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The Seasons Quartet Series

This series delves into the depths of human connection and the passage of time through four narratives inspired by the seasons. Each novel explores the intertwined lives of characters whose paths cross in unexpected ways, often mediated by art and mutual companionship. The works are characterized by their lyrical prose and thoughtful reflections on contemporary social issues. It offers an immersive reading experience that leaves a lasting impression.

Summer
Spring
Winter
Autumn

Recommended Reading Order

  1. 1

    Autumn

    • 208 pages
    • 8 hours of reading
    3.7(61677)Add rating

    Daniel is a century old. Elisabeth, born in 1984, has her eye on the future. The United Kingdom is in pieces, divided by a historic once-in-a-generation summer. Love is won, love is lost. Hope is hand in hand with hopelessness. The seasons roll round, as ever . . . 'A beautiful, poignant symphony of memories, dreams and transient realities' Guardian 'Bravura, brilliant and unsettling . . . leaving you marvelling' Financial Times 'Fantastic' Spectator 'A terrific writer. There is an awful lot to lift the soul, not least Smith's extraordinary playful use of language' Daily Mail 'Undoubtedly Smith at her best. Puckish, yet elegant; angry, but comforting' The Times 'Bold and brilliant' Observer 'Smith straddles the elegiac and the celebratory through this glorious novel' Scotsman

    Autumn
  2. 2

    Winter

    • 336 pages
    • 12 hours of reading
    3.8(32404)Add rating

    Winter? Bleak. Frosty wind, earth as iron, water as stone, so the old song goes. The shortest days, the longest nights. The trees are bare and shivering. The summer's leaves? Dead litter. The world shrinks; the sap sinks. But winter makes things visible. And if there's ice, there'll be fire.

    Winter
  3. 3

    Spring

    • 352 pages
    • 13 hours of reading
    4.1(11032)Add rating

    Spring will come. The leaves on its trees will open after blossom. Before it arrives, a hundred years of empire-making. The dawn breaks cold and still but, deep in the earth, things are growing.

    Spring
  4. 4

    Summer

    4.0(465)Add rating

    In the present, Sacha knows the world's in trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. Their mother and father are having trouble. Meanwhile the world's in meltdown - and the real meltdown hasn't even started yet. In the past, a lovely summer. A different brother and sister know they're living on borrowed time. This is a story about people on the brink of change. They're family, but they think they're strangers. So- where does family begin? And what do people who think they've got nothing in common have in common? Summer.

    Summer