Release Week: 24 March 2026

Release Week: 24 March 2026

Posted on 2026-03-24 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

PICKS:

* Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories by Amal El-Mohtar, read by Rachel Elizabeth Smith -- My preorder this week, absolutely stunning: "With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales about life as it is, was, and could be. Like miscellany from other worlds, these stories are told in letters, diary entries, reference materials, folktales, and lyrical prose."

* Python's Kiss: Stories by Louise Erdrich, read by Pallas Erdrich -- "From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich, a captivating collection of short stories."

* Daughter of Crows by by Mark Lawrence, read by Olivia Dowd -- "The survivor of a brutal academy must exhume her own past in the first book in a new series."

* Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher, read by Mary Robinette Kowal -- "Sonia Wilson is a talented scientific illustrator—but she is only able to follow her dream because of her father's reputation as a renowned scientist. Such is the lot in life for a woman in science in 1899. And after his death, she is left without work, prospects, or hope. So when the reclusive Dr. Halder offers her a position illustrating his vast collection of insects, Sonia jumps at the chance to move to his North Carolina manor house and put her talents to use. Once there though, she encounters dark happenings in the Carolina woods, and even darker questions come to light."

MORE FICTION:

* Daughter of Egypt: A Novel by Marie Benedict, read by Bessie Carter -- "A sweeping tale of a young woman who unearths the truth about a forgotten Pharaoh—rewriting both of their legacies forever."

BACKLIST WATCH:

* A Graveyard for Lunatics: Another Tale of Two Cities by Ray Bradbury (1990), read by Chris Henry Coffey -- "Halloween Night, 1954. A young, film-obsessed scriptwriter has just been hired at one of the great studios. An anonymous investigation leads from the giant Maximus Films backlot to an eerie graveyard separated from the studio by a single wall. There he makes a terrifying discovery that thrusts him into a maelstrom of intrigue and mystery—and into the dizzy exhilaration of the movie industry at the height of its glittering power."

(more titles on my watch list this week:)

* The Weathering by Artem Chapeye

* Beneath by Ariel Sullivan

* Light and Thread by Han Kang

* The Beheading Game by Rebecca Lehmann

* No Man's Land by Richard K. Morgan

* Chasing Freedom by Simukai Chigudu

* Open Space by David Ariosto

* Ladies and Gentlemen by Adam Ross

* Colored People Time by Manny Fidel

* Aicha by Soraya Bouazzaoui

* Stand by Senator Corey Booker

* Celestial Lights by Cecile Pin

* Seasons in Hell by Mike Shropshire

* The Last Labyrinth by Gwendolyn Womack

* In the Great Quiet by Laura Vogt

* Wretch by Eric LaRocca

* A Suit or a Suitcase by Maggie Smith

* The Danger of Small Things by Caryl Lewis

* How to Disagree Better by Julia Minson

* Seven Sisters by Veronica Buckley

* The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

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