23 Books We Are Looking Forward to This Spring

We have made it to April. We survived the snowstorms and the cold, and now that the days are getting longer, there’s more time to read. So this week, if you are looking for some books to tide you over until summer, our Book Review editors Gilbert Cruz and Joumana Khatib have got you covered. Also on this week’s episode, the former United States poet laureate Ada Limón joins us to talk about her new book, “Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry.” And she reads two of her poems. Books discussed on this episode: “Transcription,” by Ben Lerner “This Land Is Your Land,” by Beverly Gage “The Witch,” by Marie NDiaye “London Falling,” by Patrick Radden Keefe “Prophecy,” by Carissa Véliz “Ghost Town,” by Tom Perrotta “From Life Itself,” by Suzy Hansen “The Calamity Club,” by Kathryn Stockett “Dog Days,” by Emily LaBarge “The Midnight Train,” by Matt Haig “The Land and Its People,” by David Sedaris “On the Calculation of Volume (Book 4),” by Solvej Balle “Famesick,” by Lena Dunham “The Sane One,” by Anna Konkle “On Witness and Respair,” by Jesmyn Ward “John of John,” by Douglas Stuart “The Things We Never Say,” by Elizabeth Strout “Yesteryear,” by Caro Claire Burke “Arsenio,” by Arsenio Hall “Five Weeks in the Country,” by Francine Prose “The Ending Writes Itself,” by Evelyn Clark (V.E. Schwab and Cat Clark) “Go Gentle,” by Maria Semple “True Crime,” by Patricia Cornwell “Against Breaking,” by Ada Limón Listen to and Follow ‘The Book Review’ Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadio Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture.

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23 Books We Are Looking Forward to This Spring is an episode from The Book Review by The New York Times.

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This episode was published on Apr 3, 2026.

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