30 of the best books for spring

The weather is warming up and hot new books — from fiction to memoir — are in the forecast. Here are 30 new books not to miss this spring.

Fiction

Stephen Graham Jones (S&S/Saga Press)
Jones mixes historical fiction with vampire horror in this gripping tale of an American Indian vampire looking to avenge the deaths of more than 200 members of his tribe. Out now

Tracy Chevalier (Viking)
With “The Girl with a Pearl Earring,” Chevalier firmly established herself as a master of historical fiction. Her new novel follows a Venice glassblower family from the late 1400s to the present day, as fortunes rise and fall and the Italian city transforms. June 18

Ocean Vuong (Penguin Press)
Vuong, a Vietnamese American poet, won great acclaim with his first novel, “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.” His latest is sent in East Gladness, Conn., where a 19-year-old boy becomes the caretaker for a dementia-addled widow and the two develop an unexpected, powerful bond. May 13

Emily Henry (Berkly)
The blockbuster rom-com author delivers a delightful new read in which a fledgling writer finds herself competing for the story with Pulitzer Prize winner. Both have traveled to Little Crescent island to write about a mysterious octogenarian heiress. She offers them each a trial period to see who can best tell her story, but the two writers have to contend plot twists — and their unshakeable chemistry. April 22

Jennifer Weiner (William Morrow )
In the early aughts, Cassie (reluctant but hugely talented) and Zoe (outgoing and attention seeking) were major pop stars. Twenty years later, the sisters have drifted apart, but then Zoe’s daughter, Cherry, who has her own dreams of fame, starts dredging up their complicated past. April 8

Dean Koontz (Thomas & Mercer)
Three childhood friends return home after their fourth pal — the only one who didn’t leave the small town where they grew up — slips into a mysterious coma. As the condition worsens, the trio confront sinister forces in their seemingly idyllic town and recall how others fell into similar comas in the past. May 20

John Kenney (Zibby Publishing)
After his wife leaves him, an obituary writer drunkenly publishes his own obit and puts his job in jeopardy. With his life in free fall, he starts attending the funerals of those he writes about to learn how to live a more meaningful life. April 1

Fredrik Backman (Atria)
The bestselling Swedish author of “A Man Called Ove” and “Anxious People” has a new book. An art lover named Louisa becomes consumed with four teenagers portrayed in the background of a famous painting created 25 years ago and goes on a a cross-country journey to find out more about them. May 6

Carley Fortune (Berkley)
In the latest from the bestselling romance author, a photographer returns to her grandmother’s idyllic lake cottage where she spent a memorable teenage summer. There she runs into a charming guy — and his yellow motorboat — that she knew at 17. May 6

Jo Harkin (Knopf)
This Tudor-era historical novel is drawing comparisons to “Wolf Hall.” In 1480, John Collan is a peasant boy living in the English countryside when a man from London comes to town and claims that the 10-year-old is actually Lambert Simnel, the son of a duke and the rightful heir to the throne. April 22

Devney Perry (Entangled: Red Tower Books)
Perry, the author of the popular “Treasure State Wildcats” series, makes her romantasy debut: A princess must embark on a journey with a notorious monster slayer in accordance with an ancient treaty. May 6

Honor Jones (Riverhead Books)
A newly divorced mother returns to her childhood home with her young daughters and reckons with secrets from her own upbringing in this beautifully written debut from an editor at the Atlantic. May 13

Jeanine Cummins (Henry Holt and Co.)
The latest from the bestselling author of “American Dirt” focuses on three generations of a Puerto Rican family. Rafaela Acuña y Daubón leaves San Juan to raise her family in the Midwest. Her daughter Ruth is desperate to fit in in Missouri and casts aside her native language and early memories. Decades later, Ruth’s own daughter, Daisy, opts to return to San Juan, where she’s badly injured in the 2023 hurricane. May 13

David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
The author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “A Calamity of Souls” has written a historical thriller set in World War II. In London in 1944, two teens orphaned by the war bond with a widowed bookseller. But as bombs fall on Britain, each is revealed to be keeping secrets with potentially dangerous consequences. April 15

Morgan Jerkins (Harper)
This epic spans more than 150 years. In 1865 in Natchez, Mississippi, a newly free slave is discharged from the Union Army and tries to connect with the woman he loves. In 2019 in Harlem, NY, a couple hosts their engagement party and comes across an old love letter. April 22

Non-Fiction

Susannah Cahalan (Viking)
Cahalan, the bestselling author of “Brain on Fire” and a former Post reporter, shines a light on the oft-overlooked life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary. The wife of Timothy Leary was a fascinating counterculture figure in her own right who helped break her husband out of jail, dodged authorities for decades and played a key role in shaping the narrative around psychedelics. April 22

Kristen Kish (Little, Brown and Company)
The “Top Chef” winner-turned-host shares her journey, from growing up as a Korean adoptee in Michigan and coming out as queer to finding her path as a chef and TV personality. April 22

Nate Bargatze (Grand Central Publishing)
The Tennessee native and his clean, everyman comedy are having a moment, with a big arena tour and this book debut. Bargatze shares hilarious personal stories about everything from hitting his head in the seventh grade to his rat-ridden first apartment. May 6

Admiral William H. McRaven (Grand Central Publishing)
After nearly four decades as a Navy SEAL, McRaven knows how to navigate high-pressure, high-stakes situations. The No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of “Make Your Bed” offers civilians a framework for dealing with crises with calm composure. April 22

Jason Bailey (Abrams Press)
Eighteen years after “The Sopranos” controversially cut to black, and 12 years after star James Gandolfini died, a critic has penned a lovingly reported look at the actor’s life and legacy. Bailey looks at Gandolfini’s working class upbringing in New Jersey and how he got a late start in acting after initially thinkingh er couldn’t make it. April 29

Rick Atkinson (Crown)
The Pulitzer prize-winning historian offers up the second book in his trilogy on the American Revolution. This installment focuses on the middle years, as King George reckons with the costs of quieting the colonies, Benjamin Franklin seeks France’s help and George Washington asks Congress for more resources to keep fighting. April 29

Keith McNally (Gallery Books)
McNally’s Instagram reports from dinner service at Balthazar and Minetta Tavern are always a delight. Now, the prolific, outspoken restaurateur dishes on his own story — growing up in London and working as a child actor, opening the iconic Odeon and numerous other classic NYC spots, two divorces, a serious stroke and much more. May 6

Robert Macfarlane (W. W. Norton & Company)
Macfarlane, a naturalist and the bestselling author of “Underland,” looks at waterways from Ecuador to India, examining the people around them and the issues that threaten them. May 20

Kelsey Grammer (Harper Select)
The “Cheers” and “Frasier” star opens up about his younger sister being brutally kidnapped, raped and murdered in 1975 when she was just 18. Grammer, who was 20 at the time of her death, writes of his immense grief and the lasting impact the tragedy had on him and his family. May 6