14 Of The Best Book Club Picks For This Spring

Spring is the perfect time of year for freshening up your reading list and gathering your book club for some lively discussions. Whether you’re looking for spring book club picks, engaging novels for discussion, or timeless favourites that spark conversation, this list has something for every group. From exciting new releases to classic book club books that have proven to inspire meaningful dialogue, we here at What We Reading have pulled together the must-read titles for your next meeting. These book club reads cover a range of genres, themes, and moods, ensuring that there’s something to hook every member of your group. Whether your club loves twisty psychological thrillers, heartwarming contemporary tales, or thought-provoking literary fiction, these picks are tailored to make your discussions richer, more fun, and more memorable. Get stuck into the best books to read in spring and discover your next great book club recommendation today. 

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Kin – Tayari Jones

Kicking off our list of the best spring book club picks is one of the hottest new 2026 releases, Tayari Jones’ Kin. Vernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, have been best friends since earliest childhood, but are fated to live starkly different lives. Raised by a fierce aunt determined to give her a stable home, Vernice leaves Atlanta for Spelman College, where she joins a sisterhood of powerfully connected Black women. Annie, abandoned by her mother, sets off on a journey that will take her into a world of peril and adversity in a battle for her life. 

Kin is a perfect book club pick for anyone looking for a story about mothers and daughters, about friendship and sisterhood, and the complexities of being a woman in the American South. Emotionally rich and unforgettable in its depictions, it has helped establish Tayari Jones as one of the most irresistible voices in contemporary fiction. 

Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu sets off for America, where, despite her academic success, she is forced to wrestle with what it means to work for the first time. 

Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post-9/11 America closed off to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years on, they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passion – for each other, and for their homeland. 

Less – Andrew Sean Greer

Less by Andrew Sean Greer is a witty and disarmingly poignant novel that orbits around Arthur Less, a failed novelist on the brink of turning fifty who sets out on a globe-trotting adventure to avoid attending the wedding of his former lover. From the sun-soaked streets of Italy to literary events in Morocco, Less’ journey is full of hilarious mishaps, unexpected encounters, and moments of introspection. 

Through his travels, the novel explores themes of love, ageing, identity, and self-acceptance, making it the perfect pick for discussion-worthy books. Its smart blend of humour and emotion is sure to ignite some interesting conversations about relationships, life choices, and personal growth. 

Broken Country – Clare Leslie Hall

Beth and her husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, she doesn’t realise that the gunshot will alter the course of all their lives. That’s because the dog belonged to Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son, Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident. 

As Beth is hauled back into Gabriel’s life, tensions around the village rise, and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to choose between the woman she once was and the woman she has become. A sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, Broken Country is a novel of impossible choices, simmering passions, and explosive consequences that help make it one of the best book club picks for spring reading. 

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And Now, Back To You – B.K. Borison

Jackson Clark and Delilah Stewart have had their fair share of run-ins over the years, often ending in disaster. While Jackson thrives on routine and organisation from the comfort of his radio booth, Delilah loves the spontaneity and adventure out in the field. When they’re partnered against their will to cover the snowstorm of the century, they find themselves scrambling to figure out how to work with one another. 

Eager to be taken seriously as a journalist, Delilah offers Jackson a deal. If he can help her ace this assignment, she’ll help him rediscover his long-lost fun side. With an undiscovered chemistry burning beneath their clashes, the unlikely partnership soon tumbles into easy and surprising friendship. But when other feelings begin to enter the equation, can Jackson and Delilah withstand the storm in this new contemporary romance book by B.K. Borison? 

The Dream Hotel – Laila Lalami

Sara has just landed at LAX when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dream, the RAA’s algorithm has determined she’s an imminent risk of harming the person she loves most of all. For his safety, Sara must be kept under observation for twenty-one days. The agents transfer Sara to a retention centre, where she is held with other dreamers, all of them women trying to prove their innocence of different crimes. 

Eerie, urgent and ceaselessly clear-eyed, The Dream Hotel deftly explores the seductive lure of technology, which puts us in shackles even as it makes our lives easier. Laila Lalami asks how much of ourselves remains private if we are to remain free, which helps sell this as one of the best book club picks to read this spring. 

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The Readers Of Broken Wheel Recommend – Katarina Bivald

Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who travelled all the way from Sweden just to meet her pen pal, Amy. When she arrives, however, she finds that Amy’s funeral has just ended. Luckily, the townspeople are happy to look after their bewildered tourist – even if they don’t understand her peculiar need for books. Marooned in a town that’s almost beyond repair, Sara starts a bookstore in honour of her friend’s memory. 

All she wants is to share the books she loves with the citizens of Broken Wheel and to convince them that reading is one of the great joys of life. But she makes some unconventional choices that could force a lot of secrets into the open and change things for everyone in town. This is a warm, witty book about friendship, stories, and love that is sure to make for a great book club pick this spring. 

The Last Of Earth – Deepa Anappara

1869. Tibet is closed to Europeans, an infuriating obstacle for an expanding British Empire. In response, Britain begins training Indians to undertake illicit, dangerous surveying expeditions into Tibet. Balram is one such surveyor-spy, working often alongside his friend, Gyan. But Gyan went missing on his last expedition and is rumoured to be imprisoned inside the country. Desperate to rescue his friend, Balram agrees to guide an English captain on a foolhardy mission. Their path will cross with another Westerner in disguise: fifty-year-old Katherine. 

As Balram and Katherine make their way into Tibet, they will face storms and bandits, snow leopards and soldiers, fevers and frostbite. What’s more, they will need to battle their own doubts, ambitions, grief, and pasts in order to survive this treacherous landscape. 

My Husband’s Wife – Alice Feeney

Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her final exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into, Spyglass, nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn’t fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. Her husband insists the stranger is his wife. 

Six months earlier, a reclusive Londoner called Birdy, reeling from a recent life-changing diagnosis, inherits Spyglass. But then Birdy stumbled upon a shadowy London clinic that claims to be able to predict someone’s date of death, including her own. Secrets begin to unravel as the line between truth and lie blurs, Birdy feels compelled to right some old wrongs. Another one of the best new 2026 thriller books, My Husband’s Wife is a tangled web of obsession, deception, and mystery that promises to keep you guessing until the final page. 

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The Pink Cadillac – Rebecca Harlem

Scarlett never imagined that losing her most valued asset would open a new chapter in her life and quench her long-standing thirst. Struggling to express her emotions honestly, she eventually finds the strength, guided by an unseen force, and in that moment, it feels as if nature itself has bestowed its treasures upon her. 

A restless spirit, fallen from heaven to earth, finds solace in a simple activity. Two close friends, trapped in various situations for years, remain unaware of how close their destination really is. When Dakota left her profession at the peak of her career due to unforeseen circumstances, the same profession found a new Dakota years later. In this seductive and kinky story, the universe weaves its peculiar magic, orchestrating bizarre twists to lead each character toward their destined path. 

Saint Richard Parker – Merlin Franco

Ace businessman, writer, and investigative journalist Richard Parker loses his job when he exposes the vegetarian CEO of his newspaper as a beef exporter. Attempting to resuscitate his life, Richard realises that attaining enlightenment is his calling. He embarks on a spiritual journey. Between running for his life and trying to prove he is not a con artist, Richard discovers his true love in the least expected place. 

Merlin Franco’s Saint Richard Parker is a humorous travel adventure across the famed spiritual and romance region of Southeast Asia, with an ensemble of unforgettable characters and a sharp eye for the absurdities of modern life, a perfect formula for a memorable book club read. 

Early Morning Riser – Katherine Heiny

Jane falls in love with Duncan easily. Unfortunately, he’s slept with nearly every woman in Boyne City, Michigan. Jane sees his ex-girlfriends everywhere. While Jane may be able to come to terms with dating the world’s most prolific seducer of women, she wishes she didn’t need to share him so widely. 

But any notion Jane had of love and marriage changed with one terrible car crash. Soon, Jane’s life is permanently intertwined with Duncan’s, and she knows she will never have him all to herself again. But could it be possible that a deeper kind of happiness is right in front of Jane’s eyes? Early Morning Riser is a novel that is alternately bittersweet and laugh-out-loud funny, and is sure to be a hit at your next reading group meetup. 

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Small Pleasures – Clare Chambers

Jean Swinney is a feature writer on a local paper, disappointed in love and – on the brink of forty – living a limited existence with her truculent mother. When a young Swiss woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim that her daughter is the result of a virgin birth, it is down to Jean to discover whether she is a miracle or a fraud. However, the more Jean investigates, the more her life becomes strangely intertwined with that of the Tilburys. 

Jean becomes a friend. Her daughter, Margaret, becomes a sort of surrogate child. And Jean doesn’t mean to fall in love with Gretchen’s husband, Howard, but Howard surprises her with his dry wit, his intelligence, and his kindness – and when she does fall, she falls hard. And yet Jean cannot bring herself to discard the chance of finally having a taste of happiness. However, there will be a price to pay, and it will be unbearable. 

This Story Might Save Your Life – Tiffany Crum

Benny Abbott and Joy Moore hosted one of the most popular podcasts in the world. Each week, they delight listeners with different “against all odds” survival stories. Since the first episode on Joy’s experience with severe narcolepsy, they’ve been the best friends everyone wants to befriend, and, thanks to the meticulous management of Joy’s husband, Xander, they’ve built a lucrative empire. 

The problem is, their next survival story may be their own. When Benny arrives at Joy and Xander’s place one morning to record, he finds shattered glass and an empty house. The only clue Benny has is the incomplete, unseen draft of Joy’s memoir. As the hours tick by, not even the most devoted of their fans could guess the terrible secrets their famous BFFs have hidden from the world – and from one another. 

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