Wondering what to read this Christmas while curling up by the fire?
No worries. We’re here to help you!
All these best books for Christmas will get you into the ultimate festive spirit and remind you of the true meaning of Christmas.
Some of the Best Christmas Reads for Adults
1. The Christmas Dress
A wonderful tale to warm your heart in a winter wonderland, The Christmas Dress is one of the best Christmas reads. It tells an uplifting narrative of one woman’s inheritance of a historic residential building in downtown Chicago and how she unearths its rich history to save not only herself but also her neighbors in the building. The book deals with friendship, hope, history, romance, heartbreak, grief and finding the holiday spirit.
If you’re looking for an enchanting, realistic story with a good Christmas romance, the book is definitely an ideal feat!
2. So, This Is Christmas
An amazing book to get you into the holiday mood, So, This Is Christmas gives you all the warmth, Christmas fuzziness and a glimpse of holiday reality. The book features private school outcast Finley returning to her hometown of Christmas, Oklahoma, with her world upended. But the last person she expects to see there is Arthur, an uptight fellow student who has come with his aunt to spend Christmas at Grandma Jo’s Hoyden Inn. If the greatly enhanced town website created by Finley to impress her snobbish classmates is to blame, how can she produce the ideal American Christmas experience their guests expect?
If you want to enjoy this Christmas with a fun, fuzzy, adorable YA holiday romance, the book is definitely a must-read for you!
3. The Santa Suit
One of the feel-good Christmas reads, The Santa Suit is a wonderful story with the main focus being friendship and finding the Christmas spirit. The book follows newly divorced Ivy as she buys an old farmhouse sight unseen and moves from Atlanta to a small town in NC. Once there, she realizes the house needs more work than she thought and the previous owners went all out for Christmas. When she finds an old Santa suit with a note from a little girl in it, Ivy decides to track down what happened to her.
If you’re a fan of heartwarming Hallmark Christmas movies, the book is absolutely for you.
4. In A Holidaze
A quick holiday romcom, In A Holidaze is one of incredibly adorable and delightful Christmas reads. It’s a Groundhog Day style book where one Christmas wish, two brothers, and a lifetime of hope are on the line for hapless Maelyn Jones. She must figure out how to break free of the strange time loop and finally get her true love under the mistletoe. From the Christmas tree shopping to the snowman building, the book has everything that a good holiday book needs.
If you’re looking for something you can read in one sitting and that will make you smile all through, fingers crossed you’ll find this one in your stocking.
5. A Christmas Carol
An iconic Christmas ghost story, A Christmas Carol is a heartwarming must-read. The story is about a man named Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter, cold-hearted elderly miser who doesn’t care about anyone around him. He doesn’t like Christmas and rudely refuses his nephew’s invitation for Christmas dinner. But everything changes when he’s visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present, and yet to come.
If you want a really beautiful and heartwarming Christmas read, this might do the trick.