# 167. Plotting Ahead: Spring 2026

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Podcast: [Literally Reading](https://stenobird.com/podcast/literally-reading-117215)
Published: 2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week, we are chatting about our most anticipated books of Spring 2026… March Madness style! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. Care to join us on Patreon with even more content? We would love to have you join us at From the Bookstacks of Literally Reading ! Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke The One Day You Were My Husband by Rosie Walsh Missing Sister by Joshilyn Jackson Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth Life: A Love Story by Elizabeth Berg The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum Joyful, Anyway by Kate Bowler No Matter What by Cara Bastone American Fantasy by Emma Straub Go Gentle by Maria Semple Wait for Me by Amy Jo Burns Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune

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