9 Top short stories books like The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter by Jessica Harrison

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The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter

By: Jessica Harrison

3.42

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive storie…

If you liked the short stories plot in The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter by Jessica Harrison , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

By: Charles Dickens , Michael Slater

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here. 'Merry Christmas!...every idiot who goes abo… read more

Similar categories in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings book and Jessica Harrison's The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter

  • classics
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
"It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas when the Great Creator was a child himself."

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

"Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

"... Any Christian spirit working kindly in its little sphere, whatever it may be, will find its mortal life too short for its vast means of usefulness!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

"The air was filled with phantoms... and... the misery with them all was, clearly, that they sought to interfere, for good, in human matters, and had lost the power forever."

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

Cover of Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table by Nigel Slater

2. Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table

By: Nigel Slater

3.75

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

The British have a relationship with their food that is unlike that of any other country. Once some… read more

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"I cannot go any further without mentioning my favourite biscuit of all time, now sadly, tragically, extinct. The oaty, crumbly, demerara notes of the long-forgotten Abbey Crunch will remain forever o…"

-Nigel Slater, Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table

Cover of Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Ralph Manheim, Maurice Sendak

3. Nutcracker

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann , Ralph Manheim , Maurice Sendak

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

The tale of Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, co… read more

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  • christmas
  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction

4. A Child's Christmas in Wales

By: Trina Schart Hyman , Dylan Thomas

3.80

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Originally emerging from a piece written for radio, the poem was recorded by Thomas in 1952. The st… read more

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5. The Gifts of Reading

By: Robert Macfarlane

4.02

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

In this luminous essay, Robert Macfarlane reflects on the unique emotional response resonance of bo… read more

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6. The Fir Tree

By: Hans Christian Andersen , Nancy Ekholm Burkert , None

4.03

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The tale is about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot a… read more

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7. A Christmas Memory

By: Truman Capote

3.27

Format: None pages, Audio CD

First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical recollection of Truman Capote's ru… read more

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8. A Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens

4.08

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

'If I had my way, every idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, would be boiled wit… read more

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  • christmas
  • holiday
  • fiction
"Hallo, my fine fellow!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"God bless us, every one!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"And how did little Tim behave?"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"Marley was dead: to begin with."

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Cover of The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights by Bridget Collins

9. The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

By: Bridget Collins

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the creators of The Haunting Season comes a dazzling collection of never-before-seen ghostly t… read more

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  • holiday
  • anthologies
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of A Maigret Christmas And Other Stories by Georges Simenon

10. A Maigret Christmas And Other Stories

By: Georges Simenon

3.79

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

Seasonal stories set in Paris at Christmas from the celebrated creator of Inspector Maigret, George… read more

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  • christmas
  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
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11. Let the Light Pour In

By: Lemn Sissay

3.67

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARA SAINSBURY'S MAGAZINE BOOK TO G… read more

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Cover of The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter by Jessica Harrison

12. The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter

By: Jessica Harrison

3.42

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive storie… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Harrison's The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter book and Jessica Harrison's The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter

  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • childrens
  • unfinished
  • short story collection
  • holiday
  • anthologies
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction

13. The Loudest Voice

By: Grace Paley

3.26

Format: 9 pages, None

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  • short stories

14. One Christmas Eve

By: Langston Hughes

4.06

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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15. The Gift

By: Ray Bradbury

3.06

Format: None pages, None

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  • short stories
Cover of A Scandinavian Christmas: Festive Tales for a Nordic Noël (Vintage Christmas Tales) by Hans Christian Andersen

16. A Scandinavian Christmas: Festive Tales for a Nordic Noël (Vintage Christmas Tales)

By: Hans Christian Andersen

3.37

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Ranging from Hans Christian Andersen to Karl Ove Knausgaard, have yourself a Nordic noel with the v… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of La Vie: A Year In Rural France by John Lewis-Stempel

17. La Vie: A Year In Rural France

By: John Lewis-Stempel

3.98

Format: 195 pages, Hardcover

The roofs of red terracotta tiles, bleached-white walls, windows shuttered against the blaring sun.… read more

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18. Around the World in 80 Books

By: David Damrosch

3.63

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works … read more

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  • classics

19. The Little Restaurant near Place des Ternes

By: Georges Simenon

3.42

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

It's the evening before Christmas in Paris. Dull and damp. A small restaurant, far from the most at… read more

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  • short stories
Cover of Christmas Morning by Frank  O'Connor

20. Christmas Morning

By: Frank O'Connor

3.36

Format: None pages, None

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  • short stories

21. Green Holly

By: Elizabeth Bowen

2.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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7 Best christmas books like The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter by Jessica Harrison

Transform Your Habits

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

Charles Dickens , Michael Slater

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Nutcracker

E.T.A. Hoffmann , Ralph Manheim , Maurice Sendak

3.93

Transform Your Habits

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

Bridget Collins

4.06

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12 Best fiction books like Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Ralph Manheim, Maurice Sendak

Transform Your Habits

The Beauty and the Beast (MinaLima Edition)

Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve , MinaLima , James Robinson Planché

3.72

Transform Your Habits

The Night Before Christmas

Clement Clarke Moore , Jan Brett

4.39

Transform Your Habits

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

L. Frank Baum

3.81

Transform Your Habits

The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories

Mary De Morgan , Sylvie Monti

3.64

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