Romantic Christmas audiobooks are the perfect escape while wrapping gifts, baking cookies, or decorating for the holidays.
Whether you want cozy small-town romance, festive fake dating, or heartwarming family stories, these 12 audiobooks have beautiful narration and all the holiday vibes you need.
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A Little Holiday Fling
Farah Heron (Author), Soneela Nankani (Narrator)
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A Little Holiday Fling manages perfectly to awaken that holiday spirit! Ruby absolutely adores Christmas with its traditions and decorations.
Rashid, on the other hand, doesn’t care for it at all. He believes Christmas isn’t for him and wants nothing to do with it. But he’s also an uncle with a very soft heart, so he makes a deal with Ruby to give his nieces the full Christmas season experience.
This is such a warm book that manages to balance thoughtfulness and introspection with fun and banter as we explore what Christmas can mean for different people. Soneela Nankani is an outstanding narrator who brings out all the facts of Ruby and Rashid in this fantastic Christmas audiobook!
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Just Like Magic
Sarah Hogle (Author), Tavia Gilbert (Narrator)
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Just Like Magic by Sarah Hogle is one of the most unexpected Christmas audiobooks you can find! It’s so absurd, but in a cute and very entertaining way.
Bettie is a canceled Social Media influencer. When she accidentally conjures a holiday spirit on Christmas, he appears in the body of a hot dude and tells her that he will fulfill all her wishes until she feels the Christmas cheer. And Bettie is out to take revenge on anyone who has ever wronged her!
I found this book so fun. It’s definitely different from other Christmas Romance books I have read. And in all its ridiculousness, it manages to be so wholesome and sweet and romantic. And it’s wonderfully narrated by Tavia Gilbert!
A Mannequin for Christmas
Timothy Janovsky (Author), Lee Osorio (Narrator), Mark Sanderlin (Narrator)
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If you like your Christmas audiobooks with funny banter and a side of life lessons, then you need A Mannequin for Christmas!
Timothy Janovsky gently asks the question of how you can accept love – even from the absolutely perfect partner – if you don’t believe you are worthy of love. And he’s doing that by sprinkling this story with a lot of Christmas magic.
Henry gets dumped badly and wishes for the perfect partner. Turns out, his perfect partner is the mannequin in his aunt’s weird antiques shop! Cinderella meets Pinocchio as said mannequin comes to life and has one month to find true love, or be turned back into plastic.
I love listening to Mark Sanderlin! He is an amazing Henry while Lee Osorio brings mannequin/supermodel Aidan to life. (see what I did there?!)
Season of Love
Helena Greer (Author), Barrie Kreinik (Narrator), Emily Lawrence (Narrator)
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A queer, Jewish, Hallmark-y Christmas Romance set on a Christmas tree farm? Yes, please! After the death of her eccentric great-aunt, Miriam is forced to face her family and the past that she had left behind many years ago.
Back in the house that holds so many memories, Miriam meets Noelle, the very butch, very grumpy, and very attractive new manager of the farm.
Emily Lawrence and Barrie Kreinik truly brought these two women to life and filled their special love story with so much emotion. I can’t recommend this adorable Holiday Romance audiobook enough to you!
Kiss Her Once For Me
Alison Cochrun (Author), Natalie Naudus (Narrator)
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Ooh, what a beautiful book! Kiss Her Once For Me is one of my all-time favorite Christmas audiobooks. I love it so much.
Ellie’s life is a mess, all of Ellie is a mess, really. And she is still very hung up on the one-night stand she had a year ago. But she knows that she has to move on, and when the very hot landlord of the building she works in offers her a marriage of convenience, she goes for it.
Things get more than a little complicated when it turns out that his family is absolutely lovable and exactly the kind of people Ellie had missed in her life, and that his sister is her very memorable one-night stand from the previous year…
This isn’t a love triangle story, though. It’s a love trapezoid! And while Ellie does have a lot of worries about her life, this is not an angsty book.
Natalie Naudus brought all the emotions to life beautifully, and I loved the diverse and charming cast of this captivating Christmas Romance.
The Holiday Trap
Roan Parrish (Author), Natalie Duke (Narrator), Pete Cross (Narrator), Hillary Huber (Narrator)
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The Holiday Trap is a queer take on the movie The Holiday and does wonderful things with the “swapping lives” trope. The audiobook production is particularly well done with three different voices who even take turns for text message exchanges!
Both Truman and Ash’s storyline, as well as Greta and Claris’ are heartachingly sweet. This book feels sprawling due to being set in two very different locations and experiencing these places through the eyes of Truman and Greta, who try to leave their baggage behind and explore their chances of a different life.
10 Things That Never Happened
Alexis Hall (Author), Will Watt (Narrator)
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The perfect Holiday Rom-Com doesn’t exi… Oh, wait! Alexis Hall has treated us to a fake amnesia, forced proximity Christmas audiobook, and it is utterly charming.
We have a wild set-up here. Sam is a bed-and-bath store manager. When his boss, the owner of the chain, threatens to fire him and his entire team of very lovable misfits (who absolutely would not be able to find a job elsewhere), Sam uses the rather unfortunate opportunity of a shower stall falling on him to fake amnesia.
As his boss Jonathan feels very guilty for Sam’s accident and the resulting fake-amnesia, he offers to care for him at his house until Sam is fine again. Between Jonathan’s family and Sam’s team, we get to know a very lovable cast of side characters here, as they prepare for an office Christmas party and the holidays with Jonathan’s family.
Will Watt did such a delightful narration of this incredibly entertaining Christmas audiobook that I cannot recommend it enough to you! I listen to it every December.
The Holiday Swap
Maggie Knox (Author), Stephanie Cannon (Narrator)
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The classic trope of twins switching places might sound silly, but it is so wonderfully done in this Christmas audiobook, I was utterly captivated!
Charlie has a baking show in LA, Cass runs the family’s bakery in their hometown. After an accident, Charlie asks that they swap places – lives – and Cass jumps at the chance to get away from the rut.
It kind of complicates things when both fall for a man in the other sister’s life – someone who lives on the wrong side of the country.
This is such an enjoyable, emotional, feel-good Christmas audiobook, and Stephanie Cannon did a wonderful narration!
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Her Pretend Christmas Date
Jackie Lau (Author), Emily Woo Zeller (Narrator)
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I adored Her Pretend Christmas Date! Fake dating is one of my favorite tropes, and Jackie Lau does it masterfully with Julie, who likes to do her own thing, and proper and “boring” Tom.
Even Julie’s family, who mean well but don’t always do well by her, are so lovable and hilarious. Christmas at the Tam house is so much fun, with Julie’s mom making me laugh out loud repeatedly!
Tom and Julie fight their mutual attraction to the absolute last, but it’s so romantic – not to mention sizzling hot. Emily Woo Zeller’s narration is everything you would expect from this outstanding audiobook narrator!
Merry Measure
Lily Morton (Author), Joel Leslie (Narrator)
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Fancy a trip to wintery Amsterdam? Arlo travels to the city to spend the holidays there with his brother and their group of friends.
And Arlo’s teenage crush, his brother’s best friend Jack, is there as well. But there is some trouble with Jack’s room, and Arlo doesn’t quite mind offering to share his room… and the one bed.
The author and narrator team of Lily Morton and Joel Leslie once again give us an utterly delightful, sexy, heartwarming M/M Romance that I can only recommend to you all!
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Duke, Actually
Jenny Holiday (Author), Stacy Gonzalez (Narrator)
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Max and Dani are both very set on not wanting a relationship, like, ever. But they find that they actually get along really well, and between texting, phone calls, and being each other’s +1 for important events, they become very good friends.
Just that, of course. Only friends. Since love is not for either of them!
I love Jenny Holiday’s stories and characters, and Duke, Actually is so much fun! It’s even better if you listen to it after A Princess for Christmas.
Wrapped Up in You
Talia Hibbert (Author), Selina Scott-Bennin (Narrator), Philip Battley (Narrator)
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Talia Hibbert has released a Kobo exclusive Christmas Romance novella that’s really worth getting! Wrapped Up in You has the typical Talia Hibbert humor and charm. You need this grumpy heroine and adorable himbo hero in your life!
Selina Scott-Bennin and Philip Battley did such an excellent job bringing these two people to life. William is definitely my favorite book boyfriend on this list of Christmas audiobooks!
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Eline Blackman (pronouns: she/they) fell in love with books as a child – with being read to and reading herself. 11 years ago, she bought her first Audible book. It was love at first listen! An average of 200 audiobooks per year has become the new normal, and you will rarely see Eline without a wireless earbud. Romance and Fantasy are the go-to genres for this audiobook fan.
I don’t read much holiday romance, but 10 blind dates & a season for second chances were some I loved! Few of those are already on my list but definately gonna add christmas in Rose bend- sounds absolutely wonderful!