Book Recommendations for Holiday Haters

Are you sick of all the holiday cheer? Has this holiday season got you feeling more like the Grinch or Ebenezer Scrooge? If you hear Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” one more time, are you going to lose it?

We hear you. Sometimes the holidays aren’t the most wonderful time of the year. If you need to escape into a book that better fits your dark and cynical mood, check out our list of book recommendations for holiday haters. There’s sure to be a title on this list to help you survive what remains of the holiday season.

If you’d rather see something other than chestnuts roasting by an open fire, read Where There’s Smoke by E. B. Vickers.

If the only good thing about winter break is not having to see that person at school every day, read The Revenge Game by Jordyn Taylor.

When you need a reminder that things could be worse, read the Kathleen Glasgow Three-Book Boxed Set.

When holiday time turns into way too much family time, read My Father, The Panda Killer by Jamie Jo Hoang.

Are you dreading yet another politically-charged conversation with your annoying relatives? Read The Uninhabitable Earth (Adapted for Young Adults) by David Wallace-Wells.

Wishing you could disappear into another world? Read Her Dark Wings by Melinda Salisbury.