21 Best Books to Read This Spring 2021 On 02/19/21 at 2:58 PM EST The end of winter and the beginning of spring is a fickle time, weather-wise. You might see snow, rain or sun on any given day. But whether you're curling up in front of a cozy fire or catching some rare rays of sunshine on a park bench, you can depend on good books to keep you company. Looking for a small-town feel-good love story, a hair-raising thriller about the subject of a true-crime podcast, inside looks at two famous first ladies, the history of how a famous publishing house got started in the shadow of the Nazis—or more? Newsweek has chosen some of the best new fiction and nonfiction available this spring for your reading pleasure.