O Magazine's 35 Best Christmas Books [2020]

Historical Literary

Rankings are arbitrary based on appearance * Missing: Samantha Silva (2) * Helene Tursten (4) * Martin Limon (4) * Frederik Backman (5) * Elin Hilderbrand (6) * Gregory Maguire (9) * Anita Hughes (11) * Kristin Hannah (12) * Jenny Colgan (13) * Les Standiford (14) * James Kirkwood (15) * Josie Silver (20) * Hazel Gaynor (26) * Heather Webb (26) * Philip Van Doren Stern (29) * Jasmine Guillory (30) * Francesca Hornak (35) * Note: ‘The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories’ (7) and ‘A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories’ (21) both have multiple authors.

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J.R.R. Tolkien

Author

45.45% (5 of 11 votes)

14

3

Chris Van Allsburg

Artist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

15

7

Arthur Conan Doyle

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

16

7

Walter Scott

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

17

8

Debbie Macomber

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

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10

J.K. Rowling

Author

58.33% (7 of 12 votes)

18

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Charles Dickens

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

19

17

Hans Christian Andersen

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

20

18

Beatrix Potter

Author

0% (0 of 3 votes)

21

19

O. Henry

Author

0% (0 of 3 votes)

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21

W.E.B. Du Bois

Advocate

0% (0 of 1 votes)

23

21

Langston Hughes

Poet

0% (0 of 0 votes)

5

22

Truman Capote

Author

38.89% (7 of 18 votes)

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23

Dylan Thomas

Poet

0% (0 of 0 votes)

7

24

Dr. Seuss

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0% (0 of 1 votes)

8

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Agatha Christie

Author

0% (0 of 3 votes)

9

27

Nikolai Gogol

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

1

28

E.T.A. Hoffman

Author

100% (1 of 1 votes)

13

29

Philip Van Doren Stern

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

4

31

Maya Angelou

Poet

43.75% (21 of 48 votes)

10

32

Jean Shepherd

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

11

33

Louisa May Alcott

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

12

34

Fannie Flagg

Comedienne

0% (0 of 2 votes)