With Hamnet arriving in cinemas this month, it feels like a fitting moment to revisit the novel. Intimate and quietly devastating, it centres on grief, marriage, and the inner life of a family living alongside loss. Lyrical but grounded, it lingers on the domestic and the emotional. A book that stays with you long after you have finished it.

This is a little book to live alongside, guiding you gently month by month through the year, noticing small seasonal shifts, natural markers, and quiet rituals. It asks very little of the reader. There is no push for productivity or improvement. Just attention. It is accompanied by a gorgeous podcast ‘As the season turns’ in collaboration with Ffern, the organic perfume maker.

The latest instalment in Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series, newly released and returning to the familiar world of four unlikely detectives. Comforting, clever, and lightly escapist, it has just enough puzzle to keep you engaged without demanding too much. Just the warmth, humour, and good company we need on long winter evenings.

Part of the Seasonal Quartet series by the Notswolds-based celebrated printmaker and illustrator, this book brings together a collection of winter images depicting nature and wildlife in the colder months. The season unfolds through woodlands, fields, rivers, and skies, alongside personal observations and stories.

A beautifully illustrated collection of heart-warming winter folk tales for the whole family. It brings together well known classics like The Nutcracker alongside much older stories drawn from traditions across the world. These are tales shaped by long nights and cold weather, passed down and retold over generations.

We have been cooking from Alison Roman for years and her latest offering is her most ‘January’ book yet. Built around recipes you can make from the cupboard, the fridge door, or the back of the pantry. Simple combinations, no fuss, and genuinely good food. The kind of effortless but delicious cooking we’re looking for at this time of year.