March 18, 2025 · 1:00 am
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Spring 2025 to-Read List


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The first book on this list is one has already been released, and I’ve included publication dates for the rest.

Book cover for They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran. Image on cover shows a realistic drawing of a young Asian woman with long black hair submerged in water and staring at the audience with a frightened expression on her face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran

Why I’m Interested: Water is an underused trope in the horror genre. Frightening things can happen in it if you’re unlucky or not careful!

 

Book cover for  Terrestrial History by Joe Mungo Reed. Image on cover shows a large orange moon or planet hanging low in the sky over a grassy field and some foothills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Terrestrial History by Joe Mungo Reed

Release Date: April 8

Why I’m Interested: While I’d never want to live on Mars personally, I love reading books about how humanity might be able to survive there one day.

 

Book cover for One Way Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. Image on cover shows drawing of a young black woman whose torso has a yellow galaxy superimposed onto it. It’s hard to say where the stars end and the woman begins. There is also a mirror effect going on here, so you can see another copy of her head and the galaxy as an upside down image on the bottom half of the book cover.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. One Way Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

Release Date: April 29

Why I’m Interested: Ms. Okorafor is on my short list of authors whose new works I always check out (eventually), but I do need to read the first book of this series before diving into this one.

 

Book cover for The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig. Image on cover shows a large spiral staircase in a dark woods. The staircase illuminated by a bright yellow light and you can see the small figure of a person - possibly a child - walking up the staircase.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig

Release Date: April 29

Why I’m Interested: Today I’d like to confess to the  Top Ten Tuesday community that I have started reading all of Wendig’s old books but always stopped reading them at some point because they were too scary for me. Will this book be the one of his I actually finish? Only time will tell. He’s a great storyteller from the bits I have read.

 

Book cover for  The Road to Tender Hearts  by Annie Hartnett. Image on cover is a simple, 1970s-style drawing of a person wearing a teal sweatshirt and brown shorts who is standing behind a station wagon and pushing the back of it as someone in the vehicle is driving. They must be stuck! They appear to be in the desert somewhere as there are cacti and a small, red mountain or large hill in the background.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  The Road to Tender Hearts  by Annie Hartnett

Release Date: April 29

Why I’m Interested: Road trips are so much fun to read about.

 

Book cover for  The Road to Tender Hearts  by Annie Hartnett. Image on cover is an underwater drawing of three young white people who are swimming in a pool while facing each other. Their bodies almost form a circle, and I can imagine them chatting as they gently swim.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. My Friends by Fredrik Backman

Release Date:  May 6

Why I’m Interested: Mr. Backman is one of those authors I keep meaning to read. His stories always sound so interesting, but none of them have made it off my TBR list yet. Maybe this one will?

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