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"I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape — the loneliness of it; the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show."

Andrew Wyeth

Updated August 3, 2024
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The bear and the nightingale : a novel
Arden, Katherine
Paper Book
Katherine Arden's bestselling debut novel spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice.   "A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up."--Naomi Novik, bestselling...
ARDEN Katherine Bear 2017
Mercy Snow : a novel
Baker, Tiffany.
Paper Book
In the tiny town of Titan Falls, New Hampshire, the paper mill dictates a quiet, steady rhythm of life. But one day a tragic bus accident sets two families on a course toward destruction, irrevocably altering the lives of everyone in their wake. June McAllister is the wife...
BAKER Tiffany Mercy 2014
Snow
Banville, John
Paper Book
*NATIONAL BESTSELLER* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER AWARD* A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick "Banville sets up and then deftly...

BANVILLE John Snow 2020

A week in winter
Binchy, Maeve
Paper Book
The Sheedy sisters had lived in Stone House for as long as anyone could remember. Set high on the cliffs on the west coast of Ireland, overlooking the windswept Atlantic Ocean, it was falling into disrepair - until one woman, with a past she needed to forget, breathed new life into the place. Now...
BINCHY Maeve Week 2012
Winter of the Gods
Brodsky, Jordanna Max
Paper Book
Selene DiSilva, goddess of the hunt, squares off against a killer who threatens the very existence of the gods themselves in this stunning sequel to Jordanna Max Brodsky's The Immortals, "a lively re-imaging of classical mythology." (Deborah Harkness) Winter in New York:...
BRODSKY Jordanna Winter 2017
Whiter than snow
Dallas, Sandra.
Paper Book
From The New York Times bestselling author of Prayers for Sale comes the moving and powerful story of a small town after a devastating avalanche, and the life changing effects it has on the people who live thereWhiter Than Snow opens in 1920, on a spring...
DALLAS (Large Print)
Snow falling on cedars
Guterson, David.
Paper Book
GUTERSON David Snow 1995
Winter garden
Hannah, Kristin.
Paper Book
Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn't know her mother? From the author of the smash-hit bestsellerFirefly LaneandTrue Colorscomes a powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the...
HANNAH Kristin Winter 2010
The ice queen : a novel
Hoffman, Alice.
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of Practical Magic comes a miraculous, enthralling tale of a woman who is struck by lightning, and finds her frozen heart is suddenly burning. A magical story of passion, loss, and renewal, this work is Hoffman at her best.
HOFFMAN Alice Ice 2005
The snow child : a novel
Ivey, Eowyn.
Paper Book
In this magical debut, a couple's lives are changed forever by the arrival of a little girl, wild and secretive, on their snowy doorstep. Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart -- he...
IVEY Eowyn Snow 2012
The hunger
Katsu, Alma
Paper Book
__________________ 'Deeply, deeply disturbing' STEPHEN KING Shortlisted for the 2018 Bram Stoker Awards for Best Horror Novel 'It will scare the pants off you' NEW YORK TIMES ____________________ After...
KATSU Alma Hunger 2018
The frozen river : a novel
Lawhon, Ariel
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * GMA BOOK CLUB PICK * AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR * From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a...

LAWHON Ariel Frozen 2023

The snow bride
Macomber, Debbie.
Ebook
MACOMBER Debbie Snow 2003
The winter people
McMahon, Jennifer
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling author of Promise Not to Tell returns with a simmering literary thriller about ghostly secrets, dark choices, and the unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters . . . sometimes too unbreakable. West Hall, Vermont, has always...
MCMAHON Jennifer Winter 2014
Winter solstice
Pilcher, Rosamunde
Paper Book
Elfrida Phipps loves her new life in the pretty Hampshire village. She has a tiny cottage, her faithful dog Horace and the friendship of the neighbouring Blundells - particularly Oscar - to ensure that her days include companionship as well as independence. But an unforeseen tragedy upsets Elfrida's...
PILCHER Rosamunde Winter 2000
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
See, Lisa.
Ebook
Lily is the daughter of a humble farmer, and to her family she is just another expensive mouth to feed. Then the local matchmaker delivers startling news: if Lily's feet are bound properly, they will be flawless. In nineteenth-century China, where a woman's eligibility is judged by the shape and...
SEE Lisa Snow 2005
Winter
Smith, Ali
Paper Book
From Man Booker Prize Finalist Ali Smith, Winter is the second novel in her Seasonal Quartet. This much-anticipated follow-up to Autumn is one of the Best Books of the Year from the New York Public Library.   "A stunning meditation on a complex,...
SMITH Ali Winter 2017

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