COZY WINTER BOOKS RECS 🧊 cold reads to freeze your feelings 

“‘nutcracker man,’ she said with a sneer.” also that fit is gorgeous!!

Emma I was literally watching your old videos for winter book recommendations and was thinking when you would post one for this year and here it is! Thank you!!

Honest to god I never skip your book of the month ads they always make me giggle 🤭

I’ve read so many books due to your recommendations, but the one that touched me the most was Winter in Sokcho. I simply don’t skip a video of yours and it’s amazing to be part of this community. Thank you Emma ❤️✨ and merry Christmas!

There's -15°C and everything is covered in thick piles of snow where I live, so it's the perfect time to read Moominland Midwinter yet again. The Finnish name Taikatalvi (literally translated Magic Winter) perfectly encapsulates how the book has made me feel every time I've read it since childhood. Winter is the time for darkness, comfort and adventure 😊

You were right -- Ethan Frome is set in Massachusetts! Massachusetts is part of New England (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island).

Dear Emma, here in Rio it's still Spring, but looks like (a terrible) Summer. Your book recs will help me to freeze my feelings! Oh! I'm glad the bookman appeared! 😍

I just finished reading Ember and the Ice Dragons not even half an hour ago (from your recommendation) and I absolutely adored it! It was so sweet and cozy

Respectfully, how dare she be so beautiful! 😭

I bought my little cousin ember and the ice dragons last year on your recommendation and she loved it so thank you!

something about winter always brings me back to your videos, they’re such a delight

I just recently ordered online Snow by Orhan Pamuk from one of your winter book recommendations and it looks like I'll be ordering more from this one! Thank you for this video and the best recommendations as always Emma! 🤍❄

Hi Emma, you'd probably enjoy Sophie Anderson's books if you're ever in the mood for a middle grade read. All inspired by slavic folkfore and quite cosy :) I've enjoyed all of them!

I'm listening to A Wolf for a Spell right now and I'm loving it! It definitely fits the vibe

i think you’re the only youtuber i never skip ads from because they’re always so fun and creative

The Tiger's Bride was the most inspirational of The Bloody Chamber stories. I can't decide if it's the best, but the ideas I drew from reading it are priceless.

❤📚❤️ I had The Dollmaker of Krakow on my bookshelves and forgot about it until you reviewed it. Thanks! I added to my winter tbr.

ethan frome was written when edith wharton lived in the area where i’m from! the setting is inspired by it which is really neat. i sometimes stock up the little free library at her house :)

TY. Wishing you a very lovely holiday season.

Emma, if you haven’t already you need to check out Robert Dinsdale! He’s one of my favourite authors and his books The Toymakers and Paris By Starlight are perfect for this time of year. They are so beautifully written and full of magic 😊🥰

It's always so funny hearing you talk about From Lukov With Love because my name is Jasmine so every time you said it I was like "Yes?" 😂 Your seasonal book recommendation videos are some of my favorites, thanks for another great video! 🥰

had a crazy day at work this was the relaxing video i needed

such good recs, love this

As a fellow canadian when you said that about watching virtue and moir over and over again... ive never felt more validated in my life!! I remember watching their moulin rouge skate live on tv and then immediately going on youtube to watch it again :))

Finished Ember and the Ice Dragons last week and loved it ❤ thanks for the rec!!

Nutcracker Man admiring the nutcracker's mustache is everything

Merry Christmas Emmie! Love the content!

Can you please do a video on the nutcracker retellings you've read and the ones you want to read???

Absolutely LOVE the Nutcracker themed ad hahaha

My favorite videos of the year! 🤩 This may be too niche for a full video, but I'd be so curious to hear what all your recommendations are for middle grade books adults can read. I usually find the books you recommend in the languages I'm learning, since the reading level is perfect for my level of fluency. Not too easy, not too hard. It's a difficult thing to find because so many of them really are too young for adults to read, but the gems that are out there are perfect for foreign language entertainment/study!

yessss... I love The Bloody Chamber, so gorgeous 💖

i read the enchanted sonata last year because of you and it was magical

I always love your cold opens 😂

Ive been waiting for this video and finally here it is. Loved Winter in Sokcho and The Dollmaker of Krakow will probably be one of my winter reads this season. :) I had to laugh a little bit when you talked about Tessa and Scott, as Ive been a fan of their rivals, Gabi and Guillaume, and remembered the crazy two years... anyway, happy and magical December from Prague :)

I loved Ember and the Ice Dragons. I think it was the first Heather Fawcett that I read, but her books have become automatic TBR adds. I also really enjoyed A Wolf for a Spell. Thanks for the heads up on the winter aspects in The Bloody Chambers.

I bought Ember and the Ice Dragons for my 4th grader after your recommendation. She's starting it this week for a book report 🖤

Emma, my love, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries. DO IT. It's the perfect time and season. Trust me. Also, you look so pretty!

I have a few wintery books from Finland to recommend! Some of these you’ve read and mentioned. - Under The North Star trilogy by Väinö Linna One of the biggest Finnish classics but actually fantastic for people who don’t usually like classics. It follows one family through a time when also a lot of important events happened in Finnish history. Just read it and love it like everyone else does. - Year of The Hare by Arto Paasilinna A book you’ve mentioned and loved like I did. Had to put it on the list. - Meet The Grump by Tuomas Kyrö A Man Called Ove type of a book written before A Man Called Ove. Tuomas Kyrö had a radio show where he created the character ”Grump”. The Grump instantly became a legend and Tuomas Kyrö wrote a book of his story. I recommend this book for anyone who loved A Man Called Ove. - Moominland Midwinter and The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson I think you’ve mentioned Moominland Midwinter in one of your videos. I can easily recommend all of the Moomin books but this one is all about winter in the Moominland. Another favourite is Moominpappa at Sea. The True Deceiver is an independent novel by Tove Jansson which is also set in winter time.

I love the BOTM advert intros it's fortunate that I can get it in India now

You look so pretty in that outfit, and the background is so relaxing :)

Currently reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norel by Susanna Clark and liking it. Think there is a kind of Christmas atmosphere. You look beautiful, and you should have a truly happy holidays. Never met anyone your age that has so much style. Maybe it's not enough, but we all love you.

Just finished Ice by Anna Kavan after you mentioned it in your last video and loved it ❄️ So grateful for all your recommendations ❤

I love you Emma! ❤❤❤

your sponsorship ads are the only ones I never skip over.

Another Bookman BOTM ad, we love to see it 😂 Also I’m about to start Heaven & Hell and The Ice Palace! 🎉

I’m 4 books behind and I still have 7 books to read to hit my goal, but I’m in a horrendous reading slump but I wanna read so bad😭😭

I remember you talking about Heaven and Hell last year and added it to my ‘want to read’ list. This year, I just paused your video went to eBay and bought a copy! 😊 Excited to read it Side note: I feel very attacked by your opening. I am actually 8 books behind on my Goodreads read books for the year! Eek. Must. Read. More. Books. 😂

❤ you’re the best

Anything winter is a yes from me.

Cool winter recs! 🎁📚☕🎄⛄🌨️

Girl same, I've watched Tessa and Scott's last ice dance routine too many times

as someone who lives in california. emma I stg if you don't show me the snow at least once I'm going to go feral also I added almost all of these to my tbr I trust your recommendations with my life

Thank you so much for the Winter recs! Was looking forward to this. I’m not sure if you have ever read this book and quite frankly I’m not sure if Holocaust theme book is something to read for winter but Night by Elie Wiesel was a book I read couple of winters ago and it’s a good one. Happy reading!

I'm currently reading "Two Sherpas" by Sebastián Martínez Daniell, because I saw you talking about it some time ago. It is GORGEOUS! really highly highly highly recommend you read it! It's very *wintery* since it takes place on Mount Everest. The prose, the subjects, the narrative style. Honestly amazing. Hoping to write a paper on it in my migration course.

the saga of the book of the month mustache man continues! 😊

I have a winter rec for you! The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga by Sylvain Tesson. It's a translation from the French, which is just called Dans les forêts de Sibérie. It's about a dude who spends six months alone in a cabin on the shores of Lake Baikal.

OMG she looks gorgeous wtf?!

Hi Emma! I love Winter books!❄️🌬📚 Have you ever read "The Snow Queen"? By Hans Christian Anderson? It's a great fairytale book to read in the winter! Have a blessed Christmas!♥️🎄🎅🌺

I've never read Edith Wharton and I do live in New England but the part that you read was beautiful

aw yes been waiting for this one!! (have to confess I have *ALREADY* read Dollmaker of Krakow due to your earlier discussions on this...was it this past year sometime?) Top book, one of my very few five-star reads this year. thank youuuu =)

I've been waiting for this video💘 I wanna recommend you a book since your first one was by R. M. Romero, it's The Ghosts of Rose Hill, it was sooooo good, and poetic, you're definitely gonna enjoy it and love it, Also, i will be greedy and recommend you another one but this one is by Sophie Anderson, it's The House with Chicken Legs, it's about baba yaga, it's soooo beautiful and cozy, you're gonna like it.

Question for Emma and anyone else. What translation/edition of Letters to a Young Poet would your recommend to give to someone (never read it before) as a gift?

Now there's a thought, Emma reading The Bloody Chamber cover to cover in a live context in the depth of winter.

Just finished reading your Icelandic recommendation Heaven and Hell by Jon Kalman Stefansson. Such a beautiful read and perfect for winter time too.

I need to read the Bloody Chamber asap

I love your video💝

Winter rec: Egg & Spoon, a Baba Yaga / Princess & the Pauper retelling by Gregory Maguire (known for Wicked). It’s very wintery, charming and Baba Yaga is a very funny character. Read it a few years ago and still so much of it is so memorable and vivid to me.

My Reading Hero returns! Out of curiosity, Emma, how many books do you generally have going at once? I feel like I'm always having like ten or twelve going at once. I'm one away from my goal this year! Have a great week! 🙂P.S. Currently reading "The Legend of Holly Claus" and it's quite intriguing.

I own Winter in Sokcho, but I have yet to read it yet. I was wondering of you'd want to do a buddy read of it.

Love the dress! Bought the Alienist from a dif video of yours!

I am curious.. If i wanna read a retelling, is it necessary to read the original story first to fully enjoy it??

I love poetry too 🥺 so I will also check out Heaven and Hell

Hey Emma❤ You say every year you give a winter romance a try and end up not liking it. You can try lovelight farms this year. I am not a romance lover either,but I am giving it a chance and enjoying this thus far, though not finished it yet but it is good. Characters are loveable and not cringe👀

I saw the bloody chamber at the bottom of the thumbnail and clicked immediately for more recs like it ❤

i log children books, but i do read them bc i genuinely love some series like Pete the Cat

I read Heaven and Hell because of your recommendation, and it was the most beautiful book I've read this year. I hope you'll continue reading this trilogy. I don't know if you heard of The Snow Sister by Maja Lunde, but I think you would enjoy it. I also loved The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen and The Ice Dragon by George R. R. Martin. 😊

I love BOTM my Dec pic is winter in NY

well i love the nutcracker too

ethan frome was heartbreaking!! not to be dramatic but my jaw dropped at the ending.

8:45 I think Massachusetts is in new England.

Omg Tessa virtue and Scott Moir. I’ve watched the moulin rouge routine an embarrassing amount of times

👀...I am 8 books behind on my reading challenge - I feel attacked 😂

wooo

Massachusetts is part of New England! New England is Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut

i wish bookofthemonth shipped to aus

I'm 26 books behind my challenge 🙃🙂🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃

Coming into summer in new zealand

Ethan Frome probably does take place in Massachusetts. New England isn't a state. A group of states in a certain area is referred to as New England. Massachusetts is one of them.

Have you read Lonesome Dove?

Yayyyy 🥺✨ First commmeeenntttt ✨✨

Winter lasts forever in Canada, so you have plenty of time to read all your winter themed books.

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Emma I love you a lot but could you consider investing in a microphone? I have hearing problems and the background noise is really disturbing to me

Nutcracker man😂🤦‍♂️

Where’s your Oscar

zamzam water

I just finished watching Game of Thrones and your thumbnail writing says "Winter is Coming". Coincidence? I think not!

¿ Quien es la otra ?

I mean... children's books do count? Certainly as much as manga does? Reading is reading and reading is good. I am a fan and not trying to be crappy, but this is a confusing take. Unless you're reading board books for babies just to hit an arbitrary competitive reading number which ultimately doesn't matter as long as you're enjoying yourself, it counts. Just two cents. Anyway, just so it's not just criticism, I've previously read Winter in Sokcho and Heaven and Hell on your recommendation and loved them, and Ethan Frome is great but yes, miserable just like winter. Merry Christmas.

Winter in Sokcho is NOT it, waste of a read, especially for this month