A few months ago, I brought you my Overly Specific Autumn Recommendations, inspired by Kayla from BooksandLala. As I a follow up, it's now time for the Winter-edition, in the same vein, but with a some different overly-specific tropes.
Without further ado, let's get to the books.
Dreaming of a white cover…
A white Christmas made easy with these white covered books…
- An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger - Pine by Francine Toon
- Fen by Daisy Johnson
Winter-wonderland…
Whether the winter brings you snow or not, read some polar fantasy to set the mood…
- The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
- The Girl and the Mountain by Mark Lawrence
- Even the Darkest Stars by Heather Fawcett
- Vita Nostra by Marina & Sergej Dyachenko
A Girl and a Bear…
An overly specific trope that seems to be prevalent within fiction lately, and lends itself perfectly for wintery times when all you need is a warm bearhug…
- The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan
- His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
- The Last Bear by Hannah Gold
Lights in the dark…
My favourite thing about Christmas is the lights. Let these novels light up your night with their stars in the dark…
- The Wide Starlight by Nicole Lesperance
- A Shiver of Snow and Sky by Lisa Lueddecke
- Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Dalton-Brooks
- Now She is Witch by Kirsty Logan
Stay indoors…
Snowed in or locked in this winter? So are these literary protagonists…
- We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
- Burntcoat by Sarah Hall
- The Upstairs House by Julia Fine
- The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Arctic Isolation…
Literary fiction that deals with isolation and cold, both in physical as within the mind…
- The Comet Seekers by Helen Sedgewick
- Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
- The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea
Curl up with a book…
Books about books for long wintery nights…
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Binding by Brigit Collins
- The Library Trilogy by Mark Lawrence
Tales to make your blood run cold…
Horror stories to give you chills, and not just from the cold…
- Near the Bone by Christina Henry
- The Ritual by Adam Nevill
- The Shining by Stephen King
- The Hollows by Daniel Church
- All the White Places by Ally Wilkes
Blood on the snow…
Thrillers and mysteries buried beneath the snow...
- The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
- Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen
- Snow Falling on Cedars by David Gutterson
- Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar
Short Stories
Bitesize pieces of winter reading…
- The Haunting Season by Various Authors
- Antarctica by Claire Keegan
- By Light We Knew Our Names by Anne Valente
- Leila and the Fox by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
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