Festive Reads

Updated November 10, 2025
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The carpenter's gift : a Christmas tale about the Rockefeller Center tree
Rubel, David.
Ebook
Family, friendship, and the spirit of giving are at the heart of this inspiring picture book. Opening in Depression-era New York, The Carpenter's Gift tells the story of eight-year-old Henry and his out-of-work father selling Christmas trees in Manhattan. They give one of their leftover...
Santa's little yelpers
Rosenfelt, David
Paper Book
Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his humorous investigating team return in Santa's Little Yelpers, the next Yuletide mystery in David Rosenfelt's bestselling series. 'Tis the season in Paterson, New Jersey: Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are surrounded...
Santa's little yelpers
Rosenfelt, David
Paper Book
Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his humorous investigating team return in Santa's Little Yelpers, the next Yuletide mystery in David Rosenfelt's bestselling series. 'Tis the season in Paterson, New Jersey: Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are surrounded...
The Christmas sweater
Beck, Glenn.
Audiobook
Based on a deeply personal true story, Glenn Beck's bittersweet tale of boyhood memories, wrenching life lessons, and the true meaning of the giving season has touched the hearts of readers everywhere. If you could change your life by reversing your biggest regrets, sorrows, and mistakes ....
The Christmas sweater
Beck, Glenn.
Audiobook
Based on a deeply personal true story, Glenn Beck's bittersweet tale of boyhood memories, wrenching life lessons, and the true meaning of the giving season has touched the hearts of readers everywhere. If you could change your life by reversing your biggest regrets, sorrows, and mistakes ....
Christmas with Tucker
Kincaid, Gregory D.
Ebook
The touching prequel to the bestselling novel A Dog Named Christmas   The sleeper hit of 2008, A Dog Named Christmas became a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie a year later, seen by more than twelve million people in the United States alone. Now, in Christmas with...
Candlelight Christmas
Wiggs, Susan
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR SUSAN WIGGS INVITES YOU TO AN UNFORGETTABLE CHRISTMAS IN THE CATSKILLS A single father who yearns to be a family man, Logan O'Donnell is determined to create the perfect Christmas for his son, Charlie. The entire O'Donnell clan arrives to spend the...
The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook : entertaining for absolutely every occasion
Moskowitz, Isa Chandra.
Paper Book
Bestselling author, vegan goddess, and comfort food queen Isa Chandra Moskowitz is back with her biggest book ever -- to prove that making festive vegan food for any occasion can be easy, delicious, and super fun. Gone are the days of stressing over how to please family and...
The immortal Nicholas
Beck, Glenn.
Ebook
A thrilling new holiday novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Glenn Beck. BEFORE HE WAS FATHER CHRISTMAS...HE WAS SIMPLY A FATHER. Thirteen-time #1 national bestselling author Glenn Beck realized years ago that somewhere along the way, his four...
The legend of St. Nicholas : a story of Christmas giving
Mackall, Dandi Daley
Ebook
Snuggle up with little ones this Christmas season and read about the origin of St. Nicholas, the story of a man who spent his life secretly helping the poor all over the world, giving gifts on Christmas Eve to remind people of the greatest gift of all, Jesus Christ.
My true love gave to me : twelve holiday stories
Perkins, Stephanie
Audiobook
If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult...
Hanukkah in America : a history
Ashton, Dianne.
Paper Book
Explores the ways American Jews have reshaped Hanukkah traditions across the country In New Orleans, Hanukkah means decorating your door with a menorah made of hominy grits. Latkes in Texas are seasoned with cilantro and cayenne pepper. Children in Cincinnati sing Hanukkah...
We celebrate the light
Yolen, Jane
Paper Book
A celebration of seven different winter holidays observed in the US and the traditions that unite them all. Diwali, Solstice, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Bodhi Day, and Lunar New Year are visually depicted in turn, accompanying a stunning, read-aloud text that speaks of the...
The mistletoe promise
Evans, Richard Paul.
Audiobook
A love story for Christmas--now a Hallmark Channel original movie--from the #1 bestselling author of The Christmas Box and The Walk. Elise Dutton dreads the arrival of another holiday season. Three years earlier, her husband cheated on her with her best friend, resulting in a...
The mistletoe promise
Evans, Richard Paul.
Paper Book
A love story for Christmas--now a Hallmark Channel original movie--from the #1 bestselling author of The Christmas Box and The Walk. Elise Dutton dreads the arrival of another holiday season. Three years earlier, her husband cheated on her with her best friend,...
The mistletoe promise
Evans, Richard Paul
Paper Book
A love story for Christmas--now a Hallmark Channel original movie--from the #1 bestselling author of The Christmas Box and The Walk. Elise Dutton dreads the arrival of another holiday season. Three years earlier, her husband cheated on her with her best friend,...
The shortest day : celebrating the winter solstice
Pfeffer, Wendy
Paper Book
The beginning of winter is marked by the solstice, the shortest day of the year. Long ago, people grew afraid when each day had fewer hours of sunshine than the day before. Over time, they realized that one day each year the sun started moving toward them again. In lyrical prose and cozy...
Half spent was the night : a witches' yuletide
McKay, Ami
Ebook
Beloved author Ami McKay is back, bringing us a magical follow-up in the tradition of Victorian winter tales to her mesmerizing bestseller, The Witches of New York. During the nights between Christmas and New Year's, the witches of New York--Adelaide Thom, Eleanor St....
The wedding witch
Sterling, Erin.
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling author of The Ex Hex and The Kiss Curse brightens up the Winter Solstice with another delightfully spooky novel following Bowen Penhallow and the girl he feels strangely drawn to--especially when she becomes his only hope of salvation after a strong spell sends...

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