The best books and audiobooks to enjoy this Christmas
Discover the best fiction to enjoy this season, get gift ideas for booklovers of all ages, test your knowledge with our Christmas quiz, and win a bundle of 12 signed shortlisted books!
The best audiobooks to curl up with this winter, chosen by you
’Tis the season to be told a good story. We asked you to tell us which audiobooks of Booker-nominated novels are your all-time-favourite listens in winter, and why. This is your top 20.
The best wintry reads in the Booker Library, chosen by you
‘Winter’, Ali Smith writes, within her Booker Prize-nominated Seasonal Quartet, is ‘an exercise in remembering how to still yourself then how to come pliantly back to life again’. From novels that explore the passing of time to festive Dickensian tales, these are your favourite books to return to in the colder, darker months.
Editors’ picks: our favourite Booker-nominated books to gift at Christmas
From haunting sci-fi to best-in-class historical fiction and modern classics, here’s what the team at Booker Prizes HQ recommends putting under the tree for your nearest and dearest this Christmas.
Booker Prizes authors and judges on the best books to give this Christmas
We asked the extended Booker Prizes family to tell us which books they most like to give as gifts. Here you’ll find recommendations from Roddy Doyle, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kiley Reid, among others, who reveal presents that will charm and dazzle your book-loving friends.
The best children’s books for Christmas, written by Booker Prizes authors
If you’re looking for a present for a younger reader, this one’s for you. We’ve compiled a list of children’s books written by Booker Prize-nominated authors that make perfect gifts for tots through to teens.
Stockings fillers for every type of reader
Whether they’re drawn to thought-provoking fiction, crave something experimental, or enjoy a light-hearted classic, there’s a book here to suit every taste – and add a touch of magic this festive season.
Win a set of signed books from our two 2025 shortlists
Your chance to win one of five brilliant bundles that include signed copies of all 12 books from this year’s Booker and International Booker Prize shortlists, plus a limited-edition, money-can’t-buy Booker Prizes tote bag. Fingers crossed!
Test your festive knowledge
What better way to embrace the seasonal spirit than by testing your literary prowess with our Christmas quiz? We challenge you to identify which Booker-nominated books these 12 festive extracts are from. Good luck!
Treat someone to a Booker Prize 2025 bundle
Save nearly 30% when you buy all six Booker Prize 2025 shortlisted books for the special price of £75 from BookKind. The online bookshop is offering free shipping in the UK; international shipping rates do apply. 10% of the value of your purchase will be donated to the Booker Prize Foundation, helping fund our work to support readers and writers of the future. You can also use the code BOOKKINDXMAS10 at checkout to get 10% off any other books you buy until 31 December.
What will you be gifting to book-loving friends and family this year? And what’s on your Christmas wish list? Let us know in the comments.
And Graphic Novels?? Get with it, folks
Great ideas, with some books on numerous lists 👍