Books for a winter night

Dark at four, snow outside, a blanket and nowhere to go. These books bring the cold and the comfort together: fairy tales, frozen landscapes and warm rooms.

1. The Snow Child

   1.The Snow Child

   Eowyn Ivey · 2012

   A childless couple in Alaska build a girl from snow, and then a girl appears.

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2. The Bear and the Nightingale

   2.The Bear and the Nightingale

   Katherine Arden · 2017

   Russian folklore, a frozen forest and a girl who can see the spirits.

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3. Snow Country

   3.Snow Country

   Yasunari Kawabata · 1948

   A hot-spring town buried in snow and a love affair as delicate as frost.

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4. A Christmas Carol

   4.A Christmas Carol

   Charles Dickens · 1843

   Ghosts, fog and redemption in one sitting. The original winter-night story.

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5. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

   5.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

   C. S. Lewis · 1950

   Always winter and never Christmas, until four children step through a wardrobe.

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6. Smilla's Sense of Snow

   6.Smilla's Sense of Snow

   Peter Høeg · 1992

   A Copenhagen thriller led by a woman who reads snow like text.

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7. The Left Hand of Darkness

   7.The Left Hand of Darkness

   Ursula K. Le Guin · 1969

   An envoy crosses a frozen planet. A trek across ice you feel in your bones.

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8. Little Women

   8.Little Women

   Louisa May Alcott · 1868

   Four sisters, a poor Christmas and a lot of love. Comfort reading for a reason.

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9. Winter's Tale

   9.Winter's Tale

   Mark Helprin · 1983

   A snowbound, magical New York with a flying white horse. Big and dreamy.

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10. The Ice Palace

    10.The Ice Palace

    Tarjei Vesaas · 1963

    Two girls and a frozen waterfall in Norway. Short, strange and haunting.

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