Hidden Portraits by Sue Roe: The only woman who gave Picasso a taste of his own medicine

Chilling Thrillers out now: The Death of Us by Abigail Dean, The Final Wife by Jenny Blackhurst, The Midnight King by Tariq Ashkanani

Powerful and emotionally intense: The best Short Stories out now - The Anechoic Chamber by Will Wiles, The Accidentals by Guadalupe Nettel, Hail Mary by Funmi Fetto

A love story that creates a goosebump-raising spell: The best Literary Fiction out now - THE BEST OF EVERYTHING by Kit de Waal, MERE by Danielle Giles, ROOM ON THE SEA by Andre Aciman

New Contemporary fiction for April: Lucky Night by Eliza Kennedy, The Seven O'Clock Club by Amelia Ireland, Sister Europe by Nell Zink

Proof by Adam Kucharski: Milk or tea in first? Confirmed, you really can tell the difference

How many books does Anne Sebba have on the go at once?

Bird Song by Adam Nicolson: Why birds are clever, shrewd - and VERY raunchy

What Can Art Tell Us About Love by Nick Trend: Want to understand art? It's all about love

Lady Pamela Berry by Harriet Cullen: The society hostess who took down a prime minister

The Women's Orchestra Of Auschwitz by Anne Sebba: How music saved 40 women from the gas chambers

Who was Andrew Pierce's favourite monarch and stars in their own Ladybird book?

Julia Donaldson is back with another winner in the best kids books of the month

Spring by Michael Morpurgo: Salute to spring by our most beloved children's author

Our picks of the Classic Crime novels to bring back for April: Murder in Transit, The Mouthless Dead, The Case of the Busy Bees