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Cold Books
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The Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as cold)
avg rating 4.09 — 75,640 ratings — published 2007
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
by (shelved 13 times as cold)
avg rating 4.09 — 129,466 ratings — published 1963
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as cold)
avg rating 4.27 — 18,940 ratings — published 2021
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as cold)
avg rating 3.95 — 25,246 ratings — published 2010
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as cold)
avg rating 4.08 — 239,468 ratings — published 2017
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as cold)
avg rating 4.26 — 575,605 ratings — published 1997
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as cold)
avg rating 4.46 — 170,598 ratings — published 1959
The Snow Child (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as cold)
avg rating 4.02 — 178,710 ratings — published 2012
S is for Silence (Kinsey Millhone, #19)
by (shelved 10 times as cold)
avg rating 3.96 — 31,452 ratings — published 2005
The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as cold)
avg rating 4.12 — 390,066 ratings — published 1984
Dead of Winter (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as cold)
avg rating 3.77 — 52,177 ratings — published 2023
The Winter People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as cold)
avg rating 3.81 — 100,830 ratings — published 2014
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as cold)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,627,042 ratings — published 1995
The Frozen River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as cold)
avg rating 4.38 — 609,375 ratings — published 2023
Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as cold)
avg rating 3.82 — 45,696 ratings — published 2018
Near the Bone (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cold)
avg rating 3.69 — 21,827 ratings — published 2021
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 7 times as cold)
avg rating 3.93 — 164,305 ratings — published 2009
Spinning Silver (ebook)
by (shelved 7 times as cold)
avg rating 4.17 — 154,459 ratings — published 2018
The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as cold)
avg rating 4.10 — 226,148 ratings — published 1969
Echo Park (Harry Bosch, #12; Harry Bosch Universe, #17)
by (shelved 7 times as cold)
avg rating 4.19 — 69,221 ratings — published 2006
The Worst Journey in the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as cold)
avg rating 4.19 — 8,559 ratings — published 1922
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as cold)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,728,108 ratings — published 1977
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cold)
avg rating 4.30 — 26,302 ratings — published 2014
Burial Rites (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cold)
avg rating 4.04 — 126,305 ratings — published 2013
Red Storm Rising (Audio Cassette)
by (shelved 6 times as cold)
avg rating 4.21 — 85,287 ratings — published 1986
Smilla's Sense of Snow (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as cold)
avg rating 3.73 — 52,724 ratings — published 1992
One by One (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as cold)
avg rating 3.72 — 225,055 ratings — published 2020
Road of Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as cold)
avg rating 3.36 — 12,104 ratings — published 2022
The Shuddering (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as cold)
avg rating 3.67 — 18,607 ratings — published 2013
Thin Air: A Ghost Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as cold)
avg rating 3.82 — 10,103 ratings — published 2016
The Mercies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as cold)
avg rating 4.01 — 54,198 ratings — published 2020
This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as cold)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,011 ratings — published 2001
Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as cold)
avg rating 3.62 — 1,417 ratings — published 2009
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as cold)
avg rating 4.06 — 107,192 ratings — published 1974
Watchmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as cold)
avg rating 4.39 — 598,363 ratings — published 1987
The Cold War: A New History (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as cold)
avg rating 3.95 — 8,545 ratings — published 2005
The Drift (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 3.69 — 24,655 ratings — published 2023
Bone White (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 3.86 — 9,871 ratings — published 2017
Where the Dead Wait (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 3.19 — 1,831 ratings — published 2023
Coldhearted King (Empty Kingdom, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 4.18 — 22,543 ratings — published 2023
Cold People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 3.50 — 5,418 ratings — published 2023
Twisted Love (Twisted, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,681,983 ratings — published 2021
Ararat (Ben Walker, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 3.42 — 10,702 ratings — published 2017
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 4.08 — 469,559 ratings — published 2021
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,932,582 ratings — published 1818
All the White Spaces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 3.56 — 2,383 ratings — published 2022
Migrations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 4.11 — 107,367 ratings — published 2020
Snowblind (Dark Iceland, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 3.55 — 27,442 ratings — published 2010
The Road (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,053,467 ratings — published 2006
Erebus: The Story of a Ship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as cold)
avg rating 4.28 — 11,883 ratings — published 2018
“She found him standing before the water staring unseeing at its frozen surface. He was shivering. She watched him doubtfully for a moment. 'Po,' she said to his back, where’s your coat?'
'Where’s yours?'
She moved to stand beside him. 'I’m warm.'
He tilted his head to her. 'If you’re warm and I’m coatless, there’s only one friendly thing for you to do.'
'Go back and get your coat for you?'
He smiled. Reaching out to her, he pulled her close against him. Katsa wrapped her arms around him, surprised, and tried to rub some warmth into his shivering shoulders and back.
'That’s it exactly,' Po said. 'You must keep me warm.'
She laughed and held him tighter.”
― Graceling
'Where’s yours?'
She moved to stand beside him. 'I’m warm.'
He tilted his head to her. 'If you’re warm and I’m coatless, there’s only one friendly thing for you to do.'
'Go back and get your coat for you?'
He smiled. Reaching out to her, he pulled her close against him. Katsa wrapped her arms around him, surprised, and tried to rub some warmth into his shivering shoulders and back.
'That’s it exactly,' Po said. 'You must keep me warm.'
She laughed and held him tighter.”
― Graceling
“Being soaked alone is cold. Being soaked with your best friend is an adventure.”
― Back When You Were Easier to Love
― Back When You Were Easier to Love












