Christmas or winter themed book?

[Clawdy]

It's my turn to choose the book group novel for reading over the Christmas period. Any suggestions? In the past we've done Winter Ghosts, and Hercule Poirot's Christmas. Anything winter or Christmas themed would be good.

Winter, rather than Christmas, The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
The Winter Book by Tove Jansson

Yes, The Winter Book is lovely, forgot that one.

Oh The Winter Book is a delight. Have you read The Christmas Party by Georgette Heyer? If Hercule Poirot's Christmas went down well then it might be popular.

The snow child is such a magical emotional book. One of my favourites.

Hogfather

Winter Solstice (Rosamund Pilcher)

A Christmas Carol

Thanks, these are great suggestions, going to check them all.

An Anne Perry Christmas: A Christmas Journey / A Christmas Visitor

Will check Anne Perry, her name rings a bell.

Anne Perry writes the William Monk and Thomas Pitt series

Dark Matter by Michelle Paver is good. A bit spooky and chilling if you like that sort of thing!

Yes, spooky and chilling sounds fine!

The Dark is Rising is excellent

Non-fiction - The Worst Journey in the World

Children's books:
Little Women
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
His Dark Materials
Ballet Shoes

Michelle Paver has a new ghost story out - Thin Air which sounds quite appealing. Perfect for a creepy Autumn/Winter read.

The box of delights - ok it's kids fiction but I read it every Christmas for 20 years until I was 30. May re read it again this year actually

Wintersmith by Terry Pratchet
Midwinter Blood by Marcus Sedgewick
The Mistletoe Bride by Kate Mosse

Also agree with the suggestion of The Snow Child - beautiful book.

Great suggestions here, thanks!

Rachel Joyce's Snow Garden is a lovely book of short, interlinked stories, with a festive theme ( author of the Harold Fry book, which I also loved).

Yes, I liked that one too.

Ghost at the Table by Suzanne Berne is a wintery book - think it is set around thanksgiving.

Will check it out.

What Remus said.

Worst Journey is long, but you could just read the winter journey chapter 'if you march your winter journeys you will have your reward as long as what you want is a penguin's egg'.

MR James' stories were written to be read aloud at Christmas - would that count?