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What books did you get for Christmas?

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Georgiemc · 26/12/2025 18:52

I received The Safekeep by Yael van de Wouden and Heart the Lover by Lily King

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BuffysBigSister · 27/12/2025 08:48

A friend from NZ sent me Prey by Vanda Symon who is described as NZ's Queen of Crime. He actually ordered from a bookshop local to me so her books are available here. I also got the The Director by Daniel Kehlmann in German which I am really looking forward to reading. And which I also bought for my friend in NZ.

tobee · 27/12/2025 03:44

Vagabond - Tim Curry's autobiography 😍

reallyalurker · 26/12/2025 23:44

Craftland: A Journey Through Britain’s Lost Arts and Vanishing Trades, James Fox
A Year with Gilbert White, Jenny Uglow
Inspector French and the Mystery on Southampton Water, Freeman Wills Croft
Death in Ambush, Susan Gilruth (British Library Crime Classics)
The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2026, Lia Leendertz
Also got The Safekeep, but not my kind of book, so will pass it on.

ThreeMenInAVan · 26/12/2025 23:17

macbethany · 26/12/2025 23:13

Girl, 1983 by Linn Ullmann. Started... not sure what i think 🤔

Ooh I’m interested in this one.

I also got The Safekeep, The Artist (in beeeauuuuutiful hardback edition) and Kathy Burke’s autobiography plus The Dark by Emma Haughton.

macbethany · 26/12/2025 23:13

Girl, 1983 by Linn Ullmann. Started... not sure what i think 🤔

Fifthtimelucky · 26/12/2025 22:44

Raising Hare, by Chloe Dalton
The Real Jane Austen - A Life in Small Things, by Paula Byrne
Patchwork - a graphic biography of Jane Austen, by Kate Evans
Diddly Squat - The Farmer’s Dog, by Jeremy Clarkson.

Won’t start any of them until I have finished Educated, by Tara Westover, which I am currently half way through.

PotatoBreadForTheWin · 26/12/2025 21:07

What can we know here too
dream count by Chimamanda
Clown town by mick Herron

i really enjoyed the safe keep OP, hope you do too

Chinsupmeloves · 26/12/2025 20:52

A workbook how to manage OCd.

WeAreOnTheRoadToNowhere · 26/12/2025 20:52

Sheeppig · 26/12/2025 20:00

The new Ian McEwan - "What We Can Know."
Now I just need everyone to leave me alone and let me read it 🤣

Same here

usedtobeaylis · 26/12/2025 20:27

tonyhawks23 · 26/12/2025 19:41

I got the new The Stand stories it's soooo exciting

I didn't know this existed so I just googled it, I want to read this!

Sheeppig · 26/12/2025 20:00

The new Ian McEwan - "What We Can Know."
Now I just need everyone to leave me alone and let me read it 🤣

P00hsticks · 26/12/2025 19:54

not strictly a Christmas present, but I was recently at a LIterature Festival where I bought myself a signed copy of Belinda Bauer's book ' The Impossible Thing', and promised myself I'd save it for Christmas. Started it Christmas Day morning and finished it the same day (we have a very quiet Christmas, just me and OH).

TellySavalashairbrush · 26/12/2025 19:46

JM88Jen · 26/12/2025 19:19

Kathy Burke's autobiography

Me too! Can’t wait to start it.

OakleyStreetisnotinChelsea · 26/12/2025 19:43

The Witching Hour short story collection
Moveable Feasts by Chris Newens
Beasts of The Sea by Iida Turpeinen
Motherland by Julia Ioffe

tonyhawks23 · 26/12/2025 19:41

I got the new The Stand stories it's soooo exciting

louderthan · 26/12/2025 19:28

A box set of all the Beatrix Potter books
The Rector’s Wife and A Village Affair by Joanna Trollope

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Georgiemc · 26/12/2025 19:28

usedtobeaylis · 26/12/2025 19:24

Dream Count - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Martian - Andy Weir
The Women - Kristin Hannah

Really want to read Dream Count

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Honnomushi · 26/12/2025 19:27

I got mostly T Kingfisher books which I'm very happy with. Currently on Paladins Strength and really enjoying it.

ChristmasMantleStatue · 26/12/2025 19:26

Illbefinejustbloodyfine · 26/12/2025 19:10

Several Penguin cloth bound classics for my collection.

Oh we love those!

DS1 is a budding bookworm and he adores them.

I got the latest Thursday Murder Club and a book about a man who lives for a year with a flock of wild turkeys. There was a doco on him recently and it was fascinating. DH got a first edition PG Wodehouse and The Forager's year and he is a mad keen forager.

DS1 got Dracula and DS2 got a book about cats.

ProfessionalTeaDrinker · 26/12/2025 19:25

No actual books but did get book vouchers so I'm ready to go shopping asap!

HappyFace2025 · 26/12/2025 19:25

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 26/12/2025 19:13

The Artist by Lucy Steeds.

My favourite 2025 book (and Waterstones too!,) hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

usedtobeaylis · 26/12/2025 19:24

Dream Count - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Martian - Andy Weir
The Women - Kristin Hannah

Hercisback1 · 26/12/2025 19:23

None 😭

The Safekeep is a great read. Not conventional and a difficult subject but the writing is sublime.

I have so many on my TBR pile so will have enough for 2026.

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Georgiemc · 26/12/2025 19:23

LoudSnoringDog · 26/12/2025 19:08

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe ( was recently on ch 4 as a series)
The Women by Kirsten Hanna

I have read both and enjoyed!

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HappyFace2025 · 26/12/2025 19:22

Georgiemc · 26/12/2025 18:52

I received The Safekeep by Yael van de Wouden and Heart the Lover by Lily King

The Safekeep is an unusual read but very good imo. I got stuck halfway through but picked it up again after I read some reviews.