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What New Book Should You Read This Spring?

_I Refuse_ is the highly anticipated new book from internationally acclaimed novelist Per Petterson, and the perfect read to transition from winter to spring. _I Refuse_ follows the story of two men who grew up together before growing apart after an incident on a frozen lake, and their accidental encounter almost four decades later.  
Publication date: [April 7, 2015](https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/i-refuse)

_I Refuse_ by Per Petterson

Carola Dibbell’s _The Only Ones_ introduces a post-pandemic world where a woman immune to the disease, Inez, makes her living as a test subject. When a mother backs out on experimental genetic research, Inez is left responsible for her baby girl, who is a scientific breakthrough, and must protect her from both religious fanatics and the authorities. Tender and heartbreaking, _The Only Ones_ will make you appreciate the world outside coming into bloom.  
Publication date: [March 17, 2015](http://www.twodollarradio.com/products/the-only-ones)

_The Only Ones_ by Carola Dibbell

_New York Times_-best-selling author T.C. Boyle explores the volatile relationships between an aging veteran, his unstable son, and the son’s much older lover in _The Harder They Come_. Opening in modern-day northern California, _The Harder They Come_ follows Adam, the son, as he becomes increasingly mentally unstable, and moves as quickly as the spring breeze.  
Publication date: [March 31, 2015](http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062349378/the-harder-they-come)

_The Harder They Come_ by T.C. Boyle

Paul Beatty’s _The Sellout_ is a sharp, satirical novel as biting as the crisp air outside, that challenges the foundation of the United States Constitution, urban life, and the civil rights movement. _The Sellout_ follows the isolated childhood of a man born on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court after his father’s death.   
Publication date: [March 3, 2015](http://us.macmillan.com/thesellout/paulbeatty)

_The Sellout_ by Paul Beatty

Benjamin Percy’s _The Dead Lands_ is a post-apocalyptic thriller set in a world devastated by both a super flu and nuclear fallout, where only a few humans remain in outposts like the Sanctuary, a community in what used to be St. Louis. When a rider arrives from beyond the Sanctuary’s walls reporting of a thriving civilization to the west, a small group secretly sets out to find it and must fight to escape the Sanctuary. A reimagining of Lewis and Clark, _The Dead Lands_ will rejuvenate you this spring.  
Publication date: [April 14, 2015](http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/benjamin-percy/the-dead-lands/9781455528240/)

_The Dead Lands_ by Benjamin Percy

_The Buried Giant_ is the first novel in almost a decade from Kazuo Ishiguro, author of _Never Let Me Go_ and the Booker Prize-winning _The Remains of the Day_. The story of a couple who embarks on a journey in historical, war-ravaged Britain to find a son they have not seen in years, _The Buried Giant_ is a rumination on love, memory, war, and revenge that will be the perfect accompaniment to the changing of the seasons.  
Publication date: [March 3, 2015](http://www.randomhouse.com/book/85613/the-buried-giant-by-kazuo-ishiguro)

_The Buried Giant_ by Kazuo Ishiguro

Hanya Yanagihara’s _A Little Life_ is an epic novel about brotherly love and friendship in the 21st century. The story of four classmates who move to New York after college, _A Little Life_ is an examination of memory, human endurance, and heartbreak, that will leave you gasping for the cool, spring air.  
Publication date: [March 10, 2015](http://www.randomhouse.com/book/239717/a-little-life-by-hanya-yanagihara)

_A Little Life_ by Hanya Yanagihara

James Hannaham’s _Delicious Foods_ follows 11-year-old Eddie and his mother Darlene after she is lured to and imprisoned on a remote farm by a shady company named Delicious Foods. Shattered by her husband’s sudden death, Darlene becomes addicted to drugs and is forced to work in the fields to pay for the steady supply provided to her, all the while desperately seeking to reunite with her son. Powerful and moving, _Delicious Foods_ will make you feel alive as nature begins to stir again outside.  
Publication date: [March 17, 2015](http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/james-hannaham/delicious-foods/9780316284943/)

_Delicious Foods_ by James Hannaham

_God Help the Child_ is Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison’s 11th novel, and one of the most anticipated books this spring. A mother-daughter story at heart, _God Help the Child_ examines childhood trauma through the lens of a woman named Bride whose dark skin drove away her light-skinned mother.  
Publication date: [April 21, 2015](http://www.randomhouse.com/book/204834/god-help-the-child-by-toni-morrison)

_God Help the Child_ by Toni Morrison

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