The 10 Best Books Of March Are Setting Us Up For A Dark Spring

Beautiful and epic, this novel tells the story of the MacBride family, set in the Australian Outback starting in 1958. The family is devastated by the loss of their patriarch and then a series of misfortunes claim others. The youngest MacBride sets out to find his way in the world, alone and lost, forcing the family to make difficult choices. It’s a profound work, asking big questions about life, love, duty and happiness.

Three women are forever joined by the dark actions of an evil man, Calvin. When Calvin is found murdered, it is up to Birdie, a woman running from her present; Linzie, a woman who’s documented her troubled past via a bestselling memoir and Mary-Beth, Calvin’s mother, to search for the truth in this web of violence.

Benny and Joy have built a podcasting empire with their weekly strange-but-true survival stories. But when Joy and her husband go missing and Benny stumbles onto the crime scene, he becomes the prime suspect. Not only is the search for the couple a race against time, but the public may become privy to secrets Joy and Benny hid from their audience and each other.

Like a space-set "Moby Dick," this sci-fi novel follows a narrator, lost in space with danger lurking around every corner, using the fluid of a space monster to propel the ship and survive. Now they’re at the mercy of a captain who’s on the hunt for dangerous prey.

In this modern haunted-house tale, Elodie is elated to have a kind and handsome new husband, a new house to renovate and a baby to join Jude, her autistic son. But the happiness shatters when Jude hears voices in the walls, with the house telling him it’s hurt by the renovations. What’s the real problem here: Jude, a sinister force or the secret Elodie is hiding?

Desperate to change his life, Emmett enrolls in a clinical trial for a weight loss drug called Obexity. Emmett literally loses weight overnight, with other parts of his life also dramatically improving but the side effects include losing time and killer cravings. When his enemies start disappearing, and the police warn of a cannibal on the loose, Emmett must weigh if this risk is really worth the reward.

You know it's a good season when a new Abby Jimenez book drops. Larissa is an online influencer known for her dogs, her cupcakes and her family; she’s also a best-selling author of equally joy-filled and emotionally wrecking rom-coms. In her latest, a split-second decision has lasting effects. Larissa could have had Chris, her best friend and unhinged rescue dog co-parent, drive her home but she chose his friend instead. Now, Chris has to watch from the sidelines while someone else lives his best life.

Christina Applegate has stories to tell. Not only does she have a lot to say about her five decades on the screen, tea on her celebrity boyfriends (Brad Pitt!) and first husband but she also has raw honesty about diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis in 2021. Her battle has left her bed-ridden, with lots of time to reflect on her childhood and family, plus a feeling of freedom for finally putting it all out there.

Icarus may have flown too close to the sun, but Phil bet it all on his NCAA March Madness bracket in this novel with mythical origins. An ordinary man with a nondescript life, his sudden fortune attracts the attention of Cassandra, an old friend from school who has the gift of seeing the future.

Lillian and Henry are just having fun, in bed mostly. When Henry tries to call it off, Lillian places a revenge hex on him, hoping for a little groveling, but instead Henry’s found dead. When he’s gone, she plays the part of the mourning girlfriend, all the while getting dangerously close to what really happened.