March Reading List

Welcome to my March Reading List! My goal for each month is to read at least ten books as well as dipping into the five books at the end of this post, so that by the end of the year, these five can be added onto my yearly total. I am determined to read 150 books this year. I had this goal last year, but because of my master’s degree I only managed 39 which is pitiful! These are the books I read this month.

A Note About Colour Codes

You’ll notice that I have coloured the list of books. Firstly, the beige books denote fiction books. I am not keen on fiction books as a rule. In 2023 I read 100 books and over 60 of them were non-fiction. I had to work really hard at getting in the fiction I did read and I tended to find an author I liked and then read a few of their books. This year, I want to throw my net wider, so to speak, and try out lots of different authors and genres. So, my goal is that at least half of my books are fiction books and I shall try to read books from different authors. 

Next, I have used a pinkish colour to denote the non-fiction. I literally never struggle to find non-fiction books I want to read because there are so many things I am interested in! 

And lastly, I have used a violet colour for the books I shall be dipping in and out of all year. These are likely to be non-fiction (at least the ones I’ve noted below are) and are mainly nature themed books created to be read over each month or season, rather than being read all at once.

My March Reading List

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I’ve read some AMAZING books this month! I think I’m going to start rating them out of five stars. I may even do a separate review of the best of the best.

Non-Fiction

The Book of Genesis by Gary A. Rendsburg, The Great Courses *****

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber ***

Neurodiversity and the Myth of Normal By Kyler Shumway, Daniel Wendler, The Great Courses. ***

This Beautiful Truth: How God’s Goodness Breaks into Our Darkness By Sarah Clarkson. ***** Review coming

It’s All in Your Head: Stories from the Frontline of Psychosomatic Illness By Suzanne O’Sullivan ***** Review coming

The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country By Helen Russell. ***** Review Coming

Fiction

Middlemarch by George Eliot (Abandoned) I’m going to try again at the end of the year to see if my tolerance for fiction has been expanded at all by reading more general fiction throughout the year. I’ll not be including this book in this month’s reading total but I did want to mention it to remind myself to try again later on in the year.

Animal Farm by George Orwell. *****

The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald. ***

Old Gods Don’t Die by Charlotte Stewart (Poetry Book). *****

The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett *****

Books I’ll Be Reading Every Month

There are also books that I’m going to be dipping into each month. These are books I have either read multiple times over the course of my life and I just love rereading them, or they are part of an ongoing set which brings out a new volume each year. By the end of the year they will be completed but as they track the months and seasons of the year, I’ll not be reading ahead, as it were. However, I’ll be adding them to each of my posts, just in case anyone else is interested in reading them.

Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden

The Cottage Book by Sir Edward Grey

The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2025 by  Lia Leendertz  

The Cottage Fairy Companion by Paola Merrill

Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling By: Philip Pullman

If you’d like to take a look at the books I read in 2023 and 2024, please do visit my Books Read Over the Years Page. I shall endeavour to share one of these posts each month. I’m always looking out for good books to read so please do leave any recommendations in the comments below.