Winter Books
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Cozy Winter Retreat
Winter invites us to slow down, reflect, and find comfort in the quieter moments. One of the best ways to embrace this introspective season is by curling up with a book that captures the magic, mystery, and wisdom of winter. Whether you're drawn to fiction, memoirs, or seasonal stories, these books offer a perfect way to deepen your connection with winter’s beauty. Here’s the winter books for your cozy winter retreat.
Gillian Monks
Merry Midwinter: How to Rediscover the Magic of the Christmas Season
Step away from holiday busyness and return to the heart of midwinter. Merry Midwinter celebrates the winter solstice as a shared moment of community, creativity, and simple joy. With ideas for handmade decorations, thoughtful homemade gifts, traditional games, and nostalgic seasonal recipes, it inspires a slower, more meaningful way to honor the darkest days of the year.
Kari Leibowitz
How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
How to Winter explores how a subtle shift in perspective can transform the way you experience the hardest months. It leans into winter’s natural rhythms, offering calm, practical ways to stay steady and uplifted when the days feel long and dim. Thoughtful and reassuring, it shows how small mindset changes can bring a sense of strength, balance, and quiet joy to even the coldest season.
Ali Smith
Winter
Ali Smith’s Winter is a dazzling exploration of the season’s dualities—darkness and light, death and renewal. Part of her seasonal quartet, this novel combines wit, poignancy, and social commentary, making it a thought-provoking read for a cold winter’s day. Winter is the second novel Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet.
"That's what winter is: an exercise in remembering how to still yourself then how to come pliantly back to life again." -Ali Smith
Katherine May
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
This moving memoir is a love letter to the art of slowing down and embracing life’s darker seasons. In Wintering Katherine May weaves personal reflections with insights on nature, mythology, and resilience, reminding us that winter—both literal and metaphorical—is an essential part of the cycle of life.
Tove Jansson
A Winter Book
This collection of short stories from the creator of the beloved Moomins evokes the magic and melancholy of winter. A Winter Book is the perfect read for a sunny, frosty day. With themes of childhood, solitude, and the natural world, Tove Jansson’s writing is whimsical, thoughtful, and utterly timeless.
"Winter is the time for comfort, good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home." -Tove Jansson
Final Thoughts
These winter-themed books offer warmth, inspiration, and a deeper appreciation for the season’s beauty. Grab a blanket, a warm drink, and let these stories carry you through the frosty days ahead. Which of these books will you read this winter?
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