Books that fit January

[Bubblemilk]

Last year I read Wintering by Katherine May and it was the perfect book to read in January snug under blankets with a warm cup of tea. I need a new recommendation for this year please, preferably something that fits with the general mood of January but also with some hope or looking forwards to the year ahead. I don't mind if its fiction or non-fiction.

Pine by Francine Toon
Mrs England by Stacey Halls

Ooh watching with interest, I really want to get back into reading this (well, next) year.

Thank you for the recommendations- these too seem rather spooky, which does fit January's mood. I was hoping for some comforting reads too, that I can read under the fairy lights at dusk rather than in the daylight when nothing bad can happen

The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman
Ghosts - Dolly Alderton
The Readers Room - Antoine Laurain

Mrs England is an excellent read infact l of Stacey halls books are.

I like to start the year with diary type books. I've got Monty don for this January 🙂

I’m currently reading and enjoying The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.

Another vote for The Snow Child here, and Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. Set in Alaska and Iceland respectively they really convey a kind of frozen bleakness that's weirdly enjoyable.

The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah is also meant to be great in this sense but I've not read it (yet).

Names for the Sea by Sarah Moss. It's about living in Iceland for a year and I read it around the same time of Wintering.

I'm reading The Crow Girl by Erik Axl Sund. It was lent to me before lockdown 🙈and I'm finally reading it but it seems to fit into January.

Love the sound of those!
I enjoyed the bleakness of The Shipping News set in Newfounland.

Currently loving Lessons in Chemistry.