Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising titles, fiction and nonfiction, to consider for your April reading list.

No list of “best romantasy books” is complete without Sarah J. Maas, and her A Court of Thorns and Roses series. The story follows Feyre, a young woman captured by a Fae after she kills one of his brethren in the woods. She’s soon in an entirely new world of politics and violence, and must sort out her true feelings.

If you find yourself freshly motivated to read this season, check out these new releases from Emily Henry, Stephen King, Christie Brinkley and others.