I am reading The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylvainen set in 1850 Scandinavian tundra. There’s so much snow, and darkness and it makes me feel so cold that I am almost wearing gloves to read the book!
Ugh, you're so good at the categories. I just... read like inhaling, and it never occurs to me some books are better for, like, some times...
BUT. That being said, I thought about it and laughed out loud at the first book that came to mind. MURDER MOST ACTUAL by Alexis Hall was a BANGER of a winter read. This couple is on each other's nerves. One is a true crime podcaster and her wife thinks she's a weeee bit obsessed and needs to get other hobbies... Meanwhile, they're trying to reconnect by going to this luxury Scottish hotel in the dead of winter (aaaand, if you've been in the Highlands in the wintertime, you know it does not PLAY when it comes to that punishing cold), and of course, winter really pulls a fast one and they get stuck there.
And then, murder. Because, obviously.
I had forgotten about this book, which came out in 2021, but I ADORED it.
Another T. Kingfisher is THE RAVEN AND THE REINDEER which is a retelling of The Snow Queen, a fairytale I usually loathe, but this retelling has all the winter vibes plus all of the cozy, withe the ones doing the saving being stronger together, which I always love.
The Game of Thrones series starts out with a wintry scene and then revisits it a lot in the first several books (I gave up after #3 had still not revealed WHAT is in those wintry woods?)
Many of Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache series of books are set during winter, in Quebec. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe also has very descriptive winter scenes!
I came home from college one summer and my mother had fallen and was laid up for a few weeks. We read the Long Winter aloud, mostly me reading to her, and I remember every day feeling surprised that it was so warm out, because we had truly been living a long cold winter all day. It was so real.
I am reading The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylvainen set in 1850 Scandinavian tundra. There’s so much snow, and darkness and it makes me feel so cold that I am almost wearing gloves to read the book!
That sounds beautiful!
Ugh, you're so good at the categories. I just... read like inhaling, and it never occurs to me some books are better for, like, some times...
BUT. That being said, I thought about it and laughed out loud at the first book that came to mind. MURDER MOST ACTUAL by Alexis Hall was a BANGER of a winter read. This couple is on each other's nerves. One is a true crime podcaster and her wife thinks she's a weeee bit obsessed and needs to get other hobbies... Meanwhile, they're trying to reconnect by going to this luxury Scottish hotel in the dead of winter (aaaand, if you've been in the Highlands in the wintertime, you know it does not PLAY when it comes to that punishing cold), and of course, winter really pulls a fast one and they get stuck there.
And then, murder. Because, obviously.
I had forgotten about this book, which came out in 2021, but I ADORED it.
Another T. Kingfisher is THE RAVEN AND THE REINDEER which is a retelling of The Snow Queen, a fairytale I usually loathe, but this retelling has all the winter vibes plus all of the cozy, withe the ones doing the saving being stronger together, which I always love.
Back when I was a bookseller, my favorite thing was building displays around a fun theme. :-) Both of your suggestions sound great!
The Game of Thrones series starts out with a wintry scene and then revisits it a lot in the first several books (I gave up after #3 had still not revealed WHAT is in those wintry woods?)
Many of Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache series of books are set during winter, in Quebec. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe also has very descriptive winter scenes!
These are great suggestions!
I came home from college one summer and my mother had fallen and was laid up for a few weeks. We read the Long Winter aloud, mostly me reading to her, and I remember every day feeling surprised that it was so warm out, because we had truly been living a long cold winter all day. It was so real.
What a wonderful memory!