The best new books to read in December 2022 include new books by bestselling authors including contemporary and literary fiction, historical fiction, detective and mystery novels, romance books, and must-read nonfiction. Curl up by the fire, take a break during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, and enjoy the start of the winter season and the end of 2022 with these 10 new highly anticipated December books. Available to purchase now or preorder, these are the most anticipated books of December 2022.
The Best New Books To Read In December 2022
1. Light to the Hills by Bonnie Blaylock
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Release Date: December 1
About the book: A richly rewarding novel about family bonds, the power of words, and the resilience of mothers and daughters in 1930s Appalachia.
2. A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley
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Release Date: December 6
About the book: From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author of A Thousand Acres: a mystery set in 1850s Gold Rush California, as two young prostitutes—best friends Eliza and Jean—follow a trail of missing girls.
3. The Widowmaker by Hannah Morrissey
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Release Date: December 6
About the book: A wealthy family shrouded in scandal; a detective tasked with solving an impossible cold case; and a woman with a dark past collide in Hannah Morrissey’s stunning new Black Harbor mystery, The Widowmaker.
4. The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
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Release Date: December 6
About the book: “A luminous and wrenching portrait of a frighteningly possible future,” The Light Pirate is a hopeful, sweeping story of survival and resilience spanning one extraordinary woman’s lifetime as she navigates the uncertainty, brutality, and arresting beauty of a rapidly changing world (Booklist, starred review).
5. The Ingenue by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
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Release Date: December 6
About the book: My Dark Vanessa meets The Queen’s Gambit in this new novel of suspense about the bonds of family, the limits of talent, the risks of ambition, and the rewards of revenge.
6. Witcha Gonna Do by Avery Flynn
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Release Date: December 6
About the book: An unlucky witch and her know-it-all nemesis must team up in the first of a new, spicy romantic comedy series from USA Today bestselling author Avery Flynn.
7. The Sunshine Girls by Molly Fader
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Release Date: December 6
About the book: “A breathtaking story of an extraordinary friendship. Molly Fader has penned an unforgettable novel that is sure to be one of the year’s best.” —Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Veil.
8. Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood by Jessica Grouse
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Release Date: December 6
About the book: In this timely and necessary book, New York Times opinion writer Jessica Grose dismantles two hundred years of unrealistic parenting expectations and empowers today’s mothers to make choices that actually serve themselves, their children, and their communities.
9. All the Dark Places by Terri Parlato
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Release Date: December 27
About the book: A savage murder rocks a quiet Massachusetts suburb, revealing the dark secrets at the center of a group of friends and setting two women – one with a traumatic past, the other a Boston police detective – on a hunt for truth in this stylish debut thriller for fans of Megan Miranda and Shari Lapena…
10. The Book of Everlasting Things by Aanchal Malhotra
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Release Date: December 27
About the book: For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, a lush, sweeping love story about a Hindu perfumer and a Muslim calligrapher, set against the backdrop of partition.
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