16 Books to Pick Up This March
From memoirs to mystery novels, this list is full of titles you won't want to miss.
O, The Oprah Magazine | February 22, 2013
Karen Russell
256 pages
A fabulist collection from the author of Swamplandia!
Marisa Silver
336 pages
A novelist reimagines an iconic Dust Bowl image.
Emily Rapp
272 pages
A memoirist on love, loss, and reconciliation.
Christa Parravani
320 pages
A memoirist on love, loss, and reconciliation.
Alexander Stille
384 pages
A son's take on an epic marriage.
Carlene Bauer
208 pages
An epistolary novel in which two kindred spirits meet at a writers' colony and fall in love—inspired by Flannery O'Connor and Robert Lowell's real-life friendship.
Herman Koch
304 pages
A man tries to hold his family together at all costs in this deliciously Mr. Ripley–esque drama that plays out over the course of a meal at a swanky restaurant in Amsterdam.
Margaret Wrinkle
384 pages
A powerful novel of the intertwined lives of a Tennessee slave, a midwife, and a slave owner desperate to profit from the breeding of his young captive.
Jeanine Basinger
432 pages
A witty look at how films portray marriage, and how these onscreen contradictions mirror the institution itself.
David S. Kidder
292 pages
The best-selling coauthor of the Intellectual Devotional series curates advice from 41 business visionaries, including the founders of Spanx and LinkedIn.
André Brink
320 pages
By the award-winning South African novelist and human rights advocate, a novel drawn in part from Brink's family history.
Louisa Hall
288 pages
Inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion, this debut novel follows three daughters who work together to restore their father's health and save their Main Line, Philadelphia, home and all it represents.
Janice Steinberg
352 pages
A salty octogenarian with a legendary law career stumbles upon a clue involving her long lost twin sister, sparking a flood of youthful memories.
Dylan Tomine
264 pages
A conservation advocate and blueberry farmer shares his love of nature with his children by teaching them to forage, fish, and find firewood.
Kent Haruf
272 pages
From the acclaimed author of Plainsong, a haunting novel of a family's attempt to cope with a father's cancer diagnosis, set in the high plains of Colorado.
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