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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鈥檚 editorial director of books and Kindle Sara Nelson tells us why they were chosen.

7. 'Better Living Through Plastic Explosives,' by Zsuzsi Gartner

This sharp collection of postmodernist short stories skewers and satirizes every facet of modern life, from war photography to evolution to suburbia to terrorism. Like each of the other stories, Gartner鈥檚 lacerating take on a fancy cul-de-sac turned upside down by a new redneck neighbor exposes our truths and prejudices with hilarity. 鈥淭here鈥檚 not one sentence to describe what this is about,鈥 says Nelson. 鈥淭here鈥檚 a certain kind of energy and soulfulness to it... It鈥檚 unconventional. It knocked people鈥檚 socks off.鈥

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