Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl!
Today’s Prompt: Books Set in Snowy Places. Today, that could be Michigan!
A Fellowship of Games and Fables: My book for the week! It takes place in snowy Adenashire.
Greenglass House is one of my favorite MG reads. I just love everything about it.
The Enchanted Greenhouse may sound like it should be a spring or summer book, but it really takes place in the snowy winter. One of my favorite things during snowy season is to visit greenhouses and conservatories, and be reminded of heat and green growing things, so I think that contributed to my love of this book.
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden is all about the winter and snow. I read it during a snowstorm and it was perfect.
Fox Crossing is just a cute little read – I loved this whole series!
A Blizzard of Polar Bears was not my favorite honestly. I wanted to love this series and I will probably give it another chance now that I have reminded myself of it, but there is no denying that this book that takes place in the Canadian Arctic is a snowy book. It wasn’t bad, from the scientific pov but the character herself is a bit too..action hero sometimes.
The Frozen River is actually on my TBR. I never got to it when everyone else was reading it! Maybe this winter.
The Shining. Seriously, there is no way I could have made this list without this book.
I was obsessed by Goolrick’s writing years ago, and A Reliable Wife is phenomenal in my opinion.
While the Earth Holds Its Breath. This book sounds absolutely lovely, and I have it on my TBR for winter. So I guess you guys got a tiny preview of my next week’s post this week! Lol.
I am excited to see everyone’s choices today!
I hope that whatever you do today, you do something that makes you smile!
Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs.. 
I think I need to find out more about Finally, While the Earth Holds Its Breath.
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It sounds so lovely!
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The Bear & the Nightengale is so so good – I’ve somehow managed to not read the final book in the trilogy yet (AND avoided spoilers!), maybe I’ll indulge in a reread and finally get that third book this winter.
I need to curl up and read Enchanted Greenhouse too.
Maybe my post-Christmas winter reading will be heavily fantasy, haha 🙂
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Lolol! I feel like mine will end up that way, no matter what I plan.
And I really enjoyed The Bear and the Nightingale too. 🙂
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The Maine book sounds interesting!
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It was a fun cute little read. There are three, I think, in that series.
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I love seeing all these wintery books. I haven’t read any of these but I should check them out.
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I love snow (until mid-January) so all of these books have been making me smile.
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I’ve seen The Shining but never read the book! The setting was so neat!
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Right? I am obsessed with the Stanley hotel, which is the hotel that King used for the Overlook. I would love to go there one day!
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For my daughter’s earliest birthdays we used to go to our local butterfly conservatory. There’s nothing quite like visiting an almost tropical climate when it’s cold and snowy outside.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/favorite-canadian-fiction-reads-of-2025/
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Yes!! It’s like finding a small magical world. Lol.
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Especially when the butterflies land on you. One year she was so upset because they loved her older sister and not her. LOL!
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Lovely!I need to try The Bear and the Nightingale.I did something a bit different: https://wordsandpeace.com/2025/12/09/top-ten-books-for-a-2025-christmas-song-tag/
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I am playing catch up this morning!
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A Fellowship of Games and Fables looks like it would be so much fun!! 🙂
Here’s my TTT post – https://justreadjessie.blog/2025/12/09/top-ten-tuesday-books-set-in-snowy-places/
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I really like that series. They are just such easy lighthearted reads.
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It could be Ohio as well, LOL! I have not read any of these, but The Frozen River is on a lot of lists today.
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Ugh I hope today you are having better weather than we are. I woke up to freezing rain! And I have so many errands to run! I am hoping it clears up by evening.
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We have a wintery mix, with WIND, and I had errands as well. I was soooooo cold.
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The Enchanted Greenhouse has such a beautiful cover.
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I love the covers on the Durst books!
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I loved The Frozen River. It’s one I’d like to read again. Not so much with The Shining, though. Great book, but it scared me silly! I’ve not heard of While the Earth Holds Its Breath, but it sounds lovely.
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It’s definitely on my list for this winter. And The Shining! Yes! It is so scary. It is probably one of his books that really got me. Lol.
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I also have bear && nightingale on my list!
https://getlostinlit.blogspot.com/2025/12/top-ten-books-set-in-snowy-places.html
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That book is just so cold and snowy!
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The Enchanted Greenhouse is still on my TBR!
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It is just such an easy little read, I really liked it.
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Awesome choices, Erin. How could I have forgot about The Shining? Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog.
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Thank you Cheryl!
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I keep seeing The Frozen River, too. But, I just keep putting off reading it. I cannot, for the life of me, remember the name of this book that was all about snow. It’s about a father and a daughter who move to an isolated apple farm after the mom dies. The dad starts making furniture, and they find a baby in the woods after a snowstorm. It turns out the young mother comes to their house and they help her for a bit. I surely wish I could remember the name because it was a really good book. Seems like apples was in the title. I’m terrible at remembering titles!
https://marshainthemiddle.com/
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That’s how I have been too. I don’t read a ton of historical fiction usually but it does sound good.
Oh that book you are describing sounds really good! There is a sub reddit for that of course, for describing a book and people try to find the title. Lol.
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I still need to read the Bear and the Nightingale
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It’s a good one!
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I might have to find “While Earth Holds Its Breath.” I love the cover and it sounds like something that would really resonate for me.
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I am so glad to see The Bear and the Nightingale on your list. That trilogy is one of my very favorites.
I LOVED The Frozen River! I trust you will enjoy it whenever you get to it 🙂
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I couldn’t think of enough books for this one. I think I came up with three and bailed. Ha! These look some good ones … so do you read the books that take place in winter in winter? And the ones in summer in summer? I think we’ve talked about this before and you do. I usually do as well.
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