Best book advent calendars for 2025 to get you in the Christmas mood
From beloved children's characters like the Gruffalo to classic literature, there's a book advent calendar for everyone.
Eggnog, mistletoe, decorating the tree... when it comes to Christmas, there's no shortage of traditions. One of our favourites has got to be advent calendars.
There's nothing that helps to build up the excitement leading up to Christmas quite like an advent calendar. Opening a little gift every day is just a reminder of the excitement that's to come once the big day itself arrives.
Now, you can get an advent calendar perfectly tailored to any type of interest. And bookworms will be glad to know that the options when it comes to book advent calendars are endless.
Whether you're trying to find the perfect kids book advent calendar for your little one, or you're looking for an excuse to add to your own personal library, we've rounded up the best book advent calendars to buy in the run-up to Christmas 2025.
For more on how to celebrate Christmas, we've rounded up the best Christmas shows and pantomimes in London.
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Christmas book advent calendars at a glance
- 2025 Book Advent Calendar | from £9.95
- The Gruffalo and Friends Advent Calendar Book Collection |
£25£10 (save £15 or 60%) - Maisy Advent Calendar Story Collection |
£21.99£10.99 (save £11 or 50%) - Mr. Men & Little Miss Christmas Advent Calendar |
£21.99£10.99 (save £11 or 50%) - Stitch Advent Calendar 5-Minute Stories |
£15.99£12.99 (save £3 or 35%) - Little People, BIG DREAMS: Advent Calendar Book Collection: 2025 Edition |
£21.99£17.59 (save £4.40 or 20%) - A Heart for Christmas: An Advent Novel | £20
- Books Are Magic Advent Calendar | £25
- Book Lovers Advent Calendar | £55
- Book Advent Calendar 2025 – 12 Classic Books | £70
- 12 Days of Snugmas Advent Calendar | £74.99
Book advent calendars for adults
Book Lovers Advent Calendar
Rare Birds is a book shop based in Edinburgh that offer a truly unique book advent calendar experience.
In each of the 24 days leading up to Christmas, you'll open a door to an intriguing blurb. At the end of the season, you'll choose your four favourites and the books will be shipped to you. This years books are the Rare Birds team's favourite 2025 publications that weren't included in their book subscription.
Buy Book Lovers Advent Calendar for £55 at Not On the High Street
2025 Book Advent Calendar
The world is your oyster with the 2025 Book Advent Calendar, as you can select how many books you want in your bundle, and what genre.
Choose between Fantasy, Romance, Dark Romance, Crime/Thriller or a mixture of all categories.
Buy 2025 Book Advent Calendar from £9.95 at Etsy UK
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Books Are Magic Advent Calendar
Book lovers will instantly fall in love with the Books Are Magic Advent Calendar. Each of the 25 pockets has a literary-themed surprise, from stickers and bookmarks to book-themed cards, to really up your Bookstagram or BookTok game.
Buy Books Are Magic Advent Calendar for £25 at Very
12 Days of Snugmas
Not only will you receive books as part of this advent calendar, you'll be receiving a variety of book-themed gifts.
These books have been pre-loved, making this a sustainable pre-Christmas gift. Plus, tracked shipping is included in the cost.
Buy 12 Days of Snugmas Advent Calendar for £74.99 at Etsy UK
A Heart for Christmas: An Advent Novel
If you're looking for something a little bit different to treat yourself to this advent season, then A Heart for Christmas is ideal. This is an advent novel, meaning that you have a chapter to open each day of this swoony festive romance.
Prepare yourself for some slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers taking place in 24 instalments, each one sealed in a perforated envelope.
Buy A Heart for Christmas: An Advent Novel for £20 at Amazon
Book Advent Calendar 2025 – 12 Classic Books
If classic literature is more your style, then there's the perfect book advent calendar for you. This book advent calendar is made up of 12 classic books with in-house designed dust jackets printed on silk paper stock.
Plus, we've had a peek at the list of books included, and trust us when we tell you that you won't want to miss these.
Buy Book Advent Calendar 2025 – 12 Classic Books for £70 at Etsy UK
Kids book advent calendar
The Gruffalo and Friends Advent Calendar Book Collection
The Gruffalo is a special tale all year round, but it feels extra special at Christmas. This advent calendar contains 24 mini activity, song and rhyme books, all based on characters created by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
Expect to encounter some familiar faces from beloved stories such as Room on the Broom and The Snail and The Whale. Plus, you can match up the back of your puzzle books to create four special puzzle scenes.
Stitch Advent Calendar 5-Minute Stories
With the release of the 2025 live-action Lilo and Stitch film, Stitch is so bad – not that he ever went anywhere.
Celebrate Stitch with this book advent calendar for kids, which features a daily 5-minute story book for each of the 24 days leading up to Christmas.
Buy Stitch Advent Calendar 5-Minute Stories for £15.99 £12.99 (save £3 or 35%) at Very
Little People, Big Dreams: Advent Calendar Book Collection: 2025 Edition
One of the best parts about books is how they can inspire us, and our little ones. The Little People: BIG DREAMS collection does just that by retelling the stories of heroes from history and the present day.
This advent collection features dreamers from Simone Biles and David Attenborough to Harry Styles, Rosa Parks and Charles Darwin.
Maisy Advent Calendar Story Collection
The iconic Maisy Mouse has her very own advent calendar to help you count down the days till Christmas. These 24 books tell the stories of Maisy, Charley, Tallulah, Cyril and Eddie as they head on some Christmas adventures.
Buy Maisy Advent Calendar Story Collection for £21.99 £10.99 (save £11 or 50%) at Books2Door
Mr Men & Little Miss Christmas Advent Calendar
Mr Men and Little Miss books are a classic, no matter which generation you're from. This book advent calendar features 24 different titles, all of which are Christmas themed.
From Mr Christmas to a Gingerbread-themed adventure with Mr Greedy, there's plenty of entertainment to be enjoyed throughout the month of December.
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