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Best really wintery books?

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MorrisZapp · 24/12/2022 11:11

I know it's spelled wintry but I don't like it 😁

I love reading books set in really wintery conditions. Deep snow, abandoned cabins, blizzard warnings, people getting lost in drifts on their way to their own barn etc.

Does anyone have a favourite wintery read? I've found most of the current crop of country house murder type stuff to be unsatisfying. I think I need something a bit grittier.

Like if Fargo was a book. Maybe historical. Cowboys??

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Letitrainletitrainletitrain · 24/12/2022 13:59

the snow spider

Nepoyeah · 24/12/2022 13:58

Farmer boy is a good addition to that canon then, and half of the blue castle by lm Montgomery is set in deep winter muskoka Canada.

miss smilla’s feeling for snow?

the original snow Queen?

RedRosie · 24/12/2022 13:54

I was going to suggest Dark Matter by Michelle Paver. But I see a discerning PP has beat me to it! It's terrific.

Letitrainletitrainletitrain · 24/12/2022 13:49

One for the blackbird one for the crow

It's probably not entirely what you are looking for but aarhe part of rhe story is centred around surviving winter in harsh conditions

Taytotots · 24/12/2022 13:43

Sun at midnight - Rosie Thomas. Set in Antarctica (although Antarctic summer still pretty snowy!). No historical cowboys though - sorry!

DuncanBiscuits · 24/12/2022 11:58

Dark Matter by Michelle Paver.

MorrisZapp · 24/12/2022 11:55

Howeverdoyouneedme · 24/12/2022 11:13

Maybe that’s not quite what you mean, sorry.

It is literally what I mean! I adore that book. The maple sugar dance ❤️

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MorrisZapp · 24/12/2022 11:13

I should add my own actual favourites which are the Mattagash books by Cathie Pelletier. Why they aren't hugely famous I'll never know. Hilarious, heart breaking and such nuance. She is a genius.

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Howeverdoyouneedme · 24/12/2022 11:13

Maybe that’s not quite what you mean, sorry.

Howeverdoyouneedme · 24/12/2022 11:12

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder.