2007-11-24 09:59:45 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
If you're looking for Christmas stories, I'd agree with Happy Trucker about A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I read that every year around Christmas.
I'd also suggest The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans and The Christmas Wish by Richard Siddoway or The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere.
I'd also suggest The Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke and The Gift of the Magi by O Henry. They are both very good stories.
Joe Wheeler edited a complete series of books called Christmas in My Heart with short stories by various authors (some known, some unknown) who wrote in various times (some older, some more modern). They are full of excellent stories that range from humorous to very touching. It's a real pleasure to read these stories around Christmas.
2007-11-24 10:10:22 · answer #1 · answered by ck1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Best Christmas Present in the World . Michael Morpurgo
2007-11-24 21:26:56 · answer #2 · answered by cruellinne 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn
2007-11-24 18:37:25 · answer #3 · answered by Molly T 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
do you mean 'over christmas'?
or about christmas?
last year i read a fasinting book
about the the evolution of the true turkish nicholas
(who became saint nick)
can't remember the name of the book
but it might be 'the history of christmas'
or 'the history of santa claus'
it also explains the origins of the christmas tree
and how christ's cross
became 'criss-cross'
represented by a + or x
therefor, 'x' mas is not sacriligious
as many fundamentalist say
2007-11-24 18:15:27 · answer #4 · answered by mrlucky 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Depends on how old you are.
Kid-teen:
Bambi, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wizard of Oz, Black Beauty, Peter Pan, Wuthering Heights, Anne Frank, ect. (classics)
Adult:
some good authors are:
Stephen King, Dan Brown,Tess Gerritsen, Thomas Harris, Robin Cook, Jan Burke, and Lisa Jackson (Horror and Mystery)
Books by those authors:
Deception Point, Lisey's story, Red Dragon, The silence of the lambs, Marker, See how she dies, Bloodlines, 5th horseman, The Mephisto Club, Shiver, Hannibal Rising, and The Davinci code
Hope I helped!
2007-11-24 18:10:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well I'm really hoping that Santa puts Katherine Whitehorn's recently published autobiography ' Selective Memory' into my leg warmer (whoops, fallen out other end). Very funny and intelligent veteran UK journalist who also wrote 'Cooking in a Bedsitter', which could be second choice!
2007-11-25 01:40:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Collected Ghost Stories by M R James. His stories are not really scary but have a mysterious twist to them.
2007-11-24 20:31:00 · answer #7 · answered by Zheia 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always go back and read a christmas carol again
2007-11-24 18:04:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Argos catalogue.
2007-11-24 18:02:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest Water for Elephants - a beautifully written book - perfect for a snowy day.
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Careful or you may wind up in my next novel.
Pax - C
2007-11-24 18:24:46 · answer #10 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋