Top Ten Tuesday: Cosy Books

Hi and welcome back to another Top Ten Tuesday post! This week’s topic is suggested by another Laurie over at Bay State Reader’s Advisory and is Books for Armchair Travelers. Now, I’m notorious (or famous) for going rogue, so that’s exactly what I am doing this week. Or, not entirely, but I still won’t stick to the original topic. I will just list ten books classified as cosy instead, no matter whether I agree on this classification or not. Furthermore, I haven’t read all of these. And by now, I realize this has been an old topic on which I went rogue… Are you even surprised? LOL! Without further ado, let’s get all cosy and comfortable in our armchairs in this last stretch of winter!

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

  1. A Wizard’s Guide for Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher (current read)
  2. The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore (read) (review)
  3. The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (TBR)
  4. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (read) (review)
  5. Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree (read) (review)
  6. The Baby Dragon Café by A.T. Qureshi (not interested in)
  7. For Whom the Belle Tolls by Jaysea Lynn (read) (it’s a bit on the edge of cosy) (review)
  8. Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett (out today) (TBR)
  9. The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst (TBR)
  10. Summer at the Comfort Food Café by Debbie Johnson (read) (oh well, this is summery instead of wintery)

These are just 10 out of the endless options when it comes to books marketed as cosy. Do you enjoy reading this type of books with such low stakes? Which ones did I miss? I know, I know, I didn’t add Emily Wilde, but I did that on purpose.


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12 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday: Cosy Books”

  1. Cosy fantasy, well they are places to travel to in actual fact. Very wise not to bother about the Baby Dragon Café, I read one in that series and I thought it was terrible.

  2. I love a cosy read. I’ve read a couple of these. Sangu Mandanna is definitely at the top. I also enjoy a Debbie Johnson book.

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/top-ten-tuesday-books-for-armchair-travellers/

  3. I read and enjoyed the Mandanna and Baldree books, and have Fawcett’s on my TBR.
    Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
    https://readbakecreate.com/time-to-plan-that-vacation-books-featuring-travel/

  4. I haven’t read any of these yet, but we could sure use a bit of summer around here! I’d love to travel to the setting of your last book. 🙂

  5. Legends and Lattes has been on multiple lists this week!

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    Lauren Always Me

    I went rogue today too. 🙂

  7. I’ve read a lot of this list, and want to read the rest

    Thanks for sharing your #TTT

  8. A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking sounds fun!

  9. I read and loved The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, Legends & Lattes and The Spellshop!

  10. I like cozy reads every now and then, mostly mysteries, and mostly on audio. I like the Travis Baldtree books, and the title of A Wizard’s Guide for Defensive Baking definitely appeals to me!
    I don’t mind your going rogue on the TTT topic this week, even though the theme was my suggestion! 😉

  11. I have read 2,3 and 4, and 1,5,6 and 8 are on my TBR. The rest I don’t know about, but I will check out. Honestly I didn’t feel the prompt either so I had to bail, I couldn’t think of another one haha

  12. I loved Defensive Baking, Irregular Witches, and Legends & Lattes. I’m very interested in the new Heather Fawcett novel. I don’t read a lot of cozy books but I think I’ve been reading more lately as the last few years have been more stressful.

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