Gallery: A feast of festive reads

Freddie Mercury.

The cover of the new biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, the former managing editor of Time magazine and current chief executive of the Aspen Institute, is shown in this undated publicity photograph. The book will be released October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Courtesy Simon & Schuster/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: MEDIA) NO SALES FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS