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

癒し系 | "healing" fiction | a genre of gentle, slice-of-life stories that focus on comfort and emotional restoration from ordinary human troubles, often featuring whimsical elements. This list will focus on works of Japanese and Korean literature, rather than manga or illustrative media, that fall into this genre.

dreamy, surreal, reflective texts 🤍 composed of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and memoirs

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.

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

Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift 😉

a favourite niche of mine, partly inspired by 4 years spent living there ✨

a non-exhaustive list.

Translated fiction

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.

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. Some books may not be translated into English

literature that transcends borders and often breaks my heart

also known as "cozy fiction", heartwarming, comforting stories focusing on everyday life, most well known examples would be Before The Coffee Gets Gold or Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

magic realism with a hint of real-life hardships making you appreciate life a little better

graphic design is my passion

all the cosy, good vibes. Mainly Japanese & Korean 🇯🇵🇰🇷

healing fiction | read & tbr