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December 2021 Releases

Here is our list of notable new releases due for publication in December 2021 — 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
978-0399171215W. E. B. Griffin Rogue AssetAndrews, Brian12/7Putnam
978-1250783042The Witching TreeBlanchard, Alice12/7Minotaur
978-0062563262Sharpe's AssassinCornwell, Bernard12/7Harper
978-1982164805A History of Wild PlacesErnshaw, Shea12/7Atria Books
978-0593356210London Bridge Is Falling DownFowler, Christopher12/7Bantam
978-0358418634The Midnight HourGriffiths, Elly12/7Mariner
978-0063097148Bright Burning ThingsHarding, Lisa12/7Harper Via
978-0385537544The Hanged Man's TaleJay, Gerald12/7Nan A. Talese
978-1250274236The BallerinasKapelke-Dale, Rachel12/7St. Martin's
978-0063093577Beasts of a Little LandKim, Juhea12/7Ecco
978-1481424332The Veiled ThroneLiu, Ken12/7Saga Press
978-0425282922From a Dark HorizonMcCallin, Luke12/7Berkley
978-0063095724The Cat Who Saved BooksNatsukawa, Sosuke12/7Harper Via
978-1250184979Tell Me How to BePatel, Neel12/7Flatiron
978-1408866924The Mystery of the Sorrowful MaidenSaunders, Kate12/7Bloomsbury
978-0593330517White on WhiteSavas, Aysegul12/7Riverhead
978-1250796271Dark NightShelton, Paige12/7Minotaur
978-0385547123Murder Under Her SkinSpotswood, Stephen12/7Doubleday
978-1613162613Observations by GaslightFaye, Lyndsay12/14Mysterious Press
978-1250624819Silent ParadeHigashino, Keigo12/14Minotaur
978-1635577884Orphans of the StormImrie, Celia12/14Bloomsbury
978-0593534366The Fortune MenMohamed, Nadifa12/14Knopf
978-0778312116My Darling HusbandBelle, Kimberly12/28Park Row
978-1250187451A Man of HonorBradford, Barbara Taylor12/28St. Martin's
978-1496736246The Spanish DaughterHughes, Lorena12/28Kensington
978-0063119680The Replacement WifeKane, Darby12/28Morrow
978-1538718858The Paris DetectivePatterson, James12/28Grand Central
978-0593331729Criminal MischiefWoods, Stuart12/28Putnam

NONFICTION

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-0374175382The Impossible ArtAucoin, Matthew12/7FSG
978-0385545877Face the MusicDuchin, Peter12/7Doubleday
978-0143136040The Ballerina MindsetFairchild, Megan12/7Penguin Life
978-0062980892The Bright AgesGabriele, Matthew12/7Harper
978-1501125959Apparently There Were ComplaintsGless, Sharon12/7S&S
978-0374298357GarboGottlieb, Robert12/7FSG
978-0063030831Sea StateLasley, Tabitha12/7Ecco
978-1982166724Vivian Maier DevelopedMarks, Ann12/7Atria
978-1637582350For Such a Time as ThisMcEnany, Kayleigh12/7Post Hill
978-1250274649Profit and PunishmentMessenger, Tony12/7St. Martin's
978-0063213715Silenced No MoreRansome, Sarah12/7Harper One
978-0374539160The Death of My Father the PopeSilva, Obed12/7MCD
978-1250272393The Churchill SistersTrethewey, Dr. Rachel12/7St. Martin's
978-0593320099Out of OfficeWarzel, Charlie12/7Knopf
978-1324016816The Myth of ClosureBoss, Pauline12/14Norton
978-0393531664Breakfast with SenecaFideler, David12/14Norton
978-1250274663Agent SniperTate, Tim12/14St. Martin's
978-0316494373The Defense LawyerPatterson, James12/20Little, Brown
978-0593241400The Power of FunPrice, Catherine12/21Dial Press
978-0593328019Find Your Unicorn SpaceRodsky, Eve12/28Putnam

CHILDREN’S

TitleAuthorOn SaleImprint
978-1338726169Out of the FireContos, Andrea12/7Scholastic
978-1250756169Heart of the ImpalerDelacroix, Alexander12/7Swoon Reads
978-0063078598The Upper WorldFadugba, Femi12/7Harper Teen
978-1250805805If This Gets OutGonzales, Sophie & Cale Dietrich12/7Wednesday Books
978-0593465066Call Us What We CarryGorman, Amanda12/7Viking
978-1250252173The Big RevealLarsen, Jen12/7Clarion
978-1989365717The Last SheNelson, H J12/7Wattpad
978-0358467144How Not to Fall in LoveFirkins, Jacqueline12/21Clarion
978-0063071636Here's To UsAlbertalli, Becky12/28Quill Tree

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