Episode 165: These Books Will Help You Get Through the Cold, Cold Winter

Detail from the cover of The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed

The holidays are here once again, and that means one thing: time to stock up on books to help you get cozy and distract yourself from the cold weather (and the state of the world.) Here's our annual roundup of some of our favorite reads — both fiction and non-fiction. Happy reading!

Books Mentioned:

First, here’s a gift link to Charlie Jane’s list of the best SF and fantasy books of the year (Washington Post)

The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed

The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy

Ninetails by Sally Wen Mao

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

The Science of Ghosts (graphic novel) by Lilah Sturges and El Garing

Hawkgirl by Jadzia Axelrod and Amancay Nahuelpan

Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky

The Naturalist Society by Carrie Vaughn

Metal from Heaven by August Clarke

Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe by Aomawa Shields

The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos By Jaime Green

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures By Sabrina Imbler

Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Hartnell Years by David Brunt.

African Europeans by Olivette Otele

Queen Of The Wits by Norma Clarke