The 13 Books You'll Be Obsessed With This April
The 13 Books You'll Be Obsessed With This April
April is here and with it the new season of Game of Thrones a whole bunch of new books you should probably read. From the literally thirst trap that is E.L. James’ new novel The Mister to Erin Lee Carr’s beautiful debut memoir All That You Leave Behind, no two books on this list are quite alike. The one thing they have in common? Compulsive readability.
'When We Left Cuba'
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$11.20
Release date: April 9, 2019
When We Left Cuba is equal parts passionate romance and political thriller (wow, I feel seen) about a woman who's forced to leave her home in Cuba and ends up being recruited by the CIA in a plot to kill Fidel Castro.
The problem? She falls in love with a wealthy American politician whose views are at odds with her own, which naturally leads to tons of sexual tension. You won't be able to put this one down.
'Stay Up With Hugo Best'
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$17.10
Release date: April 2, 2019
What would you do if a famous late night TV host randomly invited you to stay in his country mansion? 'Cause June Bloom fully does that, and the result is a witty weekend adventure that hovers somewhere between hilarious and heart-wrenching with a protagonist that's just as relatable as she is wry.
Also, please note that it's taking literally all my strength not to make a "you're going to want to stay up with Stay Up With Hugo Best" joke right now.
'Normal People'
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$17.10
Release date: April 16, 2019
I can't think of a book that better encapsulates that feeling of young, passionate, embarrassed love in all its confusing and f*cked up glory. Normal People is a delicate and brutally honest story about what it means to be totally transfixed by another person while you're also finding yourself. You'll want to live inside its pages forever.
'Trust Exercise'
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$17.70
Release date: April 9, 2019
Kay, all I'm gonna say about this book (about an elite performing arts high school) is that the second half will leave you shaken to your very core. Never have I ever encountered a narrative twist that caused me to question everything I'd just read, so prepare yourself accordingly.
Can't wait to read the inevitable Twitter fan theories about how this one ends.
'All That You Leave Behind'
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$17.10
Release date: April 9, 2019
David Carr was a celebrated New York Times journalist and author who suddenly passed away in 2015. And in this gorgeous memoir, his daughter Erin Lee Carr, beautifully chronicles their close bond and shared battle with alcoholism. It's rare for a memoir about grief to be a page-turner, but Erin's writing is so compelling and her relationship with David so moving that I couldn't put it down.
'Machines Like Me'
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$17.67
Release date: April 23, 2019
Do you ever sit back and realize that your life truly won't be complete until you read a tense book about a love triangle between two humans and a robot? Cool, it's time to do the damn thing.
Ian McEwan's latest novel introduces us to Charlie, a tech-obsessed man who spends his inheritance on a robot named Adam and, in a bid to win over his crush Miranda, invites her to help curate his personality. The question of Adam's sentience haunts Miranda and Charlie in this thrilling book about what really makes us human.
'The Girl He Used to Know: A Novel'
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$17.70
Release date: April 2, 2019.
There are a lot of romantic books coming out in April, but none quite like The Girl He Used to Know. This one is largely told in college flashbacks, where Jonathan meets the socially anxious Annika and falls fully in love. Meanwhile, present-day Jonathan and Annika meet by chance and begin to rebuild their broken relationship. Seems pretty basic, but you'd be surprised. The unexpected ending will have you deep in your feelings.
'The Binding'
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$17.70
Release date: April 16, 2019
Everyone keeps calling this novel spell ~binding~ and they! are! not! wrong! A true epic in every sense of the word, this immersive fantasy follows Emmett as he begins a bookbinding apprenticeship in a world where books are feared due to their magical ability to erase memories. And let's just say shit gets real when Emmett discovers a book with his name on it.
'Park Avenue Summer'
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$12.75
Release date: April 30, 2019.
Park Avenue Summer follows a small-town girl livin' in a lonely world (sorry) named Alice who moves to 1960s New York City to follow her dreams, as ya do. And yup, she starts working for Cosmopolitan's very own iconic EIC Helen Gurley Brown, who revolutionized the magazine industry with daring sex-positive content for women by women. Think The Devil Wears Prada crossed with Mad Men crossed with Feminism 101.
'The Mother-in-Law'
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$18.29
Release date: April 23, 2019
Behold: the book that'll make your subway ride an actual enjoyable experience! This suspenseful thriller is imposssssible to put down and-without spoiling anything too much-is about a woman who's frosty mother-in-law is found dead by suicide. 'Cept, yeah, she was most definitely murdered and there are secrets ?? to ?? spill.
'The Mister'
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$11.87
Release date: April 16, 2019
Oh hey, guys. Welcome to E.L. James' new book The Mister, which you should probably read at home accompanied by some wine, a candle, and-let's be real here-a vibrator. In the event that you care about the story just as much as the sex scenes, The Mister follows a hot rich British nobleman named Maxim Trevelyan (I'M DECEASED) who falls for a ~mysterious~ woman named Alessia with a ~troubled past~. Honestly, Fifty Shades can step to the left.
'The Editor'
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$17.70
Release date: April 2, 2019
Steven Rowley is the best-selling author of Lily and the Octopus, and he's honestly outdone himself with The Editor. All you really need to know about this charming novel is that it's about an author named James who's shocked to find out that the editor of his new book happens to be Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Super casual, right?
Yes, E.L. James' new thirst trap is on this list. ?? ??