Welcome to the Spring 2020 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books!

Catherine and I share our most anticipated books coming out in April and May 2020.

This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!).

Supporting Local Bookstores

• Libro.fm (affiliate link for audiobooks)
• Order online from your local bookstore (Sarah: The Bookshelf, Thomasville, Catherine: Powell’s)
• Bookshop.org (25% of profits go to a pool of independent bookstores)

Highlights

• How you can support local bookstores (and authors by extension) during Coronavirus.
• Catherine and my success rate for books we shared in our Winter 2020 Preview episode.
• Our Best and Worst picks from the Winter 2020 Preview episode.
• How we were both awkwardly tall when we were young.
• A smaller (ish?) publishing imprint Catherine and I both love.
• Sarah’s and Catherine’s #1 Spring book picks.

Spring 2020 Book Preview [13:58]

April

Sarah’s Picks:

• Perfect Tunes by Emily Gould (April 14) | Buy from Amazon [14:55] 
• The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe (April 28) | Buy from Amazon [22:49]

Catherine’s Picks:

• Godshot by Chelsea Bieker (March 31 – NEW publication date) | Buy from Amazon [20:08]
• Master Class by Christina Dalcher (April 21) | Buy from Amazon [27:27]
• If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha (April 21) | Buy from Amazon [33:42]

May

Sarah’s Picks:

• All Adults Here by Emma Straub (May 4) | Buy from Amazon [29:57]
• Stray by Stephanie Danler (May 5) | Buy from Amazon [36:27]
• Running by Natalia Sylvester (May 5) | Buy from Amazon [44:00]
• Eat a Peach by David Chang (May 19) | Buy from Amazon [48:12]

Catherine’s Picks:

• Big Summer by Jennifer Wiener (May 5 – NEW publication date!) | Buy from Amazon [40:59]
• Red Dress in Black and White by Elliot Ackerman (May 26) | Buy from Amazon [46:25]
• The First Actress by C.W. Gortner (May 26) | Buy from Amazon [50:08]

Bonus Recommendation (Co-Signed by Both of Us):

• Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld (May 19) | Buy from Amazon [51:39]

Other Books Mentioned

• Writers and Lovers by Lily King (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [9:23]
• Euphoria by Lily King | Buy from Amazon [9:23]
• We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zancan (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [10:22]
• Long Bright River by Liz Moore (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [11:15]
• My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [11:15]
• The Lost Diary of M by Paul Wolfe | Buy from Amazon [12:31]
• The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [13:36]
• The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [13:36]
• Why Women Can’t Sleep by Ada Calhoun | Buy from Amazon [19:12]
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [22:12]
• Dear Fang, With Love by Rufi Thorpe (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [23:08]
• The Girls of Corona del Mar by Rufi Thorpe | Buy from Amazon [23:08]
• My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [26:13]
• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell | Buy from Amazon [26:26]
• Vox by Christina Dalcher | Buy from Amazon [27:56]
• The Vacationers by Emma Straub (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [31:36]
• Commonwealth by Ann Patchett (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [32:12]
• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [32:12]
• The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [32:22]
• Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [36:35]
• Inheritance by Dani Shapiro | Buy from Amazon [36:56]
• Open Book by Jessica Simpson | Buy from Amazon [39:52]
• Wild Gameby Adrienne Brodeur (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [40:46]
• In Her Shoes by Jennifer Wiener | Buy from Amazon [41:11]
• Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Wiener | Buy from Amazon [41:23]
• Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [42:38]
• Hungry Heart by Jennifer Weiner (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [43:36]
• Chasing the Sun by Natalia Sylvester | Buy from Amazon [44:31]
• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [45:19]
• The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [45:37]
• Waiting for Eden by Elliot Ackerman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [46:36]
• Mademoiselle Chanel by C.W. Gortner | Buy from Amazon [50:21]
• The Romanov Empress by C.W. Gortner | Buy from Amazon [50:21]
• An American Wifeby Curtis Sittenfeld | Buy from Amazon [52:02]
• You Think It, I’ll Say It: Storiesby Curtis Sittenfeld (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [52:45]

Other Links

• How Bookshop.org works
• March 2020 Books to Read (and Skip)
• Riverhead Books
• 2020 Reading Tracker
• Bill Simmons / David Chang podcast

About Catherine Gilmore

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Catherine started The Gilmore Guide to Books over 6 years ago after wrapping up a career as a corporate librarian. She loves books and reading (surprise!) and currently lives in Ann Arbor, MI.

Next Episode

There will not be a new episode next week (I’m going to “observe” my children’s Spring Break from my house).

The following week, there will be a full length episode featuring Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, authors of You Are Not Alone (airing April 15).

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