17 April books on my TBR
Another month of exciting new books releases is upon us! Here are the April new book releases on my radar.
April 2
Here We Go Again // Alison Cochrun (Atria)
The author of the “sexy, insightful, and utterly charming” (BuzzFeed) Kiss Her Once for Me returns with a new queer rom-com following once childhood best friends forced together to drive their former teacher across the country.
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Sociopath: A Memoir // Patric Gagne (Simon & Schuster)
A fascinating, revelatory memoir revealing the author’s struggle to come to terms with her own sociopathy and shed light on the often maligned and misunderstood mental disorder.
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Habitations // Sheila Sundar (Simon & Schuster)
A young academic moves from India to the United States, where she navigates first love, a green card marriage, single motherhood, and more in this “delightful novel, written with immediacy, warmth, and wry humor”(Ha Jin, National Book Award-winning author of Waiting).
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The Husbands // Holly Gramazio (Doubleday)
An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options? (“A time-bending gem”—Gabrielle Zevin; “Kaleidoscopic and bright and very, very funny.” –Claire Lombardo)
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April 9
A Better World // Sarah Langan (Atria)
A cunning, outside-the-box satirical thriller about a family’s odyssey into an exclusive enclave for the wealthy that might not be as ideal as it seems.
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The House of Broken Bricks // Fiona Williams (Holt)
Every marriage has its seasons…It’s autumn when we meet Tess, but her relationship with Richard is in a deep, cold winter. A winter so harsh, their union may never see the bright light of spring.
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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality // Amanda Montell (Atria)
From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking.
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The Garden // Clare Beams (Doubleday)
The discovery of a secret garden with unknown powers fuels this page-turning and psychologically thrilling tale of women yearning to become mothers and the ways the female body has always been policed and manipulated, from the award-winning author of The Illness Lesson (“A masterpiece” – Elizabeth Gilbert)
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The Gathering // C.J. Tudor (Ballantine)
A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secrets and superstitions of a small town in this riveting novel from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man.
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The Saddest Girl on the Beach // Heather Frese (Blair)
Grieving after her father’s death, a young woman seeks solace in an Outer Banks beach town of North Carolina where her best friend’s family runs a small inn.
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April 16
I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art // Emily C. Bloom (St. Martin’s)
An eloquent and intimate debut memoir about navigating the gap between expectation and reality in modern motherhood.
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April 23
Funny Story // Emily Henry (Berkley)
A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.
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Lucky // Jane Smiley (Knopf)
From the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, a soaring, soulful novel about a folk musician who rises to fame across our changing times.
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April 30
Colton Gentry’s Third Act // Jeff Zentner (Grand Central)
This “story of love, healing, and second chances ” (Emily Henry) from an award-winning author follows a down on his luck country musician who, in the throes of grief after a shocking loss, moves back home and rekindles a relationship with his high school sweetheart.
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Home Is Where the Bodies Are // Jeneva Rose (Blackstone)
From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet.
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Within Arm’s Reach // Ann Napolitano (Dial Press)
The tender and perceptive debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful, about three generations of a large Catholic family jarred into crisis by an unexpected pregnancy.
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In Universes // Emet North (Harper)
For fans of Emily St. John Mandel and Kelly Link, a profoundly imaginative debut novel set in numerous universes, which follows a queer physicist’s search for belonging across time and space.
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