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Christmas is fast approaching, and you may be looking at reading some festive books to get yourself in the mood. Christmas books always provide the festive and fun vibes, and they’re easy to finish because they’re just so fun.
The following 10 books are all released in 2025, and guaranteed to make you feel some type of festive way. So, grab a brew, and pick your favourite based on the blurbs. Which one is going to be bumped up all the way to the top of your to-be-read list?
Holiday Ever After by Hannah Grace
All Clara Davenport has ever wanted to do is climb the ladder at Davenport Innovation Creative, her family’s toy business. Everything was going according to plan until the company was accused of stealing a doll design from an independent toy maker, creating a flurry of bad publicity.
With a promotion dangled in front of her like a carrot to a reindeer, Clara is tasked with charming the locals of the small town to solve the PR nightmare by any means necessary.
Jack Kelly would be happy to never hear the name Davenport ever again. Less than a year after a guy in a fancy suit appeared on his doorstep with a sleigh-full of promises, the company that once falsely claimed they wanted to sign him to their small business program has copied his design.
So when Clara prances into town hoping to convince Fraser Falls that her company is not the enemy, Jack is determined not to be fooled by Davenport twice.
But Clara has a plan to win over the community, only to realise that beneath Jack’s frosty demeanour lies the key to the town’s heart – and maybe her own.
All Together For Christmas by Sarah Morgan
Becky is stranded at the airport, so when she bumps into her brother’s best friend, Will, and he suggests they drive home together, Becky reluctantly agrees. For the first time, Becky is dreading Christmas, and only Will knows why. Can she trust him to keep her secret?
Her twin sister Rosie married Declan after a whirlwind romance, and now the cracks are starting to appear. Rosie and Declan have agreed to hide their problems from her family, but Rosie’s insecurities are growing. Will this Christmas bring them closer or drive them apart?
Hayley can’t wait for her first Balfour family Christmas with Jamie. The Balfour Christmas traditions sound wonderful, but she’s worried about her place in this close-knit family. Will there be room for her, too? And how will they react to the secret she and Jamie have been keeping?
Despite everyone’s best intentions, all the chaos and confusion could derail their normally happy holidays. Can they tell each other the truth in time to enjoy a perfect family Christmas?
The Gingerbread Bakery by Laurie Gilmore
A wedding in Dream Harbour can only mean one thing: everyone wants to get involved!
With Jeanie and Logan set to tie the knot, and Kira desperate to hire out her newly renovated barn at the Christmas tree farm, everything seems to be going well. Annie has agreed to bake the cake, and Mac is responsible for, well… just being Mac.
And as the whole of Dream Harbour comes together to celebrate the wedding of the year with the snow falling around them, can Annie and Mac put aside their dislike for each other just long enough for the ‘I Do’s’ or is that one request too far…
12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas by Natasha Bache
All Olivia wanted was one last miserable Christmas with her husband’s awful family before moving to Australia. She didn’t expect a murder. Now the snow has cut them off and she’s stuck in a stately country house, with her increasingly deranged relatives and the rising suspicion that someone is picking them off one by one.
As the bodies pile up and the festive façade starts to crack, Olivia must survive the season, or, at the very least, get through lunch without anyone else choking on a sprout.
Sharp, smart and deliciously twisted, this is Christmas with all the trimmings: cold cuts, warm lies and at least one suspicious pudding.
A Heart for Christmas: An Advent Novel by Sophie Jomain
This is an Advent Calendar Novel, so you open a chapter a day! When eighteen-year-old April heads to the foothills of Mont Blanc in the Alps to spend her first Christmas at her father’s chalet, she’s hoping for a change.
Ever since a heart operation two years ago, she’s lived as carefully as possible. But she knows there’s a world out there that she’s missing, and she’s determined to experience it all.
When April’s ski instructor turns out to be her best friend’s older brother, Augustin. He’s no longer annoying: he’s daring and caring and… HOT. As he encourages her to take risks, April starts to feel her heart really heal – but is it ready for a Christmas miracle?
Experience the ultimate slow-burn this winter with a unique advent calendar format. A sell-out bestseller in Europe, each of the twenty-four chapters is sealed in a perforated envelope to be torn open gently every day.
Mistletoe and Magic by Helene Sula
Eva Coleman has lost her glow. She’s missed a well-deserved promotion at work and been left heartbroken at what she thought was a proposal dinner. Who the hell said this was ‘the most wonderful time of the year’?
Unable to face her family, Eva decides she needs a solo break to rediscover her passions and live life by her own rules. So, she swaps her Nashville hometown for a festive UK getaway. Stumbling into an antiquarian bookshop, she discovers a book that might just bring her spark back and give her the adventure she’s been seeking…
Eva knows what it’s like to be left unheard, but can she be the person to finally tell this forgotten story, or is a grumpy Yorkshireman going to stand in her way?
Merry Little Kissmas by Lauren Blakely
Wanted: A fresh shot at love for the holidays. But fake dating my brother’s grumpy best friend? He’s my new client, for Santa’s sake! As a professional matchmaker, my biggest job this holiday season should be simple: find a date for the sexy single dad hockey player – aka my brother’s best friend – for his team’s fancy Christmas Eve gala.
Sure Rowan’s hot as a crackling fire and spicier than a gingerbread man, but he hasn’t just sworn off romance. The Christmas hater has made a bet that I can’t find him a holidate. What’s a matchmaker to do?
Good Spirits by B. K. Borison
He’s the Ghost of Christmas Past. She’s not exactly Scrooge. Ghost of Christmas Past Nolan Callahan intends to spend this holiday haunting like every other – get in, get out, return to his otherwise aimless existence as a ghost awaiting the afterlife. But when he’s faced with Harriet York, the sweetest assignment he’s ever had, he suddenly finds himself wishing for a future.
Harriet York has no idea why she’s being haunted. She’s a good person – or, at least, she tries to be. A people pleaser to her core, she always does what’s expected of her. But as she and Nolan begin to examine her past, they discover there are threads that bind them together – and realise there might be more to moving on than expected.
With the deadline of Christmas Eve fast approaching, will they find the key to their futures in each other’s pasts? Or will they stay firmly in the present, indulging in their unexpected, spirited connection?
Filled with magic, mayhem, and cosy holiday charm, this swoony romance is B.K. Borison’s best yet!
Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal by Meghan Quinn
There are two things you should know about Atlas ‘Max’ Maxheimer. One: he has the presence of a six-foot-four lumberjack with a knack for making people smile. Two: he lives and breathes the holidays. Not only is he the reigning victor of the annual town Christmas contest, but his family have a literal Christmas tree farm. ‘Tis his damn season. And she’s going to ruin everything.
Betty is new in town, full of holiday cheer and, worst of all, is helping her uncle open a rival tree farm next door. Max is convinced she’s out to destroy everything he loves. Betty thinks Max might be one sleigh short of a winter parade. And they’re having way too much fun trying to outdo each other.
After Christmas chaos, public humiliation and booby traps that Home Alone would be proud of, it only takes a blizzard, a romantic cottage and only one bed for the sparks between Max and Betty to ignite…
The Holiday Fakers by Evie Alexander
One fake boyfriend. One bed. One very complicated Christmas.
Piper
I promised my mum I’d bring a boyfriend home for the holidays.
I did not mean Brody King – Hollywood heartthrob, tabloid train wreck, and the reason I have a folder of fantasy fan art I’ll take to the grave. He’s also my brother’s best friend and the man who ghosted our small town (and me) twelve years ago. Now we’re sharing one bed, faking a relationship, and pretending he’s changed.
The problem? I’m starting to believe it. But Brody doesn’t do forever. And I don’t do heartbreak twice.
Brody
The plan was simple: come home, look reformed, and don’t fall for Piper Locke. Again . Instead, I’m stuck in a snow-globe town with the girl I never stopped wanting. Piper’s smart, hilarious, way too sexy – and still completely off-limits.
She thinks I’ll leave like last time. And she’s right. My next job’s a world away from Hideaway Harbour. But this fake relationship feels dangerously real, and Piper isn’t just a PR fix. She’s the reason I want to stay. Too bad I’m the last person who deserves her… and the one person who can’t seem to walk away.
So, which book will you be picking up this Christmas? We bet you want to add every single one to your list!
Let us know in the comments which one takes your fancy…
