Wizard of the Kremlin among spring picks

- Recent reading roundups flagged new novels including 'Wizard of the Kremlin' (on Putin), Michel Houellebecq's 'Annihilation', and the Mussolini biography 'M: Son of the Century'. (x.com) - Critics also recommended enduring classics like 'Meditations', 'Man's Search for Meaning', and 'Name of the Wind' alongside these contemporary picks. (x.com) - The lists mix political biographies and comfort classics, showing readers' appetite for both current affairs and escapist fiction this spring. (x.com)