The best new science fiction books of March 2025

The moon has turned to cheese in John Scalzi's new sci-fi novel My only complaint about the science fiction due to be published in March is: how in the world are we meant to find the time to read all these great novels? There are so many must-reads out this month, whether it's the latest from Nicholas Binge, Silvia Park's tale of a lost robot sibling or Laila Lalami's vision of a future where our dreams are policed for what we might be going to do (sounds quite Minority Report – a very good thing in my view). All I can say is, I think it's time to step away from the computer and get reading, if we want to keep up… Sadly for humanity, in this latest slice of comic sci-fi from the excellent John Scalzi, the moon has turned to cheese and they have to work out what to do about it. This sounds like a lot of fun, but I'm primarily planning to read it to find out what type of cheese the moon has become. Our sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson heartily approves of Binge's latest, writing that this time travel tale is well-deserving of its upcoming big-screen treatment.