Take a look at the best books for Christmas presents for the adult in your life. Tis the season to be jolly, and what better way to spread literary cheer than with the perfect bookish presents? In my book blog, I've curated a sleigh-full of the best Christmas books for adults to help you find the most heart-warming, mind-bending, and page-turning gifts for every book lover on your list. Whether you're shopping for a mystery aficionado, a romance connoisseur, or a sci-fi explorer, I've got you covered. So, cosy up with a cup of hot cocoa, and let the gift-giving adventure begin – because nothing says "Merry Christmas" like the promise of a new adventure between the covers!
The first book on my list of my favourite Christmas books for the adults in your life is A Bitter Remedy by Alis Hawkins.
Author: Alis Hawkins
Genre Crime Historical
Publisher: Canelo Crime
Date Published: 2023
Book Length: 437
About Book: Amongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to swallow…
Jesus College, Oxford, 1881. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings and the medical examination reveals some shocking findings. When the young man’s guardian blames the college for his death and threatens a scandal, Basil Rice, a Jesus College fellow with a secret to hide, is forced to act and finds himself drawn into Sidney Parker’s sad life.
The mystery soon attracts the attention of Rhiannon ‘Non’ Vaughan, a young Welsh polymath and one of the young women newly admitted to university lectures. But when neither the college principal nor the powerful ladies behind Oxford’s new female halls will allow her to become involved, Non’s fierce intelligence and determination to prove herself drive her on.
Both misfits at the university, Non and Basil form an unlikely partnership, and it soon falls to them to investigate the mysterious circumstances of Parker’s death. But between corporate malfeasance and snake-oil salesmen, they soon find the dreaming spires of Oxford are not quite what they seem…
The next book on my list of my favourite Christmas books for the adults in your life is The Time Traveller's Almanac by Jeff and Ann Vandermeer.
Author: Jeff and Ann Vandermeer
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Apollo
Date Published: 2021
Book Length: 960
About Book: The Time Traveller's Almanac is the largest, most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, here is over a century's worth of literary travels into past and the future. Including stories from Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, William Gibson, George R.R. Martin, Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock and, of course, H.G. Wells, here are beloved classics and cutting-edge contemporary examples of the genre. Because, the truth is, fiction is the most effective time travel machine in the universe and always has been.
Another book on my list of my favourite Christmas books for the adults in your life is 'Christmas With you' when love needs a touch of Christmas Magic by The number 1 best selling author Sheila O'Flanagan.
Author: Sheila O’Flanagan
Genre: Romance
Publisher: Headline Review
Date Published: 2017
Book Length: 400
About Book: Tucked away in the Irish countryside, the Sugar Loaf Lodge is opening its door for the festive season. With snow falling on the mountains outside and warm fires roaring inside, it's the perfect place for guests to celebrate the happiest time of the year. But what if you've just had your heart broken? Or discovered that the man you're married to has lied to you? What if a secret from your past has finally come back to haunt you? For some of the guests arriving at the Sugar Loaf Lodge, Christmas is looking far from tranquil. But can they find the magic and romance of the season within the walls of this beautiful hotel?
I didn't want to just recommend cosy Christmas Novels so a book for Thriller lovers and on the list of my favourite Christmas books for the adults in your life is 'Metronome' by Tom Watson.
Author: Tom Watson
Genre: Thriller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Date Published: 2023
Book Length: 320
About Book: Not all that is hidden is lost.
For twelve years Aina and Whitney have been in exile on an island for a crime they committed together, tethered to a croft by pills they take for survival every eight hours. They've kept busy - Aina with her garden, her jigsaw, her music; Whitney with his sculptures and maps - but something is not right.
Shipwrecks have begun washing up, supply drops have stopped and on the day their punishment is meant to end, the Warden does not come. Instead a sheep appears; but sheep can't swim.
Aina becomes convinced that they've been abandoned, and that Whitney has been keeping secrets. As she starts testing the limits of their prison, investigating ways she might escape, she is confronted by decisions that haunt her past. Little does she realise that her biggest choice is yet to come.
For lovers of Historical, Ghost Stories, Kate Mosse is a must to be on the list of my favourite Christmas books for the adults in your life with 'The Mistletoe Bride'.
Author Kate Mosse
Genre: Historical, Ghost, Horror
Publisher: Orion
Date Published: 2013
Book Length: 304
About Book: A wonderfully atmospheric collection of stories from one of our most captivating writers, inspired by ghost stories, traditional folk tales and country legends from England and France. These tales are richly populated by spirits and ghosts seeking revenge; by grief-stricken women and haunted men coming to terms with their destiny - all rooted deep in the elemental landscapes of Sussex, Brittany and the Languedoc.
Another Mystery, Thriller book that made it on the list of my favourite Christmas books for the adults in your life is The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton.
Author: Stuart Turton
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Publisher: Raven Books
Date Published: 2018
Book Length: 528
About Book: Somebody's going to be murdered at the ball tonight. It won't appear to be a murder and so the murderer won't be caught. Rectify that injustice and I'll show you the way out.' It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed. But Evelyn will not die just once. Until Aiden - one of the guests summoned to Blackheath for the party - can solve her murder, the day will repeat itself, over and over again. Every time ending with the fateful pistol shot. The only way to break this cycle is to identify the killer. But each time the day begins again, Aiden wakes in the body of a different guest. And someone is determined to prevent him ever escaping Blackheath...
And last but by no means least for the lovers of Crime 'A Small Weeping' made it on to the list of my favourite Christmas books for the adults in your life is by Alex Gray
Author: Alex Gray
Series: DCI Lorimor book 2 of 21
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Date Published: 2005
Book Length: 336
About Book: When a murdered prostitute is found in a Glasgow train station, DCI Lorimer is perplexed by the ritualistic arrangement of her body. It isn’t long before there is another murder and he realises there’s no time to waste if he is to stop Glasgow’s latest serial killer.
A taut, suspense-filled thriller, A Small Weeping takes the reader on a gripping journey from the inner city to the wilds of the Scottish Isles, and far into the darkest depths of human nature.
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