Join us this week as we chat about a glut of great new fiction and non-fiction releases for March, plus we reveal our top picks from the new Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction long list. 

March 2024 New Releases

The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft

Mona of the Manor by Armistead Maupin

Stone Yard Devotionalby Charlotte Wood

Clear by Carys Davies

Who Owns the Moon? by A.C. Grayling

The Rising Down: Lives in a Sussex Landscape by Alexandra Harris

Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction Long List - Our Picks

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in the Philippines by Lisa Evangelista

Intervals by Marianne Brooker

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

How To Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair

Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder

This week’s listener recommendation request comes from Mike who normally enjoys cosy crime, but is looking for something a bit more heartfelt. Joseph recommends Things Can Only Get Better by David M. Barnett, and Saph recommends Skippy Dies by Paul Murray and just about anything by Fredrik Backman.

Also mentioned in this episode:

Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain by Matthew Green

The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

Eileen: The Making of George Orwellby Sylvia Topp

Murder Before Evensong by Richard Coles 

A Good Read Podcast (BBC Radio 4)

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