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The Counsellor

Gillian Jackson

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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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The Estes Park Extermination

Detective Lauren Gabriel Mysteries · Book 9

Theodore Huntington

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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

Evelyn Evolving: A Novel Of Real Life

Maryann Miller

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Fantasy

Drake Ascendant

Donna Sundblad

Dragon's Oath · Book 1

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Historical Fiction

The Noise of Zulu Battle

Malcolm Archibald

The Soldier's Son · Book 1

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The Banshee Bride

Mark L'Estrange

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Second Skin

Simone Beaudelaire

The Maricopa County Shifters · Book 1

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Gone: Catastrophe in Paradise

OJ Modjeska

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Romance

Stealing Annabelle

Stacia Kaywood

Belles and Rogues · Book 1

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Intercepting Valhalla

Stephen Drake

Harsh Galaxy · Book 1

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Westerns

White Crow

John W. Wood

The House Of Crow · Book 1

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Gwen Banta

Born in NY, Gwen Banta received B.A. and M.S. degrees from Butler University and a language certification from The Defense Language Institute. Her first novel, published in 2016, is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of racial and social unrest in rural Indiana in 1960. Filled with humor as well as…

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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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