Every new reading year kicks off with one of the most anticipated lineups in the book world: Book of the Month’s January picks. With publishers rolling out their biggest titles for the new year. Think debuts poised to explode, buzzy thrillers with movie rights already sold, and the kind of conversation starting fiction BOTM loves;…
Inside Man
If you know me, you know I love my police procedurals and I’ve been craving a strong detective/police procedural lately. I’ve been looking for something to tie me over until the next Karin Slaughter book comes out, and John McHahon’s upcoming release Inside Man was just what I wanted. In this sequel to Head Cases, John…
The Briars
Sarah Crouch returns with a lush, atmospheric thriller set deep in the misty mountains of the Pacific Northwest. The story follows Annie Heston, a young woman escaping a broken relationship who takes a job as a game warden in the secluded town of Lake Lumin. As she warns the community about a roaming cougar, Annie…
January 2026 Most Anticipated
Another year is almost upon us! January 2026 is set to kick off the literary year with an impressive lineup of new books, arriving so quickly it’s hard to believe how fast 2025 flew by. With beloved authors returning, breakout voices debuting bold new stories, and several highly anticipated sequels finally hitting shelves, the month…
Aardvark December 2025
December is here, which means it’s officially the season for twinkly lights, oversized mugs of tea, and most importantly my favorite time to curl up with a book and a blanket (if my kids let me). It’s also time for Aardvark Book Club’s final picks of the year. There’s something oddly comforting about stacking a…
December 2025 Book of the Month
The final books of the year have dropped from Book of the Month! Even though I like this month’s picks, I had a hard time deciding on which ones to add to my box. In part because I have copies of most of the books and the other half weren’t really on my radar. I…
A Box Full of Darkness
Violet, Vail, and Dodie return to the home they fled eighteen years earlier, summoned by the ghost of their long-missing brother, Ben, and his unsettling plea to “come home.” Fell, New York has always been a place where strange things happen: a mysterious drowning at the local motel, a young girl found dead by the…
December 2025 | BOTM Predictions
I honestly have no idea how December is going to look for BOTM. We do have a few repeat authors with picks coming out and I think we might see an early release from January. We also generally get a ‘look back’ option that tends to be a book that released earlier in the year…
December 2025 Aardvark Predictions
I’m going to be honest, I have no idea what we’re looking at for December picks. With December being a low publishing month and the tendency to pick a ‘lookback’ option or an option published earlier in the year, it’s a tossup what we’ll probably see. I’m hoping we at least get one Christmas/Holiday vibe…
December 2025 Most Anticipated
The last new releases for 2025 are coming soon. December is my favorite month of the year! I adore Christmas time and all the holiday celebrations. It’s also my favorite time to take time off work, and just binge read on the couch, with a warm fire going. Unfortunately, with 3 kids that’s not always…