Bring your shelf to life with these reads
There are competing theories about how to pick the best books to read every month. We think it’s by going through our list of favourites. Whether you’re hunting for a book to console you, move you profoundly, get you all risqué or make you laugh, consider the recommendations below as your next book to read. Perhaps, one of them will end up becoming one of your favourites.
From paranormal fantasy to steamy romances, here are the best new books to read in December 2024.
The best new books to read in December 2024:
Under Loch and Key
Lana Ferguson
Fans of The Fake Mate, be prepared to lose sleep on one fine day in December. In this paranormal romance, a woman discovers that not all monsters are her enemy. When Keyanna gets rescued by the gorgeous, angry Scotsman, secrets start to collide and it becomes clear that Lachlan could hold the answers Keyanna is after.
Release Date: 3 December
The Last One
Rachel Howzell Hall
Fans of romantasy will devour this book instantly. Debut her first-ever romance fantasy, Rachel Howzell Hall is bringing an explosive and thrilling adventure about a woman who wakes up in the woods with no idea who she is or how she got there. But, once she meets the village’s blacksmith—a man who ignites her body like a flame—secrets starts to unravel.
Release Date: 3 December
Keep Me In Your Heart
Monica Murphy
Following the son of Crew and Wren for Murphy’s bestselling book A Million Kisses In Your Lifetime, this sizzling, spicy romance follows Rowan Lancaster as her falls for Arabella Hartley Thomas—a girl who he bickers and flirts with and someone who gets under his skin like no one else.
Release Date: 3 December
What The Woods Took
Courtney Gould
Terrifying yet thrilling, What The Woods Took follows a group of troubled teens in a wilderness therapy program who find themselves stranded in a forest full of monsters—inhuman faces and visions of people who shouldn’t be there appearing between the trees and leaves—eager to take their place. This book about transformation will have you on the edge of your seat.
Release Date: 10 December
What The Wife Knew
Darby Kane
From the author of the bestselling book, Pretty Little Wife, Darby Kane comes back with another horrifying and twisted thriller about a wife who’s trying to figure out who wanted to kill her husband twice before finally succeeding—because that was supposed to be her job. She planned to marry him and ruin him, but his unexpected death unravelled more than she expected.
Release Date: 10 December
North Is The Night
Emily Rath
In this dark, mythical fantasy, a young woman tries to defy the gods and mortals, living and dead, to save her lover when she is kidnapped into the underworld. This Finnish folklore-inspired book focuses on the theme that hope and love can conquer even death itself—even when a costly bargain needs to be made.
Release Date: 17 December
Definitely Better Now
Ava Robinson
Funny and deeply emotional, this contemporary book follows Emma, a recovering alcoholic who is trying to navigate sobriety and her complicated family dynamics—while discovering that life’s biggest messes are still waiting for her sober or not. Dark and relatable, this is a heartbreaking book that will leave you crying and laughing.
