Recs if you like The Full Moon Coffee Shop (The Full Moon Coffee Shop, #1)...

books that transport you into gentle adventures and charming worlds (with a side of life-altering epiphanies and self discoveries)

cats across genres! these books range from books all about cats to books that feature a cat, and all are cat-friendly!

Books that inspired or are similar to Studio Ghibli films

no matter where you live, we all see the same moon, even if it’s day, the moon is still there saying 🌝 so here is a list of a bunch of books with the word “moon” in the title

taking suggestions!

the wonderful niche of Japanese cat books

Cats, cats and more cats! Welcome to The Cat Love Club where we curl up with books featuring (suprise) cats, the perfect reading companions 🐈 List credit to my own cat because she is inspirational 😩✨️

A list of cozy fiction for when the world is heavy and the Book Club book is too much.

Books are cozy based on other lists or cute-munity reccs. Your milage may vary.

An on-going attempt to track Asian authors in my Interested/TBR (and hopefully Finished) categories. Books are generally fiction/lit fic/fantasy with some memoirs. Authors span West to East Asia, the Asian diaspora, and mixed-race folx.

books featuring the perspective of cats 🐱

Literature that features cats, coffee shops, food, books, and sometimes a bit of magic. Cozy and healing.

Mostly Asian healing books about comforting stores that can help people heal

books set in coffee shops or with a coffee shop as a primary location. often cozy, comforting tales of friendship and love, sometimes with a dash of action and mystery. the perfect thing to warm you up on a cold day.

inspired by the caramel latte that singlehandedly saved me from freezing to death on my walk to work this morning

These are books I am going to start reading before bed, because my regular selection of reading material just really riles me up. Inspired by two posts from the Substack Feeling! Magazine by Jenna O'Brien.

Translated fiction

Books that have significant cats, because what bookworm doesn't enjoy cats? (For series I have only included book 1.)

A shelf of tiny wonders from Japan and Korea. Moonlit book nooks, sleepy towns, lantern-lit evenings, silver rain, and tender stories that offer comfort. Small in length, but rich in extraordinary hidden moments of everyday life.

Third places or "good great places" are social surroundings and gathering spots for relaxation or recreation that are separate from your home (first place) and work (second place). Think cafés, bookshops, parks, community centers. Recommendations welcome! 🥰

Cozy books about cafes, libraries, bookstores, small shops and cats, often with some touches of magical realism.

Not restricting this list to only Korean or Japanese authors, although most of them are.

A cozy collection of Japanese cat literature — where felines become muses, companions, and storytellers. Thoughtful, whimsical, and perfect for curling up with on a quiet night

I realized that in Asia, magical and supernatural beliefs are steeped in our day-to-day lives. It’s so normalized that we or I, didn’t even think about it. So, I wanted to read more books in this category where magic occurs in everyday life