There's nothing better than gathering with friends and family for a festive feast during the summer months. Below, we've rounded up some of the best Christmas-centric cookbooks to help you celebrate this year!

Christmas Table by The Australian Women's Weekly

A modern approach to the season's fare in a beautiful book containing all the recipes you'd expect for ham, turkey, sides, desserts and puddings

Christmas is a special time of year for indulging in food and fun with your loved ones. While this beautiful book contains all the recipes you'd expect for ham, turkey, sides, desserts and puddings, this book takes a modern approach to the season's fare. Create your own traditions, have a seafood buffet instead of a formal sit down meal or celebrate with a barbecue on the beach. How ever you choose to celebrate, we'll help you through the festive season in style.

Gluten Free Christmas by Becky Excell

Gluten Free Christmas will show you just how simple it is to recreate all your festive favorites, from Christmas Eve nibbles and the main event, to sweet treats, edible gifts and a Boxing Day feast.

Best-selling author Becky Excell has spent years developing delicious dishes and sharing them with her followers on Instagram. She is here to show you that a gluten-free Christmas can be enjoyable and easy, without having to miss out on anything. An essential book when it comes to gluten-free home cooking, Gluten Free Christmas will ensure that you have the best Christmas ever.

Donna Hay Christmas Feasts and Treats by Donna Hay

Donna Hay takes the stress out of Christmas cooking and entertaining with this fully revised and updated must-have collection of over 170 stunning yet simple festive recipes. Featuring all the nostalgic favourites and some fun twists on the classics, this is a capable compendium to see you through this year's festive season.

From easy starters to show-stopping mains - including a cheat’s glazed ham that doesn’t need studding or basting - to dazzling desserts that are sure to impress, and some special edible gifts, these recipes are peppered with Donna’s best-ever tricks and shortcuts to make it the most relaxing Christmas yet.

Easy Vegan Christmas by Katy Beskow

Whether you're cooking for your vegan family, looking for inspiration for your first vegan guest, or simply want to add new flavours and dishes to your Christmas dinner table, you'll find stress-free, plant-based recipes to get you through the happy holidays.

With an easy tip for each recipe, plus advice on whether the recipe is suitable for freezing, this book is perfect for getting ahead! You'll also find a handy menu planner to take the stress out of deciding what to cook. All of the ingredients are available in supermarkets, with a focus on seasonal winter produce.

A Very Vegan Christmas by Sam Dixon

Christmas can often be a feast of meat, cheese and chocolate, but whether you are reducing your meat intake or catering for plant-based friends and family, A Very Vegan Christmas will provide amazing food that everyone will love.

Enjoy plant-based twists on iconic Christmas dishes and discover some new festive favourites, with more than 70 recipes for the holiday season. Each recipe is simple to make and packed full of flavour, making sure each meal is a true celebration. With beautiful photography and illustrations throughout, this book would also make a wonderful gift for the vegan in your life.

Advent by Anja Dunk

Advent celebrates the magical run-up to Christmas with over 100 classic German baking recipes.

In her latest cookbook, Anja Dunk shares her recipes for the very best of traditional German festive bakes. From lightly spiced Lebkuchen, frosted cinnamon stars, jam-filled ginger hearts, snow-capped coconut macaroons, to marzipan-filled Stollen, edible tree decorations, lucky meringue mushrooms and a gingerbread house dripping with candies and sugar icicles, you will find delectable spiced treats to fill your Bunter Teller and share with friends and family. Featuring Anja’s own linocut illustrations and evocative photography, this is a stunning, comforting clothbound volume that will be a family favourite for many years to come.

My First Christmas Cook Book by David Atherton (and for kids!)

Get into the festive spirit with this beautiful and imaginative cookbook by the winner of The Great British Bake Off.

Learn how to make delicious gifts, perfect party food and showstopper cakes to perfection in this imaginative collection of deliciously festive recipes. Featuring easy to follow, beautifully illustrated step-by-step instructions, and a wealth of classic and creative bakes, this first baking book is jam-packed with inspiring content and has everything budding bakers need to get ahead for the Christmas season.