Ten books for March: Anna Geary, Edel Coffey, Gabriel Garcia Márquez and more

There's a bumper crop of books being published in March. Here are some of the highlights 

Denise O'Donoghue's book selections for March

The Sunlit Man, by Brandon Sanderson (March 5): A man who calls himself Nomad knows only a life on the run. He lands on a new planet and is instantly caught up in the struggle between a tyrant and the rebels who want only to escape being turned into mindless slaves-all under the constant threat of a sunrise whose heat will melt the very stones.

Anna’s Game Plan, by Anna Geary (March 7): All-Ireland winning camogie player, speaker, trainer, health and wellbeing coach and broadcaster Anna Geary shares the powerful ways that managing your mindset can be life-changing.

Colombian Nobel Literature laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Picture: AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File

Until August, by Gabriel Garcia Márquez (March 12): A lost novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera, Until August sees a married woman annually travel to an island where her mother is buried, and take a new lover for one night.

Free Therapy, by Rebecca Ivory (March 14): Exploring desire in all its forms, Free Therapy takes us into the inner lives of women and men who are versed in the language of therapy but find themselves unwilling to change their lives.

James, by Percival Everett (March 19): A retelling of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jim emerges from the shadow of Huck to reclaim his voice in this captivating and funny novel.

Medea, by Rosie Hewlett (March 21): From the author of Medusa, this retelling of Medea breathes fresh life into Greek mythology's perhaps darkest heroine and her powerful and epic story. When faced with the ultimate betrayal, Medea is driven to an act of desperation so brutal it rips apart the lives of everyone involved.

The Kellerby Code, by Jonny Sweet (March 21): Edward is living in a world he can't afford and is doing anything to keep his awful 'best pals' Robert and Stanza happy. He is in love with Stanza but the shattering discovery that she and Robert are an item pushes him too far.

In Her Place, by Edel Coffey (March 28): Just as Ann settles into her new life with Justin, ’his life is turned upside down. Unexpectedly, his wife survives a coma that was expected to claim her life and is coming home. Who is the other woman in this impossible situation?

Day One, by Abigail Dean (March 28): In a quiet town, a lone gunman’s actions set off a train of events. At the centre of it all is a small community that is changed forever. A heart-breaking exploration of our obsession with tragedy and what it really means to live it.

What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan (March 28): Perfect couple Nina and Simon leave for a weekend at his family’s cabin, and only Simon comes home. This is the story of two families, one seeking justice, the other desperate to clear their son’s name.