Spring books preview 2024: 30 new fiction and non-fiction reads

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Taxes, lamb and the heady scent of cherry blossoms – all indubitable signs that spring is finally here, and with it a new crop of books covering everything from plants to propaganda; grieving to grievance; and Jean de Brébeuf to Jean-Michel Basquiat. Books we're reading and loving this week: Globe staff and readers share their picks Many of the season’s bigger titles (among them books by Colm Toibin, Claire Messud, Salman Rushdie, Michael Ondaatje, Wade Davis, Russell Banks and Lydia Millet) were covered in our Most Anticipated feature back in December. In the interest of variety – and not repeating...