The Christmas Bookshop: A Novel

Jenny Colgan

Nov 2021 · HarperAudio · Narrated by Eilidh Beaton

About this audiobook

The instant New York Times bestseller!

“Sublime...Colgan infuses her latest book with humor, wit, suspense and a perfectly cast love triangle.”--USA Today

""The Christmas Bookshop is literary hot chocolate with a bourbon shot: hot, sweet but with a surprising emotional kick.""--The Times (UK)

Perfect for the holidays! A brand-new heartwarming Christmas novel from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop on the Corner and Christmas at the Island Hotel. 

Laid off from her department store job, Carmen has perilously little cash and few options. The prospect of spending Christmas with her perfect sister Sofia, in Sofia’s perfect house with her perfect children and her perfectly ordered yuppie life does not appeal.

Frankly, Sofia doesn’t exactly want her prickly sister Carmen there either. But Sofia has yet another baby on the way, a mother desperate to see her daughters get along, and a client who needs help revitalizing his shabby old bookshop. So Carmen moves in and takes the job.

Thrown rather suddenly into the inner workings of Mr. McCredie’s ancient bookshop on the picturesque streets of historic Edinburgh, Carmen is intrigued despite herself. The store is dusty and disorganized but undeniably charming. Can she breathe some new life into it in time for Christmas shopping? What will happen when a famous and charismatic author takes a sudden interest in the bookshop—and Carmen? And will the Christmas spirit be enough to help heal her fractured family?

Ratings and reviews

This book brings to life the loveliness of Christmas time in Edinburgh. The characters were something out of a Hallmark Christmas movie and the plot was interesting if not a little predictable. I was hoping that some of the characters got what was coming to them but I suppose vengeance is not a part of the Christmas spirit! the narrator did a nice job with the various characters, but for some reason I couldn't help but picture Anna Sorokin every time she read Carmen's part. It was something about the way she drew out her words and spoke with a little bit of attitude that reminded me of her from the Netflix series. In general, this book was perfect for the season and got me through my long commute back and forth from work.

This is one of those books that you don't like to put down. Delightful.

A book that makes you laugh get angry snd happy

About the author

Jenny Colgan is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including The Christmas Bookshop, The Bookshop on the Corner, Little Beach Street Bakery, and Christmas at the Cupcake Café. Jenny, her husband, and three children live in a genuine castle in Scotland.