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December books you won’t stop thinking about
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items December has a special kind of quiet, the kind that makes you reach for stories that feel like warm lights, cold evenings, and magic hidden between the pages. These are the books that stay with you long after you close them. The ones you’ll want to r...
Sections
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Cozy winter romance
Magic and winter fairy tales
Emotional reads for cold evenings
Classics and timeless winter vibes
Feel-good holiday stories
Cozy winter romance
Stories that warm your heart the way a soft blanket does on a cold night.
This is basically the ultimate festive drama, you’ll love it. Think: one accidental visit to a very lively family, a blizzard that traps everyone together, and enough secrets, misunderstandings, and romantic tension to keep you glued to the pages. It...
Snowed in for Christmas
A cozy, heart-warming holiday romance with a magical twist. It follows a woman who stumbles upon a charming, otherworldly Christmas market; and a man who only exists within it for one month each year. It’s sweet, atmospheric, and full of festive char...
Once Upon a December
This book is pure addictive drama dressed up as fantasy you’re going to love it. Our girl Ophelia gets shipped off to this icy, politically messy world to marry Thorn, a man who’s basically a walking mystery with zero social skills. Everyone has an a...
A Winter's Promise (The Mirror Visitor Quartet #1)
Imagine locking eyes with a complete stranger from a bus window and feeling that instant zap, the kind that makes you think, “Oh no… this is trouble.” Then picture spending a year obsessing over him, only to have him reappear as… your best friend’s n...
One Day in December
Magic and winter fairy tales
Books that feel like stepping into a glittering winter dream you never want to leave.
This book is a beautifully atmospheric, wintry reimagining of The Nutcracker. It follows a young woman who’s swept into a magical, snow-dusted world filled with danger, elegance, and unexpected courage. The writing is lush and dreamy, perfect if you ...
Midnight in Everwood
Imagine a lonely Alaskan winter, a couple on the brink, and then, out of nowhere, this mysterious, enchanting little girl appears in the snow like something straight out of a rumor you wouldn’t believe unless you saw it yourself. The whole vibe is ma...
The Snow Child
Picture a remote Russian village where everyone swears old fairy-tale spirits are just stories… until things start happening that have the whole town whispering. A fearless girl who sees what others deny, a stepmother convinced something dark is afte...
The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy #1)
A mysterious circus appears without warning, opening only at night, and behind all its magic two rival magicians are locked in a secret competition that turns far more dangerous, and romantic, than either expected. The atmosphere is lush, the twists ...
The Night Circus
Emotional reads for cold evenings
Quiet, heartfelt stories made for slow evenings and warm lamps.
The Winter Gardenis the kind of family drama that will have you calling me at midnight to gossip about it. Two sisters, a mother who’s basically an emotional iceberg, and a mysterious story from her past that finally starts to crack everything open. ...
Winter Garden: A Novel
Imagine a love story that hits you right in the chest, the kind that feels fated, messy, impossible to let go of, and absolutely unforgettable. It follows two people whose connection is so intense that even time, distance, and all the wrong choices c...
The Light We Lost (Reese's Book Club)
A girl makes a desperate deal to live forever, and ends up forgotten by everyone she meets, which leads to centuries of lonely adventures, bold choices, and the kind of secrets you’ll be dying to talk about. Then one day someone finally remembers her...
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Imagine a tiny Kentucky town where everyone knows everyone’s business, and suddenly a team of bold, book-delivering women starts stirring things up. Between scandalous rumors, secret romances, and a few men who seriously underestimate them, the drama...
The Giver of Stars (Reese's Book Club)
Classics and timeless winter vibes
Elegant, atmospheric classics that feel even better when read in winter.
Imagine stepping into a world where social tension, forbidden chemistry, and sharp-witted clashes make every chapter feel like slow-burn gold. A strong-minded heroine from the genteel South collides with a proud, brooding mill owner from the industri...
North and South|Paperback
A quiet New England town hides a heartbreak that feels anything but small: a man trapped in a cold marriage, a forbidden pull toward someone who actually understands him, and a tension that builds until you can’t help whispering, “This is not going t...
Ethan Frome
Feel-good holiday stories
For when you want to get lost somewhere beautiful without leaving your blanket.
A family-run inn on Nantucket turns into ground zero for holiday drama when a scandal blows up right before Christmas, think surprise affairs, unexpected guests, and siblings dealing with their own messy love lives. Every chapter drops a new little b...
Winter Street
A Christmas Eve snowstorm hits a small town and suddenly everybody’s love life turns into prime gossip material: crushes colliding, unexpected kisses, disastrous decisions, and coincidences that feel almost scandalous. Three stories weave together wi...
Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances