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A sprawling, snow-muffled epic about the breaking and remaking of a community bound by fierce loyalties and devastating secrets. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Winners.
- wintry
- heavy
- tense
- bittersweet
- heart-wrenching
- 01
Us against you
Fredrik Backman
A heavy, snow-muffled exploration of community loyalty and the devastating lengths people will go to protect their own.
- 02
Britt-Marie was here
Fredrik Backman
A tender, wryly funny exploration of a prickly woman discovering that life's messy unpredictability is exactly what makes it worth living.
- 03
The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
Fannie Flagg
A sweeping Southern saga that explores the deep, enduring ties between parents and children across generations.
- 04
How to Win at Chess
Levy Rozman
A high-energy, deeply encouraging masterclass that makes a notoriously intimidating game feel like a thrilling, solvable puzzle.
- 05
In the Blood
Jack Carr
A relentless, high-stakes thriller that pulses with urgent tension and adrenaline.
- 06
Amari and the Great Game
B. B. Alston
A high-stakes, magical thrill ride where an underdog heroine must outsmart a rigged system to save the people she loves.
- 07
A Slow Fire Burning
Paula Hawkins
A simmering, character-driven puzzle box of resentment and long-buried trauma that slowly tightens its grip.
- 08
Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid
A fierce, sweat-drenched exploration of ambition, legacy, and what it costs a woman to be the absolute best.
- 09
In five years
Rebecca Serle
A bittersweet exploration of destiny that subverts romantic expectations to deliver a devastating ode to female friendship.
- 10
The Dutch House
Ann Patchett
A sweeping, melancholic meditation on the places we can never return to and the siblings who anchor us when we are cast out.
- 11
Ink Black Heart
Robert Galbraith
A sprawling, paranoid descent into the toxic labyrinth of internet fandom and the deadly consequences of digital anonymity.
- 12
Evening and the Morning
Ken Follett
A sweeping, mud-spattered epic of ambition and survival that plunges you into the brutal dawn of the Middle Ages.
