Great Reads | April Starred Reviews

Richard Russo, Paul. Tremblay, Julie Anne Long, L. C. Chu, Paul Rudnick, Shannon Chakraborty, Oliver Darkshire, and Tillie Walden are among the many authors writing star-earning titles highlighted in our April issue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE

Robecchi, Alessandro. Broken Truths. Other Pr.

Rudnick, Paul. The Tuxedo Society. Atria. 

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY

Chakraborty, Shannon. The Tapestry of Fate. Harper Voyager. 

Curtis, Grace. Heaven’s Graveyard. DAW. 

Darkshire, Oliver. The Devil and Mrs. Gooch. Norton. 

England, Autumn K. Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous (Deluxe Edition). Poisoned Pen. 

Roche, Máire. Bromantasy. Putnam. 

HORROR

Cassidy, Nat. I Know a Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours. Shortwave. 

Tremblay, Paul. Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep. Morrow. 

Tsao, Tiffany. But Won’t I Miss Me. HarperVia.

ROMANCE

Crew, Kate. Ace & Ember. Avon A. 

Holt, Katie. The Last Page. Alcove. 

Long, Julie Anne. Game of Rogues. Avon. 

Painter, Lynn. First and Forever. Berkley. 

Pons, Chip. Dearly Departed. Putnam. 

FICTION

Atwood, Emeline. A Real Animal. Catapult. 

Baerwald, David. The Fire Agent. Spiegel & Grau. 

Benjamin, Melanie. The Windsor Affair. Delacorte. 

Chu, L. C. The Library of Flowers. Sourcebooks Landmark. 

Chung, Eve J. The Young Will Remember. Berkley. 

Greer, Andrew Sean. Villa Coco. Doubleday. 

Nayler, Ray. Palaces of the Crow. MCD. 

Russo, Richard. Under the Falls. Knopf. 

Yang, Tessa. The Jellyfish Problem. Berkley. 

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Brubaker, Ed (text) & Sean Phillips (illus.). Five Gears in Reverse. Image Comics. 

Vaughan, Brian K. (text) & Marcos Martín & Muntsa Vicente (illus.). Barrier: The Collected Edition. Image Comics. 

Walden, Tillie. Charity and Sylvia. Drawn & Quarterly.

Woodring, Jim. Quacky. Fantagraphics. 

ARTS & HUMANITIES

The Arthur Miller Tapes: A Life in His Own Words. ed. by Christopher Bigsby. Cambridge Univ. 

Crowther, Gail. Marilyn and Her Books: The Literary Life of Marilyn Monroe. Gallery. 

Swensen, Cole. Veer. Alice James. 

Walters, Barry. Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969–2000. Viking. 

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Branch, Phill. The Double Dutch Fuss: A Memoir. Amistad. 

Dean, Josh. The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America’s Innovation Machine. Dutton. 

Dierksheide, Christa & Nicholas Guyatt. Jefferson’s Wolf: A Founding Father’s Troubling Answer to the Problem of Slavery. Belknap. 

Hough, Lauren. Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America. Pantheon. 

Kelly, Joseph. The Biggest Lie: The Untold Story of American Fascism, 1818–1915. Bloomsbury. 

Kokomoor, Kevin. The Cherokee War of 1776: Native Destruction at the Dawn of American Independence. Johns Hopkins Univ. 

Moeschen, Sheila. Book Lovers’ New England: A Guide to Literary Landmarks. Globe Pequot.

Nović, Sara. Mother Tongue: A Memoir. Random. 

Parshall, Jonathan. 1942: Crux of War. Oxford Univ. 

Reynolds, David S. Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America. Penguin Pr. 

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Chin, Nathaniel. When Memory Fades: What To Expect at Every Stage, from Early Signs to Full Support for Alzheimer’s and Dementia. St. Martin’s Essentials. 

Conley, Courtney & Milica McDowell. Walk: Rediscover the Most Natural Way To Boost Your Health and Longevity—One Step at a Time. Balance. 

Sun, Lixing. On the Origin of Sex: The Weird and Wonderful Science of Reproduction. Basic. 

Takei, Jiro & Marc Peter Keane. Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden. Tuttle. 

Zepeda, Claudette. Cooking the Borderlands: Spice and Smoke Between Mexico and the States. Clarkson Potter. 

Zomorodi, Manoush. Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science To Reclaim Your Well-Being. Flatiron. 

REFERENCE

Bangura, M’Balu. Unlocking Possibilities in the Library: Programming for the Future. Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited. 

AUDIOBOOKS

Godfrey, Jennie. The List of Suspicious Things. Tantor Media. 

Patterson, James & Susan DiLallo. The Invisible Woman. Hachette Audio. 

Saunders, George. Vigil. Books on Tape. 

Siegel, Natasha. As Many Souls as Stars. Morrow. 

Thompson, Shailee. How To Kill a Guy in Ten Dates. S&S Audio. 

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