You didn’t think we were going to let spring get started without a fresh book roundup, now did you?
At Career Contessa, we’re big fans of this time of year. The days get a little longer so that we have some actual daylight after we finish our workdays. The temperatures start to warm up enough to allow us to get some outdoor reading done (if we can while socially distancing ourselves, of course).
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This year, in particular, a new read seems like the best way to combat the indoor-blues. Take a look at our roundup below highlighting everything from the hard-working authors who’ve released a book during the time of the coronavirus, to our favorite staff picks, and everything in between.
Newest Spring Release Shelf
As we hinted at above, we’ve been keeping an eye on all of the cool new book releases sharing shelf space with Power Moves this spring. In addition to trying to let people know about your book during an unprecedented pandemic, writing a book is just plain hard! It’s a work of love, and the time, attention and detail paid to the books below shows.
- Essays About Starting Fresh: Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
- A Fiction Read about Women Talking and Making Meaning: Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey
- A Book to Cry to and Think About Your Grandma: Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb
- Tips on How to Cry From an Experienced Cryer: The Upside of Being Down by Jen Gotch
- A Book on How Everything Will Be Okay: Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- A Read to Search for Meaning: Thin Places by Jordan Kisner
Career Contessa Shelf
Our team is fortunate to regularly have first-access to some of the best and brightest books released out there each season. While we do our best to absorb each and every professional and self-help title that comes our way, we also like to shake things up with a few personal favorites, as well. Here are some of our favorite recent reads (and those we’re still getting around to!):
Lauren McGoodwin, Founder + CEO
- Best Book I Recently Read: Content Inc.: How Entrepreneurs Use Content to Build Massive Audiences and Create Radically Successful Businesses by Joe Pulizzi
- Book I'm Looking Forward to Reading This Spring: Work Your Money, Not Your Life by Roger Ma
- A Book to Inspire "Self" Spring Cleaning (ie. something in the self-help, professional development, or productivity space): Power Moves by Lauren McGoodwin
- A Book That's Still on My To-Read Shelf: Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live) by Eve Rodsky
Aliya Kamalova, Video Producer
- Best Book I Recently Read: The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
- Book I'm Looking Forward to Reading This Spring: Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
- A Book to Inspire "Self" Spring Cleaning: Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny by Martha Beck
- A Book That's Still on My To-Read Shelf: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
Caileen Holden, Content Director
- Best Book I Recently Read: Weather by Jenny Offill
- Book I'm Looking Forward to Reading This Spring: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
- A Book to Inspire "Self" Spring Cleaning: The Fifth Trimester by Lauren Smith Brody
- A Book That's Still on My To-Read Shelf: Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
Learn Something Shelf
Spring is also a great time for growth, stretching ourselves and trying something new. Dig deep into some valuable life lessons and good reads below highlighting some of our favorite queer and BIPOC writers and subjects.
- On Inoculation and Trusting the Government: On Immunity by Eula Bliss
- A Coming-of-Age Memoir: How We Fight For Our Lives by Saaed Jones
- A Memoir from a More Established Funny Lady: Save Yourself by Cameron Esposito
- Best Historical-Fiction reflection on AIDS: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
- YA Bi-Representation: Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
- A Love Story: Pulp by Robin Talley
- A Memoir about the Harm and Privilege of Tech Valley: Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener
- A Read on Re-Thinking Your Physical Health: Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Digital and Beyond
Looking beyond the old-fashioned printed book? Go digital! In addition to connecting over your favorite reads in person, you can also join the worldwide discussion of young authors and readers at this spring’s Everywhere Book Fest.
Do you like to read on the go, or just hate holding things? Maybe eBooks are more your speed! Your local library has plenty of online apps like Libby or Overdrive, or you can support your favorite local bookstore and snag one of the above books for your Kindle.
Lastly, we know audiobooks are the hot new thing. Try a new title on Audible, or listen to alternative titles with Libro.fm.
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