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December 2019 Releases

Here is our list of notable new releases due for publication in December 2019 — in a format that includes imprint info, and allows you resort the list by clicking the up/down arrows. This selection is our editorial aggregation from a wide variety of sources including bookseller and librarian lists, wholesaler top buys, Publishers Lunch Buzz Books and seasonal forecasts, well-known authors, news items and more. Once published, you can find them listed in the New Releases section at Bookateria. Lists are available at PM looking forward two to three months for reference purposes, and are updated live as on-sale dates and other information changes. Click for October and November lists.

FICTION

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-1250157720Beating About the BushBeaton, M.C.12/3Minotaur
978-1250205711Trace of EvilBlanchard, Alice12/3Minotaur
978-0525542155GenesisCook, Robin12/3Putnam
978-0451488879Brewed AwakeningCoyle, Cleo12/3Berkley
978-1250197177When Old Midnight Comes AlongEstleman, Loren12/3Forge
978-0525542155The WivesFisher, Tarryn12/3Graydon House
978-1524743949Just Watch MeLindsay, Jeff12/3Dutton
978-0062899873The SacramentOlafson, Olaf12/3Ecco
978-0062892607OppoRosenstiel, Tom12/3Ecco
978-1250295217Thin IceShelton, Paige12/3Minotaur
978-0593099131A Madness of SunshineSingh, Nalini12/3Berkley
978-1641290760Winter GraveTursten, Helene12/3Soho Crime
978-0374276805Dead AstronautsVanderMeer, Jeff12/3MCD
978-1635574203This Is HappinessWilliams, Niall12/3Bloomsbury
978-0062913722AfricavilleColvin, Jeffrey12/10Amistad
978-1982121037The Book of Science and AntiquitiesKeneally, Thomas12/10Atria
978-1250178329Shatter the NightLittlejohn, Emily12/10Minotaur
978-0062660312The Wicked RedheadWilliams, Beatriz12/10Morrow
978-0062955852The NetworkShaw, L.C.12/17Harper
978-0778330776Good Girls LieEllison, J.T.12/30Mira Books
978-0525541905Such a Fun AgeReid, Kiley12/31Putnam

NONFICTION

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-1250307378Free MelaniaBennett, Kate12/3Flatiron
978-0358171713Fancy AF CocktailsMadix, Ariana12/3HMH
978-1250113917When Reagan Sent In the MarinesSloyan, Patrick12/3Thomas Dunne
978-0525522416Trump and His GeneralsBergen, Peter12/10Penguin
978-1984824943Wheat BellyDavis, William12/10Rodale
978-1631496394The Shadow of VesuviusDunn, Daisy12/10Liveright
978-1250199225How Not to DietGreger, Michael12/10Flatiron
978-0062915030Napkin FinanceHay, Tina12/30Dey Street
978-0062870803Body Love Every DayLeVeque, Kelly12/30Morrow
978-0525522812Radical CompassionBrach, Tara12/31Viking
978-0385544863Older, but Better, but OlderDe Maigret, Caroline & Sophie Mas12/31Doubleday
978-0358003328Tiny HabitsFogg, BJ12/31HMH
978-0806539362999Macadam, Heather Dune12/31Kensington
978-1984878502A Woman Makes a PlanMusk, Maye12/31Viking
978-1594205521The Power of BadTierney, John & Roy Baumeister12/31Penguin

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