Near the end of each year, I have the pleasure of meeting with lots of university press reps so they can show me their Spring catalogs for the next year, indicating their forthcoming lead trade titles as well as some mid-list treats they feel sure LJ‘s readers will find compelling.

There’s a lot of exciting stuff coming in Spring 2013 from these publishers.

Since the meetings usually follow right after each other, pretty soon I find that I’m noting patterns and themes emerging across the catalogs.

So here are pairs and threesomes that seemed to form themselves from the academic Spring 2013 catalogs that came to me via press appointments. (There is one ringer included from 2012.)

Like all pairs and threesomes, some of these groupings are more formal than others! But I hope that, arranged under alphabetical theme designations, they’ll provoke curiosity and interest. (The bibliographic information comes from what each press included in its catalog; those not referencing ebooks may still intend to publish in that format.)

Happy New Year!

Happy Spring!