The Ultimate Cozy Books Collection

Gazebo alert! Fans of Laurie Gilmore books should give the witchy rom-com The Ex-Hex a try because of the enchanted, small-town setting. You'll fall in love with the town of Graves Glen and its cast of citizens as quickly as Stars Hollow. If you are in search of a full reading list of lighthearted, romantic adventures and love stories, look below for some TBR-worthy reads.

While going from the high fantasy, distant past of Tolkien to a Sci-Fi distant future could seem like a divergence, we think that fans of The Shire will get a lot out of the world-building of Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers's delightful Monk & Robot series and find it to be exactly their cuppa. Maybe their next favorite book.

On the off chance there are any T.J. Klune fans left that haven’t made the jump to Travis Baldree yet, let this be the beacon you were looking for. If you want a lush setting and characters who are larger than life, yet at the same time are gentle and hopeful, plus (of course) that fantasy trademark of magic, look here for a great reading list.

If your bookshelf is filled with character-driven prose and slow-paced action like Salinger, you will find a kindred spirit in Yeongju, the burnt-out heroine who starts her life over in Hwang Bo-reum’s author debut. You can find more charming, coffee-shop-ready reading recs below.

If you are hungry for more quaint and quirky detectives after the Netflix adaptation of Osman’s bestselling series, you are in for such a sweet treat at ThriftBooks! Mystery novels have been the main source of literary cozy (and puns) for decades. One of our favorite used, low-cost recommendations is Murder Past Due, the first in the Cat in the Stacks Books Series which began in 2010. The cat is named Diesel, his owner is a librarian…we’ll leave the rest for you to find out!