New Adult Books December 2024

Updated December 1, 2024
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Box office poison : Hollywood's story in a century of flops
Robey, Tim
Paper Book
***A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST-READ BOOK OF NOVEMBER 2024*** "A wild success." -- Publishers Weekly "A surefire hit." --Library Journal STARRED review "A brilliant star turn." --Andrew O'Hagan
Custodians of wonder : ancient customs, profound traditions, and the last people keeping them alive
Stein, Eliot
Paper Book
A vivid look at 10 astonishing people who are maintaining some of the world's oldest and rarest cultural traditions. Eliot Stein has traveled the globe in search of remarkable people who are preserving some of our most extraordinary cultural rites. In...
Didion & Babitz
Anolik, Lili
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Named a Best Book of the Year by Time, Vogue, the Washington Post, Telegraph, and more! Joan Didion is revealed at last in this outrageously provocative and profoundly moving new work "that reads like a propulsive novel" (Oprah...
How to let things go : 99 tips from a Zen Buddhist monk to relinquish control and free yourself up for what matters
Masuno, Shunmyō
Paper Book
Feeling overwhelmed? Step away from life's demands and free yourself up for what matters with this succinct and sensible guide by the Zen Buddhist author of the international bestsellers The Art of Simple Living and Don't Worry. Amid the relentless cycle of news,...
The improvisers
Glover, Nicole
Paper Book
For fans of Nghi Vo, P. Djèlí Clark, and Alix E. Harrow: a new stand-alone set in the world of the critically acclaimed Murder and Magic series during Prohibition. The Improvisers is the tale of Velma, a barnstorming pilot and former magic bootlegger, who pursues dangerous enchanted items and a...
Rental House
Wang, Weike
Paper Book
"Sharp, insightful, occasionally heartbreaking, and incredibly relatable." --Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow"For anyone who's experienced demanding parents, misunderstanding in-laws, a vacation-gone-wrong, or mid-life questions about how to...
Sisters in Science : How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History
Campbell, Olivia
Paper Book
The extraordinary true story of four women pioneers in physics during World War II and their daring escape out of Nazi Germany In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought. But after the Nazis took power, Jewish and female citizens were forced out of their academic positions...
Time of the Child
Williams, Niall
Paper Book
"I am such a fan of Niall Williams." -Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake "Made me laugh out loud and remember how to love." -Margaret Renkl, The New York Times From the author of ...
Vanishing treasures : a bestiary of extraordinary endangered creatures
Rundell, Katherine
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF FALL: WASHINGTON POST, BOSTON GLOBE, CHICAGO TRIBUNE & MORE * From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Katherine Rundell comes a "rare and magical book" (Bill Bryson) reckoning with the vanishing wonders of our natural...

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