{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/657c95795431560017007127/65ddb093e5e90a0016248ffc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Our Top Picks For March ","description":"<p>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.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>March 2024 New Releases</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781915590121\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Extinction of Irena Rey</em></a> by Jennifer Croft</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780857527073\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Mona of the Manor</em></a> by Armistead Maupin</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781399724340\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Stone Yard Devotional</em></a><em> </em>by Charlotte Wood</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781803510408\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Clear</em></a> by Carys Davies</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780861547258\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Who Owns the Moon?</em></a> by A.C. Grayling</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780571350520\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Rising Down: Lives in a Sussex Landscape</em></a> by Alexandra Harris</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction Long List - Our Picks</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781804710067\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in the Philippines</em></a> by Lisa Evangelista</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781804270837\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Intervals</em></a> by Marianne Brooker</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780241621301\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World</em></a> by Naomi Klein</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780008491284\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How To Say Babylon: A Memoir</em></a> by Safiya Sinclair</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780241482728\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life</em></a> by Anna Funder</p><p><br></p><p>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 <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781409185161\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Things Can Only Get Better</em></a> by David M. Barnett, and Saph recommends <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9780141009957\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Skippy Dies</em></a> by Paul Murray and just about anything by Fredrik Backman.</p><p><br></p><p>Also mentioned in this episode:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571338030-shadowlands/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain</em></a> by Matthew Green</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781784870416\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Beauty Myth</em></a> by Naomi Wolf</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781910695821\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Flights</em></a> by Olga Tokarczuk</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781800180260\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Eileen: The Making of George Orwell</em></a><em> </em>by Sylvia Topp</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13280/9781474612647\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Murder Before Evensong</em></a> by Richard Coles&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v8jn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A Good Read Podcast</a> (BBC Radio 4)</p><p><br></p><p>See the <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/novel-thoughts-podcast-episode-13?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Novel Thoughts bookshop page</a> for all books mentioned in this episode.</p>","author_name":"Novel Thoughts"}