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The Beautiful Ones

Julia Sutton

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Mystery, Thriller & Suspense · Cozy Mysteries

A Whiff of Herbal Murder

Sensory Detectives

Susan St. Clare

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Horror · Horror Anthologies

Mind Fullness

David McGlone

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Mystery, Thriller & Suspense · Detective & Crime Fiction

The Estes Park Extermination

Detective Lauren Gabriel Mysteries · Book 9

Theodore Huntington

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Horror · Supernatural Horror

The King of Dogwood Street

Christopher Tuthill

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Mystery, Thriller & Suspense · Detective & Crime Fiction

A Tower of Heads

DCI Grace Swan Thrillers · Book 5

Giles Ekins

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Children's & Middle Grade · Middle Grade

Standing At My Grandfather's Grave: A Baseball Fable

Flyoverland · Book 3

Mark Reps

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Contemporary & Literary Fiction

The Train Jumper

Gwen Banta

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Fantasy

Unofficial Detective

Kathryn Rossati (Kathryn Wells)

Half-Wizard Thordric - Kathryn Wells · Book 1

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Historical Fiction

The Bay of Deceptive Mist

Malcolm Archibald

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Horror

Monstrosity: Tales Of Transformation

Laura Diaz De Arce

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Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Persona

William J. Cook

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Nonfiction

Midlothian Mayhem: Murder, Miners and the Military in Old Midlothian

Malcolm Archibald

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Romance

High Plains Holiday

Simone Beaudelaire

Love On The High Plains · Book 1

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Science Fiction

A Hurler On The Ditch

Conor H. Carton

Waifs & Strays · Book 1

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Westerns

Born To Track

Stuart G. Yates

Reuben Cole - The Early Years · Book 1

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Stacia Kaywood

A reluctant reader in her early years, Stacia Kaywood preferred listening to her grandfather’s stories of growing up on a farm in rural Kansas during the Great Depression to bland elementary readers. When her second-grade teacher finally managed to convince her books held the magical keys to unlock the doors to…

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6 November 2026

Christmas Book Club Books: 5 Books Worth Discussing

Choose a December book club read from five Christmas-connected books, with discussion themes, reading group tips, and a spoiler-free question for each.

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