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The Christmas Bookshop

by Jenny Colgan

The Christmas Bookshop series by Jenny Colgan has 2 known books (2 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with The Christmas Bookshop (2021).

Books
2 known books (2 novels)
Published
2
First published
2021
Status
ongoing
Shelved under
Literary Fiction
Start here: The Christmas Bookshop (2021) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of The Christmas Bookshop
The Christmas Bookshop (2021)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. The Christmas Bookshop

    Novel
    Jenny Colgan's The Christmas Bookshop (2021) runs 360 pages, sending newly unemployed Carmen Hogan to Edinburgh to help her aunt run a failing, old-fashioned bookshop through the Christmas season.
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  2. Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop

    Novel
    Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop returned to the same shop two years later, in 2023, at a shorter 308 pages, for a second connected festive story following The Christmas Bookshop (2021). Jenny Colgan again anchors the story around Carmen Hogan's aunt's failing, old-fashioned Edinburgh bookshop, using the small independent shop the way several of her series do -- as a hub for a wider story about community and reinvention.
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Key facts about The Christmas Bookshop series

Our list has 2 books in The Christmas Bookshop series. Since all 2 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with The Christmas Bookshop, since it opens the publication order in 2021. Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop is book 2, from 2023.

The list keeps the books in date order, while each title links to its own page. Each book page shows its dates and editions. The catalogue marks it as ongoing, yet no next book has a date so far.

The books came out between 2021 and 2023, while their length runs from 308 to 360 pages. That is a run of 2 years.

Jenny Colgan has 40 books on our list. Additionally, they write Cupcake Cafe, Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop and Little Beach Street Bakery, plus 2 more series. We shelve the books under contemporary fiction.

About The Christmas Bookshop

Carmen Hogan, newly unemployed and adrift, is sent by her family to Edinburgh to help her aunt run a failing, old-fashioned bookshop through the Christmas season in The Christmas Bookshop (2021) -- a story about books, family obligation, and an Edinburgh Christmas pulling Carmen out of her own stalled life. Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (2023) returns to the same shop and setting for a second, connected festive story. As with several of Jenny Colgan's series, a small independent bookshop anchors a wider story about community and reinvention, here specifically tied to the Christmas season.

Frequently asked questions

How many Christmas Bookshop books are there?

Two: The Christmas Bookshop (2021) and Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop (2023).

Is The Christmas Bookshop connected to Jenny Colgan's Scottish Bookshop series?

No -- different bookshop, different characters and a different Scottish city (Edinburgh rather than the fictional Highland town of Kirrinfief); the two series are unrelated beyond both centring on bookshops.

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