Adult Holiday Reads

Updated December 8, 2023
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Martha Stewart's handmade holiday crafts : 225 inspired projects for year-round celebrations
Paper Book
Join Martha Stewart for a celebration of handcrafted holidays all year-round! nbsp; New Year's - Valentine's Day - Easter - Mother's Day - Father's Day - Fourth of July - Halloween - Thanksgiving - Hanukkah - Christmas nbsp; Let Martha inspire your creativity with the most...
Bright lights, big Christmas : a novel
Andrews, Mary Kay
Paper Book
From Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of The Homewreckers and The Santa Suit, comes a novella celebrating love and the warm, glittering charm of the holiday season. "Nobody does Christmas like Mary Kay Andrews." ―...
Wreck the halls
Bailey, Tessa
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey delivers a sexy, hilarious standalone holiday rom-com about the adult children of two former rock stars who team up to convince their estranged mothers to play a Christmas Eve concert... Melody Gallard may be the daughter of...
The twelve dates of Christmas
Bayliss, Jenny
Ebook
'Tis the season for finding romance in this hilarious and uplifting holiday read--soon to be a Hallmark limited series! When it comes to relationships, thirty-four-year-old Kate Turner is ready to say "Bah, humbug." The sleepy town of Blexford, England, isn't exactly brimming...
The New Year's quilt : an Elm Creek quilts novel
Chiaverini, Jennifer.
Audiobook
As each holiday season approaches, some revel in welcoming the New Year ahead; others quietly mourn the passing of time gone by. "We can't hold on to the past," says Master Quilter Sylvia Compson, "but we can keep the best part of 'Auld Lang Syne' in our hearts and in our memories, and we can look...
Hercule Poirot's Christmas : a Hercule Poirot mystery
Christie, Agatha
Audiobook
In Hercule Poirot's Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder--and the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case. Christmas Eve, and the Lee family's reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched...
The Christmas bookshop
Colgan, Jenny
Paper Book
The instant New York Times bestseller! "Sublime...Colgan infuses her latest book with humor, wit, suspense and a perfectly cast love triangle."--USA Today "The Christmas Bookshop is literary hot chocolate with a bourbon shot: hot, sweet but with a surprising emotional kick...
A catered New Year's Eve
Crawford, Isis
Ebook
Sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons are reunited with a distant relative who wants them to cater a New Year's Eve event--and help find a guilty party . . .   It's been years since Bernie and Libby's parents became estranged from Ada Sinclair's side of...
A catered New Year's Eve
Crawford, Isis
Ebook
Sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons are reunited with a distant relative who wants them to cater a New Year's Eve event--and help find a guilty party . . .   It's been years since Bernie and Libby's parents became estranged from Ada Sinclair's side of...
A Christmas carol
Dickens, Charles
Paper Book
The premier edition of this celebrated masterpiece. Decorated initials, tailpieces, and six full color plates by Trina Schart Hyman. Note on the text. Aimed at young readers who may not have someone around to read the original out loud. Mayer has retained much of the language of Dickens's work,...
A Christmas memory
Evans, Richard Paul
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Box and the Noel Collection comes A Christmas Memory, a poignant, deeply felt novel about loss, grief, the healing power of forgiveness, and the true meaning of...
Royal holiday
Guillory, Jasmine
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Proposal and a "rising star in the romance genre" (Entertainment Weekly) comes a dazzling novel about a spontaneous holiday vacation that turns into an unforgettable romance. Vivian Forest has been out of the...
Winter street : a novel
Hilderbrand, Elin
Paper Book
Cozy up with New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's first Christmas novel, hailed "a diverting tale... filled with humor, romance, and realism" by USA Today, in which a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with chaos, caroling, and cheer.  ...
Nutcracker
Hoffmann, E. T. A.
Ebook
On Christmas Eve, Marie finds a Nutcracker doll among the family's gifts and is charged by her parents to take special care of it. Under the cover of darkness, the Nutcracker comes to life, along with an evil Mouse King with seven heads, introducing Marie to the magical world of toys, and the...
Three holidays and a wedding
Jalaluddin, Uzma
Ebook
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK "The most festive book you'll read this year."--Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After Three times the holiday magic. Three times the chaos.     ...
Small things like these
Keegan, Claire
Paper Book
**OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK 2024** **NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB PICK 2024** NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY A New York Times Bestseller * Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize * Winner of the Orwell Prize for...
Jewish holiday cooking : more than 200 delicious recipes for celebrating
Korn, Joshua
Paper Book
A celebratory collection of over 100 delicious recipes that bring family together at the table each holiday, from Passover to the Festival of Lights. Embrace the international culinary traditions of Jewish cuisine each holiday with Jewish Holiday Cooking. The menu is one of the most...
Pride and prejudice and mistletoe
De la Cruz, Melissa
Ebook
Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe from New York Times bestselling author, Melissa de la Cruz, is a sweet, sexy and hilarious gender-swapping, genre-satisfying re-telling, set in contemporary America and featuring one snooty Miss Darcy. The basis for the...
In a holidaze
Lauren, Christina
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One Christmas wish, two brothers, and a lifetime of hope are on the line for hapless Maelyn Jones in this quintessential holiday romantic novel by Christina Lauren, the New York Times bestselling authors of The...
New Year's Eve murder : a Lucy Stone mystery
Meier, Leslie.
Paper Book
As excited as Elizabeth is to hit the Big Apple, Lucy's less thrilled to be heading straight into post-holiday shopping crowds in the middle of a flu epidemic. But, Elizabeth has won mother/daughter winter makeovers in Manhattan from Jolie magazine and Lucy is in. The pampering is nice (never...
The matzah ball
Meltzer, Jean
Paper Book
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK SELECTED BY * POPSUGAR * BUSTLE * BUZZFEED * BOOKPAGE * GOODREADS MEMBERS "The Matzah Ball had me laughing out loud...an all-around terrific read."--Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author Oy! to the...
The big book of Christmas mysteries
Penzler, Otto
Ebook
The most complete collection of Yuletide whodunits ever assembled * The Edgar Award-winning editor collects sixty of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories--from Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Hardy to Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain. "Anyone who cares about the best mystery writing...
Vegan holiday cooking from Candle Cafe : celebratory menus and recipes from New York's premier plant-based restaurants
Pierson, Joy.
Paper Book
When families come together for holidays and celebrations throughout the year, the need to accommodate vegans often arises. This book presents special-occasion favorites from acclaimed vegan restaurants Candle Cafe and Candle 79 tailored for the home table, including mains, sides, and wine and...
Holidays on ice
Sedaris, David.
Paper Book
Holidays on Ice is a collection of three previously published stories matched with three newer ones, all, of course, on a Christmas theme. David Sedaris's darkly playful humor is another common thread through the book, worming its way through "Seasons Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!" a...

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