ShortBookandScribes March 2026 Reads, Book Post and Stats
Goodbye March and hello April! Has anyone been watching The Other Bennet Sister? I can’t tell you how much I’m loving it. It makes me laugh out loud one minute then feel utter fury the next at how poor Mary is treated. I’ve also been watching the new adaptation of A Woman of Substance. There are quite a few differences from the book and the previous tv series but I’m letting those go and just loving it for the rollicking good drama that it is.
Although I read my usual seven books in March, it was a very good month’s reading as three of them are very likely to be on my books of the year list. Here are my March reads:
I absolutely loved this intense, slightly menacing literary thriller set in Greece.
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Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
This is a heartbreaking love story spanning countries and decades with a will they/won’t they vibe.
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Based on a True Story by Sarah Vaughan
A twisty read about a dysfunctional and complicated family. It didn’t have quite the intrigue I was expecting but I enjoyed it.
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It’s Not What You Think by Clare Mackintosh
An excellent thriller, really cleverly plotted and told from multiple viewpoints to great effect.
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A Short Road to Longbrook by Bethan Roberts
A captivating story of complicated mother/daughter relationships. I couldn’t have loved it more.
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The Question by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Morland Place is at last full of family life again and the Victorian era comes to an end with the death of the Queen (book 25).
The Dream Kingdom by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Morland Place is thriving with old and new family members, the Suffragettes continue to fight for the vote and aeroplanes are starting to take off. But there’s trouble on the horizon with rumblings of war (book 26).
Book post received this month with thanks to the named publishers:
We Search the Island for Grace by Bonnie Burke-Patel (sent by edpr/Bedford Square)
The Traveler by Joseph Eckert (sent by Book Break/Tor)
The Hawk is Dead by Peter James (sent by FMcM/Pan Macmillan)
It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell (sent by Century)
Summer at the French Bakery* by Jo Thomas (sent by Book Break/Pan Macmillan)
Tell Tale by Claire Parkin (sent by Book Break/Pan Macmillan)
The Last Time I Saw Her Alive by Kate Riordan (sent by Michael Joseph)
Ravenglass by Carolyn Kirby (sent by Northodox)
*I was thrilled to spot a quote from my review of Christmas at Hollybush Farm in the proof of Summer at the French Bakery!
I also bought:
Just one in March and that was Spring at Flora’s House by Freya North.
Finally, my Storygraph stats for March:
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