We’re excited for big new audiobooks from Suzanne Collins, Stephen Graham Jones, John Green, and more this month. Plus, exciting mystery, fantasy, and sci-fi titles that will transport, and a memoir from Jeff Chu that has us dreaming of gardens and green things. Happy listening!
THE RIVER HAS ROOTS
by Amal El-Mohtar, read by Gem Carmella
Macmillan Audio
Release date: March 4
Two sisters stay devoted to each other, even as their lives intersect with the land of Faerie.
HANG ON ST. CHRISTOPHER: Sean Duffy, Book 8
by Adrian McKinty, read by Gerard Doyle
Blackstone Audio
Release date: March 4
Sean Duffy tries to solve a murder and faces danger while the Troubles in Northern Ireland are still simmering. Inimitable Golden Voice Gerard Doyle returns to narrate.
DEAR MANNY: Dear Martin, Book 3
by Nic Stone, read by James Fouhey, Nic Stone
Listening Library, Ages 14+
Release date: March 4
Following DEAR MARTIN and DEAR JUSTYCE, Stone asks, what are the right ways to advocate for change and equality?
SUNRISE ON THE REAPING
by Suzanne Collins, read by Jefferson White
Scholastic Audiobooks, Ages 12+
Release date: March 18
This prequel to THE HUNGER GAMES finds Haymitch Abernathy competing in the fiftieth annual Games. Actor Jefferson White (“Yellowstone”) brings a new voice to the series.
THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER
by Stephen Graham Jones, read by Shane Ghostkeeper, Marin Ireland, Owen Teale
Simon & Schuster Audio
Release date: March 18
New historical horror from Jones, in which a vampire haunts the Blackfeet reservation in the American west.
EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green, read by the author
Listening Library
Release date: March 18
Green gives an impassioned plea to address the healthcare inequalities that allow tuberculosis to continue to afflict people.
THE SUMMER GUESTS: The Martini Club, Book 2
by Tess Gerritsen, read by Hillary Huber
Brilliance Audio
Release date: March 18
In this follow-up to THE SPY COAST, former spy Maggie Bird’s quiet life in Maine is disturbed once more.
THE MARTIAN CONTINGENCY: Lady Astronaut, Book 4
by Mary Robinette Kowal, read by the author
Audible, Inc.
Release date: March 18
Kowal continues her alternate-history Lady Astronaut series, which she narrates herself with exemplary skill.
GOOD SOIL: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand
by Jeff Chu, read by the author
Random House Audio
Release date: March 25
It’s not too early to start thinking about the garden, and Jeff Chu’s meditation on learning to work on a farm might be just the inspiration we need.
WHEN THE MOON HITS YOUR EYE
by John Scalzi, read by Wil Wheaton
Audible, Inc.
Release date: March 25
The moon has turned into actual cheese! Chaos ensues.
