New sci‑fi roundup + anime
Publishers dropped a heavy slate for April: Book Riot flagged seven notable releases on March 31 and Parade rounded up 11 of the month’s best new books. (bookriot.com) For genre fans, Books of Brilliance named three ‘must‑read’ sci‑fi picks for 2026 and a much‑praised 2021 sci‑fi anime hits Netflix on April 4. (booksofbrilliance.com) (comicbook.com)
BookRiot’s March 31 roundup names specific new releases this week, including Son of Nobody (Yann Martel), Phases: A Memoir (Brandy), The Keeper (Tana French) and Arsenio (Arsenio Hall). (bookriot.com) Yann Martel’s Son of Nobody was published March 31, 2026 by W. W. Norton and frames a free‑verse retelling of the Trojan War alongside a modern classicist named Harlow Donne. (penguinrandomhouse.ca) Parade’s librarian‑curated April list calls out Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling as an April 7 release and describes the book’s reporting into the 2019 death of Zac Brettler and its links to a fabricated “son of a Russian oligarch” identity. (parade.com) Industry preview pages are large this month: BookBrowse’s April preview currently catalogs roughly 99 April titles available for advance review and retailer promotion. (bookbrowse.com) ComicBook reports Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song will stream on Netflix starting April 4, 2026, marking the platform’s addition of the 2021 original sci‑fi anime to its April slate. (comicbook.com) Vivy originally aired April–June 2021, was produced by WIT Studio, and was created from a story by Tappei Nagatsuki and Eiji Umehara with Shinpei Ezaki credited as director. (en.wikipedia.org) The Vivy franchise earned festival and fan recognition after its broadcast, including multiple Anime Trending awards noted on the series’ official pages. (vivy-anime.com)
