Winter 2025 Book List

Health & Fitness Category

The New Menopause

Read the book The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power and Facts by Mary Claire Haver, MD.

The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet

Read the book The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet: Activate Your Body's Natural Ability to Burn Fat and Lose Weight Fast by Mark Hyman, MD.

Home & Hygge Category

The Great Alone

Read the book The Great Alone: A Novel by Kristin Hannah.

If You Lived Here

Read the book If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska by Heather Lende.

The Snow Child

Read the book The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.

Two Old Women

Read the book Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival by Velman Wallis.

Tisha

Read the book Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan WIlderness by Robert Specht.

Book 1 of 3

Read the first book in a trilogy series.

Book 2 of 3

Read the second book in a trilogy series.

Book 3 of 3

Read the third book in a trilogy series.

Already Own It

Read a book you already own but haven’t read yet.

Finally!

Read a book you have always wanted to read but haven’t yet.

Again

Read a book you’ve read before but want to read again.

Newly Released

Read a book that was recently released.

The 90s

Read a book written in the 90s.

1800s

Read a book written in the 1800s.

Friend Recommendation

Read a book recommended to you by a friend.

Stranger Recommendation

Read a book recommended to you by a stranger.

Teen Recommendation

Read a book recommended to you by a teenager.

Librarian Recommendation

Read a book recommended to you by a librarian.

Little Library

Read a book from a little neighborhood library.

Newbery Award Winner

Read a book that has won a Newbery Award.

Graphic Novel

Read a graphic novel.

Sci-Fi

Read a sci-fi book.

Mystery

Read a mystery book.

Historical Fiction

Read an historical fiction book.

Historical Nonfiction

Read an historical non fiction book.

YA

Read a young adult book you’ve never read before.

Orange Book

Read a book with an orange cover.

B Name

Read a book written by an author whose last name begins with the letter B.

Kitchen

The Whale and the Cupcake

Read the book The Whale and the Cupcake: Stories of Subsistence, Longing, and Community in Alaska by Julia O'Malley.

Knowledge

Travels in Alaska

Read the book Travels in Alaska by John Muir.

The Cruelest Miles

Read the book The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic by Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury.

Ada Blackjack

Read the book Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven.

Nature

Two in the Far North

Read the book Two in the Far North, Revised Edition: A Conservation Champion's Story of Life, Love, and Adventure in the Wilderness by Margaret E. Murie.

The Sun is A Compass

Read the book The Sun is a Compass: My 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds by Caroline Van Hemert.

Self-Reliance

One Man’s Wilderness

Read the book One Man’s Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Dick Proenneke and Sam Keith.

Spiritual Category

Beyond the Bear

Read the book Beyond the Bear: How I Learned to Live and Love Again after Being Blinded by a Bear by Dan Bigley and Debra McKinney.

Solve For Happy

Read the book Solve For Happy: Engineering Your Path of Joy by Mo Gawdat.

Catching Whimsy

Read the book Catching Whimsy by Bob Goff.

Every book you read in this list will earn you a merit badge. And if you read 20 of them between January 1st and March 31st, you will receive The 20 Books in 3 Months Patch!

Not signed up for the winter club yet? What are you waiting for!