Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in December 1843, and it was ...

What makes a Christmas poem? It could be a drift of snow or some evergreen trees, a box of candy canes or the baby Jesus. The best-known poem attending to the holiday is probably “A Visit from St.

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Light up the holiday season with these heartwarming page-turners penned by some familiar faces Lizz Schumer is the Senior Editor, Books, ...

Alan Hollinghurst's seventh novel – and his first since "The Sparsholt Affair" (2017) – is a bildungsroman narrated by a gay actor looking back on his life from late middle age. Dave Win, who is ...

We’re making our list and checking it twice – our “to be read” roster, that is. It’s that time of year when we stockpile the best books of the year and buy bookish gifts for the well-read people in ...

CHRISTMAS CAN be a trying subject for writers. The saccharine frivolities, rampant materialism and regimented cheerfulness do not naturally lead to the creation of great works of art. Many books about ...

On a dark and snowy Christmas evening at the mountaintop cabin in the woods, you are enjoying the holiday vacation. After putting the children to bed, you decide it’s time to read. The holidays have ...

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Rachel Sandell is an experienced editor and proofreader with a love for language and storytelling. A graduate of the creative writing MFA program, The Rainier Writing Workshop, she is the author of ...