The Everygirl’s 2026 Spring Reading Challenge

In the wake of a catastrophic storm, Cora sets off to register her son’s birth. Her husband, Gordon, intends for her to name the baby after him. But when faced with the decision, Cora hesitates. Spanning thirty-five years, what follows are three alternating versions of their lives, shaped by Cora’s last-minute choice of name.

Leigh is the last of the Wildes. She knows this because she watched them all die. But Leigh still does what’s in her nature: She survives. So, when the transport bus taking Leigh to prison careens off the road, killing everyone onboard except her, she searches for a place to hide. She stumbles upon an unexpected sanctuary: A flower farm in Alabama. There, she meets Jackson—the farm’s owner, who offers Leigh small moments of tenderness and encourages her to face her own tragedies. But no matter how hard Leigh tries to find peace, the ghosts of the Wildes follow.

While picking cherries on the family’s orchard, Lara’s three daughters beg for the story of Peter Duke, an actor she once shared a stage and a romance with. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to face everything they thought they knew.

Four Englishwomen, strangers to each other, are alike only in their dissatisfaction with their everyday lives. But when they find each other—and the castle of their dreams—through a classified ad in a London newspaper, the ladies lives become connected forever.

Remy is lucky. Her debut novel became an instant bestseller, and her agent is clamoring for a follow-up. Yet, she feels alone. Simone is successful. A teacher with a passion for kids, and a well-paying side hustle. But she is also isolated. When the two fatefully bump into each other, it just might be the friendship the other needed.

Publishing April 7

When six struggling authors are invited to spend a weekend on a famous novelist’s island, they arrive to discover a shocking secret: The author, Arthur Fletch, is dead… and his last book is unfinished. Desperate to publish the novel, Fletch’s team summoned these writers to imagine an ending for the final book. The prize? A successful re-launch of their own careers. The catch? They just have 72 hours to do it.

Publishing April 7

When record executive Theo meets the Future Saints, they’re bombing at a local dive bar. Since the tragic death of their manager, the band has been in a downward spiral and Theo has been dispatched to coax a new—and successful—album out of them, or let them go.

Three years ago Leena woke up with the power to see the dead. When her beloved brother falls fatally ill, she is faced with a terrible choice: Let him die or barter the only valuable thing she has to save his life—her secret. Desperate to save him, Leena seeks out the Saint of Silence, a ruthless merchant shrouded in cruelty.

Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by the mysterious Richardsons, Ed, Sharon, and everyone in the community are swept up in high drama. The Richardsons throw lavish parties, flirt with locals, and raise impossible hopes of everyone they meet. When their house burns to the ground and their most essential employee goes missing, the entire island is up in arms.

In 1992, Sarah Lingate is found dead in Capri, Italy—leaving behind her three-year-old daughter, Helen. Despite suspicions that the old-money Lingates are involved, Sarah’s death is ruled an accident, and every year the family returns to Capri to prove it’s true. But thirty years later, the Lingates arrive at the villa to find a surprise waiting for them—the necklace Sarah was wearing the night she died. As long-hidden secrets about that night boil to surface, one thing becomes clear: Not everyone will leave the island alive.

Maddie and Theo have two things in common: Alexa is their best friend and they hate each other. With Alexa’s wedding approaching, Maddie and Theo both share bridal party responsibilities that require more interaction than they’re comfortable with. But after an “oops, we made a mistake” night together, neither can stop thinking about the other.

Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter, Debbie, is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband to be.

Appearing only to those whose lives are adrift, the Elsewhere Express is a magical train that carries a very rare cargo: A sense of purpose. Raya is one of those lost souls. Someone who dreamed of being a songwriter, but her brother’s sudden death changed things. Fatefully swept onto to the Elsewhere Express, she meets an intriguing artist who, like her, lost their place in the world.

Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, Leigh excels in marine biology, traveling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic ocean, she joins the exploration team, hoping to find evidence of the earth’s first life forms—what she instead finds calls into question everything we know about our own beginnings.

Wei Yin is desperate. After the fifth death of a sibling, with her family and village on the brink of starvation, she will do anything to save those she loves. Even offer herself as concubine to the cruel, dissolute heir of the blood-gutted Azalea House―where poetry magic is power, but women are forbidden to read.

Rune is used to doing whatever it takes to survive, and now she must endure the Forge, a cutthroat college for the Immortal druids’ elusive tarot magic. When Rune’s magic reveals itself to be the rarest and most powerful, she must live with its only other wielder—Prince Draven. And he’s the last person Rune can trust.

Eve Brown is creative, spontaneous, and still figuring out her next move when she accidentally crashes into the life of tightly wound B&B owner Jacob Wayne—literally. After the mishap leaves him injured, Eve ends up helping at his bed-and-breakfast, where their opposite personalities constantly collide. Charming, funny, and full of heart, this romance perfectly captures why the grumpy sunshine trope works so well.

Maybell Parish inherits a sprawling old estate and dreams of turning it into something magical. The only obstacle is Wesley Koehler, the quiet, stern groundskeeper who wants nothing to do with her plans. As they work together to restore the property, this whimsical and heartfelt romance slowly reveals a soft center beneath Wesley’s grumpy exterior.