The winter months can be long, cold and sometimes boring.  Having a list of interesting, well-written books to read will make the time spent inside more enjoyable, and maybe you won’t mind being cooped up if you have a good read to crack open with a steaming mug of cocoa or tea.  This list should have something for everyone!

1. The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls

2. Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sarah Gruen

3. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See

4. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

5. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

6. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

7. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin

8. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

9. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver

10. The Entrepreneurial Mom: Managing for Success in Your Home and Your Business by Mary E. Davis