Anticipated March 2025 Releases

  

March is just around the corner, and that means a whole slew of new releases! I am looking forward to so many of these, though I am of course most excited for Stephen Graham Jones' The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. I've been fortunate enough to read a couple of these (The Third Rule of Time Travel by Philip Fracassi was fascinating!) so far and it's looking like a great month; I also have ARCs of Let Only Red Flowers Bloom and When the Moon Hits Your Eye that I'm hoping to get started on soon and I can't wait. 
What March releases are you most looking forward? Let me know below, and be sure to let me know if I missed any of your most anticipated releases on this list as well.
Happy reading!

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones || March 18th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica || March 4th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

Luminous by Silvia Park || March 11th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

The House No One Sees by Adina King || March 18th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy || March 4th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

The Third Rule of Time Travel by Philip Fracassi || March 18th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

Twist by Colum McCann || March 25th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami || March 4th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

Rose of Jericho by Alex Grecian || March 11th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

Let Only Red Flowers Bloom by Emily Feng || March 18th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar || March 4th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters || March 11th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

Guatemalan Rhapsody by Jared Lemus || March 4th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

Death is Our Business by John Lechner || March 4th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara || March 18th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing by Joshua Hammer || March 18th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

Universality by Natasha Brown || March 4th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

A History of the World in Six Plagues by Edna Bonhomme || March 11th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

White Line Fever by KC Jones || March 18th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

When the Moon Hits Your Eyeby John Scalzi || March 25th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran || March 4th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie || March 4th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries || March 4th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

I Am Made of Death by Kelly Andrew || March 4th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

A Greek Tragedy: One Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis by Jeanne Carstensen || March 25th -- Amazon | Bookshop.org

What are your anticipated March releases?

Can't-Wait Wednesday: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy & The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

  

Can't-Wait is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming releases that we can't wait to read. 

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Publication: March 4th, 2025
Flatiron Books
Hardcover. 320 pages.
Pre-order: Amazon | Bookshop.org

From Goodreads:
"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. But with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants, packing up the seeds before they are transported to safer ground. Despite the wild beauty of life here, isolation has taken its toll on the Salts. Raff, eighteen and suffering his first heartbreak, can only find relief at his punching bag; Fen, seventeen, has started spending her nights on the beach among the seals; nine-year-old Orly, obsessed with botany, fears the loss of his beloved natural world; and Dominic can’t stop turning back toward the past, and the loss that drove the family to Shearwater in the first place.

Then, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman washes up on shore. As the Salts nurse the woman, Rowan, back to life, their suspicion gives way to affection, and they finally begin to feel like a family again. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting her heart, begins to fall for the Salts, too. But Rowan isn’t telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers the sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own dark secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, the characters must decide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before it’s too late—and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together."

I feel like I've been seeing this book around for so long, I'm excited it's finally being released soon! I'm really intrigued by this premise and am really curious to see what the author will do with this setting and concept. 

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
Publication: March 4th, 2025
Tordotcom
Hardcover. 144 pages.
Pre-order: Amazon | Bookshop.org

From Goodreads:
"Follow the river Liss to the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, and meet two sisters who cannot be separated, even in death.

“Oh what is stronger than a death? Two sisters singing with one breath.”

In the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, dwells the mysterious Hawthorn family.

There, they tend and harvest the enchanted willows and honour an ancient compact to sing to them in thanks for their magic. None more devotedly than the family’s latest daughters, Esther and Ysabel, who cherish each other as much as they cherish the ancient trees.

But when Esther rejects a forceful suitor in favor of a lover from the land of Faerie, not only the sisters’ bond but also their lives will be at risk…"

Amal El-Mohtar is one of the authors of This Is How You Lose the Time War and I'm very curious to check out this new work from her! I have a feeling the writing is going to be gorgeous. 

Can't-Wait Wednesday: The Councillor by E.J. Beaton, The Descent of the Drowned by Ana Lal Din, & The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constane Sayers

Can't-Wait is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings that spotlights exciting upcoming releases that we can't wait to be released! This meme is based off of Jill @ Breaking the Spine's Waiting on Wednesday meme.

This week's upcoming book spotlights are: 

The Councillor by E.J. Beaton
Publication: March 2nd, 2021

DAW Books

Hardcover. 448 pages.

Pre-order: Amazon | IndieBound

From Goodreads:

"When the death of Iron Queen Sarelin Brey fractures the realm of Elira, Lysande Prior, the palace scholar and the queen’s closest friend, is appointed Councillor. Publically, Lysande must choose the next monarch from amongst the city-rulers vying for the throne. Privately, she seeks to discover which ruler murdered the queen, suspecting the use of magic.  

Resourceful, analytical, and quiet, Lysande appears to embody the motto she was raised with: everything in its place. Yet while she hides her drug addiction from her new associates, she cannot hide her growing interest in power. She becomes locked in a game of strategy with the city-rulers – especially the erudite prince Luca Fontaine, who seems to shift between ally and rival.  

Further from home, an old enemy is stirring: the magic-wielding White Queen is on the move again, and her alliance with a traitor among the royal milieu poses a danger not just to the peace of the realm, but to the survival of everything that Lysande cares about.  

In a world where the low-born keep their heads down, Lysande must learn to fight an enemy who wears many guises… even as she wages her own battle between ambition and restraint."

I've already read an ARC of this one (and posted my review!), and it was so good and it desperately needs to get more attention! If political intrigue is your thing in fantasy, then this is 100% the book for you. It is thoughtful and amazing, and I can't wait to see the finished copy!

and...

The Descent of the Drowned by Ana Lal Din

Publication: March 15th, 2021

White Tigress Press

Hardcover. 360 pages.

Pre-order: Amazon | IndieBound

From Goodreads:

"She is bound to serve. He is meant to kill. Survival is their prison. Choice is their weapon.  

As the sacred slave of a goddess, Roma is of a lower caste that serves patrons to sustain the balance between gods and men. What she wants is her freedom, but deserters are hunted and hanged, and Roma only knows how to survive in her village where women are vessels without a voice. When her younger brother is condemned to the same wretched fate as hers, Roma must choose between silence and rebellion.  

Leviathan is the bastard son of an immortal tyrant. Raised in a military city where everyone knows of his blood relation to the persecuted clans, Leviathan is considered casteless. Lowest of the low. Graduating as one of the deadliest soldiers, he executes in his father's name, displaying his worth. When he faces judgement from his mother's people—the clans—Leviathan must confront his demons and forge his own path, if he ever hopes to reclaim his soul.  

But in the struggle to protect the people they love and rebuild their identities, Roma's and Leviathan's destinies interlock as the tyrant hunts an ancient treasure that will doom humankind should it come into his possession—a living treasure to which Roma and Leviathan are the ultimate key.  

Set in a colonised Indo-Persian world and inspired by pre-Islamic Arabian mythology, The Descent of the Drowned is a tale about power, identity, and redemption, and what it takes to hold on to one's humanity in the face of devastation."

This is one where the cover initially hooked me, but the premise kept me intrigued. I always enjoy books where the gods are active characters, and the setting and pre-Islamic Arabian mythology components sound so good--can't wait to check this one out! 

and...

The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers

Publication: March 23rd, 2021

Redhook

Hardcover. 448 pages.

Pre-order: Amazon | IndieBound

From Goodreads:

"Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder-a world where women tame magnificent beasts, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across the sky. But each daring feat has a cost. Bound to her family's strange and magical circus, it's the only world Cecile Cabot knows-until she meets a charismatic young painter and embarks on a passionate love affair that could cost her everything.  

Virginia, 2005: Lara Barnes is on top of the world-until her fiancé disappears on their wedding day. Desperate, her search for answers unexpectedly leads to her great-grandmother's journals and sweeps her into the story of a dark circus and a generational curse that has been claiming payment from the women in her family for generations."

I've also already read this one (interview with Constance Sayers coming soon!), but I still am excited for its release and for everyone else to read it! I also find that cover so eye-catching and definitely the cause of a double-take. 

What do you think about these upcoming releases? What are your anticipated upcoming releases?

Anticipated March 2020 Releases

January may have been slow, but it feels like February has flown by and I'm shocked it's practically over! I don't do anything for Leap Day, but I always think it's fun that we get a sort of a 'bonus' day, just something about the concept is neat to me, haha. But once we hit March we get to enjoy all of these awesome new releases, which I'm really looking forward to! I've been fortunate enough to already read a few of these and my stand outs thus far have been The House in the Cerulean Sea (5++ stars, review coming in March!) and Hearts of Oak, so I'd absolutely recommend those two. :) 

What books are you most looking forward to? Have you read any of these already!? Let me know!

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune || March 17th -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel || March 24th -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

Hearts of Oak by Eddie Robson || March 17th -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

The Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke || March 31st -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

Lakewood by Megan Giddings || March 24th -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

The Deep by Alma Katsu || March 10th -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis || March 3rd -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu || March 3rd -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

Cries from the Lost Island by Kathleen O'Neal Gear || March 10th -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

Docile by K.M. Szpara || March 3rd -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

The Breach by M.T. Hill || March 17th -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski || March 3rd -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

Havenfall by Sara Holland || March 3rd -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

The Sea of Lost Girls by Carol Goodman || March 3rd -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

The Companions by Katie M. Flynn || March 3rd -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel || March 10th -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

The Mountains Sing by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai || March 17th -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas || March 3rd -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

The Everlasting by Katy Simpson Smith || March 24th -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett || March 3rd -- Amazon | Book Depository | IndieBound

What are your anticipated March releases?