Comfort reading: 10 great books to snuggle up with on a cold day

[cbabe]

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2023/nov/26/comfort-reading-10-great-books-to-snuggle-up-with-on-a-cold-day

Comfort reading: 10 great books to snuggle up with on a cold day

Page-turners to enjoy when all you want to do is stay indoors

Emma Cook and Genevieve Fox
Sun 26 Nov 2023 03.00 EST

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[hermetic]

1. Nice

Thanks. Some additions to my TBR list. I got on a waiting list for that first one, by Donna Tartt. Should be getting it in another month or two.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

2. I don't tend to classify murder mysteries

As comfort reads, and that includes the mysteries with the misnomer classification of 'cosy.' I can appreciate the cosy feel of the books *outside* the murder(s), but I cannot find a way to reconcile violent death with the likes of kittens and hot cocoa. It just won't happen.

To me comfort reading would be books like Little Women, Anne of Green Gables or Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford--all those slice of old-time rural life books.

[yellowdogintexas]

3. Midnight at Malabar House is a very good read and I would definitely cuddle up

with cat, beverage and blanket to read anything by Mr Khan

For something cozy and fun, try his other series: Baby Ganesh Mysteries.
The first book opens with a retiring police officer receiving a baby elephant as a retirement gift from his sort of strange uncle. Hilarity ensues. There are 7 of these I think.

I love these books. They are a delight.

Also from that list: Cold Comfort Farm is a blast and the Wodehouse book would have to be fun because the BBC series The Blandings is based on that book.