Release Week: 10 March 2026

Release Week: 10 March 2026

Posted on 2026-03-10 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

PICKS:

* Nonesuch: A Novel by Francis Spufford, read by Lydia Wilson for Simon and Schuster -- "A spellbinding tale about an ambitious young woman who must thwart an occult plot by time-traveling fascists during the chaos of the London Blitz."

* The Natural Way of Things: A Novel by Charlotte Wood (2016), read by Alisa Piper for Penguin -- "When the women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in a broken-down property in the middle of a desert, they have no idea where they are or how they came to be there. Doing hard labor under a sweltering sun, guarded by two inept yet vicious jailers, the prisoners soon learn what links them: in each woman's past is a sexual scandal with a powerful man. They pray for rescue but as the hours turn into days and the days into weeks and months, it becomes clear that the women must rescue themselves."

* Westward Women: A Novel by Alice Martin, read by Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, Mia Wurgaft, and Saskia Maarleveld for Macmillan -- "In homes across the country, women ages eighteen to thirty-five begin to slow down. Drawn to the Pacific Ocean like it’s calling them home. They abandon their lives—jobs, families, their very selves. And once they reach the West, they vanish forever. At the center of the story are three young women caught in the pull of something unstoppable."

* Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall, read by Charli Anne Delores for Macmillan -- "Earth is dead. Which leaves us stuck living in atmospheric domes on planets that will kill us if we blink wrong, or run out of fuel. And by “fuel” I mean “the cerebrospinal fluid of gargantuan, quasi-psychic space monsters”. I joined the hunt hoping to get paid and maybe laid, but mostly paid. Instead, I followed a captain chasing abominations in the skies of Jupiter. We battled the Möbius Beast itself, there in the red eye of the world. Spoiler: we lost."

* Voidverse by Damien Ober, read by Lisa Flanagan for Simon and Schuster -- "Dune meets Wool in this high-octane quest through the void, where two eternal forces are about to collide in an epic showdown."

* Haven: A Novel by Ani Katz, read by Emily Rankin -- "A summer retreat to an elite island enclave tied to a Big Tech company becomes a mother’s worst nightmare in this gripping thriller."

* Whidbey: A Novel by T Kira Madden, read by Eunice Wong, Christina Moore, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, and Rebecca Lowman -- "A portrait of three women connected through one man in the aftermath of his murder—a stunning literary achievement and the explosive and highly anticipated debut novel from the beloved award-winning memoirist."

* Judge Stone: A Novel by Viola Davis and James Patterson, read by Davis -- "The most respected citizen in Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), is Judge Mary Stone. She holds two responsibilities sacred: running her family farm and presiding over her courtroom. It's there she draws the most controversial case in the history of the South. Criminally, it's open-and-shut. Ethically, there is no middle ground. Essentially, it's a choice between life and death. No judge can satisfy everyone. It would be dangerous to try. But Judge Stone is willing to fight to bring justice to the people and place she loves."

* Cabaret in Flames by Hache Pueyo, read by Dominique Franceschi -- "Interview with the Vampire meets Certain Dark Things in an alternate-Brazil where brutal flesh-hungering Guls stalk the night streets and manipulate the government from their glittering cabaret."

YOUNG ADULT WATCH:

* Six Must Die by Victoria Wlosok, read by Caitlin Kelly -- "Perfect for fans of I Know What You Did Last Summer and Karen M. McManus, this propulsive thriller follows a fractured group of friends as they fight to survive a killer escape room in rural Tennessee."

* A Stage Set for Villains by Shannon J. Spann, read by Suzy Jackson -- "The performers of the Playhouse are as worshipped as they are feared, their enchanting shows bending hearts, minds, and even reality itself. Vicious, godlike, lethal. Eighteen-year-old Riven Hesper knows the dangers better than anyone, after her own encounter with a Player resulted in a curse that is slowly killing her. When the Playhouse announces the spectacle of a lifetime—a chance for one mortal to steal a Player's immortality—Riven sees her last chance to live."

BACKLIST WATCH:

* Merlin's Mirror: Witch World by Andre Norton (1975), read by Sharon Freedman -- "Norton brings to new life the legendary King Arthur and the wizard Merlin in the light of modern knowledge of a lost period of history and today's understanding of science and interplanetary communication."

* Worlds Apart: The Worlds Trilogy, Book 2 by Joe Haldeman (1983), read by Victor Warren -- "A survivor of a destructive conflict must work to prevent humanity's extinction."

INDIE WATCH:

* The Legend of William Oh by Macronomicon, read by Ryan H. Reid, Annie Ellicott, Aaron J. Morton, Justin Thomas James, and Jeff Hays for Soundbooth -- "William Oh is not a legend. Yet. He’s an orphan whose biggest dream is serving his absentee parents a knuckle-sandwich, but the only way to do that is to climb The Tower, the center of the world through which all magic flows. A betrayal, a bit of generosity, and a knack for surviving impossible odds sow the seeds of a legend. The only problem is… As the stories about him grow and take on a life of their own, can the boy outrun the legend he is becoming?"

YOUNG ADULT:

* Three Sisters by David Macinnis Gill, read by Alexandra Hunter -- "Harper and her two sisters face extreme danger and unexpected natural disasters while hiking in the Cascades of Oregon. Nonstop action, survival, high school science, and sibling rivalry are the hallmarks of this contemporary realistic survival story by the acclaimed author of Black Hole Sun."

SERIES WATCH:

* The Witch Without Memory: Book Two of the Obsidian Throne by Maithree Wijesekara, read by Aasiya Shah, Kishore Walker

* Intergalactic Feast: Flavour Hacker, Book 2 by Lavanya Lakshminarayan, read by Soneela Nankani

* Red Empire: Rogue Team International, Book 5 by Jonathan Maberry, read by Ray Porter

* Butterfly Effects: InCryptid, Book 15 by Seanan McGuire, read by Emily Bauer

MORE titles of interest on my watch list for this week:

* This Story Might Save Your Life: A Novel by Tiffany Crum, read by Julia Whelan

* Witch of the Shadow Wood by Tori Ann Martin

* Entwined by H. M. Long, read by Moira Quirk

* The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White

* Sing the Night by Megan Jauregui Eccles, read by Lauren Ezzo for Grand Central

* Whispers of Ink and Starlight by Garrett Curbow

* A Lady for All Seasons by TJ Alexander

* Black. Single. Mother. by Jamilah Lemieux

* Big Nobody by Alex Kadis

* Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran

* Promise/Threat by Jonah Mixon-Webster

* Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More by Alexei Yurchak

* Still Talking by Lore Segal

* The Two Deaths of Lillian Carmichael by Paulette Kennedy

* The Last Celebrity by Madeleine Henry

* The Dead Room by Catriona McPherson

* Alvesdon by James Holland

* The Power of Real Optimism: A Practical, Science-Based Guide to Staying Resilient, Curious, and Open Even When Life is Hard by Deepika Chopra

* All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun

* Ruinous Creatures by Jessi Cole Jackson

* A Scandal in Königsberg by Christopher Clark

* Judy Blume by Mark Oppenheimer

* A Lie for a Lie by Ren DeStefano

* The Pie & Mash Detective Agency by J. D. Brinkworth

* Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel by Elizabeth Everett

* Strange Girls by Sarvat Hasin

* The Complex by Karan Mahajan

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