Picture this: the fire is crackling in the background as a sheet of snow settles on the ground outside. You cozy into a chair with the window open with a plush blanket on your lap as you crack open a book.
What book do you imagine you're reading here?
If you're having trouble deciding, here are reads that are perfect by the fire, winter vibes and all.
Two rival coworkers with two very big secrets . . . What could possibly go wrong? Cozy up with this charming holiday romance by USA Today's bestselling author Tif Marcelo.
Lila Santos is ready for her last winter break of high school. The snow in the small town of Holly, New York, is plentiful and the mood is as cozy as a fuzzy Christmas sweater. Lila is earning extra cash working at the local inn--AKA the setting of the greatest film of all time, Holiday by the Lake--while moonlighting as an anonymous book blogger.
But her perfect holiday plans crash to a halt when her boss's frustratingly cute nephew, Teddy Rivera, becomes her coworker. Lila is type A. Teddy is type "Anything but Lila's Way." The two of them can't stop butting heads over tangled icicle lights and messy gift shop merch. But when they accidentally switch phones one afternoon, they realize they've both been hiding things from each other. Will their secrets, and an unexpected snowstorm, bring these rivals together?
For fans of Maggie Stiefvater and Laini Taylor, a perfect storm lies ahead in this riveting fantasy duology opener from award-winning author Elle Cosimano.
One cold, crisp night, Jack Sommers was faced with a choice: either live forever according to the ancient, magical rules of Gaia, or die.
Jack chose to live, and in exchange, he becomes Winter, an immortal physical embodiment of the season on Earth. Every year he must hunt the season who comes before him. Summer kills Spring. Autumn kills Summer. Winter kills Autumn. And Spring kills Winter.
Jack and Fleur, a Winter and a Spring, fall for each other against all odds. To be together, they'll have to escape the cycle that's been forcing them apart, but their creator won't let them go without a fight.
The Best Things Come in Fours. Four holidays to celebrate the season. Four worlds to explore. Four lives about to change. Four stories that prove magic is real.
Of Solstice Dreaming
Winnie Price has spent years dreaming of the magical Winter Solstice celebration in the fae realm. This is the year she will finally get to attend. But when things don't go according to plan, will her dream still come true?
A Mythmas Carol
Christmas has never brought anything but trouble for Gretchen Sharpe. She'd rather spend the holidays hunting down mythological monsters than fighting over mashed potatoes. Can three sentimental hunts change her mind?
Snow Falling on Serfopoula
The Haloa festival is supposed to be a time of hope, but Adara Spencer hasn't been feeling particularly hopeful. This changes when a surprise island snowfall brings three visitors to her door with a surprise invitation.
New Year, New Mermaid
Marina Borealis knows having a crush on your best friend is the worst, especially when he doesn't feel the same way on New Year's Eve. Will she spend another year unrequited or will everything change before the shell drops?
Slip into a world of myths, mermaids, and magic for a collection of holiday stories sure to warm the coldest heart.
Whiteout: a Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon
Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas. The warmth of young love just might melt the ice in this novel of Black joy, and cozy, sparkling romance by the same unbeatable team of authors who wrote the New York Times's bestseller Blackout!
As the city grinds to a halt, twelve teens band together to help a friend pull off the most epic apology of her life. Will they be able to make it happen in spite of the storm?
No one is prepared for this whiteout. However, we can't always prepare for the magical moments that change everything.
From the bestselling, award-winning, all-star authors who brought us Blackout, Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon, comes another novel of Black teen love. Each relationship within is as unique and sparkling as southern snowflakes.
A sixteen-year-old girl is on a mission to find the perfect boyfriend this Hanukkah, but love might not go according to plan in this charming winter romcom from the author of The Summer of Lost Letters.
Shira Barbanel has a plan. This Hanukkah she's going to get a boyfriend and and she has the perfect candidate in mind, her great-uncle's assistant Isaac. He's reliable, brilliant, and of course, super hot. The only problem? Shira's an absolute disaster when it comes to flirting.
Enter Tyler Nelson, Shira's nemesis and former crush. As much as she hates to admit it, Tyler is the most charming and popular guy she knows. This means he's the perfect person to teach her how to win Isaac over.
When Shira and Tyler get snowed in together at Golden Doors, they strike a deal: flirting lessons for Shira in exchange for career connections for Tyler. Soon, however, Shira starts to see the sweet, funny boy beneath Tyler's playboy exterior. She realizes she actually likes hanging out with him, and that wasn't part of the plan.
Amidst a whirl of snowy adventures, hot chocolate, and candlelight, Shira must learn to trust her heart to discover if the romance she planned is really the one that will make her happiest.
A teen girl gets the perfect second try at a first kiss in this hilarious, romp-filled young adult romantic comedy perfect for fans of Jenna Evans Welch and Hallmark Christmas movies.
Francie was born in a stable. Really. Granted, it was the deluxe model with the light-up star on the roof, one of the many Christmas items for sale at her family's Hollydale Holiday Shop. Their holiday gift empire also includes the Santa School, which was founded by Francie's beloved grandpa who recently passed away.
Francie's always loved working in the shop, but lately Aunt Carole has been changing everything with her too-slick ideas. This includes Hollywood-inspired Santas and horrible holiday-themed employee uniforms. Aunt Carole's vision will ruin all the charm and nostalgia Francie loves about her family's business unless she does something about it.
However, this winter is about more than preserving the magic of Christmas. Francie is saving up for a car and angling to kiss the cute boy who works at the tree lot next door. Hopefully it will be good enough to wipe her fiasco of a first kiss from her memory.
As the weather outside gets more and more frightful, can Francie pull off the holiday of her dreams?
From the author of To Break a Covenant comes an edge-of-your-seat read that will leave your heart pounding.
One week ago, Riley Kowalski joined a team of four other teens for an internship on climate change research in the Antarctic, sponsored by one of the world's largest tech companies. It was just the opportunity she had been searching for: an escape from the ridicule she'd received after a panic attack at school. It was a fresh start.
But their small team isn't alone in the remote, frozen reaches of the polar south.
In the eerie haze of evening sunlight, Riley sees something out of the corner of her eye--something that's watching them. She writes it off as the effects of her anxiety, but when their expedition leader begins to change, her limbs elongating, her body contorting and grow violent, Riley knows the danger she feels is real. Something is stalking them, infecting them, and slowly infiltrating the team.
There is more to this research trip than any of them bargained for, and if they aren't careful, none of them will make it out alive.
In powerful, vivid verse, the master behind The Watch That Ends the Night recounts one of history's most harrowing, and chilling, tales of survival.
In 1846, a group of emigrants bound for California face a choice: continue on their planned route or take a shortcut into the wilderness. Eighty-nine of them opt for the untested trail, a decision that plunges them into danger, desperation, and the unthinkable.
From extraordinary poet and novelist Allan Wolf comes a riveting retelling of the ill-fated journey of the Donner party across the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847. Brilliantly narrated by multiple voices, including the world-weary, taunting, and all-knowing Hunger itself, this novel-in-verse examines a notorious chapter in history from various perspectives. Among them include caravan leaders George Donner and James Reed, Donner's scholarly wife, two Miwok Indian guides, the Reed children, a sixteen-year-old orphan, and even a pair of oxen.
Comprehensive back matter includes an author's note, select character biographies, statistics, a time line of events, and more. Unprecedented in its detail and sweep, this haunting epic raises stirring questions about moral ambiguity, hope and resilience, and hunger of all kinds.
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