Warm Winter Read 2025

Welcome back to Warm Winter Read! To keep you inspired to read daily this season, this year's author-ambassadors Ann Liang, Christian White, Melanie Cheng, Sarah Firth, Emelia Hart, Rachael Johns, and Connie Cao have recommended thirty-two books across a wide variety of forms and genres, fiction and non-fiction, for you to enjoy.

Stay warm and get reading this winter!

Updated May 15, 2025
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Immortal Dark
Girma, Tigest.
The Cruel Prince meets Ninth House in this dangerously romantic dark academia fantasy, where a lost heiress must infiltrate an arcane society and live with the vampire she suspects killed her family and kidnapped her sister.  It began long...
Dark rise
Pacat, C. S.
Ebook
* Instant New York Times Bestseller * Indie Bestseller * In this stunning new fantasy novel from international bestselling author C. S. Pacat, heroes and villains of a long-forgotten war are reborn and begin to draw new battle lines. This epic fantasy with high-stakes romance will sit...
I Am Not Jessica Chen
Liang, Ann.
Jenna Chen has spent her life in the shadow of her flawless cousin. Jessica Chen is so smart she gets the top score on every test. Jessica Chen is so beautiful people stop in the hallway to stare at her. Jessica Chen is so perfect she got into Harvard. And Jenna Chen will...
Tenderheart : A book about vegetables and unbreakable family bonds
McKinnon, Hetty Lui
Paper Book
JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AND IACP BOOK AWARD WINNER * ONE OF BON APPETIT'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * The acclaimed author of To Asia, With Love explores how food connects us to our loved ones and gives us the tools to make vegetarian recipes that are healthful, economical, and bursting...

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