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 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter 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 The Glassmaker 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 The Emperor of Gladness 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 Great Big Beautiful Life 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.
