Warm Winter Read 2026

Welcome back to Warm Winter Read!

To keep you inspired to read daily this season, check out this list of books by this year’s author-ambassadors Keshe Chow, John Morrissey, Melanie Saward, Kate Solly, Shaun Micallef, Jaclyn Crupi, and Jo Dixon.

Our ambassadors have also recommended some of their favourites for us, across a wide variety of forms and genres, fiction and non-fiction, for you to enjoy.

Register HERE if you haven't yet, or pick up a Reading Journal from the library.

Stay warm and get reading this winter!


Updated May 18, 2026
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Warm Winter Read 2026

Welcome back to Warm Winter Read!

To keep you inspired to read daily this season, check out this list of books by this year’s author-ambassadors Keshe Chow, John Morrissey, Melanie Saward, Kate Solly, Shaun Micallef, Jaclyn Crupi, and Jo Dixon.

Our ambassadors have also recommended some of their favourites for us, across a wide variety of forms and genres, fiction and non-fiction, for you to enjoy.

Register HERE if you haven't yet, or pick up a Reading Journal from the library.

Stay warm and get reading this winter!


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This all come back now : an anthology of First Nations speculative fiction
Saunders, Mykaela
Ebook
The first-ever anthology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander speculative fiction - written, curated, edited and designed by blackfellas, for blackfellas and about blackfellas. In these stories, 'this all come back': all those things that have been taken from us, that we collectively mourn the...
Swordcrossed
Marske, Freya
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--featuring gorgeous rich rose sprayed edges! High heat. Low stakes. Sharp steel. The cozy, low stakes of Legends & Lattes meets the scorching bodyguard fantasy of Jennifer L. Armentrout's From Blood and Ash in this...
Black leopard, red wolf
James, Marlon
Paper Book
One of TIME's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time Winner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award The New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of 2019 by The Wall Street...
The fifth season
Jemisin, N. K.
Paper Book
At the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this "intricate and extraordinary" Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times) This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time. ...
The stone sky
Jemisin, N. K.
Paper Book
Humanity will finally be saved or destroyed in the shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed NYT bestselling trilogy that won the Hugo Award three years in a row. The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or...
The obelisk gate
Jemisin, N. K.
Paper Book
Essun's missing daughter grows more powerful every day, and her choices may destroy the world in this "magnificent" Hugo Award winner and NYT Notable Book. (NPR) The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night. Essun -- once...
The compost coach : make compost, build soil and grow a regenerative garden - wherever you live!
Flood, Kate
Paper Book
Spin food waste and household carbon into garden gold, learn about how and why soil matters, and make climate activism an everyday mission, with compost coach Kate Flood.
Songbird of the Sorrows
Otto, Braidee.
In a magical world of gods and mythical races, an outcast princess turned spy infiltrates a rival kingdom--uncovering secrets that force her to choose between obedience and defiance--in the first book of a propulsive romantic fantasy series for fans of Danielle L. Jensen's The Bridge Kingdom...
A forbidden alchemy
McEwan, Stacey
Paper Book
This stunning slow-burn romantasy follows a fated pair who uncover a world-changing secret and are thrust into a violent class war, navigating love, loss, and devastating betrayals. Nina Harrow and Patrick Colson are twelve years old when they are whisked away from the shadows of...
An academic affair
McAlister, Jodi
Paper Book
From the "masterly" (The New York Times) Jodi McAlister, a charming new romance about two English professors who embark on a fake relationship...only to discover that it may be harder to pretend than they realized. Sadie Shaw and Jonah Fisher have been academic...
The wolf tree
McCluskey, Laura
Paper Book
"If you like Tana French, you will love this one. It's fun and suspenseful and it kept me up late." --Jenna Bush Hager Eilean Eadar is a barren, windswept rock best known for the unsolved mystery of the three lighthouse keepers who vanished back in 1919. But when a young man is...
The stranger at the table
Hamer, Cassie
Paper Book
A family gathering, but not everyone who sits down to dinner will survive it. Poisonous lies, family secrets, addiction and revenge - always a dish best served cold - are all on the menu. For readers of Sally Hepworth, Jo Dixon and Ali Lowe, this twisty domestic suspense holds you captive from...
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies
Goodman, Alison
Paper Book
A Washington Post Best Mystery Novel of 2023 A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an 'old maid' to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling...
A disappearance in Fiji
Rao, Nilima
Paper Book
1914, Fiji: 25-year-old Akal Singh would rather be anywhere but this tropical paradise-or, as he calls it, 'this godforsaken island.' After a promising start to his police career in his native India and Hong Kong, Akal has been sent to Fiji as punishment for a humiliating professional mistake....
Annihilation
VanderMeer, Jeff.
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM ALEX GARLAND, STARRING NATALIE PORTMAN AND OSCAR ISAAC NOW AVAILBLE IN A SPECIAL NEW TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION The Southern Reach Trilogy begins with Annihilation,...
Love is a war song
Nava, Danica
Paper Book
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER ∙ THREADS SUMMER BOOK CLUB PICK ∙ AN AMAZON EDITOR'S PICK FOR ROMANCE ∙ AN ELLE BEST ROMANCE OF THE YEAR! A Muscogee pop star and a cowboy who couldn't be more different come together to strike a deal in this new...
The Paradise Heights craft store stitch-up
Solly, Kate
Ebook
Tuesday evenings with the Copeton craft resistance
Solly, Kate
Ebook
'Joyous, warm and utterly charming - I smiled for days.' - Toni Jordan 'Warm, funny, and bighearted, Kate Solly stitches together a cast of characters here who will restore your faith in people power.' - Cate Kennedy Meredith established the Copeton Crochet Collective (no...
The girl with no reflection
Chow, Keshe
Paper Book
A young woman chosen as the crown prince's bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new husband--but her world is shaken when she discovers the dark truth the royal family has been hiding for centuries--in this lush fantasy debut perfect for fans of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night<...
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