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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.

2. 'The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah,"' by Alan Light

鈥淲ho would write a biography of a song?鈥 asks Nelson. Alan Light, it turns out, and masterfully so. 鈥淗allelujah鈥 is just that 鈥 a biography of one of the most performed rock songs in history, from the hundreds of artists who鈥檝e performed it every year at 鈥渃ountless events both sacred and secular鈥 to the song鈥檚 unlikely origins. 鈥淚t captures the essence of a song and of the culture it was reflecting,鈥 says Nelson. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just so well done.鈥

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