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Spring is officially here and, if the “April showers” adage reigns true, it’s the perfect time to round up a few page-turners to enjoy on those warm, rainy days. Luckily for you, we’ve got you covered. With a little something for everyone, this month’s lineup will have you refreshing your home with Colin King and solving crime with Rebecca Makkai. Without further ado, here are the Artful Living Book Club picks for April.
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Arranging Things
Perfect inspiration for some spring organization, Colin King’s first tome is a visual exploration of the desire for attractive, cohesive spaces. Through anecdotes and essays, he shares his deeply personal process for giving items a new purposeful life. A timeless mastery of finding meaning in the everyday, Arranging Things is a gratifying metaphor for life. This gorgeous coffee table display piece demands to be read over and over again.
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Pineapple Street
Author Jenny Jackson’s debut novel is already a New York Times bestseller and a Good Morning America Book Club pick. In telling this story about three imperfect yet alluring women, she weaves witty satire and honest emotion into a narrative about class and privilege. Pineapple Street is a laugh-out-loud commentary of New York City‘s upper crust that is captivating audiences with its tale of family, failure and first loves.
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I Have Some Questions For You
Armchair detectives will love this whodunit story by Rebecca Makkai, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Great Believers. Modeled after popular and widely consumed true-crime podcasts, I Have Some Questions For You is a well-told, riveting investigation into an abandoned past. Chilling and addictive, this book is nearly impossible to set down (trust us!).
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The Candy House
The sibling novel to Jennifer Egan’s smash hit A Visit from the Goon Squad, The Candy House is a timely and intellectual tale of a tech celebrity’s groundbreaking service that lets users access their
every memory. In this eerie fiction, Egan mixes perspectives and uses an array of narrative styles to describe the rippling consequences of this controversial technology. This fascinating read contemplates what it means to live our lives online.
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Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World
From Jenn Granneman, author of The Secret Lives of Introverts: Inside Our Hidden World, and André Solo, cofounder and editor-in-chief of Sensitive Refuge, Sensitive is a gorgeous reappropriation of the word itself. This practical re-evaluation champions the highly sensitive person (or “HSP”) as thoughtful, creative, caring and integral to humanity. Without a doubt, this book will leave an indelible mark on empathetic individuals and reframe the way sensitivity — once seen as an undesirable personality trait — is viewed by society.
