Cozy SFF Reads to Read Under a Blanket

Beatrice is a sorceress in a land where the magic of women is considered to be dangerous, something that must be locked away with a collar once she’s married, because the pregnancy of female mages has supposedly produced unfortunate results. She would rather not marry at all, but her family is as desperate for money as she is to practice magic. Still, she pursues her dream until another sorceress from a foreign land snaps up the grimoire that she was going to use to become a Magus… and then she meets that woman’s brother and falls unfortunately in love. She has to decide which dream to sacrifice… or find a way to have both.

Humans left Earth hundreds of years ago in the Exodus Fleet and have spread through the galaxy since then. But the Exodus Fleet remains in a stable orbit around an alien star, forgotten history for many humans, but the cherished home of those who remain. The lives of several people intersect–space born and planet born–as the fleet tries to find meaning in its continued existence as a home for any human who cares to return.

Mehr is the illegitimate daughter of an Amrithi outcast and a governor in the empire that conquered that people. Her Amrithi heritage gives her magic she barely understands but the empire fears, magic that may allow her to talk to gods. As a way to control her, she’s married to another Amrithi in service of the oppressive empire, a man she barely knows. But these two find more in each other than they could have ever guessed possible–life and resistance. Also, you can read about Mehr’s sister in Realm of Ash.

Suzanna is chosen by her god to be the Angelica, the most powerful woman in the land, but to meet her fate she must marry a man she doesn’t know, who snatched her out of her campsite. Can she bring peace to a land that’s seen strangers for the first time in its history?

It was a coin flip between this and Seven of Infinities. What if Sherlock Holmes was an eccentric scholar in a far future where humans live in a collection of ring habitats? And what if Doctor Watson was actually a sentient ship discharged from military service after a traumatic battle? And what if the two of them meet over a murdered corpse?

In pseudo-medieval France, a religious clash leads a bitter, jaded ex-mercenary to see the value of beauty in the world–and love.

Miryem belongs to a family of money lenders, though her father has proven incredibly bad at that job, since he won’t collect on debts. She takes over the business to save her family from starvation and quickly earns a reputation for “turning silver to gold” with her cool unwillingness to be put off. But when that boast catches the attention of the Staryk king who has been slowly freezing the land she lives in, she’ll have to use all of her cleverness to save herself, her family, and two kingdoms.