For Your Consideration: December 2023 LibraryReads Titles

Download, read, and vote for your favorite December titles for the December 2023 LibraryReads list!

Votes due November 1!

ALL THE HIDDEN PATHS by Foz Meadows
9781250829306 | 12/5/23
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“Meadows’s masterful follow-up to A STRANGE AND STUBBORN ENDURANCE skillfully combines elements of fantasy, romance, and political thriller in a complex queernorm world… Speaking thoughtfully to real-life questions of identity, and the vulnerability that goes along with visibility, this fantasy adventure wows.”–Publishers Weekly

THE CURSE OF PENRYTH HALL by Jess Armstrong
9781250886019 | 12/5/23
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“Winner of the Mystery Writers of America First Novel Crime Award, Armstrong’s entrancing historical debut delivers an elegantly crafted, supernatural-tinged plot that evokes the best of Barbara Michaels, with nods to Conan Doyle’s The Hound of Baskervilles… Readers who like their historical mysteries embellished with plenty of gothic ambience and enhanced with an abundance of dry wit will adore this splendid debut.”–Library Journal, starred review

HERE IN THE DARK by Alexis Soloski
9781250882943 | 12/5/23
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“Debut author Soloski, an award-winning theater critic who truly understands all elements of storytelling and drama, has penned a well-paced and artfully done novel… [T]he setting in the theater world by an author who is an insider there will undoubtedly be a draw for those who also enjoy the craft of acting and drama.”–Booklist

LOST HOURS by Paige Shelton
9781250846617 | 12/5/23
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“Having settled in Alaska to elude a would-be kidnapper, Beth Rivers—known to her fans as thriller author Elizabeth Fairchild—is aboard a ship cruising among the glaciers when the captain spots a bloodied woman waving from a remote island. The woman claims that she was kidnapped in Juneau, where she’s in the witness protection program, and that her captor was killed by a bear. Another kidnapping, and Beth’s deft investigating, follow.”–Library Journal Pre Pub Alert

ON THE PLUS SIDE by Jenny L. Howe
9781250837882 | 12/26/23
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“Howe (THE MAKE-UP TEST) dazzles with this pitch-perfect rom-com about learning to love oneself at any size… Timely, humorous, and heartfelt, this exceptional tale of self-acceptance deserves a place on every romance lover’s shelf.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review

YOURS FOR THE TAKING by Gabrielle Korn
9781250283368 | 12/5/23
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“Korn makes her fiction debut with an alluring story of a feminist dystopia… Korn’s conceits are as provocative as her characters are well-rounded. Readers will eat up this distinctive work of climate fiction.”–Publishers Weekly