Recs if you like The Cat Who Saved the Library...

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.

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.

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

Some gems, some disasters... All selected for the cover. Contents may vary. Read at your own risk. ... *NB: There are different editions out there, but these are specifically the ones available here. ... Most of these I've seen in the book store. I've not read all of these but hopefully will one day. Recommendations are 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.

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

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

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

Books about books because there are never enough books

Japanese authors talking about cats -curious, interesting, wholesome

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

Books about bookstores, libraries, or other books.

Books with 'book(s), bookshop or library' in the title.

A collection of books that first caught my eye with their stunning covers, but kept me hooked with their magical vibes, cosy atmospheres, or captivating worlds. These are the books that are just as beautiful on the inside as they are on the shelf.

healing fiction | read & tbr

for me to get to my cats list.

Speculative fiction in which either the world building, prose or characters have a whimsical charm to them that makes them stand out

Feel free to ask me to add recs ^^

Books with cats on the cover.