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Snowy landscapes, icy air, cozy evenings spent at home…winter always provides a picture-perfect setting. Many readers even insist it's the best of all seasons for snuggling up with a good book. In ...

Cool down with chilly thrillers, snowy fantasies and Alpine adventure novels. By Calum Marsh Calum Marsh is a reporter and critic who writes about arts, culture and sports. Frigid storms, heaps of ...

In “The Blood in Winter,” Jonathan Healey explores the many causes of the English Civil War. By Catherine Nicholson Catherine Nicholson is a professor of English at Yale and the author of “Uncommon ...