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Cooler days call for cozy blankets, a warm drink, and a stack of books within reach. Settle in and discover cozy mysteries, charming small towns, magical escapes, heartwarming stories, and more.

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New & Noteworthy Cozy Books

The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance

Chiara Bullen

from: $22.37

The Farewitch of Foxe Holler

Ellen Pauley Goff

from: $16.63

The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts: A Novel (The Marlow Murder Club, 5)

Robert Thorogood

from: $15.98

A Very Novel Murder (A Novel Detectives Mystery, 1)

Ellie Alexander

from: $11.89

Death of a Groom

M.C. Beaton

from: $9.89

Tell-Tale Treats

Jennifer J Chow

from: $36.32

Death by Irish Coffee

Alex Erickson

from: $7.59

A Spirited Supper at Dundoon Castle (A Food and Spirits Mystery)

Darci Hannah

from: $14.89

More New Cozy Books for Your 2026 TBR

The Devil in the Details (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery)

Vicki Delany

from $22.38

Murder from A to Z (Mystery Bookshop)

V.M. Burns

from $11.79

Poison at the Wild Haggis Bookshop

Jackie Baldwin

from $15.34

Just Desserts and Murder: A Temperance Matthews Cozy Mystery (The Little Bakery Cozy Myster)

Lucinda Race

from $13.42

Mayhem on the Marzipan Express : A Claire Walker Mystery

Rebecca Connolly

from $9.69

Poison and Prose (The Pages and Paws Mystery Series)

Poppy Bridgeman

from $12.27

Mystic Brews & Murder (Magical Teashop Mysteries)

Karen McSpade

from $13.75

Death at Daffodil Inn

R. L. Killmore

from $16.48

Murder among the Hives

Eloise Everhart

from $14.65

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Cozy Mysteries to Curl Up With

The Thursday Murder Club

Richard Osman

from: $4.49

Murder Past Due

Miranda James

from: $5.99

Murder by Cheesecake

Rachel Ekstrom Courage

from: $37.68

The Impossible Fortune

Richard Osman

from: $10.79

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

Jesse Q. Sutanto

from: $9.79

The Maid

Nita Prose

from: $4.99

Arsenic and Adobo

Mia P. Manansala

from: $5.89

The Marlow Murder Club

Robert Thorogood

from: $13.89

More Cozy Mysteries to Keep You Guessing

Death by Dumpling

Vivien Chien

from $5.99

The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder: A Novel

C. L. Miller

from $5.39

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Alan Bradley

from $5.39

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith

from $4.79

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards

Lilian Jackson Braun

from $5.19

The Windsor Knot

S.J. Bennett

from $4.99

Homicide and Halo-Halo

Mia P. Manansala

from $6.69

Death Comes to Marlow

Robert Thorogood

from $6.79

A Murder is Announced

Agatha Christie

from $6.89

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death

M.C. Beaton

from $6.09

Killers of a Certain Age

Deanna Raybourn

from $6.89

The Body in the Library

Agatha Christie

from $6.39

If you like Cozy Mysteries like Thursday Murder Club, Try Murder Past Due

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!

The Thursday Murder Club

Richard Osman

from $4.49

Murder Past Due

Miranda James

from $5.99

Cozy Mysteries Readers Can't Put Down

Murder Takes a Vacation

Laura Lippman

from $6.19

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

Elle Cosimano

from $6.89

The Man Who Died Twice

Richard Osman

from $15.21

The Bullet That Missed

Richard Osman

from $14.39

The Last Devil to Die

Richard Osman

from $15.21

We Solve Murders

Richard Osman

from $8.29

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone

Benjamin Stevenson

from $8.29

A Most Agreeable Murder

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The Expectant Detectives

Kat Ailes

from $5.39

Cozy Fantasy Books

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

from: $4.49

Bookshops & Bonedust

Travis Baldree

from: $14.79

The Enchanted Greenhouse

Sarah Beth Durst

from: $16.47

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

Sangu Mandanna

from: $10.49

Alchemy and a Cup of Tea (Tomes & Tea, 4)

Rebecca Thorne

from: $10.49

Witch Hat Atelier Manga Box Set 1

Kamome Shirahama

from: $56.61

Brothersong

T.J. Klune

from: $16.85

Accomplice to the Villain

Hannah Nicole Maehrer

from: $11.29

More Cozy Fantasy Books

Legends & Lattes

Travis Baldree

from $13.82

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

Rebecca Thorne

from $7.49

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

Heather Fawcett

from $11.59

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

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Under the Whispering Door

T.J. Klune

from $6.79

The Honey Witch

Sydney J. Shields

from $15.83

A Pirate's Life for Tea (Tomes & Tea, 2)

Rebecca Thorne

from $10.99

The Teller of Small Fortunes

Julie Leong

from $11.99

Howl’s Moving Castle

Diana Wynne Jones

from $6.09

The Tea Dragon Festival

Katie O'Neill

from $9.19

If you liked The House in the Cerulean Sea, Try Bookshops & Bonedust

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.

The House in the Cerulean Sea

T.J. Klune

from $16.70

Bookshops & Bonedust

Travis Baldree

from $14.79

Cozy Fantasy Books to Light a Campfire in Your Heart

from $6.59

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Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

from $8.39

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Tress of the Emerald Sea

Brandon Sanderson

from $16.47

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Kelly Barnhill

from $4.89

The House Witch

Delemhach

from $16.70

The Invisible Library

Genevieve Cogman

from $5.79

The Starless Sea

Erin Morgenstern

from $6.59

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Bookshops & Small-Town Charm

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

Hwang Bo-reum

from: $15.83

The Pumpkin Spice Café

Laurie Gilmore

from: $10.09

The Gingerbread Bakery

Laurie Gilmore

from: $15.83

Before Dorothy

Hazel Gaynor

from: $15.84

People Watching

Hannah Bonam-Young

from: $9.69

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

R.A. Dick

from: $14.40

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Gabrielle Zevin

from: $5.59

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Satoshi Yagisawa

from: $14.79

More Bookshop & Small-Town Stories to Get Lost In

Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About: A Spicy Fall Romance

Isabelle Popp

from $13.65

The Reading List

Sara Nisha Adams

from $7.39

What You Are Looking for Is in the Library

Michiko Aoyama

from $17.24

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

from $7.19

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from $8.59

The Bookshop of Second Chances

Jackie Fraser

from $4.39

The Little Paris Bookshop

Nina George

from $4.89

The Bookshop of Yesterdays

Amy Meyerson

from $4.59

The Convenience Store by the Sea

Sonoko Machida

from $16.89

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

from $8.59

The Book Charmer

Karen Hawkins

from $4.69

The Last Chance Library

Freya Sampson

from $5.79

Cozy Literature

Franny and Zooey

J.D. Salinger

from: $3.99

Theo of Golden

Allen Levi

from: $16.48

Like Water for Chocolate

Laura Esquivel

from: $4.79

The Reading List

Sara Nisha Adams

from: $7.39

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

from: $7.09

The Library of Borrowed Hearts

Lucy Gilmore

from: $5.69

The Last Chance Library

Freya Sampson

from: $5.79

If you liked The Catcher in the Rye, You Should Try Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

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.

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

from $7.49

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

Hwang Bo-reum

from $15.83

Café & Bakery Reads Worth Savoring

The Pumpkin Spice Café

Laurie Gilmore

from: $10.09

The Gingerbread Bakery

Laurie Gilmore

from: $15.83

Sally's Baking Cookbook

Sally McKenney

from: $25.18

Laying Down the Latte

Ellie Alexander

from: $7.49

Let's Give 'Em Pumpkin to Talk About: A Spicy Fall Romance

Isabelle Popp

from: $13.65

Alchemy and a Cup of Tea (Tomes & Tea, 4)

Rebecca Thorne

from: $10.49

鴨川食堂

HISASHI KASHWAI

from: $11.29

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

from: $7.19

More Café & Bakery Reads to Savor

The Full Moon Coffee Shop: A Novel

Mai Mochizuki

from $9.69

Little Beach Street Bakery

Jenny Colgan

from $4.49

Meet me at the Cupcake café

Jenny Colgan

from $5.49

The Cafe by the Sea

Jenny Colgan

from $7.19

The Little Cafe in Copenhagen: Fall in Love and Escape the Winter Blues with This Wonderfully Heartwarming and Feelgood Novel

Julie Caplin

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The City Baker's Guide to Country Living

Louise Miller

from $4.89

鴨川食堂おかわり

Hisashi Kashiwai

from $11.79

The Secret, Book, & Scone Society

Ellery Adams

from $7.39

The Little Paris Patisserie

Julie Caplin

from $13.19

Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love

Kim Fay

from $8.49

The Little Swiss Ski Chalet

Julie Caplin

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The School of Essential Ingredients

Erica Bauermeister

from $4.99

If you liked The Pumpkin Spice Café, You Should Try…

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.

The Pumpkin Spice Café

Laurie Gilmore

from $10.09

The Ex Hex

Erin Sterling

from $15.83

Heartwarming Cozy Romances That Read Like a Hug

How to Find Love in a Bookshop

Veronica Henry

from $5.09

The Dead Romantics

Ashley Poston

from $7.79

The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

India Holton

from $15.41

Secrets at the Last House Before the Sea

from $7.59

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Alexandria Bellefleur

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The Love of My Afterlife

Kirsty Greenwood

from $8.29

Practice Makes Perfect

Sarah Adams

from $6.99

Nature-Inspired Reads to Slow Down With

All Creatures Great and Small

James Herriot

from: $4.59

An Almanac of Birds

Maria Popova

from: $32.26

Nature and the Mind

Marc Berman

from: $22.38

The Wild Robot on the Island

Peter Brown

from: $9.49

The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac

Old Farmer's Almanac

from: $6.89

The Secret Garden Quilt Pattern and Videos: Build your quilt-making skills one step at a time

Sarah Fielke

from: $36.17

The Little Ghost Quilt's Winter Surprise (A Little Ghost Quilt Book)

Riel Nason

from: $16.07

The Happiness Files

Arthur C Brooks

from: $14.29

Cozy Non-Fiction

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The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac

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Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

Katherine May

from $8.49

The Well-Gardened Mind

Sue Stuart-Smith

from $7.49

If you liked All Creatures Great and Small, Try Reading The Comfort of Crows

If gentle storytelling and an appreciation for the little wonders of everyday life are your idea of cozy, this next read is ready for your nightstand. Seasonal observations, encounters with the natural world, and plenty of reasons to slow down make it an especially comforting companion for quieter days. You can find more nature-loving, slow-living reading recs below.

All Creatures Great and Small

James Herriot

from $4.59

The Comfort of Crows

Margaret Renkl

from $23.24

Books for Gardeners, Bird Lovers & Slow Living

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

from $3.99

The Garden Against Time

Olivia Laing

from $7.59

The Well-Gardened Mind

Sue Stuart-Smith

from $7.49

The Hidden Life of Trees

Peter Wohlleben

from $15.81

Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

Suzanne Simard

from $14.79

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Zoë Schlanger

from $16.47

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady: A Facsimile Reproduction of a Naturalist's Diary

Edith Holden

from $14.79

The Naturalist's Notebook: An Observation Guide and 5-Year Calendar-Journal for Tracking Changes in the Natural World around You

Nathaniel T. Wheelwright

from $11.69

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

from $26.05

The Wild Remedy: How Nature Mends Us - A Diary

Emma Mitchell

from $12.29

The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2026

Lia Leendertz

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Heartwarming Reads You'll Treasure

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

R.A. Dick

from: $14.40

People Watching

Hannah Bonam-Young

from: $9.69

To Love a Beast

Karen Witemeyer

from: $13.42

Before Dorothy

Hazel Gaynor

from: $15.84

Putting Myself Together

Jamaica Kincaid

from: $16.63

The Wishing Game

Meg Shaffer

from: $5.39

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

from: $11.09

The Collected Regrets of Clover

Mikki Brammer

from: $9.99

Cozy Stories Full of Heart & Second Chances

The Authenticity Project

Clare Pooley

from $5.99

The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

Annie Lyons

from $6.59

The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

Matt Cain

from $7.09

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

from $4.09

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

from $4.79

The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise

Colleen Oakley

from $8.19

The People on Platform 5

Clare Pooley

from $8.89

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

Marianne Cronin

from $6.89

The Music Shop

Rachel Joyce

from $4.99

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

Phaedra Patrick

from $4.49

The Switch

Beth O'Leary

from $7.09

The Little Village of Book Lovers

Nina George

from $5.49

If you liked A Man Called Ove, Try Remarkably Bright Creatures

If heartfelt humor, unforgettable characters, and unexpected friendships are your favorite kind of comfort read, this next pick deserves a spot on your shelf. An unlikely friendship brings plenty of warmth, wit, and a reminder that connection can show up when you least expect it. You can find more uplifting, character-driven reading recs below.

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman

from $4.09

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

from $11.09