As Airdrie Public Library’s (APL) programmers take a much-needed break to rest and prepare for our 2022 winter session, we would like to share 15 books from the annual essential holiday reading list, put out by the mainstay of reader-led book recommendations, Goodreads.
We don’t necessarily support one reading list over another, and there are many out there, but libraries have found Goodreads to be of note, simply because the list reflects the books that readers enjoy.
The list includes any book if it’s 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.
- Window Shopping, by Tessa Bailey
- The Certainty of Chance, by Jacquelyn Middleton
- All Because You Matter, by Tami Charles, illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Blame it on the Mistletoe, by Beth Garrod
- The Afterlife of Holly Chase, by Cynthia Hand
- Lovelight Farms, by B.K. Borison
- The Twelves Dates of Christmas, by Jenny Bayliss
- Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (Dash & Lily, #1), by Rachel Cohn
- Wrapped Up in You (ebook), by Talia Hibbert
- Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20), by Agatha Christie
- Pumpkinheads, by Rainbow Rowell
- What Light, by Jay Asher
- The Matzah Ball, by Jean Meltzer
- Scrooged, by O. Henry
- I Got the Christmas Spirit, by Connie Schofield-Morrison and Frank Morrison
If you have a book-lover in your family, no matter their age, these recommendations should help, and with your free library card, you can check that one of your gift lists.
Remember, you can also support your library and give a unique gift at the same time through our Adopt-a-Reader campaign.
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