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16 Young Adult Cozy Fantasy Reads to Warm Your Heart



Have you ever just wanted to curl up with a fantasy book that you were sure would delight you? How about one that pairs well with a mug of your favorite beverage and just seeps into your heart and soul?


This is what cozy fantasy does to you. These are books that have low to no triggers, low tension, may or may not have low stakes, but in the end, you know you’re going to feel good and comforted.


These charming cozy fantasy reads may involve humor, adventure, Victorian societies, baking, romance, and enchanting magic, or they can be their own quirky mix of quaint and fantastical themes. But they all provide that cozy feeling that means you’re safe throughout the entire book.


Below are my sixteen young adult cozy fantasy reads that will warm your heart. Enjoy.





So This is Ever After

by F.T. Lukens


A chosen one wins the kingdom and has to get married to keep it, m/m romance, found family, friends to lovers, D&D party dynamic, charming and quirky



Half a Soul

by Olivia Atwater


Bridgerton with faeries, magic, whimsy, dry humor, m/f romance, and a girl with only half a soul



The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett


Armed only with a frying pan and her common sense, Tiffany Aching, a young witch-to-be, is all that stands between the monsters of Fairyland and the warm, green Chalk country that is her home, hilarity, little rascal creatures, adventure, inspiring female main character



A Wizard's Guide To Defensive Baking

by T. Kingfisher


Baking magic, wizards, murder mystery, a little gingerbread man, humor, fantastical and entertaining, coming of age, female main character



Wildwood Dancing (Wildwood Dancing Series Book 1)

by Juliet Marillier


Retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, fascinating setting in the Transylvanian woods and an Otherworld, two love stories, magic and wonder



Howl’s Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones


The classic of cozy fantasy, suitable for middle-grade audience and above, heartfelt, whimsical, engaging female main character under a curse that makes her old, m/f romance, overdramatic love interest, (you guessed it) a moving castle, wondrous magic



The Tea Dragon Society (The Tea Dragon Series Book 1)

by K. O'Neill


Graphic novel, possibly more middle grade, but tea dragons, cast of diverse LGBTQIA characters, enchanting, warm, funny




The Prince and the Dressmaker

by Jen Wang


Graphic novel, sweet romance between a seamstress and a prince, warm and charming, LGBTQIA characters, coming of age



Flowerheart

by Catherine Bakewell


Flower magic, a curse, sweet m/f romance, whimsical, charming characters, feels like Howl’s Moving Castle



Stardust

by Neil Gaiman


Adventurous, magical, fairytale-like, chasing a fallen star, m/f romance, an enchanted realm that lies beyond the wall of an English country town