13 Winter Books to Read by a Crackling Fire | Cozy Mysteries, Hallmark Romance, Fantasy, & Classics!

[@alexg7832]

Currently reading little women and I’m loving every second of it! I’m roughly 100 pages in and it’s perfect for a cozy, winter read so far!

[@km4887]

The bear and the nightingale is the most perfect book for the winter time

[@eileennielsen3607]

Little Women is my absolute all time favorite book. I think I was 12 when I first read it. I read it every 2 yrs. Not necessarily at Christmas. Lisa May Alcott lived in the town (Concord) which is next to the town I grew up in; Lexington, Mass. I have been in her house soooo many times I could be the tour guide. I read A Christmas Carol every other Christmas. I read A great book last Christmas that I will always keeps Red bird Christmas by Fannie Flagg. First time I have watched your channel. Thanks!

[@cori5025]

Currently reading The Snow Child as my winter read. So far so good!

[@kenniep.5141]

I love your videos so much! I feel like a could curl up with fuzzy socks and a warm blanket by the fireplace just to watch your videos. I really enjoy your book recommendations and how you describe them with so much warmth and love. I’ve noted some of these down so I can check them out this Christmas season. 💖

[@theBeachbumbookworm]

oh my gosh....LOVED the intro! New to your channel...im a huge cozy mystery fan and found your channel through a search! Subscribed and can't wait to watch more!

[@GracewithBooks]

Greenglass house is definitely a favorite winter read for me!! a winters promise looks so good!

[@mousumeenath4922]

I have been constantly checking notifications for the past couple of days for a video from you. Thank you for delivering and how! 💕💕💕💕

[@laurelsmith7359]

I finished Greenglass House yesterday per your encouragement and I CANNOT STOP TALKING ABOUT IT! It was everything you promised!

[@angoline]

thank you so much for these cozy book recs!! it’s time to add them in my To Read list 😻💪

[@sammibowden3164]

I’ve been wanting to recommend this book to you for the longest time. You may have already read it because I picked up after Darling Desi recommended it. It’s called “Winter Solstice.” It’s about five people who’s lives all kind of kind of intertwine somehow and they all end up in a cabin/cottage somewhere during the Holiday season. I really enjoyed it and thought it was very homey, warm and a perfect read for “by the fire.”

[@solangelicag]

That's it, the Greenglass House is going on my TBR 🔥

[@romalibra_books]

I miss you and your videos so much I started rewatching all my favorite ones 😅

[@rockyj885]

Thank you for yet another awesome recommendations video! Before the end of the video, I bought Murder for Christmas on my kindle and borrowed Greenglass House from my library (and yes, my December TBR is crying right now...) I just read a Christmas Carol last week, listened to the audiobook which was read by Hugh Grant and I might make it a Christmas tradition to listen to it, honestly. As for Christmas book recommendations, if you like Christmas with the Kranks, I highly recommend the book it was based on, Skipping Christmas by John Grisham. It's quick, fun and full of haha moments 🔥🔥🔥

[@lmariona4568]

Just finished A Winter’s Promise. Great start to the series. Start the second book tonight. Also,……Mordy! 🤣🤣🤣 You’re hilarious!

[@L4tteholic]

Thanks for these recommendations, I'm looking for more cozy reads this holiday since I have to cancel my travel plans again 😅

[@Takis-l1g]

I read six of Crows last year (not on purpose) but girl this book, the vibes the heist me under thirty covers. Perfection. I'ma reread it this year

[@margolindner3952]

Serendipity is a staple every holiday season for me. And I really enjoyed In A Holidaze last year. I’m currently reading The Holiday Swap and having such a good time with it!

[@ELizbeth135]

I read Little Women for the first time in 2020… it’s a masterpiece and just went straight into my heart. Enjoy!

[@DorothyOzmaLover]

Really nice picks that really sound great from your intriguing blurbs and makes me wanna get a comforter and start lightening a fire as I get coco goin!

[@karen9813]

You're such a beautiful person! ♥️♥️♥️ Every time I watch one of your videos my heart feels so warm

[@Jasmin-wm3vd]

I was waiting for Greenglass House 💚 Discovered it last year because of you, thank you 😍 Also loooved the Winterhouse Trilogy

[@livslibrary]

OH MY GOSH SIX OF CROWS. My favorite 🤍🤍🤍

[@rhoda2001]

Muppets "A Christmas Carol" The Best!!!!

[@nettielynch434]

Oh my goodness, I'm up to book 4nof Greenglass House series. Excellent series! Highly recommend!!

[@MoonOwl1961]

Great recommendations! Thank you! 🔥 ⛄️

[@trinitylarsen1647]

Loved all your cozy winter recommendations! I started reading Greenglass House about a week ago and I totally agree it’s very descriptive and sooo cozy!

[@Thisisnat1]

Perfect timing! I just brewed my tea 🫖

[@jamesduggan7200]

Hey Lexi, enjoyed being able to see you and your friends for reading sprints last week - thx. Totally agree about Agatha Christie.

[@vickip54]

Thanks for the book list. Ok, but seriously, the mug! Where did you find it? I would love to see a tour of your library. So cozy

[@tinahawley09]

Omg yes girl! Holidaze was a 5 star for me too! I read it last month and had all the feels!

[@cartanacardel6794]

I just watched serendipity last night for the first time, and it was amazing, I loved every minute of it. I watched it because I saw you watched and enjoyed it, so thanks for the rec.

[@djcass101]

Every video I watch I fall more and more in love with you. ❤️❤️ Merry Xmas Lexi

[@jackiealger3348]

i recently purchased Greenglass House per your recommendation ❤️ can’t wait to read it!

[@nicolepena314]

🔥 just picked up a few of these. Guess I better get reading. I don’t have a fireplace, but I’ll light a candle or something lol

[@HollyByGollyBooks]

You reminded me I need to throw Murder on the Orient Express onto my TBR asap!!!!! The Holiday Swap was a 3 star for me, but it was SOOO cozy and I was obsessed with the baking elements, I hope you enjoy that one so much!! :)

[@NakiasHideaway]

All of your videos this season have been so cozy. 🔥🕯

[@monicamoskovics8686]

I have read several of those and wholeheartedly agree (Little Women, A Winter's Promise and Murder on the Orient Express are all excellent recommendations!) I am going to read a Curse so Dark and Lonely and Essex Serpent this winter - they seem like they are good cold weather books and at least Essex Serpent opens around Jan 1... so maybe it is a good one to pick up after the New Year. :)

[@mshannarose12]

I love these ones because I can watch it now, but then save it up to watch again in our Australian winter next year!

[@KeaLynn]

So I’m an avid reader, but I’m also not someone who *binges* books very often (I’ll read a little bit each day) anyway.. I got Greenglass House right after your last recommendation and in 2 days I was almost done and SAD about it. I recommended it to so many people because it’s SOO GOOD. And it made me watch this video because I NEED MORE.

[@hanaalfayez7150]

I actually was waiting for you to recommend A Christmas Carol 😁🔥

[@gtlnghr]

You got me the moment you mentioned serendipity 💛

[@romalibra_books]

There are only 3 things that bring me calm and peace : Harry Potter books, Friends, and Lexie's videos 🤩

[@mridhu21]

Hi Alex, love your videos. Added this to my TBR.

[@laurenteague3705]

One of my favorite Christmas books is O Little Town by Don Reid. If you haven’t read it, it’s a must read! Merry Christmas!🎄🎁

[@hillarycully]

For your Hallmark category I highly recommend Louise Miller's The City Baker's Guide to Country Living. 💗💗💗

[@christiner5579]

🔥wonderful list. Planning to read Greenhouse with my boys this Christmas.

[@saritagarg3300]

Hey.. thnks for this amazing content.. the effort u put in is just incredible.. love ur editing.. cute thumbnail.. keep the good job up.. sending love..❤❤

[@elisabarfuss3358]

I love your videos!!!! You are one person that has helped me love reading again

[@emilylightsey6374]

LOVED Greenglass House and the sequel Ghosts of Greenglass House!!! Would highly recommend. I would also recommend the Winterhouse series. It is a middle grade trilogy set in a hotel in a very wintry place. I enjoyed all three of them. Also, I just finished Even the Darkest Stars, and ordered the sequel. Very wintry mountain climbing setting.

[@jillc4720]

Currently reading Greenglass House! I saved it all year to read in December… so far I can’t put it down!

[@emilyross2307]

Charles “frickin” Dickens 💀🤣😂 you kill me! Love your videos so much!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

Oooo green glass house sounds fun!!

[@Books_BrewsandBeyond]

I never get tired of your amazing intros and stellar content Lexi. 💕📚❄🎅 🔥

[@booksbeanies5425]

I am reading The Holiday Swap and it is SO GOOD. I am not very far, but it pulls the reader in and you cannot help but keep reading.

[@LittleMissSunnydays.4456]

Love the Books& this Channel! I am currently actually reading the Holiday Swap & if you’ve seen any of the Princess Switch movies with Vanessa Hudgens it totally relates to the first movie of this series! Im loving it so far

[@ShrimpPirates]

Love your videos 😊 Little Women and Anna Karenina are two of my faves 🔥

[@michreviews1704]

I loved the ''You liked the Polar Express?'' moment, I lost it 🤣🤣🤣 And yes, Little Women ftw!! I received that book as a present, my first book ever!! It's perfect for this time of year

[@evireadsbooks5746]

Murder for christmas sounds like so much fun! But I love some good mysteries 🙂

[@jazrodriguez2740]

Had a bit of a bad morning, so thank you for providing me company for lunch while I recharged ❤️

[@scrapbookingmuchmore9884]

The Greenhouse Glass story is on my TBR for this month’. Thank you Lexi for all your recommendations! I will let you know when I have read it and what I think about it! It sounds so good and promising!!!

[@KeaLynn]

I ordered it after her last recommendation and I can’t recommend it enough! She definitely is not over-exaggerating, it’s so good.

[@jsmith1of2]

Just found your channel. Love it! 🔥 I love foxes, where did you get your awesome fox mug?

[@sarahfrazer8088]

I love all of your video!!! You have gotten me back into reading!! 🔥

[@annalakshmipm404]

🔥🔥🔥🔥my next book i have decided to read is greenglass house

[@LandOfAnatopia]

Serendipity is one of my all time favorite movies. Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy In a Holidaze too much when I read it last year. 🔥🔥🔥

[@toscakekish6692]

Just happened upon your channel. Great recommendations! Love your style of sharing and your library is absolutely gorgeous!

[@mycozycharmlife]

I really want to read A winters promise!! Also LOVE the green glass house it is such a wonderful cozy story

[@MandySparkles712]

And now I'm heading straight to the library and the finding somewhere with a fireplace 🔥

[@lindylouwho550]

Great recommendations. I would add Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" - delightful short story. Also, have you read any Miss Read books? They are quintessentially English, set in cosy, quaint villages. "A Country Christmas", " The White Robin", "The Christmas Mouse" and many more are an absolute delight. 🎄🎄🎄

[@bookmama95]

What kind of mic do you use? Your audio is literally the best. I comfort listen to your videos on the way to work and I love that your audio is always 100%

[@alexandraroselyn]

That’s so nice of you to say thank you! I use a Rhode mic and I highly recommend!! Sound is really important to me- I’m currently trying to figure out my microphone situation for my vlogging camera lol. Hope that helps! 😊❤️

[@whitneypieren6396]

🔥 I am loving Nick and Noel’s Christmas Playlist

[@ashlynhale3369]

Little women is an all time favorite and also the perfect cozy read! I read Greenglass House when you and Kaylyn did a readalong and that is now a favorite too! 😊This year I hope to read A Winter’s Promise as I have wanted to for so long 😊❄️☃️

[@crankychef]

Have to add The Bear and the Nightingale series to this list. So good! Fantasy/Magical Realism, Folklore, Winter in Russia, one of my favs!

[@islandgirl3615]

Okay, okay! I'll read Greenglass House 😁🎄📚

[@Floridiansince94]

Lexie, if you liked murder on the orient express read Death in the clouds and the murder of Roger Ackroyd - also by Agatha!!! In fact all of her books are AWESOME

[@IlFilodiArianna_vlog]

🔥 🔥 🔥 thank you for these recommendations!

Murder on the Orient Express is my favorite Agatha Christie! It's perfect for winter ❄️🚂

[@caitlyn.m.t9618]

Another book I would describe as a cozy winter book, that I feel like people would disagree with me on, is The Ocean at the End of the Lane. I don't know why it feels cozy to me, maybe because when I read it the first time I was picturing it in the style of Studio Ghibli. But if you are looking for a poetry collection then you should either pick up Tea with Death by Abigail Wildes or Watering the Soul by Courtney Peppernell. The first is just a delightful macabre read, with poetry that is simplistic (but that is not a bad thing) involving a tea party with Death, ghosts, witches and zombies. And maybe the tea itself is a little bit poisoned. As for the latter, I would describe it as soft winter poetry, and it follows the idea of a creature in a forest being given a seed and them trying to grow it. I feel like you will love the little creature because there is illustrations in both of the poetry collections.

[@analuisamachado9056]

🔥❄️🍪 Merry Christmas my dear! 🎄

[@xamandalaurenx]

Please do more reading sprints with Gavin! Yours was my first ever and it was so fun and cozy! 🎄♥️📚

[@goblinqueen0141]

Love all these recommendations! Thank you!

[@BecxReadz]

Okay okay I'm adding Greenglass House to my tbr list

[@rachelizabeth331]

So I’m really late to this but I HIGHLY recommend Snow Country in the winter… the way Kawabata describes the environment is beautiful

[@SorgieWrites]

🔥thanks for the wonderful recommendations!

[@LaurenMichele]

📖 You need to pick up Little Women for Christmas or Winter. It’s my favorite classic. So cozy! 🥰

[@sheilagagliano454]

So many good recommendations that I can’t wait to get to! 🔥

[@amyjohnson1836]

My favorite yearly read for Christmas is The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere. I also love The Christmas Songbird by Summer Prescott and Jingle Bell Hell by A.R. Casella and Denise Grover Swank. Best RomCom ever!

[@QuirkyGirl10]

I am typing this near the end of summer, but hey, Christmas is just around the corner before you know it, right? ;) I love cozy reads and have now added "Murder for Christmas" to my TBR list, so TFS your picks! One book on my TBR list that you might want to add to yours is "Winter Solstice" by Rosamunde Pilcher. Just the title alone gives off cozy vibes :)

[@CedricsMom]

NO FIREPLACE? NO PROBLEM! Just pull up one of those great fireplace channels on KZbin. It works just as well if you're under a cozy blanket. It's the crackling and the orange light that makes the magic.

[@SueEmmDee]

I've just read "Apple Cider Slaying" by Julie Anne Lindsey and it is a good whodunit, set between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

[@be_ingtyler7703]

Fricken Dickens 😂 I’m so glad I found this channel! Immediate subscribe!

[@MarcoLikesBooks]

I really like Camille Cabrera's cozy Christmas mystery books! Have you read any of her books Alexandra?

[@nicolestaudt7207]

Another cozy romance that I’ve read is titled One Day in December. I couldn’t put it down!! It gave me all the feels 🥰

[@nicolesnider2788]

I know this is not a beauty channel but I love your lipstick colors. Any chance you could tell me what you are wearing in this video? Love your channel.

[@kittianne]

Love the video! Now I have more books to add to my to buy and to read lists! 💕🤩

[@kiannamoss4896]

🔥🔥🔥🔥 loved these recommendations!

[@Gillian.Ashcroft.66]

I have 2 favourite must watch every Christmas films - Serendipity & Mixed Nuts 😍🎄

[@rensheehan1620]

another recomendation is Julie of the wolves by Jean craighead George. It's about a 13 year old Inuit girl who's mother passed away and her father goes away on a seal hunt and never comes back. She get's married off to a boy but he's abusive so she runs away into the wilderness, surviving based on knowledge she has learned, and she comes upon a wolf pack. The wolf pack slowly adopts Julie as one of their own.

[@janfranklin2114]

Love me some Charles Frikin’ Dickens 😂 my favorite version is the musical with Albert Finney .

[@MoJordanReads]

I think you should read a Holiday by Gaslight! It's a Victorian novella - I just read it and really liked it! I wouldn't have thought of Six of Crows as a winter read but it's such a good rec! Same with Little Women - wouldn't have thought of that but it is perfect. I loved that book