Amazon's First Reads for December 2021

Amazon has released the choices for December 2021's First Reads.

First Reads, which is free to join, provides early access to editors' picks from Amazon Publishing.

It enables you to choose one Kindle book this month for $1.99 (or for free if you're a Prime member).

Amazon First Reads is available in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada.

Click on the title to visit each book's Amazon listing.

• Murder at Teal's Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks, by David Bushman and Mark T. Givens (true crime)

• Half in Shadow, by Gemma Liviero (historical fiction)

• The Intangible, by C.J. Washington (family drama)

• No Way Back, by J. B. Turner (thriller)

• The Taste of Ginger, by Mansi Shah  (book club fiction)

• The Paid Bridesmaid, by Sariah Wilson (romantic comedy)

• Through the Banks of the Red Cedar, by Maya Washington (memoir)

• My Grandma's Photos, written by Özge Bahar Sunar, illustrated by Senta Urgan, and translated by Amy Marie Spangler (children’s picture book)