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Cover of Home Grown Magic. Background is green. There is a cameo of a young woman with a purple dress and purple hair in a braid on the top, and a cameo of a young man wearing red on the bottom. There are vines extending from each cameo, with strawberries and vials of purple liquid on the top, and red and white flowers, shovels and purple gems on the bottom. On the top of the young man's cameo, a cat is perched.

Cozy Books

Written by alamancelibraries on . Posted in Book Reviews.

As September begins, so does the cozy season. I know all I want is a low-stakes book paired with a warm beverage and an overcast day. Here are some titles to cozy up to if you want to branch out from your normal genre of choice.

Cover of Home Grown Magic. Background is green. There is a cameo of a young woman with a purple dress and purple hair in a braid on the top, and a cameo of a young man wearing red on the bottom. There are vines extending from each cameo, with strawberries and vials of purple liquid on the top, and red and white flowers, shovels and purple gems on the bottom. On the top of the young man's cameo, a cat is perched.

Pacton, Jamie and Podos, Rebecca. Homegrown Magic. New York: Del Rey, 2025.

“Cozy Fantasy” is a subgenre of fantasy that prioritizes comforting, low-stakes stories. Homegrown Magic is a cozy fantasy about Yael Clauneck, the only descendant of their wealthy family who runs away to find something other than banking, and Margot Greenwillow, a talented plant witch. When Yael comes back into Margot’s life, Margot realizes that her friend from the past can help her keep her family’s greenhouse in business and Yael realizes that they have a place to lay low for awhile and reconnect with Margot after years apart. This is a friends-to-lovers fantasy with found family and a cozy garden.

Cover of In the Company of Witches. The foreground is a black cat walking through an overgrown yard. In the background is a Victorian house, with a sunset and a crescent moon.

Wallace, Auralee. In The Company of Witches. New York : Berkley, 2021.

“Cozy Mysteries” is a subgenre of crime fiction known for their lighthearted, comforting tone and focus on an amateur sleuth. In the Company of Witches is a cozy mystery with Brynn Warren, the owner of a local B&B in Evenfall, and the ghosts that can help her solve the death of Constance Graves before Brynn’s aunt is taken away for murder! Brynn hasn’t used her powers to speak to ghosts since her husband died but she pushes through to get Constance the proper justice that she deserves while resolving some of her own scars along the way.

Cover of The Pumpkin Spice Cafe. The title is on a sign over a storefront. The cafe has an orangey-pink striped awning over the door, big, windows, fall wreaths on the doors, a sandwich board outside the doors, and a two-person table in front of the windows with a fall bouquet, two cups of coffee, and a pastry. There is a white cat coming out of the door.

Gilmore, Laurie. The Pumpkin Spice Café. London : One More Chapter, 2023.

“Cozy Romance” is a subgenre of romance known for its gentle, comforting, and feel-good atmosphere. The Pumpkin Spice Café is a small-town romance reminiscent of Stars Hollow from Gilmore Girls. Jeanie comes back to Dream Harbor after inheriting the Pumpkin Spice Café from her aunt and in need of a fresh start. Jeanie just didn’t know that her fresh start included Logan, a local farmer of Dream Harbor. This grumpy-sunshine novel is the perfect start to a new series of seasonal, cozy romances.

Kayleigh D. is a Library Technical Processing Assistant at May Memorial Library.

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