As the holiday season hits its stride with the message of gift-giving and goodwill, that mainstay of reader-led book recommendations, Goodreads, has put out its annual essential holiday reading list.
The Airdrie Public Library (APL), doesn’t support one reading list over another – and there are many out there – but we found this one to be of note. The list includes books set during a holiday season or celebrates something about a particular holiday.
If you’re looking for a picture book for your children, stories about dysfunctional extended families or a steamy under-the-mistletoe romance, the Goodreads list has it all. And, they’re all available as audiobooks.
• A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas, by Dr. Seuss
• The Night Before Christmas, by Applesauce Press, illustrated by Charles Santore
• The Polar Express, published by HMH Books for Young Readers
• My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories, edited by Stephanie Perkins
• Let it Snow: Three Holiday Romances, published by Penguin
• Skipping Christmas: A Novel, by John Grisham
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, by Barbara Robinson, illustrated by Laura Cornell
• Holidays on Ice, by David Sedaris
• The Christmas Train, by David Baldacci
• Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares, by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
• The Christmas Box, by Richard Paul Evans
• Winter Street, by Elin Hilderbrand
• The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories, by O. Henry
• The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, by Christopher Moore
If you have a book lover in your family, these recommendations should help and, with your free library card and APL’s curbside pick-up service, you can check that one off your gift list.
Please note, the library’s customer service is closed from Dec. 25 to 28 and Jan. 1, but is always open online.
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