Recs if you like The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories...

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 guide through books.

Holidays are terrifying!!!

books i have read or want to read that give me winter vibes.