10 best books of December 2013, according to Amazon's editors

Looking for a good book for a holiday gift – for someone else or to yourself? These 10 titles are the best of December's new releases, according to the editors at Amazon.

6. 'Ten Years in the Tub,' by Nick Hornby

"Ten Years in the Tub" is a collection of the columns written by "High Fidelity" author Hornby for The Believer Magazine about what he reads. The columns aren't laundry lists but rather ruminations on subjects from shower gel to Celine Dion to the World Cup. "It's about how reading gets inside you in ways you didn't anticipate," says Nelson. "There's a reason [Hornby]'s as beloved as he is."

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