This quintessential holiday tale plunges readers into the fog-bound streets of Victorian London to meet Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter miser who scorns the festive season. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come, who force him to confront a lifetime of greed and isolation.
Dickens masterfully charts Scrooge’s emotional journey from "Bah, humbug!" to heartfelt redemption, creating a timeless story about the power of compassion and the true meaning of the Christmas spirit.
Agatha Christie injects a dose of deadly intrigue into a holiday gathering in Hercule Poirot’s Christmas. The tyrannical millionaire Simeon Lee summons his family for a Christmas reunion, only to be brutally murdered in his locked room.
Trapped by a snowstorm, the family members and their secrets fall under the scrutiny of detective Hercule Poirot, who must unravel a web of old rivalries and hidden motives. This novel is a perfect festive mystery for readers who enjoy their Christmas cheer with a side of suspense.
In this hilarious satire of holiday excess, Luther and Nora Krank decide to forgo their usual lavish Christmas festivities for a Caribbean cruise. Their plan to "skip Christmas" is met with shock and outrage from their tradition-obsessed neighbors, leading to a comical neighborhood war.
The basis for the film Christmas with the Kranks, Grisham’s novel humorously explores the overwhelming social pressures of the season and the chaos that ensues when one couple tries to escape it all.
A touching story of love and loss, The Christmas Box centers on a young family who moves in with an elderly widow named Mary. They soon discover a box of old letters filled with reflections on life, faith, and the true purpose of Christmas.
As the family learns more about Mary’s past, they uncover profound lessons about the importance of family, forgiveness, and cherishing the time we have with loved ones. It's a sentimental and heartwarming read that has become a holiday classic.
This collection unites three popular YA authors for a trio of interconnected novellas set during a massive Christmas Eve snowstorm. A stranded train, a trip to a Waffle House, and a quest through the snow bring together a charming cast of characters whose lives and romantic fortunes intertwine in unexpected ways.
The book perfectly captures the magic and chaos of the holidays, offering a sweet, funny, and cozy read about friendship and young love.
While spanning several years, Louisa May Alcott's beloved classic opens and closes with Christmas, using the holiday to anchor its themes of family, generosity, and love. The novel introduces the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—as they navigate poverty and hardship during the Civil War.
The opening chapter, where the girls give their Christmas breakfast to a poorer family, beautifully establishes the novel's enduring spirit of selflessness and makes it a timeless story to revisit during the holidays.
For those who prefer their holiday cheer with a heavy dose of irreverence, Christopher Moore delivers a zany, supernatural satire. In the small town of Pine Cove, a well-meaning but hopelessly clumsy angel named Raziel is sent to grant a child's Christmas wish.
His bungled attempt at a miracle accidentally unleashes a horde of brain-eating zombies on Christmas Eve. This darkly hilarious novel is a chaotic and clever antidote to overly sentimental holiday tales.
Set against the charming backdrop of Nantucket, Winter Street follows the drama of the Quinn family. Kelley Quinn, the patriarch and owner of the Winter Street Inn, looks forward to a festive Christmas with his four adult children.
But when long-held secrets and personal crises begin to surface, the family's idyllic holiday celebration is thrown into turmoil. Hilderbrand skillfully blends family conflict with holiday warmth, creating an engaging story about love, forgiveness, and second chances.
Spanning a decade of missed opportunities and fateful encounters, this novel begins when Laurie locks eyes with a man through a bus window and instantly knows he's the one. After a year of searching, she’s finally reunited with him, only to discover he is her best friend's new boyfriend.
With Christmas serving as a recurring backdrop for their complicated relationship, Silver crafts a deeply romantic and emotional story about timing, friendship, and the enduring power of a single moment.
This delightful romance combines festive family traditions with a Groundhog Day-style time loop. After a disappointing Christmas holiday, Maelyn Jones makes a plea to the universe for happiness and finds herself stuck reliving the same trip over and over again.
Forced to repeat the holiday chaos, family antics, and romantic entanglements, Mae gets a chance to figure out what she truly wants in life and love. It’s a fun, witty, and heartwarming escape perfect for the holiday season.
Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must travel from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles by train in time for Christmas. What begins as a frustrating journey soon becomes an adventure filled with eccentric passengers, unexpected romance, and a bit of mystery.
Baldacci captures the unique magic of celebrating the holidays among strangers who become fast friends, reminding readers that transformative connections can happen anywhere, even on a cross-country train.
Told through a series of heartfelt letters, this historical novel chronicles the lives of Evie, Tom, and Alice during World War I. What begins as a confident belief that the war will be "over by Christmas" evolves into a four-year correspondence filled with hope, love, and loss.
The characters' dreams of a future Christmas together in Paris stand in stark contrast to the grim realities of the front lines, creating a poignant and unforgettable story about the endurance of the human spirit.
In this clever and witty YA retelling of A Christmas Carol, 17-year-old Holly Chase is a modern-day Scrooge who fails to heed the warnings of three ghosts on Christmas Eve and ends up dead. She is then recruited to work for Project Scrooge as the new Ghost of Christmas Past.
For five years, she haunts other Scrooges until she encounters her latest assignment, a boy who might just change everything. It's a fresh, funny, and surprisingly moving take on a classic.
This charming historical novel imagines the circumstances that inspired the creation of a holiday masterpiece. With his career in a slump and his finances in jeopardy, Charles Dickens is pressured to write a Christmas book in just a few weeks.
As he walks the streets of London for inspiration, he confronts his own past and finds the story of Scrooge emerging from his own life. This book is a wonderful tribute to the power of storytelling and the enduring magic of A Christmas Carol.
From the author of A Man Called Ove comes a short, powerful novella about a father’s ultimate sacrifice. On Christmas Eve in a hospital, a man who has spent his life choosing business over family tells his story to a little girl with cancer. He reveals the "deal of a lifetime" he has been offered—a chance to save a life in exchange for his own.
This poignant and thought-provoking modern fable explores themes of regret, love, and what it truly means to leave a meaningful legacy.