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Our Top 10 books of the month

The best new books of March include the latest from Karen Russell, Scaachi Koul, Geraldine Brooks and more!
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Fiction

Bestselling Australian author Charlotte McConaghy does a lot of research for her ecologically informed novels: Her first two books to be published in the U.S.,

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Fiction

The gorgeous language and fantastical premises Karen Russell (Orange World and Other Stories, Swamplandia!) employs are always animated by deep feeling and big ideas. The

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Memoir

Pulitzer-winning novelist (for March) Geraldine Brooks pens a memoir about grieving the sudden death of her husband, fellow Pulitzer winner Tony Horwitz, in 2019. Besieged

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Memoir

Scaachi Koul made waves with her buzzy, hilarious debut memoir, One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, in 2017. She’ll

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Fiction

With its absorbing and deceptively simple narrative, Stone Yard Devotional is a beautiful testament to the rudiments of shedding the unessential and living a life

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Children's

Oasis is a visually arresting, emotionally moving tale sure to resonate with readers drawn to stories about family in its many guises.

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Children's

With its earnest and likable protagonist, The Peach Thief is a lovely, well-drawn novel that will appeal to historical fiction fans and kids who love

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Family Drama

Dream State is a packed saga of the very best kind, full of funny, believable dialogue and memorable characters who will leave readers with plenty

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Mystery

White King, the third and final installment of Juan Gómez-Jurado’s Antonia Scott trilogy, solidifies its protagonist’s place as one of the most gifted crime solvers

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Fantasy

Laura Brooke Robson’s debut fantasy romance is both second-chance love story and devoted character study, all written with simple elegance.

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