11 must-read holiday books like The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

Cover of The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

By: Ally Carter

4.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Knives Out gets a holiday rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers romance-mystery from New York Time…

If you liked the holiday plot in The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of The Slowest Burn by Sarah  Chamberlain

1. The Slowest Burn

By: Sarah Chamberlain

3.88

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Love could be a recipe for disaster, or the best thing they ever cooked up... Kieran O'Neill sh… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Chamberlain's The Slowest Burn book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
"I'd parboiled potatoes for too long and wrecked my plan to roast them and serve them alongside prime rib. But I'd thought fast, crushing the potatoes and frying them into little cakes topped with sou…"

-Sarah Chamberlain, The Slowest Burn

" Cookie, I thought when I looked at Ellie. Not that I wanted to eat her. I wasn't a cannibal or anything. But she reminded me of the cookies my mother baked when her bridge group came to our house. T…"

-Sarah Chamberlain, The Slowest Burn

Cover of Wish I Were Here by Melissa Wiesner

2. Wish I Were Here

By: Melissa Wiesner

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Opposites attract when a buttoned-up professor and carefree doorman must restore a magically missin… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Wiesner's Wish I Were Here book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco by Michelle Chouinard

3. The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco

By: Michelle Chouinard

3.87

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In Michelle Chouinard’s clever mystery The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco, the granddaughter … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Chouinard's The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of All I Want Is You by Falon Ballard

4. All I Want Is You

By: Falon Ballard

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Bitter exes. Professional rivals. Just one bed. What could go wrong? Jessica Carrington always … read more

Similar categories in Falon Ballard's All I Want Is You book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of The Holiday Honeymoon Switch by Julia McKay

5. The Holiday Honeymoon Switch

By: Julia McKay

3.70

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

When doppelgänger best friends trade one’s cabin Christmas vacation for the other’s Hawaiian would’… read more

Similar categories in Julia McKay's The Holiday Honeymoon Switch book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of The Christmas Crush by Noelle  Douglas

6. The Christmas Crush

By: Noelle Douglas

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A small-town baker and a career woman working for a cookie conglomerate get all mixed up in this sm… read more

Similar categories in Noelle Douglas's The Christmas Crush book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary romance
Cover of The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

7. The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

By: Ally Carter

4.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Knives Out gets a holiday rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers romance-mystery from New York Time… read more

Similar categories in Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of The Wedding Witch (The Ex Hex, #3) by Erin Sterling

8. The Wedding Witch (The Ex Hex, #3)

By: Erin Sterling

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Bowen Penhallow has always been a loner, studying dark and ancient magic on a mountaintop in Wales.… read more

Similar categories in Erin Sterling's The Wedding Witch (The Ex Hex, #3) book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • adult
Cover of Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London

9. Fang Fiction

By: Kate Stayman-London

3.73

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

She’s out for adventure. He’s out for blood. The world of your favorite fantasy novels is real, … read more

Similar categories in Kate Stayman-London's Fang Fiction book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • adult
Cover of Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe

10. Love and Other Conspiracies

By: Mallory Marlowe

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The hardest thing for a paranormal conspiracy theorist and a web series producer to believe in is f… read more

Similar categories in Mallory Marlowe's Love and Other Conspiracies book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of Prime Time Romance by Kate Robb

11. Prime Time Romance

By: Kate Robb

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Is love on the small screen better than the real thing? Brynn’s happy ending has gone up in flam… read more

Similar categories in Kate Robb's Prime Time Romance book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of Can't Help Falling in Love by Sophie Sullivan

12. Can't Help Falling in Love

By: Sophie Sullivan

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A struggling waitress and the heir to a major Seattle company stumble into a high-profile fake enga… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Sullivan's Can't Help Falling in Love book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
"Having a membership somewhere doesn't really make a person belong."

-Sophie Sullivan, Can't Help Falling in Love

Cover of A Winter Wish by Emily      Stone

13. A Winter Wish

By: Emily Stone

3.64

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When an unexpected inheritance forces two total opposites to work together, Lexie must decide if Th… read more

Similar categories in Emily Stone's A Winter Wish book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens

14. Is She Really Going Out with Him?

By: Sophie Cousens

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Columnist Anna Appleby has left her love life behind after a painful divorce. Who needs love when s… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cousens's Is She Really Going Out with Him? book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of Kiss Me at Christmas by Jenny Bayliss

15. Kiss Me at Christmas

By: Jenny Bayliss

3.83

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

White Christmas meets Nora Ephron in Jenny Bayliss’ latest wholehearted, ensemble-cast holiday extr… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Bayliss's Kiss Me at Christmas book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of A Jingle Bell Mingle (A Christmas Notch, #3) by Julie   Murphy

16. A Jingle Bell Mingle (A Christmas Notch, #3)

By: Julie Murphy

3.99

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

What happens when there’s no room at the inn and you and your potentially demonic cat become roomma… read more

Similar categories in Julie Murphy's A Jingle Bell Mingle (A Christmas Notch, #3) book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of Love You a Latke by Amanda Elliot

17. Love You a Latke

By: Amanda Elliot

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Love comes home for the challah-days in this sparkling romance. Snow is falling, holiday lights are… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Elliot's Love You a Latke book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of One on One by Jamie Harrow

18. One on One

By: Jamie Harrow

4.05

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

They call it March Madness for a reason: Anything can happen on the way to a national championship.… read more

Similar categories in Jamie Harrow's One on One book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Christmas Sweater Weather by Jaqueline Snowe

19. Christmas Sweater Weather

By: Jaqueline Snowe

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Christmas is both naughty and nice this year when a single dad and his best friend’s sister celebra… read more

Similar categories in Jaqueline Snowe's Christmas Sweater Weather book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of Christmas Is All Around by Martha Waters

20. Christmas Is All Around

By: Martha Waters

4.01

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A former child star learns that holiday magic can come from a change in perspective in this charmin… read more

Similar categories in Martha Waters's Christmas Is All Around book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
Cover of Any Trope but You by Victoria Lavine

21. Any Trope but You

By: Victoria Lavine

4.37

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A bestselling romance author flees to Alaska to reinvent herself and write her first murder mystery… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Lavine's Any Trope but You book and Ally Carter's The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

  • romance
  • contemporary romance
  • adult
  • contemporary

19 Top fiction books like The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

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The Slowest Burn

Sarah Chamberlain

3.88

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Wish I Were Here

Melissa Wiesner

3.90

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The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco

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3.87

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All I Want Is You

Falon Ballard

4.11

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All I Want Is You

Falon Ballard

4.11

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The Holiday Honeymoon Switch

Julia McKay

3.70

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The Christmas Crush

Noelle Douglas

3.77

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