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Just like that, March is already in the rearview and spring is in the air. Songbirds are hitting the bird feeders, plants are blooming, and the weather's growing more inviting by the day. Which of course means that the time for comfy outdoor reading sessions is at hand! Good thing we've got plenty of books to choose from this April to transport us to distant lands and imaginative realms, no matter where you choose to set up your picnic blanket.

April is a heavy month for the fantasy genre, but relatively light on science fiction. Fortunately, there's still plenty of variety. Want a dark fantasy epic? Check! Magical realism? Check! A highly-anticipated sequel or a speculative fiction mindbender? Done and done, we got you.

As we do each month, we've rounded up a bunch of the fantasy and sci-fi books hitting shelves in the next 30 days that we're excited for.

It’s 5 p.m. early in April, and there’s already a crowd of teens in blood-splattered clothes lining the sidewalk around Antiguo Hotel Reforma, the once glorious art-deco monolith where Argentine rap star Dillom is set to take the stage for his first ever Mexico City show. The gory attire has become a sort of uniform among his devoted fanbase, who scream-sing and mosh wildly at each of the rapper’s heart-pounding concerts. Inside the dilapidated hotel-turned-eerie art space, a production manager leads Dillom and I into a ripped-up guest room to chat,...