December 2024 Adult Top 10 Picks

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  1. What the Wife Knew
    by Darby Kane
    William Morrow
    Dec 10, 2024
    Hardback
    What the Wife Knew
    by Darby Kane
    William Morrow
    Dec 10, 2024
    Hardback

    Darby Kane, author of the #1 international bestseller Pretty Little Wife, returns with another twisty domestic thriller about a wife wondering who tried to kill her husband twice before finally succeeding… because that was supposed to be her job.

    Dr. Richmond Dougherty is a renowned pediatric surgeon, an infamous tragedy survivor, and a national hero. He’s also very dead—thanks to a fall down the stairs. His neighbors angrily point a finger at the newest Ms. Dougherty, Addison. The sudden marriage to the mysterious young woman only lasted ninety-seven days, and he’d had two suspicious “accidents” during that time. Now Addison is a very rich widow.

    As law enforcement starts to circle in on Addison and people in town become increasingly hostile, sides are chosen with Kathryn, Richmond’s high school sweetheart, wife number one, and the mother of his children, leading the fray. Despite rising tensions, Addison is even more driven to forge ahead on the path she charted years ago…

    Determined at all costs to unravel Richmond’s legacy, she soon becomes a target—with a shocking note left on her bedroom wall: You will pay. But it will take a lot more than faceless threats to stop Addison. Her plan to marry Richmond then ruin him may have been derailed by his unexpected death, but she’s not done with him yet.

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  2. Stuart Woods' Golden Hour
    by Brett Battles
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
    Dec 03, 2024
    FICTION / Action & Adventure
    Hardback
    Stuart Woods' Golden Hour
    by Brett Battles
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
    Dec 03, 2024
    FICTION / Action & Adventure
    Hardback
    Former CIA operative Teddy Fay returns for another heart-pounding Hollywood-fueled adventure in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling series.

    Teddy Fay is ready to embark on the European press tour of Peter Barrington’s latest film Storm’s Eye, when he receives an unexpected visit from Lance Cabot, director of the CIA. Several CIA agents have been turning up dead. The commonality? They were all part of a mission Teddy was involved in: Golden Hour. Lance wants Teddy to use his trip as a cover to investigate who is behind these killings.

    From Venice and Budapest to their last stop at a film festival in Berlin, Teddy must dodge excited fans, enamored women, and a few too many assassins who seem dead set on tracking down Golden Hour agents. And if Teddy doesn’t work fast enough, his identity—and life—might just be the next target in the killer’s ruthless plot for revenge.
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  3. Tom Clancy Defense Protocol
    by Brian Andrews
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
    Dec 03, 2024
    FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense
    Hardback
    Tom Clancy Defense Protocol
    by Brian Andrews
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
    Dec 03, 2024
    FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense
    Hardback
    The stakes are sky-high when a power-mad Chinese president threatens Taiwan in the #1 New York Times bestselling Jack Ryan series.

    For decades, Taiwan has been a thorn in the side of the Chinese government. An independent nation to the rest of the world, it is considered a rogue province by the PRC. Previous governments have tried to conquer the island using economic force and diplomatic pressure, but new Chinese President Li Jian Jun is done fooling around. He’s devised a secret military operation to take the island. Only one man knows how to stop Li’s mad and bloody plan for reunification and that’s Minister of Defense Qin Haiyu. Fearing for his life and the safety of his family, Qin covertly makes contact with the CIA in Beijing and signals his desire to defect to the West.

    To get Qin out, John Clark creates an international task force reminiscent of Rainbow Six and goes undercover in mainland China. Meanwhile, Lt. Commander Katie Ryan is deployed to the tip of the spear on the destroyer USS Jason Dunham to defend Taiwan. Threatened by an encircling Chinese armada, she’s under pressure to find a flaw in the invaders’ plan for her father to exploit.

    For his part, President Jack Ryan may have the power of the entire US military at his disposal, but what he really needs are Li’s secret plans from Defense Minister Qin so he can stave off a war. Because America’s Defense Protocol could lead to a game of mutual destruction that could cost the lives of thousands of young soldiers, sailors, special operators as well as his daughter.
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  4. Wind and Truth
    by Brandon Sanderson
    Tor Books
    Dec 06, 2024
    FICTION / Fantasy / Epic
    Hardback
    Wind and Truth
    by Brandon Sanderson
    Tor Books
    Dec 06, 2024
    FICTION / Fantasy / Epic
    Hardback

    The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive—the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece that has sold more than 10 million copies, from acclaimed bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.

    Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare—and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium’s place has thrown everything into disarray.

    Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide—Adolin in Azir, Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah in Thaylenah. The former assassin, Szeth, must cleanse his homeland of Shinovar from the dark influence of the Unmade. He is accompanied by Kaladin, who faces a new battle helping Szeth fight his own demons . . . and who must do the same for the insane Herald of the Almighty, Ishar.

    At the same time, Shallan, Renarin, and Rlain work to unravel the mystery behind the Unmade Ba-Ado-Mishram and her involvement in the enslavement of the singer race and in the ancient Knights Radiant killing their spren. And Dalinar and Navani seek an edge against Odium’s champion that can be found only in the Spiritual Realm, where memory and possibility combine in chaos. The fate of the entire Cosmere hangs in the balance.

    Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson

    The Cosmere
    The Stormlight Archive
    The Way of Kings
    Words of Radiance
    Edgedancer (novella)
    Oathbringer
    Dawnshard (novella)
    Rhythm of War

    The Mistborn Saga
    The Original Trilogy
    Mistborn
    The Well of Ascension
    The Hero of Ages

    Wax & Wayne
    The Alloy of Law
    Shadows of Self
    The Bands of Mourning
    The Lost Metal

    Other Cosmere novels
    Elantris
    Warbreaker
    Tress of the Emerald Sea
    Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
    The Sunlit Man

    Collection
    Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection

    Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
    Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
    The Scrivener's Bones
    The Knights of Crystallia
    The Shattered Lens
    The Dark Talent
    Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (with Janci Patterson)

    Other novels
    The Rithmatist
    Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
    The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

    Other books by Brandon Sanderson

    The Reckoners
    Steelheart
    Firefight
    Calamity
    Lux (with Steven Michael Bohls)

    Skyward
    Skyward
    Starsight
    Cytonic
    Skyward Flight (with Janci Patterson)
    Defiant

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  5. Locked In
    by Jussi Adler-Olsen
    Dutton
    Dec 03, 2024
    FICTION / Thrillers / Crime
    Hardback
    Locked In
    by Jussi Adler-Olsen
    Dutton
    Dec 03, 2024
    FICTION / Thrillers / Crime
    Hardback
    The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling Department Q series comes to a thrilling conclusion when the team must turn inward to solve the cold case that has put their own leader behind bars, a place where his enemies are plentiful and time is quickly running out.

    On the day after Christmas, head of Department Q, Detective Carl Mørck, finds himself handcuffed in a police car headed for Copenhagen's Vestre prison. After fifteen years, a violent case from his past has caught up with him. Charges of drug trafficking and murder threaten to destroy his life and career. But he is being framed. Someone has a million-dollar bounty on his head to make sure he doesn't talk, putting him in grave danger among the prison's incarcerated criminals and corrupt officers. The question that remains is, Why?

    Carl's colleagues at the Copenhagen Police Department instantly turn their backs on him, leaving the ever-loyal Department Q team as his only hope. In search of answers, Rose, Assad, and Gordon must disobey direct orders from way up the chain to try to unravel case. With only one another to trust and Carl's battle against the unknown mastermind's henchmen worsening by the day, they must work faster than ever before if they are to clear his name—and save his life.
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  6. Bellevue
    by Robin Cook
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
    Dec 03, 2024
    FICTION / Horror
    Hardback
    Bellevue
    by Robin Cook
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
    Dec 03, 2024
    FICTION / Horror
    Hardback
    From the bestselling author and "master of the medical thriller" (The New York Times), Robin Cook, comes a new tale of suspense-horror about a first-year resident whose life-shattering visions reveal the truth behind some of the greatest medical advances in the history of medicine.

    Twenty-three-year-old Michael “Mitt” Fuller starts his surgical residency with great anticipation at the nearly three-hundred-year-old, iconic Bellevue Hospital, following in the footsteps of four previous, celebrated Fuller generations. The pressure is on for this newly minted doctor, and to his advantage he’s always had a secret sixth sense, a sensitivity to the nonphysical. But quickly one patient after another assigned to his care begin to die from mysterious causes. As he tries to juggle these inexplicable deaths with the demands of being a first-year resident, things rapidly spiral out of control.

    Visions begin to plague Mitt—visions of a little girl in a bloodstained dress, bloodcurdling screams in the distance, and worse. As bodies mount and Mitt’s stress level rises, he finds himself drawn to the monumental, abandoned Bellevue Psychopathic Hospital building, which to his astonishment has somehow defied the wrecking-ball and still stands a few doors north of the modern Bellevue Hospital high-rise. Forcing an unauthorized entry into this storied but foreboding structure, Mitt discovers he’s more closely tied to the sins of the past than he ever thought possible.
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  7. The Let Them Theory
    by Mel Robbins
    Hay House LLC
    Dec 24, 2024
    SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success
    Hardback
    The Let Them Theory
    by Mel Robbins
    Hay House LLC
    Dec 24, 2024
    SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success
    Hardback
    New York Times Bestselling Author. Millions of books sold worldwide!

    A Life-Changing Tool Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About


    What if the key to happiness, success, and love was as simple as two words?

    If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. Two simple words—Let Them—will set you free. Free from the opinions, drama, and judgments of others. Free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you. The Let Them Theory puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands—and this book will show you exactly how to do it.

    In her latest groundbreaking book, The Let Them Theory, Mel Robbins—New York Times Bestselling Author and one of the world's most respected experts on motivation, confidence, and mindset—teaches you how to stop wasting energy on what you can't control and start focusing on what truly matters: YOU. Your happiness. Your goals. Your life.

    Using the same no-nonsense, science-backed approach that's made The Mel Robbins Podcast a global sensation, Robbins explains why The Let Them Theory is already loved by millions and how you can apply it in eight key areas of your life to make the biggest impact. Within a few pages, you'll realize how much energy and time you've been wasting trying to control the wrong things—at work, in relationships, and in pursuing your goals—and how this is keeping you from the happiness and success you deserve.

    Written as an easy-to-understand guide, Robbins shares relatable stories from her own life, highlights key takeaways, relevant research and introduces you to world-renowned experts in psychology, neuroscience, relationships, happiness, and ancient wisdom who champion The Let Them Theory every step of the way.

    Learn how to:

    • Stop wasting energy on things you can't control
    • Stop comparing yourself to other people
    • Break free from fear and self-doubt
    • Release the grip of people's expectations
    • Build the best friendships of your life
    • Create the love you deserve
    • Pursue what truly matters to you with confidence
    • Build resilience against everyday stressors and distractions
    • Define your own path to success, joy, and fulfillment
    ...and so much more.

    The Let Them Theory will forever change the way you think about relationships, control, and personal power. Whether you want to advance your career, motivate others to change, take creative risks, find deeper connections, build better habits, start a new chapter, or simply create more happiness in your life and relationships, this book gives you the mindset and tools to unlock your full potential.

    Order your copy of The Let Them Theory now and discover how much power you truly have. It all begins with two simple words.
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  8. Where the Creek Bends
    by Linda Lael Miller
    Canary Street Press
    Dec 31, 2024
    FICTION / Romance / Time Travel
    Hardback
    Where the Creek Bends
    by Linda Lael Miller
    Canary Street Press
    Dec 31, 2024
    FICTION / Romance / Time Travel
    Hardback
    From acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller comes a beautifully rendered timeslip novel about the family we create for ourselves…

    Madison Bettencourt has tried to assemble all the pieces of a perfect life, but nothing fits quite the way it should. She’s moved back home to Montana to care for her grandmother, who is slipping further and further away. And she’s called off her wedding, and worries her dreams of a family are fading with it.

    As Madison rattles around her family home, childhood memories come flooding back. Bliss Morgan transformed eight-year-old Madison with her loyalty, and for a while, the two girls were as close as can be. But Madison never understood why Bliss suddenly vanished, leaving only a friendship bracelet and a message etched into a matchbook.

    Before she can begin again, Madison must uncover what happened to Bliss, and Liam McKettrick—a widowed dad trying to repair his relationship with his two children—becomes her unlikely ally. He, too, understands the pang of regret. Yet there are mysteries that Madison hesitates to explore with anyone, and strange energies in Bettencourt Hall that blur the lines between past and present.

    Poignant and utterly captivating, Where the Creek Bends shows that finding yourself begins with following your heart, no matter where it leads.

    Perfect for fans of:
    • Second Chances
    • Family Drama
    • Small Town settings
    • Susan Mallery, Nicolas Sparks and Ashley Poston

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  9. Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love
    by Marianne Cronin
    Harper Perennial
    Dec 31, 2024
    Hardback
    Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love
    by Marianne Cronin
    Harper Perennial
    Dec 31, 2024
    Hardback

    The author of the beloved international hit The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot returns with a funny, uplifting story about the power of friendship and finding love in unexpected places.

    Eddie Winston is 90 years old. He has lived and he has loved, but he has never been kissed.

    A true gentleman and incurable romantic, Eddie spends his days volunteering at a charity shop, where he sorts through the donations of the living and the dead, preserving letters and tokens of love along the way. And it is here that he meets Bella, a troubled young woman who, at 24 years old, has just lost the love of her life.

    When Bella learns that Eddie is yet to have his first kiss, she resolves to help Eddie Winston finally find love, sparking an adventure that will take them to unexpected places and, they hope, bring Eddie Winston to the moment he has waited for all his life.

    A tale of friendship and kindness that reminds us that those we love are never forgotten and it is never too late to try again.

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  10. Open When
    by Dr. Julie Smith
    HarperOne
    Dec 31, 2024
    Hardback
    Open When
    by Dr. Julie Smith
    HarperOne
    Dec 31, 2024
    Hardback

    Clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Julie Smith (@drjulie) returns with this highly anticipated handbook full of “break in case of emergency” advice for dealing with mental health challenges in the moment they occur.

    In this essential guide, Dr. Julie teaches her millions of readers and clients how to navigate life’s toughest occurrences while they’re happening, rather than moments or years after the fact. What if we can learn to harness our emotions and stay present so we can process and choose how to respond to a situation?

    Picking up where Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before? leaves off, Dr. Julie shares the research-backed concepts and powerful skills we can use to weather our most vulnerable moments. Learn how to move through any situation with grace, including:

    • When it’s hard to be with yourself: facing vulnerability alone, dealing with your inner critic, and handling imposter syndrome.
    • When it’s hard to be with other people: dealing with betrayal and knowing what to do when you (or your parents) got it wrong.
    • When it’s hard to be with your feelings: coping with loneliness, fear, and hopelessness
    • When you’re healing from the past: getting out of a trauma response and learning how to stop ruminating about old events.
    • When you’re looking to the future: preventing making the same mistakes, tackling uncertainty, and finding your path.

    Open When teaches each of us to find and listen to the positive voice within when we need it most, and to care for our future selves and our mental health.

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