Fay, Kim. Kate & Frida: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Books. Putnam. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9780593852385. 288p. $28. FICTION

Fay, author of the bestselling Indie Next Pick Love & Saffron, returns to themes of food and friendship. Frida Rodriguez moves to Paris in 1991 to savor the cuisine and seek a career as a war correspondent. When Frida requests a title from a bookshop in Seattle, bookseller Kate Fair responds, beginning an unexpected friendship that will sustain them through their tumultuous twenties.

Hart, Emilia. The Sirens. St. Martin’s. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781250280824. 352p. $29. FICTION

Hart follows her bestselling debut, Weyward, with a tale of sisters and the sea. Intertwining the present-day stories of sisters Lucy and Jess with Irish twins Mary and Eliza who live in 1800, Hart evokes mystery and myth as the ocean calls to them. With a 300K-copy first printing.

Mahloudji, Sanam. The Persians. Scribner. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781668015797. 384p. $28.99. FICTION

Pushcart Prize winner Mahloudji debuts with a family saga. While the Valiat family was important in Iran, those who emigrated to the United States find that the reputation of their name means nothing in this new country. As matriarch Elizabeth and her daughters and granddaughters all take different paths, an annual vacation gone awry has them confronting the past and contemplating the future.

Mallery, Susan. Beach Vibes. Canary Street. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781335402530. 384p. $30. FICTION

Get ready for beach read season early with a story of love, secrets, and betrayal from bestselling Mallery (For the Love of Summer). After a challenging childhood in foster care, Brynnley does everything she can for her younger brother Rick, but when she catches him cheating on her friend, she must decide where her loyalty lies. With a 250K-copy first printing.

McConaghy, Charlotte. Wild Dark Shore. Flatiron. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9781250827951. 320p. $28.99. FICTION

Dominic Salt and his children are the last remaining inhabitants of a tiny island near Antarctica that has been affected by climate change. When a woman washes ashore during a storm and finds a place in their family, their pasts—and secrets—may threaten their future together. Bestselling McConaghy’s (Once There Were Wolves) latest receives a 250K-copy first printing.

Oakley, Colleen. Jane and Dan at the End of the World. Berkley. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9780593200827. 368p. $29. FICTION

In Oakley’s (The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise, a LibraryReads pick) latest, novelist Jane is in an unhappy marriage, but when she and her husband go out to celebrate their 19th anniversary, they find themselves in a hostage situation straight out of one of her books. As Jane and Dan try to survive the night, they might just fall back in love along the way.

Pandya, Sameer. Our Beautiful Boys. Ballantine. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9780593726167. 384p. $30. FICTION

Pandya (Members Only, an NPR Books We Love pick) examines race, class, and privilege when three star players on a high school football team are accused of attacking a teammate and are suspended. As the parents try to protect their children and determine the truth about what really happened that night, they find there are more secrets to uncover.

Reddy, Nanda. A Girl Within a Girl Within a Girl. Zibby. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9798989532520. 432p. $27.99. FICTION

Reddy debuts with a story of assimilation, survival, and reinvention. Separated from her family in Guyana and brought to the U.S. without documents as a child, Maya has managed to build a good life for herself in the years since, with a husband and two kids in an Atlanta suburb. Then a letter from her long-lost sister threatens to expose her past and true identity.

Santopolo, Jill. The Love We Found. Putnam. Mar. 2025. ISBN 9780593419205. 352p. $30. FICTION

Eight years later, Santopolo offers the sequel to The Light We Lost, the blockbuster bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick. Gabe has been gone for almost a decade when Lucy finds among his photos a piece of paper bearing an address in Rome, launching her on a journey to Italy, where she tries to uncover Gabe’s secrets and meets the alluring Dr. Dax Amstrong.