![]() ![]() Snuggle under your warmest quilt with your favorite hot beverage and settle in. ![]() But the stakes are high as could be in that series! Keeping that in mind, these are 20 must-read cozy fantasy books that dip their toes into other genres like romance, mystery, and even horror. Plenty of people find The Lord of the Rings cozy, because hobbits lead a cozy way of life. Still, the sub-genre isn’t yet that well-defined, and what any individual finds “cozy” will vary. I certainly don’t want the brutality of sexual assault or epidemic disease to be a part of the story. I don’t want to read endless battle sequences. Here are the cozy fantasy books for those of us who love a gentle slice of life story once in a while. And perhaps most importantly, we don’t want the stakes to be super high. We want characters we can really get to know and love. First, we want an immersive world, lovingly drawn. Like cozy mystery readers, cozy fantasy readers are looking for a fairly specific reading experience. The dream is that cozy fantasy could reach the same status for the fantasy aisle. I say it’s a sub-genre we’re way overdue for! My local bookstore shelves the cozy mysteries all together on the endcap of the mystery section. ![]() Cozy fantasy books have been popping up all over my bookish socials. When Zayn, your smoking hot boss, tells you never to touch the cache of deluxe tattoo ink locked away in his office, you listen to him. ![]()
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