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December New Releases for All Reader Types

December New Releases for All Reader Types

We’ve found the best, new release book recommendations for each Bookfinity Reader Type. 

Check out the latest and greatest books hitting shelves this December! From the much-anticipated release by Kenan Thompson to a closer look at the bestselling author and TikTok sensation A.K. Mulford, there's a book for every type of reader. Explore the perfect recommendations for your Reader Type this month.

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Serial Reader

The Other Mothers

The Other Mothers

by Katherine Faulkner

When a young nanny is found dead in mysterious circumstances, new mom, Tash, is intrigued. She has been searching for a story to launch her career as a freelance journalist. But she has also been searching for something else--new friends to help her navigate motherhood.

 Time Traveler

The Curse of Penryth Hall

The Curse of Penryth Hall

by Jess Armstrong

An atmospheric gothic mystery that beautifully brings the ancient Cornish countryside to life, Armstrong introduces heroine Ruby Vaughn in her Minotaur Books & Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut, The Curse of Penryth Hall.

 Subject Matter Expert 

Yours for the Taking

Yours for the Taking

by Gabrielle Korn

The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon, it won't be safe outside at all. 


Bookworm

The Path to Paradise

The Path to Paradise

by Sam Wasson

Francis Ford Coppola is one of the great American dreamers, and his most magnificent dream is American Zoetrope, the production company he founded in San Francisco years before his gargantuan success, when he was...

Cool Mom & Dad 

How Not to Age

How Not to Age

by Michael Greger

Uncover the evidence-based science to slowing the effects of aging, from the New York Timesbestselling author of the How Not to Die series.

Young at Heart 

Seven Minutes in Candyland

Seven Minutes in Candyland

by Brian Wasson

This multilayered YA rom-com about follows Kalvin, a guy navigating his parents' impending separation, racial dynamics in his mostly white high school, and a side hustle as a relationship therapist who also sells candy to his patients in need...one of whom is his crush.

Lifelong Learner

When I Was Your Age

When I Was Your Age

by Kenan Thompson

When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and luck, life, and learning from the school of hard knocks, from SNL's longest-serving actor, Kenan Thompson

Woke Up Like This

A River of Golden Bones

A River of Golden Bones

by A K Mulford

From bestselling author and TikTok sensation A.K. Mulford comes the first riveting, enchanting book in the all-new Golden Court romantasy trilogy--A River of Golden Bones begins a journey of self-discovery, romance, and adventure for a young heir as she/they comes out of hiding to save her sister from a malicious, powerful sorceress and her dangerous sleeping curse.


Trendsetter

Endgame

Endgame

by Omid Scobie

Endgame, the explosive book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the international blockbuster Finding Freedom, is a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy--an unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to dangerous lengths to preserve her image, and a prince forced to start a new life after being betrayed by his own family.

Leading Lady

Here in the Dark

Here in the Dark

by Alexis Soloski

Vivian Parry likes the dark. A former actress, she now works as the junior theater critic at a major Manhattan magazine. Her nights are spent beyond the lights, in a reserved seat, giving herself over to the shows she loves. By day, she savages them, with words sharper than a knife.

Beach Reader

City of Betrayal

City of Betrayal

by Victoria Thompson

A year has passed since Elizabeth Bates ran her last con. Life has been simpler, although not nearly as exciting, but she has thrown herself into working to get the 19th Amendment ratified by thirty-six states to become the law of the land. Since every other Southern state has already rejected the amendment, it seems unlikely Tennessee will be an exception . . .

Spiritual Seeker

You Matter

You Matter

by Delia Smith

You Matter encourages people to think more deeply about the phenomenon of existence, what it means to be a unique human person, and how in unity with one another we can build a future in these uncertain times.

Mountain Climber

Quantum Body

Quantum Body

by Deepak Chopra

In this groundbreaking book, Chopra, Tuszynski, and Fertig show you the way by unveiling the "real" reality of your body and mind as never before and providing a vision for a tomorrow that is already here.

Game Day Hero

Trash Talk

Trash Talk

by Rafi Kohan

Whether in basketball, football, or MMA, athletes talk trash to each other--and sometimes to fans--like it's their job. And in some ways, it is: sports only matter if we decide to care about them.

And insulting your opponent, or playing the heel, is probably the fastest route to making someone care. Talking smack is as old as the bible; it's perhaps the original sport.

Self-Starter

How to Be the Love You Seek

How to Be the Love You Seek

by Dr. Nicole Lepera

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller How to Do the Work comes this paradigm-shifting guide to healing your relationships, beginning with the one you have with yourself.

Relationships have always been essential to human survival.

Modern Romantic

Raiders of the Lost Heart

Raiders of the Lost Heart

by Jo Segura

It's been Corrie's life goal to lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle in search of the long-lost remains of her ancestor, Chimalli, an ancient warrior of the Aztec empire. But when she is invited to join an all-expenses-paid dig to do just that, Corrie is sure it's too good to be true...and she's right.

World Traveler

What Really Happens in Vegas

What Really Happens in Vegas

by James Patterson and Mark Seal

In What Really Happens in Vegas, full of surprises for both newcomers and Las Vegas regulars, James Patterson and Vanity Fair contributing editor Mark Seal transport readers from the thrill of adrenaline-fueled vice to the glitter of A-list celebrity and entertainment.


Dissenter

Vibe

Vibe

by Corey J Miles

In Vibe: The Sound and Feeling of Black Life in the American South, Miles narrates how southern Black sound, feeling, and being is constantly policed, surveilled, and criminalized. In doing so, he re-narrates the region as the "carceral South," to capture the ways people in the South and beyond can feel the emotional weight of the criminalization of Blackness. 

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