11 best books of December, according to Amazon's editors

Looking for a holiday read for yourself or a gift for a voracious reader? These are the best new titles this month, hand-picked by Amazon's editors. Amazon’s editorial director of books and Kindle Sara Nelson tells us why they were chosen.

5. 'Me and the Devil: A Novel,' by Nick Tosches

New York Times bestselling author Tosches explores the dark side of love in this new novel about Nick, an aging New York writer whose mounting malaise is swept away by a stranger who reignites his senses to the world, both sexual and spiritual. But when Nick tries to sustain his intense rapture, he’s driven to a disturbing madness. “This is a wonderful book, but dark,” says Nelson. “It’s a love story of a very different kind, it has the kind of rage and dystopian vision of somebody like [Augustine] Burroughs…Gritty and a little dirty.”

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