Best really wintery books?

[MorrisZapp]

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??

Also Stef Penney, The Tenderness of Wolves. Set in trapping community in Canada.

Beartown by Fredrick Backman. It's set around a small town ice hockey team. It's very good.

Also, I am currently reading The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse.

This thread reminded me of the book, “No night is too long”, by Batavia Vine (aka Ruth Randall), partially set in Alaska.

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From googling it (as couldn’t remember who wrote it), discovered a film has been made, with Marc Warren (Hustle tv series) so plan to watch it.

I love The Nine Tailors (Dorothy Sayers) for a winter read. It is so atmospheric.

I really enjoyed The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber. It's set in rural Utah is the late 1800's in the depth of winter and tells the story of a stranger appearing in the town, followed by the Federal Marshall. I found it really compelling and atmospheric.

Snow by John Banville. Incredibly beautifully written, a classic-style country house murder mystery.

The Snow Child

White Hunger by Aki Ollikainen will make you grateful to be tucked up indoors. Famine in Finland in 1867...

On a lighter note, Arthur Ransome's Winter Holiday.

Snow it’s set in U.K. with three week continue snowing
Thaw is the sequel.