Good books are always a pleasure to read but some books have a tone or a setting that matches a season. Don’t you think?
These are books that complement the short, cold and dark days and the long and freezing winter nights. And the best time to read them is when you are all tucked into bed, or cuddled up in your blanket on the couch, sitting by the fireplace and sipping your steamy mug of cocoa!
Our collection of the top five winter reads will interest all those voracious readers out there:
1)
Ghost Light by Joseph O’ Connor – The book is about a critical wintry night in the life of an actress, fallen on hard times, interwoven with her love affair with John Millington Synge. It’s a painful, emotional, moving and a beautifully written drama.
2)
The Santaland diaries by Davis Sedaris – A perfect antidote to Christmas depression, containing six waspish, hilarious and seasonal short stories. Also includes the title piece, based on the author’s stint as a Christmas elf. Once you read this, you will never look at the nativity play in the same way again
3)
Killing Dragons, Conquest of the Alps- The history of the conquest of the Alpine peaks, essentially an account of how the British invented mountaineering, is a perfect for armchair explorers. A thrilling thriller with ample quantities of snow, vertigo and British pluck – with zero chances of frostbite
4)
Storm Prey by John Sandford- John Sandford is the pen name of the hugely prolific Pulitzer Prize winning writer John Roswell Camp. We won’t reveal the story here for you. All we’d say is no matter what moniker he goes under, the man is a master of thrillers since his plotting is sharp, his villains are extraordinarily layered and the good guys are always evolving.
5)
Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts by lucy Dillon- Sometimes on a cold winter night you just need something fluffy and heartwarming. This book, winner of the 2010 Romantic Novel of the Year, could be the right thing for the romantic hearts. Simple and sweet, the girl gets her boy and the dog gets a home.
"I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter."
— T.S. Eliot