FIRST PERSON
April BookPage interviews:

Nicholas and Micah Sparks: Two brothers circle the globe and bring back memories

When his wife Cathy pragmatically begged off a travel tour by private jet to see the world's most exotic sights and encouraged him to enlist his brother Micah instead, the stage was set for Three Weeks with My Brother, a poignant, funny and ultimately life-affirming family memoir/travelogue that only the Sparks brothers could have written.

In her new novel, popular romance writer Susan Wiggs pays tribute to the military families who struggle to keep their bonds strong during challenging times. As Wiggs richly demonstrates, the simple vows "for better, for worse . . . 'til death us do part" have a special meaning for couples who face lengthy separations as a result of military deployments.

FEATURES

SPOTLIGHT: Memories from Paris in the Springtime

The best new inspirational titles in Christian Fiction

Well Read: A rare book hides a secret in Carlos Ruiz Zafón's Spanish bestseller

Behind the Book: Brett Ellen Block weaves a debut novel from her mother's memories

New collections for Poetry Month

Books to clear the clutter for Spring Cleaning

Photographs portray the stunning achievement of The Passion

FICTION

The Coil by Gayle Lynds

The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Heaven Lake by John Dalton

Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum

Love in the Asylum by Lisa Carey

Links by Nuruddin Farah

The Body of Davis Hayes by Ridley Pearson

Good Grief by Lolly Winston

Leaving Cecil Street by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Divining Women by Kaye Gibbons

Islands by Anne Rivers Siddons

With by Donald Harington

SCIENCE FICTION

City of Pearl by Karen Traviss

BOOK CLUBS

Selections in new paperback releases

A sister's story: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata

What's the Hurry, Fox? Collected by Zora Neale Hurston

Chu Ju's House by Gloria Whelan

Oliver's Game by Matt Tavares

What is Goodbye? by Nikki Grimes

Worlds Afire by Paul B. Janeczko

The Ironwood Tree by Tondy DiTerlizzi and Holly Black

Messenger by Lois Lowry

A Packet of Seeds by Deborah Hopkinson

Can't Get There From Here by Todd Strasser

NONFICTION

History
Europe's Last Summer by David Fromkin

Language
Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss

Food
Something From the Oven by Laura Shapiro

Memoir
Geronimo's Bones by Nasdijj

Blue Blood by Edward Conlon

Reference
African American Lives

Baseball Prospectus 2004

Biography
Mercy, Mercy Me by Michael Eric Dyson

One Giant Leap by Leon Wagener

Sports
The Perfect Mile by Neal Bascomb

Christian Living
My Crazy Imperfect Christian Family by Glenn T. Stanton

When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayer by Jerry Sittser

It's Not About Me by Max Lucado

The Gospel According to Paul by Robin Griffith-Jones

Grace-Based Parenting by Dr. Tim Kimmel

Baseball
Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville

Our Mickey: Cherished Memories of an American Icon by Maury Allen and Bill Liederman

Willie's Time: Baseball's Golden Age by Charles Einstein

Hank Aaron and the Home Run That Changed America by Tom Stanton

Ya Gotta Believe by Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw and Don Yaeger

Animals
Rats by Robert Sullivan

AUDIO
The Spoken Word: British royalty is Sukey's favorite, plus audio book Grammy winners

MYSTERIES
Whodunit?: April's new mysteries

COOKING
Good and good for you

ROMANCE
Suspense, medieval knights and inappropriate men

BUSINESS & FINANCE
Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni
Allman's Animals, Inc. by Kenneth A. Tucker and Vandana Allman
The Radical Leap: A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership by Steve Farber
Crazy Like a Fox: The Inside Story of How Fox News Beat CNN by Scott Collins