I made a list a week ago with ROM-COMs for Christmas. This list is books about Christmas that is not rom-coms. Some are dark…some are funny! But I hope you enjoy!
Letter from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Man Who Invented Christmas by Les Standiford
The Usual Santas by various authors (Short story collection)
The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredik Backman
Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
The Valeancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories by Gregory Macguire
Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker
Comfort and Joy by Kristin Hannah
P.S. Your Car is Dead by James Kirkwood
The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
The Show Queen by Hans Christian Anderson
The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter (Children’s)
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
African American Christmas Stories by Bettye Collier-Thomas
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
A child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas (poetry)
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie
Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
The Night Before Christmas by Nikolai Gogol (not the one for children)
The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann
The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern
Celebrations: Ritual of Peace and Prayer by Maya Angelou
A Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd
Little Women by Louise May Alcott
Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Solva
The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
The True Saint Nicholas by William J. Bennett
Happy reading, Book Nerds!