Welcome to the Savvy Nester Book Club Spring Reads for Mom. Book recommendations are thoughtfully synthesized from high ranking book lists. With these helpful guides, Modern Empty Nesters can easily nurture their love for reading with more quiet time at home. Reading not only provides midlife brain fuel and lifelong learning, but a sense of calm from the daily hustle. Immerse yourself in worlds of love, suspense, history and midlife health with these Spring book recommendations. Your Spring reading list is set! Great ones for book clubs!
Moms Will Love These Top Spring Reads
The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
Stella’s estranged mother dies and leaves her an unusual inheritance. It’s a one-way plane ticket and a note reading “Go to Paris. This adventure set in Paris through food, art, and fashion in the 1980s is the perfect Spring read for Mom!
Table for Two by Amor Towles
From the author of A Gentleman in Moscow, this collection of six short stories set in New York City, plus a novella set in Los Angeles, is a sharp, witty and poignant take on modern marriages set at the turn of the millennium.
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
What would your life be if you changed husbands? In the novel, The Husbands, Lauren returns home to her London flat to a husband she doesn’t recognize. When he later disappears and a new husband emerges, she wonders what life would be like if you could change husbands anytime? How do you now if you’re with the right one in order to savor it?
Funny Story by Emily Henry
This #1 NYT besteller is indeed a funny story of a bad breakup that ends in an unexpected way. What happens when you start a new chapter in life rooming with your ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex? Aso named one of the most anticipated books of 2024 by Time Magazine!
Real Americans by Rachel Kong
Excitement also surrounds this #1 bestseller, which has also been a highly anticipated book of the Spring. Spanning three generations of Chinese Americans, Real Americans delves into what makes up American identity. Who are we really? Can we shape our futures? This is a page turner by award-winning author Rachel Khong, who also wrote the 2017 Book of the Year Goodbye, Vitamin.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
For fans of Outlander and time travel books, this book is part romance novel, part spy novel, part comedy all woven into one creative read. With a cast of characters comprised of “expats” from across history, this is a fun book to read with historic twists from the past.
Magic Pill by Johann Hari
Eye-opening book, Magic Pill, delves deep into how new weight loss drugs, such as Ozempic and others, are shaping the future health of our society for better or for worse. Backed by research and personal experience, Hari points out the benefits while highlighting 12 potential risks of these new weight loss drugs. Magic Pill also sheds light on our society’s relationship with weight, food and how we view our bodies and those of others. For many who have struggled with weight in midlife, this is an important read.
Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
Nothing brings a mother and daughter together like a murder next door. This Reese Book Club pick and New York Times Bestseller is a great book for empty nesters to read with your older daughter! It’s set in a sleepy New England town like the Gilmore Girls … but with the intrigue of murder.
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafa
This book has all the elements of a great Spring read for Mom. A rich and moving story set in Greece and Turkey with fig trees, forbidden and lost loves, war and history. An award winning book that was a previous Reese’s Book Club pick. A great beach read too!
Top Book of 2023: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel
Named Top Book of 2023 by NPR, The Washington Post, The New Yorker and Time Magazine. See what makes this book continue to dominate the bestseller charts.
Love To Support Local Bookstores?
Love the convenience of online shopping but like to support local bookstores? Bookshop.org connects readers with independent bookshops. Select your local bookstore to support and Bookshop.org will send the book’s profits to your selected bookstore.
Audible for Busy Schedules
Schedule too hectic? Don’t have a lot of time to read? Try Audible and stream the latest audio books anytime. With great narrators and podcasts, Audible will keep you on top of your book lists, informed and entertained.
Savvy Nester Book Club Top Book Picks For You
This Savvy Nester Book Club Spring Reads for Mom list is intended to be a helpful guide of literary picks for midlife lifestyles. They also make great gifts! For more book recommendations for the modern empty nester, see the Savvy Nester Book Club Best Books for March 2024 and Savvy Nester Book Club Top 7 Book Recommendations for February 2024! Happy Spring Reading!
Leave a Reply