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It's like the "cozy mystery" sub-genre, but for science fiction and fantasy. Not too gritty, instead focused on characters, and there's food. Lots of food. (Ideally.) There certainly can be some danger and struggles to advance the plot, but overall the book should provide a comfy feeling and not be triggering.
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message 1: by Mike (new)

Mike A good many of these I wouldn't categorise as "cosy" at all, though they are good books.


message 2: by Tanya (new)

Tanya Since lists are generated based on user submissions and people's unique interpretations of coziness, I would love to see you upvote the ones you definitely feel fit the category ideally! That way they'll show up near the top of the list.


message 3: by Liina (new)

Liina A strange and stubborn endurance (currently #144) for sure shouldn't be on this list. Coziness of course is very subjective in general, but that one has r*pe scene in the very beginning. Since Goodreads doesn't really show trigger warnings anywhere, and people spesifically look this list for " a comfy feeling with limited triggers", I feel like there shouldn't be this kind of trigger on the list. There is also graphic animal death and physical torture of a criminal in this book.

I mostly liked the book myself, but I was prepared for what happens in the book, as I looked up trigger warnings beforehand.
I would not recommend for anyone who is looking for cozy book and sees this fantasy romance on the list.


message 4: by Tanya (last edited Jul 12, 2023 03:48PM) (new)

Tanya Thanks for sharing that and I hope it's useful to someone who was considering the book! Unfortunately, these lists are all user submitted and then upvoted by other GR users, so even though I started this list originally, I don't know of any way to actually remove titles from the list (nor do I want this role). Best hope is people will see this disclaimer or see reviews when they click on the book. I also suggest upvoting all the other books the cozy/low trigger parameter much better. (I did edit the list description a little to clarify what we're looking for.)

Liina wrote: "A strange and stubborn endurance (currently #144) for sure shouldn't be on this list. Coziness of course is very subjective in general, but that one has r*pe scene in the very beginning. Since Good..."


message 5: by Franziska (new)

Franziska Who voted for Aristoteles and Dante???


message 6: by Krasimira (new)

Krasimira Stoykova There's a rape scene in Circe as well. Shouldn't be on this list imho.


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