5 Top historical books like The Secret History of Christmas by Bill Bryson

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The Secret History of Christmas

By: Bill Bryson

3.84

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

A cornucopia of Christmas delights from the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everyth…

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1. The Cornish Hotel by the Sea

By: Karen King

4.02

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

Ellie Truman’s widowed mum is struggling to keep Gwel Teg, the family hotel in Cornwall, afloat.  E… read more

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2. Wonderful Memories of It's a Wonderful Life

By: Jimmy Hawkins

3.43

Format: 344 pages, Audio CD

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Similar categories in Jimmy Hawkins's Wonderful Memories of It's a Wonderful Life book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • christmas
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook

3. A Vicarage Christmas (The Holley Sisters of Thornthwaite, #1)

By: Kate Hewitt

3.65

Format: None pages,

Welcome to Thornwaite, a quaint village tucked up in England's beautiful but rainy Lake District...… read more

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4. 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

Similar categories in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • christmas
  • holiday
"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

5. A Cotswold Christmas

By: Kate Hewitt

4.34

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to Wychwood-on-Lea... a not-too-quaint village where frosty evenings, welcoming fires, and … read more

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6. The Debutante

By: Jon Ronson

3.41

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

This is the story of a Tulsa debutante who, as a result of a series of unlikely and often very bad … read more

Similar categories in Jon Ronson's The Debutante book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

By: David Mitchell

4.16

Format: 433 pages, ebook

A rollicking history of England's earliest kings and queens, a story of narcissists, excessive behe… read more

Similar categories in David Mitchell's Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"There were a couple of positives: in 1554, the Queen Regent's Prerogative Act was passed which made explicit, for the first time, that when a woman inherited the throne - became the sovereign, queen …"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Standing jaggedly on Senlac Hill, where Harold Godwinson died, possibly as a result of having taken an arrow to the eye - though possibly more boringly than that, some historians have felt constraine…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

"Queen Mary was known as Bloody Mary because of the large number of people she killed. And also because of misogyny. She was the first properly crowned woman to rule as queen regnant, not just queen c…"

-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

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8. The Secret History of Christmas

By: Bill Bryson

3.84

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

A cornucopia of Christmas delights from the bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everyth… read more

Similar categories in Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • humor
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • mythology
  • audiobook
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9. Geneva

By: Richard Armitage

3.64

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Collier has started to show the same tell-tale signs of the Alz… read more

Similar categories in Richard Armitage's Geneva book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • audiobook
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10. The Christmas Hirelings

By: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

3.61

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections… read more

Similar categories in Mary Elizabeth Braddon's The Christmas Hirelings book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • historical
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • audiobook
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11. The Christmas Star

By: Kate Forster

3.78

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

3 hours, 49 minutes It's nearly Christmas, Julia Devine's favourite time of the year. She's jus… read more

Similar categories in Kate Forster's The Christmas Star book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • christmas
  • holiday
  • audiobook
"And then she kissed him. Because she realized life was too short for purgatory. And he was being completely honest with her. Love wasn’t always like the movies. There were many paths it took and not …"

-Kate Forster, The Christmas Star

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12. How to Lose a Guy Before Christmas

By: A.J. Pine

3.34

Format: 6 pages, Audible Audio

A steamy, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about mistakes we make and the chances we take on the road… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Pine's How to Lose a Guy Before Christmas book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • christmas
  • holiday
  • audiobook
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13. The Ice Children

By: M.G. Leonard

3.95

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

The Week Junior Book Awards: Children’s Audiobook of the Year – Highly Commended. At the stroke … read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's The Ice Children book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • christmas
  • audiobook
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14. Zombified: Real-World Lessons from Fictional Apocalypses

By: Athena Aktipis

3.52

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

You watch a horror movie or TV series and think, "Zombies don’t really exist". But when you conside… read more

Similar categories in Athena Aktipis's Zombified: Real-World Lessons from Fictional Apocalypses book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Best Worst Christmas

By: Kate Forster

3.51

Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio

Lily is back from Australia for the first time in seven years to spend Christmas at her mum’s house… read more

Similar categories in Kate Forster's The Best Worst Christmas book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • christmas
  • holiday
  • audiobook
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16. Whisked Away at Christmas

By: Mahi Cheshire

3.41

Format: 7 pages, Audible Audio

A Delicious Christmas Romance Love. Success. Baking. Some things are all about timing. Set ag… read more

Similar categories in Mahi Cheshire's Whisked Away at Christmas book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • christmas
  • holiday
  • audiobook
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17. From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 2)

By: Alan Partridge

4.36

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Alan returns to podcasting, offering his unique perspective on life’s big questions, the hot-button… read more

Similar categories in Alan Partridge's From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 2) book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • humor
  • audiobook
"I do so love books. I can’t think of many truer pleasures than settling into a fat armchair, letting my mouth fall open, and reading a novel. And I mean really reading one – not just skim-reading it …"

-Alan Partridge, From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 2)

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18. The Upside Down Christmas

By: Kate Forster

3.46

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Marlo is a living her best life in sunny Sydney and avoiding thinking about her past at all costs. … read more

Similar categories in Kate Forster's The Upside Down Christmas book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • holiday
  • humor
  • christmas
  • audiobook
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19. From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 3)

By: Alan Partridge

4.34

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Alan returns to the bloated whale that is the modern podcasting industry (come on though, it clearl… read more

Similar categories in Alan Partridge's From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast (Series 3) book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • humor
  • audiobook
Cover of Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon by James Lovegrove

20. Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon

By: James Lovegrove

3.87

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

The new Sherlock Holmes novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Odin and Fir… read more

Similar categories in James Lovegrove's Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • historical
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • audiobook
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21. Jingle Bell Pop: How to Make A Holiday Hit

By: John Seabrook

3.57

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

It seems like every year, the holiday season arrives earlier and earlier. Before Halloween’s ghosts… read more

Similar categories in John Seabrook's Jingle Bell Pop: How to Make A Holiday Hit book and Bill Bryson's The Secret History of Christmas

  • history
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

17 must-read audiobook books like The Secret History of Christmas by Bill Bryson

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Wonderful Memories of It's a Wonderful Life

Jimmy Hawkins

3.43

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The Debutante

Jon Ronson

3.41

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Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

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The Secret History of Christmas

Bill Bryson

3.84

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A Royal Christmas Princess (Christmas Wishes Book 2)

Scarlet Wilson

3.86

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Told You So

Leeanne Slade

3.97

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Cupcakes for Christmas (Return to Willoughby Close, #1)

Kate Hewitt

3.54

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Miracle Creek Christmas

Krista Lynne Jensen

4.05

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