For Your Consideration: December 2022 LibraryReads Titles

Download, read, and vote for your favorite December titles for the December 2022 LibraryReads list!

Votes due November 1!

THE BOOK OF EVERLASTING THINGS by Aanchal Malhotra
9781250802026 | 12/27/22
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“Secrets are revealed, the intricacies of calligraphy and perfume-making are described, and the consequences of decisions made are recounted. Near the novel’s end, Samir sums it up: ‘It is difficult to forget, but it is even harder to keep remembering.’ It will be difficult indeed to forget this exquisite story. A long and luxurious tale of love, loss, memory, and place, told against a backdrop of tumultuous historical events.”–Library Journal, starred review

THE INGENUE by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
9781250834560 | 12/6/22
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“Dale’s absorbing novel delves into the repercussions of sexual abuse, interspersing tantalizing extracts from Evie’s feminist fairy-tale retellings and fragments of Saskia’s teen years with present events that crescendo to a stunning conclusion. Aptly compared to Kate Elizabeth Russell’s much-buzzed-about MY DARK VANESSA (2020), THE INGENUE is poised to garner similar attention.”–Booklist

THE LOST WITCH by Paige Crutcher
9781250797391 | 12/27/22
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A witch discovers that finding your way home is sometimes the most perilous journey of all.

ROSES, IN THE MOUNTH OF A LION by Bushra Rehman
9781250834782 | 12/6/22
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“Rehman beautifully conjures in her stellar debut a Queens, N.Y., Pakistani American community and a girl’s coming to terms with her identity… This deeply immersive novel heralds the arrival of an exciting new writer.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

THE WIDOWMAKER by Hannah Morrissey
9781250795977 | 12/6/22
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“Back home in crime-ridden, grime-ridden Black Harbor, WI, struggling photographer Morgan Mori is snapping shots at the glittery-rich Reynolds family’s holiday party when she witnesses a murder that could hold clues to the long-ago disappearance of family patriarch Clive Reynolds. And more clues could come from her own shadowy past. Following the LJ-starred HELLO, TRANSCRIBER.”–Library Journal, Pre-Pub Alert

WINTER’S END by Paige Shelton
9781250846594 | 12/6/22
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“Spring has arrived in remote Benedict, AK, as have two strangers. So Orin tells friend (and series star) Beth Rivers as they check on a far-flung neighbor to see how he has fared during the winter. Not well, as it transpires, and Orin must quickly return to town for help. Then he vanishes, and Beth and police chief Gril learn that he’s been involved in some top-secret research. Next in Shelton’s LJ-starred ‘Alaska Wild’ series.”–Library Journal, Pre-Pub Alert