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I'm looking for a good winter read. Something frosty, snowy and spooky?

 

I read the little stranger, snow child, the thirteenth tale and the taxidermists daughter all last year so hoping for something with that sort of vibe?

 

Also maybe something Christmassy? I read some kind of fairy tale last Christmas and it was just lovely! :)

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The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney?

 

Seconding this recommendation! :smile2: 

 

I would also suggest The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen. Highly recommended! :smile2: 

 

I'm also thinking of Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov, but I can't promise 100% that it's set in the wintertime... It's the penguin in the novel that makes me think it might be but that's really neither here nor there, so .... :unsure: 

 

Another title that comes to mind is The Stranger Next Door by Amélie Nothomb, but again, I'm not 100% it's set in the winter... I think it is, at least in part. 

 

Also definitely recommending Harbour by John Ajvide Lindqvist. 

 

A novel that came to mind initially but which I am not personally recommending as I didn't enjoy the last 1/3 of it: Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg.

 

We also have a thread for winter/snow/Christmas, but most of the recommendations are Christmassy read and/or not spooky, but if you want, you could always go through the thread and see if there's anything there :smile2: 

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I don't know if you would be interested in horror, but I highly recommend NOS4A2 by Joe Hill, which was my first scary book of the Halloween season.  It may be a bit more intense than what your looking for though.  It think it is perfect for fall/winter and does involve Christmas.  Of course, the Christmas theme is the stuff of nightmares. :vamp:

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I don't know if you would be interested in horror, but I highly recommend NOS4A2 by Joe Hill, which was my first scary book of the Halloween season. It may be a bit more intense than what your looking for though. It think it is perfect for fall/winter and does involve Christmas. Of course, the Christmas theme is the stuff of nightmares. :vamp:

Oh yes, I really liked that one too!

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I don't know if you would be interested in horror, but I highly recommend NOS4A2 by Joe Hill, which was my first scary book of the Halloween season.  It may be a bit more intense than what your looking for though.  It think it is perfect for fall/winter and does involve Christmas.  Of course, the Christmas theme is the stuff of nightmares. :vamp:

 

I've just bought this. :boogie: In the mood for a scary book, but I need to finish The Goldfinch first.

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