There’s something about winter that makes a good book even better. As the evenings draw in and the kettle gets more use, it’s the perfect excuse to settle into your favourite chair with a story that pulls you in and doesn’t let go. This month, we’re exctied to share two very different reads to keep you warm, one a gripping slice of fiction, the other a memoir full of heart and honesty. Here’s what we’re curling up with this winter.

Reading List

Fiction Book of the Month: A Beautiful Family by Jennifer Trevelyan Image

Fiction Book of the Month: A Beautiful Family by Jennifer Trevelyan

Set during a hazy summer in 1980s New Zealand, A Beautiful Family follows a lonely young girl who becomes determined to solve the disappearance of a local child. As her amateur investigation unfolds, unsettling secrets emerge, including some hidden much closer to home than she ever expected.

It’s an atmospheric, slow-burn story about childhood, sisterhood and the quiet lies families tell to protect the ones they love. Trevelyan has a gift for capturing that particular kind of summer stillness where everything feels safe on the surface, and nothing quite is underneath.

Why we love it: There’s a real nostalgia to this one. It taps into that childhood sense of wonder and unease all at once, and the mystery unfolds at just the right pace to keep you turning pages on a cold winter’s night. If you loved the layered family secrets of The Slap or the coming-of-age tension of Atonement, this one will sit nicely on your shelf.

Non-fiction Book of the Month: A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern Image

Non-fiction Book of the Month: A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern

In A Different Kind of Power, former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shares her journey from small-town beginnings to the world stage. She writes candidly about self-doubt, motherhood while in office, and leading a nation through crisis after crisis, all while holding onto the belief that kindness and strength aren’t opposites.

It’s part memoir, part meditation on what leadership can look like when it’s built on empathy rather than ego.

Why we love it: This is a book about proving that you don’t have to be the loudest voice in the room to lead well. It’s honest, warm and genuinely inspiring, the kind of read that leaves you thinking differently about strength. A great pick for anyone who has ever led a team, a family or a community of their own.

What’s been your favourite read this winter? Have you picked up any of our recommendations? We’d love to hear from you! Send us an email at info@lincolnplace.com.au and let us know what books you’ve been enjoying.

Happy reading!