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From Valentine's Day to Christmas From Valentine’s Day to Christmas - “Holiday” Book Club Titles Fiction Titles Non-Fiction Titles Baldacci, David The Christmas Train Benes, Jim Chicago Christmas: One Hundred Berg, Elizabeth The Handmaid and the Years of Christmas Memories Carpenter Carter, Jimmy Christmas in Plains: Memories Berne, Suzanne The Ghost at the Table Gusfield, Jeffrey Deadly Valentines Binchy, Maeve This Year it Will be Different, Hickam, Homer H. The Coalwood Way and Other Stories Hodgson, Godfrey A Great & Godly Capote, Truman The Thanksgiving Visitor Adventure: the Pilgrims & the Myth of the First and A Christmas Memory Thanksgiving Chiaverini, Jennifer A Quilter's Holiday Huckabee, Mike A Simple Christmas Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol Kovic, Ron Born on the Fourth of July Evans, Richard Paul The Christmas Box Lizard, Sal Being Santa Claus: What I Flagg, Fannie A Redbird Christmas Learned About the True Meaning of Christmas Ford, Richard Independence Day Sedaris, David Holidays on Ice Grisham, John Skipping Christmas Weintraub, Stanley Silent Night: The Story Hamill, Pete The Gift of the World War I Christmas Truce Henry, O. The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories Karon, Jan Shepherds Abiding O'Nan, Stewart Last Night at the Lobster and The Night Country Perry, Anne A Christmas Hope Phillips, Scott The Ice Harvest Pilcher, Rosamunde Winter Solstice Pratchett, Terry Hogfather: A Novel of Discworld Seuss, Dr. How the Grinch Stole Christmas Shakespeare, William Twelfth Night Shepherd, Jean A Christmas Story Siddoway, Richard M. The Christmas Wish Snelling, Lauraine One Perfect Day Willis, Connie Miracle, and Other Christmas Stories 11000 Ruth Road ● Huntley, IL 60142 ● (847) 669-5386 ● www.huntleylibrary.org .
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