Best New Books: Week of December 1, 2020

The following books, published this week, received starred reviews in Booklist. Want to read our starred reviews before the books go on sale? Subscribe to Booklist!

Adult Fiction

★ The Art of Violence, by S. J. Rozan

★ Big Girl, Small Town, by Michelle Gallen

★ The Blade Between, by Sam J. Miller

★ Bone Chase, by Weston Ochse

★ The Dead of Winter, by S. J. Parris

★ Eddie’s Boy, by Thomas Perry

★ How to Catch a Queen, by Alyssa Cole

★ Lazarus, by Lars Kepler and translated by Neil Smith

★ Memories in the Drift, by Melissa Payne

★ The Opium Prince, by Jasmine Aimaq

★ Perestroika in Paris, by Jane Smiley

★ Perestroika in Paris, by Jane Smiley

★ Second Chance on Cypress Lane, by Reese Ryan

★ When a Rogue Meets His Match, by Elizabeth Hoyt

Adult Nonfiction

★ The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person, by Frederick Joseph

★ Black Futures, by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham

★ Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good, by Tina Turner

★ It’s Never Too Late: Make the Next Act of Your Life the Best Act of Your Life, by Kathie Lee Gifford

★ Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America, by Michael Eric Dyson

Youth Fiction

★ Girl Giant and the Monkey King, by Van Hoang

★ It Only Happens in the Movies, by Holly Bourne

★ A Sky beyond the Storm, by Sabaa Tahir

★ The Smartest Kid in the Universe, by Chris Grabenstein

Youth Nonfiction

★ Building Zaha: The Story of Architect Zaha Hadid, by Victoria Tentler-Krylov