Six Winter Novels to Read this Season

[@paula30979]

Just wanted to share with you that you’re hands down one of my favorite podcasters. The books you recommend and review have all been very worthwhile reads. It’s nice to hear the little snippets of stories that you share and last but NOT least, it’s always fun when Miss Tilly makes a cameo appearance. Thank you for what you do! ❤️

[@Dawnsbookreviews]

Great video!!!❤ Glad to hear you were not at the jail in Cornwall as an inmate, just a visitor!!😂😂😂

[@kaygreig656]

Snow falling on cedars by Guterson. Great for a cold gloomy winter weekend - snow optional but enhances the narrative!

[@kaygreig656]

Plus a lighter read is Christie’s Hercule Poirot’s Christmas.

[@58angieb]

Guterson's, 'Snow Falling On Cedars': a remarkable, & memorable read. Stayed with me, post-finishing, for some considerable time afterwards.

[@katydidiy]

Successful movie adaptation. The soundtrack enhanced the mood tremendously ❤

[@deirdre108]

As a WA resident I approve your comment!

[@VLind-uk6mb]

@@kaygreig656 The best Poirot Christmas story is The Theft of the Royal Ruby. It features more Christmas traditions than HP's Christmas.

[@eileennielsen5165]

Winter Solstice is not only my favorite winter reads; but also one of my ALL TIME favorites

[@mollieanne]

I just read last winter and have it out again to start reading again now. Loved it too.

[@zebibolyard8135]

@@eileennielsen5165 I have read winter solstice so many times I lost count!

[@laurieg6416]

I re-read Winter Solstice every year, and have started this year's reading. Such a lovely book.

[@tiggywinkle20]

@@eileennielsen5165 A lovely book. Read it once again the other week.

[@signespencer6887]

I agree, I have read Winter Solstice several times

[@michellewright1895]

Thank you for your recommendations. I just finished Winter Solstice and thoroughly enjoyed it. I purchased a used copy and will pass it on. You have a new fan.

[@Briardie]

We're only here for Tilly! Seriously though, I have discovered some stunning gems through your recommendations. Thank you. Your channel deserves to grow and grow.

[@deirdre108]

I read The Shipping News (highly recommended) one winter and stayed cold the entire time I read it! Wonderful,descriptive writing!

[@laurieg6416]

I loved The Shipping News.

[@deirdre108]

@@laurieg6416 it’s so well written isn’t it? When I read it again I’ll do it in the summer to cool me down.

[@elizabethgardner6832]

10,000 subscribers already the day this was released. You made it!

[@booksfrommybookshelf]

Thank you - I'm so pleased!

[@andrearyan816]

Thank you for putting together this list. I have just finished the second book in the wonderful Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny … very wintery. Two snowy books that I read and enjoyed in the past spring to mind, White and Sun at Midnight by Rosie Thomas.

[@paulaevans2555]

Just found your channel, how wonderful. I used to read so much but in recent years, struggle to find the time. I’m keen to start again as reading is sheer escapism for me. Second hand books are very special in my view too.

[@barbaralin3053]

I love My Cousin Rachael by du Maurier. All the books you introduced sounds wonderful.

[@mary-annestuart7419]

Winter Solstice by R Pilcher is one if my all time favourite books to re-read! Elfrida & Oscar 😍 Also high on my winter reading re-read list in A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg.

[@KayakCrazy]

You certainly are sharing a wealth of information to us book lovers. Thanks a bunch!

[@GillianRoberts-t5b]

First time listener to this enjoying it looking for new stories to read always. Thanks for the recommendations G

[@cheryldaems2511]

You are such a joy to watch. Wanted to mention that one of my all-time favorite authors, Barbara Taylor Bradford, passed away at the age of 91 on November 24th. What a lady of "substance."

[@JordanHunter333]

What joy to have found you...just a day or so ago on my home page KZbin feed, for reasons I'm not sure of. You, books, and Lily, and her happy "time for treats" dance. A universal 'ritual of dog'. It reminded me of my very best girl, Luna, a Black Lab. Regularly on our long and priceless walks and explorations, she had, "Treats for no reason!" or "Treats because you exist!" Somehow, those were the very best. Thank you for sharing your loves. 🙏❤

[@vickisromovski4979]

Just happened upon your channel. Love love love books! Can’t wait to read your lists of books! Thank you !

[@Sa_Stafford]

Goodness … The Nine Tailors. I read this decades ago but recently acquired an audio version, which I will definitely listen to now you’ve reminded me. Thank you ❤

[@helencheadle5709]

I’ve read “lovely bones “ and can echo all you said…thoroughly enjoyed this book..well written, and goes along with my beliefs.

[@susanclancy-kelly9319]

Great list of Winter Novels. I've just read your first suggestion: The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers. Really enjoyed it. It's style seemed quite old-fashioned, reminded me of some of the Sherlock Holmes novels. Made me realize how much the writing in more modern novels has changed.

[@mayrnibird9224]

i have been trying to regain my love for reading for such a long while but then i discovered your videos. i, too love historical fiction and i began reading the light years on the computer. it is my first computer book. it is a spectacular read. i am hooked. i can't stop reading it and can't wait to read the rest of the series. thank you so much. so, so much.

[@TheShimmeringCrystal]

I read Winter Solstice last year around this time because of your recommendation. It is indeed a lovely story. I just checked out The Winter Ghosts from my library. I’m looking forward to reading it. Thank you for making these recommendation videos.

[@sheilanorthen6151]

I loved Jamacia in...which I read 40yrs ago...loved all Daphne Du Maurier books

[@Eldertalk]

You are an inspiration! Thanks for the reading suggestions. I've been wanting to read Jamaica Inn.

[@ndreader]

I loved Jamaica Inn!

[@pamjones3377]

I read Winter Solstice every winter, and also have the film on DVD. I love it.

[@kayfreeman4244]

I'm so glad I found you! I love to read, and kind of hibernate in the winter, so having your list of books to read will make the nasty weather easier to live through! (I live in Wisconsin in the U.S. and we had our first snow yesterday, November 21st). I have read Jamaica Inn and actually was there! I lived in Norfolk for about 10 years, travelled that part of the country on vacation, and just had to find the Inn! Have a picture of it in my copy of the book. Enjoy your videos, and Tilly of course.

[@katydidiy]

Only a few flakes here in SW Wisconsin so far. Another brown Christmas again I suppose.

[@kayfreeman4244]

@@katydidiy Hi! From what I hear, we are in for some nasty snowstorms this winter. Guess I'll have to learn to hibernate, I'm not a fan of snow and cold....

[@adrienne4028]

I absolutely love watching your videos and hope you get 10,000 subscribers by the end of the year. Here in South Florida, the temperature dropped to 55F (13C) this morning and that’s cold for Floridians! 😂 it will only last a few days, so I decided to decorate for Christmas. Thanks for the winter reading suggestions. The R. Pilcher novel sounds interesting and my library has it. Lucky me! Happy reading. 😊

[@bridgetvollmer6337]

Tilly is adorable....dogs are just wonderful.

[@markferreira5210]

I recently read Pilcher's Winter Solstice on your recommendation last year. Thank you, thank you for the recommendation! Loved it! Now I am reading her book The Shell Seekers.

[@booksfrommybookshelf]

That's good to hear!

[@suewilkinson910]

The Winter Ghosts is a lovely book. I really enjoyed that one a few years ago. Might read it again this winter. My favourite book in the lead up to Christmas is Dickens' A Christmas Carol. I haven't read it for a few years. This year is the time I think. Another gem is The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. I've just discovered that I bought it in 2012 but I still remember it a lot. Jamaica Inn is a wonderful book. I would love to sit and read it in the wonderful Rising Sun Hotel/Pub in Lynmouth. It would be the perfect spot.

[@reneewilliams5100]

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. I’m a teacher and we had a snow day so I read that book in one day looking out at the winter storm thankful to be in my warm apartment.

[@maryfilippou6667]

Thank you Rosamunde! So glad I am online again. I've missed you! So hlad you suggested Jamaica Inn as I've thought for decades it was not set in England! I have Lovely Bones and never read it. Now sounds intriguing. I recommend for Winter a Maine writer, Van Reid and his Daniel Plainway or the Holiday Haunting of the Moosepath League, written in 2000, but set in Portland, ME in Fall/Winter1896. I really like the evocative cover. It uses the Pickwick Papers as scaffold. His delightful debut novel was Cornelia Underhill, set Summer 1896 and introduces The Moosrpath League.

[@margo3367]

D.E. Stevenson wrote some wonderful books. ‘Miss Buncle’s Book’ is my favorite. It’s a hoot!

[@Idela2030]

Thank you for sharing this list. I started reading The Winter Ghosts by Kate Moses. It’s my first time reading her books. Absolutely loving it, the grieving theme is close to my heart. 🙏🏻

[@joysutton5528]

Enjoy her Labyrinth trilogy.

[@carolyncampbell6149]

Thankyou very much for this list for winter reading some of which I’ve read (one I re-read every year and one of which I read years ago!) but others new to me. I think we have quite similar taste in books which is lovely. Take care and keep warm!

[@katieb2931]

I read Winter Solstice last Christmas and really enjoyed it.

[@kabeidler]

Dear Rosamunde, I am delighted to find you thanks to a YT suggestion. I enjoyed listening to you talk about your book list and am super interested in at least 3 of them! Rosamunde Pilcher used to be a fav of mine many years ago and think it would be great fun to read Winter Solstice. I probably read it years ago because I think I read all her books after The Shell Seekers, but I probably forgot the whole thing by now. It will be like a warm hug to read her again! I immediately subscribed and can't wait to see more from you. Thank you for your lovely channel 💖. Reader from Cleveland, Ohio in the US, Kim

[@ldavies3280]

I love all of the Peter Wimsey stories, and the nine tailors are a favourite. I like to reread it every now and then, even though I clearly remember the solution. All of her stories are easy to read, but sharp and witty, and so “of their time” in a good way. A word on the Jamaica Inn for any Du Maurier fans planning to visit. It has unfortunately been ruined by owners wanting to make a fast buck from the many passing unsuspecting tourists. The inner walls have all been ripped out, as have all of the original fixtures and fittings. It now has a cheap, fake olde worlde feel to it. However, the book is well worth reading.

[@ValJones-xj9qb]

You are lovely! Thank you for all the recommendations. I love the fact that you do backlist!

[@tracysnordiclight]

Hello, Rosamunde! How wonderful to come across another silver-haired beauty chatting books on KZbin! ☺️ Congratulations on your increased viewership! Seeing you gives me inspiration, as I just started my channel this autumn… still finding my courage! 😅 I love books and books have been part of my life since birth. Great list for reading for winter… many I’ve read, but a couple I should add to a list. 📚 Thank you! 🙏🏻 P.S. your little Tilly-pup is sooo sweet! 🥰

[@booksfrommybookshelf]

Thanks Tracy - and I love your channel - just subscribed! (Great fan of butternut squash soup too 😋) Good luck with it 🙂

[@tracysnordiclight]

@ aaawww… thanks so much, Rosamunde, and thanks for the follow-I appreciate that and am glad to have you along! As I love soup, it could be there will be more soup served up at my place along with books! 😉📚 Happy Day OX-T 🩵

[@kat2270]

For winter reads I would highly recommend The Ice Road by Gillian Slovo. Set in WWII, Leningrad, it focuses on the civilians she introduces us to prior to the seige and what they go through during that time and how they try to survive. I found it difficult to put down. Another good read for winter is A D Miller's Snowdrops. This is a psychological crime thriller set in Moscow in the 1990s.

[@latebloomerdiaries4219]

Thank you for the recommendations! I'm sitting here trying to think of any favorite books that take place in winter and I am finding I can't. Hmm. I almost bought Winter Solstice as a Christmas gift for my great-aunt, but I ended up picking a Christmas mystery instead. That one may end up on my own TBR because you're not the first person I've seen to recommend it. Happy reading!

[@marianapgar4409]

so nice to see wintry spelled correctly!

[@gailpost173]

An absolute delight as always and seeing the lovely Tilly is just perfect ❤❤

[@EdwardClinton]

Thank you for this informative video. I read the Nine Tailors a few years ago. A great book.

[@C.Aikman-yj7fq]

Thanks, Rosamunde. 💐 Carol

[@booksfrommybookshelf]

Thank you!

[@booklassygarrahan3929]

I have read Winter Solstice so many times. One of my top favorite comfort reads. Have you read Drumveyn by Alexandra Raife? I remember her writing style is similar to Pilcher, and I loved this book in particular.

[@maureenmcgreevy3866]

Hello. Your channel just popped up on my feed. New subscriber here. What a treat. I read Jamaica Inn many years ago,having lived in the village of Altarnun which is mentioned in the book. Winter Solstice one of my all time favourites. 😊

[@cassandra3399]

Hi Rosamunde, I enjoyed it so much as usual. And Tilly is her usual happy self. We had a surprise snowfall yesterday too. We were so surprised and it looked so pretty all day, but this afternoon it is changing into ☔️ rain. Your list sounds so good. I read Winter Solstice for the first time last year and it was my favorite of Rosamunde Pilcher’s books. It wags so cozy and I loved every minute of that read. 😊 Right now I am reading Her Fearful Symmetry, about Highgate Cemetary. I’m not too far into it yet, and it may be a bit strange but I will still enjoy the parts about the cemetery. Thank you.😊 Love to Tilly. ❤

[@GeorgeDaws-o3n]

I have just watched last year's winter book recommendations from you; it popped up randomly on my television I wanted to dry your eyes and give you a hug. I am now watching this year's book list here. 😊

[@claudiak-p3667]

Great list! I enjoy re-reading "The Dark Is Rising" by Susan Cooper in December.

[@lkkubono]

I enjoy your videos so much. I feel like I'm in a book club with an genial and intelligent leader. I have read some of your recommendations, some are not for me, some have been new favorites.

[@milisuarez-al-nashy4314]

You are so lucky, the snow didn’t stick here in Cardiff. 😊 Love listening to you. 🤗❄️

[@snowysnowyriver]

Two of my all-time favourites on that list: The Nine Tailors and Jamaica Inn. 👍

[@TarmoAlholinna]

The Shell Seekers is one of my favorite books!!! ❤

[@angrypanda5042]

I have only read a couple of the books on this list but do look forward to discovering more interesting authors. Thank you.

[@paulettegnojek8893]

Just started listening .....when I was young I really enjoyed stories by Bess Streeter Aldrige...especially SPRING CAME ON FOREVER...Paula

[@lisanelson3415]

Thankyou so much for this book review .s really enjoyed them cant wait to read winter solice its on ky tbr list as is bird song!! I also really enjoyed winter ghost when i read it ❤

[@yesimthatlisa]

Yes, love your videos ever since KZbin recommended your channel to me! You've mentioned Winston Graham in a few other videos and I kept thinking "I've read something by him but what?" and it's the book Marnie (also a movie with Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery). It's quite an interesting story. Your pup Tilly is truly adorable! 💗💓💞

[@karenspence3434]

I've only found you in your historical book top 10 I think it was. I have been catching up with some other vlogs you've done.. I love them thank you.

[@anydaynow7755]

I just started Winter Solstice this afternoon!

[@sirenstitchworks7734]

Hi Rosamunde, thank you for your excellent recommendations! On the theme of winter reading, there's a wonderful Lord Peter Wimsey short story called "The Necklace of Pearls" that takes place at Christmas. You've inspired me to track down my copy of "The Nine Tailors"...can't wait to make a cup of tea and dive in.

[@suzboeh633]

You are over 9k subs now. Just subscirbed and hope you reach your goal. I had the same view yesterday in Ohio in the US. Winter made itself known in style!

[@amandacater2534]

Love your videos, Rosamunde, and have just read your book Out of Time which I thoroughly enjoyed. You appear to be on 9k subscribers already so well set for your New Year’s target. Right, I need to catch up on these winter novels, thanks for your excellent recommendations.

[@booksfrommybookshelf]

Thank you - I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[@suzical]

Hello from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. New sub. Love your style, book choices, humor. Thx!

[@marthaturner4946]

I have just finished Winter Solstice per your suggestion. I finished in one day. I enjoyed it immensely. Thank you.

[@duffystavern894]

So happy you popped up in my KZbin feed! I just purchased Winter Soltice a few weeks ago but haven’t started yet, can’t wait to read it. Now I need to get The Nine Tailors! By the way, Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon is a good Christmas crime story, that has a blizzard, a train, and a creepy house . Have you read it?

[@booksfrommybookshelf]

No I haven't - but it sounds good!

[@Ann-lg3su]

Lovely. Just found you and subscribed Love your content

[@amyofhearthridge]

Interesting sounding reads. I’ve only read Winter Solstice! I enjoy hearing your thoughts. ♥️

[@stuartreynolds4915]

Thank you for your videos! I really enjoy your views on all books, not just those recently published. I too was disappointed with A Week In December; I find Sebastian Faulks rather hit and miss. That said Human Traces has stayed with me even more than Birdsong , I highly recommend it! Lynn

[@sharonrose5134]

Tilly is s gorgeous little furbaby😊 love your channel.

[@KateColors]

Thank you. These all sound great. ❤

[@anonymous78546]

Thank you for these cozy recommendations. Stay warm.

[@cece624]

Congratulations on passing 10K subscribers within a day of posting this vlog. 🎉

[@booksfrommybookshelf]

Thank you! I was truly amazed!

[@bookworm8792]

Lovely Bones is staggeringly beautiful and made me sob. I'm a woman whose been through some things and I rarely cry. That book broke me. And I still recommend it 20 years later.

[@lavernehodge3320]

Such a nice wintery list. I haven't read Jamaica Inn yet and I don't know why. I'll be changing that. I think sweet Tillie was embarrassed because you were telling on her. LOL. Winter Solstice also sounds very good.

[@lauratorchio1541]

I just bought Winter solstice! I shall read it before Christmas. Thank you

[@rauschtube]

Ditto about ", used to read all the time." Just haven't lately. You have inspired me to start up again.

[@laurac56]

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. To the Bright Edge of the World was great too, but I can’t remember the season it’s set in.

[@jeanie8831]

I do wish she would do an audiobook of The Lovely Bones. Lovely voice here. Please read me a bedtime story. 🥰

[@EvelineUK]

There is one on Audible, but don't like the voice they've chosen for it. :( They should have asked Saoirse Ronan to do it....

[@lindawatkin9667]

You are delightful. I feel as if a good friend is suggesting books

[@suewilkinson910]

I haven't read A Week in December. But I loved Birdsong and have found all his books that I have read since have fallen short for me. I did enjoy On Green Dolphin Street.

[@GeorgeDaws-o3n]

I am a slow reader so having recommendations of good books is so helpful. Thank you.

[@brendawomack5380]

I love Rosamund Pilchers book, especially Winter Soltice. I probably read it every winter along with The Harvester by Gene Stratton Porter. The last is a very romantic book and is from the early 1900's.

[@normanorourke2595]

What about winter in thrush green by miss reid

[@hippiejane2683]

Really enjoyed Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah.

[@joysutton5528]

The Jalna books by Mazo de La Roche set in Canada - there are about 20 in the Series - are a great read. A family saga starting in the late 1800’s through to after WWII.

[@TarmoAlholinna]

Winter Solstice is one of my favorite books!! Rosamund Pilcher is my favorite author… this is Eileen in the USA…

[@shelleysykes5317]

I read Winter Solstice years ago and often think about rereading it. I always remember the fairy lights, isn't that an odd thing to remember?

[@nafisamusah7085]

Yes the winterlist is here🥰🥰.

[@knitty781]

Great list of books. Have you read A Winter's Tale by Mark Helping? I enjoyed the movie but haven't seen it mentioned often. Thanks for sharing your darling girl!! Gotta love the fur babies!😊

[@HSOffice-op4cp]

So enjoy all your recommendations

[@Avefenix1956]

I love your videos

[@michelled.3849]

Autumn to winter for sure!

[@Ann-lg3su]

Ahhh doggy is so cute. Tilly

[@mangographics225]

Live your reviews ❣️

[@whatsthetemma1308]

Lovely suggestions. I agree loved The lovely bones. The book and film both good. I'm watching to buy a book for a secret Santa. So definitely food for thought. I have no idea what to get the recipient so going to choose something from this video unless you have any other suggestions!

[@booksfrommybookshelf]

I think most people enjoy reading books set in places they've been to, or somewhere they're planning to go. Perhaps that might give you some ideas?

[@paulinenelson7109]

Good to see you've reach 9k. x

[@cindybohl9593]

Just discovered your videos. I will have to check these authors out. ( I have read The Lovely Bones years ago…. It is a good book which has been made into a movie)