Christmas 2026
Books for Christmas
Books we hold in stock are posted from our London office within 3 to 5 working days. Gift cards, ebooks and audiobooks arrive by email at once, whenever you order.
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Books posted from London
Order by these dates for Christmas
- United KingdomFri 11 December
- Europe & IrelandTue 8 December
- US & CanadaFri 4 December
- Australia & rest of worldWed 2 December
Books printed to order now leave within 5 to 10 working days. Order them by Monday 30 November for Christmas.
Dates are Royal Mail’s last recommended posting dates less our dispatch time: a guide, not a guarantee. Delivery times
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In stock in London
These are counted on our shelves today and leave within 3 to 5 working days. Each title drops off this page when its last copy goes.
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Sets, films and audiobooks on disc
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For readers in the United States
Also in stock in the United States
These hardbacks are held in our US stock, with no customs to clear. US stock is posted within the United States by USPS Media Mail. It leaves in batches, so we cannot promise a Christmas date for it. For a date we can stand behind, choose London stock.
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Order by Monday 30 November
Printed to order for Christmas
Most of the catalogue is printed for each order and now leaves within 5 to 10 working days. Ordered by Monday 30 November, these should arrive for Christmas. Here are the hardbacks readers choose most; the rest are in the shop.
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No posting date to meet
Arrives at once
New this Christmas: give an ebook or audiobook as a gift. Choose the title, write a message and pick the day; we email it to them in your name, on Christmas morning if you like.
Free to enter
Win a book this Christmas
Join our newsletter by Monday 21 December and you are in the Christmas draw. Every Monday we pick 3 new subscribers at random, and each wins an ebook or audiobook from the catalogue, sent by email as a gift.
- Five draws: 23 and 30 November, 7, 14 and 21 December.
- One entry per person; your entry stays in every week until you win.
- Everyone who confirms also gets The Night the Dams Burst as a free ebook.
Enter with your email
We send one email to confirm the address is yours. Confirming it is what enters you.
Draw rules
- Promoter: Focal Point International LLC (Irving Books), 701 Tillery St, Unit 12-2475, Austin, TX 78702, USA.
- Free to enter. No purchase is needed, and buying something does not improve your chance of winning.
- To enter, join the Irving Books newsletter and confirm your email address between 13 November 2026 and 09:00 GMT on Monday 21 December 2026. Confirming the address is what enters you.
- One entry per person. You must be 18 or over. Employees of the promoter and members of their households may not enter. Void where prohibited by law.
- There are five draws, at 09:00 GMT on Mondays 23 and 30 November and 7, 14 and 21 December 2026. In each, three winners are chosen at random by computer from every valid entry that has not already won. An entry stays in until it wins or the draw closes.
- Each winner receives one ebook or audiobook, chosen at random from the titles Irving Books offers as gifts (retail value up to about US$35). There is no cash alternative and the prize cannot be exchanged or transferred.
- Winners are emailed at the address they entered within 24 hours of the draw. The prize arrives in that email; nothing needs to be claimed.
- If you unsubscribe before a draw, your entry is withdrawn. You can unsubscribe at any time; winning does not depend on staying subscribed afterwards.
- We use your email address to run the draw and to send the newsletter, as set out in our Privacy Policy. We do not publish winners' names.
- The promoter may disqualify entries made by automated means or with addresses that are not the entrant's own, and may amend or withdraw the draw if it is tampered with or cannot run as planned.