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December 2024 New Releases

Check out the top adult titles chosen monthly by library staff across the country.

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  • Rosie writes romance novels and listens to Taylor Swift on loop. Aiden is a literary fiction writer who doesn't believe in happy endings. They're about to write a book together—what could go wrong? 'The Hating Game' meets 'Beach Read' in…
    BookNew York : Alcove Press, 2024. — FIC HOLT
  • A suspenseful dark comedy about a struggling writer who wakes up to find his date from the night before dead—and must then decide how far he’s willing to go to spin the misadventure into his next big book.
    eBookGrand Central Publishing, 2024
  • Wealthy New Yorker Sylvie Devereaux agrees to a $10 million deal to marry broody Scottish billionaire Killian Barclay as part of his family’s scheme to manipulate their family trust, but soon finds herself torn between love and betrayal.
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2024. — FIC CATE
  • At 90, Eddie Winston has lived a full life but never had his first kiss. When he meets grieving 24-year-old Bella at a charity shop, their unlikely friendship sparks an adventure to help Eddie find love and remind them both it's never too…
    eBookHarperCollins, 2024
  • A decadently macabre, dark, and twisty gothic debut set in 19th-century Scotland—when real-life serial killers Burke and Hare terrorized the streets of Edinburgh—follows a young medical student lured into the illicit underworld of body…
    eBookKensington Books, 2024
  • Two hearts circle each other in the eye of the storm in this highly-anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller, 'The Hurricane Wars'—prepare for more enemies-to-lovers romance, magical adventures, and political schemes in this…
    BookNew York, NY : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — FIC GUANZON
  • In this atmospheric southern cozy debut, Madeline Brimley returns to the eccentric bookstore she inherited in small-town Georgia, only to face arson, threats, and murder. As suspicion falls on her, Madeline must unravel deadly secrets to…
    eBookSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2024
  • Claudia Lin, a mystery novel fan turned dating detective, uncovers a deadly AI conspiracy within corporate matchmaking platforms. As she navigates romance, betrayal, and her brother's potential entanglement, Claudia races to expose the…
    BookNew York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. — FIC PEK
  • Two bold young women defy the gods and mortals, living and dead, in this darkly mythical, Finnish folklore-inspired fantasy duology.
    BookNew York, NY : Erewhon, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp., [2025] — FIC RATH
  • Keru and Nate, college sweethearts from clashing cultural backgrounds, face family tensions during vacations with their in-laws. Amid awkward visits and unexpected guests, they grapple with big questions about marriage, family, and keeping…
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, 2024. — FIC WANG
  • Sparks fly when Ada and Rian just-so-happen to find themselves at the same charity gala—but there’s something rotten behind the sparkling gowns and dazzling wealth on display. This heist turned rom-com from New York Times bestselling…
    eBookAstra Publishing House, 2024
  • Sisters in Science

    How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History

    Campbell, Olivia (Journalist),
    In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought. But after the Nazis took power, Jewish and female citizens were forced out of their academic positions. Hedwig Kohn, Lise Meitner, Hertha Sponer and Hildegard Stücklen were eminent…
    BookToronto, Ontario, Canada : Park Row Books, [2024] — 530.0925 CAMPBEL