For Your Consideration: March 2023 LibraryReads Titles

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Download, read, and vote for your favorite March titles for the March 2023 LibraryReads list!

Votes due February 1!

ANTIMATTER BLUES: A Mickey7 Novel by Edward Ashton
9781250275059 | 3/14/23
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“Ashton’s breezy characters, especially a few alien creepers able to communicate with the humans, delight, and the grungy details of colony life are rendered as realistically as Mickey’s hunger pangs. It’s good fun with a surprisingly effective closing twist that sci-fi fans will savor.”–Publishers Weekly

BEYOND THAT, THE SEA by Laura Spence-Ash
9781250854377 | 3/21/23
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“The author’s choice to highlight an obscure corner of history with the overseas program adds a note of poignancy to Bea’s story, as her voyage took place shortly before two other ships were sunk by the Germans. As well, Spence-Ash generates a stronger emotional charge with her contrasting portrayals of the two families, whose cultural and economic differences make it difficult for Bea to find her own way. Readers will be riveted.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

BIRNAM WOOD by Eleanor Catton
9780374110338 | 3/7/23
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“Catton’s filmic novel features vivid characters, not all of them likable, and sharp, sizzling dialogue. Themes in the intricate plot include identity politics, national identity, and exploitation by the super-rich. BIRNAM WOOD is tightly wound and psychologically thrilling, and Catton’s fans and readers new to her powers will savor it to the end.”–Booklist, starred review

THE GOD OF ENDINGS by Jacqueline Holland
9781250856760 | 3/7/23
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“Holland’s well-crafted debut features atmospheric prose and excellent character development. Great for fans of Anne Rice’s INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE and V. E. Schwab’s THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE.”–Library Journal

HE SAID HE WOULD BE LATE by Justine Sullivan
9781250842855 | 3/14/23
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“In Sullivan’s diverting debut, a novel of domestic suspense, sleep-deprived novelist and newish mom Liz Bennett knows she should cut herself some slack—about lingering baby weight, less than Kardashian-level grooming, in fact the whole Pandora’s box of perennial self-doubts—while adjusting to the recent tectonic shifts in her life. Then she accidentally sees a flirty-sounding text on husband Arno’s phone from one of his hedge fund coworkers, sending her into high infidelity alert… [T]he more romance-inclined should find this just their cup of chai.”–Publishers Weekly

HOTEL OF SECRETS by Diana Biller
9781250809452 | 3/28/23
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“Biller’s eclectic cast brings the refreshing setting to vibrant life while the intriguing mystery and mounting passion between the leads unite to keep the pages turning. Historical romance readers—especially those looking for a break from Regency England—will be dazzled.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

A HOUSE WITH GOOD BONES by T. Kingfisher
9781250829795 | 3/28/23
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“Kingfisher remains the best in the business at using horror and fantasy to explore abusive relationships and how to escape them. Horror fans who like a little whimsy on the way to a chilling climax won’t want to miss this.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

INFAMOUS by Lex Croucher
9781250875655 | 3/21/23
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“Croucher’s (REPUTATION) novel is witty, well-written, and heartfelt and will intrigue those looking for writerly heroines and friends-to-lovers romance between women.”–Library Journal

KÜNSTLERS IN PARADISE by Cathleen Schine
9781250805904 | 3/14/23
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“While job hunting, slightly lost New Yorker Julian Künstler is trapped in Los Angeles by COVID and ends up bunking with feisty 93-year-old grandmother Mamie, whose family arrived in California in 1939 from Vienna. And has she got stories to tell about the community that surrounded them—from the Jewish artists and intellectuals who fled Hitler to the likes of Christopher Isherwood and Greta Garbo. From the author of the New York Times best-selling THE THREE WEISSMANNS OF WESTPORT.”–Library Journal, Pre-Pub Alert

THE LAST BEEKEEPER by Julie Carrick Dalton
9781250269218 | 3/7/23
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It’s been more than a decade since the world has come undone, and Sasha Severn has returned to her childhood home with one goal in mind – find the mythic research her father, the infamous Last Beekeeper, hid before he was incarcerated. THE LAST BEEKEEPER is a celebration of found family, an exploration of truth versus power, and the triumph of hope in the face of crisis.

THE LIES OF THE AJUNGO by Moses Ose Utomi
9781250849069 | 3/21/23
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“This is a story at the intersection of fable and fantasy. The Forever Desert is a setting that could hold multiple myths—and does. Through Tutu’s eyes, readers experience this desert world in all its stark beauty. They also experience the grit of his loss of innocence, as the scales that have blinded him fall from his eyes. VERDICT This short but deeply affecting parable will unveil new perspectives to readers long after it’s done. Highly recommended.”–Library Journal, starred review

MR. & MRS. WITCH by Gwenda Bond
9781250845955 | 3/7/23
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“Bond’s (THE DATE FROM HELL) unique take on the witch and hunter feud is fantastically imagined and makes for an exhilarating, modern paranormal romance.”–Library Journal

OFF THE MAP by Trish Doller
9781250809490 | 3/7/23
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“Doller uses this fun, adventurous romance to explore big themes of home, family, and finding happiness and purpose in life. Readers won’t want to put this down.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

ONCE WE WERE HOME by Jennifer Rosner
9781250855541 | 3/14/23
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“Rosner’s (THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS) moving story about identity, family, and the meaning of home explores the little-known story of the stolen children of World War II… Readers familiar with THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS will learn more about the characters in that book here. An excellent addition to historical fiction collections.”–Library Journal

THE RAVEN THIEF: A Secret Staircase Mystery by Gigi Pandian
9781250805010 | 3/21/23
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“After her family’s Secret Staircase Construction company completes one of its clever renovations, Tempest Raj joins Grandfather Ash at the homeowner’s celebration—a mock séance meant to banish the bad vibes of her faithless ex-husband. Then he turns up dead, with Grandfather Ash the main suspect. Following Agatha/Anthony/Lefty award winner Pandian’s well-received series launch, UNDER LOCK & SKELETON KEY.”–Library Journal, Pre-Pub Alert

WEYWARD by Emilia Hart
9781250280800 | 3/7/23
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“Hart explores in her triumphant debut sexual desire, violence, and personal autonomy in the lives of three strong-willed English women from the 17th century to the present… Hart skillfully weaves together the stories of the determined women, showing how they confronted a patriarchal society to take control of their lives. The magic harnessed by the characters feels completely real in this captivating outing.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

WHAT HAVE WE DONE by Alex Finlay
9781250863720 | 3/7/23
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“Jenna, Donnie, Nico, Arty, and Ben became best friends at Savior House, a group home for troubled teenagers that was closed down when several residents disappeared. Some 25 years later, they are managing adulthood, if imperfectly, but they are now being murdered one by one, with the survivors gathering to figure out why this is happening and how they can survive.”–Library Journal, Pre-Pub Alert

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