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'TIS THE SEASON: Novels, Mysteries and Stories with a Christmas Theme

General Fiction | Mysteries | Short Stories

General Fiction

Aldrich, Bess Streeter. Journey into Christmas, 1941
Bledsoe, Jerry. The Angel Doll: A Christmas Story, 1996
Buck, Pearl S. Once Upon a Christmas, 1972
Bunn, T. Davis. Tidings of Comfort and Joy, 1997
Capote, Truman. One Christmas, 1983
Carroll, Gladys Hasty. Christmas Through the Years, 1968
Chute, B.J. Journey to Christmas, 1958
Clark, Mary Higgins. All Through the Night, 1998
Clark, Mary Higgins. Silent Night, 1995
Coffey, Thomas M. The Donkey's Gift, 1984.
Curtis, Jack. Christmas in Calico, 1998
Dalrymple, Andrew Angus. God Bless Us Every One! Being an Imagined Sequel to A Christmas Carol, 1985
Davies, Valentine. Miracle on 34th Street, 1947
Dickens, Charles. Christmas Books, 1988
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol, 1843
Dickens, Charles. Christmas Stories, 1946
Evans, Richard Paul. The Christmas Box, 1993
Forsyth, Frederick. The Shepherd, 1976
Gaarder, Jostein. The Christmas Mystery, 1996
Gallico, Paul. Miracle in the Wilderness, 1975
Goldsmith, Olivia. Marrying Mom, 1996
Gorey, Edward . The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas, 1997
Goudge, Elizabeth. The Lost Angel, 1971
Graham, Heather. A Magical Christmas, 1996
Graham, Heather. Spirit of the Season, 1993
Grubb, Davis. Tree Full of Stars, 1965
Gunnarsson, Gunnar. The Good Shepherd, 1940
Haley, Alex. A Different Kind of Christmas, 1988
Hammill, Pete. The Gift, 1973
Hamner, Earl. The Homecoming: A Novel about Spencer's Mountain, 1970
Harris, Charlaine. Shakespeare's Christmas, 1998
Hijuelos, Oscar. Mr. Ives' Christmas, 1995
Hooke, Nina Warner. The Starveling, 1968
Howells, William Dean. Christmas Every Day: A Story Told A Child, 1996
Irving, Washington. Old Christmas, 1875
Kotzwinkle, William. Christmas at Fontaine's, 1982
Land, Jon. Hope Mountain, 1998
Lindvall, Michael L. The Good News from North Haven, 1991
Lofts, Norah. How Far to Bethlehem?, 1965
Lucado, Max. Cosmic Christmas, 1997
Mackay, Shena. An Advent Calendar: A Novel, 1997
Miller, Helen Topping. Christmas at Sagamore Hill with Theodore Roosevelt, 1960
Moore, Christopher and Pamela Johnson. Santa and Pete: A Novel of Christmas Present and Past, 1998
Pappano, Marilyn. A Season for Miracles, 1997
Patterson, James. Miracle on the 17th Green, 1996
Read, Miss. The Christmas Mouse, 1973
Read, Miss. (Saint) No Holly for Miss Quinn, 1976
Rimes, LeAnn. Holiday in Your Heart, 1997
Salamon, Julie. The Christmas Tree, 1996
Siddoway, Richard. The Christmas Wish, 1998
Smith, Lee. The Christmas Letters: A Novella, 1996
Stern, Philip Van Doren. The Greatest Gift, 1943
Thackery, William M. The Rose and The Ring, 1908
Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall. Certain Poor Shepherds: A Christmas Tale, 1996
Travers, P.L. The Fox at the Manger, 1962
Trollope, Anthony. The Christmas Stories
Turnbull, Agnes Sligh. Little Christmas, 1964
Wharton, William. Tidings, 1987
Wiggin, Kate Douglas. Romance of a Christmas Card, 1916
Wilcox Paxton, Collin. Papa's Angels: A Christmas Story, 1996

Mysteries

Adamson, Lydia. A Cat on Jingle Bell Rock, 1997
Babson, Marion. The Twelve Deaths of Christmas, 1979
Battison, Brian. Christmas Bow Murder, 1994
Beaton, M.C. Death of a Snob, 1994
Borthwick, J.S. Dude on Arrival, 1992
Brett, Simon. The Christmas Crimes at Puzzel Manor, 1992
Christie, Agatha. Hercule Poirot's Christmas, 1938
Churchill, Jill. A Farewell to Yarns, 1991
Clark, Mary Higgins. Iced, 1995
Clark, Mary Higgins. Silent Night, 1995
Constantine, K.C. Upon Some Midnight Clear, 1985
Crane, Hamilton. Starring Miss Seeton, 1994
Daheim, Mary. Nutty as a Fruitcake, 1996
Dalby, Richard ed. Mystery for Christmas, 1994
D'Amato, Barbara. Hard Christmas, 1995
Dams, Jeanne M. The Body in the Transept, 1995
Douglas, Carole Nelson. Cat in a Golden Garland, 1997
Fletcher, Jessica and Donald Bain. Manhattans and Murder, 1994
Gano, John. Inspector Proby's Christmas, 1994
Grafton, Sue. "E" is for Evidence, 1988
Granger, Ann. A Season for Murder, 1992
Greeley, Andrew M. The Bishop and the Three Kings, 1998
Greeley, Andrew M. Star Bright! A Christmas Story, 1992
Green, Christine. Deadly Partners, 1996
Greenberg, Martin H., Ed Gorman, and Larry Segriff, eds. Cat Crimes for the Holidays, 1997
Grimes, Martha. Jerusalem Inn, 1984
Haddam, Jane. A Stillness in Bethlehem, 1992
Hager, Jean. The Last Noel, 1997
Harris, Lee. The Christmas Night Murder, 1994
Hart, Ellen. Vital Lies, 1990
Hess, Joan. A Holly, Jolly Murder, 1997
Hunter, Fred. Ransom for a Holiday, 1997
Innes, Michael. A Comedy of Terrors, 1940
Jordan, Cathleen. A Carol in the Dark, 1984
Jordan, Jennifer. Murder Under the Mistletoe, 1988
McBain, Ed. Downtown: A Novel, 1991
MacLeod, Charlotte. Christmas Stalkings: Tales of Yuletide Murder, 1991
Maron, Margaret. Corpus Christmas, 1989
Marsh, Ngaio. Tied Up in Tinsel, 1972
McBain, Ed. Downtown, 1991
Meier, Leslie. Mail Order Murder, 1991
Meredith, D.R. Murder by Sacrilege, 1993
O'Marie, Sister Carol Anne. A Novena for Murder, 1984
Page, Katherine Hall. The Body in the Bouillon, 1991
Parker, Robert B. The Widening Gyre, 1983
Peters, Ellis. A Rare Benedictine, 1989
Queen, Ellery. The Egyptian Cross Mystery, 1932
Roberts, Gillian. The Mummer's Curse, 1996
Robinson, Peter. Past Reason Hated, 1993
Sawyer, Corinne Holt. Ho Ho Homicide, 1995
Smith, Barbara Burnett. Mistletoe from Purple Sage, 1997
Smith, Joan. Don't Leave Me This Way, 1990
Sprinkle, Patricia. A Mystery Bred in Buckhead, 1994
Tourney, Leonard. Knaves Templar, 1991
Trocheck, Kathy Hogan. A Midnight Clear, 1998
Windsor, Patricia. The Christmas Killer, 1991
Wolzien, Valerie. 'Tis the Season to Be Murdered, 1994
Yaffe, James. Mom Meets Her Maker, 1990

Short Stories

Anderson, Joan Webster. Angels We Have Heard on High: A Book of Seasonal Blessings, 1997
Binchy, Maeve. This Year It Will Be Different, 1996
Buck, Pearl S. Pearl S. Buck's Book of Christmas, 1974
Collier-Thomas, Bettye, comp. A Treasury of African-American Stories, 1997
Crawford, E.A., ed. A Christmas Sampler: Classic Stories of the Season, 1992
Dalgliesh, Alice. Christmas: A Book of Stories Old and New, 1950,
Engels, Terry R. ed. A Wisconsin Christmas Anthology, 1990
Golden, Lilly, ed. A Literary Christmas: Great Contemporary Christmas Stories, 1992
Hartwell, David G. Christmas Forever, 1993
Lively, Penelope. The Five Thousand and One Nights, 1997
Rulon, Philip Reed. Keeping Christmas: The Celebration of an American Holiday, 1990
Seagrove, Elisa. The Junky's Christmas, 1994
Tolkien J.R.R. The Father Christmas Letters, 1976
Wagenknecht, Edward. Stories of Christ and Christmas, 1963
Wernecke, Herbert Henry, ed. Tales of Christmas From Near and Far, 1963
Wheeler, Joe L. Christmas in My Heart: A Timeless Treasury of Heartwarming Stories, 1996