10 books you should read in December, including Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit And Glamor Of An Icon

Also check out Outside Looking In: The Seriously Funny Life And Work Of George Carlin and A Dangerous Business from Pulitzer Prize-winner Jane Smiley

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10 books you should read in December, including Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit And Glamor Of An Icon
Clockwork from bottom left: No One Left To Come Looking For You (Image: Simon & Schuster); The Book of Everlasting Things (Image: Macmillan); Roses, In The Mouth Of A Lion (Image: Flatiron); Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit And Glamor Of An Icon (Image: Harper); How Far The Light Reaches (Image: Little, Brown); A Dangerous Business: A Novel (Image: Borzoi); 21-Hit Wonder: (Image: Matt Holt/BenBella); Outside Looking In: The Seriously Funny Life and Work of George Carlin (Image: Applause) Graphic: Libby McGuire

December brings a wave of new books just in time for the holiday shopping season. The A.V. Club has sorted through the best of these options to highlight 10 titles we’re most excited about, including the first authorized biography of screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, a nervy whodunit from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley, and an illuminating deep dive into the life of George Carlin, one of America’s most important comedians.

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How Far The Light Reaches: A Life In Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler (December 6, Little, Brown)
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Past a certain depth in the ocean, no natural light can penetrate. Journalist Sabrina Imbler’s How Far The Light Reaches is more than illuminating; it is incandescent. Across 10 deeply personal essays, each of which takes as its focal point a different marine creature—octopus, sperm whale, yeti crab—Imbler juxtaposes the beauty and horror of aquatic life with the beauty and horror of human experience, taking familiar concepts (body image, family dynamics, sexuality, consent) and exploring them in an astonishingly fresh light. Imbler’s prose is probing and nimble, taking the reader on unexpected journeys and bringing a jolt of energy to the realm of science writing.

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