November 2025 Reading Club: Winter Self Care

Posted by liaison on November 3rd, 2025 Posted in: All Members, Opportunity to Participate

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Winter is a season of change, an invitation to slow down, reflect, and reconnect. Through the NNLM Reading Club, we celebrate this time of year by exploring books that inspire warmth, resilience, and togetherness. Whether through stories of personal growth, reflections on nature, or insights into mental health, each selection encourages us to care for ourselves and support those around us.

This theme highlights the joy of seasonal living, the power of reading to build community, and the importance of looking out for our neighbors and loved ones as we explore topics like mindfulness, connection, and wellness. Learn about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and how understanding it can help us thrive during the colder months. You can refer to the resources below or to the featured book.

Host a book club or read one of the futured books, and reflect on how winter can be a time of healing, joy, and meaningful connection.

• Wintering by Katherine May – A reflective memoir that explores how embracing life’s painful seasons of loss and disconnection can lead to profound personal renewal, wisdom, and transformation.
• How to Winter by Kari Leibowitz, PhD – Leibowitz uses mindset science to help readers embrace winter as a season to be enjoyed, not endured—and in turn, learn powerful lessons that can impact our mental wellbeing throughout the year.
• Defeating SAD by Norman Rosenthal, M.D. – Rosenthal provides advice on how to identify, treat, and overcome both winter and summer varieties of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), as well as the less severe yet bothersome winter blues.

If you would like additional information, including related resources, check out our Reading Club – Winter Self Care page.