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March looks like a somewhat promising month of both debut and repeat author options for Book of the Month to choose from.
I left a few of my February predictions on the list because they were late February releases. Book of the Month has been picking books from the previous month more lately, so there’s still hope for a few of these to pop up!
Also, please check out the readathon I am hosting in February! All the details are on my blog and Instagram.
Related: Booktrovert Merch and Weekend Readathon
If you’ve been around for a while, you know Book of the Month (BOTM) is my favorite book subscription service. I love the anticipation of finally seeing their monthly picks and always have fun trying to guess what may show up on the app on the first of every month.
If you aren’t familiar with BOTM, you can check out my full review of this subscription service. The basic idea is BOTM chooses 5-7 books from different genres every month and members can choose their pick when the books go live. You can also add on up to two more books for only $10.99 each.
If you don’t like any of the picks, you can choose to skip and save your credit for the next month, which is honestly the best part of this service to me. I don’t like subscription boxes that only offer one book selection that you don’t know ahead of time. If you are interested in trying BOTM, you can use my link to get your first book for only $5!
As usual, these are just my opinions and my predictions. It is fine if you disagree or think the predictions are terrible-we all have different reading tastes. Please remember to be kind in comments or messages because we are all readers with different tastes!
Thriller/Mystery Predictions
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Release Date: March 7, 2023
A gripping psychological thriller from the Booker Prize–winning author of The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood is Shakespearean in its drama, Austenian in its wit, and, like both influences, fascinated by what makes us who we are. A brilliantly constructed study of intentions, actions, and consequences, it is a mesmerizing, unflinching consideration of the human impulse to ensure our own survival.
The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
Release Date: March 7, 2023
Only Murders in the Building meets The Maid in this darkly beguiling locked-room mystery where someone turns up dead on the set of TV’s hottest baking competition.
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay
Release date: March 7, 2023
A mother vanished. A father presumed guilty. There is no proof. There are no witnesses. For the children, there is only doubt. From the New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob.
How I’ll Kill You by Ren DeStefano
Release Date: March 21, 2023
Your next stay-up-all-night thriller, about identical triplets who have a nasty habit of killing their boyfriends, and what happens when the youngest commits their worst crime yet: falling in love with her mark.
What Have We Done by Alex Finlay
Release Date: March 7, 2023
A stay-at-home mom with a past. A has-been rock star with a habit. A reality TV producer with a debt. Three disparate lives. One deadly secret.
This is probably an unlikely pick since Alex Finlay is a pretty well established author now and BOTM has not picked either of his previous books.
The Angel Maker by Alex North
Release Date: February 28, 2023
Repeat Author, possible add-on option, Possible march pick/add-on
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man and The Shadows comes a dark, suspenseful new thriller about the mysteries of fate, the unbreakable bond of siblings, and a notorious serial killer who was said to know the future.
Device Free Weekend by Sean Doolittle
Release Date: February 28, 2023
Possible March pick
Seven friends, one eccentric billionaire, an all-expenses paid reunion on a private island with one catch: no phones, tablets or laptops allowed. It’ll be a weekend to remember–for those who make it out alive.
Romance Predictions
Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly
Release date: March 7, 2023
Repeat Author
From the author of Love & Other Disasters comes a sparkling grumpy-meets-sunshine romance featuring two men’s sweeping journey across the Western wilderness.
The Love Wager by Lynn Painter
Release date: March 14, 2023
Two people make a wager on who can find love first, not realizing what they should be betting on is each other, in this new romantic comedy by Lynn Painter, New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Wrong Number.
A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley
Release date: March 7, 2023
Mariel Spark knows not to trust a demon, especially one that wants her soul, but what’s a witch to do when he won’t leave her side—and she kind of doesn’t want him to?
The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest
Release date: February 28, 2023
A shy bookworm enlists her charming neighbor to help her score a date, not knowing he’s the obscure author she’s been corresponding with, in this sparkling and heart-fluttering romance by Kristina Forest.
Too Wrong To Be Right by Melonie Johnson
Release date: February 28, 2023
A swoony, slow-burn rom-com featuring a true romantic on a mission to find her happily ever after.
Contemporary Fiction Predictions
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Release date: March 14, 2023
Repeat Author
From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward comes a poignant and engrossing family story that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Release date: March 7, 2023
Debut author
A deliciously funny, sharply observed debut of family, love, and class, this zeitgeisty novel follows three women in one wealthy Brooklyn clan.
A Likely Story by Leigh McMullan Abramson
Release date: March 14, 2023
Debut author
The only child of an iconic American novelist discovers a shocking tangle of family secrets that upends everything she thought she knew about her parents, her gilded childhood, and her own stalled writing career in this brilliantly observed standout debut.
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley
Release date: March 28, 2023
possible April pick/add-on
A “wildly surprising, entertaining” (Jodi Picoult) novel featuring a college dropout and an eighty-four-year-old woman on the run from the law, full of tremendous heart, wit, and wisdom from the USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island.
Historical Fiction Predictions
The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner
Release date: March 7, 2023
Repeat Author
This is my #1 hopeful for the March Book of the Month picks, although I did already preorder the Barnes and Nobel special edition, so I may just keep that one even if this is a pick.
From the author of the sensational bestseller The Lost Apothecary comes a spellbinding tale about two daring women who hunt for truth and justice in the perilous art of conjuring the dead.
Her Lost Words by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Release date: March 28, 2023
Possible April pick/add-On
From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to Frankenstein, a tale of two literary legends–a mother and daughter–discovering each other and finding themselves along the way.
Lone Women by Victor Lavalle
Release date: March 28, 2023
Possible April pick/add-On
Blue skies, empty land—and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past, a mysterious trunk, a town on the edge of nowhere, and a bracing new vision of the American West, from the award-winning author of The Changeling.
Daughters of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt
Release date: March 14, 2023
Debut Author
Set against Nantucket’s Great Fire of 1846, this sweeping, emotional novel brings together three courageous women battling to save everything they hold dear.
Literary Fiction Predictions
Thirst For Salt by Madelaine Lucas
Release Date: March 7, 2023
Debut Author
A magnetic and unforgettable story of desire and its complexities, and a powerful reckoning with memory, loss, and longing, Thirst for Salt reveals with stunning, sensual immediacy the way the past can hold us in its thrall, shaping who we are and what we love.
Fantasy/Magical Realism Predictions
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati
Release Date: March 7, 2023 (Pub date has been pushed back to May)
Debut author
For fans of Madeline Miller’s Circe, a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious villainess of the ancient world and the events that forged her into the legendary queen.
American Mermaid by Julia Langbein
Release date: March 21, 2023
Debut Author
A brilliantly funny debut novel that follows a writer lured to Los Angeles to adapt her feminist mermaid novel into a big-budget action film, who believes her heroine has come to life to take revenge for Hollywood’s violations.
Lies We Sing To The Sea by Sarah Underwood
Release Date: March 7, 2023
Debut Author, Young Adult
This dazzling sapphic fantasy inspired by Greek mythology will captivate fans of Circe and The Song of Achilles.
Horror Prediction
A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
Release Date: March 28 , 2023
A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family.
Probably an unlikely pick, but I can dream!
Science Fiction Prediction
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
Release date: March 7, 2023
The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically-acclaimed Centenal Cycle.
Do you agree with my predictions? What are some of your March Book of the Month predictions? Let me know in the comments!
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March looks like it could be so good! Fingers crossed as I have been a little disappointed the last two months.
I agree. Other than The Writing Retreat in February, I wasn’t excited about any of the other picks really.
You have a way of making me excited for the next box selections when they have been disappointing the last few months. Thanks for posting these!!! I love your predictions and short summaries!