Holiday Fiction
By Caroline Hulse
Recommended By Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian
After splitting up, a couple each bring their new significant other to Happy Forest Holiday Park in an attempt to give their daughter a "normal" family Christmas which turns into a powder keg fueled by drinking too much and oversharing.
By Jeph Loeb
Taking place during Batman's early days of crime fighting, The Long Halloween tells the story of a mysterious killer named Holiday, who murders people on holidays, one each month. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar as he tries to discover who Holiday is before he claims his next victim each month.
By Fern Michaels
Recommended By Marie McLaughlin, Head of Circulation
Writing biographies to support her family’s struggling Christmas shop, Lauren is assigned to pen the life story of a handsome and surprisingly intelligent online retailer mogul who has put hundreds of small companies out of business.
By Isis Crawford
Series Mystery with Recipes
When the beautiful Thanksgiving turkey they prepared blows up in their client's face, sending Monty Field to the great dining room in the sky, sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons must convince the Field family that they are not responsible and whip up the real killer.
By Melody Carlson
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page
“Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless, and nearly hopeless … When a secondhand red coat unexpectedly lands her a job as Mrs. Santa at a department store, Lena finally thinks her luck is changing. But can she keep her past a secret (From the Publisher).”
Mystery short stories, set during Christmas season, and take place in The Mysterious Bookshop.
By Melody Carlson
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page
“When an abandoned dog finds its way to Betty Kowalski's house during the Christmas season, she reluctantly takes it in and learns that Christmas is truly the season of giving (From the Publisher).”
By Richard Paul Evans
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page
"A successful but heartless businessman sees his own obituary in the newspaper after a case of mistaken identity, setting in motion a 109 of events that profoundly changes the lives of several people who have suffered due to his ruthless business practices (From the Publisher)."
It is 1937, and Lucy knows better than to wish for a pony this Christmas. Her mother has assured her in no uncertain terms that asking for a pony is the same as asking for the moon. Then an interesting pair of strangers comes to town, and Lucy's world changes forever.
By Sophie Kinsella
Series Shopaholic Series
Recommended By Marie McLaughlin, Head of Circulation
Agreeing to host her family’s Christmas celebration, Becky finds her efforts complicated by her parents’ alternate plans, Jess’ vegan turkey, Luke’s lack of enthusiasm, Minnie’s request for a hard-to-find gift and the reappearance of a rock-star ex.
By Richard Paul Evans
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page
"An uplifting tale of hope and faith celebrates the joy of the holiday season and follows a theme of the redemptive power of love (From the Publisher)."
By Richard Paul Evans
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page
“Presents an inspirational tale of hope, love, and faith set during the holiday season of 1962, as portrayed in the lost innocence of a young girl running away from her abusive stepfather and a boy determined to protect her (From the Publisher).”
By Agatha Christie
Series Hercule Poirot
The cerebral Belgian detective uses impeccable logic to locate the murderer of a millionaire in the dreary English Midlands.
A collection of four Christmas romance stories includes Fern Michaels' "Holiday Magic," in which ski shop manager Stephanie Marshall gets an unexpected Christmas bonus in the form of her handsome boss, Eddie O'Brien.
By Christina Lauren
Recommended By Nathalie Levin, Children's Services Librarian, Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian
Finding herself caught in a time loop that has her repeating the same disastrous family Christmas in a snowy Utah cabin, Mae endures one hilarious setback after another to break the cycle and find true love under the mistletoe.
By Richard Ford
Series Frank Bascombe Novels
Real estate agent Frank Bascombe moves into his newly married ex-wife's old home, and is looking forward to the upcoming Fourth of July weekend, but somehow nothing turns out the way he expects.
By Nancy Thayer
Scrambling through the last–minute holiday rush at her Nantucket toy shop, Christina bonds with the family of her miserly landlord, forging unexpected ties along the way.
By John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
In three intertwining stories, several high school couples experience the trials and tribulations along with the joys of romance during a Christmas Eve snowstorm in a small town.
By Richard Paul Evans
Series Christmas Box Trilogy
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page
“David and MaryAnne Parkin find a mysterious letter at the base of their child Andrea's grave that eventually returns joy to their marriage, which had been strained in the nineteen years since her death (From the Publisher).”
By Gregory Maguire
Entwines the classic fairy tale of the little match girl with a story of Frederik, whose mother is seamstress to the queen and who spends many evenings crafting a village in the attic of their small, cold home.
By Jean Meltzer.
Recommended By Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian, Pam Strudler, Programming & Arts Librarian, Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian
When her publisher insists that she write a Hanukkah romance, Rachel Rubenstein–Goldblatt, a Jewish woman with a secret career as a Christmas romance novelist, unexpectedly finds inspiration when she encounters a childhood acquaintance at the Matzah Ball, a Jewish music celebration on the last night of Hanukkah.
By Patti Callahan Henry
After a song he writes catapults him to country stardom, former drifter Jimmy Sullivan finds his thirst for wealth and fame overshadowing his devotion to his brother and love for his girlfriend, and it will take a Christmas miracle to get him to save what really matters.
By Richard Paul Evans
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page
"Beth Cardall faces the need to reveal a secret she has been keeping for eighteen years since Christmas Day of 1989, when she encountered a mysterious, handsome stranger named Matthew who changed the course of her life (From the Publisher)."
By Jennifer Chiaverini
Series Elm Creek Quilts
For the Elm Creek Quilters, the day after Thanksgiving marks the start of the quilting season, a time to gather at Elm Creek Manor and spend the day stitching holiday gifts for loved ones. On this quilter's holiday, Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom has invited her friends to continue an old family tradition of sewing quilt blocks representing their thankfulness and gratitude. As each quilter explains the significance of her carefully chosen block, stories of love and longing for family and friends emerge.
By Viola Shipman
Recommended By Donna Burger, Readers' Services Librarian
When she learns she is being replaced by an AI meteorologist, So-Cal meteorologist Sonny Dunes returns home to Michigan where she, while reacclimating to the weather change, must confront her past and unwelcome memories.
By Claire Keegan
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services
In a small Irish town in 1985, coal merchant and family man, Bill Furlong, while delivering an order to the local convent, makes a discovery that forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church.
By Leslie Meier
Series Lucy Stone Mysteries
In the town of Tinker's Cove, Maine, the body of barkeep Old Dan Malone is found floating in the town's icy harbor, forcing Lucy Stone, the Pennysaver newspaper's intrepid reporter, to solve this murder before the St. Patrick's Day celebrations begin.
By Debbie Macomber
Series Angelic Intervention
Recommended By Marie McLaughlin, Head of Circulation
“Three angels with a penchant for trouble bring some much-needed Christmas magic into the lives of three people-an elderly man searching for peace of mind, a young woman afraid of commitment, and a little boy with a special holiday wish (From the Publisher).”
By Rosamunde Pilcher
Recommended By Donna Burger, Readers' Services Librarian
A moving tale of loss and transcendence follows the lives of five people, buffeted by life's difficulties, who come together on a rundown estate house in Northern Scotland during a revelatory Winter Solstice.