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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Black leopard, red wolf
James, Marlon
Paper Book
"A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made." --Neil Gaiman "Gripping, action-packed....The literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In this epic, internationally bestselling novel from Marlon...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
For no mortal creature
Chow, Keshe
Paper Book
In this romantic, gothic fantasy inspired by Wuthering Heights, a teen girl with the power to move between life and death must journey into the afterlife. But to survive, she'll need the help of her two sworn enemies--both dangerously captivating, both hiding secrets that could destroy her...
The benevolent society of ill-mannered ladies
Goodman, Alison
Paper Book
'Just wonderful . . . this book deserves to be the new Bridgerton' THE LADY 'Goodman's ladies are the undercover Regency heroes we've been waiting for! This is sparkling, thrilling, romantic fun' TONI JORDAN A high society amateur detective at the...
Annihilation
VanderMeer, Jeff.
Ebook
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization, and the government is involved in sending secret missions to explore Area X. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all the...
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. ...
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