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Cozy, Feel-Good Reads
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items It’s 2026. Sometimes everything feels bleak, and you just need a gentle read that will help you see some goodness and hope in the world again. These are the books I turn to when I want to read something that feels like a warm hug, a cozy seat by the ...
At Home in Mitford is the first in a series of 15 novels following the life of a charming rector and his neighbors in a fictional mountain village. With an easy and quiet pace, these stories of love, friendship, and community are like comfort food fo...
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
I grew up on this series, and they are still comfort reads for me today. If you love following a character over years of change and growth, you will love watching Anne evolve from an imaginative and hot-tempered young girl into a bright, warm, and wi...
Anne of Green Gables Complete 8 Book Box Set L M Montgomery
Follow the tight-knit and resilient March sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - as they come of age against the backdrop of the Civil War. Little Women is a beautiful family story full of truth and wisdom about friendship and womanhood, grief and faith,...
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
This might be juvenile fiction, but it earns a place on this list for making me cry - a feat few books have accomplished. In A Place to Hang the Moon, three orphaned siblings seek to find a forever family during the WWII London evacuations. If you lo...
A Place to Hang the Moon a book by Kate Albus
Love & Saffron is a short and sweet story of good food and unexpected friendship that will tug at your heartstrings and make you want to host a dinner party! If you enjoy an epistolary novel, this story in letters is for you.
Love & Saffron a book by Kim Fay
It’s been a while (too long) since I last read this one, but I still remember what a cozy and delightful story of friendship it was. Margaret’s life is forever changed by the warm and healing friendship of her coworker Birdie. Note: this is Christian...
Some Wildflower in My Heart a book by Jamie Turner
Yes, the narrator is an octopus. Yes, you should still pick it up, especially if you love a found family story. The Netflix film is great too!
Remarkably Bright Creatures a book by Shelby Van Pelt
If you like the sound of Jane Austen vibes with some modern sensibilities, you don't want to sleep on the Unselected Journals! This series is still in the works, so we have many more volumes to look forward too. Plus, you can hop over to Bookstagram ...
The Unselected Journals Of Emma M Lion Vol 1 Beth Brower
I have read everything by Marjan Kamali, and I want more! This is a beautiful story of a mother and daughter at odds, rediscovering themselves and each other when they travel back to Iran together.
Together Tea - Marjan Kamali
Sybil Van Antwerp writes letters. Through her correspondence, we the readers uncover her deepest griefs and longings, witness relationships break and mend, and watch Sybil evolve into someone who faces the world - and herself - with greater grace and...
The Correspondent a book by Virginia Evans