Announcing the March 2025 LibraryReads List

By Kate McManus | February 14 2025 | NewsLibraryReads

Public library staff across the nation have spoken! Congratulations to the books selected for the March 2025 LibraryReads Top Ten List.

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For more information about the program, or to learn how to vote for your favorite upcoming books, visit LibraryReads.org. And, don’t forget, voting for the April LibraryReads list ends 3/1!

Check out which April titles we’re loving.

TOP PICK

Saltwater
Saltwater
A Novel
Katy Hays
On glittering Capri, anything can be a mirage. And no one holds a grudge like family. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters comes an electrifying thriller about an opulent family retreat to Italy that’s shattered by the resurfacing of a decades-old crime.
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TOP TEN LIST

Promise Me Sunshine
Promise Me Sunshine
A Novel
Cara Bastone
How do you find yourself after you lose the one you loved the most? Grieving the loss of her best friend, a young woman’s life is turned upside down when she meets a grumpy stranger who swears he can help her live again, in this heartwarming, slow-burn romance by the author of Ready or Not.
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All the Other Mothers Hate Me
All the Other Mothers Hate Me
Sarah Harman
"The missing boy is 10-year-old Alfie Risby, and to be perfectly honest with you, he's a little shit."
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HALL OF FAME

The Jackal's Mistress
The Jackal's Mistress
A Novel
Chris Bohjalian
In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she’s willing to risk for the life of a stranger, from the New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed historical fiction as Hour of the Witch and The Sandcastle Girls.
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Fan Service
Fan Service
Rosie Danan
The truth is stranger than fan fiction in the next sexy paranormal rom-com from the beloved author of The Roommate.
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Kills Well with Others
Kills Well with Others
Deanna Raybourn
Four women assassins, senior in status—and in age—sharpen their knives for another bloody good adventure in this riotous follow-up to the New York Times bestselling sensation Killers of a Certain Age.
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Just Our Luck
Just Our Luck
Denise Williams
"I'm a forever fan."—Tarah DeWitt, USA Today Bestselling Author of Savor ItA lottery ticket + donuts = love in this steamy new fake dating romance from beloved author Denise Williams.
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BONUS PICK

The Dream Hotel
The Dream Hotel
A Novel
Laila Lalami
From Laila Lalami—the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist and a “maestra of literary fiction” (NPR)—comes a riveting and utterly original novel about one woman’s fight for freedom, set in a near future where even dreams are under surveillance.
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