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March 2026 Most Anticipated New Book Releases

Contemporary & Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction | Romance | Thrillers & Mysteries | Horror & Gothic Fiction | Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Magical Realism | Short Stories & Essays | Biography & Memoir | Nonfiction

Contemporary & Literary Fiction

Wait for Me

Amy Jo Burns

From the author of Mercury and Shiner comes a novel about the bond between two female folk singers, the love stories that haunt them, and the music that brings them together to burn bright.

Publication date: March 3

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200 Monas

Jan Saenz

For fans of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Miranda July comes a whip-smart, irresistible novel about a college senior who has 48 hours to sell her recently deceased mother’s surprise stash of rare pills, or suffer the consequences

Publication date: March 3

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The Disappointment

Scott Broker

Set during a doom-fated vacation to the Oregon coast, The Disappointment follows a couple trying to hold close to one another while a bent reality—warped by personal losses and an ever-increasing drift toward the surreal—threatens to unravel them.

Publication date: March 3

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Big Nobody

Alex Kadis

A wickedly funny coming-of-age novel about a misfit teenager in London determined to eliminate the one thing standing between her and a good life: her father.

Publication date: March 10

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The Complex

Karan Mahajan

A brilliant, sweeping tour de force moving between the US and modern India, following the illicit liaisons, real estate dramas, political ambitions, and mortal betrayals of one prominent Delhi family — from the author of the National Book Award finalist The Association of Small Bombs.

Publication date: March 10

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Down Time

Andrew Martin

A terribly funny and lovably louche novel about five friends growing older, if not always up, from Andrew Martin, author of Early Work and Cool for America.

Publication date: March 10

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Hooked

Asako Yuzuki

From the author of the international bestseller Butter comes a chilling and perceptive novel about obsession, female friendship, and the slow unraveling of two lives.

Publication date: March 17

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Under Water

Tara Menon

An intense, atmospheric novel about the devastating power of friendship, set against the backdrop of two cataclysmic events.

Publication date: March 17

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Almost Life

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Two young women meet in Paris one sultry summer in a decades-spanning tour de force about the enduring power of young love and the poignant heartbreak of missed chances—perfect for fans of One Day and Normal People.

Publication date: March 24

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Celestial Lights

Cecile Pin

January 28, 1986: Soon after launch, the Challenger shuttle falls out of the sky and into the sea. At the same time, Oliver Ines is born. Celestial Lights is his story. A beautiful, heartbreaking novel about ambition, love, and space from the award-winning author of Wandering Soul.

Publication date: March 24

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The Oldest Bitch Alive

Morgan Day

A polyphonic debut following an aging French bulldog and the parasitic worms that send her toward death — a singular, sly novel about form, freedom, interiors, and the matter by which we are composed and consumed.

Publication date: March 24

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The Adjunct

Maria Adelmann

From the acclaimed author of How to Be Eaten, a fresh take on the campus novel that follows an adjunct professor gigging her way through academia’s poor job market when she crosses paths with her old PhD adviser whose new novel might be about her—for readers of Worry, Vladimir, and Less.

Publication date: March 31

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A Good Person

Maria Adelmann

An electric binge-of-a-debut about a millennial antihero who seeks revenge on her ex-situationship with a hex, only for him to actually, literally die. A deliciously addictive novel that explores our darkest, most human impulses.

Publication date: March 31

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Ruins

Lily Brooks-Dalton

From critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Light Pirate comes a powerful, deeply resonant novel about an ambitious archaeologist in pursuit of a rare artifact from an ancient civilization that would not only change her life but potentially society at large.

Publication date: March 31

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Son of Nobody

Yann Martel

From the author of the international bestseller Life of Pi, a brilliant retelling of the Trojan War from the perspective of two commoners: an ancient soldier and a modern scholar.

Publication date: March 31

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Upward Bound

Woody Brown

A wondrous, deeply affecting portrait of the interlocking lives at an adult day care center in Southern California, depicting an often overlooked community with extraordinary wit and grace—by a major new literary voice hailed as a groundbreaking debut novelist. 

Publication date: March 31

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Historical Fiction

A Far-Flung Life

M. L. Stedman

From the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Light Between Oceans comes a breathtaking and epic novel set in the vast outback of Australia—about tragedy, family secrets, and the enduring power of love.

Publication date: March 3

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Lady Tremaine

Rachel Hochhauser

A bold and beautifully written examination of a mother’s love told through the eyes of Cinderella’s ‘wicked’ stepmother. As if Bridgerton met Circe, and exhilarating to its core, Lady Tremaine reimagines the myth of the evil stepmother at the heart of the world’s most famous fairy tale. 

Publication date: March 3

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Now I Surrender

Álvaro Enrigue

A woman’s desperate flight from an Apache raid unfolds into a sweeping tale of the Mexico–US border wars. Part epic, part alt-Western, it weaves past and present, myth and history into a searing elegy for a way of life that was an incarnation of true liberty—and an homage to the spark in us that still thrills to its memory.

Publication date: March 3

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The Beheading Game

Rebecca Lehmann

Disgraced. Beheaded. And out for revenge . . .
We all know what happened to Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. But what if she woke up the day after her execution and took it upon herself to seek justice?

Publication date: March 24

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Daughter of Egypt

Marie Benedict

Known for her delightful blend of historical fiction and suspense, New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict, returns with a sweeping tale of a young woman who unearths the truth about a forgotten Pharaoh―rewriting both of their legacies forever.

Publication date: March 24

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The Moonshine Woman

Michelle Collins Anderson

For readers of Jeannette Walls, Robert Goolrick, and Sue Monk Kidd, three sisters take over their father’s Ozark Mountains moonshine business in an evocative, Prohibition-era story of reinvention, sisterhood, revenge, and the alchemy of love from the USA Today bestselling author of The Flower Sisters.

Publication date: March 31

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Romance

The Book Tour

Emily Ohanjanians

Sparks fly between a lively debut author and her grumpy publicist on book tour in this sizzling rom-com from a fresh new voice in contemporary romance.

Publication date: March 3

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No Matter What

Cara Bastone

After a traumatic accident threatens the foundations of their happy marriage, a couple tries to rebuild and find their way back to each other—and themselves—in this tender, slow-burn romance by the bestselling author of Ready or Not and Promise Me Sunshine.

Publication date: March 3

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Star Shipped

Cat Sebastian

Cat Sebastian’s long-awaited foray into contemporary romance! A witty, emotional, and deliciously slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance between two costars on a popular sci-fi television series.

Publication date: March 3

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How to Write a Love Story

Catherine Walsh

One writer, one editor, one hot summer . . . Will this be a romance for the books? Book Lovers meets Leap Year in this dual-POV, forced-proximity, bookish romantic comedy–the brand-new book from Irish author and romance bestseller Catherine Walsh.

Publication date: March 10

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A Lady for All Seasons

T.J. Alexander

From the acclaimed author of Chef’s Kiss and A Gentleman’s Gentleman comes a riotous Regency romp, featuring a charming and unforgettable genderfluid lead.

Publication date: March 10

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Once & Again

Rebecca Serle

New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Serle, the author behind heartbreaking, redemptive, and authentic In Five Years, returns with an unforgettable tale of a family of women with an astonishing gift: the ability to redo one moment in their lives.

Publication date: March 10

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Beneath

Ariel Sullivan

Hundreds of years before the Illum ruled supreme, humanity risked everything to rebuild after a devastating war in this explosive dystopian romance and prequel to Conform.

Publication date: March 24

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The Night We Met

Abby Jimenez

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Say You’ll Remember Me comes a beautiful, compelling novel that revels in laughter, friendship, and the messy choices life can throw our way.

Publication date: March 24

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A Widow’s Charm

Caitlyn Paxson

In this witty fantasy romance, a widow attempts to resurrect her dead husband by blackmailing her rakish necromancer neighbor—only to find herself falling for him instead.

Publication date: March 31

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Thrillers & Mysteries

The Best Little Motel in Texas

Lyla Lane

A charming, edgy mystery about a young woman who unexpectedly inherits the best little motel in Texas – replete with a feisty set of golden working girls, a poisoned priest, and a sleepy hometown thrown into chaos.

Publication date: March 3

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Missing Sister

Joshilyn Jackson

From the New York Times bestselling author of Never Have I Ever comes a chilling story of sisters and revenge. Born three minutes apart, Penny and Nix Albright grew up doing everything together, close as only twins can be. But when Nix dies in a tragic accident soon after college, she leaves behind a cryptic voicemail that has Penny guilt-ridden and desperate for justice.

Publication date: March 3

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The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives

Elizabeth Arnott

A remarkable trio whose lives have been cracked wide open by their husbands’ crimes unite to catch a serial killer in this dazzlingly captivating novel.

Publication date: March 3

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Haven

Ani Katz

A summer retreat to an elite island enclave tied to a Big Tech company becomes a mother’s worst nightmare in this gripping thriller.

Publication date: March 10

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How to Survive in the Woods

Kat Rosenfield

Wild meets The Wife Between Us in this page-turning thriller, set in Maine’s Hundred Mile Wilderness—the treacherous final stretch of the storied Appalachian Trail—an addictive tale of passion, betrayal, control, and what it means to survive.

Publication date: March 10

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Served Him Right

Lisa Unger

A woman’s brunch with friends quickly turns dark in this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger.

Publication date: March 10

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She Fell Away

Lenore Lash

A State Department diplomat must confront the ghosts of her past as she searches for a missing American woman in New Zealand in this pulse-pounding and unputdownable thriller.

Publication date: March 10

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This Story Might Save Your Life

Tiffany Crum

Best friends Benny and Joy like to say they’ve been saving each other’s lives since the moment they met. Until the day Joy disappears and Benny is suspected of murder . . .

Publication date: March 10

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Hard Times

Jeff Boyd

An extraordinary crime novel from a rising star, that follows the ripple effects of a tragic shooting throughout a Chicago community from the view of the teachers, police officers, and students impacted.

Publication date: March 17

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The Plans I Have for You

Lai Sanders

Lai Sanders’s debut novel is a timely, razor-sharp thriller exploring race and privilege, perfect for fans of R. F. Kuang.

Publication date: March 17

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The Keeper

Tana French

On a cold night in the remote Irish village of Ardnakelty, a girl goes missing. Sweet, loving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged to the son of the local big shot. Instead, she’s dead in the river. In a close-knit small town, a death like this isn’t simple. It comes wrapped in generations-old grudges and power struggles, and it splits the townland in two.

Publication date: March 31

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Horror & Gothic Fiction

The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts

Kim Fu

From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century comes The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts—an eerie, spellbinding novel of grief and guilt, with a razor-sharp eye for the absurdity and melancholy of the internet age.

Publication date: March 3

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Spoiled Milk

Avery Curran

The untimely death of a student at a girls’ boarding school marks the first in a haunting series of escalating supernatural events, and uncovers buried truths of teenage repression, queer desire, and the everyday horror of coming of age.

Publication date: March 3

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Whidbey

T. Kira Madden

A portrait of three women connected through one man in the aftermath of his murder—a stunning literary achievement and the explosive and highly anticipated debut novel from beloved award-winning memoirist T Kira Madden.

Publication date: March 10

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You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom

Vincent Tirado

Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing imaginable: family.

Publication date: March 10

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Wolf Worm

T. Kingfisher

Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods in Wolf Worm, a new gothic masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher.

Publication date: March 24

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Nothing Tastes as Good

Luke Dumas

The acclaimed author of the disorienting, creepy, paranoia-inducing A History of Fear returns with a spine-tingling new thriller about a weight loss treatment with potentially murderous side effects that combines The Substance with the best of Stephen King and keeps you guessing until the final page.

Publication date: March 24

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Magical Realism

Mayhem and the Mortal

Shanora Williams 

Zaira doesn’t want a hero. She needs a weapon. To save her sister from a soul-devouring curse, she has to cross The Shallows―a nightmare landscape of ruined magic, shifting paths, and vicious creatures that eat people alive. Her guide? Thane Valkor: sorcerer, assassin, walking red flag. He promises to help. He might even mean it. But Zaira knows better than to trust a liar with a blade and ice in his veins. She just doesn’t have a choice.

Publication date: March 17

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Nonesuch

Francis Spufford

A spellbinding tale about an ambitious young woman who must thwart an occult plot by time-traveling fascists during the chaos of the London Blitz—from one of our most powerful writers of wayward historical fiction.

Publication date: March 10

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Voidverse

Damien Ober

A half-formed universe. A powerful anomaly. A poem that is prophecy. Dune meets Wool in this high-octane quest through the void, where two eternal forces are about to collide in an epic showdown.

Publication date: March 10

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Westward Women

Alice Martin

For fans of Emma Cline and Emily St. John Mandel, Westward Women is a hypnotic and hopeful debut―part fever dream, part dystopian road trip that claws its way towards a jaw-dropping finale.

Publication date: March 10

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Innamorata

Ava Reid

A decadently dark gothic fantasy for readers who love haunting atmospheres, morally tangled characters, and stories where love becomes doom, the first in a duology from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and Lady Macbeth.

Publication date: March 17

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The Fountain

Casey Scieszka

A propulsive and deeply moving novel about eternity and mortality that asks what it would mean to live forever. Blending the spectacular with the everyday in a tale filled with humor and warmth, The Fountain explores what gives life meaning and how our understandings of our histories shape—and cage—us.

Publication date: March 17

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Paradiso 17

Hannah Lillith Assadil

The intimate, sweeping tale of one man’s restless search for home the world over, as the pendulum of fate swings between loss and life, grief and euphoria, regret and hope.

Publication date: March 17

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Honeysuckle

Bar Fridman-Tell

The Bear and the Nightingale meets Weyward in this enchanting, deeply compelling debut about love and power, autonomy and consent. As a loose reimagining of the story of Blodeuwedd from Welsh mythology, Honeysuckle is an entrancing, inventive, and unsettling debut.

Publication date: March 24

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Aicha

Soraya Bouazzaoui

The story of Morocco’s warrior goddess, her strange magic, fierce rebellion, and devastating romance. Soraya Bouazzaoui weaves an epic tale of female rage and hidden myths, perfect for fans of The City of Brass and The Stardust Thief.

Publication date: March 24

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The Quarter Queen

Kayla Hardy

A Voodoo witch must navigate a magically and racially divided nineteenth-century New Orleans to save her mother—and the soul of the city itself—in this lush debut novel inspired by the life of Marie Laveau.

Publication date: March 31

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This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

Ilona Andrews

The page-turning politics of Game of Thrones meets the worlds-spanning romance of Outlander in this blockbuster new epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo Ilona Andrews.

Publication date: March 31

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Short Stories & Essays

An Arrow in Flight: Selected Stories of Mary Lavin

Mary Lavin

One of the great overlooked voices of modern Irish literature, once hailed as “magnificent” by The New York Times, Mary Lavin’s fiction is now being revived for a new generation of readers in this definitive volume, selected and introduced by Colm Tóibín.. 

Publication date: March 3

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Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Progress

Cazzie David

In this sharp and darkly funny new essay collection from the New York Times bestselling author, Cazzie David explores the irony and existential crises of leaving youth behind.

Publication date: March 3

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River of Bones & Other Stories

Rebecca Roanhorse

A stunning collection of award-winning fantasy and science fiction short stories from the New York Timesbestselling author of the Between Earth and Sky trilogy—including a new novella set in the world of Trail of Lightning.

Publication date: March 3

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Python’s Kiss: Stories

Louise Erdrich

From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich, a captivating collection of short stories. Written over the past two decades, Louise Erdrich’s magnificent story collection features a range of characters—a tribal newsletter editor whose son tells her a story that nothing in her experience can encompass, immigrant farmers whose tenuous hold on the earth, and sanity, is challenged, and ordinary people, bird lovers, artists, grade-school teachers, and romantics.

Publication date: March 24

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Seasons of Glass & Iron: Stories

Amal El-Mohtar

With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales about life as it is, was, and could be. Like miscellany from other worlds, these stories are told in letters, diary entries, reference materials, folktales, and lyrical prose.

Publication date: March 24

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The News from Dublin: Stories

Colm Tóibín

From one of the world’s best living literary writers, comes a brilliant collection of nine short stories, many never-before-published, set across Ireland, Spain, and America—about the complexities of family, longing, loss, and love.

Publication date: March 31

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Memoirs & Biographies

Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane

Andy Beta

The first full-length biography of Alice Coltrane, the jazz musician and spiritual leader whose forward-thinking music was overshadowed by her more famous husband, even as she brilliantly laid the groundwork for the new age, ambient, and electronic music that would follow.

Publication date: March 3

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You with the Sad Eyes

Christina Applegate

Unflinchingly honest and darkly funny, You with the Sad Eyes unveils a side of Christina Applegate we’ve never seen, forever cementing her formidable and iconoclastic legacy.

Publication date: March 3

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Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane

Lindy West

In New York Times bestselling author Lindy West’s ambitious memoir, she brings readers along on an uproarious cross-country road trip as she unpacks her last few tumultuous years, rediscovers herself, and reinvents her marriage in the process.

Publication date: March 10

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A Wheelie Awkward Romance: The Love Story of a Girl Who Is Definitely Not Touchy-Feely and a Quadriplegic Guy Who Most Assuredly Is

Tess Campbell

Witty, wise, and wonderfully real–a love story that challenges expectations and celebrates possibility. Tess wasn’t searching for love–and she definitely wasn’t looking for a man with a power chair and a penchant for dad jokes. But when Corby’s clever and correctly punctuated dating profile caught her attention, one message turned into two, then twenty, and suddenly, her carefully predictable world was tilted on its axis.

Publication date: March 3

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In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to be a Man

Tom Junod

From two-time National Magazine Award winner Tom Junod, a searching, brilliantly stylized memoir about a charismatic, philandering father who tried to mold his son in his image, the many secrets he hid, the son’s obsessive quest to uncover them, and ultimately, the true meaning of manhood.

Publication date: March 10

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Everybody’s Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture

Fab 5 Freddy (Fred Bathwaite) with Mark Rozzo

An electrifying memoir from the pioneering cultural icon The New Yorker called “the coolest person in New York,” whose fearless creativity reshaped the worlds of art, music, and style.

Publication date: March 10

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Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!

Liza Minnelli

Global icon Liza Minnelli shares her inspiring story: stepping out from the long shadow of a mega-star mother and legendary film director father, fighting a lifetime battle with addiction, and emerging from it all to become a once-in-a-lifetime artist.

Publication date: March 10

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Judy Blume: A Life

Mark Oppenheimer

The highly anticipated biography of one of the world’s most treasured literary voices, showcasing a life as triumphant and inspiring as the stories she crafted. Journalist, historian, and longtime Blume aficionado Mark Oppenheimer pens a beautiful, multidimensional portrait of the acclaimed author through extensive interviews with Blume herself, invaluable access to her papers and correspondence, and thoughtful analysis of Blume’s beloved novels, including early, unpublished works that shed light on the pathbreaking writer she would become. 

Publication date: March 10

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Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy

Daniel Okrent

A revelatory look at the complex inner world of one of the twentieth century’s most beloved theatrical composers. In this intimate biography, Daniel Okrent follows Sondheim through the tumult of his upbringing and his parents’ divorce, his life-changing relationship with Oscar Hammerstein II and subsequent immersion in musical theater, and his rise to fame as both a lyricist and composer.

Publication date: March 17

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Light and Thread

Han Kang

From Nobel Prize winner Han Kang comes her first work of nonfiction published in English—a singular collection of writings tracing the connections between her interior and exterior worlds through a sequence of essays, poems, photographs, and diaries.

Publication date: March 24

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Who Needs Friends: An Unscientific Examination of Male Friendship Across America

Andrew McCarthy

A moving and provocative exploration of male friendship and loneliness, from New York Timesbestselling author, filmmaker, and actor Andrew McCarthy as he crisscrosses the country to reconnect with his friends.

Publication date: March 24

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Nonfiction

The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History

Odd Arne Westad

From a renowned Yale historian comes a chilling look at the looming threat of the next Great Power war and the urgent interventions necessary to avoid it in the twenty-first century.

Publication date: March 3

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The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change

Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century.

Publication date: March 3

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Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Ordinary People Forging a Revolution

Anand Gopal

From Pulitzer and National Book Award finalist Anand Gopal, an epic and enthralling account of six Syrians fighting for a better world, in the tradition of classic works by Philip Gourevitch and Katherine Boo.

Publication date: March 3

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El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory

Jazmine Ullo

From New York Times reporter Jazmine Ulloa, a sweeping human history of El Paso, revealing violence, power, and privilege at play in America’s most famous border town.

Publication date: March 3

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Lost: Amelia Earhart’s Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life

Rachel Hartigan

Unravel one of history’s greatest mysteries in this spellbinding narrative exploring three leading theories of Amelia Earhart’s tragic disappearance.

Publication date: March 3

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Apple: The First 50 Years

David Pogue

In time for Apple’s 50th anniversary, CBS Sunday Morning correspondent David Pogue tells the iconic company’s entire life story: how it was born, nearly died, was born again under Steve Jobs, and became, under CEO Tim Cook, the most valuable company in the world. The book features full-color photos, new facts that correct the record and illuminate its subversive culture, and fresh interviews with the legendary figures who shaped Apple into what it is today

Publication date: March 10

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A Woman’s Work: Reclaiming the Radical History of Mothering

Elinor Cleghorn

From the author of Unwell Women comes a powerful and groundbreaking new narrative history of motherhood and mothering.

Publication date: March 17

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Outsider Animals: How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us

Marlene Zuk

From one of our foremost experts on behavioral evolution, an entertaining exploration of what raccoons, rats, and other animal intruders teach us about intelligence, adaptability, and ourselves.

Publication date: March 17

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Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age

Ibram X. Kendi

The National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning charts how “great replacement theory” has become a dominant political idea of our time and ushered in an antidemocratic age.

Publication date: March 17

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In the Shadow of the Great House: A History of the Plantation in America

Daniel Rood

From an acclaimed historian, a new history of American slavery and American capitalism, told through the setting where both developed. An important and revelatory work that brings economic history to life with narrative and nuance.

Publication date: March 17

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Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to ’90s Sitcoms

Geoff Bennett

The award-winning co-anchor of PBS NewsHour presents a sweeping and insightful retrospective on the history of Black comedy in America.

Publication date: March 24

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Chasing Freedom: Coming of Age at the End of Empire

Samurai Chigudu

An exquisitely crafted memoir, sweeping from Zimbabwe to Oxford, that lays bare the violent, enduring legacy of colonialism on both a country and a family.

Publication date: March 24

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Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment

Rhae Lynn Barnes

A groundbreaking history, decades in the making, that chronicles how blackface dominated American society culturally, financially, and racially for nearly two centuries.

Publication date: March 24

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