THE LONE STAR LIT
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
NOVEMBER 4-DECEMBER 30, 2023
It only happens once a year — the Lone Star Lit Holiday Gift Guide! Browse our wide selection of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Books for Young Readers, and visit our Sponsor sites to find the perfect books for every reader on your holiday list (yourself included).
We're accepting submissions for the 2023 Guide through December 12, 2023. Any title by a Texas author or any book with a Texas connection, traditionally published or otherwise, is welcome.*
TITLES WILL BE ADDED TO THIS PAGE AND TO INDIVIDUAL PAGES BY CATEGORY STARTING 11/04/2023. ALL PAGES WILL BE UPDATED AS WE RECEIVE SUBMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN.
Including children's, middle grade, and young adult selections
(Updated 11/27/2023)
CHILDREN'S
Amy's Amazing Hats by Sharyn Diamond
Beside That Windmill by Minda Parks, illustrated by Don L. Parks
Boomer the Curious Bunny by Diann Floyd Boehm
Ellie and the Alphabet Zoo by April Nunn Coker
Fables for the Connected Age by Kelly N. Baggett
Mostly Me by Collin Hall; illustrated by Crystal Dawn Chaffee
Porter and Midge: Paws for Safety A Kid's Guide to Safe Dog Interactions by Giselle Nevada and Jennie Chen
A Reading Partner for Emerald by Patricia Vermillion; illustrated by Lily Thompson
MIDDLE GRADE:
Fright Bites by Miracle Austin
YOUNG ADULT
The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent by Ann Jacobus
Craving Beauty by Jennifer Silverwood
Einstein's Compass: A YA Time Traveler Adventure by Grace Blair
The Legends of Gryphendale series by Lara Lee
Poseidon's Atlantis Adventure - The Human Hybrid Experiment by Grace Blair
The Rowdy Series by Chris Mullen
The Ruby Series by Diann Floyd Boehm
(Updated 11/30/2023)
Adventures Down the Texas Rabbit Hole by Alice Liles
Bound in Silence: An Unsolved Murder in a Small Texas Town by Christena Stephens
Child of Many by Suzanne Gene Courtney
Flourish Because by Kay Whitaker
Good Talk. . .Good Talk by Ginny Andrews
The Magic Machine Series by Preston Lewis and Harriet Kocher Lewis.
The Nectar Dancer by Donald Mace Williams
Rocket Men: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro Football by John Eisenberg
Second Lives: The Journey of Brain-Injury Survivors and Their Healers by Ralph B. Lilly, MD & Diane F. Kramer with Joyce Stamp Lilly
So Sorry for Your Loss by Dina Gachman
Unsettled Joy: An Illustrated Adventure in Poetry by J. L. Wright
Water From God: For Those Thirsty for God's Word by Vickie Phelps
Where the Mean Girls Go: The Complicated and Hurtful Relationships Between Women by Laura Downey Hill
(Updated 11/22/2023)
Across Both Sides of the Mirror by Bianca Pensy Aba
All That Rises by Alma Garcia
The Annalisse Series by Marlene M. Bell
The Bean to Bar Mysteries series by Amber Royer
The Black Orchid Enterprise Mysteries series by M.R. Dimond
The Big Empty by Loren C. Steffy
Blue Running by Lori Ann Stephens
The Brotherhood of Pandora by David L Nichols
The Calloways Series by L. Russell Records
Christmas at the Seagull Café by Tiffany Sunday
Classmates by RB Bartels
The Comfort and Joy series by Kimberly Fish
Confessions of a Knight Errant by Gretchen McCullough
Conquergood and the Center of the Intelligible Mystery of Being by CG FEWSTON
The Covey Jencks Mysteries series by Shelton Williams
The Crazy Yates by Kimberly Packard
The Ed Earl Burch Series by JIm Nesbitt
The Edge of Too Late by Jan Sikes
Facing the Enemy by DiAnn Mills
The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch by Julia Brewer Daily
For the Minds and Wills of Men by Jeff Lanier
Ghostly Bugles: A Novel of the Alamo by Max Knight
Girls of Flight City by Lorraine Heath
The Hangman's Daughters series by Linda Broday
The Humble Blessings series by Pamela Desmond Wright
Jackson's Pond --The Series by Teddy Jones
The Journey Home Series by Wanda Baham Sturrock
The Keeper Series by April Nunn Coker
Kitchen Heat: A Restaurantland Romance by Kathleen McFall & Clark Hays
No Names to Be Given by Julia Brewer Daily
The Oxygen Farmer by Colin Holmes
Pasko Na, My Love: A Holiday Anthology by Maida Malby, Elle Cruz, Maan Gabriel, Mia Hopkins, Sarah Smith, and Tif Marcelo
Pringle Prawn by Michael Scott Clifton
Red Truck by RB Bartels
Rescuing Crockett by David Pyke
Rip the Sky by Mark Packard
To the Republic Series by Bruce Clavey
Sacred Mercy by Evangaline Pierce
Second Chances by RB Bartels
Second Chances: Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles #17 by Joe Congel
Seventh Flag Series by Sid Balman, Jr.
Someday Belongs to Us by Margie Seamen
The Stealing Time Series by KJ Waters
Sweetbitter by Reginald Gibbons
A Texas Legacy Christmas by DiAnn Mills
The Third Dawn by Thomas J. Nichols
The Tori Winters Mystery series by Anita Dickason
Unknown Rider by Jack Stewart
The Ways of Water by Teresa H. Janssen
Whiskey on Our Shoes by Tonya Preece
The Wind Will Catch You by Michelle Theall
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*Books which do not serve the interests of a wide, general readership, (such as pornography), books espousing hate speech, or books espousing extreme political or religious positions, are not eligible for the holiday gift guide.
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