As we ease into spring there is still plenty of time to curl up with a book before the weather warms. This month, BookSparks CEO, Crystal Patriarche, has a roundup of can’t-miss new releases for March 2025 that you’re going to want to add to your TBR.
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From the bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists, comes a novel that follows the lives and loves of four women. Chiamaka is a travel writer stranded in the U.S. during the pandemic, Zikora is her best friend, a successful lawyer, facing a betrayal, Omelogor is her cousin, a financial powerhouse in Nigeria and Kadiatou is her housekeeper, raising and supporting her daughter in America. Through each of these women’s stories, Adichie weaves a breathtaking conversation around happiness, fulfillment, love and purpose.
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All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman
Florence is a single, broke mom whose best years appear to be behind her. The only reason she has to keep going is her ten-year-old son Dylan. But when Dylan’s bully goes missing–the heir to a frozen food fortune–it’s Florence’s son who is suspected and now she must put what little skills she has trying of find the boy and exonerate her son. She’s facing more than a few problems though, the other moms at school hate her and she’s not completely convinced her son is innocent.
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Counting Backwards by Jacqueline Friedland
In this dual-timeline tale of motherhood, women’s rights and incarceration, Jessa Gidney thought she’d have the successful career and child of her dreams, but things aren’t quite going as planned. When she takes on a pro bono ICE case, she meets Isobel Pérez who is fighting to stay with her daughter. Gidney makes a disturbing discovery about Isobel’s health and medical treatment that takes her on a historical exploration to 1927, America’s eugenics involvement and a tie to her personal history she didn’t expect.
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The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
From the bestselling co-author of This is How You Lose the Time War comes her highly anticipated solo debut from Amal El-Mohtar. In this enrapturing fairytale, a family is charged with caring for enchanted willows and sings thanks to the trees–particularly, the daughters, Esther and Ysabel. But when Esther chooses a lover from the land of Faerie over the intended suitor, the sisters’ relationship and their lives are at stake.
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Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley
Jane and Dan are at a turning point in their marriage. Jane’s facing life as an empty nester, her publishing career is plummeting and she’s pretty sure Dan is cheating. They go out to dinner for their anniversary where Jane is intending to tell Dan she wants a divorce, instead, a group of climate activists take over the restaurant… and even stranger it’s reflecting the plot of Jane’s failed novel. Now, the couple is faced with saving more than their marriage.
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Summer In the City by Alex Aster
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lightlark series is releasing a second chance, enemies-to-lovers, fake dating rom com. Elle has the opportunity of a lifetime to write a screenplay that will make her career, but when she cannot get over her writer’s block she heads to NYC–a place she swore she’d never return–and ends up next door to the sexy tech CEO and her former hallway hookup. Elle needs him to inspire her writing, he needs someone on his arm for big events and they both need a break from their lives no matter how irritated they are by the other. But will forced proximity and playing pretend turn into something real this time?
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Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
In the fifth book of the Hunger Games series, fans of the beloved dystopian saga are getting another can’t-miss prequel. This time, the story follows the reaping of everyone’s favorite mentor, Haymitch Abernathy. Though the games have been rigged against him, something inside makes him want to fight… not just to win, but to revolt.
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Just Our Luck by Denise Williams
Sybil is starting to worry she may be the flighty, noncommittal person her family thinks she is. She’s done jumping from job-to-job and man-to-man looking for something that feels “right” and just wants a little stability. When she buys a lotto ticket then ducks into a bakery, resolved to turn things around she meets Kieran, whose family business is about to go bankrupt. Flirting leads to more and Sybil leaves without her winning lotto ticket. When Kieran returns it to her and the moment goes viral his business begins to thrive and Sybil at least has the appearance of dating a stable man. They agree to fake date to keep both their images afloat, but could they have really gotten this lucky twice in one night?
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The Love We Found by Jill Santopolo
In this much-anticipated followup to the adored novel, The Light We Lost, it’s been ten years since Gabe has been gone and Lucy finds a tiny piece of paper among old photos. On a whim, this clue leads her to Italy where she meets Dax, and something wakes up inside of her. Now faced with her potential future and haunting secrets from her past, she must journey through to discover if new love can release her from her pain.
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Animal Instinct by Amy Shearn
Rachel is recently divorced, raising three kids and stuck inside during the spring of 2020. Her sexual desire is awakening and with a little encouragement she begins engaging in online relationships and a few in-person meetups. Desperate to find the perfect combination to satisfy her, she begins to interact with AI and programs it with all the best parts of middle aged dating. But as her reality gets more untamed, she wonders if real-life has more to offer than she could possibly program.
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Spells, Strings and Forgotten Things by Breanne Randall
The magic Calliope and her three sisters possess has to to be guarded carefully, and to use it comes at a cost: their memories. But Calliope is quite alright losing those. She wants to forget the mother who left, the sisters who are distancing themselves and the man who broke her heart. When she accidentally binds herself to a rival coven leader–one that ruthlessly chases power–Calliope is forced to face the intense connection to him as well as the memories she thought she was ready to surrender.
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What Crystal Watches
And for anyone who needs a little break from the books, we have your March She Watches picks from Crystal Patriarche as well!
Paradise
This new Hulu Original has audiences buzzing over the fast-paced thriller starring Sterling K. Brown and James Marsden. Set in a serene, elite town in Colorado called Paradise, the peace is disrupted when a high profile murder takes place. Agent Xavier Collins (Brown) has been charged with the task of protecting the former U.S. President Callum Bradford (Marsden) and as the one to discover him dead, becomes entangled in the investigation.
Running Point
Kate Hudson stars in this Ted Lasso-esque story about a 30-something who inherits her family’s pro basketball team. Her bumpy road to discovering that there’s a lot that goes into the gig is heartfelt and hilarious, co-starring Scott MacArthur, Drew Tarver, Max Greenfield and Brenda Song. The show was also created by Mindy Kaling making this a woman-led sports sensation that doubles as a romcom.
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