Five Brilliant Books to get you Through the Snowstorm

You may be stuck indoors, but you can read your way around the world with this diverse list of new releases.

I’m in the UK, Wales in fact and we’re deluged right now with wet and horrible weather. I hear you folks on the other side of the Atlantic have seen a few snow flurries, and that might be understating things a little! Snow days are reading days (who am I kidding, every day is a reading day), but if you’re stuck indoors during the snowstorm then here are five brilliant books, newly released to get you through the snowstorm.

These are all very different, all highly anticipated, and all books you can get completely lost in.

In a Land of Paper Gods – Rebecca Mackenzie (released 28th January)

In the Land of Paper Gods is a heart-wrenching tale about bravery, war, and above all love in the face of adversity. Follow Etta’s pilgrimage, and calling through the mountains of China.

In the Land of Paper Gods (US)
In the Land of Paper Gods (UK)

The Noise of Time – Julian Barnes (released 28th January)

It’s May 1937, a man in his thirties waits by a lift of a Leningrad apartment block, expecting to be taken away to the big house. If you like your novels beautiful written with profound sentences that leave you staring into space, this is the book for you!

The Noise of Time (US)
The Noise of Time (UK)

The Last Illusion – Porochista Khakpour (released 14th January)

Zal’s mother is convinced he is a ‘White Demon’ and so she hides him in a birdcage for a decade. Freed from his cage he finally arrives for a new life in New York where he attempts to become human. A beautiful book with magic on every page.

The Last Illusion (US)
The Last Illusion (UK)

American Housewife – Helen Ellis (released 14th January)

American Housewife is a collection of darkly comic short stories exploring what goes on behind the scenes in America’s homes. A real laugh out loud tale and perfect if you’re stuck in your American home in the snowstorm.

American Housewife (US)
American Housewife (UK)

Sofia Khan is Not Obliged – Ayisha Malik (released 14th January)

Sofia Khan may be a Muslim but she’s not interested in men at all, until her boss persuades her to write a tell-all expose about the Muslim dating scene and she finds that love comes from the most unlikely sources. A touching, diverse tale or love and social boundaries.

Sofia Khan is Not Obliged (US)
Sofia Khan is Not Obliged (UK)

So there you have it, five brilliant books to keep you busy while the snow is tumbling down outside! Stay safe and happy reading, wherever you are.