Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory

“Flirting Lessons,” Jasmine Guillory’s sapphic romance, hits April 2025’s bestseller lists with a steamy, heartwarming tale of love and self-discovery. Released this month, it follows Avery Jensen, a straitlaced event planner, as she learns seduction from Taylor Cameron, Napa Valley’s resident heartbreaker. Guillory’s fizzy prose and relatable heroines make this a standout, blending queer romance … Continue Reading

Three Days in June by Anne Tyler

“Three Days in June,” Anne Tyler’s 25th novel, blooms as an April 2025 bestseller, its gentle quirks and deep humanity drawing readers into a Baltimore wedding weekend. Released in February, its momentum carries into spring, offering a socially awkward mother, Gail Baines, as she navigates her daughter’s nuptials. Tyler’s signature blend of humor and heartache … Continue Reading

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Dream Count,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s first novel in a decade, lands as a literary titan on April 2025’s bestseller lists. Released earlier in the year, its slow-burn resonance peaks with spring readers, offering four interwoven tales of women navigating love, loss, and identity amid global upheaval. Set against the Covid-19 pandemic’s isolating chill, Adichie’s prose—luminous … Continue Reading

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

“Great Big Beautiful Life,” released in April 2025, marks Emily Henry’s triumphant return to the romance genre, cementing her reign as a bestseller darling. Breaking from her two-word title tradition, this novel pits two writers—eternal optimist Alice Scott and brooding Hayden Anderson—in a high-stakes competition to pen the biography of Margaret Ives, a reclusive heiress … Continue Reading

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Onyx Storm

“Onyx Storm,” the third installment in Rebecca Yarros’s wildly popular Empyrean series, storms onto the bestseller lists in April 2025, continuing the saga of Violet Sorrengail, a fierce yet fragile heroine navigating a world of dragon riders, war, and forbidden romance. Following the cliffhangers of “Fourth Wing” and “Iron Flame,” this book shifts the narrative … Continue Reading