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 music royalty,...
The twelve dates of Christmas
Bayliss, Jenny
Paper Book
'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.
Paper Book
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
Paper Book
The holidays can be murder—and just in time for yuletide 2008 comes this holiday edition of one of Agatha Christie's most popular and confounding mysteries. The wealthy Simeon Lee has demanded that all four of his sons—one faithful, one prodigal, one impecunious, one...
The Christmas bookshop
Colgan, Jenny
Paper Book
Perfect for the holidays! A brand-new heartwarming Christmas novel from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and Christmas at the Island Hotel. Laid off from her department store job, Carmen has...
A catered New Year's Eve
Crawford, Isis
Paper Book
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 the family-though the reasons for...
A catered New Year's Eve
Crawford, Isis
Paper Book
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 . . .
A Christmas carol
Dickens, Charles
Paper Book
The celebrated P.J. Lynch captures the spirit of Dickens's beloved tale in a richly illustrated unabridged edition. The story of Ebenezer Scrooge opens on a Christmas Eve as cold as Scrooge's own heart. That night, he receives three ghostly visitors: the terrifying spirits of...
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
Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of one time, so when she gets the chance to tag along on her daughter Maddie's work trip to England to style a royal family member, she can't refuse. She's excited to spend the holidays taking in the magnificent British sights, but what she...
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.
Paper Book
"A classic, new and complete. One of the ten best illustrated children's books of the year." --New York Times Book Review The tale ofNutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, composers, and audiences for almost two hundred years. It has retained its...
Mini felt Christmas : 30 decorations to sew for the festive season
Ishii, Sachiyo
Paper Book
Making your own decorations in the run-up to Christmas has never been more popular! In this delightful book, well-known crafter Sachiyo Ishii shows you how to make fabulously cute and quirky felt ornaments to adorn your home during the festive season. Ready-made felt is easy to come by and a joy to...
Three holidays and a wedding
Jalaluddin, Uzma
Paper Book
Three times the holiday magic. Three times the chaos. As strangers and seatmates Maryam Aziz and Anna Gibson fly to Toronto over the holidays - Maryam to her sister's impromptu wedding, and Anna to meet her boyfriend's wealthy family for the first time - neither expect that severe turbulence will...
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
Paper Book
Pride and Prejudice and MistletoefromNew York Timesbestselling 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. Darcy Fitzwilliam is 29, beautiful,...
How to make your own ugly Christmas sweaters : 20 fun & easy holiday projects to craft and create
Lafonseca, Nicolette
Paper Book
Christmas just wouldn't be the same without a kitsch novelty knit--and what bigger horror than showing up to a party only to realize that someone else is wearing the same festive ugly sweater? This book shows you how to take any plain sweater as your starting point and transform it into...
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...
Christmas holiday
Maugham, W. Somerset
Paper Book
For Christmas, Charley Mason's father granted him a trip to Paris, all expenses paid. It should have been a lark, but on his first night Charley meets a woman whose story will forever change his life. For Lydia has seen tragedy. The Russian Revolution displaced her family, left her...
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 eco-Christmas craft book : 30 stylish festive projects that won't hurt the planet
Miall, Marrianne
Paper Book
Learn to make beautiful, stylish Christmas decorations using eco-friendly materials that won't cost a fortune or harm the planet! If you love Christmas, you'll love this book! It's filled with lots of ideas to create your own stylishly beautiful, eco-friendly Christmas.
Holiday Crafts: 196 Crafts for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentines Day, 4th of July, Halloween Crafts, Thanksgiving Crafts, and Christmas Craft
Moore, Kitty
Paper Book
This Is The ONLY Holiday Crafts Book YOU WILL EVER NEED - 196 Crafts For Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, 4th of July, & MORE Imagine having loads of crafts ready to be made for every holiday occasion What if you could use this book for every...
The big book of Christmas mysteries
Penzler, Otto
Paper Book
Deck the halls with cops and crooks! Just in time for the holiday season, master of mystery Otto Penzler delivers his latest anthology, The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries. Featuring sixty holiday tales by the likes of Isaac Asimov, Marjorie Bowen, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stanley...
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...
Christmas 101 : celebrate the holiday season from Christmas to New Year's
Rodgers, Rick
Paper Book
100 easy, fun recipes--with menus and timetables for stress-free entertaining--to put you in the holiday spirit! Your tree is up and decorated, the carolers are singing, and there's just one thought on your mind:  How am I going to get Christmas dinner on the table and still have enough energy to...
Holidays on ice
Sedaris, David.
Paper Book
David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the...
With love, from Cold World
Thompson, Alicia
Paper Book
Lauren Fox is the bookkeeper for Cold World, a tourist destination that's always a winter wonderland despite being located in humid Orlando, Florida. Sure, it's ranked way below any of the trademarked amusement parks and maybe foot traffic could be better. But it's a fun place to work, even if 'fun'...

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