March is also a great month for books this year, and our pick of the bunch includes the first book in a gripping new young adult series, an updated version of Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid, and a new novel from Emma Donoghue.

Best new books of March

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

Half Bad by Sally Green

Shotgun Love Songs by Nickolas Butler

Frog Music by Emma Donoghue

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill

All That is Solid Melts Into Air by Darragh McKeon

Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut

The House Girl by Tara Conklin

Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre

Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid