December '25 Releases

Here are some of the books hitting our shelves in December.

Updated November 5, 2025
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Age Like a Girl: How Menopause Rewires Your Brain for Mental Clarity, Increased Confidence, and Renewed Energy
Pelz, Mindy
Paper Book
Dr. Mindy Pelz, noted women's health advocate and the bestselling author of Fast Like a Girl and Eat Like a Girl, redefines menopause as a powerful biological upgrade--offering science-backed strategies to help women thrive, reclaim their health, and step into their most vibrant,...
The Award
Pearl, Matthew
Paper Book
"The Award begins as a wryly funny satire of thwarted literary ambition, but it quickly evolves into something darker and more disturbing. Matthew Pearl's addictive and propulsive novel has the twisted nightmare logic of a Patricia Highsmith thriller."--Tom Perrotta, New York Times ...
The Birdwatcher (Original)
Mitchard, Jacquelyn
Paper Book
A Zibby's Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2025! From New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes a page-turning drama that explores the beauty of female friendship; the relationship between money, power, and sex; and the very human desire to protect...
The Bodyguard Affair
Lea, Amy
Paper Book
A secret romance writer discovers that the hottest story of summer might just be the one happening between her and the Prime Minister's bodyguard, from the international bestselling author of Set On You. Andi Zeigler lives a double life. By day, she's the no-nonsense,...
Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain : Breaking the Doom Loop to Heal Both Chronic Physical and Emotional Pain
Amen, Daniel G.
Paper Book
One of our leading experts on the brain and #1 New York Times bestselling author explores how chronic physical and emotional pain are both rooted in your brain's wiring, leaving you stuck in the doom loop and how you can break free to heal from the "doom loop" and reclaim a vibrant, pain-free...
Daughter of Genoa
Devereaux, Kat
Paper Book
"Enthralling and eloquently bittersweet--a vivid historical portrait of the pivotal yet overlooked struggle to save Italian Jews in WWII, and how one unforgettable woman risks everything for love. Devereaux writes with great authority and masterfully blends imagination and history. A deeply...
Eva saves the day
Elliott, Rebecca
Paper Book
In the next installment of this New York Times bestselling early chapter book series, Eva and her friends find and take care of some mysterious eggs! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly...
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Atkins, Ace
Paper Book
Elmore Leonard meets Robert Ludlum in a rollicking comedic thriller set in 1985 from acclaimed author Ace Atkins, in which a suburban teen suspects his mom's new boyfriend is the ultimate bad guy--a KGB agent. It's 1985, what will soon become known as "The Year of the Spy," and...
The Heir Apparent
Armitage, Rebecca
Paper Book
An irresistible modern fairy tale about a British princess who must decide between her duty to her family--or to her own heart. It's New Year's Day in Australia and the life Lexi Villiers has carefully built is working out nicely: she's in the second year of her...
Huguette
Black, Cara
Paper Book
August 1945: Seventeen-year-old Huguette Faure is a survivor. The war has taken everything from her-both her parents and her sense of safety. Now, pregnant and on the lam, she cannot return to her childhood home in Paris. Forced to reinvent herself, she must outrun her father's enemies, who want her...
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe: A True Crime Thriller
Patterson, James
Paper Book
"Electrifying... A spellbinding new account of the star's final days by the world's greatest thriller writer." -- Daily Mail "Entertaining...bursting with anecdotes...zippy pacing and novelistic detail. ...Readers with a soft spot for Hollywood's...
The Living and the Dead: A Novel about a Crime
Carlsson, Christoffer
Paper Book
THE AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER One town. Two crimes. Twenty years of silence. A "brooding and brilliant" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) murder mystery set in a rural Swedish town, where one community's secrets will be laid bare over the...
The mating game
Ferguson, Lana
Paper Book
Contractor Tess Covington has spent her entire life as a regular non-shifter human, so after she lands in the Denver ER with flu-like symptoms, it comes as a complete shock to be told that, no, she's not sick - she's actually a late-presenting omega wolf shifter. With her family in dire financial...
Silent Bones
McDermid, Val
Paper Book
"Powerful, moving and wise - Val McDermid's books are always enthralling."--Harlan Coben "A beautifully structured, witty and twisty novel."--Ann Cleeves The new installment in the "relentlessly engrossing series" (Wall Street Journal) finds Karen Pirie and...
Snake-Eater
Kingfisher, T
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an enthralling contemporary fantasy seeped in horror about a woman trying to escape her past by moving to the remote US desert--only to find herself beholden to the wrath of a vengeful god. With...
Spasm
Cook, Robin
Paper Book
From the "master of the medical thriller" (The New York Times), Robin Cook, fan favorites Jack and Laurie return in another fast-paced spine chiller about a deadly bioweapon that could disrupt the world order as we know it. "Masterful . . . Robin Cook is at the top of his...
Stuart Woods' Blown Away
Battles, Brett.
Paper Book
Former CIA operative Teddy Fay returns for another thrilling Hollywood adventure in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling series.
I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 (I Survived #25)
Tarshis, Lauren
Paper Book
The biggest dust storm in U.S. history... When a drought turns the farmland of the Texas Panhandle into a dry wasteland, eleven-year-old Ray's world begins to crumble. Fierce dust storms blacken the sky and destroy everything in their path. Ray and his best friend, Dolly, do their...
Tailored Realities
Sanderson, Brandon
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson―creator of the Stormlight Archive, the Mistborn saga, and numerous smash-hit works of science fiction and fantasy―comes Tailored Realities, a new short fiction collection including the...
The Time Hop Coffee Shop (Original)
Patrick, Phaedra
Paper Book
"A delightful tale, full of heart." -Evie Woods, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop  Welcome to the Time Hop Coffee Shop, where wishes can come true... Greta Perks was once the shining star of the...
W. E. B. Griffin Direct Action
Stewart, Jack
Paper Book
When the original Presidential Agent is gunned down during a mass shooting, Pick McCoy swears a brutal revenge in this revival of W. E. B. Griffin's New York Times bestselling series. Charley Castillo, the original Presidential Agent is in Virginia Beach to visit his son...
When the Fireflies Dance
Hassan, Aisha
Paper Book
Inspired by a shocking true story, this haunting debut novel of love, brotherhood, resilience, and redemption set in Pakistan calls to mind the modern classics The Kite Runner and The Beekeeper of Aleppo. On the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, a large yellow moon...
Why Do I Keep Doing This?: Unlearn the Habits Keeping You Stuck and Unhappy
Morton, Kati
Paper Book
Leading mental health advocate and licensed marriage and family therapist, Kati Morton, explores our common struggle and contradiction with control in ourselves and relationships, giving readers the ability to not only ask themselves whydo I keep doing this, but have the insight to...
The Worst Day: A Plane Crash, a Train Wreck, and Remarkable Acts of Heroism in Washington, DC
Goldfarb, Bruce
Paper Book
Dedicated to first responders and every person who steps up to act when it matters... More than 40 years before a Black Hawk helicopter collided mid-air with American Airlines Flight 5342 over the Potomac River, a desperate race against time took place nearby in overwhelming conditions. Washington,...

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