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21 Books to Read in Spring 2021

THE MAURITANIAN

“It’s about a dark moment in our history as a country.”

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THE END OF WINTER AND THE BEGINNING OF SPRING is a fickle time, weather-wise. You might see snow, rain or sun on any given day. But whether you’re curling up in front of a cozy fire or catching some rare rays of sunshine on a park bench, you can depend on good books to keep you company. Looking for a small-town feel-good love story, a hair-raising thriller about the subject of a true-crime podcast, inside looks at two famous first ladies, the history of how a famous publishing house got started in the shadow of the Nazis—or more? Newsweek has chosen some of the best new fiction and nonfiction available this spring for your reading pleasure.

FICTION

The Sweet Taste of Muscadines

By Pamela Terry | March

$27 | BALLANTINE BOOKS

Lila Bruce Breedlover returns to her small hometown in Georgia, a

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