Hogfather is now my set Christmas book. It’s like a funny, twisted Christmas and if you love Grimm from Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy then you’ll love Death. And everyone should meet Susan, she’s my favorite.
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, by Agatha Christie. It’s one of my favorite Christie novels for sure, and it’s set during the holidays, so this is the perfect time of year to read it!
no correlation with your video but today I met Samantha Shannon and had the chance to tell her how much The Roots of Chaos duology means to me and that it was my first time reading about lesbians like me in fantasy 💓 thank you SO much for introducing me to The Priory of the Orange Tree right when it came out, it has truly changed my life!!
I'm reading Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik right now and it is truly the most winter-themed book possible! And I know it didn't work for you, but Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries is a close second. I was fully expecting it to be springy and botanical-- nope. All snow and ice.
Here's some favs off the top of my head -The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (5☆+5♡) -Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck -The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec -I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir -Near the Bone by Christina Henry -The Lost Village by Camilla Sten -Frosted by the Girl Next Door by Aurora Rey and Jaime Clevenger (new release romance that made me cry three times) -The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen The snowed in at a work retreat line made me think of "Truth or Dare" by Luna Fury, which is about four women snowed in at a work retreat in a 5☆ resort lodge. Its extremely smutty so they had a very good time! lol.
Great recs, thanks for sharing! Totally agree about No Exit, The Great Alone, Rock Paper Scissors, and Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone, those are on my winter recs list too! Some others I recommend would be the Beartown series (I know you put this one down though), Emily Wilde, The Bear and The Nightingale, The Christmas Bookshop, and A Christmas Carol of course! ❄️❤️
LOVED Dark Matter, I’m Thinking of Ending Things and No Exit. All 5 star for me! I’d also like to offer up a mystery/thriller/novella I read last December called The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson. It was a great winter/holiday read!!
I am participating in an annual challenge called 52 books in 52 weeks. One of the themes for 2025's challenge is a book set in winter. I read most of the books in the video, but there are a few I didn't read. This video has perfect timing ❤
I read Moon of the Crusted Snow this fall and found it really interesting. I don't normally read a lot of post-apocalyptic stuff, but it worked for me. I'm currently reading The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz, which is a thriller involving a snowstorm. I'm about halfway through though so not sure what I think of it yet.
Love your sweater! I'm currently reading Everyone in my Family and it's fun so far. I loved Rock Paper Scissors and A Man Called Ove when I read them a couple of years back. I DNFed One by One cause the whole tech company work trip thing got boring for me.
I’m currently reading 25 days by Per Jacobson. It’s a horror set at Christmas/winter and you read a chapter each day from 1st to 25th December so it’s like an advent brilliant so far and a great idea 😀
Sorry if this is a repost, my comment disappeared... 🎀 Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noel Emily! OK, so i already mentioned a few weeks ago on another vid, but it's closer to Christmas now and for those looking for an audiobook Christmasy romance suggestion: "10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall. *** NOTE: It's on Spotify - so you can use your 1 book a month/15 hr? book limit to listen to it. 👍 It's an adult gay romance that doesn't have the typical tropes that you tend to hate. It's also absolutely hilarious but made better if you listen to the audiobook. It's set in the U.K. - so hearing all the various accents is wonderful. The narrator even won an award for his narration. If you need something to cheer you up & in a holiday mood, I highly recommend! 🎄
Spinning silver is my favorite winter book I know you didn't like uprooted. I didn't like that one either and loved this one so still would really recommend it.
Hi Emily. Greetings again from Toronto🇨🇦. Winter reads for me include The Shining by Stephen King, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Ghost Story by Peter Straub and The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin.
There is an advent calendar book from the „everyone in my family has killed someone“ book series. It‘s technically book 3, has only 200 pages. 24 chapters (each for one day) and you once agaim have to solve a mystery
Last winter I decided to read Christmasy romcoms because I thought it would be fun. It was...eh. In a Holidaze was part of it and while it was one of the better ones Christmas Romance and Snowed In by Catherine Walsh were the only two that I really enjoyed and would read again. I'd say they're like if Abby Jimenez was Irish and wrote a couple of holiday themed specials (they're on KU).
Dark Matter and Thin Air by Michelle Paver have some good scenery and creepy vibes. My favorite is Thin Air because it's set in the mountains (both are categorized as ghost stories) Also, enjoyed Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik for the winter scenery and general plot (I refuse to acknowledge the romance though 🙃)
@BookswithEmilyFox as it turns out, we're even further ahead. There are some days above 0 this week, so we're already in spring. But actually... It was +2° on Monday and everything is so slippery now. Last week we were dealing with -35°. I'm getting whiplash.
was just googling for winter book recommendations, thought "well it's kind of early but maybe Emily's made a video on this already," came to your channel and of course you did only 20 hours ago 😂
Ya know how you complain about hand injuries in books… on monday I snipped all the skin off one of my knuckles while cutting a piece of tubing at work, it sucks and will take forever to heal. :/
I’m sorry about your hand! The book I’m reading as has two instances already and I still think it’s crazy 😂 I can’t imagine using a sword with a cut on my hand. I’d complain every hour
@BookswithEmilyFox I was lucky I didn't catch any muscle or bone, and the sheers being very sharp made it very quick and clean, so overall best case scenario!
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What are some winter reads you'd recommend?
The Bear and the Nightingale
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.
Hogfather is now my set Christmas book.
It’s like a funny, twisted Christmas and if you love Grimm from Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy then you’ll love Death. And everyone should meet Susan, she’s my favorite.
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, by Agatha Christie. It’s one of my favorite Christie novels for sure, and it’s set during the holidays, so this is the perfect time of year to read it!
no correlation with your video but today I met Samantha Shannon and had the chance to tell her how much The Roots of Chaos duology means to me and that it was my first time reading about lesbians like me in fantasy 💓 thank you SO much for introducing me to The Priory of the Orange Tree right when it came out, it has truly changed my life!!
That's so fun you got to meet her! I'm so happy to hear it
Spinning Silver and Bear an the Nightingale are great for winter vibes, basically freezing all the time
I'm reading Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik right now and it is truly the most winter-themed book possible! And I know it didn't work for you, but Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries is a close second. I was fully expecting it to be springy and botanical-- nope. All snow and ice.
Moon of the Crusted snow was so good! Moon of the Turning Leaves was also great, definitely recommend
Here's some favs off the top of my head
-The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (5☆+5♡)
-Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck
-The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
-I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
-Near the Bone by Christina Henry
-The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
-Frosted by the Girl Next Door by Aurora Rey and Jaime Clevenger (new release romance that made me cry three times)
-The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen
The snowed in at a work retreat line made me think of "Truth or Dare" by Luna Fury, which is about four women snowed in at a work retreat in a 5☆ resort lodge. Its extremely smutty so they had a very good time! lol.
The vibes are very much vibing ❄️❄️❄️❄️
Thank you 💙❄️
I’d love for you to do a video on your favorite locked room murders. It’s a sub genre I’m finding I love.
Cuddly cats are also good for cold nights. 😺
Nothing better than a cup of tea, a good book and a heated blanket (to attract the cats!)
Love the jumper ❤
Thank you! Fit the theme ❄️
Great recs, thanks for sharing! Totally agree about No Exit, The Great Alone, Rock Paper Scissors, and Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone, those are on my winter recs list too! Some others I recommend would be the Beartown series (I know you put this one down though), Emily Wilde, The Bear and The Nightingale, The Christmas Bookshop, and A Christmas Carol of course! ❄️❤️
"isolated cottage for a work trip....which that's already horror for me" 🤣 same 🤣
A work trip that leaves you stuck in a snowstorm with them? Please kill me first 💀
For me, Stephen King's The Shining is my favorite "Christmas" book, when I reread it, it's always in December.
LOVED Dark Matter, I’m Thinking of Ending Things and No Exit. All 5 star for me! I’d also like to offer up a mystery/thriller/novella I read last December called The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson. It was a great winter/holiday read!!
A man called ove was so good! It made me cry
Thank you for the winter recommendations 😁❄️❤️
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I grabbed One by One by Ruth Ware off my shelves. Thank you for the recommendation.
Great reccomendations Emely! Some on this list are favorites of mine. Ive added a few to my tbr!
Great recs but also great sweater!!!
Thank you!! All the winter vibes ❄️💅
Agreed!
I am participating in an annual challenge called 52 books in 52 weeks. One of the themes for 2025's challenge is a book set in winter. I read most of the books in the video, but there are a few I didn't read. This video has perfect timing ❤
Hey! I'm also going to be participating in that challenge.. and this video made me think of that prompt 😊
@MaljaJaved v appropriate timing. Assigning books to promotes is so much fun 😃
@zhrae9992 yes, definitely! 😊
I read Moon of the Crusted Snow this fall and found it really interesting. I don't normally read a lot of post-apocalyptic stuff, but it worked for me. I'm currently reading The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz, which is a thriller involving a snowstorm. I'm about halfway through though so not sure what I think of it yet.
Love your sweater! I'm currently reading Everyone in my Family and it's fun so far. I loved Rock Paper Scissors and A Man Called Ove when I read them a couple of years back. I DNFed One by One cause the whole tech company work trip thing got boring for me.
I liked Eight Perfect Murders. Dark Matter was also good. I
A Man Called Ove is an all time favorite! Great video
I love Peter Swanson's books! Everyone In My Family is my fav! 🤩🤩
I’m currently reading 25 days by Per Jacobson. It’s a horror set at Christmas/winter and you read a chapter each day from 1st to 25th December so it’s like an advent brilliant so far and a great idea 😀
Eight Perfect Murders is on my wishlist. Thank you for your recommendations.
The Snow Child
@@aletachristopherson7847 snow child was soooo good. Author has a new book coming in 2025 that looks very interesting.
I love dark matter one of my favorites 🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎄🎄🎅🏻🎅🏻❄️❄️📙❤️📖☃️🎄🎄🎁🎁🎁🎄🎄🎁🎁🎁🎁🎄🎄💚☃️🎄🎁🎁☃️💚💚❤️🎅🏻🎅🏻📙📙📚❄️❄️📖📖💚💚☃️
Sorry if this is a repost, my comment disappeared...
🎀 Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noel Emily!
OK, so i already mentioned a few weeks ago on another vid, but it's closer to Christmas now and for those looking for an audiobook Christmasy romance suggestion: "10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall. *** NOTE: It's on Spotify - so you can use your 1 book a month/15 hr? book limit to listen to it. 👍
It's an adult gay romance that doesn't have the typical tropes that you tend to hate. It's also absolutely hilarious but made better if you listen to the audiobook. It's set in the U.K. - so hearing all the various accents is wonderful. The narrator even won an award for his narration.
If you need something to cheer you up & in a holiday mood, I highly recommend! 🎄
Spinning silver is my favorite winter book I know you didn't like uprooted. I didn't like that one either and loved this one so still would really recommend it.
Your recent videos are always a highlight of my day, so thank you for that, but where have the cats disappeared to?
I don’t know if it’s the cold but they have been quiet the last couple of times I was filming!
I just started reading The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict.
If you like crime books set in winter then you should read Åsa Larsson's books!
Hi Emily. Greetings again from Toronto🇨🇦. Winter reads for me include The Shining by Stephen King, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Ghost Story by Peter Straub and The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin.
Loved 8 perfect murders and one by one
the Family Game by Catherine Steadman is a good winter thriller
There is an advent calendar book from the „everyone in my family has killed someone“ book series. It‘s technically book 3, has only 200 pages. 24 chapters (each for one day) and you once agaim have to solve a mystery
Just finished Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice and its even better than book one. Highly recommend but alas its a summer setting.
Last winter I decided to read Christmasy romcoms because I thought it would be fun. It was...eh. In a Holidaze was part of it and while it was one of the better ones Christmas Romance and Snowed In by Catherine Walsh were the only two that I really enjoyed and would read again. I'd say they're like if Abby Jimenez was Irish and wrote a couple of holiday themed specials (they're on KU).
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🙋🏻♀️ you are killing me with the sweaters ❤ and they are only available in Canada 😢
And US! But yeah not internationally 😅
The Dead of Winter by Stuart Macbride.
Dark Matter and Thin Air by Michelle Paver have some good scenery and creepy vibes. My favorite is Thin Air because it's set in the mountains (both are categorized as ghost stories)
Also, enjoyed Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik for the winter scenery and general plot (I refuse to acknowledge the romance though 🙃)
Wait, Spinning Silver had romance? I also refuse to acknowledge it, the main character should have stuck to her original plan...
"winter's almost here"
👀 We just got about 50cm of snow in the last week of November where I live in Sask. Winter is here 😅
We got snow yesterday here! Clearly, mother nature heard me 😅
@BookswithEmilyFox as it turns out, we're even further ahead. There are some days above 0 this week, so we're already in spring.
But actually... It was +2° on Monday and everything is so slippery now.
Last week we were dealing with -35°. I'm getting whiplash.
was just googling for winter book recommendations, thought "well it's kind of early but maybe Emily's made a video on this already," came to your channel and of course you did only 20 hours ago 😂
Perfect timing!
Bloodsworn Saga!!
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All these recommendations and no mention of Ice Planet Barbarians 🤭
LOL how could I forget that masterpiece 😂💀
Good afternoon my dear friend
Ya know how you complain about hand injuries in books… on monday I snipped all the skin off one of my knuckles while cutting a piece of tubing at work, it sucks and will take forever to heal. :/
I’m sorry about your hand! The book I’m reading as has two instances already and I still think it’s crazy 😂 I can’t imagine using a sword with a cut on my hand. I’d complain every hour
@BookswithEmilyFox
I was lucky I didn't catch any muscle or bone, and the sheers being very sharp made it very quick and clean, so overall best case scenario!
I was told not to read Eight Perfect Murders because it spoils 8 real books in it so I'm too scared to ever read it now 😂🤷🏻♀️
LOL I’ve forgotten already so it’s not a problem for me 😅
Will you slap me if i say never lie by fredia McFadden takes place in the snow? Btw im not a fan of fredia McFadden lol