This Event is sponsored by Kimberly at The Caffeinated Reviewer. It runs from Wednesday, November 25th through Wednesday, December 17th, 2026. Click here to sign-up.
“During the event, participants will read or listen to as many holiday or winter reads as they can while taking part in challenges. Prizes, hot cocoa, bookish friends and more!” – Kimberly, the Caffeinated Reviewer
I’ll be tracking my reads here during the event. Prior to then, I plan to add books that I plan to read, so check back if you need more holiday book ideas. The hashtag for this event is #2026HOHOHORAT so you may be able to find other books that way, too.
What I’m Considering Reading
My reading list will be at least partially determined by what’s left in the various Reading Challenges I’m taking part in.
The following are holiday and winter reads I want to keep in mind for this event. I will no doubt be adding to this list as I become aware of books listed by others.
Cozy Mysteries
Murder Checks Out (Blue Ridge Library Mysteries, #8 by Victoria Gilbert
Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop (Short story anthology) – Otto Penzler, editor. (mysteries)
Knit the Season (Friday Night Knitting Club, #3) by Kate Jacob (Fiction)
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (Christmas Tree Farm, #2) by Jacqueline Frost
Christmas Cow Bells (A Buttermilk Creek Mystery, #1) by Mollie Cox Bryan
A Merry Little Murder Plot (Library Lover’s Mystery, #15) by Jenn McKinley – need to read #14 first!
A Slay Ride Together With You (A Year-Round Christmas Mystery, #7) by Vicki Delany
Murder at a Scottish Christmas (Scottish Shire Mystery, #6) by Traci Hall
Christmas Corpse (A Christmas Cozy Mystery, #1) by Mona Marple
Death at a Scottish Christmas (A Scottish Isle Mystery) by Lucy Connolly – need to read #1.5 and 2 first
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year (Kiss, Merry, Kill, #1) by Ally Carter (Romance-Mystery)
Murder at the Christmas Emporium by Adreina Cordani (mystery, not sure if cozy, suspense, thriller?)
Traditional Mysteries (Classics)
Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon
Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20) by Agatha Christie
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Hercule Poirot, #41) by Agatha Christie
Cozy Short Stories / Novellas
Christmas Mittens Murder by Lee Hollis, Lynn Cahoon and Maddie Day
The Snowman Killer (Alaska, #1) by Wendy Meadows
Hangman’s Holidays: A Collection of Short Mysteries (Lord Peter Wimsey, #9) by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Adventures of the Blue Carbuncle (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #7) by Arthur Conan Doyle
Fiction Novels
A Seasons of Secrets by Fern Michaels
Fiction – Short Stories / Novellas / Children’s Stories
The 12 Days o Yule: A Scots Christmas Rhyme by Susan Rennie
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (set in Ireland)
The Last Noel by Sarah Hamaker, Jayna Breigh and Kimberley Woodhouse
A Married Little Christmas by Abby Jimenez (three novellas)
Let me know if you plan to take part in this event, so I can follow along.
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