What To Read This Winter
As the days grow shorter and the temperatures drop, there’s nothing quite like curling up with a book that suits the mood of winter—whether it’s a thriller or an uplifting story that will warm you from the inside out. Here are some of my top picks to keep you company all season long.
We’re excited to be hosting the one and only, Jenna Blum, for our next author event lined up for Tuesday, January 13th – details and tickets can be found here. Her latest novel is featured in one of my recommendations below!
Murder Your Darlings
by Jenna Blum
“Murder Your Darlings” is a compelling, enjoyable read if you like your thrillers with literary flavor, dark humor, and a twisty take on obsession and ambition. It’s smart, entertaining, and offers more than just shocks: it gives a peek into writer life, power dynamics in publishing, and how easily admiration can turn into danger!
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The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans
Told in epistolary form, this story unfolds entirely through the letters and emails of 73-year-old Sybil Van Antwerp — a retired lawyer, avid reader, and devoted letter-writer. Her correspondence spans family and friends, literary acquaintances, a young man she mentors, and even a mysterious recipient who never sees her words. Don’t miss this one – in my top ten books of all time!
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The Elements
by John Boyne
Told in four separate yet interconnected narratives, The Elements explores what the publisher describes as four perspectives of abuse: enabler, accomplice, perpetrator, and victim. Advanced warning – subject matter is traumatic and emotional. John Boyne is the author of one of my other top ten books ever, The Heart’s Invisible Furies.
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The Phoebe Variations
by Jan Hamilton
A thoughtful, quietly powerful coming-of-age novel that follows seventeen-year old Phoebe on the brink of adulthood whose progressive and single adoptive mother Greta insists she meet her birth family. A story of identify, family (both biological and chosen), friendship and explores the complexity of Phoebe’s choices as a young adult.
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