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If you’re a Book of the Month subscriber, you know the thrill of anticipating next month’s picks! With March 2025 on the horizon, it’s time to start guessing which books will make the list. BOTM is known for selecting exciting new releases across a range of genres—so what can we expect this time?
Looking at recent trends, highly anticipated releases, and the types of books BOTM typically features, I’ve put together my best predictions for March’s selections. Whether you’re hoping for a gripping thriller, a compelling literary fiction pick, or an unforgettable debut, let’s dive into the books that could be in your next box!
There’s a good mix of options on my Book of the Month March 2025 predictions list. If you want to know about more books releasing in March 2025, check out my complete list here.
Related: March 2025 New Book Releases
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As usual, these are just my opinions and my Book of the Month predictions. It is fine if you disagree or think the Book of the Month February 2024 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!
Mystery/Thriller Book of the Month March 2025 Predictions
The Ten Worst People in New York by Matt Plass
Release Date: March 18, 2025
Perfect for fans of The Collective and We Begin at the End, this psychological thriller will make you question the nature of justice… and revenge.
Kills Well With Others by Deanna Raybourn
Release Date: March 11, 2025
Second Book in a Series, repeat author, possible add-on
Four women assassins, senior in status—and in age—sharpen their knives for another bloody good adventure in this riotous follow-up to the New York Times bestselling sensation Killers of a Certain Age.
All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman
Release Date: March 11, 2025
Florence Grimes is a thirty-one-year-old party girl who always takes the easy way out. Single, broke and unfulfilled after the humiliating end to her girl band career, she has only one reason to get out of bed each day: her ten-year-old son Dylan. But then Alfie Risby, her son’s bully and the heir to a vast frozen food empire, mysteriously vanishes during a class trip, and Dylan becomes the prime suspect. Florence, for once, is faced with a task she can’t quit: She’s got to find Alfie and clear her son’s name, or risk losing Dylan forever.
Saltwater by Katy Hays
Release Date: March 25, 2025
Repeat Author, possible april selection/add-on
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters comes an electrifying thriller about an opulent family retreat to Italy that’s shattered by the resurfacing of a decades-old crime.
Retreat by Krysten Ritter
Release Date: March 25, 2025
Repeat author
A beautiful con artist insinuates herself into a wealthy socialite’s life . . . with deadly consequences, in this serpentine thriller about identity and obsession, from actress, director and bestselling author Krysten Ritter.
Romance Book of the Month March 2025 Predictions
Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone
Release Date: March 4, 2025
Repeat author, possible add-on
Grieving the loss of her best friend, a young woman’s life is turned upside down when she meets a grumpy stranger who swears he can help her live again, in this heartwarming, slow-burn romance by the author of Ready or Not.
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Contemporary Fiction Book of the Month March 2025 Predictions
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Release Date: March 4, 2025
Repeat author
A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon. A novel of breathtaking twists, dizzying beauty, and ferocious love, Wild Dark Shore is about the impossible choices we make to protect the people we love, even as the world around us disappears.
A Girl Within a Girl Within a Girl by Nanda Reddy
Release Date: March 4, 2025
A girl takes on a series of identities to survive, shrouding herself in layers of secrets, until years later when she is forced to reckon with her past.
Historical Fiction Book of the Month March 2025 Prediction
The Girl from Greenwich Street by Lauren Willig
Release Date: March 4, 2025
Based on the true story of a famous trial, this novel is Law and Order: 1800, as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr investigate the shocking murder of a young woman who everyone—and no one—seemed to know.
Literary Fiction Book of the Month March 2025 Predictions
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Release Date: March 4, 2025
A publishing event ten years in the making—a searing, exquisite new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires.
Red Dog Farm by Nathaniel Ian Miller
Release Date: March 4, 2025
From the author of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven, an atmospheric novel about family, friends, and falling in love, as a young man tries to find purpose on a struggling Icelandic cattle farm.
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
Release Date: March 4, 2025
A love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing.
Fantasy/Magical Realism Book of the Month March 2025 Predictions
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
Release Date: February 25, 2025
The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue meets This is How You Lose The Time War in this fantastical love story that defies death as two souls reincarnate through the centuries.
Oathbound by Tracy Deon
Release Date: March 4, 2025
Repeat Author, third book in a series, likely add-on selection
Tracy Deonn’s #1 New York Times bestselling Legendborn Cycle continues in the sensational third book about a dazzling contemporary fantasy world that blends Southern Black Girl Magic with secret societies and the legend of King Arthur!
Spells, Strings, and Forgotten Things by Breanne Randall
Release Date: March 4, 2025
Repeat Author
A young witch cursed with sacrificing memories to cast spells must decide how much she’s willing to lose to save her town in this thrilling tale of magic, love, and self-discovery—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic.
Do you agree with my predictions? What are some of your Book of the Month March 2025 predictions or hopefuls? Let me know in the comments!
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