What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Hi guys! I'm trying to track down books where the characters end up snowed in or snowbound somewhere. Some romance would be nice, but it isn't a necessity.

Thanks for your help :)

Trapped Don't think there's any romance, but they are most definitely snowbound.

Also, obviously, Snow Bound.

I'll keep thinking....

Winter Study.

Snowbound Snowbound Snowbound Snowbound Snowbound :)

Thanks guys! And man are there a lot of books called Snowbound! That's pretty impressive lol :)

The Long Winter was one that I really enjoyed from the little house series. I'll keep thinking too, because I like this theme, and I know there must be more rattling around up there.

Another one that I just came up with is in the book Christmas Rogues. It's called "A Christmas Story" by Anita Mills. For a while it was my all time favourite romance.

If you like mystery, a couple of the Aunt Dimity books qualify:
Aunt Dimity's Christmas
Aunt Dimity: Snowbound

For romance:
Holiday Hideout (just read this one--two of the 3 stories are snowbound ones)
Merry Christmas, Baby (has a snowbound story)

Snowbound With Betsy
Prisoners in the Snow
The Shining -- really snowbound horror

To Scotland, With Love by Karen Hawkins

Let it Snow (YA anthology by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle)

Thanks guys! If you think of anything else please keep them coming :)

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There's also Stitch In Snow by Anne McCaffrey. One of her older books--pure this world mystery/romance, no dragons or telepaths :).

North of Need by Laura Kaye

The Terror was great I thought...more historical fiction than romance, but still great

Buried in the Snow
no romance

The Silent Land by Graham Joyce is simply amazing!

Snowbound (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special #7) by Ann M. Martin
Eye of the Wolf by Troon Harrison
Avalanche by Arthur Roth
The Children Who Stayed Alone by Bonnie Bess Worline
Avalanche! by A. Rutgers Van Der Loeff
Cold River by William Judson
Stranger in the storm (Republished as: Left by themselves) by Charles Paul May
Morena by Peter Zachary Cohen
Trapped on the Golden Flyer by Susan Fleming,
Desperate Search by Matt Christopher
The Blizzard by Jim O'Connor

I think I remember a snowbound scene in John Ehle's "The Winter People."

I think this happened in the Agatha Christie story "Murder for Christmas".

Hi,

One that I just read is a paranormal romance:

Nicole

Try Nora Roberts Northern Lights. Not snowbound as such, but set in Alaska and I think there is a blizzard scene almost straight away. Definitely a romance with a mystery element too. Enjoy.

Definitely Let it Snow

Younger ones include

The Long Winter
The Lights Go On Again

Pamela wrote: "I think this happened in the Agatha Christie story "Murder for Christmas"."

An even better Agatha Christie snowbound book is her
Murder on the Orient Express.

The only other one that comes to my mind is from The Baby-sitters Club:

Prairie School by Lois Lenski
Miss Martin and her charges are stranded for days in a South Dakota schoolhouse during a blizzard.

the children's blizzard

The Ingalls family is also snowbound in On the Banks of Plum Creek.

Winterbound

An old one.

Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyll is a lengthy poem by John Greenleaf Whittier.

Linda Howard has a few.

In White Lies, the protags spend most of the second half alone in a cabin in winter. In Up Close and Dangerous, the protags are in a plane crash atop a snow covered mountain and need to survive and get to civilization. Haven't read Ice, seems to be bad guys chasing good guys in an ice storm.

Stephen King's - Misery

Western Skies: Song of the West / Boundary Lines

"Song of the West - The towering mountains and windswept plains of Wyoming are truly beautiful. But Samantha Evans has absolutely no intention of staying-until she meets devastatingly handsome Jake Tanner. Suddenly the idea of leaving isn't quite so appealing. Samantha is torn between a lifelong dream and her feelings for this intriguing man when a blizzard strikes and she's stranded with him. Is Mother Nature trying to tell her something?"

Snowbound Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner

Found another while sifting through Mount TBR: T.L.C by Barbara Delinsky.

Ice Bound - Dean koontz

Also - Up Close and Dangerous by Linda Howard

Frigid by J.Lynn

http://www.amazon.com/Frigid-ebook/dp...

The Long Winter
Probably not really what you had in mind though.

The Snow Bride by Debbie Macomber
Snowfall by Sharon Sala

Jessica wrote: "The Silent Land by Graham Joyce is simply amazing!"

I concur. It was the first book that came to my mind.

Since this thread started I've also read the SUPERB The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. I don't know that they're really snowed in, but it's in Alaska and it's WONDERFUL.

The Apprentice: A Novel

Set in northern Japan in 1903. Apparently a bear has sex with a girl...

The Ice Storm by Rick Moody. Set in early 1970s. One of my favorite books, read 10 to 15 years ago. Spot-on current review on GoodReads. I recently watched the movie based novel; good cast, but too disturbing and couldn't finish it.
Also dimly recall another book that included true story of group of young people seeking alternative lifestyle, ending up nearly starving and freezing in cabin in Alaska. Seems written by John McPhee or TC Boyle. I put it in my mental computer and will let you know if and when my mind gives me any leads, hints or the answer.

You may want to look at Annie Prouxl's book about building her dream house, "Bird Clous,"; pretty sure she got snowbound at some point.
May also have some snowbound scenes in Prouxl's The Shipping News.
Pam Houston's insufferable self-centered book "More About Me" may also include some snowbound situations. Possibly some in her excellent short stories, Waltzing with Cats, or Cowboys are my weakness.
Oh, a very dark fiction by Michael Cunningham. I'll look it up and post in a couple of minutes, as I don't know how to do split screens to save this and google it.

The Possessors

The Only Gold

Still can't find the Michael Cunningham, and I feel so certain he was author, but nothing shows up in his books. Now I'm thinking it was a short story. The scenario was a few scientists in some sort of future military outpost, and all power and communication cut off, no heat, and a woman the last to go, so was her story. Unusual topic for Cunningham, but he does attempt various genres. I didn't like the book, altho well written.

Well I recently read a book called A Very Special Delivery.



Though the characters are more iced in rather than snowed in and they are only iced in for like four chapters it is still a pretty good book in my opinion. There is also a baby in the story which I really enjoyed as I like babies. It definitely has some romance too, considering its about a man and woman who get stuck together, about six miles from civilization, in a farm house. The man is a single dad which is were the baby comes in, however, overcoming fears is holding both back from creating the relationship they both want. I really enjoyed the book and it sort of fits the description of books you were looking to read. Hopeful someone finds this interesting as I am new to this group and this is my first post here. Thanks for reading my answer! :D

No Way Of Telling

Well Amber, I thought your post was thoughtful, thorough and heartfelt. Being on GoodReads can make you feel like someone's out there, or it can make you feel alone, snubbed, ignored, dismissed, dissed. I also suggested two books on the subject, with no comments from the seeker. nor, from what I can ascertain, has Nairbell commented on any individual posting, other than an all inclusive thanks, written in December. Perhaps Nairbell became snowbound and never thawed out in the spring. Guess we will never find out why she was in search of books on this topic.