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If I liked The Snow Child...

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EveryoneTalkAboutPopMusic · 13/12/2017 09:43

I loved this book and I’m looking for recommendations for good wintery/Christmas reads. So if I loved this one, which others would I enjoy?

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EveryoneTalkAboutPopMusic · 13/12/2017 19:18

Anyone?

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ScribblyGum · 15/12/2017 15:31

How about her follow up book To The Bright Edge of the World. It’s certainly very wintery (set in Alaska again).

Step Penny has a new book out called Under a Pole Star which is set partly in the Arctic. I'm listening to it at the moment and enjoying it very much, it does however have rather a lot of historical fiction shagging in. A lot of shagging. Just so you know. Her first book The Tenderness of Wolves was also a great read, really exciting, set in, er, Alaska maybe, or maybe Canada, somewhere snowy and with wolves.

ScribblyGum · 15/12/2017 15:32

Stef not Step.

WhereIsThisGoing · 15/12/2017 15:42

It depends a bit on what aspect of the book you enjoyed, but if it is the arctic bit, I can also recommend "A woman in the polar night" by Christiane Ritter.

If it was more the magical/fairytale aspect, try Corrag by Susan Fletcher. Not the arctic (Scotland) but very good historical fiction with a bit of magical realism thrown in.

user1474652148 · 15/12/2017 15:44

Following thanks for recommendations

EveryoneTalkAboutPopMusic · 19/12/2017 22:05

It depends a bit on what aspect of the book you enjoyed,. I think it was partly the wintery scenes and partly the magical aspect of it, which is unusual as I don’t usually read fiction with an element of supernatural.

Thanks for the recommendations, I shall look forward to reading them Xmas Smile

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Kofa · 20/12/2017 13:01

There might be a few here to intetest you Xmas Smile

media.bookbub.com/blog/2017/12/13/winter-fairy-tales-for-adults/

EveryoneTalkAboutPopMusic · 20/12/2017 16:59

Thanks Kofa

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Kofa · 23/12/2017 20:07

You are welcome. I ordered the Bear and the Nightingale and love it so far.

haba · 23/12/2017 20:08

Just getting on here for suggestions, I too liked the snow child.

EveryoneTalkAboutPopMusic · 23/12/2017 20:56

I read that ages ago. Loved it too Xmas Smile

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Optimist1 · 23/12/2017 21:15

A Year of Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman isn't particularly wintry but does have similarities to The Snow Child. Like you, mystical themes aren't usually my thing, but I found both of these books charming.

EveryoneTalkAboutPopMusic · 23/12/2017 21:26

Thank you Xmas Smile

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