Books on the Fourth of July: A mix of (mostly) fiction for the holiday heat

Certain holidays are just teeming with stories, such as the one known for “A Christmas Carol,” “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “The Preacher’s Wife,” “Home Alone,” or even that Yuletide classic, “Die Hard.”

So yes, Christmas is well-represented by both religious and secular works, but even a ho-hum holiday about a precognitive rodent inspired a good movie in “Groundhog Day,” so it’s worth exploring what others have to offer.

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