Hello all, it's winter again and I'm deeply in the mood to read books with a vintage English feel to them – green meadows, ancient woods covered in snow, the sound of recorders, feasting in drafty halls and so forth.
Some recent books of this sort that I've enjoyed include: the Mabinogion, The Magic Apple Tree: A Country Year, The Children of Green Knowe, The Box of Delights, Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year (my favorite book of the past year), The Dark Is Rising, A Month in the Country, The Wind in the Willows, The Corner That Held Them, Hogfather, The Pickwick Papers, Sir Gawain & the Green Knight and various Narnia books. Surely there must be more. I welcome any and all suggestions. Thank you!
by sketchesbyboze
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Another good Pratchett one for winter vibes is The Wintersmith.
Maybe the first Redwall book? Lots of good dining hall scenes.
Diana Wynne Jones has some good books with cozy settings, try Crestomanci or Howl’s Moving Castle.