Book Recs to Match Your Spring Break Plans

Book Recs to Match Your Spring Break Plans The cruelest months of winter are behind us, and its time to start dreaming of sunnier climes and pleasant getaways. We teamed up with our friends at Everyday eBook to pick book  recommendations that will match your spring break plans, whatever they may be! Check out our picks below, and pop over to Everyday eBook for more pairings to pack your travel bag. Going someplace cloudy and contemplative? Take Kevin Brockmeiers The Brief History of the Dead. Hitting up New Orleans and want to think about the grittier side of town? Check out Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto (the creator and writer of HBOs True Detective!) or Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran. If Little Miss Sunshine makes your dysfunctional family roadtrips look tame, try Touch and Go by Thad Nodine. If youre stuck at home but want to think about travel, pick up Alibis by Andre Aciman (essays) and Contents May Have Shifted by Pam Houston (fiction). Curled up somewhere cold and wishing it would stop frigging snowing already, and youre longing for summer? Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie OFarrell oughta do the trick. Something to dip in and out of in between dips in the pool: The Last Girlfriend on Earth by Simon Rich or One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak. Going to a destination wedding? Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead will satisfy your craving for friends-and-family drama and hilarity. How will you be pairing up  books for your spring break plans? Tell us in the comments, and dont forget to head over to Everyday eBook for more great matches. _________________________ Sign up for our newsletter to have the best of Book Riot delivered straight to your inbox every week. No spam. We promise. To keep up with Book Riot on a daily basis, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, , and subscribe to the Book Riot podcast in iTunes or via RSS. So much bookish goodnessall day, every day. Sign up to Unusual Suspects to receive news and recommendations for mystery/thriller readers.