By Retrospect Editors 2020-21

Earlier today in the Retrospect Editors’ group chat, we decided to share some of our favorite books to create an ultimate Spring Break Book Recommendation list. If you share our resolution to read more this Spring Break, take a look at what we recommend! Tell us what you thought of it down in the comments.

  • How the Universe Got Its Spots by Janna Levin (Hannah Ryan)
  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (Hannah Ryan)
  • The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (Violet Webster)
  • They Both Die in the End by Adam Silvera (Violet Webster)
  • The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (Violet Webster)
  • When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (Yasmin Ahuja)
  • The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Yasmin Ahuja)
  • The Secret History by Donna Hart (Yasmin Ahuja)
  • White Teeth by Zadie Smith (Yasmin Ahuja)
  • Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (Yasmin Ahuja)
  • The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla (Ivy Wang)
  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Bryan Mealer (Eleina Salgia)
  • Stardust by Neal Gaiman (Aaryana Sethi)
  • Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Aaryana Sethi)
  • Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin (Zuha Jaffar)
  • Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (Simr Deo)
  • Educated by Tara Westover (Simr Deo)
  • The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Sarah Goraya)
  • The Goldfinch by Donna Tart (Sarah Goraya)
  • On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (Sarah Goraya)
  • Invisible Woman by Caroline Criado-Perez (Emma Gerber)
  • Quiet by Susan Cain (Emma Gerber)
  • Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (Caroline Cannon)
  • The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney (Caroline Cannon)