Recommended Reads for March

We’re already two months into the Mid Sussex Reading Challenge, which means it’s time to start thinking about our March reads! If you’re still reading your January or February book or have only just joined us, don’t worry – you can take the challenge at your own pace, skip a month or read the books in a different order if you need to.

The theme for March is:

If you’re looking for inspiration, why not try one of our suggested reads? (Arranged by continent):

Set in Asia:
Khaled Hosseini – The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns or And the Mountains Echoed
Malala Youzafzai – I am Malala
Takashi Hiraide – The Guest Cat
Sayaka Murata – Convenience Store Woman
Aravind Adiga – The White Tiger
Marie Lu – Warcross
Julia Kagawa – Shadow of the Fox

Set in Africa:
Chinua Achebe – Things Fall Apart
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Half of a Yellow Sun
J.M. Coetzee – Disgrace
Joseph Conrad – Heart of Darkness
Chris Cleave – Little Bee
John le Carré – The Constant Gardener

Set in Europe:
John Boyne – Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Umberto Eco – The Name of the Rose
Herman Koch – The Dinner
Paulo Coelho – The Alchemist
Elena Ferrante – My Brilliant Friend
Carlos Ruiz Zafon – The Shadow of the Wind
Markus Zusak – The Book Thief
Stieg Larsson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Anthony Doerr – All the Light We Cannot See
Amor Towles – A Gentleman in Moscow
Anne Frank – The Diary of a Young Girl
Muriel Barbery – The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Philip Kerr – Metropolis

Set in North America:
Margaret Atwood – The Blind Assassin
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird
Nathaniel Hawthorne – The Scarlet Letter
Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Set in South America:
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – One Hundred Years of Solitude or Love in the Time of Cholera
Isabelle Allende – In the Midst of Winter
Laura Esquivel – Like Water for Chocolate
Barbara Kingsolver – The Lacuna

Set in Australia:
Jane Harper – The Dry
Peter Carey – True History of the Kelly Gang
Kate Morton – The Forgotten Garden
Graeme Simsion – The Rosie Project

Set worldwide:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Americanah
Yann Martel – Life of Pi

Reserve your copy of any of our challenge reads by visiting our library catalogue.

Did you enjoy your latest read? What will you be reading this March? Keep us updated on your challenge reads by submitting a review, posting in our Facebook group or tweeting us @WSCCLibraries using the hashtag #MidSussexReadingChallenge.