Cozy Winter Reading Challenge - Reading Suggestions

Read a new book (or just pick one from our new book shelf)
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Pastoral Song by James Rebanks
Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
When the Stars go Dark by Paula McLain
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Read a mystery (here’s mystery authors with lots to choose from)
Tony Hillerman and Anne Hillerman
Louise Penny
James Patterson
Sue Grafton
Robert B. Parker
Stuart Woods
William Kent Krueger
M.C. Beaton
Mary Higgins Clark
Janet Evanovich
Read a book recommended by a friend
…or ask staff or volunteers at the library front desk!
Read a historical novel
Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini
The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Read a book in your pajamas
Don’t forget a snuggly blanket!
Read a children’s book
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
The Mysterious Benedict’s Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson
The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Read a teen book
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
Bloom by Kenneth oppel
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Read a book by an Oregon author
Ursula K. le Guin
Ken Kesey
Beverly Cleary
Kate Wilhelm
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Karen Thompson Walker
Cheryl Strayed
Bob Welch
Bill Sullivan
Carola Dunn
Dorcas Smucker
Laurie Notaro
Dav Pilkey
Suzie Remis
Molly Gloss
Read a book with a white or blue cover
It by Stephen King
Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hilderbrand
Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams
City of Endless Nights by Preston & Child
Appleseed by Matt Bell
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Timepiece by Richard Paul Evans
Shift by Hugh Howey
Miss Austen by Gill Hornby
All the Devils Lie Here by Louise Penny
Read a book about someone from another culture or place
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Taste of Sugar by Marisel Vera
There There by Tommy Orange
The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
The Dry by Jane Harper
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Read a book by a new author
Pick one from any of these lists or choose one at random from the shelves!
Read a nonfiction book about history or science
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginsbotham
You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell
The Blue Valley: A History of Creswell by George Ross
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid by Thor Hanson
Fossil Men by Kermit Pattison
What if? by Randall Munroe
Stiff by Mary Roach
Pastoral Song by James Rebanks
Listen to an audiobook
Feel free to check out the Libby app or use the audiobooks in CD format on our shelves!
Read an ebook
Ask us about getting started with Libby if you’re not already set up!
Read a book published in the year (or decade) you were born
‘40s
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (1940)
The little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1943)
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (1947)
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (1948)
‘50s
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (1950)
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote (1958)
‘60s
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (1964)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964)
Dune by Frank Herbert (1965)
‘70s
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (1970)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by 1971)
The Shining by Stephen King (1977)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (1979)
‘80s
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985)
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (1988)
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (1989)
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (1989)
‘90s
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (1991)
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding (1996)
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (1997)
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (1999)
‘00s
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (2000)
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (2003)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2003)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006)
Read a motivational/inspirational/self-help book
Such a Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster
Educated by Tara Westover
The Subtle art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson
Breath by James Nestor
The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama XIV
Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Easy Crafts for the Insane by Kelly Williams Brown
Wait, What? By James E. Ryan
Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
Of Mess and Moxie by Jen Hatmaker
Poke the Box by Seth Godin
Read a book that takes place in winter
City of Thieves by David Benioff
A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
Snow Falling on Cedars by david Guterson
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
One by One by Ruth Ware
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Read a book set in someplace warm
28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Holes by Louis Sachar
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Camino Winds by John Grisham
Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen
Out of Africa by Karen Blixen
Read a classic
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
1984 by George Orwell
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Little Women by Lousisa May Alcott
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Read a book with a little romance
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
The Giant’s House by Elizabeth McCracken
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
The Next Always by Nora Roberts
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Call Me by Your Name by Andre Achman
Bridgerton by Julie Quinn
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
Write a review of a book you read to share with others in the challenge
Share your review with a friend or with someone at the library front desk!
Read a book that was made into a movie
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Painted Veil by William Somerset Maugham
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Timeline by Michael Crichton
Lincoln’s Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Shopgirl by Steve Martin
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Watch a movie that was based on a book you read
(See above list)
Read a story to a child (or partner, pet, pet rock, or potted plant)
Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins
Ninja Red Riding Hood by Corey Rosen Schwartz
Guess Again by Mac Barnett
Hello, George by Jules Pfeiffer
Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
I Just Ate My Friend by Kate McKinnion
Whoops! by Suzi Moore
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
Shh, We Have a Plan by Chris Haaghton
The Bad Seed by Jory John