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Can you believe it’s December already? I feel like last winter just ended, and now here I am about to begin another one.
There’s something about this time of year that makes me want to return to books I’ve reread many times before. The weather in the part of the world where I live grows pretty cold in November and generally doesn’t warm up again until April.
We’ll soon be getting into snowstorm season, too, which makes spending a lot of time outdoors even less appealing to me. These long, dark months are perfect for reading, though!
I love the feeling of beginning that first chapter of an old favorite when you know everything that’s about to happen to a beloved character. It feels sort of like having a cup of coffee with an old friend in real life and catching up on all of the wonderful things have happened to them since you last spent time together.
This list is going to be filled with nothing but the classics, many of which are taught in school. Due to that, I won’t be going into detail about my choices like I normally do. I strongly suspect that everyone who finds this post has already read, or at the very least heard of, everything on my list.
1. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.
2. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
3. The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry.
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4. Heidi by Johanna Spyri.
5. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
6. My Ántonia by Willa Cather.
7. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.
8. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.
9. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.
10. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
What do you like to read when the weather outside is frightful? If you live in a warm climate, I am a little envious of you right now and hope you’re enjoying all of that nice, sunny weather.
Great list! A Christmas Carol is one of those stories that never gets old, a true Christmas classic, and The Chronicles of Narnia and Little Women always make me think of Christmas, too.
Thank you! Yes, A Christmas Carol is definitely timeless.
The Long Winter was on my list this week. I don’t think I’ve ever read A Christmas Carol, although I’ve seen plenty of TV adaptations. I probably should someday, although I have quite a few backlist books I’d like to read this winter, so I probably won’t this year.
Which TV adaptations have you seen? All of the ones I’ve seen have done an excellent job of translating A Christmas Carol to the small screen.
I hope you’ll catch up on your backlist this winter.
These are such good choices! I love Little Women. A great book.
Thank you! Yes, Little Women is such a classic.
Great list! So many good ones!
Thank you very much.
Great selection, you can never go wrong with A Christmas Carol!
Thank you and I totally agree with you there.
Jane Eyre and Sherlock Holmes will always be dear favourites of mine.
So glad to hear that. They’re wonderful stories.
I loved Jane Eyre! Also Little Women. Hope you stay warm in what sounds like a brutal winter!
Thank you! I’ll do my best.
I feel the same way about the weather, and the time of year. And re- reads of old favorites ARE special this time of year. I just re- read the Hobbit last week and thoroughly enjoyed it!
That’s awesome, Greg. Will you be rereading the Lord of the Rings trilogy next?
So many lovely picks! I’ve been kind of kicking myself in the backside today after forgetting to include A Christmas Carol on my list, despite it being one of my longest traditions when it comes to rereading! But, ah, I love literally all of these titles and they give me the automatic warm and fuzzies just by seeing them mentioned. Little Women, The Hobbit, Narnia as a whole… yes, yes, yes! Thanks for sharing.
Yes, it can be tricky to remember everything you’d like to include in a list like this. We seem to have pretty similar tastes in the classics.
So many books I didn’t think of this week. They had some fierce winters in the Little House books. I didn’t even think of those.
Yes, they sure did. I wonder what they would think of the warmer winters some parts of the world are now experiencing?
Reading old favorites this time of year sounds perfect. I could totally see myself cracking open Little Women during this time. Nice list!
Thank you. I’m glad to hear that you understand this.
I always find myself wanting to read really cheesy romances at this time of year. Give me all the instalove in December and I’m a happy camper.
Hope you have a great week and thanks for stopping by my blog.
You’re welcome. I’d never thought about reading cheesy romances at this time of the year, but it makes a great deal of sense.
This is reminding me that I should probably at some point finish Jane Eyre! I tried listening to it as an audiobook a while ago and didn’t wind up finishing it… maybe being snowed in this winter would be a good motivator…
Hopefully it will be!
I haven ever even read A Christmas Carol but I’m planning on changing that fairly soon, hah! 🙂 Can’t wait to add one more to my “read classics”-list since I rarely read those.
I hope you enjoy it. I also wrote next week’s Top Ten Tuesday post. It’s not about classic novels like some of my recent posts here have been. If you check it out, I’d sure like to hear your thoughts on it!
Great list! I don’t really change my reading by season but these are great recommendations. I think I need to rewatch the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe this year.
Thank you! Have fun rewatching The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. I love that film.
I only just saw the cover for The Long Winter in another TTT post and thought it so lovely and retro! You were right, I do know the others on your list, but I loved how you described reading an old favourite again.
Thanks, I appreciate that. Is it safe to assume you’ve read The Long Winter?
A Christmas Carol is such a good classic!
I want to read some Tolkien eventually, I feel like the Hobbit would be a good place to start if it’s a prequel book.
Happy Reading!! <3
Thank you! Yes, The Hobbit is the perfect place to start if you’ve never read Tolkien before.
Great choices! Can’t believe I forgot to include Heidi. That’s definitely a cozy and wintry read. ^_^
It sure is. When was the last time you reread it?
What a great list! The Chronicles of Narnia is definitely one of the first series I think of when it comes to wintry reads, especially The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Something about that iconic scene with the lamppost in the snow, and Mr. Tumnus (not sure if I’m spelling that right, it’s been a LOOOONG time!) – it’s so great and cozy.
Yes, absolutely! That’s the exact scene I thought of, too. I think you did spell Mr. Tumnus’ name correctly.
Oh Heidi, I still haven’t read it but what I remember of the movie it does work. And I am hoping to read A Christmas Carol this month. 😀
I’ve never seen a film version of Heidi. Honestly, I didn’t even know there was such a thing.
I hope you enjoy A Christmas Carol. It’s such a good read. If you end up liking it, there’s a prequel to it called Miss Marley that was written by a contemporary author, Vanessa Lafaye. I’m still waiting for my copy from the library, but I’m very excited to read it.
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is such a nostalgic favourite of mine! The Hobbit and A Christmas Carol are also such great cosy reads! For me, Harry Potter is my ultimate go-to as it never fails to make me happy!
Ooh, Harry Potter is another good choice. I loved the descriptions of the simple, heartwarming presents that Ron’s mom always made not only for her kids but for Harry, too. Christmas in the Weasley household sounds absolutely perfect to me.
Yes, I agree completely! Mrs Weasley is the best book mum and I would love one of her hand-knitted jumpers!
I totally agree – there’s something about the cold winter months that makes me want to re-read old favorites 🙂
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‘The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe’ is THE perfect, most ideal of winter reads. Someday I’d really like to a: re-read the three I’ve read and b: finish the series (especially now Netflix is supposed to adapt them). “Little Women” and “The Gift of the Magi” are both novels I haven’t read, but they seem the perfect cozy read. 🙂
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I hadn’t heard that Netflix is adapting the Chronicles of Narnia. That’s wonderful. Yes, you should definitely read that series before the adaptation comes out.
Little Women and The Gift of the Magi were both great reads.