Warm Winter Read 2026

Welcome back to Warm Winter Read! To keep you inspired to read daily this season, this year's author-ambassadors Jaclyn Crupi, John Morrissey, Keshe Chow, Melanie Saward, Jo Dixon, Kate Solly and Shaun Micallef have recommended thirty 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 12, 2026
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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...
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 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...
Annihilation
VanderMeer, Jeff
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SPECIAL TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION With a new introduction by award-winning author Karen Joy Fowler. The Southern Reach Trilogy begins with Annihilation, the Nebula Award-winning novel...
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...

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