Atmospheric Books for Winter 🕯️classics, fairytales, mysteries & more

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Hi friends! I have been waiting all year to share some of my favorite wintery books with you! These books have helped me fall even more in love with winter. They're magical, full of snow covered cabins, journey's across the arctic, winter wonderlands, romance, yule logs & mistletoe, grand hotels in the mountains, and some of them involve murder (if you're like me and consider murder mysteries as cozy books lol) and they all have such good winter vibes. I hope you enjoy!
🕯️Books I forgot to mention:
The Christmas Chronicles // Nigel Slater
Mistletoe and Murder: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery // Robin Stevens
Any Heidi Swain books!
Tale of The Winter Lands // J. D. Bass (this one is SO good!)
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@caitlinjohnson3895 3 года назад

Literally placed two separate book orders in the middle of watching this 😂. I need books like these, this year especially.

@DarlingDesi 3 года назад

Haha I do that ALL the time while watching other book recommendation videos 🙈 And I totally agree! I’ve needed books more than ever this year.

@shaiveekamat8640 10 месяцев назад

Desi's taste in books is IMMACULATE **mwah** ❤❤

@camidietz2758 3 года назад

I love that you recommend books outside of new releases! I love finding great books that are available at my library!

@Evergreenforest33 3 года назад

Yes!

@18thdandelion 2 года назад

I agree! :)

@oliwiapierowicz5846 3 года назад

aah yes the aesthetics are so beautiful! thank you for those wintery book recommendations 💕

@DarlingDesi 3 года назад

Thank YOU for watching! 🥰 I hope you have an amazing day!!

@badandbookiee9081 3 года назад

Wow!! It’s very rare that I watch a book recommendation video and place about 99% of them on my wishlist. Great job with this video!

@sjthorn 3 года назад

I always end up putting down so many books to buy or borrow when I watch your videos. You make them all sound so good.

@Tickles_The_Oaf 3 года назад

One of my favourite Christmas reads is The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen. It’s set in the early 1900s (perhaps during the war?) in a tiny village in England and is a stand-alone book in the “Her Royal Spyness” series. If you like a cosy, quintessential English Christmas, this book has it all!

@DBest-pk2tr 2 года назад

I too love L.M. Montgomery's stories. Her books are so wholesome and enjoyable. Thanks for your great videos!

@alexandrazibritovska870 3 года назад

Oh Desi..I just can’t describe how much i love what you’re doing.❤️ This year is literally you and your magical videos what makes my Christmas and gets me into Christmas spirit. I just can’t thank you enough for you being you, and working so hard to make magic like this. After a year and a half subscribing and being literally obsessed with your videos, you are getting better and better, and still brightening our days! You are literal angel, and the queen of the most atmospheric, aesthetic, and fairytale like videos. Much love❤️

@moonthunderstormsstarlight7022 3 года назад

The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins is a book I just finished. It's a book about a place called Dove Pond, NC, and the town was founded by a family with the last name Dove and every couple of generations there are 7 sisters born in this family with a magical gift. This is the first book and it's about one of the sisters named Sarah and books talk to her...they really TALK to her! Lol. She has a way of giving the right book to the right person at certain times and this book centers around a woman named Grace that moves very reluctantly to Dove Pond with her niece and her adoptive mother who's family was from Dove Pond originally.

@DarlingDesi 3 года назад

That sounds SO good 😍 I’m going to look it up now ☺️

@susanzumback7711 3 года назад

I read that it was a good one

@MeronPan4 3 года назад

I recommend Winterwood for a very atmospheric, wintery book 🥰 I read it in one sitting!

@hobsyllwin2562 3 года назад

My favourite winter book this year was The Winterhouse Series. It is a middle Grade Trilogy and takes place in a Castlelike Hotel around Christmas. And there is reading and skiing and ice skating involved and I just loved the books. My alltime favourite childrens book is the Winter Book out of the seasons of The Mice Of Brambly Hedge. These books are the most cosy, cute, quaint childrens books I ever read.... love your videos BTW!!!!!!!!!!!

@DarlingDesi 3 года назад

I own the first book in the Winterhouse series! I just need to read it 🙈 And thank you so much!

@hobsyllwin2562 3 года назад

@@DarlingDesi let us know if you liked it 😉

@sarajane7610 3 года назад

It’s March while I’m watching this and you inspire me to want to read. I haven’t read a novel or any books in a very long time. Thank you for your enthusiasm and all your videos brings me joy. 🌻🌻🌻

@HamsavahiniVajraasthra 3 года назад

Namaste Desi, loved the ambience of this video & your hairband is gorgeous!!!Watching this now!

@DarlingDesi 3 года назад

Thank you so so much!! ☺️

@rashibhanot6259 3 года назад

Just in time for the winter break! Love your videos ❤️! You are the epitome of aesthetic-ness😊!

@DarlingDesi 3 года назад

You’re so sweet!! And I hope you have a wonderful Winter break! ✨

@rashibhanot6259 3 года назад

@@DarlingDesi you too!!❤️

@lizdorrington2851 3 года назад

I loved all the book recommendations. Holiday By Gaslight sounds amazing! I just picked up a couple of good books today, one is a holiday read called A Very Murderous Christmas. It contains 10 classic crime stories by authors such as Ruth Rendell, John Mortimer, , Margery Allingham as well as others. The synopsis says it all and I can't wait to read it!

@ishaismail8357 2 года назад

I love your videos. ❤️ They’re such a treat and very lovely. I look forward to them so much. 😊

@heathers_happily_ever_afters 3 года назад

"The Golden Road" by L.M.Montgomery, kindle edition, is currently free on Amazon. ^_^

@reyofsunshine7171 3 года назад

Bless you Heather. Thanks for letting us know . 😄✨

@andalltheangelssay212 3 года назад

I just looked to see and couldn’t believe it, a set of 14 LM Montgomery books (all the Anne books, The Story girl and The golden Road, ) all for 49 pence , kindle edition on Amazon uk , I’m going to have so many happy hours of reading.

@Y.u.21 3 года назад

Normally i don’t watch youtube video’s till the end but with your vids, i could watch 50 in one day haha. You are so down to earth, exciting and im a book wurm like you. Im 14 so im still really young but still LOOOVE your video’s.

@lysamarzo 3 года назад

I loved "A Holiday By Gaslight". It was the perfect read for a long wintery weekend in a beautiful Victorian B&B on The Cape. I felt like I stepped back in time. Thank you for all wonderful recommendations. I want them all. :)

@susanzumback7711 3 года назад

Jenny colgan books are always a satisfying read.

@Doublehelix_ 3 года назад

Just one word *"I love you"* 💜 I lost all my Christmas happy vibes a long ago and suffering from reading slum..and the minute I saw this video and wonderful Christmassy recommendation my vibes came fast as ussain bolt🦄

@kathy2539 2 года назад

Oh wow, again I've added to my Winter list tbr. Thank you Desi.

@gqueene 3 года назад

I really need those book and your aesthetics vibes is so lovely🥰🥰

@ScullyPop 3 года назад

You've become one of my favorite booktubers. By the way, I finished reading live A Christmas Carol.

@RebeccaBooks 3 года назад

Mr. Dickens and his Carol sounds amazing I want it so badly now!😍

@kylenebrender8611 3 года назад

The Blue Castle!!! Haha Sorry for all of my comments. I am obsessed with that book hahaha Loved the Golden Road and Story Girl! So glad you are recommending them! Yay! I keep discovering more as I watch more of your videos haha

@sara2382 3 года назад

I just finished reading The Snow Child and wow. So magical and beautiful. The winter vibes are top notch. I also really enjoyed the winter night trilogy, which starts with The Bear and the Nightingale. Both books are based on Russian folklore, but they're very different kinds of books.

@mengmengsu3893 3 года назад

Just found out ur channel and I can't explain how much I looooooooove you!!! Please please please never stop these amazing videos! I feel like I wanna watch them all my life!!!

@suzannebousquet2710 3 года назад

What a wonderful video. I just added a lot of books to my wishlist, future TBR. I too love books set in snowy winter. Right now, we are in the middle of a snowstorm! I also downloaded Likewise. Thanks for your recommendations.🌲❄️⛄

@HamsavahiniVajraasthra 3 года назад

Desi, loved the books you recommended here! I'll try to get a few of them, I love Montgomery too !Thanks for the recommendations!Happy Reading🥰🥰🥰❄❄❄

@DarlingDesi 3 года назад

So happy you enjoyed some of the recommendations! ☺️

@tiboraranyossi9263 3 года назад

Charles Dickens CHRISTMAS-ALWAYS 🎄❤️ I also LOVE Jenny Colgan's books 😊

@alyssacascos8665 3 года назад

I love Likewise! ❤I always look for new books every day😊💕

@ErikaLM10 3 года назад

I read A Holiday by Gaslight because of this video and it was so mature and cute and clean. I love Ned ❤️

@AdrianasWonderland Год назад

amazing recs! i cannot wait for the winter season!

@AMAR9933 2 года назад

FINALLY!!! A video with a Mimi Matthews recommendation

@rebeccamorrison1313 3 года назад

I just spent $50 and I blame you! 😂

@jijidoodledoo 3 года назад

i like how you love l.m. montgomery's works! 🤧 her narratives are truly beautiful! 🖤

@TheRitualofReading 3 года назад

Such good recommendations ! Thank you, Darling Desi ! :) and nice to meet you !

@indiegirl100 3 года назад

If you like illustrated books based around Christmas in the countryside, I'd recommend Winter Story by Jill Barklem & Little Grey Rabbit's Christmas by Alison Uttley. I like all the vintage details, they always take me back & make me feel cosy & festive.

@anothermelon0309 2 года назад

Coming back here after reading A Holiday by Gaslight by Mimi Matthews! I love, love the book! Sophie and Ned's chemistry is unmatched. I was swooning over them from start to finish. I can't stress enough how I adore the book. Thank you for recommending it! I love your recommendations. I know it's June and I'm supposed to be reading summer books of some sort, but...I'm reading Christmas On The Island next.💖 P.S. I've read the first three books in the Anne of Green Gables series which I enjoyed very much as well. And I read Persuasion, my second Jane Austen Book. And I liked it, too. All thanks to you, you inspired me to read them. Love you and your contents!💖😘

@suzannebousquet2710 3 года назад

In the mystery genre, you might like Ragnor Jonasson's Snowblind which takes place in northern Iceland. Also, William Kent Krueger's Cork O'connor series, which takes place in Minnesota, is very atmospheric. It also deals with the relations between Native Americans and the non native population. Delves into what it means to be Native American, or part Native Amey. Start with Iron Lake.

@sgussy 3 года назад

I have to pause every few books to go on amazon. Oh my so happy to find your site.

@rebekahkerr1723 3 года назад

So stoked for this video. I’m definitely in need of some new books!

@sheilaelaine4106 3 года назад

I've read the castle in the clouds multiple times in the last years (in german thogh) and I adore it with my whole heart. I hope you will enjoy it too!

@hannahahanonu9884 3 года назад

I always love your book reccomendations!!😍😍😍

@dianaadhdchannel 3 года назад

Thanks for the recommendations! Looking lovely as always ✨

@lyndavey4392 3 года назад

O I am loving this channel orded 2 books....My list of winter to read books is growing....x

@cheriblossom3777 2 года назад

I’m watching your videos all over cuz I miss you. Get well💕

@NicoleACottageWitch 3 года назад

You should try Yrsa Sigurdardottir. She’s an Icelandic mystery/suspense writer. They’re extremely atmospheric and eerie, especially her more recent ones. They’re perfect for curling up with cozy blankets and hot chocolate.

@wiebkebeuster5148 3 года назад

I highly, highly recommend the Winter Night trilogy (The Bear and the Nightingale, The Girl in the Tower, The Winter of the Witch) by Katherine Arden! The story is set in medieval (I think) Russia and basically revolves around old Russian fairytales. While people are starting to forget them due to the strong influence of Christianity, the girl Wasja has the second sight: She can see all the creatures from the fairytales for they are actually real. We follow Wasja all through her childhood and youth where she faces big problems for being different and not conforming to the then existing gender rules. She is deemed a witch, outcast and struggling to find her place in the world. There is a lot of adventure, mystery and magic, but also a lot of depth, struggle and tragedy. The language of the books is very vivid and simply beautiful. There are no books which will make you feel the winter atmosphere stronger!

@HollyByGollyBooks 3 года назад

I am absolutely obsessed with your aesthetic!

@fencinglady2074 3 года назад

I like "Timeless" trilogy by Kerstin Gier, but never heard about "A castle in the clouds". Thanks for the recommendation!

@rebeccacarroll9893 3 года назад

If you like "A Holiday by Gaslight" I would recommend "In Pursuit of a Gentleman" by Arlem Hawks AND "The Captain and Miss Winter" by Sally Britton. They're both a part of the Regency Fairy Tale Retelling series which I adore all of but these are particularly wintery settings perfect for winter and Christmas time. They're sweet short reads so if you're looking for something to pick up and devour these are for you. Also, IPoaG will make you crave gingerbread cookies.

@kimmiebowlinjg 3 года назад

I absolutely LOVE your channel. I just found you last week. I do wish you would list all the book you have on the video in the description. I can’t always stop and write them down when I’m watching ( sometimes I’m taking a bath or listening when driving) I know this would make extra work for you but it would be wonderful to have them listed. ❤️❤️

@lilpoppytrapstar214 3 года назад

I like "the bear and the nightingale"by Katherine Arden. Its the first book in the winter night trilogy and is based in medieval Russia. It has winter, mythology and witchy vibes. I read it this year and feel in love with it and read the rest of the series.

@heathers_happily_ever_afters 3 года назад

Ok..You convinced me! I picked up "A Holiday by Gaslight" and I also joined The Book of the Month. I selected "In A Holidaze" & "These Violent Delights" for my first box.

@laceyjs92 3 года назад

Some super neat recommendations, particularly looking forward to reading Castle in the Clouds and a woman in the polar night

@GoldenSnowFairy 3 года назад

Thank you so much for continually reminding me about the magical wonders of reading

@leonie9101 3 года назад

Omg, I love Castle in the Clouds! It’s by a German author, and I didn’t even know it had been translated into english. It’s one of my favorite Christmas novels!

@krymsonshenk6050 3 года назад

Thanks for the suggestions, added some to my wish list

@ChantelReadsAllDay 3 года назад

Such great recommendations! I'm personal on Miss Marple's side as far as Agatha's detectives, just last night I finished A Murder Announced and it's going down as one of my favorite Agatha Christie books, if you haven't read that one yet, I'd recommend it!

@jaclyncamacho2420 3 года назад

Thank you! Been wishing and hoping for this ⚘

@DarlingDesi 3 года назад

Aww yay! That makes me so happy! ☺️

@makaylaconner5789 3 года назад

my brother sat down next to me when I started watching this and he said, "is that taylor swift?" and I said "uh no" and he thought I was lying!!! anyways such a cozy video as always!!!

@ashleyjoyes4425 3 года назад

Lol!!!!

@reyofsunshine7171 3 года назад

It's the bangs and lipstick

@sandrasandra-gu2tw 3 года назад

My favourite book (especially for the winter) is definitely The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Also the movie is so good and heartwarming.

@tishannax 3 года назад

im very glad i found your channel

@evermorestan04 3 года назад

Please do one of these for spring and summer 🙏

@lilacchocolate 3 года назад

I watch a lot of booktubers and sometimes the same books get repeated over and over, I love that a lot of your recommendations are ones I've never heard of before but sound fascinating! 📚👏☺️ Also, did you know that in watch advertising they always set the time to 10h10 because it looks like a smiley face and people are more likely to buy from a happy face that a sad one (e.g. 8h20)? Just thought I'd mention it for your clock behind you, to give off a happier vibe (if it's an actual working clock that just has dead batteries ignore me but for display purposes, it's worth considering 😉

@mandyd2h530 3 года назад

I love Agatha Christie’s novels but for the life of me, I can’t pronounce Hercule Poirot’s name! 😆 Every time I’m trying to talk about one of her stories and I need to say it, I point at my husband and he says it flawlessly! I don’t think I’ll ever get there.

@DarlingDesi 3 года назад

Haha I feel you! I look up pronunciation videos on RU-vid and repeat it so many times so I can practice 😂 ONE DAY!!

@CozyRevolution 3 года назад

Thank you for the wonderful recommendations! I decided to try 4 of your picks. Your videos are so cozy and friendly❤️ Happy reading! XxxRichalyn

@Bonniesheavenmirror 3 года назад

I'm curious to know your thoughts on The Bear and the Nightangle series. If you haven't done it already. I just recently subscribed to your channel and have a lot of catching up to do lol

@DarlingDesi 3 года назад

I actually haven’t read that series yet! I own the books, I just haven’t read them 🙈

@18thdandelion 2 года назад

Hi Desi, thank you for the book recommendations. I would like to recommend Sky Song too, by Abi Elphinstone. It's middle grade, along the vibes of Way Past Winter, with gorgeous, snowy landscapes. I also like The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher. It's very cosy and you can't help but feel lots of Christmas vibes.

@Willow-tt7ef 3 года назад

Loved loves Spinning Silver 🤍

@shaiveekamat8640 10 месяцев назад

Another amazing wintery book is The Wolf Princess by Cathryn Constable. Please don't roll your eyes at the title; it's a novel about orphan Sophie who is very excited to go on a school trip to Russia with her two best friends, but the trio is separated from their schoolmates and lost in the harsh Russian winter storms. They get rescued by a very beautiful princess who seems to be keeping many, many secrets ... I won't say anything more to avoid spoilers but believe me, this is one of my all time favourite books, it is elegantly written and the setting is just magical, and I think a lot of us will relate with Sophie. It's full of suspense and cosiness and I loved it so, so much. ❄️💙

@marieke2026 3 года назад

Have you considered reading the bear and the nightingale? think you might really like that one!

@fertilevessel1271 3 года назад

Omg you seriously need to watch “Meet Me in St Louis” if you love this Holiday by Gaslight. You will LOOOVE IT

@ScullyPop 3 года назад

You know I read A Christmas Carol live the other day 📚🎧

@andreeastiopu1831 3 года назад

Love, love Agatha! ❤️

@dottydisorganised8965 3 года назад

Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy is a beautiful winter/Christmas book.

@juliearmstrong8781 3 года назад

Jenny Colgan released “A Christmas at the Island Hotel” this fall. It follows the same characters. Loved it.

@clairecolbert6953 3 года назад

i read something on goodreads that you have to read the previous books to read a christmas on the island. do you agree with that or could I jump right in?

@juliearmstrong8781 3 года назад

@@clairecolbert6953 I’d read the books in order, “Christmas at the Island Hotel” is the latest. The books are wonderful - love the characters.

@Liam-Laurence 2 года назад

north child reminds me a lot of "White-Bear-King-Valemon" or the "soria moria slott" mostly bacsue of the girl riding on the white bear

@fraffee 3 года назад

Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl - Not set during winter time, but her lush and vivid writing is perfect for cozy winter days. Then for a reflective night in, Quiet by Susan Cain :)

@ninarasm 3 года назад

Hi, I just wanted to tell you that Colgan just released one more Christmas book in the Mure series. So you don't have to leave them yet :D I believe it's called The Christmas Hotel or something like that. I haven't read it yet. And thanks for some great middlegrade recommendations!

@kearstynprice5250 3 года назад

Little women is the best winter read ❤️

@katieburgess6839 3 года назад

If you haven't read Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates, I think you'd love it for the winter vibes and classic, feel good story.

@margauxcorfa6883 3 года назад

Thank you ! I'm ordering A woman in the polar night and Early Riser :), hope you'll read more sci-fi books in the futur because I would love your recommendations !

@DarlingDesi 3 года назад

Aww yay! I hope you enjoy them!! Haha, I probably won’t be reading too much sci-fi, sorry! I used to read it more often, but I’ve just found myself in classics, mysteries and historical fiction. But my favorite sci-fi books are Skyward (Brandon Sanderson), Dune and The Martian ✨

@camillehaiczak9456 3 года назад

Perfect video, so inspiring as always 💕 I've been reading the Winterhouse serie by Ben Guterson lately, it's very cozy and festive ❄

@meganinthemountains 3 года назад

Vilette by C Bronte is so wintery

@Theatre_Girl63095 3 года назад

I read Mr. Dickens and His Carol for the Gilmore Girls Readathon, I thought it was a really sweet story

@ameliedebazouges9408 2 года назад

Hello Darling Desi! I don't know if you will read me or even answer me but we haven't seen you in a while. Hope everything is ok. I miss your videos especially the ones you used to do on books. Thanks to you I discovered so many great readings. Take care x Amélie from France Normandie.

@blueberrymuffin113 2 года назад

Kerstin Gier is a German author and this is the first time I saw one of her books in a foreign language edition! 🤍🧚‍♂️💫

@Martina-lp3sc 3 года назад

you remind me a lot of princess Aurora 🥰

@MarciaSilva-dk7et 3 года назад

I love this so much ❤

@DarlingDesi 3 года назад

Thank you so much! 🧡

@divinedia 2 года назад

I love fairytales

@PumpkinMozie 3 года назад

Likewise sounds cool but I don’t like that they link to Amazon 😖 I prefer to buy local whenever possible.

@DarlingDesi 3 года назад

I totally get that! I prefer to buy books from my local stores as well. Especially my local used book store. I shop there probably more than anywhere else. But I do often discover books online, and then find that my small local bookstores don’t carry them. For example, none of my local bookstores carried “A Holiday by Gaslight” and they can usually order it, but it often takes a long time to arrive, so I ordered that one on Amazon 🙈 or a lot of books that I want that are published in the UK, are also difficult to find here. So I do like having the option of Amazon ☺️

@anikasmucker3208 3 года назад

So I have read the book about the bear and the girl named Rose many times and I have loved it. But I grew up with a version where the book was called East and I got so confused when you called it North child. So I looked it up and realized that it is called the north child in the UK and Australia😁 it also has a sequel that is really good and very wintery

@malinmaskros 3 года назад

when you said that you would even recommend a christmas fantasy novel, I was sure that you would recommend hogfather by terry pratchett! if you haven't read it - do!

@swansandducks1996 3 года назад

Amazing video! Thanks!

@francescaferrigno2959 3 года назад

Desi please try to read “the eye of the wolf” of Daniel Pennac It’s a short book about a wolf and a guy that talk about their past. It also is really wintery