The Bookish Mindset

Spring is definitely on it’s way and it’s time to find something great to curl up with, so let me help you with the best of March’s new releases. Get the kettle on, feel the sun on your skin (we can hope!) and snuggle up with a new book. Sounds perfect, right? It’s definitely the perfect time to pick up a book being the National Year of Reading too, we’re ready to Go All In!

So let me share some of my favourite new releases for the month. Just tap on the titles to get more info from Bookshop.org and to support my work.

A Girl Like Her – Talia Hibbert. Romance. Paperback. Sourcebooks are bringing out Hibbert’s indie published backlog, starting with A Girl Like her. The first of a small town romance series with autistic rep. Publish date: 02/03.

Hooked – Asako Yuzuki. Literary. Paperback. From the author of Butter, a tale of obsession with a housekeeping blog. Publish date: 02/03.

I Dreamed of You – Pim Wangtechawat. Literary. Paperback. Sunny and Dao have both moved from Bangkok to Edinburgh but their lives there couldn’t be more different. Friendship blooms and questions arise. Publish date: 05/03.

Minbak – Ela Lee. Hardback. Literary. Three generations of women are forced to live in one home after opening up their home as a guesthouse. From the author of Jaded. Publish date: 05/03.

Modern Divination – Isa Agajanian. Fantasy. Paperback. A cosy and witchy fantasy with academic rivalry with found family too. Publish date: 05/03.

Strangerland – Monika Radojevic. Literary. Hardback. Winner of Merky Books New Writers Prize comes Radojevic’s first adult novel, centring how the power of love can transcend languages. Publish date: 05/03.

Mayhem and the Mortal – Shanora WIlliams. Fantasy. Hardback. “Dungeons & Dragons meets The Wizard of Oz”. Publish date: 05/03.

Good Dirt – Charmaine Wilkerson. Literary. Paperback. An intergenerational story of family history and secrets, with some tragedy and heartbreak built in. Publish date: 05/03.

The Quiet Girls – Dorothy Koomson. Thriller. Hardback. Kez Lanyon is back again and investigating the murder of a teacher and missing pupils. Publish date: 12/03.

Hell’s Heart – Alexis Hall. Literary. Hardback. A reimagining of Moby Dick as a “queer space opera driven by obsession, desire and ambition”. Publish date: 12/03.

I Love You Don’t Die – Jade Song. Literary. Hardback. From the author of Chlorine comes a novel of love and friendship, set in a post-pandemic New York. Publish date: 19/03.

Minor Black Figures – Brandon Taylor. Literary. Hardback. A painter falls for a priest in this modern love story. Publish date: 19/03.

Aicha – Soroya Bouazzaoui. Fantasy. Hardback. A mythical retelling of a Moroccan freed fighter, this is the ultimate in female rage. Publish date: 24/03.

Celestial Lights – Cecile Pin. Literary. Hardback. A “heart-wrenching novel of family, destiny and outer space”. Publish date: 26/03.

Kin – Tayari Jones. Literary. Hardback. From the author of An American Marriage comes a tale of childhood friendship and how they grow to differ. Publish date: 26/03.

Brielle and Bear: Project Fairytale – Salomey Doku. YA Romance. Paperback. The second instalment of this graphic novel series, Brielle is determined to reconnect with Bear. Publish date: 26/03.

Bad Queer – Gayathiri Kamalakanthan. YA. Paperback. A touching and raw novel about falling in love and growing into yourself. Publish date: 26/03.

Have you planned to pick any of these up? I’d love to know!

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Last updated 02/03/2026