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Reading list: Christmas Reading

Created by: Themis-Athena's Garden of Books

Holiday books -- my 2017 TBR and the all-time favorites that I revisit every year.

ETA: Now also my 2018 and 2019 Christmas reading list.

Books: 92

1.
Hogfather: Discworld, Book 20 - Terry Pratchett, Nigel Planer
Hogfather: Discworld, Book 20
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Little Lord Fauntleroy - Johanna Ward, Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy
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A Christmas Carol (Audiocd) - Charles Dickens, Patrick Stewart
A Christmas Carol (Audiocd)
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The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang... - Charles Dickens, Richard Armitage
The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In
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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - Arthur Conan Doyle, Alan Cumming
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas: Complete & Unabridged ... - Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot's Christmas: Complete & Unabridged (Audiocd)
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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding: And Other ... - Agatha Christie, Hugh Fraser
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding: And Other Stories
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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - Agatha Christie, Charles Armstrong
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
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The Sittaford Mystery - Hugh Fraser, Agatha Christie
The Sittaford Mystery
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Star over Bethlehem: Christmas Stories and Poems - Simon Vance, Agatha Christie
Star over Bethlehem: Christmas Stories and Poems
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The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayers, Elizabeth George
The Nine Tailors
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Christmas Pudding - Nancy Mitford, Kristin Atherton
Christmas Pudding
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High Rising - Angela Thirkell
High Rising
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Christmas at High Rising - Angela Thirkell
Christmas at High Rising
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Letters from Father Christmas - J.R.R. Tolkien, Baillie Tolkien
Letters from Father Christmas
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Dylan Thomas Reads a Child's Christmas in Wales an... - Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas Reads a Child's Christmas in Wales and Five Poems/Cd
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A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & The Thanksgiv... - Truman Capote
A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & The Thanksgiving Visitor
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The Long Winter - Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams
The Long Winter
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The Christmas Stories of Louisa May Alcott - Louisa May Alcott, Susie Berneis
The Christmas Stories of Louisa May Alcott
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The Night Before Christmas - Clement C. Moore, Jan Brett
The Night Before Christmas
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A Charlie Brown Christmas (Peanuts) - Charles M. Schulz
A Charlie Brown Christmas (Peanuts)
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! - Dr. Seuss, Walter Matthau
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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23.
Candy Cane Murder [With Holiday Recipe Card] - Leslie Meier, Laura Levine, Joanne Fluke
Candy Cane Murder [With Holiday Recipe Card]
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Gingerbread Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke, Leslie Meier, Laura Levine
Gingerbread Cookie Murder
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Sugar Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke
Sugar Cookie Murder
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Plum Pudding Murder (Hannah Swensen, #12) - Joanne Fluke
Plum Pudding Murder (Hannah Swensen, #12)
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Christmas Caramel Murder - Joanne Fluke
Christmas Caramel Murder
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Christmas Cake Murder - Joanne Fluke
Christmas Cake Murder
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Six Geese A-Slaying (Meg Langslow, #10) - Donna Andrews
Six Geese A-Slaying (Meg Langslow, #10)
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Duck the Halls: A Meg Langslow Mystery - Donna Andrews
Duck the Halls: A Meg Langslow Mystery
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The Nightingale Before Christmas (Meg Langslow Mys... - Donna Andrews
The Nightingale Before Christmas (Meg Langslow Mysteries)
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How the Finch Stole Christmas! - Donna Andrews
How the Finch Stole Christmas!
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Lark! The Herald Angels Sing - Donna Andrews, Bernadette Dunne
Lark! The Herald Angels Sing
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Owl Be Home For Christmas - Donna Andrews
Owl Be Home For Christmas
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Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit and Other Stories - P.G. Wodehouse
Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit and Other Stories
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Rumpole at Christmas - Bill Wallis, John Mortimer
Rumpole at Christmas
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Frost at Christmas - R.D. Wingfield
Frost at Christmas
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The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories - P. D. James
The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories
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The Anne Perry Christmas Collection: Six Unabridge... - Anne Perry, Terrence Hardiman
The Anne Perry Christmas Collection: Six Unabridged Mysteries
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A Christmas Journey (The Christmas Stories) - Terrence Hardiman, Anne Perry
A Christmas Journey (The Christmas Stories)
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A Christmas Visitor - Anne Perry
A Christmas Visitor
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A Christmas Guest - Anne Perry, Terrence Hardiman
A Christmas Guest
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A Christmas Secret - Anne Perry, Terrence Hardiman
A Christmas Secret
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A Christmas Beginning - Anne Perry, Terrence Hardiman
A Christmas Beginning
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A Christmas Grace - Anne Perry, Terrence Hardiman
A Christmas Grace
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A Christmas Promise - Anne Perry, Terrence Hardiman
A Christmas Promise
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A Christmas Odyssey - Anne Perry, Terrence Hardiman
A Christmas Odyssey
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A Christmas Homecoming - Anne Perry, Terrence Hardiman
A Christmas Homecoming
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A Christmas Garland - Simon Prebble, Anne Perry
A Christmas Garland
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A Christmas Case - L.B. Hathaway
A Christmas Case
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Tied Up In Tinsel - Ngaio Marsh, James Saxon
Tied Up In Tinsel
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The Clock Strikes Twelve - Patricia Wentworth
The Clock Strikes Twelve
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Envious Casca - Georgette Heyer, Ulli Birvé
Envious Casca
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Death Comes at Christmas - Gladys Mitchell
Death Comes at Christmas
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Murder in the Snow: A Cotswold Christmas Mystery - Gladys Mitchell
Murder in the Snow: A Cotswold Christmas Mystery
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Crime at Christmas - C.H.B. Kitchin
Crime at Christmas
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Murder at the Old Vicarage: A Christmas Mystery - Jill McGown
Murder at the Old Vicarage: A Christmas Mystery
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Another Little Murder - Lorna Nicholl Morgan
Another Little Murder
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Murder for Christmas - Francis Duncan
Murder for Christmas
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Thou Shell of Death - Nicholas Blake
Thou Shell of Death
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The Case of the Abominable Snowman - Nicholas Blake, Kris Dyer
The Case of the Abominable Snowman
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An English Murder - Cyril Hare
An English Murder
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Portrait of a Murderer: A Christmas Crime Story - Anne Meredith
Portrait of a Murderer: A Christmas Crime Story
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Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story - J. Jefferson Farjeon
Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story
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The Santa Klaus Murder - Mavis Doriel Hay
The Santa Klaus Murder
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The Christmas Egg - Mary Kelly, Martin Edwards
The Christmas Egg
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Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries - Various Authors, Martin Edwards
Silent Nights: Christmas Mysteries
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Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries - Various Authors, Martin Edwards
Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries
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The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories - Various Authors, Martin Edwards
The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories
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An English Christmas - John Julius Norwich, Various Authors
An English Christmas
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A Literary Christmas - The British Library, Various Authors
A Literary Christmas
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A Literary Christmas: An Anthology - The British Library
A Literary Christmas: An Anthology
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The Oxford Book of Christmas Stories - Dennis Pepper
The Oxford Book of Christmas Stories
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A Vintage Christmas - Various Authors
A Vintage Christmas
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Murder On Christmas Eve: Classic Mysteries for the... - Ellis Peters, Margery Allingham, Various Authors, Ian Rankin, Val McDermid
Murder On Christmas Eve: Classic Mysteries for the Festive Season
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Murder Under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime... - Bill & Martin Greenberg (eds.), Ian Fleming, Leslie Charteris, John D. MacDonald, W. Somerset Maugham, Peter O'Donnell, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Erle Stanley Gardner, John Jakes, Edward D. Hoch, Cornell Woolrich, William E. Barrett, Bruce Cassiday, Mic
Murder Under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season
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Murder at Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for... - Ellis Peters, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, Nicholas Blake, Various Authors, Cecily Gayford, Edmund Crispin
Murder at Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season
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A Very Murderous Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stor... - G.K. Chesterton, Colin Dexter, Ruth Rendell, John Mortimer, John Dickson Carr, Margery Allingham, Anthony Horowitz, Adrian Conan Doyle, Gladys Mitchell, Nicholas Blake, Various Authors, Edward Hoch, Cecily Gayford
A Very Murderous Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season (Murder at Christmas)
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Murder for Christmas: Tales of Seasonal Malice - David Birney, John Collier, Dorothy L. Sayers, John Standing, Margery Allingham, Stanley Ellin, Robert Culp, Marjorie Bowen, Paul Eddington, Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Arthur Conan Doyle
Murder for Christmas: Tales of Seasonal Malice
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Ghosts of Christmas Past - Louis de Bernières, James Patterson, E. Nesbit, Muriel Spark, Robert Aickman, E.F. Benson, Kelly Link, Bernard Capes, John Hartley, Tim Martin, Frank Cowper, Jenn Ashworth, Neil Gaiman, Jerome K. Jerome
Ghosts of Christmas Past
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The Dolmen Book of Irish Christmas Stories - Dermot Bolger, Various Authors
The Dolmen Book of Irish Christmas Stories
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The Little Book of Christmas Memories - Various Authors
The Little Book of Christmas Memories
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Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop - Otto Penzler
Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop
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The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries - Otto Penzler
The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries
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A Very French Christmas: The Greatest French Holid... - Jean-Philippe Blondel, Dominique Fabre, Alphonse Daudet, Irène Némirovsky, Guy de Maupassant, Jean Brassard
A Very French Christmas: The Greatest French Holiday Stories of All Time
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A Maigret Christmas And Other Stories - Georges Simenon, David Coward
A Maigret Christmas And Other Stories
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Skandinavische Weihnachten: Die schönsten Geschich... - Hans Christian Andersen, Selma Lagerlöf, Various Authors, Sven Nordqvist, Josef Tratnik, Dirk Bach, Jens Wawrczeck
Skandinavische Weihnachten: Die schönsten Geschichten von Sven Nordqvist, Hans Christian Andersen, Selma Lagerlöf u.a.
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God Rest You Merry: The Story of Christmas in Word... - Chris Emmett, Andrew Cruickshank, Various Authors, BBC Worldwide Limited, Saint Martin Singers
God Rest You Merry: The Story of Christmas in Words and Music (Vintage Beeb)
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Last Christmas - Lyse Doucet, Emilia Clarke, Caitlin Moran, Emma Watson, Olivia Colman, Various Authors, Jo Brand, Richard Ayoade, Phyllida Law, Meryl Streep, Ben Elton, Sophie Thompson, Greg Wise, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Bill Bailey, Derek Jacobi, Stephen Fry, Vivienne Rochester, He
Last Christmas
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A Christmas Cornucopia: The hidden stories behind ... - Mark Forsyth
A Christmas Cornucopia: The hidden stories behind our Yuletide traditions
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Christmas: A Biography - Judith Flanders
Christmas: A Biography
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Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of... - Gerry Bowler
Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World's Most Celebrated Holiday
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Comments:
Nice list! I see our two lists overlap a bit. :)
Themis-Athena's Garden of Books
They do -- but not entirely ... which is a very good thing!

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