:56]
• The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (May 30) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:16] 

Other Books Mentioned

• The One by John Marrs [8:32] 
• One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London [10:17]
• The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun [10:27]
• Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal [10:59]
• The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal [12:52]
• The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb [14:32]
• The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris [21:46]
• All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay [22:17]
• Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann [25:25]
• Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid [27:14]
• This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper [28:14]
• Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese [30:59]
• A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara [31:48]
• Watergate by Garrett M. Graff [31:58]
• Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner [34:23]
• The Passengers by John Marrs [41:19]
• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell [43:17]
• The Guncle by Steven Rowley [46:18]
• The Editor by Steven Rowley [46:32]