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Our Top 10 titles of April 2024

April’s best books include hotly anticipated new releases from Hanif Abdurraqib, Leigh Bardugo and Chris Bohjalian.
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Book jacket image for The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez

Magical and multifaceted, Julia Alvarez’s meditation on creativity, culture and aging, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, is a triumph.

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Book jacket image for The Princess of Las Vegas by Chris Bohjalian

Chris Bohjalian’s latest thriller, The Princess of Las Vegas is a thrilling symphony of run-down casinos, teenage hackers and royal impersonators with multiple mysteries at

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Book jacket image for There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib

Hanif Abdurraqib’s captivating There’s Always This Year is a powerful meditation on place and community.

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Book jacket image for The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

Full of hidden perils and twisting machinations, The Familiar is Leigh Bardugo’s most assured and mature work yet.

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Book jacket image for James by Percival Everett

In an era of retellings, Percival Everett’s James stands out for staying true to Mark Twain’s voice, tale-spinning talent and humor, while also accurately depicting

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Book jacket image for How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

How to End a Love Story is a mature, compelling and relatable romance that resists simplifying its characters at every turn.

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Book jacket image for Ultraviolet by Aida Salazar

Commenting on topics that range from patriarchy to colonialism, the internet to peer pressure, and first loves to heartbreaks, Aida Salazar delivers a fully intersectional

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Book jacket image for Where Rivers Part by Kao Kalia Yang

In the extraordinary Where Rivers Part, Kao Kalia Yang writes with deep feeling and grace about her mother, a Hmong woman who escaped the cascading

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Book jacket image for While We Were Burning by Sara Koffi

Sara Koffi’s While We Were Burning is a searing thriller that dares readers to question their own perspectives on everyday, casual racism.

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Book jacket image for A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje

Set in museums and piazzas across several continents, Michael Ondaatje’s poetry collection A Year of Last Things brilliantly explores its themes, reminding us that he

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