A caller from Canada seeks cerebral mysteries to help him get through the brutal winter, Vox's book critic Constance Grady recommends:
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
If you’d like Constance to recommend a book for you, email her at constance.grady@vox.com with the subject line “Ask a Book Critic.” The more specific your mood, the better!
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