17 - A Book About Your Favorite Event in the Winter Olympics

[Nadine in NY]

A book about your favorite event in the Winter Olympics.

They just have to keep making sports-related categories, don't they?! For anyone who loves ice dancing or figure skating and also enjoys a dark burn-it-all-down romance, I highly recommend The Favorites


Here is the official list of Winter Olympics events:

Alpine Skiing
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
Cross-Country Skiing
Curling
Figure Skating
Freestyle Skiing
Ice Hockey
Luge
Nordic Combined
Short Track Speed Skating
Skeleton
Ski Jumping
Ski Mountaineering
Snowboard
Speed Skating



Listopia list is Here: A book about your favorite event in the Winter Olympics

[Michele]

Definitely ice hockey.

[Aimee]

Here’s another list I found online:

https://www.drinkreadrepeat.com/blog/...

Unfortunately for me, no one seems to have written a book about biathlon what isn’t a training guide…😄

[Jennifer W]

If you want to get past the sports aspect of it, don't forget that Olympics have opening and closing ceremonies, awarding medals, the Olympic village where the athletes live, things like that.
The prompt just says favorite event, not favorite *sporting* event. ;)

[Laura Ruth]

I promise this is the only self-promo I'll do, but curling is pretty niche. If you prefer comedy, The Cosmic Turkey is the only science fiction book to feature that sport. It's not strictly "about" curling, but curling is essential to the plot.

[Dubhease]

I am ignoring the word "favourite". I have a book that I want to read and its about a winter sport - not my favourite.

[Doni]

Skating on Mars

[Bluebelle-the-Inquisitive (Catherine)]

This prompt is great for the queer readers, there are a ton about Ice Hockey. I will recommend one of my faves that is about Figure Skating, Cold War.

[Nadine in NY]

Dubhease wrote: "I am ignoring the word "favourite". I have a book that I want to read and its about a winter sport - not my favourite."


Agreed. I don't follow the Olympics so I for sure do not have a favorite, I'm going to be happy if I can find ANY book I want to read that involves one of these activities. Maybe a spy thriller that includes cross country skiing, or a murder mystery at a ski jump? These books must exist!!

[Sasha]

The sports I usually watch at the Winter Olympics are figure skating, curling and ski jumping. I'm going to go with curling and read Throwing Stones by Avery Cockburn. I read one of her books for the soccer prompt this year and really enjoyed it.

[Ron]

For this book I'll be reading a hockey book I keep meaning to get to but never have time for. I love hockey so this is the perfect prompt to finally read this.

The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

[Dea]

I AM SO SICK OF READING ABOUT SPORTS! EVERY YEAR!

They are, to me, the most boring thing out there.

I am absolutely bending the crap out of this one. If anyone goes to a parade, skis, ice skates, or plays hockey EVEN ONCE, I am counting it.

When I am done being irritated by sports, I’ll come back and make actual suggestions. Because I have read books that would fit this prompt.

BECAUSE THIS FREAKING CHALLENGE KEEPS MAKING ME READ SPORTS BOOKS

[Sarah]

Dea wrote: "I AM SO SICK OF READING ABOUT SPORTS! EVERY YEAR!

They are, to me, the most boring thing out there.

I am absolutely bending the crap out of this one. If anyone goes to a parade, skis, ice skates,..."

Same. 🤣 like enough already.

Totally on accident I realized Warning Signs by Tracy Sierra involves a ski trip. No clue if it’s sporty enough or Olympic enough. Not even sure if I’ll be brave enough to attempt this next year. But if I do. This is what I’ll use. I care not how much it bends the prompt. It’s close enough. I liked her last book Night Watching.

[Nadine in NY]

The second Inspector Gamache mystery involves a woman killed during curling. A Fatal Grace

[Dubhease]

I'm also reading a curling story The Black Bonspiel of Willie MacCrimmon. He makes a deal with the devil and then to regain his soul and save himself from Hell, his team has to win over the team of the devil, Judas, Macbeth and Guy Fawkes.

[Brandon]

On Her Majesty's Secret Service has skiing and bobsleigh in it.

[Kenya]

Doni wrote: "Skating on Mars"

Thank you for this one! It's going to be my pick for the prompt.

[Jen W.]

I added a bunch of figure skating books to the Listopia, including a middle grade and some graphic novels/manga for those wanting something quick and easy.

[Dubhease]

The Hockey Sweater is a kid's short story. If you hate this prompt, you can even watch an animated version on Youtube where someone reads you the story. It's 10 to 15 minutes long

[Laura Ruth]

Dubhease wrote: "I'm also reading a curling story The Black Bonspiel of Willie MacCrimmon. He makes a deal with the devil and then to regain his soul and save himself from Hell, his team has to win o..."

That one sounds like fun - the blurb mentions that it explains how they keep the ice cold in hell.

[Dea]

Now that I'm over my pique about more sports...

I read Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley a couple of years ago. It's a great book, and a hard read. Content includes MMIWC2S and SA. The main character is half Native, and plays hockey. The author is Ojibwe.

For nonfiction, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters by Joan Ryan is about, as the title states, the treatment of girls and young women in figure skating and gymnastics.

[Katherine]

I love sports! Ice hockey is definitely my top winter Olympic sport, but I'll watch everything during the Olympics. I hate romance though, so I think I'm going to read the 2nd Beartown book.

If you're looking for a thriller and are willing to be somewhat flexible in interpretation, the main character in Grey After Dark by Noelle W. Ihli, is a winter Olympic athlete who is training for the 2026 Games, but that's like the background of the character. Nothing that happens during the bulk of the book talks about sports.

[Jennifer]

Ugh, another sports prompt. The only event I usually watch on the Winter Olympics is figure skating. I have this from book of the month to read. If I don’t like it I will probably try to find a children’s book.

[poshpenny]

I ADORE Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey!!

Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword is a middle grade fantasy with skating magic

[Sasha]

Dubhease wrote: "I'm also reading a curling story The Black Bonspiel of Willie MacCrimmon. He makes a deal with the devil and then to regain his soul and save himself from Hell, his team has to win o..."

That looks amazing.

[Diana]

Jennifer wrote: "Ugh, another sports prompt. The only event I usually watch on the Winter Olympics is figure skating. I have this from book of the month to read. If I don’t like it I will probably try to find a chi..."

I read The Favorites this year for a different challenge. I had zero expectations going in because I'd never even heard of it. It's loosely inspired by Wuthering Heights. It wasn't bad. Even the parts I didn't care for didn't stop it from being a fast read.

[Andrea]

I love figure skating and it's really the only Olympic event, summer or winter, I like watching. I already read The Favorites this year (it was okay), and Icebreaker a few years back (hated it), so hopefully I can find another book on figure skating for next year. If not, might have to settle for hockey even though it's not a favorite event. I know there are a lot of hockey romances out there.