December '25 Releases

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

Updated November 14, 2025
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December '25 Releases

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

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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,...
All My Bones: An Old Juniper Bookshop Mystery
Nelson, P J
Paper Book
Madeline Brimley, new owner of a bookstore in a small Georgia town, finds herself playing sleuth when a friend is charged with the murder of a much-disliked woman. Madeline Brimley recently inherited a bookstore in Enigma, Georgia, is embarking on her second career, after her...
The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World
Haidt, Jonathan
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Inspired by the award-winning phenomenon The Anxious Generation, this new book for kids and tweens is a comprehensive guide for living a happy and exciting life that isn't hijacked by a smartphone. A School Library Journal Best Book...
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...
Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
Hazareesingh, Sudhir
Paper Book
An Amazon Best History Title of the Month A revelatory history of enslaved people's resistance and self-emancipation, across the Atlantic world and beyond. In the 1720s, the West African chief Tomba was abducted for organizing the local resistance against...
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...
Evil bones
Reichs, Kathy.
Paper Book
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. A Reese's Book Club Pick! It's New Year's Day in Australia and the life Lexi Villiers has carefully built is...
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...
In the Arena: Theodore Roosevelt in War, Peace, and Revolution
Brown, David S
Paper Book
From the acclaimed historian and author of The Last American Aristocrat--hailed as "marvelous" by The New York Times Book Review--comes an "elegant and immersive" (Publishers Weekly) new biography of Theodore Roosevelt, exploring the life of America's twenty-sixth president...
iPhone for dummies /
Hart-Davis, Guy.
Paper Book
The smart guide to your smartphone--updated for the latest iOS and iPhone releases Fully updated to cover the newest features of iOS and the latest iPhone models, iPhone For Dummies helps you keep in touch with family and friends, take pictures, play games, follow the news,...
The King's Ransom
Evanovich, Janet
Paper Book
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe: A True Crime Thriller
Patterson, James
Paper Book
From the world's #1 bestselling author, The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe is a true crime thriller about a woman who changed Hollywood history, and whose indelible image captures our imagination to this day. "Electrifying ... A spellbinding new...
The mating game
Ferguson, Lana
Paper Book
Two wolf shifters reluctant to love discover there's no fighting the call of the wild in this steamy romance by USA Today bestselling author Lana Ferguson. Contractor Tess Covington has spent her entire life as a regular non-shifter human, so after she lands in the Denver...
The Night Is Defying
Peñaranda, Chloe C.
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--featuring stunning purple sprayed edges! The exciting second volume in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Chloe C. Peñaranda's Nytefall series, where history is doomed to repeat, and star-crossed lovers must face a choice between...
The Orchard
Heller, Peter
Peter Heller's masterful coming-of-age tale, the story of a mother and daughter living on a Vermont apple orchard, escaping ghosts of the past. Hayley and her seven-year-old daughter, Frith, live in a rustic cabin with no electricity in the foothills of Vermont's Green Mountains....
Paper Chase
Donaldson, Julia
Paper Book
From bestselling author Julia Donaldson and the illustrator of The Christmas Pine, a new story of friendship, loss, and adventure connected by one very special tree. Under a tree, a boy with a book and girl with a paper plane meet and play over the course of a wonderful day....
Pug the Unicorn: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #14)
May, Kyla
Paper Book
The next installment in the bestselling chapter book series featuring everyone's favorite pug, Bub, and his human, Bella! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read...
Queens at War: England's Medieval Queens Book Four
Weir, Alison
Paper Book
The tumultuous period in English history that marked the end of the medieval era and the rise of the Tudors comes to stunning life in the final volume of Alison Weir's four-part Medieval Queens series, filled with dramatic true stories chronicling the turbulent reigns of the last five Plantagenet...
A Quick & Easy Guide to Healthy Relationships
Marie, Mariah-Rose
Paper Book
It can be difficult to navigate a lifetime's worth of relationship patterns to clearly see the best ways to treat the folks we care about--and be treated well in return. The latest volume of the critically acclaimed, bestselling A Quick & Easy Guide series of educational...
The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World
Mazzeo, Tilar J
Paper Book
The true story of the first female captain of a merchant ship and her treacherous navigation of Antarctica's deadly waters, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow Clicquot Summer, 1856 Nineteen-year-old Mary Ann Patten and her...
Sharpe's Storm
Cornwell, Bernard
Paper Book
"If you love historical drama . . . then look no further."--The Boston Globe "His characters are vividly drawn, betrayals lurk around every corner, the humor is as sharp as the swords, and the action is nonstop."--NPR A gripping novel featuring the legendary...
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
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...
Stone Lands: A Journey of Darkness and Light Through Britain's Ancient Places
Robertson, Fiona
An enchanting and beautifully illustrated memoir of grief, hope, and love, alongside the joy of exploring ancient landscapes, which uncovers the wonder of Britain's ancient megaliths. Journeying across Britain, from West Penwith and Avebury to the Lake District and Orkney, Stone...
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.
The Super Jump Between Worlds!
Flintham, Thomas/ Flintham, Thomas (ILT)
Paper Book
Super Rabbit Boy jumps to strange new worlds in the latest page-turning installment of this USA Today bestselling series! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to...
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
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...
We Who Will Die (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Stark, Stacia
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller! From the bestselling author of the Kingdom of Lies series comes a slow-burn romantasy set in a Roman-inspired world ruled by merciless vampires. Filled with breathtaking combat, vengeful gods, and magical creatures, We Who Will Die is the...
What Is Lunar New Year?
Jun Kirklin, Vivian
Learn how many different Asian communities celebrate Lunar New Year in this book for young readers that reveals why the first new moon of the year is such a culturally significant moment for many countries! This fact-filled book covers all things Lunar New Year, from the Chinese...
White Wolf: An Evan Ryder Novel
Lustbader, Eric
Paper Book
In this cutting-edge installment of the acclaimed thriller series, New York Times bestselling author Eric Van Lustbader thrusts readers into a world where power is being redefined by a revolutionary communication program that renders modern encryption obsolete, one that will topple global...
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