Cozy vibes and books

November 4, 2024

If you’re looking to get cozy with a good book, we’ve got great recommendations for you.

Browse our staff picks for adults, YA and children in the sample of recommendations below or take a deep dive into our book lists on our website (we have a lot of them!).

We also have book suggestions on OverDrive/Libby for our electronic audiobook and book fans.

Adult: Cozy Mysteries

Crafting for murder Cover
Crafting for murder
Emodi, Barbara, 1953- author.
The body in the back garden Cover
The body in…
Waddell, Mark, author.
Mango, mambo, and murder Cover
Mango, mambo, and…
Reyes, Raquel V., author.
Poisoned primrose Cover
Poisoned primrose
Donovan, Dahlia, author.
A sprinkling of murder Cover
A sprinkling of…
Gerber, Daryl Wood, author.
Death before dessert Cover
Death before dessert
Radley, A.E., author.
Against the currant Cover
Against the currant
Matthews, Olivia, author.
Steeped to death Cover
Steeped to death
Rue, Gretchen, author.
A most agreeable murder : a novel Cover
A most agreeable…
Seales, Julia, author.
Six sweets under Cover
Six sweets under
Fox, Sarah (Mystery writer), author.
Death by dumpling Cover
Death by dumpling
Chien, Vivien, author.
Magic, lies, and deadly pies : a novel Cover
Magic, lies, and…
Popp, Misha, author.
Murder in a Scottish shire Cover
Murder in a…
Hall, Traci, author.
Midnight at Malabar House Cover
Midnight at Malabar…
Khan, Vaseem, 1973- author.
A spell for trouble Cover
A spell for…
Addison, Esme, author.
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Adult: Award Winning BC Authors

Eating dirt : deep forests, big timber, and life with the tree-planting tribe Cover
Eating dirt :…
Gill, Charlotte, 1971-
Breaching the Peace : the Site C Dam and a valley's stand against big hydro Cover
Breaching the Peace…
Cox, Sarah, 1963- author.
The heaviness of things that float [book club set] Cover
The heaviness of…
Manuel, Jennifer, author.
The heaviness of things that float Cover
The heaviness of…
Manuel, Jennifer, author.
Our familiar hunger Cover
Our familiar hunger
Rosnau, Laisha, 1972- author.
There is a season : a memoir Cover
There is a…
Lane, Patrick, 1939- author.
The tiger flu : a novel Cover
The tiger flu…
Lai, Larissa, author.
A disappearance in Damascus : a story of friendship and survival in the shadow of war Cover
A disappearance in…
Campbell, Deborah, 1970- author.
Brother Cover
Brother
Chariandy, David John, 1969- author.
Cloud physics Cover
Cloud physics
Enns, Karen, 1960- author.
Reconciliation manifesto : recovering the land, rebuilding the economy Cover
Reconciliation manifesto :…
Manuel, Arthur, author.
Quarrels : prose poems Cover
Quarrels : prose…
Joseph, Eve, 1953- author.
The woo woo : how I survived ice hockey, drug raids, demons, and my crazy Chinese family Cover
The woo woo…
Wong, Lindsay, 1987- author.
Lands of lost borders : out of bounds on the Silk Road Cover
Lands of lost…
Harris, Kate, 1982- author.
The woo woo : how I survived ice hockey, drug raids, demons, and my crazy Chinese family Cover
The woo woo…
Wong, Lindsay, 1987- author.
Mapping my way home : a Gitxsan history Cover
Mapping my way…
Sterritt, Neil J., author.
Magnetic equator Cover
Magnetic equator
Kellough, Kaie, 1975- author.
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YA: Portal Fantasy

The girl who fell beneath the sea Cover
The girl who…
The Meadowlands Cover
The Meadowlands
Sabriel Cover
Sabriel
Lost in the moment and found Cover
Lost in the…
Finna Cover
Finna
Over the Woodward Wall Cover
Over the Woodward…
Havenfall Cover
Havenfall
A curse so dark and lonely Cover
A curse so…
The Insiders Cover
The Insiders
A spark from embers Cover
A spark from…
The Hazel Wood : a novel Cover
The Hazel Wood…
Labyrinth lost Cover
Labyrinth lost
The golden compass Cover
The golden compass
Heartless Cover
Heartless
The ten thousand doors of January Cover
The ten thousand…
Pandora hearts. Volume 1 Cover
Pandora hearts. Volume…
Mislaid in parts half-known Cover
Mislaid in parts…
A soul as cold as frost Cover
A soul as…
A blade so black Cover
A blade so…
Walking in two worlds Cover
Walking in two…
Stardust Cover
Stardust
The everlasting road Cover
The everlasting road
Every heart a doorway Cover
Every heart a…
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YA: Science Fiction

Nyxia Cover
Nyxia
Young Adult
To sleep in a sea of stars Cover
To sleep in…
Adult
Rebelwing Cover
Rebelwing
Young Adult
Yesterday is history Cover
Yesterday is history
Young Adult
Iron widow Cover
Iron widow
Young Adult
Catfishing on CatNet Cover
Catfishing on CatNet
Young Adult
Skyhunter Cover
Skyhunter
Young Adult
Aetherbound Cover
Aetherbound
Young Adult
Sia Martinez and the moonlit beginning of everything Cover
Sia Martinez and…
Young Adult
Binti Cover
Binti
Adult
The sound of stars Cover
The sound of…
Young Adult
Scythe Cover
Scythe
Young Adult
Goddess in the machine Cover
Goddess in the…
Young Adult
The electric kingdom Cover
The electric kingdom
Young Adult
War girls Cover
War girls
Young Adult
Toxic Cover
Toxic
Young Adult
The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy Cover
The hitchhiker's guide…
Adult
Victories greater than death Cover
Victories greater than…
Young Adult
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Children: If you like magic schools

A taste of magic Cover
A taste of…
Elle, J., author.
The Marvellers Cover
The Marvellers
Clayton, Dhonielle, author.
Dungeon Crawlers Academy. Book one, Into the portal Cover
Dungeon Crawlers Academy.…
Sullivan, J. P., author.
The school between Winter and Fairyland Cover
The school between…
Fawcett, Heather (Heather M.), author.
Hooky Cover
Hooky
Tur, Míriam Bonastre, author, illustrator.
Mwikali and the forbidden mask Cover
Mwikali and the…
Nguru, Shiko, author.
The worst witch Cover
The worst witch
Murphy, Jill, 1949- author.
Shakti Cover
Shakti
Sindu, SJ, author.
Lia Park and the heavenly heirlooms Cover
Lia Park and…
Yoon, Jenna, author.
Secret of the shadow beasts Cover
Secret of the…
Magras, Diane, author.
Spell sweeper Cover
Spell sweeper
Födi, Lee Edward, author.
Witchlings Cover
Witchlings
Ortega, Claribel A., author.
The Mystwick School of Musicraft Cover
The Mystwick School…
Khoury, Jessica, 1990- author.
Amari and the night brothers Cover
Amari and the…
Alston, B. B., author.
Willow Moss & the vanished kingdom Cover
Willow Moss &…
Valente, Dominique, author.
The troubled girls of Dragomir Academy Cover
The troubled girls…
Ursu, Anne, author.
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Children: If you like graphic novels

Snapdragon Cover
Snapdragon
Juvenile
The Cardboard Kingdom Cover
The Cardboard Kingdom
Juvenile
New kid Cover
New kid
Juvenile
Lumberjanes. Beware the kitten holy Cover
Lumberjanes. Beware the…
Juvenile
The Tea Dragon Society Cover
The Tea Dragon…
Juvenile
Bug boys Cover
Bug boys
Juvenile
Shirley & Jamila save their summer Cover
Shirley & Jamila…
Juvenile
The lost boy Cover
The lost boy
Juvenile
Fish Girl Cover
Fish Girl
Juvenile
Smile Cover
Smile
Juvenile
Jane, the fox & me Cover
Jane, the fox…
Young Adult
Jellaby, the lost monster Cover
Jellaby, the lost…
Juvenile
The witch boy Cover
The witch boy
Juvenile
Gordon : bark to the future! Cover
Gordon : bark…
Juvenile
Hereville. How Mirka got her sword Cover
Hereville. How Mirka…
Juvenile
Amulet. Book one, The stonekeeper Cover
Amulet. Book one,…
Juvenile
The Nameless City Cover
The Nameless City
Juvenile
Robot dreams Cover
Robot dreams
Juvenile
Where's Halmoni? Cover
Where's Halmoni?
Juvenile
One year at Ellsmere Cover
One year at…
Juvenile
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