Top new literary-fiction books in March 2025
Last updated:
January 26, 2025
March 2025 featuring new releases by Georgia Hunter, Colum McCann, Emilia Hart, Sanjena Sathian, Charlotte McConaghy, Ashley Winstead, Clare Leslie Hall, Georgia Toews, Alexandra Kiley, Hannah Deitch and many more.
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One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter
From the New York Times–bestselling author of We Were the Lucky Ones, an unforgettable story of hardship and hope, courage and resilience, that follows one young woman’s journey through war-torn Italy1941, Emilia Romagna. Lili and Esti have been best friends since meeting at the University of Ferrara; when Esti’s son Theo is born, they become as close as sisters...historical-fiction · fiction · ww2 · historical · war · romantic-love · literary-fiction · 20th-century · violent-conflict · book -
![Twist: A Novel by Colum McCann]()
Twist: A Novel by Colum McCann
A propulsive novel of rupture and repair in the digital age, delving into a hidden world deep under the ocean—from the New York Times bestselling author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin“Everything gets fixed, and we all stay broken.”Anthony Fennell, an Irish journalist and playwright, is assigned to cover the underwater cables that carry the world’s information...fiction · mystery · literary-fiction · suspense · epic · psychological · family · romance · book · adult -
![The Sirens by Emilia Hart]()
The Sirens by Emilia Hart
A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can imagine2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales hoping Jess can help explain the vivid dreams that preceded the attack—but her sister is missing...fantasy · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · magical-realism · mystery · literary-fiction · mermaids · female-mc · family -
![Goddess Complex by Sanjena Sathian]()
Goddess Complex by Sanjena Sathian
From the author of Gold Diggers, a biting examination of millennial adulthood, the often fraught conversations around fertility and reproduction, and the painful quest to forge an identitySanjana Satyananda is trying to recover her life... -
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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon.Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers...fiction · mystery · literary-fiction · outdoors · contemporary · suspense · family · sci-fi · female-mc · book -
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![This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead]()
This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead
From the bestselling author of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and Midnight is the Darkest Hour comes a chilling, compulsive story of five amateur sleuths, whose hunt for an elusive killer catapults them into danger as the world watches.It's the most famous crime in modern history. But only she knows the true story...north-america · usa · idaho · mystery · fiction · suspense · crime · contemporary · psychological · thriller -
![Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall]()
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
An “evocative, sensitive, and compelling novel” (Delia Owens, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing) that explores the deadly consequences of a love triangle in an English farming village as dangerous secrets from the past resurface—perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing.“The farmer is dead. He is dead and all anyone wants to know is who killed him...romance · fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · historical · love-triangle · literary-fiction · grief · womens-fiction · suspense -
![Nobody Asked for This by Georgia Toews]()
Nobody Asked for This by Georgia Toews
A razor-sharp dramedy following a twenty-something female comic as she navigates family grief, a dysfunctional friendship, and a date gone very wrong, from Georgia Toews, author of Hey, Good Luck Out There.Virginia is twenty-three and a stand-up comedian... -
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Scot and Bothered by Alexandra Kiley
SCOT ON THE TRAIL!Ghostwriter Brooke Sinclair longs to see her own name in print someday. After spending her career behind the scenes, her opportunity arises when her college mentor, Mhairi McCallister, summons Brooke back to Edinburgh University on an important request: Mhairi needs someone to complete her memoir...romance · contemporary · fiction · female-mc · young-adult · family · literary-fiction · humor · book -
![Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch]()
Killer Potential by Hannah Deitch
Darkly funny and provocative, this edge-of-your-seat thrill ride follows two unlikely fugitives—an SAT tutor who finds her rich employers brutally murdered and the bound woman she frees from their mansion—an irresistible debut novel perfect for fans of The Guest and My Sister, the Serial KillerA scholarship kid with straight As and big dreams, Evie Gordon always thought she was special, that...fiction · lgbtq · wlw · contemporary · thriller · dark-humor · organized-crime · literary-fiction · murder · satire -
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Tilt by Emma Pattee
Set over the course of one day, a heart-racing debut about a woman facing the unimaginable, determined to find safety.Last night, you and I were safe. Last night, in another universe, your father and I stood fighting in the kitchen. Annie is nine months pregnant and shopping for a crib at IKEA when a massive earthquake hits Portland, Oregon...fiction · contemporary · survival · domestic-drama · realistic · mystery · literary-fiction · womens-fiction · female-mc · young-adult -
![I Leave It Up to You by Jinwoo Chong]()
I Leave It Up to You by Jinwoo Chong
From the award-winning author of Flux comes a dazzling novel about love, family, and the art of sushi that What if you could return to the point of a fateful choice, wiser than before, and find the courage to forge a new path?A coma can change a man, but the world Jack Jr. awakens to is one he barely recognizes... -
![Rooms for Vanishing by Stuart Nadler]()
Rooms for Vanishing by Stuart Nadler
A prismatic, mind-bending family epic about the splintering of a Jewish family from Vienna—exploring the weight of exile and how grief twists our sense of the impossible. Everyone had been survived into different futures and I would never see any of them again. I could sense this... -
![Woodworking by Emily St. James]()
Woodworking by Emily St. James
An unforgettable and heartwarming book-club debut following a trans high school teacher from a small town in South Dakota who befriends the only other trans woman she one of her students.Erica Skyberg is thirty-five years old, recently divorced—and trans. Not that she's told anyone yet. Mitchell, South Dakota, isn't exactly bursting with other trans women...north-america · usa · south-dakota · fiction · lgbtq · trans-mc · contemporary · coming-of-age · friendship · literary-fiction
