10 best books of December 2014 as selected by Amazon's editors

Check out what Amazon staff chose as the best titles being released this month.

7. 'Skylight,' by José Saramago

Nobel Prize winner Saramago's novel is translated into English for the first time by Margaret Jull Costa. The novel looks at the lives of the residents of a Lisbon apartment building, from an elderly married couple who offer shelter to a drifter to a former prostitute living with a rich man. "Their lives clash and are parallel in interesting ways," says Nelson.

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