Brace Your Shelves for December Releases
Brace yourselves for the cold front of winter and your shelves for several cool end-of-the-year releases! Does anyone else feel like we just started 2022?! I remember kicking off the year with Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez, and now I’m hoping to end my year with a couple of my anticipated December releases.
Usually, December is a pretty slow, reflective month, outside of the holiday hustle and bustle, but I’ve come across a few upcoming books that you might be interested in wrapping your year up with, too!
The Union by Leah Vernon
Pub Date: 12/1/2022
A thousand years in the future, a Black elite class reigns. Among the Elites is eighteen-year-old Avi Jore, born to a powerful father and destined to rule. But as she comes of age, Avi cannot help but notice the injustices in her world. Her disillusionment grows when she meets Saige Wilde, a mixed-race enslaved girl whose only goal is escaping. Saige saves Avi from an assassination attempt, intertwining their paths in ways they never imagined. Saige plots her path to freedom, Avi tries to enact change from the inside — together, their efforts could spark a revolution.
A Dash of Salt & Pepper by Kosoko Jackson
Pub Date: 12/6/2022
Xavier Reynolds is fresh out of a break-up and passed over for a fellowship, and the last thing he wants to do is work for the hot, single-father chef, Logan OHare. Stuck between a stove and a hot place, Logan and Xavier discover an unexpected connection. But when the heat between them threatens to top the Scoville scale, they'll have to decide if they can make their relationship work or if life has seasoned them too differently.
The Many Dates of Indigo by Amber D. Samuel
Pub Date: 12/6/2022
Thirty is on the horizon and Indigo is feeling the pressure about one thing she hasn't yet mastered: a healthy, long-term relationship. She needs a man that can fit in with her entrepreneurial life, big family, and mesh with her friends, including her childhood best friend, Nate. Can Indigo let go of past hurts and unrealistic expectations and finally admit to herself that her perfect man has been in front of her the whole time?
Feelin: Creative Power, Pleasure, and Black Feminist Thought by Bettina Judd
Pub Date: 12/15/2022
An interdisciplinary conversation between visual artists, musicians, the rigors of Black poetics, and of Black feminist theory in accessible, feelin-first language and multimedia environments. This timely work contextualizes Black women’s interiors, demonstrating how Black women’s creativity and “feelins” are critical landscapes for revolutionary thought and theory.
Someone Had to Do It by Amber Brown & Danielle Brown
Pub Date: 12/27/2022
Brandi Maxwell is an intern at a prestigious New York fashion house Simon Van Doren and is a bit of a fangirl over Simon’s It-girl daughter, Taylor. Taylor has everything until her father threatens to deny her of all her inheritance if she fails another drug test. But Taylor deserves her money and is willing to do anything to make sure she receives it. All she needs is the perfect person to take the fall…