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• The Children's Blizzard

  a Novel

  Benjamin, Melanie, 1962-

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  Based on actual oral histories of survivors, this gripping novel follows the stories of Raina and Gerda Olsen, two sisters, both schoolteachers - one becomes a hero of the storm and the other finds herself ostracized in the aftermath.

• The Land in Winter

  Miller, Andrew, 1961-

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  An exquisite, page-turning examination of relationships, The Land in Winter is a masterclass in storytelling--proof yet again that Andrew Miller is one of the most dazzling chroniclers of the human heart.

• Migrations

  McConaghy, Charlotte

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  Franny Stone has always been a wanderer. By following the ocean's tides and the birds that soar above, she can forget the losses that have haunted her life. But when the wild she so loves begins to disappear, Franny can no longer wander without a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Road Out of Winter

  Stine, Alison, 1978-

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  After a harrowing encounter with a violent cult, Wil and her small group of exiles become a target for the cult's volatile leader. Because she has the most valuable skill in the climate chaos: she can make things grow.

• Shiver

  Reynolds, Allie

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  A reunion weekend in the French Alps turns deadly when five friends discover that someone has deliberately stranded them at their remote mountaintop resort during a snowstorm.

• We Used to Live Here

  Kliewer, Marcus

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  A young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve, while restoring an old house, answer the door to a man claiming to have lived there years before, which sets in motion a chain of uncanny and inexplicable events leading to Charlie's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When Winter Comes

  Shannon, V. A.

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  A survivor of the Donner Party excursion recounts her life as a teenager escaping an abusive family, taking the journey with the Donner family and enduring a tragic winter in the Sierras.

• Winter Counts

  a Novel

  Weiden, David Heska Wanbli, 1963-

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  Virgil Wounded Horse, the local enforcer on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, seeks the source of the heroine that came onto the reservation and into the life of his nephew.

• Winter's Handmaiden

  Wade, J. C.

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  A goddess disappears without warning. Humanity suffers in an enduring winter. Within a modern archeology dig site, unsuspecting Maryn Ferguson uncovers a powerful and mysterious ancient artifact that thrusts her into a journey of epic proportions.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Winter Soldier

  Mason, Daniel (Daniel Philippe)

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  An unprepared young army doctor takes a post in the snowy mountains of Carpathia in 1914.

• The Winter Station

  a Novel

  Shields, Jody, 1952-

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  1910: people are mysteriously dying at an alarming rate in the Russian-ruled city of Kharbin, a major railway outpost in Northern China. Strangely, some of the dead bodies vanish before they can be identified. During a dangerously cold winter in a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Winter World

  Riddle, A. G.

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  A new ice age on Earth. A mysterious object in space. And a desperate mission to save humanity from extinction.

• Winter's Tale

  Helprin, Mark

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  In this magical story, Peter Lake, orphan and master-mechanic, attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on New York's Upper West Side.

• Wolf Winter

  a Novel

  Ekbäck, Cecilia, 1971-

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  Swedish Lapland, 1717. Maija and her family have fled their native Finland only to discover dangers in the mountain valley. When a neighbor dies out in the open snow, most blame it on wolves, but Maija senses that the killer is all too human in this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wolves of Winter

  a Novel

  Jones, Dan, 1981-

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  1347. Bruised and bloodied by an epic battle at Crécy, six soldiers known as the Essex Dogs pick through the wreckage of the fighting-and their own lives. Now a new siege is beginning, and the Dogs are sent to attack the soaring walls of Calais.…Read moreRead more of this annotation