Yahoo Autos 20 spring books from Paris Hilton, Laura Dern, Andy Cohen that we can't wait to read
Finally, spring! The sun is shining, the weather is warming, the buds are blooming and some of the best books you’ll read all year are hitting the shelves.
We’re all ready to put an end to winter cabin fever, but that doesn’t mean you’re off reading duty. Spring brings not just flowers but a whole bouquet of must-read books including intimate memoirs from Paris Hilton, Maggie Smith, and Laura Dern and mother Diane Ladd; buzzy novels perfect for book clubs from Rachel Heng and Victor LaValle; and even a call to spiritual revolution from "The Office" star Rainn Wilson.
So go outside and enjoy the weather if you must, but keep your nose in these 20 new and upcoming books:
‘Paris’
By Paris Hilton (Dey Street, nonfiction), out Tuesday
Fresh off the birth of her son Phoenix and her revealing 2020 documentary “This Is Paris,” the wealthy celebrity heiress further separates the woman from the brand with a memoir that opens up more about her traumatic time spent in facilities for “troubled teens” and her relationship to celebrity.
"Paris: The Memoir" at Amazon for $20
"Paris: The Memoir" at Bookshop.org for $28
‘The Art of The Straight Line: My Tai Chi’
By Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson (HarperOne, nonfiction), out Tuesday
Reed, who died in 2013, wasn’t just a legendary musician, he was also an accomplished martial artist who studied with Chen Tai Chi pioneer Master Ren GuangYi. Finished in collaboration with Reed’s wife, this collection is made up of essays, conversations, photos and ephemera about Tai Chi, meditation and life.
"The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi" at Amazon for $36
"The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi" at Bookshop.org for $37
‘Next!: The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work’
By Joanne Lipman (Mariner, nonfiction), out March 21
What’s next, and how do you get there? “Next!” takes readers inside successful reinventions and transformations to offer an actionable toolkit for change in work and life when a pivot is needed to survive and thrive. From former USA TODAY editor-in-chief and author of "That's What She Said."
"Next!: The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work" at Amazon for $29
"Next!: The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work" at Bookshop.org for $30
‘The Great Reclamation’
By Rachel Heng (Riverhead, fiction), out March 28
Heng’s sweeping historical saga set against a changing Singapore follows Ah Boon, a gentle young boy born with unique gifts, and Siok Mei, a neighbor girl, in a coastal fishing village in the waning years of British rule and on the cusp of Japanese invasion.
"The Great Reclamation" at Amazon for $24
"The Great Reclamation" at Bookshop.org for $26
‘Lone Women’
By Victor LaValle (One World, fiction), out March 28
In 1915, Adelaide Henry flees California – and the secret that killed her parents – to make her way in life as a Montana homesteader. But she drags with her a mysterious trunk, heavy with the horrifying secret she’s tried to lock away.
"Lone Women" at Amazon for $24
"Lone Women" at Bookshop.org for $25
‘Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America’
By Abraham Riesman (Atria, nonfiction), out March 28
Journalist Riesman (“True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee”) returns with another revelatory biography, this one of famed wrestler promoter McMahon, who launched the careers of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, John Cena and Hulk Hogan, and then turned into a political power broker and Trump ally.
"Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America" at Amazon for $27
"Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America" at Bookshop.org for $28
‘Hang the Moon’
By Jeannette Walls (Scribner, fiction), out March 28
The author of the iconic memoir “The Glass Castle” returns with a historical novel about Sallie Kincaid, an indomitable young woman who ascends to the top of a Virginia bootlegging empire during Prohibition.
"Hang the Moon" at Amazon for $25
"Hang the Moon" at Bookshop.org for $26
‘A Living Remedy’
By Nicole Chung (Ecco, nonfiction), out April 4
The author of “All You Can Ever Know” returns with a memoir of family, class and grief, as the adopted daughter reckons with the rage and helplessness she feels in the wake of her parents’ deaths and her inability to support them as their health failed.
"A Living Remedy" at Amazon for $27
"A Living Remedy" at Bookshop.org for $28
‘Ozark Dogs’
By Eli Cranor (Soho Crime, fiction), out April 4
The author of the excellent crime novel “Don’t Know Tough” returns with a new Southern thriller of two families navigating the aftermath of a murder in the Ozarks, as the notorious Ledford clan seeks revenge on the Fitzjurls by claiming their granddaughter as payment.
"Ozark Dogs" at Bookshop.org for $25
"Ozark Dogs" at Amazon for $27
‘You Could Make This Place Beautiful’
By Maggie Smith (One Signal, nonfiction), out April 11
Poet Smith writes in lyrical vignettes of finding herself in middle age after the disintegration of her marriage and her path to healing with meditations on anger and forgiveness as she confronts modern womanhood.
