Recs if you like The Passengers on the Hankyu Line...

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.

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.

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.

Translated fiction

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

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! 🥰

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.

Cats, coffee, melancholy, warm food and lots of emotions!

Mostly Korean and Japanese translated works that have that cozy, slice of life vibes.

Cozy and heartwarming reads - literary hug on a chilly day <3

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

japanese literature written by women

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

Comforting and heartwarming short stories you can read in a day. Cosy and touching. ❤️ Daily struggles of humans solved by the power of love, friendship, and sometimes an animal. 😊

Read in between heavier books. 🇯🇵

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

my favourite translated books!

books translated from other languages to english! a way to explore writing styles from around the world

slow fiction