To make things easier to navigate, I thought I would aggregate all of my reviews for books released within a month. For books that are published this month and I have yet to read, I will add them to this post as soon as I write a review.
American Mermaid
Julia Langbein
A debut novel that follows a writer lured to Los Angeles to adapt her feminist mermaid novel into a big-budget action film, who believes her heroine has come to life to take revenge for Hollywood’s violations.
Publication Date: March 21
Dust Child
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
From the bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a richly poetic and suspenseful saga about two Vietnamese sisters, an American veteran, and an Amerasian man whose lives intersect in surprising ways, set during and after the war in Việt Nam.
Publication Date: March 14
I Will Find You
Harlan Coben
Five years ago, an innocent man began a life sentence for murdering his own son. Today he found out his son is still alive.
Publication Date: March 14
Our Best Intentions
Vibhuti Jain
A suspenseful drama about an immigrant family caught in a criminal investigation, perfect for readers of Everything I Never Told You.
Publication Date: March 14
Wandering Souls
Cecile Pin
A haunting, gut-wrenching debut novel that paints a tender portrait of three Vietnamese child-refugees and their journey of hope, grief, and survival.
Publication Date: March 21
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal
Roxanna Asgarian
The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six children―and a searing indictment of the American foster care system.
Publication Date: March 14
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
Claire Jiménez
A powerful debut novel that’s “hilarious, heartbreaking, and ass-kicking,” of a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island who discovers their long‑missing sister is potentially alive and cast on a reality TV show, and they set out to bring her home.
Publication Date: March 7
Reviews to Come:
A Brief History of Living Forever by Jaroslav Kalfar
A Likely Story by Leigh McMullan Abramson
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay
Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream by Alissa Quart
The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng
Hang the Moon by Jeanette Walls
The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts by Soraya Palmer
The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton
The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
Still Life with Bones by Alexa Hagerty
Take What You Need by Idra Novey
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Weyward by Emilia Hart
