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Adult novels with a Christmassy feel - not too corny?

30 replies

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 21/09/2021 12:54

(Apart from A Christmas Carol…)

I just thought of Winter Solstice (Rosamund Pilcher) which I will re read nearer the time.
Any recommended favourites?

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Smudgeis13 · 21/09/2021 12:57

Skipping Christmas by John Grisham

EmmaJR1 · 21/09/2021 13:20

Christmas at Rosie Hopkins Sweetshop. Actually it's very corny so scrap that!

MissyB1 · 21/09/2021 13:23

Oh good I’m looking for these too!

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas is another one.

unexpectedthird · 21/09/2021 13:27

The Mistletoe Murder by PD James is a nice gentle whodunit.

reprehensibleme · 21/09/2021 13:29

Two by Jean Stubbs who doesn't seem to be known much:
Charades - a family get together for Christmas in Cornwall but secrets are revealed.
Kelly Park - a middle aged woman leaves an unhappy relationship and dreams of opening a hotel.

They sound a bit like 'chick lit', but are well written and Charades especially deals with some quite edgy themes.

multivac · 21/09/2021 13:30

One Christmas Night, Hayley Webster (www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52666917-one-christmas-night)

reprehensibleme · 21/09/2021 13:36

Laura Ingalls wilder 'The Long Winter' - children's book but I still love it. Many of Miss Read's books have chapters round Christmas and Laurie Lee's 'A Village Christmas' is lovely.

AwkwardSquad · 21/09/2021 15:16

'Hello from the Gillespies' is good - about Christmas round robin letters and what can go wrong...

FGSWhatNow · 21/09/2021 15:26

I love reading Hogfather at Christmas

Noshowwithoutpunch · 21/09/2021 15:28

A Snow Garden ( I think it's called). Short story collection.

KaycePollard · 21/09/2021 15:48

Really sweet romance novels by Killy Dunbar - yes, they’re a tad corny but also funny and intelligent:

One Winter’s Night
Christmas at Frozen Falls

Tal45 · 21/09/2021 15:51

Saw the title and thought you meant a different sort of adult. Those Christmas sex scenes can be very corny!

ohfook · 21/09/2021 16:00

Little women always feels Christmassy to me.

CatChant · 21/09/2021 16:03

A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg.

A Highland Christmas by MC Beaton.

Twilightstarbright · 21/09/2021 20:02

Karen Swan has quite a few that are wintery.

FelicityBeedle · 21/09/2021 20:03

also came to say Hogfather!

newrubylane · 21/09/2021 20:20

One Day in December by Josie Silver. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (the latter more wintery than Christmassy, though).

goose1964 · 21/09/2021 20:38

A gift to remember by Melissa Hill , I think the main character is based on DD😁

HandScreen · 21/09/2021 20:39

Johnathon Strange and Mister Norrell

CampervanQueen · 21/09/2021 20:40

@FelicityBeedle

also came to say Hogfather!
Me three!
stinkycheeseman · 21/09/2021 20:43

Oscar Wilde did a ghost story. I had a beautiful comic book version. I think it was called The Ghost of Canterbury Hall.

bookworm14 · 21/09/2021 20:45

Going Home by Harriet Evans
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (technically a kids’ book but can be enjoyed by anyone)
Miracle on Regent Street by Ali Harris

JaneDacre · 22/09/2021 00:04

Nancy Mitford Christmas Pudding

sueelleker · 22/09/2021 16:42

I always read The Dark Is Rising too. Heidi Swain has some cosy books with a Christmas setting.
Mince Pies and Mistletoe at the Christmas Market
Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at the Christmas Fair

Snowflakes and Cinnamon Swirls at the Winter Wonderland
The Christmas Wish List

Beakerandbungle · 22/09/2021 19:20

Oh I loved the dark is rising as a child!