Recs if you like The Dead of Winter: Beware the Krampus and Other Wicked Christmas Creatures...

Non-fiction about horror, those is the horror industry, horror-adjacent subjects, and down-right terrifying books.

Alternative Xmas reading — think downbeat stories, family dysfunction, holiday loneliness, seasonal depression, black comedy. There's a gift from me to you under the tree in the comments.

Other winter-holiday books welcome as long as they're cranky!

Is your cynicism chronic? Check out my list Bleakness Is My Weakness...

A list of vibey winter setting period fiction to read in December, across all genres. From the Classic winter ghost story to Victorian crime fiction to winter castle Gothic romances, this is the ultinate list of snow-covered gas lamps, cups of hot cocoa, sweeping Yule ballgown skirts and flowery language. Make sure to comment your Recs!

For those who want to read about historical aspects of Christmas or memories of it. Open to any and all nonfiction recommendations

Creaking stairs, whispers and cold seeping into the house.

my nov-dec tbr