March’s 11 Must-Read Books Explore the Future in Fascinating Ways

Four women explore love and happiness in this cross-continental novel. Chiamaka, a Nigerian travel writer in America, reflects on her past loves, while successful lawyer Zikora seeks help at her lowest point. Omelogor ponders her identity while Kadiatou faces hardships as a Nigerian housecleaner, raising her children in America. The book feels epic, layered and dreamy.

Set on a tiny island in Antarctica, this novel follows a family taking care of the world’s largest seed bank. Isolated by the elements, a mystery woman, Rowan, washes ashore. Though she has her secrets, the family nurses her back to health and she is welcomed into their fold, until she realizes they have secrets of their own. As the weather intensifies on the island, can they trust each other enough to let down their walls and protect the precious seeds?

As a mode of escapism from her life, Jane seeks out a true-crime community on the internet. She learns from them as they solve crimes together and become friends. When a new story, known as the Delphine Massacres, grips the country, Jane, her friends, and other sleuths race to crack the case, but something is off about this one. A prolific killer, imminent danger and shocking details are soon to be revealed…

Sara is apprehended by the Risk Assessment Administration for a crime she hasn’t yet committed. According to her dream data, she will harm her beloved husband; therefore, she must be retained among the other dreamers for 21 days. As the rules shift and her stay gets extended, release gets further away...until a new resident arrives, shaking up the facility and pitting Sara against her captors.

We’ve always been told the moon looks like a hunk of cheese, but what would happen if we woke up one day to find the lunar landscape had actually become a giant ball of dairy? In this wry sci-fi novel, politicians, scientists, billionaires and movie stars all scramble when the unthinkable happens, morphing into a “Dr. Strangelove”-esque send-up for the ages.

Maggie cares for her husband Stanley as his memory withers away from old age until a stranger named Hassan appears to tell her Stanley’s memories are being erased remotely to hide a secret. There’s still time to save him, though, so Maggie dives into Stanley’s brain with Hassan’s help, and she finds something more complex and vast than she expected. But there’s something shady with Hassan as reality slowly disappears as well. It’s soon clear to Maggie that not just Stanley’s life hangs in the balance, but all of humanity as well.

In a world torn apart by climate crisis, a woman is safe in a convent but deemed unworthy by the Sacred Sisterhood to which she belongs. She writes her life story, dreaming of one day rising up the ranks. A stranger appears at the door one day, prodding the narrator to think about the past and her sisterhood. As she struggles through holes in her memory, she also considers what really lies ahead.

A recently discovered diary written by a Lutheran pastor from 1912 tells the story of a vampire who haunted a Blackfeet reservation, looking for revenge. Told over a series of confessional visits by a Blackfeet named Good Stab, this historical horror novel will keep you up at night as the slow massacre unfolds.

Evelyn has lived many lives but always dies before her 18th birthday at the hands of Arden. She likes the life she’s currently living, and her sister really needs her around. She needs to hunt Arden before she is found first and break the curse before she falls in love…again.

In the fifth book in the series, it’s the 50th Hunger Games, and twice as many tributes are being chosen in honor of the Quarter Quell. Young Haymitch Abernathy is chosen in District 12, where he’s torn from his family and his love. He meets the other tributes and feels there’s no way he can win, but something sparks inside him that will carry into the games and beyond.

Jack has been in a coma for two years and away from his family for 10. When he wakes up, his job, his home, and his love are all gone. He makes his way back to his family and the sushi restaurant they own, falling into his old rhythms, but he soon longs to run away again. Are second chances all they are cracked up to be?