A few years ago, I did a post about Christmas-themed sci-fi/fantasy books, and each year around the holidays, it’s one of my most visited posts. It seems people want more SFF Christmas books, so I’m back with more book suggestions for the holiday season!
Once again, a quick reminder, I didn’t personally love all of these, but everyone has different taste! So I still wanted to give them some attention so that other readers who might love them can find them.
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A Vampire for Christmas by Various Authors
This is an anthology of five short stories, each one a romance with a vampire, all taking place around Christmas time.
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Winterdream by Chantal Gadoury
This one is a cute YA Nutcracker retelling.
Amazon // Goodreads // My Review
Schmuck the Buck by EXO Books
This graphic novel/picture book for adults about Santa’s Jewish reindeer is really funny and a lot of fun!
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A Vampire’s Christmas Carol by Cynthia Eden
This novella retells the story of A Christmas Carol, with a vampire main character and a focus on romance. This wasn’t really for me, a little too much focus on sex, but others have enjoyed it.
Amazon // Goodreads // My Review on Goodreads
A Christmas to Die For by Jessica Frances
This m/m romance has a unique twist in which Santa and his team are all reindeer-shapeshifting aliens at war with elves on their home planet of Christmas, and the main character from Earth is the only one who can save them. This one was also not for me, partly for the same reason as the one above, but again others with different taste have enjoyed it.
Amazon // Goodreads // My Review on Goodreads
The Vampire’s Christmas Dinner by TJ Nichols
This m/m story is short but fun and sexy, about a vampire who allows himself to indulge once a year on Christmas by telling his truth and then draining his chosen victim, except this time his victim makes a deal.
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Snowed in with Santa by Helen Allan
This one is a cute romance about a jobless single mom getting temporary work at a resort and falling for a guest who just might be the real Santa, and it’s filled with silly Christmas puns.
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Anna and the Apocalypse by Katharine Turner
This one honestly isn’t very Christmas-y, but it’s a zombie apocalypse story set at Christmas time, with a lot of death and a dash of humor. I actually didn’t love the book, but perhaps you’ll enjoy it more if you like zombie-killing fun. Also, I did think the movie version was great, so maybe check that out if you need a movie rec!
Amazon // Goodreads // Available on Libro.fm // My Review
The Vampire Grinch by Lacey-Anne Frye
This m/m novella (or possibly short story) is about a Christmas-hating vampire discovering the holiday can be good if you spend it with the right people.
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The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
This YA Christmas Carol inspired story about a girl working as the Ghost of Christmas Past is surprisingly touching and has a lot of great character growth.
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More SFF Christmas Books
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All the SFF Christmas Books I’ve Reviewed
Ooh holiday recs. These are always good. For some reason I love Christmas themed fantasy or SF. Who knows why? I like vampires at holiday time too
I love that there are SFF holiday books! SFF readers like to feel festive too, haha.
Great collection of Christmas reading.
I’m drawn to ‘Schmuck the Buck’. I could do with a good laugh.
Thanks! Schmuck is a fun one, definitely the one to go for if you need a laugh!
The Afterlife of Holly Chase is the only one I’ve read from this list, but I love the idea of mixing sci-fi and Christmas!
That one was such a good one! I also love that there are SFF Christmas books out there!
nice. Thanks 👊💕
Glad you liked it 🙂
I like Cynthia Eden but I haven’t read this one yet.
I haven’t read any of her other books lol.
What a good idea for a post. Doing Blogmas this year has highlighted a gap in my bookshelves – I haven’t read many seasonal paranormal romances or fantasy romances. Thanks for giving me some titles to check out, Kit.
SFF Christmas books are definitely out there! Just gotta find ’em 😉
OMG I didn’t know Anna and the Apocalypse was a book! I love the film – have you seen the film?! It’s so random and I love it!!! Lol
I think the book is based on the film! I haven’t seen the film, but I’d like to.
I don’t think I’ve read many SFF Christmas books, so thanks for sharing all of these. I am curious about Anna and the Apocalypse by Katharine Turner- isn’t it a movie too?
I think it was a movie first!