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Which of the following fiction titles releasing in March have you read or do you plan to read? Please check all that apply.

March 6, 2026, 521 voters

March 6, 2026 - March 20, 2026

Here are reading recommendations with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars for the contest period of March 6 - March 20.

March 6, 2026

So why is this my least favorite weekend of the year? It is because we lose an hour on Sunday morning for Daylight Saving Time. Yes, it will be light later in the evening, but I truly think we should lose an hour on a Monday, not a Sunday. I am losing an hour of reading time, and I do not have that time to lose!

Also, Mercury is retrograde. Longtime readers know what that means. For those of you who are new to us, you can find the explanation here. So if you have had a week where there were lots of miscommunications, you now have the reason. Years ago, when I worked at Mademoiselle magazine, our Promotion Director was an astrologer. When she told us that Mercury was going retrograde, we all paid a lot more attention to the details of what we were working on. It ends on March 20th, the first day of spring!

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The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Susan and James Patterson

Susan Patterson and James Patterson's new novel, THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER BOOK CLUB, is the follow-up to the New York Times bestseller and book club favorite, THINGS I WISH I TOLD MY MOTHER.

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The Audie Awards 2026

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2026 Audie Awards®, the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.

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Week of March 30, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of March 30th include KING OF ASHES by S. A. Cosby, a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama; FEVER BEACH, a wildly entertaining Florida caper from Carl Hiaasen, who has penned a razor-sharp send-up of modern American life, packed with misfits and mayhem; Kristin Harmel's THE STOLEN LIFE OF COLETTE MARCEAU, an electrifying novel about two jewel thieves, a priceless bracelet that disappears in 1940s Paris, and a quest for answers in a decades-old murder; RABBIT MOON by Jennifer Haigh, a tense, propulsive drama set in Shanghai about a fractured American family, secret lives, and the unbreakable bond between two sisters; and A WALK IN THE PARK, Kevin Fedarko's rollicking and poignant account of an epic 750-mile odyssey, on foot, through the heart of the Grand Canyon.

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Week of March 23, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of March 23rd include EXIT STRATEGY by Lee Child and Andrew Child, the page-turning 30th installment in the long-running series starring Jack Reacher, who will make three stops today --- not all of which were planned for; NOBODY'S FOOL, a stunningly twisty thriller from Harlan Coben in which a secret from former Detective Sami Kierce's college days comes back to haunt him; YOKO, David Sheff's intimate and revelatory biography of Yoko Ono; TWIST by Colum McCann, a propulsive novel of rupture and repair in the digital age, which delves into a hidden world deep under the ocean; and Han Kang's WE DO NOT PART, which tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history.

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Week of March 16, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of March 16th include THE ANTIDOTE by Karen Russell, a gripping Dust Bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town; Emma Donoghue's THE PARIS EXPRESS, a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station; THE LOVE WE FOUND, Jill Santopolo's long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling global phenomenon, THE LIGHT WE LOST, a thrilling love story about the roles that fate and choice play in shaping a life; and the paperback original THE END OF MY LIFE IS KILLING ME, a deftly comedic and deeply contemplative memoir from Annabelle Gurwitch, who faces life’s biggest curveball only to find resilience in the most unlikely places.

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Week of March 9, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of March 9th include THE DEMON OF UNREST, in which Erik Larson brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War --- a simmering crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two; Nicole Cuffy's O SINNERS!, a searing novel about a grieving young man drawn into the orbit of a charismatic cult leader who forces him to reconsider why people give up control --- and what it takes, ultimately, to find one’s place in the world; FLOAT UP, SING DOWN, a masterful story collection from Laird Hunt that captures one summer's day in the Indiana community where ZORRIE bloomed; and THE MAN NOBODY KILLED by Elon Green, the first comprehensive book about Michael Stewart, the young Black artist and model who was the victim of a fatal assault by police in 1983.

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Week of March 2, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of March 2nd include THE QUEENS OF CRIME by Marie Benedict, a thrilling story of the five greatest female writers of the Golden Age of Mystery and their bid to solve a real-life murder; THE MAID'S SECRET, an intriguing and heartwarming novel from Nita Prose in which a daring art heist on the eve of Molly Gray’s wedding reveals long-buried secrets; THE SOUL OF A WOMAN, Isabel Allende's passionate and inspiring meditation on what it means to be a woman; Patti Callahan Henry's THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND, the sweeping story of a legendary book, a lost mother, and a daughter’s search for them both; and TRAVELING, in which celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of Joni Mitchell in a lyrical style as fascinating and ethereal as the songs of the artist herself.

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