Christmas Romance Book Bingo | Holiday Reading Challenge
Play Christmas romance book bingo this holiday season! Download the free card and find the perfect Christmas romance for every square, from fake dating and grumpy/sunshine to ghosts, royals, and hockey heroes.
Countdown to Christmas!
Christmas Romance Book Bingo: Your New Holiday Reading Challenge
Looking for a fun way to add some fun to your holiday or winter reading?
Try Christmas Romance Book Bingo! Each square on the card features a trope, setting, or element you’ll find in popular Christmas romance novels. Read a book that fits, mark the square, and see if you can get five in a row before New Year’s Eve.
How to Play Christmas Romance Book Bingo
- Ready to play? Download your FREE printable Christmas Romance Book Bingo card and start filling squares this holiday season. Every square has book picks right here in this post, from fake dating to ghostly romance.
- Want more? The Bingo Bundle adds two bonus cards with fresh colors, new layouts, and new tropes to find.
- Read a Christmas romance that fits a square and mark it off
- Get five in a row (or go for a blackout if you’re ambitious)
- Leave a comment when you’re finished!
Christmas Romance Books for Every Bingo Square
Stuck on a square? I’ve got recommendations for every one, from books I’ve reviewed to the top-rated new Christmas romances of 2026.
Christmas Romances with Fake Dating
My Favorite Holidate by Lauren Blakely
Buy on Amazon |My Review of My Favorite Holidate
- A dumped woman + a single dad billionaire
- Fake holiday season dating
- A medding aunt
- Tons of Christmas spirit
Christmas Fling by Lindsey Kelk
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Christmas Fling
- A workaholic spending a solo holiday gets mistaken for someone else’s (fake) girlfriend
- Scottish highlands, charming pubs
- For fans of How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days
Mistletoe All the Way by Lauren Blakely
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Mistletoe All the Way
- A holiday Scrooge plus a sunny marketing executive
- A charming small town
- Mr. Holiday competition
A Married Little Christmas by Abby Jimenez
- Three novellas, one with two exes in a fake dating scheme for the holidays
Christmas Staycation by Meghan Quinn
- A woman who agreed to a fake wedding with her ex
- A potty mouthed baseball player
- Falling in love with her ex’s brother
Grumpy/Sunshine Holiday Christmas Romance Books
A Little Holiday Fling by Farah Heron
Buy on Amazon | My Review Of a Little Holiday Fling
- A Christmas fanatic vs. a full-on Scrooge
- Family, frienship, and a romance that spans continents
Mistletoe All the Way by Lauren Blakely
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Mistletoe All the Way
- An optimistic tourism board leader meets a grumpy holiday hater
- A charming small town
- Making over the town grump ton win a holiday hunk contest
The Christmas Curse by Alix Kelinda
- A woman who’s certain she’s cursed during the holidays
- Mr. Christmas himself moves in next door
- Sparks fly!
Second Chance Christmas Romance Books
Date Night in December by Jaqueline Snowe
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Date Night in December
- A woman leaves her workaholic husband for Christmas in her small hometown
- Her heartbroken husband follows, determined to win her back
Anne of Avenue A by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding
Buy on Amazon | Review of Anne of Avenue A
- Retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion
- A woman bailing on travel plans with boyfriend to climb the corporate ladder
- Eight years later, she feels stuck and alone
- He’s the new tenant in her childhood apartment
While It Was Snowing by Julia Quinn
Buy on Amazon | My Review of While It Was Snowing
- Exhausted single mom looking for a holiday haven
- Professional golfer rehabbing after an injury
- One vacation house rented to both of them
The Little Shop of Merry and Bright by Jenny Bayliss
- A woman whose proposal rejection went viral gets a chance to see how her life could have gone
- Is she overlooking the happiness that’s right in front of her?
Friends to Lovers Holiday Romance
Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon
- Two grieving friends, each of whom lost their spouse, meet regularly to watch movies
- Single/widowed mom
- Can they find love and happiness again
Christmas Romance with Rivals to Lovers
Light Up My Life by Kasie West (YA)
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Light Up My Life
- Next door neighbor teens from two families battling to win a town contest for the Best Holiday Decorations
- A secret holiday romance
The Christmas Competition by Zoe Allison
- Two recently dumped people (their exes are now together)
- A holiday decoration contest they both want to win
Paranormal and Magical Realism Christmas Romance Books
Good Spirits by B.K. Borison
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Good Spirits
- A shopkeeper recovering from family trauma
- The attractive spirit who is there to play Ghost of Christmas past
A Curse for Christmas Past by Morgan Lockhart
Buy on Amazon | My Review of A Curse for Christmas Past
- A cursed woman knows who’s to blame for her horrible luck: a local coven
- The hot male witch who offers to help her break her curse
Christmas People by Iva-Marie Palmer
Buy on Amazon | Review of Christmas People
- A Scroogy screenwriter wakes up in her hometown, magically transformed to a perfect holiday setting
- She has to act out a Hallmark-perfect romance, all with her ex watching
Merry Spooky Love by Josie Silver
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Merry Spooky Love
- A battle over the ownership of a historic department store
- An employee with paranormal abilities and a merry band of crusading ghosts
- Who’s the Grinch who could spoil Christmas? Her ghost-hunter ex
Christmas Romances Inspired by Classic Books
Anne of Avenue A by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding
Buy on Amazon: | Review of Anne of Avenue A
- A retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion featuring Anne and Wentworth re-imagined as Millennial New Yorkers who broke up eight years ago and regretted it
The Little Shop of Merry and Bright by Jenny Bayliss
- A retelling of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol featuring a woman traumatized when her proposal went viral on social media who is then visited by the Spirit of Christmas Present
Christmas in Austenland by Shannon Hale
- While not technically a retelling, this series takes place at the fictional Pembroke Park, an immersive Jane Austen experience in the UK.
Good Spirits by B.K. Borison
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Good Spirits
- A shopkeeper recovering from family trauma
- The attractive spirit who is there to play Ghost of Christmas past from Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.
Single Parents in Holiday Romance
Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Grace and Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon
My Favorite Holidate by Lauren Blakely
Buy on Amazon | My Review of My Favorite Holidate
Christmas Books With Hallmark Movie Vibes
Holiday Ever After by Hannah Grace
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Holiday Ever After
Christmas People by Iva-Marie Palmer
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Christmas People
Christmas Romances Set in the UK
Christmas Fling by Lindsey Kelk
Buy on Amazon | Review of Christmas Fling
A Merry Little Lie by Sarah Morgan
Buy on Amazon | My Review of A Merry Little Lie
A Little Holiday Fling by Farah Heron
Buy on Amazon | My Review of a Little Holiday Fling
The Christmas Competition by Zoe Allison
The 12 Dates of Christmas by Ruby Winter
The Little Shop of Merry and Bright by Jenny Bayliss
Christmas in Austenland by Shannon Hale
Counting Down to You by Emily Stone
Christmas Romances Featuring Shopkeepers
Good Spirits by B.K. Borison
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Good Spirits
- The people-pleasing owner of a small town antique shop is haunted by a spirit who wants to show her memories from her past.
Merry Spooky Love by Josie Silver
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Merry Spooky Love
- Ghosts, a woman with paranormal abilities, and a ghost hunter all tangle over the ownership of a beloved family-owned department store.
The Little Shop of Merry and Bright by Jenny Bayliss
- A woman shamed on the internet hides out at a department store over the holidays.
Christmas Romances With Weddings
My Favorite Holidate by Lauren Blakely
- A woman and her billionaire boss agree to fake date during the holiday season and end up falling for each other.
Buy on Amazon | My Review of My Favorite Holidate
Christmas Staycation by Meghan Quinn
- A woman impulsively agrees to a fake wedding with her ex only to fall for his brother, a baseball player.
A Married Little Christmas by Abby Jimenez
- Three novellas about love during the holiday season, including one wedding!
Queer Holiday Romance
Pining for You by Stef Ferrari (YA)
- An impulsive bakery employee meets cute with a customer and then decides to go on a quest from Connecticut to Brooklyn to find her.
Buy on Amazon | My Review of Pining for You
A Very Merry Detour by Court Behr
- Alaina, freshly dumped, sets out on a roadtrip, ends up in a snowbank, and gets rescued by Priscilla, a no-nonsense bookshop owner who makes her think she might have been looking for love in all the wrong places.
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