the ultimate christmas reading list (more than your usual hallmark romance books)
created by sarahzera
last updated November, 2026
A Castle in the Clouds
Kerstin Gier
Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan
The Afterlife of Holly Chase
Cynthia Hand
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Murders
Stuart Douglas
Last Night at the Lobster
Stewart O'Nan
The Deal of a Lifetime
Fredrik Backman
The Night Before Christmas
Clement Clarke Moore
The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss
The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter
Jessica Harrison
The Cat of Yule Cottage
Lili Hayward
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
Rachel Cohn
The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily
Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily
Letters from Father Christmas
J.R.R. Tolkien
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Agatha Christie
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
E.T.A. Hoffmann
All Together for Christmas
Sarah Morgan
One More For Christmas
A Wedding In December
The Christmas Escape
Holiday Romance
Catherine Walsh
Snowed In
The Christmas Bookshop
Jenny Colgan
Almost Midnight
Rainbow Rowell
The Secret Christmas Bookshop (The Secret Bookshop, #1)
Cressida McLaughlin
A Winter in New York
Josie Silver
The Enchanted Sonata
Heather Dixon Wallwork
A Boy Called Christmas
Matt Haig
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