Why read Christmas on the Goblin Express?

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For Claire Samson, the only way to survive Christmas this year is to escape it.

High-achieving Australian medical student Claire Samson has struggled to enjoy Christmas in recent years, but this is the first Christmas she will be all alone, with her parents overseas and her grandfather in a coma.…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Christmas on the Goblin Express as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

H.L. Burke

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This is a good deal of fun, fast paced, heartfelt, with some fun references and a lot of twists on Christmas lore. Claire is a fun character whose snarky first person narrative really carries this and it makes good use of a soft magic system that borrows from without owing too much to any particular Christmas lore.

Light religious elements, light romantic elements (kisses only)

From H.L.'s 3 favorite reads in 2026.