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Christmas books

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Triostar · 05/11/2022 18:26

Hi All

Can anyone recommend some good Christmas books please (for an adult)? From about December I get the urge to read festive books but haven't always been lucky with my choices! Over the last few years I read Call of the Pengiuns/Away with the Penguins which I really didn't like (not sure why I read both tbh) The Snow Child (quite liked) Christmas Carol, A Laurie Lee one and Red Bird Christmas by Fannie Flagg which I enjoyed. I am not a fan of spookiness or the Christmas-at-the -seaside-cafe/will they won't they type books. A Winter Solstice by Roasmund Pilcher is currently 99p on kindle so will buy that but I read a lot so would quite like a few to choose from....

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TheOpportuneMoment · 11/11/2022 21:24

The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gaarder. It's a children's/YA book but I remember it being magical at Christmas time.

antipodeancanary · 11/11/2022 21:15

Children's again, but I loved The Christmas Pig - JK Rowling

Dijobengram · 11/11/2022 20:56

Is 'You & Me on Vacation' suitable for 16 year old granddaughter Pease?

ArabeI · 10/11/2022 20:50

We've struggled to come up with Christmas-themed books in our book club, but, over the years, we have read Winter Solstice and also those compendiums of Christmas ghost or detective short stories. Those were quite enjoyable.

123ZYX · 10/11/2022 20:37

I always The Hogfather by terry Pratchett. It's fine if you haven't read any other discworld books.

Letters from Santa by Tolkien isn't aimed at adults, but I like it anyway - it's a collection of letters he wrote to his children "from Santa".

A Christmas Carol by dickens is an obvious one. I kept putting it off thinking it would be hard work, but really enjoyed it. The penguin Clothbound classics version (possibly other penguin versions as well) has some of his other rioting about Christmas which is also lovely

CatChant · 10/11/2022 20:36

These are children’s books but are still loved by this adult and many others judging by the children’s classics thread:

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Children of Green Knowe by Lucy M Boston
Come Back Lucy by Pamela Sykes
The Box of Delights by John Masefield
Cold Christmas by Nina Beachcroft

Decorhate · 10/11/2022 20:26

Haven’t read it yet but The Keepsake Quilters Kindle version is also on sale at 99p. Seems to have a festive theme. By Felicity Hayes-McCoy.

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Triostar · 10/11/2022 20:22

Thank you for the recommendations @ChessieFL and @OneFrenchEgg I will look at those ones.

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Triostar · 10/11/2022 20:20

I also read the Winternight Triolgy a few years ago which despite saying I didn't like spookiness was spookyish. Its not set at Christmas but is set in Northern Russia, so its cold and wintery.

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OneFrenchEgg · 09/11/2022 22:22

Oooh you just reminded me I bought this last year

PritiPatelsMaker · 09/11/2022 20:27

Blatantly placemarking @Triostar as I like reading Christmas type books as well and loved the Snow Child and A Christmas Carol.

ChessieFL · 05/11/2022 18:28

My favourite Christmas book is Mr Dickens And His Carol by Samantha Silva. It’s a fictionalised story based around Dickens writing A Christmas Carol. I reread it every year.

KangarooKenny · 05/11/2022 18:28

Was going to say Winter Solstice. I’m reading it now, again !

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Triostar · 05/11/2022 18:27

Sorry meant to say thanks also.

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