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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

Uriel Through Eleanor

Brian Prousky

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Fantasy

Wizard's Rise

Phillip Tomasso

The Severed Empire · Book 1

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Historical Fiction

The Doctor's Wife

Myra Hargrave McIlvain

A German Family Saga · Book 1

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Horror

Saucy Jacky: The Whitechapel Murders As Told By Jack The Ripper

Doug Lamoreux

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Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Prescription for Deception

James Osborne

The Secret Shepherd Conspiracies · Book 1

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Nonfiction

Pirates And Pickled Heads: Sea Tales From Scotland

Helen Susan Swift

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Romance

Keeping Katerina

Simone Beaudelaire

The Victorians · Book 1

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Science Fiction

Alternate Purpose

Christopher Coates

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Westerns

Left For Dead

Stuart G. Yates

Hahmood The Killer · 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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