Best new release books to check out this month

The best, new release book recommendations for each Bookfinity Reader Type.

April is here, bringing a fresh wave of must-read books that cater to every kind of reader. At Bookfinity, we know that every reader has a unique personality, and we’ve curated a list of standout titles that align with all our Reader Types. No matter your literary taste—Bookworm, Time Traveler, Lifelong Learner, or any type in between—you’ll find a book that’s perfect for you. Dive into our top picks for April and discover your next great read!

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Beach Reader

Swept Away

by Beth O'Leary

International Bestselling Author

Two strangers find themselves stranded at sea together in this epic new love story by bestselling author Beth O'Leary.

What if you were lost at sea...with your one-night stand?

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Bookworm

Rabbit Moon

by Jennifer Haigh

A tense, propulsive drama set in Shanghai, about a fractured American family, secret lives, and the unbreakable bond between two sisters, from the New York Times bestselling author of Mercy Street

Four years after their bitter divorce, Claire and Aaron Litvak get a phone call no parent is prepared for: their 22-year-old daughter Lindsey, teaching English in China, has been critically injured in a hit and run accident. At a Shanghai hospital they wait at her bedside, hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.

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Dragon Slayer

House of Blight

by Maxym M. Martineau

PASTE MAGAZINE & GOODREADS READERS' MOST ANTICIPATED FANTASY

The first novel in a darkly creative, and romantic new gothic fantasy for readers of Sarah J. Maas and Rachel Gillig.

Edira Brillwyn is a threadmender. She holds a rare, lifesaving power that can cure disease and heal injuries in the blink of an eye. But magic always comes with a cost, and saving anyone sacrifices a sliver of her own life. She's always kept her abilities hidden...until the powerful Fernglove family discovers her secret.

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Galactic Guru

Cold Eternity

by S.A. Barnes

Cold Eternity is the newest action-packed space horror from S.A. Barnes perfect for fans of Severance, where desperation for eternal life leads to a fate worse than death...

Halley is on the run from an interplanetary political scandal that has put a huge target on her back. She heads for what seems like the perfect place to lay low: a gigantic space barge storing the cryogenically frozen bodies of Earth's most fortunate citizens from more than a century ago...

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Game Day Hero

Axe in Hand

by Nicole Coenen

A unique, welcoming guide for the ultimate outdoor hobby.

Axes, woodchopping, and fire: it can all seem intimidating. But the truth is that with the proper knowledge and technique, they are safe, fun, sustainable, passions. What's more, times have changed. In the past, you may have seen guides that relegated women to organizing and stacking wood--focusing on men as the true outdoorspeople. Yet everyone is capable of chopping with skill and making fires.

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The Hobbyist

Change the Recipe

by José Andrés

A unique collection of life lessons from renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés

José Andrés is a chef, an entrepreneur, an author, a television host, and a tireless humanitarian leader across the globe. A Michelin-starred chef with more than forty restaurants, José is also the founder of World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit dedicated to feeding the hungry in the wake of natural and man-made disasters

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Leading Lady

The Sirens

by Emilia Hart

April Indie Next Pick

2019: Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lover's throat. Horrified, she flees to her older sister's, Jess's, on the Australian coast.

1999: Jess is a lonely sixteen-year-old in a rural town in the middle of the continent, diagnosed with a rare allergy to water.

1800: Twin sisters Mary and Eliza have been torn from their loving father in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship bound for Australia. For their entire lives, they've feared the ocean, as their mother tragically drowned when they were just girls.

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Lifelong Learner

John & Paul

by Ian Leslie

John Lennon and Paul McCartney knew each other for twenty-three years, from 1957 to 1980. This book is the myth-shattering biography of a relationship that changed the cultural history of the world.

The Beatles shook the world to its core in the 1960's and, to this day, new generations continue to fall in love with their songs and their story. At the heart of this phenomenon lies the dynamic between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Few other musical partnerships have been rooted in such a deep, intense and complicated personal relationship.

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Maverick

Girl on Girl

by Sophie Gilbert

From Atlantic critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sophie Gilbert, a blazing critique of early aughts pop culture

What happened to feminism in the twenty-first century? This question feels increasingly urgent in a moment of cultural and legislative backlash, when widespread uncertainty about the movement's power, focus, and currency threatens decades of progress.

Sophie Gilbert identifies an inflection point in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the energy of third-wave and "riot grrrl" feminism collapsed into a regressive period of hyper-objectification, sexualization, and infantilization.

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Modern Romantic

Say You'll Remember Me

by Abby Jimenez

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just for the Summer comes a playful yet deeply emotional romance.

There's no such thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes--all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediate yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods can say the absolute wrong thing. Like, really wrong.

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Self-Starter

Rewrite Your Rules

by Morgan DeBaun

Morgan DeBaun, the visionary founder and CEO of Blavity Inc., is here to help you become the CEO of your life and revolutionize your approach to success.

In her transformative book, Rewrite Your Rules, DeBaun delivers a powerful call to action: redefine the guiding principles of your life. This isn't about minor adjustments; it's about radically transforming what you believe is possible, challenging you to break free from societal expectations and design your own path.

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Serial Reader

The Maid's Secret

by Nita Prose

#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest

A wedding. A heist. A secret.

Molly Gray's life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. As the esteemed Head Maid and Special Events Manager of the Regency Grand Hotel, two good things are just around the corner--a taping of the hit antiquities TV show Hidden Treasures and, even more exciting, her wedding to Juan Manuel.

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Spiritual Seeker

Sister, Sinner

by Claire Hoffman

Sister, Sinner chronicles the dramatic rise, disappearance, and near-fall of Aimee Semple McPherson, America's most famous woman evangelist.

On a spring day in 1926, Aimee Semple McPherson wandered into the Pacific Ocean and vanished. Weeks later she reappeared in the desert, claiming to have been kidnapped. A national media frenzy and months of investigation ensued. Who was this woman?

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Stunt Double

Strangers in Time

by David Baldacci

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls comes a David Baldacci novel, set in London in 1944, about a bereaved book shop owner and two teenagers scarred by the second world war--and the healing and hope they find in one another.

Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, ducking school but barred from actual work, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he's old enough to enlist to fight the Germans.

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Time Traveler

The Eights

by Joanna Miller

"Entertaining and moving...I came to love these four women as though they were my sisters."--TRACY CHEVALIER, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Oxford, 1920. For the first time in its one-thousand-year history, Oxford University officially admits female students. Burning with dreams of equality, four young women move into neighboring rooms in Corridor 8. Beatrice, Dora, Marianne, and Otto--collectively known as The Eights--come from all walks of life, each driven by their own motives, each holding tight to their secrets, and are thrown into an unlikely, unshakable friendship.

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Trendsetter

The Perfect Divorce

by Jeneva Rose

From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling thriller The Perfect Marriage

Till death do us part. Yours. Not Mine.

It's been eleven years since high-powered attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, against the charge of murdering his mistress. Sarah has long since moved on, starting a family with her new husband, Bob Miller, and changing careers. Her life is back to being exactly how she always wanted ... or is it?

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Woke Up Like This

My Best Friends Honeymoon

by Meryl Wilsner

Meryl Wilsner's spicy romance, their first with a nonbinary lead, where two lifelong best friends go on a nonrefundable honeymoon together.

Elsie Hoffman has been engaged to her college boyfriend for a year and a half. Ginny Holtz has been in love with Elsie for almost a decade and a half.

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World Traveler

The Six

by Steven Schwankert

A moving exploration of the origins and fate of the little-known Chinese passengers aboard the Titanic--and how they survived against all odds.

When RMS Titanic sank on a cold night in 1912, barely seven hundred people escaped with their lives. Among them were six Chinese men. Arriving in New York, these six were met with suspicion and slander. Fewer than twenty-four hours later, they were expelled from the country and vanished.

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Young at Heart

All The Stars Align

by Gretchen Schreiber

All the Stars Align is the magical love story that is Taylor Swift's Enchanted meets Cyrano, from the author of Ellie Haycock is Totally Normal.

All the women in Piper's family know their true love at first sight, complete with butterflies, heart eyes, and a gut instinct. The kind of fated love that lasts forever. Piper grew up with her ancestors' epic love stories repeated like fairy tales, and yearns for the day she'll start her own.

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