With daylight lingering longer, why not while away a couple hours with one of these newly released books? The novels range from supremely short to extremely long and include settings as disparate as a sunny cruise ship and COVID-era Manhattan. If you’re looking for nonfiction, you can choose from titles about rock gods, the cosmos or sexual freedom. You can also catch several of the authors in person at the L.A. Times Festival of Books, April 18 to 19 at USC. Happy reading! FICTION: Transcription: A Novel By Ben Lerner FSG: 144 pp., $25 (April 7) It’s any writer’s nightmare:...