The following is a navigational list of notable literary works which are set at Christmas time, or contain Christmas amongst the central themes.
Novels and novellas
- Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot's Christmas
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
- Charles Dickens, The Chimes
- Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth
- Charles Dickens, The Battle of Life
- Charles Dickens, The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain
- Janet Evanovich, Visions of Sugar Plums
- Frederick Forsyth, The Shepherd
- Jostein Gaarder, The Christmas Mystery
- John Grisham, Skipping Christmas
- Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle, Let It Snow
- C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Stephen V. Masse, Christmas Ransom formerly A Jolly Good Fellow
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- Kate Douglas Wiggin, The Birds' Christmas Carol
Short stories
- Hans Christian Andersen, "The Fir-Tree"
- Truman Capote, "A Christmas Memory" (published in Mademoiselle)
- John Cheever, "Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor"
- Agatha Christie, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
- Agatha Christie, A Christmas Tragedy
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, "A Christmas Tree and a Wedding"
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree" () (from A Writer's Diary)
- Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"
- Nikolai Gogol, "Christmas Eve" (from Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka)
- O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
- E. T. A. Hoffmann, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (Nussknacker und Mausekönig)
- Leo Tolstoy, "Papa Panov's Special Christmas" (translation of Saillens)
- Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales
- Philip Van Doren Stern, The Greatest Gift
- Kurt Vonnegut, While Mortals Sleep (book of short stories)
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- L. Frank Baum, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
- Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline's Christmas
- Val Biro, Gumdrop's Merry Christmas
- Michael Bond, Paddington's Magical Christmas
- William Boniface, Christmastime Is Cookie Time
- William Boniface, The Stars Came Out on Christmas
- Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark, Franklin's Christmas Gift
- Jan Brett, The Animals' Santa
- Jan Brett, Christmas Trolls
- Jan Brett, Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve?
- Jan Brett, The Wild Christmas Reindeer
- Norman Bridwell, Clifford's Christmas
- Norman Bridwell, Clifford's First Christmas
- Raymond Briggs, Father Christmas
- Jeff Brown, Stanley's Christmas Adventure
- Marc Brown, Arthur's Christmas
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- Matt Haig, A Boy Called Christmas
- Charles Hamilton (writing as Frank Richards), Billy Bunter's Christmas Party
- Charles Hamilton (writing as Frank Richards), Bunter Comes for Christmas
- Earl Hamner Jr., Lassie: A Christmas Story
- Roger Hargreaves, Mr. Christmas
- Alastair Heim, How the Grinch Lost Christmas!
- James Herriot, The Christmas Day Kitten
- Russell Hoban, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
- William Horwood, The Willows at Christmas
- James Howe and Leslie H. Morrill, The Fright Before Christmas
- Thacher Hurd, Hobo Dog's Christmas Tree
- Thacher Hurd, Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer
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- Margaret Mahy, The Christmas Tree Tangle
- Paul L. Maier, The Very First Christmas
- Ann M. Martin, Karen's Christmas Carol
- John Masefield, The Box of Delights
- Stephen V. Masse, The Taste of Snow
- Robert L. May, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Phyllis McGinley, The Year Without a Santa Claus
- Phyllis McGinley, How Mrs. Santa Claus Saved Christmas
- Kate McMullan, Fluffy Saves Christmas
- Claudia Mills, Gus and Grandpa and the Christmas Cookies
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- Martin Waddell, Little Dracula's Christmas
- Martin Waddell, Mimi's Christmas
- Martin Waddell, Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale
- David Walser and Jan PieÃ
Âkowski, Meg's Christmas
- Ian Whybrow, The Christmas Bear
- Ted Willis, Baron Willis, A Problem for Mother Christmas
- Elizabeth Winthrop, Bear's Christmas Surprise
- Elizabeth Winthrop, The Christmas Pageant
- Elizabeth Winthrop, The First Christmas Stocking
- Elizabeth Winthrop, The Little Humpbacked Horse: A Russian Tale
- Elizabeth Winthrop, The Story of the Nativity
- Susan Wojciechowski and P. J. Lynch, The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
- Elvira Woodruff, The Christmas Doll
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