Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Read in a (Snow) Storm

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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl

Today’s Prompt:  Books to Read During a Storm (these can be cozy/comfy reads, books with storms in them, atmospheric reads for dark and stormy nights, light reads to combat the heavy weather, etc.) (Submitted by Astilbe.)

Since it is December here in the mitten state of Michigan, I decided to make my storm a snowstorm! I have done posts like this in the past and I always enjoy finding snowy reads.

My list today is made up of books that I have both read and that are on my TBR for this winter. First up, the books that I have read.

Let me begin by saying City of Thieves is one of my favorite books ever. The year that I read it I recommended it to everyone, and I still recommend it to everyone. I could not put it down, and I still think about it all the time. It is just an amazing book.

The Hunting Party puts me in mind of an Agatha Christie, or Knives Out scenario. It was my first book of the year a few years ago which I had planned because the book takes place on New Years in Scotland during a snowy winter. It was also another five star read for me.

Night of Cake and Puppets has one of very favorite scenes in a book ever – and it involves snow and cake and violins and just all the things. It was so atmospheric and I loved it. It is a stand alone book in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone series but I loved this one so much – probably because I really loved the characters Mik and Zuzana. (link is to my review on my old blog)

Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw sort of spoke to that part of me that loves the moon and magic and the woods at night in the winter. And that is enough said there!

Welcome to Fox Crossing is the first in a fun, light series by Melinda Metz. It is about a little town in Maine, right on the edge of the Appalachian trail, that caters to hikers and has quirky, eccentric locals. Sort of like Northern Exposure but on the other coast. Plus, there is a mythical fox! It is also very snowy there.

Greenglass House by Kate Milford is a middle grade that I read last year and fell in love with. It takes place during a terrible snowstorm, and the Inn that main character’s family runs begins to fill up with some suspicious guests. It is mysterious and has wonderful scenes of the characters sharing stories at night. I have the second book in the series waiting for me on my shelf to read this year. I can’t wait but I want it to be snowy first!

Finally, A Woman in the Polar Night. It sort of made me chuckle before it horrified me, but it definitely puts life in perspective! The author spent a year with her husband in the Arctic, and she thought she was going to have all this time to sit around and read and paint. Which does sound like a nice time right? However, that is not really what happens!

And now a few on my TBR!

Dead of Winter, Dead Voices, and The Vanishing of Aveline Jones just sound like the perfect reads for a cold snowy night. Now, I just need some snow around here!!

If you want to see my previous lists, here they are!

Books for a Blizzard

Books to Read When It’s Cold Outside

45 thoughts on “Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Read in a (Snow) Storm”

    1. Winterwood is such a good read. As I was making this list, I was wondering just where my copy has gotten to. Hmm.

      I loved Small Spaces so I am looking forward to the second. Although I am a book sinner and read books out of order all the time. Lol.

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  10. Joanne's avatar Joanne

    I loved City of Thieves too and The Hunting Party was a fun one. The Children’s Blizzard is a great (but super sad!) historical fiction winter book. I had not heard of the storm that hit the great plains in the late 1800’s before.

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    1. Wasn’t City of Thieves amazing? Oh my gosh. Just soo good. I cried so hard though. Lol.

      I read The Children’s Blizzard a few years ago and it was crazy to read about! So sad! I remember reading The Long Winter but didn’t think anything of the blizzards but apparently the Children’s Blizzard was one of the ones Laura Ingalls Wilder lived through.

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  21. Greenglass House and Hunting Party are two great storm reading! We don’t really get snow storms (or snow in general) here but I would love to curl up with the ones of these I haven’t read! Great list!

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  22. This is a wonderful list! I am always drawn to books with snowy covers, and the only one from this list that I’ve read is The Hunting Party. A Woman in the Polar Night sounds very interesting, and I’m going to have to add a few of these to my TBR!

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