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Can anyone recommend a great Christmas book for me to read, please (other than the Dickens Christmas books which are the only ones that spring to mind!)?
Thanks.
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham is a fun read. The movie is pretty good too, but I'd read before I watched.
Tracey wrote: "What genre Julie?"
I'm open to all genres, I would just like to find a nice Christmas read.
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris is Christmas themed. Definitely non-traditional and humorous and not a typical heartwarming Christmas story, but a lot of fun to read. :)
Some of these will be released next month, and I haven't read them all, but I thought I'd list them anyway to give you some options:The Gift - Cecelia Ahern
Knit the Season A Friday Night Knitting Club Novel - Kate Jacobs
The Stupidest Angel A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0 - Christopher Moore
An Idiot Girl's Christmas True Tales from the Top of the Naughty List - Laurie Notaro
You Better Not Cry Stories for Christmas - Augusten Burroughs
Let It Snow Three Holiday Stories - John Green etc.
A Redbird Christmas A Novel - Fannie Flagg
The Mitford Snowmen - Jan Karon
The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry
Visions of Sugar Plums - Janet Evanovich
Shakespeare's Christmas - Charlaine Harris
I just found one I think I'll add to my own TBR: how about The Christmas Pearl Summary: The matriarch of a family of belligerent idiots, Theodora finds her efforts at bringing them together for a South Carolina Christmas reunion have gone badly awry, until a very special someone uses Gullah magic and common sense to bring about a miracle.Sounds intriguing (short read 139 p.) :D
This is YA, I read it in Middle School and it made me cry like a baby: What Child Is This? A Christmas Story by Caroline B. Cooney. OMG what a sob fest. Then again, I had a tender heart back then. :-)
Debbie Macomber has a number of sappy romantic Christmas stories, many of which I have read and enjoyed. :O)
A few on my shelves...
Santa & Pete A Novel Of Christmas Present And Past
The Present
Christmas in Calico
The Gift
Tidings of Great Joy
Chicken Soup for the Soul The Book of Christmas Virtues Inspirational Stories to Warm the Heart
A Christmas Memory
I also second someone else's recommendation of Skipping Christmas by John Grisham. Loved the book, will not watch the movie.
*giggles* I've seen a couple of holiday book threads and many have missed Dickens.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss and The Night before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore. It's a tradition for me to read every holiday.
Little Women and Little House on the Prairie have holiday scenes.
Hogfather by Pratchett and The Polar Express are good.
Debbie Macomber has an series about angels who come to earth to help people for the month of December, they are kind of feel good stories. A lot of the titles have the word Angel in them (I'm not sure how many there are) and one is called Shirley Goodness And Mercy
A friend of mine got The Magical Christmas Cat and I just adore the name (Nalini Singh's story in it was good, but nothing is better than that title)
Any of the many Christmas books by Richard Paul Evans
The Christmas Box
The Gift A Novel
Finding Noel A Novel
Grace A Novel
The Christmas List A Novel
Also The Christmas Sweater by *gasp* Glenn Beck
I know, I know, ignore the fact that he wrote it. It is an awesome, touching Christmas story.
Hello Julie.I learned Wally Lamb has a new book coming out next month called Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story. It sounds like quirky fun.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Skipping Christmas (other topics)The Gift (other topics)
You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas (other topics)
A Redbird Christmas: A Novel (other topics)
An Idiot Girl's Christmas: True Tales from the Top of the Naughty List (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Truman Capote (other topics)Richard Paul Evans (other topics)
Nalini Singh (other topics)
Glenn Beck (other topics)
