Spring reads to brighten your days

We’ve rounded-up our top picks of uplifting and feel-good books to delve into this spring. Whether it’s fresh starts, new voices, or inspiring reads, we’ve got you covered!

Three Weddings and a Proposal by Sheila O’Flanagan, out 20th May 2021

At the first wedding, there‘s a shock

The second wedding is unexpected

By the third, Delphie thinks nothing could surprise her. But she’s wrong . . .

Delphie is enjoying her brother’s wedding. Her surprise last-minute Plus One has stunned her family – and it’s also stopped any of them asking again why she’s still single. But when she sees all the missed calls that evening, she knows it can’t be good news. And she’s right.

Delphie has been living her best life, loving her job, her friends, her no-strings relationships and her dream house by the sea. Now she has to question everything she believed about who she is and what she wants. Is her mum right – is it time to settle down? Or does she want to keep on trying to have it all?

Each wedding of a glorious summer brings a new surprise. And as everything Delphie thought she had is threatened, she has the chance to reshape her future . . .

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

This is the perfect book to discover a fresh, new, inspiring heroine! Opal Jewel is a bold Black rock musician who’s strong and fiercely independent. She’s a literary heroine, the likes of which we’ve not seen in storytelling but who we very much need and want.

All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle

From the bestselling author of The Man I Think I Know comes this heart-warming novel of family, friendship and human connection.

In phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun and friendship.

But Hubert Bird is lying.

Something has made him turn his back on people, and he hardly sees a soul.

So when his daughter announces she’s coming to visit, Hubert faces a race against time: to make his real life resemble his fake life before he’s found out.

Along the way Hubert renews a cherished friendship, is given a second chance at love and even joins an audacious community scheme. But with the secret of his earlier isolation lurking in the shadows, is he destines to always be one of the lonely people.

Listening Still by Anne Griffin

From the bestselling author of The Man I Think I Know comes this heart-warming novel of family, friendship and human connection.

In phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun and friendship.

But Hubert Bird is lying.

Something has made him turn his back on people, and he hardly sees a soul.

So when his daughter announces she’s coming to visit, Hubert faces a race against time: to make his real life resemble his fake life before he’s found out.

Along the way Hubert renews a cherished friendship, is given a second chance at love and even joins an audacious community scheme. But with the secret of his earlier isolation lurking in the shadows, is he destines to always be one of the lonely people.

The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary

Heartwarming, funny, sexy and joyful, The Road Trip might just be Beth O’Leary’s best novel yet. We defy anyone not to fall hard for the love story of Addie and Dylan.