Cold Books for a Hot Day

Last Updated: July 30, 2026

Cold Zero by Brad Thor and Ward Larsen

Cold Zero
by Brad Thor and Ward Larsen

Hemisphere Airlines Flight 777–the most advanced jetliner ever built–disappears without a trace over the North Pole. Hidden inside the wreckage is the prototype for a revolutionary piece of technology that could upend the balance of world power. Now Washington, Moscow, and Beijing are racing to be the first on scene to retrieve it–at any cost.

Fireflies in Winter by Eleanor Shearer

Fireflies in Winter
by Eleanor Shearer

A gripping novel about two women fighting for survival in the icy wilderness of Nova Scotia, and the love that simultaneously sustains them and threatens their very existence.

A Gift Before Dying by Malcolm Kempt

A Gift Before Dying
by Malcolm Kempt

In a gripping and hauntingly atmospheric novel set against the unforgiving landscape of the Arctic Circle, a disgraced police investigator discovers that his path to redemption is paved with ice-and blood.

The Young Will Remember by Eve J. Chung

The Young Will Remember
by Eve J. Chung

It’s the coldest Korean winter in decades, and twenty-eight-year-old Chinese American journalist Ellie Chang has hitched a ride on a military flight to cover a battle in the mountains of North Korea when her plane is shot down in enemy territory. The pilot is killed, but Ellie is saved from communist soldiers by a woman who insists Ellie is her missing daughter.

The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison

The Heart of Winter
by Jonathan Evison

A heartwarming novel about a married couple in their eighties, flashing back to tell the story of their lives across their courtship, marriage, children, and long-standing, opposites-attract love.