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Books like Holidays on Ice
A hilarious, cynical antidote to the suffocating sweetness of the holiday season. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Holidays on Ice.
- darkly comedic
- chaotic
- festively bleak
- 01
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
David Sedaris · 2004
A hilarious, sharp-tongued exploration of the inescapable, absurd, and ultimately endearing trap of family.
- 02
Barrel Fever
David Sedaris · 2002
A delightfully cynical romp through the bizarre, petty, and absurd corners of everyday human behavior.
- 03
No One Belongs Here More Than You
Miranda July
A tender, delightfully weird exploration of lonely people fumbling toward connection in the most unexpected ways.
- 04
One Christmas
Truman Capote · 1996
A tender, bittersweet journey through the loss of childhood innocence and the complex realities of family love during the holidays.
- 05
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
David Foster Wallace · 2001
A dizzying, darkly hilarious plunge into the neurotic, self-justifying minds of profoundly alienated people.
- 06
Let it snow
John Green, Lauren Myracle and others
A witty, snow-muffled romp through teenage romance where chaotic winter storms lead to cozy, serendipitous love.
- 07
Running with Scissors
Augusten Burroughs
A hilariously horrifying plunge into a childhood where the adults are the lunatics and survival requires a razor-sharp sense of irony.
- 08
Don't Get Too Comfortable
David Rakoff
A bitingly funny, Wildean grand tour through the absurdities of American overconsumption and the special circle of gilded-age hell we've built for ourselves.
- 09
Winter
Ali Smith
A surreal, fiercely intelligent, and ultimately tender exploration of a fractured family trapped together during a bleak cultural winter.
- 10
Ten Little Indians
Sherman Alexie
A tragicomic and deeply empathetic exploration of urban lives caught between history and the modern world.
- 11
Home for Christmas
Debbie Macomber, Shannon Waverly and others
A cozy, festive collection of romances where the magic of the season brings old friends and former flames back together.
- 12
Pastoralia
George Saunders · 2000
A hilarious, heartbreaking funhouse mirror reflecting the soul-crushing absurdities of modern work and life.
