10 Books with Snow
10 Books with Snow
By: Brittany Shields
It’s the first day of winter!
To prepare for the cold weather, here are a few books that have snow in them!
The Deep, Deep Snow by Brian Freeman
Genre: Mystery
Not as intense as Freeman’s other books (of which I love many).
Shortly after a woman is murdered, a little boy appears to have been kidnapped. Two rare occurrences in a small town like this.
Told in two parts- when the abduction occurs and a decade later when new evidence is found. Can they solve this cold case? (see what I did there?)
2. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Genre: Fantasy
The winter Staryk king vs the fiery demon-possessed tsar.
Miryem, a moneylender who can turn silver into gold, and Irina, newly married to the tsar, are caught between these warring powerhouses and their people's livelihoods hang in the balance. A story with strong female leads, we see three women rise up and do whatever it takes to protect the people they love.
3. The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
A couple with twin daughters moves to a Scottish island after one of the twins dies in an accident. When the mother finds herself alone with her remaining daughter as a winter storm approaches, her daughter claims to be the twin who died and the mother is forced to discover what really happened the day Lydia died.
4. A Christmas Resolution by Anne Perry
Genre: Historical Fiction/Mystery
A holiday novella. Clementine just got engaged to Seth but when Seth receives threatening letters about his first wife’s death, an investigation reveals he may not be the man Clementine thought he was.
Not really my favorite genre— I was a bit bored and felt it lacked depth. But if you want a short, cozy mystery, this might fit the bill. It’s like a Hallmark movie but with a bit more mystery.
5. The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Suspenseful and intriguing story that reads like a movie. Discoveries found in Antarctica and Jakarta send us on a dangerous race to seek the origin of human existence.
I loved that Riddle wove historical events and scientific theories into the plot.
Warning: this book ends on a cliffhanger so be ready with book two!
6. The Line Between by Tosca Lee
Genre: Thriller/Dystopian
Tosca Lee is one of my favorite authors. This book doesn’t disappoint. The plot mixes a cult escapee, Wynter, with pandemic survival. Wynter is in the midst of integrating back into the world and learning how to trust again when she is thrust into an action-packed race to get life-saving information to the right people.
It’s a ‘frighteningly believable’ story, even more so since Covid. Let the record show- she wrote this BEFORE that all happened.
Bonus because the setting of this story is in good ole Central Iowa!
7. Breathless by Amy McCulloch
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Amy McCulloch was the youngest Canadian woman to summit Mount Manaslu in 2019. Her mountain climbing experience inspired her to write this book-- a mountain climbing thriller.
A climbing party, vulnerable on a dangerous mountain with a killer among you! Both suspenseful and interesting, this book may have you shelving your dream of summiting one of these peaks!
This wouldn’t be a book without the snow! Not only are the characters in danger of the killer, they have to survive the elements as well!
8. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Genre: Fiction/Historical Fiction
The cover doesn’t show snow, but it takes place in Alaska (1974), so yeah, there’s a lot of snow.
A unique setting and a dysfunctional family. Wading through the family drama, it paints a good picture of the struggles and psychology behind domestic abuse situations.
A story of resilience.
9. The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin
Genre: Fiction/Romance
Two strangers stranded at an airport in a blizzard charter a plane together only to crash and find themselves stranded in the wilderness.
A story of survival and love.
This one made me cry so read at your own risk.
Also, it’s been made into a movie (this cover is the reprinted cover) if you’re into that kind of thing.
10. Cilka’s Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz #2) by Heather Morris
Genre: Historical Fiction
Follow up to The Tattooist of Auschwitz, this book is not for the faint of heart. We follow Cilka, just liberated from Auschwitz by the Soviets, as she is sentenced to the Russian gulags where she encounters extreme hardship for having helped the Nazis.
This one was a bit boring for me in all honesty, but I never read The Tattooist of Auschwitz and having read a lot of WWII books, this one didn’t rank up there with some of the others.
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