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 <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/gilbert-cruz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gilbert Cruz</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/joumana-khatib" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Joumana Khatib</a> 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:
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/books/review/ben-lerner-transcription.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Transcription,” by Ben Lerner</a>
“This Land Is Your Land,” by Beverly Gage
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/books/review/the-witch-marie-ndiaye.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“The Witch,” by Marie NDiaye</a>
“London Falling,” by Patrick Radden Keefe
“Prophecy,” by Carissa Véliz
“Ghost Town,” by Tom Perrotta
“From Life Itself,” by Suzy Hansen
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/books/kathryn-stockett-calamity-club-the-help.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“The Calamity Club,” by Kathryn Stockett</a>
“Dog Days,” by Emily LaBarge
“The Midnight Train,” by Matt Haig
“The Land and Its People,” by David Sedaris
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/magazine/solvej-balle-calculation-of-volume.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“On the Calculation of Volume (Book 4),” by Solvej Balle</a>
“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
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/books/review/arsenio-hall-memoir.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Arsenio,” by Arsenio Hall</a>
“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
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