Christmas Reading Challenge 2025

Finish off the year with a fun and festive Christmas reading challenge! I've got two fun bookish challenges for you to choose from. Don miss your FREE holiday romance BINGO card and check off your favorite reading moments one by one!

A Christmas reading challenge BINGO card sits on the table in front of a stack of holiday books.

As the end of the year approaches, it can be increasingly difficult to prioritize reading when your schedule starts filling up with school concerts, holiday parties, and a million festive errands to squeeze in to the ever shorter days.

I firmly believe that reading is the best form of self care during stressful seasons. If you want to read more books and escape into the cozy pages, load up your Kindle or grab a pretty paperback and settle in for a Christmas reading challenge!

NEW for 2025, I have two different Christmas reading challenges for you to pick from:

Holiday Romance Book Bingo

Personally, I'm a huge fan of Christmas romance books in December. They are light, quick reads that make my heart flutter faster than a Hallmark movie.

My super-popular Hallmark Christmas movie BINGO inspired me to try a bookish version of this perennial reader favorite!

I created this fun Holiday Romance BINGO card filled with Hallmark movie type moments found in your favorite reads:

A bingo card with fun and festive suggestions for reading.

Want a copy for yourself? You can just download the file here and print it for free right at home!

Or bookmark this page and reference the Christmas Book Bingo in the picture above.

Christmas Romance Books

Need some suggestions for holiday romance books to fill out your BINGO card? Here are some of my favorite Christmas books to read this time of year:

3x3 Christmas Reading Challenge

A trio of Christmas books to read during December.

Is the BINGO card a little more than you can chew? How about a 3x3 Reading Challenge: Holiday Style!

You could pick three related holiday books on a theme. Here are a couple of examples:

3x3 Charles Dickens Challenge

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens: My version has coordinating recipes sprinkled throughout the hardcover book!
Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva: A historical fiction novel about Charles Dickens himself.
Good Spirits by B.K. Borison: A modern holiday romance featuring the Ghost of Christmas Past.

3x3 Christmas Baking Challenge

The Gingerbread Bakery: A cozy small town romance featuring a bakery.
Sugar Cookie Murder: A cozy Christmas mystery with a cookie name.
The Holiday Swap: A holiday romance featuring a reality cooking show.

If neither of those ideas work, be sure to get even more inspiration on my 3x3 Reading Challenge post. There are so many combinations for you to choose from.