Winter Books to Cozy Up With!
“She remembered, as every sensible person does, that you should never never shut yourself up in a wardrobe.” —C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
Winter is here, and there's no better time to cozy up under a blanket with a good book! Here are some good books that will keep you company during these longer nights.
Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards Getting home for the holidays is always a hassle, but an incoming blizzard makes Mira's journey home is stalled when her connecting flight is canceled. Then Harper, Mira's seatmate from her first flight, offers Mira a ride with Harper and her three friends. During this spontaneous road trip, however, Mira realizes she's trapped in a car with four complete strangers, each with their own secrets--and one of them is lying.
Christmas and Other Horrors: An Anthology of Solstice Horror edited by Ellen Datlow This spooky anthology captures a darker holiday tradition of telling ghost stories just in time for the holidays!
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice A small Anishinaabe community goes dark; cut off with winter approaching, people begin to panic as food supplies fall. The band council and a few community members struggle to keep order as a new visitors from the south begin to upset the delicate balance of the reserve. Months pass, and through sickness and despair, an unlikely leader rises while turning to Anishinaabe traditions to help their community thrive again.
Death on a Winter Stroll by Francine Mathews Christmas time in Nantucket during COVID-19--a stressful time for Police Chief Meredith Folger even before the large-scale TV production crew and the Secretary of State and her family arrived. It's difficult to tell what is suspicious and what is driven from stress, as tensions run high all over the island. Then the bodies show up.
Shiver by Allie Reynolds Five friends catch up at a ski resort in the French Alps after a decade of being apart. Yet as soon as Milla and her friends arrive at the resort, they notice everything is wrong: the resort is deserted, the cable car bearing them up the mountain is broken, and their cellphones are missing. Then there are the instructions for games inside the resort--games designed to reveal their greatest secrets. The games remind Milla of their former sixth member, who died a long time ago, but something isn't quite right with the stories of her five oldest friends...
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis This classic children's series features Father Christmas himself as a character!
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden In the throws of winter in the Russian wilderness, Vasya and her siblings love to listen to fairy tales while surrounded by the warmth of the fire. Then a new, devout stepmother enters Vasya's life and forbids the honoring of their household spirits. Vasya fears the misfortune this will bring. As her stepmother grows harsher and the village's defenses weaken, Vasya turns to her dangerous gifts she has hidden to protect her family.
This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens Having a birthday on New Year's has brought Minnie nothing but misfortune. She was one of two babies born just after midnight on New Years Day, but she was second to Quinn, who was given the hefty cash prize of being the first. When they happen to run into each other at a New Year's party and their thirtieth birthday, Minnie knows luck has followed Quinn his whole life. The divide between them is so clear, yet they keep running into each other. And they keep wanting more...
The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler When he named his diner The Tourist Trap, Graham had meant it as a joke. Now, as the favored spot of all the resort visitors, he's stuck with all of the tourists, including the enthusiastic Zoey, who blushes every time he looks her way. Two weeks in Alaska has Zoey smitten with not only the mountain town of Moose Springs, but the grumpy diner owner too.
A Winter's Promise: Book One of the Mirror Visitor Quartet by Christelle Dabos Dive into this fantasy quartet filled with magic and romance.