The cure for spring fever is reading—a lot of reading! Check out new books from Stephen King, Mira Grant, Emily Tesh, Django Wexler, Tochi Onyebuchi, and many more.

Spring is in full swing, and renewal comes in many guises. Refreshing your to-be-read pile for the season aligns with the season’s overall rebirth vibe. If you are looking for new bookshelf additions,

Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) and Japan’s Seven & i said they have signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that will give the Canadian company access to the Japanese retailer’s financial data as it seeks a $47 billion acquisition.

Amid sweeping attacks on the freedom to read, these novels and nonfiction deal with sex and sensuality, racism and artmaking, dreams under fascism, and more essential questions of what it means to be a human in this world.

As a child, when nice weather came around, I was told to put down my book and go play outside: You can read any old day, adults would say, reminding me that sunshine can be fleeting. The warm days of

May’s new science fiction novels include a hot tip from our culture editor, as well as war on an alien planet from Bora Chung

May’s stellar new books include memoirs from a spy and a cult escapee, along with a biography of a Wild West outlaw. Fiction offerings range from historical to fantastical with a new Michael Connelly protagonist making a debut.

T he best new books to read in May include historian and best-selling author Ron Chernow ’s biography of Mark Twain, United We Dream co-founder Cristina Jiménez ’s debut memoir, and poet and novelist Ocean Vuong ’s follow-up to his

Aesthetically refined, dazzling, mysterious, humorous and moving, stimulating the imagination, for adults and children – we present last year’s most captivating books in terms of words and images.

Selected by Jonathan Horn, the author, most recently, of “The Fate of the Generals: MacArthur, Wainwright, and the Epic Battle for the Philippines.”