Spring forecast: Showers of great books for the month of April

The Christian Science Monitor
April 17, 2026

These are the fiction titles our reviewers liked best this month.

The Last Woman of Warsaw, by Judy Batalion

In 1930s Warsaw, two young Jewish women from different backgrounds must work together to solve a disappearance. Fanny, daughter of an elite family, dreams of life as a photographer. After Zosia escapes violence in her village, she works with a youth movement protesting for social equity. When a Jewish professor vanishes, Fanny and Zosia defy danger to search for her. – Stefanie Milligan