Holiday books: Great reading for the season

By Carolyn Kellogg

Dec. 3, 2015

11:30 AM

Check out our holiday book picks: 148 books that will please and delight, engage and soothe, intrigue, invigorate and inspire. It’s the season for giving, for getting -- and for reading.

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