10 Excellent December Books

by Paul Kix

A winner: the stories are fascinating, the pages nearly turn themselves, and La Rochefoucauld is a true hero. Full review >

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by Fiona Mozley

Mozley’s instantaneous success—this debut landed straight on the 2017 Man Booker Prize shortlist—is a response to the... Full review >

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by Sam Shepard

The story is modest, the poetry superb. A most worthy valediction. Full review >

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by Peter Lovesey

Through it all, Lovesey moves from one dexterously nested puzzle to the next with all the confidence of a magician who knows... Full review >

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by Daniel Ellsberg

Especially timely given the recent saber-rattling not from Russia but North Korea and given the apparent proliferation of... Full review >

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by Yan Lianke ; translated by Carlos Rojas

Inspired, one imagines, by the terrible headlines of famine, climate change, and simple uncertainty; Yan draws on the... Full review >

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edited by Corie Weaver & Sean Weaver

This stellar collection will appeal to both teens and grown-ups who dream of future worlds. Full review >

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by Emma Mills

The course of true love never did run smooth, but in the case of these two lovers, the journey is worth your while. Full review >

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by Val McDermid

McDermid keeps all three of these pots simmering, raising the heat in agonizingly tiny increments, until she’s ready for a... Full review >

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by Karl Sigmund

Many readers will agree that we are currently living in “demented times,” and Sigmund adeptly lays out a history that has... Full review >

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