Long listed for the Man Booker Prize, Reservoir 13 is the perfect read for staying in cozying up under the blankets. Set in a rural English village where nothing much happens, until a teenage girl goes missing and is never found. Lush phrasing and rich characters combine with words you'll need to Google in every chapter--you'll walk away with a new appreciation for water over the weirs and the rural English custom of well-dressing. A definite departure from the go-go-go of every day life, there's a satisfying calm that's fraught with enough ferociousness to keep the pages turning.
From the Vicar:
She collected these confidences from people, and carried them around. It was like piling rocks into the boot of a car, she told her dean once, and sooner or later there are too many rocks and the suspension bottoms out each time you hit a bump in the road. He smiled and told her he knew it was difficult. He prayed with her, and she kept carrying the rocks around.