Book of the Month March 2024 Predictions

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My March 2024 Book of the Month predictions list is full of repeat authors!

I know, I know. It doesn’t exactly excite me either. But I had so many books for my Book of the Month and Aardvark Predictions list that I had to do some serious cuts. Which means you get an extra list of book releases at the end of both posts this month!

Related: Aardvark Book Club March 2024 Predictions

If you aren’t familiar with Book of the Month, 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. As of June 2023, BFF members can add up to four more books to their box.

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

Murder Road by Simone St. James

Release Date: March 5, 2024

Repeat Author, possible add-on

A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases.

Forgotten Sisters by Cynthia Pelayo

Release Date: March 19, 2024

A city’s haunted history and fairy-tale horrors converge for two women in an addictive novel of psychological suspense by a multiple Bram Stoker Award–nominated author.

Like It Never Happened by Jeff Hoffman

Release Date: March 5, 2024

Decades ago, four friends concealed a deadly secret–but not all lies stay buried in this psychological suspense for fans of Ashley Winstead and Alison Gaylin.

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

Release Date: March 5, 2024

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn’t matter?

Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering

Release Date: March 5, 2024

Repeat Author, possible add-on

Told in alternating perspectives in Lovering’s signature suspenseful style, Bye, Baby confronts the myriad ways friendships change and evolve over time, the lingering echoes of childhood trauma, and the impact of women’s choices on their lifelong relationships.

Day One by Abigail Dean

Release Date: March 26, 2024

Repeat Author, possible add-on

“A gripping examination of a community devastated by a school shooting and the “truthers” who deny it ever happened. Within that story is a girl who’s hiding what she knows about what happened that day. A chilling, thought-provoking read. Brilliant.” (Shari LaPena)

Big Time by Ben H. Winters

Release Date: March 5, 2024

Repeat Author, possible add-on

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Quiet Boy comes a speculative, corporate espionage thriller that takes the adage “Time is money,” and makes it literally, frighteningly so. Big Time is a fast-paced thriller and a metaphysical mystery about the very nature of our lives.

Romance Predications

This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan

Release date: March 5, 2024

Repeat Author, possible add-on, second book in a series

For fans of Tia Williams and Colleen Hoover comes a deeply moving and personal novel about sacrifice, self-reliance, and finding true happiness from “one of the finest romance writers of our age.” ―Entertainment Weekly

Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle

Release Date: March 19, 2024

Repeat Author, possible add-on

Being single is like playing the lottery. There’s always the chance that with one piece of paper you could win it all. Told with her signature warmth and insight into matters of the heart, Rebecca Serle has finally set her sights on romantic love. The result is a gripping, emotional, passionate, and (yes) heartbreaking novel about what it means to be single, what it means to find love, and ultimately how we define each of them for ourselves. Expiration Dates is the one fans have been waiting for.

The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn

Release date: March 26, 2024

Repeat author

From the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering, a pitch-perfect, radiantly transporting love story about an unexpected road trip, true crime obsessions, and hard won vulnerability…

Take Two, Birdie Maxwell by Allison Winn Scotch

Release date: March 5, 2024

Repeat author

Hollywood’s biggest rom-com star tries to recover from her damaged reputation by staging her own rom-com and following a lead on a lost love in the new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Allison Winn Scotch.

Literary Fiction Predictions

Like Happiness by Ursula Villarreal-Moura

Release date: March 26, 2024

debut author

A searing debut about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through the story of a young woman’s destructive relationship with a legendary writer.

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

Release Date: March 12, 2024

Debut Author

Frenetic, surprising, and strikingly original, Headshot is a portrait of the desire, envy, perfectionism, madness, and sheer physical pleasure that motivates young women to fight—even, and perhaps especially, when no one else is watching.

Monsters We Have Made by Lindsay Starck

Release Date: March 26, 2024

A poignant and evocative novel that explores the bounds of familial love, the high stakes of parenthood, and the tenuous divide between fiction and reality.

Contemporary Fiction Predictions

Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez

Release date: March 5, 2024

Repeat Author

New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death.

In a Not So Perfect World by Neely Tubati-Alexander

Release date: March 19, 2024

The author of Love Buzz follows her acclaimed first novel with a delightful Caribbean-set romp about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strategy for (almost) everything who discovers what happens when her best-laid plans go off course . . .

Historical Fiction Predictions

The Divorcees by Rowan Beaird

Release date: March 19, 2024

Debut Author

A “delicious” (Rebecca Makkai) and “deeply compelling” (Lauren Groff) debut novel set at a 1950s Reno “divorce ranch,” about the complex friendship between two women who dare to imagine a different future.

Honorable Mentions

So this was another one of those months with a ton of book releases, so I do have some extra books to mention.

These books are worth mentioning because so many readers are tired of the same picks from Book of the Month. But I don’t see them being picks (although I’m frequently wrong about these things!) due to publisher, established author, or genre.

Cover Story by Rachel Lacey (LGBTQ+ romance)

The Revenant Games by Margie Fuston (YA fantasy)

Flirty Little Secret by Jessica Lepe (romantic comedy)

Good Half Gone by Tarryn Fisher (thriller)

Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? by Nicci French (thriller)

Watch It Burn by Kristen Hall (thriller)

Kilt Trip by Alexandra Kiley (romantic comedy)

Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham (literary fiction)

Kill For Me, Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh (psychological thriller)

On Her Own by Lihi Lapid (suspense thriller)

Lost Man’s Lane by Scott Carson (supernatural thriller)

Do you agree with my predictions? What are some of your March 2024 Book of the Month predictions or hopefuls? Let me know in the comments!