Recs if you like The Long Winter...

It's always there just oozing into every part of the story

Complete as of August 2026.

books about the pioneer girl herself, her family, and her world

Books that were nominated for the John Newbery Medal for distinguished contributions to juvenile literature but did not win Currently lists nominees up to 2024

Cosy cottagecore classics that take you back to the root of the cottagecore aesthetic

cold toes, hot cocoa, snow is falling outside your window

I grew up reading the Little House in the big Woods about Laura Ingalls as one of my first proper reading experiences, shared by my mother. This list is a dive into the world of Laura Ingalls, the books about her, her family and the homesteading and pioneering nostalgia.

Disclaimer: This is ✨not✨a woke list at all, and the romantization of pioneering is not the goal here 🙌🏼 beware of the glamorization of the pioneers, colonizing and destroying land as they progress in these stories.