Staff Picks for December 2025

What our staff is reading and loving this month! Click on the book cover to be taken directly to it’s MINERVA listing, where you can request a copy.

Brooke:

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

Man and woman with a christmas tree

Kate:

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Slow Horses by Mick Herron

waves       subway train

Sophie:

The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes

legs of a mother and child

Marlow:

Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

palm trees and sunset colors

Cheryl:

Lilac and the Switchback by Cordelia Jensen

back of a girl wearing a knapsack

Lisa:

Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

silhouette of a tree and a person

Kat:

Christmas Bells by Jennifer Chiaverini

sleigh in the snow