A Winter Bookshelf
Full of folktales, new ideas, and reminiscences, these new reads are the perfect thing to warm you up on the chilly days and nights of winter. Curl up with one of our recommendations, and uncover new worlds from the comfort of your home.
The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister In this Southern Gothic novel set in Appalachian West Virginia, a woman is brought to life from vegetation each generation to carry on the family line—a “bog wife”. But when the bog fails to honor the bargain, the Haddesley family faces an unknown future.
What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World’s Most Familiar Bird by Sy Montgomery An exploration of the special relationships between chickens and humans, this short book takes the reader inside the flock and illuminates what makes these seemingly common creatures so remarkable.
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer This pocket-sized book is choc-full of environmental wisdom, teaching us about reciprocity in the natural world and how it relates to the world we humans make for ourselves.
There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib From poet and author Abdurraqib comes another poignant look at culture at large through the lens of a basketball fan growing up in Columbus, OH in the 1990s.
Eleanore of Avignon by Elizabeth DeLozier With a teaser of “the story of a woman who is unwilling to bend to the limitations her society places upon her when she becomes the unlikely apprentice to the pope’s physician at the most challenging and dangerous moment in medieval European history,” what more could you ask for from a historical fiction novel?
Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa, Alison Watts (Translator) Beloved in Japan, this special novel follows aimless sweet-shop worker Sentaro as he meets an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past, and as she teaches him her craft, they find an unexpected friendship.
