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Books · by Ruby Wilson · 2026-11-03

What are you reading now that the evenings got dark at 5pm?

I always switch to longer, slower books in November. This year it's a fat 19th-century Russian novel I've avoided for a decade, plus a short Scandinavian crime novel as a palate cleanser. There's something about cold weather that makes me okay with a 900-page commitment. What's on your nightstand this month, and do your reading habits change with the season?

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Jan Nowak · 11 likes

Anna Karenina last winter, Middlemarch this winter. I'm becoming the person I used to make fun of

Tola Ibrahim · 12 likes

Middlemarch in November is a perfect choice tbh

Ngozi Bello · 10 likes

I go the opposite way, winter is for comfort rereads. currently on my 4th trip through Discworld

Luca Bianchi · 7 likes

Honestly just whatever was on the library's quick picks shelf. no theory