Books

It promises to be a great month for book lovers.

Of course, thats only scratching the surface.

Below, the 48 most anticipated books of March 2022.

A selection of books hitting stores in March 2022.

We only include products that have been independently selected by Bustle’s editorial team.

But despite their disparate backgrounds, Indir and Saya soon discover that they share a mysterious connection.

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Run and Hide

Attending an elite university was supposed to be Aruns way out of poverty.

‘Hook, Line, and Sinker’ by Tessa Bailey

Seven years into their relationship, he doesnt even know Emmas real name.

When Dolores returns home without a husband, the Matriarch begins to lose power over her kin.

Enter Weston: a young man from an immigrant family, whos looking to study alchemy with Maggies mother.

‘Karitas Untitled’ by Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir

Together, they form an unlikely kinship.

Here, Ferrante explores the intersections of womanhood, femininity, language, and literature.

One of the most anticipated books of 2022, this is a must-read for any Ferrante fan.

‘Checkout 19’ by Claire Louise Bennett

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Vagabonds!

Forty years ago, Beth was acquitted of two murders in Claire Lake, Oregon.

Now, shes jumped at the chance to share her side of the story with Sheas readers.

‘A Thousand Steps into Night’ by Traci Chee

Once inside Beths home in Claire Lake, however, Shea begins to realize that somethings amiss.

But with the murderer still at large, shell have to watch her step.

Looks like the Aunties are going to have their work cut out for them again.

‘Tell Me an Ending’ by Jo Harkin

What is the MKUltra-connected MONARCH program, and where does Jessica fit into its machinations?

And perhaps more importantly, was her first love another pageant queen a fellow sleeper agent all along?

‘The Lost Dreamer’ by Lizz Huerta

‘Run and Hide’ by Pankaj Mishra

‘The Tobacco Wives’ by Adele Myers

‘Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head’ by Warsan Shire

‘All the Horses of Iceland’ by Sarah Tolmie

‘The Love of My Life’ by Rosie Walsh

‘Sundial’ by Catriona Ward

‘The Doloriad’ by Missouri Williams

‘Glory’ by NoViolet Bulawayo

‘The World Cannot Give’ by Tara Isabella Burton

‘Cinder & Glass’ by Melissa de la Cruz

‘Love’ by Maayan Eitan

‘Blood Scion’ by Deborah Falaye

‘Booth’ by Karen Joy Fowler

‘Girls Can Kiss Now’ by Jill Gutowitz

‘The Last Suspicious Holdout’ by Ladee Hubbard

‘The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Pla…

‘Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk’ by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

‘Scarlet in Blue’ by Jennifer Murphy

‘The Book of Living Secrets’ by Madeleine Roux

‘A Far Wilder Magic’ by Allison Saft

‘When We Were Birds’ by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

‘A Novel Obsession’ by Caitlin Barasch

‘Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative’ by Melissa Febos

‘In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing’ by Elena Ferrante

‘Into Every Generation, A Slayer Is Born: How Buffy Staked Our Hearts’ by Evan Ross Katz

‘Vagabonds!’ by Eloghosa Osunde

‘The Cartographers’ by Peng Shepherd

‘The Book of Cold Cases’ by Simone St. James

‘Reptile Memoirs’ by Silje Ulstein

‘You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation’ by Julissa Arce

‘Disorientation’ by Elaine Hsieh Chou

‘Comeuppance Served Cold’ by Marion Deeds

‘The Bone Orchard’ by Sara A. Mueller

‘A House Between Earth and the Moon’ by Rebecca Scherm

‘Okoye to the People’ by Ibi Zoboi

‘My Dearest Darkest’ by Kayla Cottingham

‘Ten Steps to Nanette’ by Hannah Gadsby

‘A Magic Steeped in Poison’ by Judy I. Lin

‘The Resting Place’ by Camilla Sten

‘Four Aunties and a Wedding’ by Jesse Q. Sutanto

‘All the White Spaces’ by Ally Wilkes

‘Monarch’ by Candice Wuehle