03/21/2026

Aries, born between March 21 and April 19, is a fire sign known for being bold, fiery, ambitious, and leaders. These courageous leaders of the zodiac love to take risks like committing to an extra-long read, starting a new series or stepping outside their preferred genre. 

Here are some of book suggestions for our magnetic friends:

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Peters' debut is a beautiful, heart-wrenching, gut-punching and captivating story, in which listeners want to cheer and embrace the characters one moment, and tell them off in the next. 

  • You’re a leader who is committed to doing what makes you happy, whether it’s considered “normal” or not.

The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith

After the death of her beloved mother, failed indie singer-songwriter Greta James joins her father on a week-long Alaskan cruise, which becomes a journey of discovery for them both as they work to heal old wounds, giving her confidence she needs to move forward.

  • Aries, unsinkability is a quality you share with Greta.

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over 24 hours, their lives will change forever. Malibu: August 1983. It's the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer, and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over, especially as the offspring of the legendary singer Mick Riva. The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Oh, and maybe Hud, because it is long past time for him to confess something to the brother from whom he's been inseparable since birth.

  • With a wild party, plenty of drama, and an epic fire, Malibu Rising is a hot beach read.

Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

In Jason Mott's Hell of a Book, a Black author sets out on a cross-country publicity tour to promote his bestselling novel. That storyline drives Hell of a Book and is the scaffolding of something much larger and urgent: since Mott's novel also tells the story of Soot, a young Black boy living in a rural town in the recent past, and The Kid, a possibly imaginary child who appears to the author on his tour. 

  • Hell of a Book is a hero’s journey with important consequences.

Acceptance by Emi Nietfeld

A brilliant, funny, generation-defining memoir about the double bind of crafting perfect adversity narratives for highly selective institutions, while fumbling through the far murkier reality of actual life in foster care and inpatient mental health treatment.

  • Aries, Nietfeld’s story of overcoming homelessness to graduate from Harvard and become a software engineer at Google will interest you because of her resilience and her critique of our obsession with overcoming adversity.