Little House in the Big Woods | Anne of Green Gables | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
The first three of this Top Ten were easy to come up with: the first three books of my three most treasured childhood series. I can’t think of a better way to pass snowy (or more likely in my area – icy) day than revisiting old childhood favorites.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | The Midwife | The Maid’s Tale | Life in a Medieval Castle
Another thing that’s nice to do is escape to another time or place. Two memoirs by women of the past, a guide to medieval life, and a novel of post-war England certainly do that. I really can’t wait to curl up with some of these this winter.
The City Who Fought | The Dragonriders of Pern | The Name of the Wind
Speaking of ‘another time or place’ – a great sci-fi or fantasy book is just as good at taking you away. Anne McCaffrey is my all-time favorite author, and honestly a big part of why I want to write books. Her Brainship books are some of the first science fiction I ever read and her Pern novels are the first blending of sci-fi/fantasy that I ever really got into. Patrick Rothfuss has created a masterpiece as well, and sitting in a cozy chair reading any of these books would be an amazing thing to do on a cold winter day.
-Sarah-
Coffee & Crows 
Great top ten for wintry weather! I still haven’t read the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Would you recommend it?
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I would definitely recommend it! Seriously high on my “favorite books” list, if I had one. In my opinion, the Netflix adaptation is one of the best books-to-movies around, too.
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Great picks! I especially love your childhood favorites 🙂 I love watching Call the Midwife and even bought the books, but I haven’t delved into them yet. I need to get on that!
Happy TTT!
Susan
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Ooh, so many good choices! I especially love your top three. I feel like those are definitely in the top-ten-winter-reads amongst a lot of people and for good reason! They just fit with this season beautifully. Thanks for sharing!
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I was in love with Laura Ingalls Wilder when I was a kid, my dad brought me one of her books one day (I want to say it was On the Banks of Plum Creek) and it triggered an obsession with prairie/settler adventure books from that time period.
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Sweeping fantasies are great for winter!
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