Cozy, Fun, and Happy Fantasy Books

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  • Опубликовано: 4 дек 2024

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  • @EvaraLia
    @EvaraLia 2 года назад +50

    My cozy fantasy: Howl’s Moving Castle and The House of Many Ways, Good Omens, The Starless Sea, and Inkheart.

    • @luneluna307
      @luneluna307 2 года назад +1

      Oooh I love Howls Moving Castle with all my heart but I’ve never read The house of many ways… Is it good?

    • @joshshortt9599
      @joshshortt9599 2 года назад

      Ghibli is the king of coziness.

  • @Bloomgirl_books
    @Bloomgirl_books 2 года назад +37

    Also, Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree is the definition of cozy fantasy. It’s delightful and it’s a quick, easy read. I highly recommend it!

    • @smellmycoffee
      @smellmycoffee 2 года назад +2

      I just finished reading Legends & Lattes today and I'm so sad it's over. It was really brilliant.

    • @SilverScribe85
      @SilverScribe85 11 месяцев назад

      Legends & Lattes is the book that got me onto the Cozy Fantasy bandwagon.
      As we speak, I'm reading the prequel book called Bookshops & Bonedust

  • @bartelsjnyable
    @bartelsjnyable 2 года назад +12

    Yes! I agree. I’ve read 40 books so far this year. That has been the most I’ve ever read. I believe that is due to grief from losing my dad. It has taken me out of this world. 💗

  • @tianaj8816
    @tianaj8816 2 года назад +27

    Legends and Lattes is ADORABLE and super cozy to me. 🤓

    • @Books_BrewsandBeyond
      @Books_BrewsandBeyond 2 года назад +1

      100%

    • @bumblebeeb708
      @bumblebeeb708 2 года назад +1

      YES! Just finished that book and it's super cute. Loved the fall and winter descriptions.

  • @miiiiaaah
    @miiiiaaah 2 года назад +3

    Your hair always looks gorgeous!

  • @ADHreaDs
    @ADHreaDs 2 года назад +25

    Kings of the Wyld had a very cozy, nostalgic feel for me. The Lunar Chronicles also falls into this category for me.

  • @KatieReadsKoziesAndMore
    @KatieReadsKoziesAndMore 2 года назад +3

    Thank you for these recommendations. I used to get embarrassed about my love for cozy stories. But no more. When a heartwarming story, rom com, cozy mystery or family saga can make me smile, I think that is the best medicine in the world. Fantasies also help avoid the drudgery of everyday human life. Cozy fantasies sound like the best combination for me. This list of books is worth its weight in gold. I will be reading all of them.
    PS: animal sidekicks are AWESOME! ❤️

  • @Katertot8895
    @Katertot8895 2 года назад +6

    The ones that immediately came to mind as my "cozy, guilty pleasure" fantasies (although this is borderline scifi) is the Pivot Point duology by Kasie West. I think the reason is mostly because she's a romance author but this was her first and only dive into scifi/fantasy so it's very light and still has a super cute romance. It's about a group of people with superpowers who live in an isolated community in Texas and the main girl has the ability to see the outcome of either future when given an "either-or" choice. The story kicks off with her parents getting a divorce and her mom is staying in the community while her dad is moving to a normal town in Texas and they ask her to do a Search to decide who she wants to live with. Each chapter flips back and forth between her potentially staying with her mom or leaving with her dad and unfortunately the first book ends on a terrible cliffhanger, but everything works out by the end of the second book!
    I also read Nettle and Bone recently because of your recommendation and I loved it! I'm probably going to get it for my friend for her birthday because I think she'll love it too. So thank you for talking about it a lot!

  • @constanzafrancese7787
    @constanzafrancese7787 2 года назад +7

    In the Middle Grade area the Nevermoor series definitely makes me feel so cozy and happy. Others would be: the house in the cerulean sea, daughter of the pirate king, sorcery of thorns and to kill a kingdom.

  • @mhuff8626
    @mhuff8626 2 года назад +5

    I’m currently about 3/4 of the way thru The Stardust Thief and I highly recommend it! I’m not a huge fan of ‘fairytale retellings’ if you want to call it that, but wow it’s so good. And it’s great for a large range of age groups.

  • @katelyn2738
    @katelyn2738 2 года назад +2

    I absolutely love romance books and fantasy that has romance elements, and I always feel the need to diminish my love for them by calling them a “guilty pleasure”. I’m trying to work on just embracing it because you are right that no one should be judged for liking certain genres or elements. Especially as I’ve read so much this year and books with romance elements are a big reason for that which is a win in my eyes.

  • @kylieclark4486
    @kylieclark4486 Год назад

    I saved Nettle & Bone for spooky season and just finished. I loved it so much! The characters are so cute and funny. I laughed so much and quite possibly even sobbed at the end.

  • @jaishpreet0206
    @jaishpreet0206 2 года назад +2

    Keeper of the lost cities!!
    I'm so glad you finally picked it up. This is
    one of my favourite series of all time. I swear it keeps getting better and better.
    I don't even know how Shannon Messenger does this anymore.
    Also I never minded tropy books much. So i think I would give Ash princess a shot.

  • @mary-annv2140
    @mary-annv2140 2 года назад

    Your videos are so so soothing to watch! And I love the way your shelves always look so well put together

  • @tinapolley9073
    @tinapolley9073 8 месяцев назад

    My cozy middle grade in 2023 was greenwild ❤ oh my I loved it!
    My cozy fantasy is definitely the ACOTAR series haha I love it and I just can't get enough 😅 I bought a couple James Islington books I'm really looking forward to reading him and Brandon Sanderson also, I was going to start with the way of kings but now I'll start with war breaker

  • @raquelngomes
    @raquelngomes 2 года назад +1

    Anything by Leigh Bardugo is cozy for me. I really love her books! The guilty pleasure might be more something along the lines of Caraval and The School for Good and Evil. It's entertaining, fun, cheeky, and puts a smile on my face.

  • @saramm3765
    @saramm3765 2 года назад

    I just nabbed Nettle & Bone off the hold shelf today. Can't wait to dig in!

  • @musingsonbooks3096
    @musingsonbooks3096 2 года назад +42

    I don’t think I’d describe “Warbreaker” as “cozy” myself 😅 It gets pretty grim and brutal at times. I did really enjoy the story though and would recommend it, just not as a feel good type of thing necessarily 🙃

    • @mischarowe
      @mischarowe 2 года назад +8

      A cozy kind of grim. 🤣

    • @Speed202
      @Speed202 2 года назад +2

      It's cozy if you just ignore all the violence and the dark world-building. Just focus on all the colorful hair and developing love story. LOL

  • @Raindreamful
    @Raindreamful 2 года назад +2

    I'm going to look up that Caraval series. It could be my next favorite.

  • @Katiedora122
    @Katiedora122 2 года назад +2

    For cozy fantasy, I always go back to the books from my childhood. So basically anything by Robin McKinley! Spindle's End was always my favorite, she has the two Beauty and the Beast retellings, and then more recently I read the Damar books for the first time. Similarly, Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine makes my heart sing. And for "adult" books, I'd have to say Stardust and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, or Good Omens with Terry Pratchett.

  • @tinapolley9073
    @tinapolley9073 8 месяцев назад

    Nettle and bone is on my TBR and I just got the audio book at my library so yay

  • @melainahoving3766
    @melainahoving3766 2 года назад

    Thank you for making this video, dealing with some dark times and looking for a good book to keep a more positive mindset. So I really appreciate these book recommendations.

  • @johnsaxongitno4life588
    @johnsaxongitno4life588 2 года назад +3

    Miss Elliot thank you for adding to my tbr list prayers and thoughts for you and your beautiful family please enjoy your reading 📖 love your family friend John xx❤️❤️🥰🥰

  • @arlissbunny
    @arlissbunny 2 года назад

    I agree with you on the term “guilty pleasure” if for no other reason than it implies the reader must feel something specific. I think we all bring very different lived experience along for the ride.
    My favorite cozy read will always be Tolkien. It’s a world I can just fall in to.

  • @yanivrosenfeld-cohen7517
    @yanivrosenfeld-cohen7517 2 года назад

    I like that now and then you come up with something very different than your usual content and give it your special tone. I would perhaps say that some parts of The Ten Thousand doors of January are quite cozy and fun

  • @juliejanisbooks6580
    @juliejanisbooks6580 2 года назад +1

    Wow there were a lot of books on this list that I also love and consider fun and cozy! Keeper of the Lost Cities is such a fun series! I don't typically read MG but like you said, sometimes we pick up younger books just to have a fun time, sometimes during hard moments in life. I also loved Six Crimson Cranes, Spin the Dawn, Caraval, and Warbreaker. Also, just added Nettle & Bone to my tbr!

  • @myonnareads
    @myonnareads 2 года назад +1

    can you do a video on all the special editions you own? 😍😍

  • @e-nev
    @e-nev 2 года назад

    I just read Stardust Thief not too long ago and totally agree! I think the Lunar Chronicles would fit nicely into the cozy, fun, happy fantasy genre!

  • @sokiepokiee
    @sokiepokiee 2 года назад +3

    Legends and Lattes!

  • @ClaireKinmil
    @ClaireKinmil 2 года назад

    In no other person's book recommendation videos do I get the sense that I immediately know if I'd like a book or not. And yes, many of them end up in my wish list XD Thank you for doing these videos!

  • @jaclin1429
    @jaclin1429 2 года назад

    I loved Amari and Six Crimson Cranes! Thanks for the fun video!

  • @somatoes4667
    @somatoes4667 2 года назад

    Cosy fantasy is one of my favourite types of fantasy. The Snow Child, Winterwood, Gilded, A river enchanted all have very soft magic systems and amazing settings.
    Edit: Btw your hair looks so good here 🥹

  • @hayleya.439
    @hayleya.439 2 года назад +1

    I loved Stardust Thief so much 😭 I need book 2 noooow.
    Looking forward to checking out Nettle and Bone!

  • @AuthorBooksReader
    @AuthorBooksReader 2 года назад +1

    Books are uniquely portable magic!!!

  • @kaitlyng7850
    @kaitlyng7850 2 года назад

    I loved Keeper of the Lost Cities in middle school!

  • @KristinKravesBooks
    @KristinKravesBooks 2 года назад +2

    Ohh I'm excited that The Stardust Thief is on this list. I am hoping to get to it soon! I am up for a fun adventure.

  • @littlefootreader
    @littlefootreader 2 года назад

    Loved these recs! Am I just now noticing rainbow shelves??? Love it!!

  • @snickerssmiles2112
    @snickerssmiles2112 2 года назад

    oooo that purple version of The Stardust Thief is lovely!

  • @DanExploresBooks
    @DanExploresBooks 2 года назад

    Thank you for recommending Once Upon a Broken heart. I would have never thought I would have liked it. But I decided to give it a go and it was fun.

  • @ReadingNymph
    @ReadingNymph 2 года назад

    Totally agree with Elizabeth Lim books and Once Upon a Broken Heart. I also think House in the Cerulean Sea is so cozy cute

  • @Liz-kq1wb
    @Liz-kq1wb 2 года назад +1

    Keeper of the lost cities whoot whoot! Another one is The School of Good and Evil. Read them before the show on Netflix. The 4th book is awesome!

  • @lightscamerasashley.
    @lightscamerasashley. 2 года назад

    thanks for the recommendations 💞 great video!

  • @Bloomgirl_books
    @Bloomgirl_books 2 года назад

    My hackles were going up as you were talking about Caraval. LOL 😂 Glad you turned that around.

  • @shayndlgreen3356
    @shayndlgreen3356 2 года назад

    I teach 5th grade and my students love the Keeper of the Lost Cities books!

  • @lindarichards3242
    @lindarichards3242 2 года назад

    Great reviews!!
    You look fabulous!!! Going to buy Nettle & Bone

  • @TheBookishMom
    @TheBookishMom 2 года назад

    Amari is so good! I really want to get to Keeper of the Lost Cities soon because it really seems adorable.

  • @lilwinchester1417
    @lilwinchester1417 2 года назад

    Thanks for the list! Cozy is just what I need at this moment!

  • @jaydig2
    @jaydig2 2 года назад

    My daughter and I loved 'Amari and the Night Brothers'... The sequel comes out this year I believe and we will definitely pick it up

  • @alinal5505
    @alinal5505 2 года назад

    I really, really need to pick up Warbreaker now!!

  • @historymax5479
    @historymax5479 2 года назад +1

    For me, cozy would be action packed stories that are also fun to read, as opposed to something like First Law or Legacy. Codex Alera falls into this category for me. It's light on the emotional drama and grimdark stuff, focusing mainly on fun-to-read action sequences and light politics.

  • @ioanaanghel2975
    @ioanaanghel2975 2 года назад

    Thanks for this, I will try most of these books. I’ve been in a reading funk lately, starting books and 10 pages in I am already “meh”. It’s not my fault I only like extraordinary books, it’s what I tell myself.

  • @txdave
    @txdave 2 года назад

    this is exactly what i needed! i need some happy books!

  • @metalcandycanechild
    @metalcandycanechild 2 года назад

    Do you have any recommendations for fantasy books with a jungle/tropical setting? 🌱🌺🌴🏝

  • @sammyylamb
    @sammyylamb 2 года назад

    My favorite cozy reads are enchantment of ravens, the cruel prince (weird but true), and howls moving castle, winters orbit, and crown of feathers
    They just feel nice and pleasant to read

  • @PureMagma
    @PureMagma 2 года назад +1

    I read Once Upon A Broken Heart and ended up backtracking to Caraval (the triogy actually)... There is a lot to unpack in those books but mostly the Head Games---it's a bit much sometimes.

  • @shanerux8971
    @shanerux8971 2 года назад

    My cozy and guilty pleasure books are Japanese light novels, particularly of the isekai variety. A couple of my favorite ones currently are The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy and Disciple of the Lich: Or How I Was Cursed by the God's and Dropped Into the Abyss.

  • @FaeryLaume
    @FaeryLaume 2 года назад

    I adored Nettle & Bone recently and keep trying to convince others to read it. I'd also add Kings of the Wylde by Nicholas Eames to "cozy" because the characters are so lovable and funny.

  • @leonmayne797
    @leonmayne797 2 года назад +3

    The Spook’s Apprentice and it’s sequels are really cosy and also dark and creepy at the same time.

    • @clairesutherland232
      @clairesutherland232 2 года назад +1

      These were my favourites growing up. I never see people talk about them.

  • @tianaj8816
    @tianaj8816 2 года назад +1

    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Nettle and Bone. If anyone knows any books that are similar to it, please recommend. I need more like it. 🥰

  • @TheEmmaLucille
    @TheEmmaLucille 2 года назад +1

    I'm 52 and I'm all in for demon chicken!!!😄

  • @hannahblackwellbooks
    @hannahblackwellbooks 2 года назад

    I lovvvved Warbreaker ❤️

  • @patriciamcintrosh1065
    @patriciamcintrosh1065 2 года назад

    What do you think of the Anne Bishop series about the "Others"? Started me reading her Black Jewels series. Love her writing!

    • @MsChristineMina
      @MsChristineMina Год назад

      I love her others series! They’re like comfort reading for me.

  • @bridgetteurbano1440
    @bridgetteurbano1440 2 года назад

    Love this recommendation video!

  • @edwinleskin3112
    @edwinleskin3112 2 года назад

    Gotta do Legends and Lattes!!!

  • @lenani9143
    @lenani9143 2 года назад

    For me, guilty pleasures are media that have problematic angles to them but I can acknowledge those and still enjoy them (guiltily)

  • @jillc2700
    @jillc2700 2 года назад +1

    Portal fantasy, boarding schools/magic training, and talking animals/animal companions generally hit cozy vibes for me and most middlegrade fantasy actually does well when I just want a break. ☺️ Diana Wynne Jones is an automatic reread for me when it comes to cozy fantasy (pretty much anything she wrote, although not all). Most Tamora Pierce books=cozy ya rereads, too. I think The Deadly Education series by Naomi Novik will end up being cozy reads for me too, but obv the last book isn’t out yet-so I’ll probably be horrified I said that by the end of the year. The mc is just so prickly…😅 Also found the Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton an extremely cozy middlegrade if predictable. Ok yes I know Bone Shard Daughter probably doesn’t count but I was genuinely surprised by it and found it definitely more cozy fantasy than the grim dark I was expecting given that people’s bones are used for magic and the political intrigue. Probably the animal companion helped… 😉 oh and the japanese light serial novels “Ascendance of a Bookworm” are a great time. I haven’t caught up yet but I’ve preordered the latest volume. (Also a manga and anime.). Finally if nothing else seems to be working as an escape, fanfiction will do the trick….🙃

  • @susansegal1808
    @susansegal1808 2 года назад

    I am trying to get into the fantasy genre. I typically read historical fiction or mystery. Are there any fantasy with those genres in it?

  • @SunscourDavis
    @SunscourDavis 2 года назад

    So much win in one video👍🏽

  • @pandabear0
    @pandabear0 2 года назад +1

    Yeah, I won't categorize "Warbreaker" as cozy but since you defined it as "political intrigue" I totally understand!
    I definitely loved that book cover to cover. It's a longer book but totally worth it. I literally loved the whole book. It was my first Brandon Sanderson book and I honestly had a great time reading it.
    That book has every single thing I love: magic, interesting characters, multiple POV, a little bit of romantic elements, political intrigue, and deep world building.

  • @robthomas3968
    @robthomas3968 2 года назад

    Warbreaker is brilliant it’s the only Brandon Sanderson books I like

  • @jevxminscrire
    @jevxminscrire 2 года назад

    you keep making me want to read nettle and bone

  • @fatimasilva_le
    @fatimasilva_le 2 года назад

    KOTLC is adorable and so fun to read, I'm always recommending to everyone regardless the reader age 😆
    About Warbreaker I expected a lot more in the romantic side because I was cheering for the younger sister and someway the elder gets much more attention. Anyway is a good book. 🤣

  • @brushlow9344
    @brushlow9344 2 года назад

    The cover for Spin the Dawn is stunning! How can that be ordered?

  • @awholeiolabooks8256
    @awholeiolabooks8256 2 года назад

    Since you like Keepers of the lost cities. You should try the Nevermoor series by Jessica Townsend … sooo cozy read (I have read them 5 times)
    Also Fangs is such a cozy graphic novel

  • @pappywinky4749
    @pappywinky4749 2 года назад

    My cozy are those good old adventure, good vs evil, books like the edge chronicles, harry potter, lord of the rings, the city of dreaming books, Licanus Trilogy. Anything that is not morally grey, I love political intrigues and grimdark a lot, but my cozy is those good old tropy books that never age, that are timeless, where I can just leave this world and not face what I see on social media or the news.

  • @TheMightyFlea-0
    @TheMightyFlea-0 2 года назад

    I would like to put forward Legends and Lattes as a cozy read. An Orc that has had enough of being a Treasure hunting barbarian and moves to the city of Thune to open a coffee shop and hires a succubus as her employee.

  • @tine272
    @tine272 Год назад +1

    i kinda have a problem with fantasy books that are popular with (mostly) young women being labeled as "guilty pleasure" reads. why insinuate that people should feel guilty for liking what they like 😊

  • @IxieNova
    @IxieNova 2 года назад

    I prefer dark fantasy, but I appreciate this video because sometimes I read something so dark that I wish I had some cozy fun books to read after to make me feel better lol

  • @thewitchyreader6131
    @thewitchyreader6131 2 года назад

    Great video!

  • @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm
    @JayGTheAwkwardBookworm 2 года назад

    I need nettle & bone 😤

  • @briankregg6329
    @briankregg6329 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely a gorgeous woman!

  • @cbpd89
    @cbpd89 2 года назад

    The last couple books I read were pretty heavy emotionally, so this list of recommendations could not have been better timed.

  • @Tiffs-bookshelf
    @Tiffs-bookshelf 2 года назад

    I’m trying to get my granddaughter to buddy read amari with me. 😍

  • @lisagoldstein5676
    @lisagoldstein5676 2 года назад

    There is a set of books in YA with Liz Braswell and others that are alternate world what if...fairy tale retellings that are my guilty pleasure and cozy place partly. Please check them out!

  • @personmcpersonperson2893
    @personmcpersonperson2893 2 года назад

    Great video as always :)

  • @emmal7510
    @emmal7510 2 года назад

    I did love it, but I don't think I'd have picked Nettle and Bone for a cozy T. Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon read.
    I'd probably lean slightly more towards her kids books or her more YA stuff as having slightly less death and destruction.
    She also writes straight out fantasy romances, though those can darker than expected. (Though yelling "just kiss already!" at the main characters does distract from that.)

  • @Mewkeytay
    @Mewkeytay 2 года назад

    Heeey yaaaa. Hey yaaa. Remember that song?

  • @coupmd
    @coupmd 2 года назад

    It would be awesome if your videos had chapters assigned!

  • @raswartz
    @raswartz 2 года назад

    16:35 Why did you wait till NOW to warn us?

  • @nikkisweezea2388
    @nikkisweezea2388 2 года назад +1

    I always go back to the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane. Particularly if you feel betrayed by a certain other MG/YA fantasy series from your childhood *AHEM* at the moment, I can't recommend this series enough. There's a fun companion character in the first book, a whole cast of companion/side characters in the second book, and in the 3rd a character basically creates a race of companions from scratch and keeps one as her permanent companion. And it only gets better from there.

  • @mischarowe
    @mischarowe 2 года назад

    When I use "guilty pleasure" I'm weird because I'm just referring to things that I'm excessively passionate about. :)

  • @AbeNoSeirei
    @AbeNoSeirei 2 года назад

    Paranormal Romance is my guilty pleasure, because I need to turn off my brain for that, but it's still a fun, exciting read.

  • @wjamimah7772
    @wjamimah7772 2 года назад

    At this point in my life I’d rather read middle grade than YA. I’m consistently more happy with middle grade than YA which can be irritating but middle grade pretty much never is.

  • @muhmiis
    @muhmiis 2 года назад

    I’m sure the story is lovely, but Castles in their bones’s cover is surely the most horrendous thing I’ve ever seen in my life 😂

  • @MsELaHood
    @MsELaHood Год назад

    Huh I’ve never heard of anybody judging for reading middle grade. Then again my friends are all huge anime nerds like me so ..makes sense 😂

  • @LvUhcX
    @LvUhcX 2 года назад

    I like the Alchemaster Apprentice although it is not “Cozy” this is the genre for me :) realistic, sad yet fun

  • @keithcalderon6316
    @keithcalderon6316 2 года назад

    So many sisters 😂

  • @LyraValley
    @LyraValley 2 года назад +1

    I read KotLC and would have loved it if the MC hadn't been the Maryest Sue ever. She drove me insane with how special of a snowflake she was and ruined the book for me.

  • @hosein_zare_m
    @hosein_zare_m 2 года назад

    I have a feeling harry potter is not here! 😅

    • @hosein_zare_m
      @hosein_zare_m 2 года назад

      I watched until the end and I'm sad.

  • @ladyethyme
    @ladyethyme 2 года назад

    Wearbreaker….??? Really…..? O.o