They say that April showers bring May flowers. Well, April sure is bringing the showers… showers of books, that is! There are tons of new books coming out this month, and somehow they all look like incredible reads. And unlike other times of the year, April feels like a transitional month where anything goes, genre-wise. It’s still chilly enough to curl up with a sharp thriller, yet it’s also warm enough to be in the mood for a romance. Somehow poetry and memoirs alike sound like great ways to spend an early spring day. Fortunately, this April, there are new books being published to fit any and every whim.
For this list, I’ve aimed to include a variety of genres and authors. From retellings of myths and folklore to heart-fluttering romances, from fantasies to thrillers to memoirs, I hope something here will pique your interest! Here are 51 great new books set for publication in April 2021.
Published on April 6th:
Martha Waters – To Love and to Loathe
Laekan Zea Kemp – Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau – Kisses and Croissants
Maya Motayne – Oculta
Cory Anderson – What Beauty There Is
Elżbieta Cherezińska – The Widow Queen
Morgan Jerkins – Caul Baby
Sanjena Sathian – Gold Diggers
Helen Oyeyemi – Peaces
Jasmin Darznik – The Bohemians
Ann Shin – The Last Exiles
Madeline Martin – The Last Bookshop in London
Flynn Berry – Northern Spy
Joshilyn Jackson – Mother May I
Willy Vlautin – The Night Always Comes
Abbie Greaves – Anywhere for You
Rosie Danan – The Intimacy Experiment
Jennifer McMahon – The Drowning Kind
Krystal Sutherland – House of Hollow
Pip Williams – The Dictionary of Lost Words
Emily A. Duncan – Blessed Monsters
Donna Freitas – The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
Haruki Murakami – First Person Singular
Quiara Alegría Hudes – My Broken Language
Judy Batalion – The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos
Published on April 13th:
Angela Jackson-Brown – When Stars Rain Down
Yaara Shehori – Aquarium
Uzma Jalaluddin – Hana Khan Carries On
Bolu Babalola – Love in Color: Mythical Tales From Around the World, Retold
Michelle Grierson – Becoming Leidah
Paula McLain – When the Stars Go Dark
Sally Hepworth – The Good Sister
Kristin Beck – Courage, My Love
Caleb Azumah Nelson – Open Water
Heather Walter – Malice
Published on April 20th:
Alexandra Overy – These Feathered Flames
Ciannon Smart – Witches Steeped in Gold
Leone Ross – Popisho
Carole Johnstone – Mirrorland
D. J. Palmer – The Perfect Daughter
Will Dean – The Last Thing to Burn
Dee Ernst – Maggie Finds Her Muse
June Hur – The Forest of Stolen Girls
Michelle Zauner – Crying in H Mart
Published on April 27th:
Angela Mi Young Hur – Folklorn
Catriona Silvey – Meet Me in Another Life
Priscilla Oliveras – Anchored Hearts
Jhumpa Lahiri – Whereabouts
Nicci French – The Other Side of the Door
Joanne Tompkins – What Comes After
Ray Stoeve – Between Perfect & Real
And that’s a wrap on my list! What books shown here are you excited to read? What new April 2021 books did I miss? Let me know in the comments!
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