Holiday Books

10 Books to Get You in the Holiday Mood

Sometimes you just want to read something light.  With everything that you deal with day in and day out, sometimes your brain needs a little candy.  Or, a candy cane in the case of these light holiday reads.  Here are 10 books set during the holiday season that will leave you with a smile.

Window Shopping – Tessa Bailey

Window shopping is a short, funny, feel-good holiday romance.  This one is about a down-on-her-luck girl decorating the windows of a department store in Manhattan with an incredibly cute boss who she can’t keep her eyes off of.    

Meet me in London – Georgia Toffolo

A pretend engagement and some seriously real chemistry set against a backdrop of Christmas in London.  Say no more!

One Day in December – Josie Silver

It’s love at first sight for Josie, but then her bus drives away.  She looks for him for a year and is finally reunited as he is introduced to her as her best friend’s boyfriend.  The book follows them through 10 years of friendship and missed opportunities, all of the twists and turns that fate sometimes makes.

In a Holidaze – Christina Lauren

It’s a disastrous holiday vacation for Maelyn, but after a car crash she wakes up and the vacation starts all over again.  A time travel story that keeps repeating itself until she finally gets it right.

Blame it on the Mistletoe – Beth Garrod

Elle has a major mistletoe mishap with her ex to start the holidays and can’t wait to get away.  She switches places à la The Holiday in the hopes she can salvage her Christmas.

The Holiday Swap – Maggie Knox

Identical twins switch places after one of them suffers a concussion while starring on a reality cooking show.  What could go wrong?

My True Love Gave to Me – Various Authors 

This is an anthology of 12 short holiday stories written by some of the most popular YA writers.  If you love holiday movies, sitcoms, or stories, you’ll love this one!

The Twelve Dates of Christmas – Jenny Bayliss

Kate is done with dating, but her best friend signs her up for a holiday dating challenge and she must go on 12 dates with 12 different men in the month of December.  Living in a small town, everyone is keeping tabs on her dating journey and some disastrous dates ensue.

This Time Next Year – Sophie Cousens

What would life be like if the story you told yourself for years wasn’t true?  Minnie Cooper (yes, like the car) gets to find out when she meets the man who she believed for her whole life started her string of bad luck birthdays at birth.

All About Us – Tom Ellen

A modern take on A Christmas Carol.  Ben gets to do it all again and see what his life would have been like if he would have chosen a different path.

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