It’s bigger than Santa, it’s bigger than the Super Bowl…it’s Editors’ Choice! The full list is a highlight of our December issue, but every winter, Booklist editors gather ‘round the podcast mic and share some of their favorites from the list. Prepare your TBR piles, because we’ve got a little something for every reader.

Here’s what we talked about:

Donna:

The Phoebe Variations, by Jane Hamilton

The Invention of Charlotte Brontë: A New Life, by Graham Watson

Mother Mary Comes to Me, by Arundhati Roy

Song of Ancient Lovers, by Laura Restrepo. Translated By Caro De Robertis

Annie:

Heart the Lover, by Lily King

Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America, by Sean Sherman and others

Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook, by Samin Nosrat. Illustrated by Aya Brackett

All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now, by Ruby Tandoh

Susan:

The Listeners, by Maggie Stiefvater

The View from Lake Como, by Adriana Trigiani

The Filling Station, by Vanessa Miller

Heather:

Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz. Read by Em Grosland

How to Dodge a Cannonball, by Dennard Dayle. Read by William DeMeritt

Songs for Other People’s Weddings, by David Levithan and Jens Lekman. Read by Jefferson Mays

The Dead of Summer, by Ryan La Sala. Read by Pete Cross and others

Soundtrack, by Jason Reynolds. Read by Nile Bullock and others

Sarah:

The Witch in the Tower, by Júlia Sardà. Illustrated by the author

Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (a Love Story), by Deborah Heiligman

More Weight: A Salem Story, by Ben Wickey. Art by the author

Angelica and the Bear Prince, by Trung Le Nguyen. Art by the author

Julia:

Bad Badger: A Love Story, by Maryrose Wood. Illustrated by Giulia Ghigini

The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest, by Aubrey Hartman. Illustrated by Marcin Minor

The Dark Times of Nimble Nottingham, by Ryan James Black

Scarlet Morning, by ND Stevenson. Illustrated by the author

Graciela in the Abyss, by Meg Medina. Illustrated by Anna Balbusso and Elena Balbusso

Xolo, by Donna Barba Higuera. Illustrated by Mariana Ruiz Johnson

Ronny:

The Bi Book, by A. J. Irving. Illustrated by Cynthia Alonso

Kelly:

Fable for the End of the World, by Ava Reid

A Fix of Light, by Kel Menton

One of the Boys, by Victoria Zeller

They Bloom at Night, by Trang Thanh Tran

Scarlet Morning, by ND Stevenson. Illustrated by the author

Saint Catherine, by Anna Meyer. Art by the author