Winter Reading 2026
Winter Reading
Winter Reading 2026
Our Winter Reading contests have returned for an 11th year! On select days in January and February, we are hosting a series of 24-hour contests spotlighting a book releasing this winter and giving five lucky readers the chance to win it.
We also are sending a special newsletter to announce the day's title, which you can sign up for here.
Our latest prize book is THEO OF GOLDEN, Allen Levi's New York Times bestselling debut novel. Typically our Winter Reading giveaways are open for just 24 hours, but we are extending the deadline of this contest to Thursday, February 12th at noon ET. That gives you an extra day to submit your entries!
» Click here to see the winners of this year's Winter Reading contests.
More about THEO OF GOLDEN:
One spring morning, a stranger arrives in the small southern city of Golden. No one knows where he has come from…or why.
His name is Theo. And he asks a lot more questions than he answers.
Theo visits the local coffeehouse, where 92 pencil portraits hang on the walls --- portraits of the people of Golden done by a local artist. He begins purchasing them, one at a time, and putting them back in the hands of their “rightful owners.” With each exchange, a story is told, a friendship born, and a life altered.
A story of giving and receiving, of seeing and being seen, THEO OF GOLDEN is a beautifully crafted novel about the power of creative generosity, the importance of wonder to a purposeful life, and the invisible threads of kindness that bind us to one another.


