books / winter
Looking for a book to read by a fire
Long, slow, immersive. Cabin or window-seat books.
- The Snow Child — Eowyn Ivey novelAlaska, 1920s, a child of snow.
- A Gentleman in Moscow — Amor Towles novelHotel arrest, four decades, slow magic.
- My Brilliant Friend — Elena Ferrante novelNaples, friendship, four-book series.
- The Bear and the Nightingale — Katherine Arden novelRussian folklore, snowbound.
- Lonesome Dove — Larry McMurtry novelCattle drive, Texas to Montana.
- Smilla's Sense of Snow — Peter Høeg novelDanish, glaciology, mystery.
- The Thirteenth Tale — Diane Setterfield novelOld house, dying writer, secrets.
- Winter Solstice — Rosamunde Pilcher novelScotland, Christmas, a found family.
- True Grit — Charles Portis novelMattie Ross. Best Western voice ever.
- The Shipping News — Annie Proulx novelNewfoundland, weather, second chances.