Christmas Novels To Start Reading Now

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A woman at a crossroads in her life takes a holiday trip with an unexpected detour in this story about embracing new paths.

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A woman buys an old farmhouse that requires lots of fixing up; in the process, she finds a Santa suit in a closet and tries to track down the story behind it.

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Sisters thrown together at Christmastime in historic Edinburgh have lots to work out; one of them spends time in an old bookshop, which engages her in more than one respect.

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In this festive story, a magical Christmas dress brings two generations of women together during the holiday season.

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A young writer takes up a position as a ghostwriter for a famous art dealer—it comes with a stay in a famously grand hotel and an unexpected situation or two.

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Book lovers will love this holiday story about a bookshop in a British village and the people trying to keep it alive.

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A man moves from snowy Chicago to Lost River, Alabama, for a mild winter filled with quirky characters in this Christmas story.

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Fate takes its cue in this charming story set during the holiday season in snowy Vermont.

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This Christmastime novel alternates between present day and the 1860s; the latter setting follows the family of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the tumult and strife they experienced during the Civil War.

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In this charming book from Jenny Colgan, a storm blows in and disrupts the holiday season in the coastal village of Mount Polbearne in Cornwall, including the life of Polly and her Little Beach Street Bakery.

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A family is forced to spend extended time together under one roof for the first time in years in this fun holiday story about the unexpected benefits of quarantine.

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An unexpected love story is at the heart of this Christmastime novel by Debbie Macomber.

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A motley cast of characters are gathered together in a hotel at Christmastime in this novel set on the remote island of Mure near Scotland.

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The middle sister in a big family takes a holiday vacation—not to the beach, as she intended, but to a rainforest with no Wi-Fi—in this story about a surprising holiday season.

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This warm-hearted book is about second chances in the face of loss and the lingering memories of childhood.

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Wendy Harper sets out to renovate her family's dilapidated cottage in Seaside, Maine, in this charming Christmas tale.

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Richard Paul Evans' 2012 novel A Winter Dream reminds readers of the importance of hope and love in the Christmas season.

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This Christmas love story is set in the Swiss Alps, where a bridal designer and a model encounter relationship troubles and—just possibly—their own Christmas dreams come true.

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Snowy London is the backdrop for Anita Hughes' Christmas in London, a story about love, food, and producing a Christmas television special that's also packed with adventure and festive complications.

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A Christmas miracle is at the center of The Bridge, a novel about finding love in a Franklin, Tennessee, bookstore. It has also been made into a Hallmark movie.

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According to Amazon, in this new book, "Debbie Macomber brings us to the Alaskan wilderness for a magical Christmas tale about finding love where it's least expected."

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This collection includes two popular Nancy Thayer novels about Christmastime: A Nantucket Christmas and An Island Christmas.

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Grief gives way to love when tragedy-stricken widow Ivy Macintosh meets 11-year-old Holly Greenwood and Holly's strict father, Daniel, and soon becomes part of their family.

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This moving novel set amid World War I follows Evie and her brother's friend, Thomas, as they experience the war in their own different, life-changing ways.

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This wonderful historical novel dives into the life of Charles Dickens as he tries to bring his most famous work—A Christmas Carol—to life. In the process, he requires some inspiration and a dose of holiday spirit.

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Dani Capelli moves to Haven Point, Idaho, with her two daughters in this winter novel about togetherness and starting over.

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This much-loved holiday book by Richard Paul Evans is part of The Christmas Box trilogy, which also includes the novels Timepiece and The Letter.

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Legend has it one night in the Christmas Cottage guarantees lifelong love; when Lacey Quinn is snowed in with the best man from her friend's wedding, she'll find out if the legend is true.

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The three daughters of Suzanne McBride come together for a Christmas in Scotland and, along the way, learn about togetherness and the importance of family.

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From the author of The Christmas Shoes and The Christmas Hope comes this novel about a young woman happening upon the home she's always longed for at Christmastime.

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David Baldacci's beloved Christmas novel, which was adapted into a Hallmark movie in 2017, follows journalist Tom Langdon as he takes a train trip across the country.

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Two aspiring writers meet at The Mistletoe Retreat in snowy Vermont and find unexpected connection during the holiday season.

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One of Anne Perry's holiday novellas, A Christmas Legacy sees a character returning to a profession she thought she'd left in order to help solve a mystery.

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Amazon describes this holiday tale as "an enchanting story about the magic of Christmas, the importance of family, and the joy of falling in love during the most romantic season of the year."

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This Christmas love story is also a Hallmark Channel movie. It starts with an unexpected offer that sends Elise Dutton on a romantic holiday adventure.

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Annelise McCade is a caretaker at Angel's View Ranch, which used to be her family's land but no longer belongs to them, and where she hopes to make it through the holidays unscathed.  

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Christmas Joy is a festive love story that's soon to be a Hallmark Channel movie—keep your eyes peeled for holiday season 2018!

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This Christmas-themed novel from Richard Paul Evans follows Jacob Churcher as he returns home for the holidays and finds a tantalizing mystery and an unexpected visitor waiting for him there.

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One last foray into the life of the Quinn family sees another Christmas season come and go—along with plenty of festive disruptions, connections, and togetherness.

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An eclectic group gathers at a New England inn only to be snowed in. After an initial panic, romance, friendship, and remembrance of the Christmas spirit comes to fill each visitor in the inn.

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A woman returns in low spirits to her hometown of Wenatchee, Washington, for Christmas and her mother has a unique idea for cheering her up.

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Elin Hilderbrand's new novel is a tropical tale about family, secrets, and romance; it's filled with intrigue set against the backdrop of a Caribbean island.

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This holiday classic finds a family in disarray, with sisters returning for Christmas and dealing with long-held grievances.

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This holiday novella presents a Christmas conundrum that sees Detective Hooper and his new wife, Celia, stopping a wedding and untangling a mystery.

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The first of Elin Hilderbrand's Winter Street series follows Kelley Quinn, the owner of the Winter Street Inn on Nantucket, as family chaos disrupts the holiday season.

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A Christmastime trip to Lapland is upended when a woman's daughter and her husband's friend tags along on a vacation that was intended to be a girls' trip.

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This love story finds a widowed nurse hoping to put together a nice Christmas for her son in Silver Bells, Colorado, where she also helps a friend's grandmother decorate Holiday House, her historic mansion.

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The sequel to Winter Street brings more family drama to Kelley Quinn and his family at the Winter Street Inn on snowy Nantucket.

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This brand-new Christmas novel sees Angela Carson struggling to keep her family's holiday store, Heart of Christmas, alive in small-town Pleasant Sands, North Carolina. After 60 years, a big box store has moved in, but a Christmas miracle may just change everything.

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A year without Christmas is the premise of this zany novel that's the basis of a popular film.