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
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 Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World
Haidt, Jonathan
Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation, this new book for tweens is a handbook for living a happy and exciting life that isn't hijacked by a smartphone. Jonathan Haidt's blockbuster book, The Anxious Generation, has sparked a...
Beware of the Dino-Snake: A Branches Book (Pets Rule! #8)
Tan, Susan.
Ember and the other pets come face-to-face with an evil dino-snake duo that's out to ruin the Chin family garden! 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 text,...
Children of Fallen Gods.
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Closing Time: A Thriller (Original)
Ledwidge, Michael
The next pulse-pounding Michael Gannon thriller by the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of James Patterson's Michael Bennett series It's springtime in Key West, and Michael Gannon is busy supporting his son's dreams of making it in minor league baseball. But a late-night...
Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
Hazareesingh, Sudhir
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 slave raiders and imprisoned on a British ship, where he...
Daughter of Genoa
Devereaux, Kat
"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...
Florida.
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With its theme parks and fabulous beaches, The Sunshine State deserves its reputation as the perfect family vacation spot. But Florida offers much more to those who venture away from their beach towels. This is the perfect guide to exploring all that the state has to offer, including the...
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Atkins, Ace
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...
Everyone in the Group Chat Dies
Chilton, L M
From the breakout author of Swiped comes a compulsively readable, surprisingly funny, and genuinely thrilling pageturner about a TikTok true crime investigator, a '90s serial killer that may not be as dead as everyone would like, a text thread from hell, and long buried secrets that just...
Evil Bones
Reichs, Kathy
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a twisty, magnetic thriller featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who finds herself enmeshed in a series of grisly animal killings that escalate into something far more sinister. Small creatures...
Fodor's essential Spain.
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Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. Spain remains one of the world's most popular tourist destinations for its cutting-edge cuisine and superior wine, festivals like the running of the bulls in Pamplona, world-class...
Huguette
Black, Cara
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 Your Dreams
Adams, Sarah
A homecoming to Rome, Kentucky, sparks a new romance--and lots of drama--between two old family friends, from the New York Times bestselling author of When in Rome, Practice Makes Perfect, and Beg, Borrow, or Steal. Madison Walker left Rome, Kentucky,...
iPhone for dummies /
Baig, Edward C.
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Hey Siri, order iPhone For Dummies iPhone For Dummies, the much-loved guide to Apple's killer smartphone, is updated for 2023. This book walks you through all the latest features of iOS 16 and the latest iPhone models, including the iPhone 14. Looking for a guide to an older...
King's Ransom : A Novel
Evanovich, Janet.
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"Thriller master" (Mystery and Suspense Magazine) Janet Evanovich takes you on a global hunt to track down missing masterpieces in this action-packed and steamy sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller The Recovery Agent. Gabriela Rose, recovery agent...
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe: A True Crime Thriller
Patterson, James
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"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 list of suspicious things
Godfrey, Jennie
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***THE NUMBER 3 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB FOR APRIL A BEST DEBUT OF 2024 BY BBC, RED, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Such a fresh and interesting voice. You'll cry and you won't be able to stop reading' ...
The Living and the Dead: A Novel about a Crime
Carlsson, Christoffer
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...
Silent Bones
McDermid, Val
"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
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...
Sparkles for Sunny: A Lunar New Year Story
Chen, Sylvia
Lunar New Year is coming up, and Sunny is stuck wearing hand-me-downs to the party AGAIN. The Lao family has four rules: 1. Make what you can yourself. 2. Get good deals. 3. Share extras with others. 4. Never waste anything. ...which means...
Stuart Woods' Blown Away
Battles, Brett
I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 (I Survived #25)
Tarshis, Lauren
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...
Vortex of the Chaos Dragon
West, Tracey
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Drake and Worm face off against the evil wizard Maldred with the help of the mysterious Chaos Dragon in the latest action-packed installment of this New York Times bestselling series perfect for newly independent readers! Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of...
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