HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n NOVEMBER 4-DECEMBER 30, 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It only happens once a year \u2014 the Lone Star Lit Holiday Gift Guide! Browse our wide selection of Fiction<\/a>, Nonfiction<\/a>, and Books for Young Readers<\/a>, and visit our Sponsor sites to find the perfect books for every reader on your holiday list (yourself included).<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We’re accepting submissions<\/a> for the 2023 Guide through December 12, 2023. <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>Any title by a Texas author or any book with a Texas connection, traditionally published or otherwise, is welcome.*<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a>TOP<\/p>\n 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.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Including children’s, middle grade, and young adult selections<\/strong><\/p>\n (Updated 11\/27\/2023)<\/p>\n CHILDREN’S<\/p>\n Amy’s Amazing Hats by Sharyn Diamond<\/em><\/p>\n Beside That Windmill by Minda Parks, illustrated by Don L. Parks<\/em><\/p>\n Boomer the Curious Bunny by Diann Floyd Boehm<\/em><\/p>\n Ellie and the Alphabet Zoo by April Nunn Coker<\/em><\/p>\n Fables for the Connected Age by Kelly N. Baggett<\/em><\/p>\n Mostly Me by Collin Hall; illustrated by Crystal Dawn Chaffee<\/em><\/p>\n Porter and Midge: Paws for Safety A Kid’s Guide to Safe Dog Interactions by Giselle Nevada and Jennie Chen<\/em><\/p>\n A Reading Partner for Emerald by Patricia Vermillion; illustrated by Lily Thompson<\/em><\/p>\n MIDDLE GRADE:<\/p>\n Fright Bites by Miracle Austin<\/em><\/p>\n YOUNG ADULT<\/p>\n The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent by Ann Jacobus<\/em><\/p>\n Craving Beauty by Jennifer Silverwood<\/em><\/p>\n Einstein’s Compass: A YA Time Traveler Adventure by Grace Blair<\/em><\/p>\n The Legends of Gryphendale series by Lara Lee<\/em><\/p>\n Poseidon’s Atlantis Adventure – The Human Hybrid Experiment by Grace Blair<\/em><\/p>\n The Rowdy Series by Chris Mullen<\/em><\/p>\n The Ruby Series by Diann Floyd Boehm<\/em> <\/p>\n (Updated 11\/30\/2023)<\/p>\n Adventures Down the Texas Rabbit Hole by Alice Liles<\/em><\/p>\n Bound in Silence: An Unsolved Murder in a Small Texas Town by Christena Stephens<\/em><\/p>\n Child of Many by Suzanne Gene Courtney<\/em><\/p>\n Flourish Because by Kay Whitaker<\/em><\/p>\n Good Talk. . .Good Talk by Ginny Andrews<\/em><\/p>\n The Magic Machine Series by Preston Lewis and Harriet Kocher Lewis.<\/em><\/p>\n The Nectar Dancer by Donald Mace Williams<\/em><\/p>\n Rocket Men: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro Football by John Eisenberg<\/em><\/p>\n Second Lives: The Journey of Brain-Injury Survivors and Their Healers by Ralph B. Lilly, MD & Diane F. Kramer with Joyce Stamp Lilly<\/em><\/p>\n So Sorry for Your Loss by Dina Gachman<\/em><\/p>\n Unsettled Joy: An Illustrated Adventure in Poetry by J. L. Wright<\/em><\/p>\n Water From God: For Those Thirsty for God’s Word by Vickie Phelps<\/em><\/p>\n Where the Mean Girls Go: The Complicated and Hurtful Relationships Between Women by Laura Downey Hill<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n (Updated 11\/22\/2023)<\/p>\n Across Both Sides of the Mirror by Bianca Pensy Aba<\/em><\/p>\n All That Rises by Alma Garcia<\/em><\/p>\n The Annalisse Series by Marlene M. Bell<\/em><\/p>\n The Bean to Bar Mysteries series by Amber Royer<\/em><\/p>\n The Black Orchid Enterprise Mysteries series by M.R. Dimond<\/em><\/p>\n The Big Empty by Loren C. Steffy<\/em><\/p>\n Blue Running by Lori Ann Stephens<\/em><\/p>\n The Brotherhood of Pandora by David L Nichols<\/em><\/p>\n The Calloways Series by L. Russell Records<\/em><\/p>\n Christmas at the Seagull Caf\u00e9 by Tiffany Sunday<\/em><\/p>\n Classmates by RB Bartels<\/em><\/p>\n The Comfort and Joy series by Kimberly Fish<\/em><\/p>\n Confessions of a Knight Errant by Gretchen McCullough<\/em><\/p>\n Conquergood and the Center of the Intelligible Mystery of Being by CG FEWSTON<\/em><\/p>\n The Covey Jencks Mysteries series by Shelton Williams<\/em><\/p>\n The Crazy Yates by Kimberly Packard<\/em><\/p>\n The Ed Earl Burch Series by JIm Nesbitt<\/em><\/p>\n The Edge of Too Late by Jan Sikes<\/em><\/p>\n Facing the Enemy by DiAnn Mills<\/em><\/p>\n The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch by Julia Brewer Daily<\/em><\/p>\n For the Minds and Wills of Men by Jeff Lanier<\/em><\/p>\n Ghostly Bugles: A Novel of the Alamo by Max Knight<\/em><\/p>\n Girls of Flight City by Lorraine Heath<\/em><\/p>\n The Hangman’s Daughters series by Linda Broday <\/em><\/p>\n The Humble Blessings series by Pamela Desmond Wright<\/em><\/p>\n Jackson’s Pond –The Series by Teddy Jones<\/em><\/p>\n The Journey Home Series by Wanda Baham Sturrock<\/em><\/p>\n The Keeper Series by April Nunn Coker<\/em><\/p>\n Kitchen Heat: A Restaurantland Romance by Kathleen McFall & Clark Hays<\/em><\/p>\n No Names to Be Given by Julia Brewer Daily<\/em><\/p>\n The Oxygen Farmer by Colin Holmes<\/em><\/p>\n Pasko Na, My Love: A Holiday Anthology by Maida Malby, Elle Cruz, Maan Gabriel, Mia Hopkins, Sarah Smith, and Tif Marcelo<\/em><\/p>\n Pringle Prawn by Michael Scott Clifton<\/em><\/p>\n Red Truck by RB Bartels<\/em><\/p>\n Rescuing Crockett by David Pyke<\/em><\/p>\n Rip the Sky by Mark Packard<\/em><\/p>\n To the Republic Series by Bruce Clavey<\/em><\/p>\n Sacred Mercy by Evangaline Pierce<\/em><\/p>\n Second Chances by RB Bartels<\/em><\/p>\n Second Chances: Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles #17 by Joe Congel<\/em><\/p>\n Seventh Flag Series by Sid Balman, Jr. <\/em><\/p>\n Someday Belongs to Us by Margie Seamen<\/em><\/p>\n The Stealing Time Series by KJ Waters<\/em><\/p>\n Sweetbitter by Reginald Gibbons<\/em><\/p>\n A Texas Legacy Christmas by DiAnn Mills<\/em><\/p>\n The Third Dawn by Thomas J. Nichols<\/em><\/p>\n The Tori Winters Mystery series by Anita Dickason <\/em><\/p>\n Unknown Rider by Jack Stewart<\/em><\/p>\n The Ways of Water by Teresa H. Janssen<\/em><\/p>\n Whiskey on Our Shoes by Tonya Preece<\/em><\/p>\n The Wind Will Catch You by Michelle Theall<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n =======<\/p>\n Want your book or series included? Click here for details and pay-what-you-can pricing.<\/a><\/p>\n Would you or your bookish business like to be a page sponsor? 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