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When the days turn dark and cold, curl up with one of these winter reading suggestions.
Others are tragic or mysterious.
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They all feature chilly tweaks and, often, tons of snow.
With books like these, you won’t have to don your coat to get a taste of winter.
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
Gingerbread has a special place as aholiday treatin many cultures.
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As her mission becomes more dangerous, she finds help along the way.
A timely and historical novel,The Last Train to Londonis lyrical and full of feelings.
Readers who enjoyedAll the Light We Cannot Seewill fall in love with this book.
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In her new Notting Hill house-share, Jess and her new roommates come together over aChristmas dinner.
For a light, wintery read, pick up a copy of Rosie Curtis’sWe Met in December.
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Welcome to Alaska.
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The year is 1920.
Jack and Mabel have recently arrived as homesteaders on the unforgiving land.
In this harsh place, the line between fantasy and reality bends.
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But nothing is as it seems.
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Have you ever had a terrible job?
Like, hilariously terrible?
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Make this essay and the rest ofHolidays on Icea winter tradition.
In the aftermath of her murder, Susie Salmon watches her family and town cope with her disappearance.
The setting is wintry and cold, and the climax is downright icy.
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This book is incredibly popular, and the hype is well deserved.
This fun, quick read might be just what you need on a gloomy day.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Thirteenth Taleis a novel for book lovers.
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As Winter unravels her life’s story for Lea, her mysterious past of Victorian Gothic proportions unfolds.
Young Vasya has the rare ability to see chyerti, protective spirits of households and the natural world.
Martha, a midwife and healer, examines a local mans body after its found frozen in ice.
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The Terror by Dan Simmons
Horror lovers, this one is for you.
The descriptions of darkness, bitter winds, and groaning ice will chill you to your core.
Ree Dolly, 16, takes care of her two brothers and incapacitated mother.
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Her father, who was arrested on meth charges, jumped bail after putting the house up as collateral.
It’ll transport you to another time and place.
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
This book drops readers into the tumult and intrigue of Tudor England.
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Winner of the Booker Prize, this is the first volume of atrilogyabout the rise and fall of Cromwell.
The wintry New England landscape becomes a metaphor for isolation and powerlessness.
It’s a bleak and beautiful book that’s perfect for a winter afternoon.
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Written in 1969, this science fiction masterpiece is as timely as ever.
But Dickens’s witty writing is such a delight, you’ll be glad if you do.
You may even decide to make it an annual tradition.
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