14 Cozy Fantasy Novels to Make Your 2025 Magical

In Tokyo, a hidden pawnshop lets only the lost trade their deepest regrets. New owner Hana Ishikawa wakes to chaos: the shop ransacked, its most precious item stolen, and her father missing. When a mysterious stranger offers his help, they journey through a magical world—crossing rain puddles, paper cranes, and a night market in the clouds—to recover what’s lost.

As they near the truth, Hana must confront a life-altering secret and make a choice she can never undo. Will she risk it all for redemption?

Terlu Perna broke the law to create a magical spider plant and was punished by becoming a wooden statue in Alyssium’s Great Library. Her story seemed over—until she wakes on a remote island filled with magical greenhouses. Freezing and starving, she’s taken in by a grumpy gardener who offers her shelter and honey cakes.

When Terlu discovers the greenhouses’ magic is failing, she’s determined to save them, even if it means breaking the law again. With the gardener and a sentient rose by her side, Terlu may find love and redemption.

Saphira’s café for pet baby dragons is struggling—her fiery young patrons keep torching the furniture, and coffee sales can’t cover the damage. Enter Aiden, a grumpy yet gorgeous gardener with a mischievous dragon of his own. Desperate for help, he hires Saphira to train his dragon, offering just enough to save her café.

Though they’re polar opposites—Saphira’s cheerful spirit clashes with Aiden’s gruff demeanor—their partnership sparks more than a solution to their problems. Can they work together and kindle something deeper along the way?

Sera Swan reluctantly helps her great-aunt run an enchanted inn in Lancashire, managing quirky guests, wrangling a mischievous talking fox, and mourning her lost magic. When she learns of a spell that could restore her power, she teams up with icy magical historian Luke Larsen, who arrives on a wintry evening with the knowledge to help.

Though Luke resists the inn’s chaos and Sera’s charm, he finds himself drawn into both. As Sera works to reclaim her magic and evade the Guild, she discovers that family—and love—might be the greatest magic of all.

Beneath a quiet lake lurks Jenny Greenteeth, a monster with razor-sharp teeth. When a witch named Temperance is cast into her waters, Jenny unexpectedly saves her. Temperance doesn’t know why her village turned against her, but it’s tied to a sinister new pastor.

Despite their differences, Jenny and Temperance must join forces on a magical quest to defeat the dark forces endangering Jenny’s lake, Temperance’s family, and Britain’s very soul. Together, they’ll discover strength in their unlikely alliance.

This volume brings together two YA steampunk adventures by the author of The Murderbot Diaries.

In Emilie and the Hollow World, Emilie stows away on the wrong ship and ends up on a journey to the planet’s core using an experimental engine. Facing sabotage, a treacherous enemy, and a strange new race, Emilie must help the crew find a way back to the surface.

In Emilie and the Sky-World, Emilie investigates a mysterious ship disrupting the sky’s aether currents. To uncover its intentions, Emilie embarks on a dangerous journey into the unknown.

With magic surging, the Nameless Restaurant—a once-hidden gem for supernatural regulars—is now overrun with mortal and magical newcomers. The staff is overwhelmed, and the delicate balance of the restaurant is teetering. As tensions rise, Mo Meng faces a tough choice: bend the rules on magic or risk the restaurant’s collapse.

Thaumaturgic Tapas is the third standalone novella in Tao Wong’s cozy cooking fantasy series Hidden Dishes, perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes and Restaurant to Another World.

Tam hasn’t fed on anyone in years. Now, she’s Mama’s vegan, soft-spoken daughter—no longer dangerous. But when her estranged Aunt Tigress is found murdered, Tam inherits an undead fox and a host of old enemies. Demons, ghosts, and gods running coffee shops? Fine. But a tentacled creature stalking her? Not so much.

As she falls for a mysterious girl tied to her past, Tam must confront the monster she’s tried to outrun and question: Do monsters deserve happy endings?

After the Second Kingside War, magical beings like baker Lillie Dean can live freely again. She moves to Silverkeep to open a bakery and start fresh. But when she receives a threatening note warning her to leave, Lillie’s past as a villain is at risk of being exposed.

As other magical creatures get similar threats, Lillie decides to investigate, determined to uncover who’s targeting them—and why they have a vendetta against magical beings.

Kianthe and Reyna are ready to finally walk down the aisle–in just seven days, their wedding of a wifetime will be a reality. There’s loads to do–but like all best laid plans, everything seems to be going awry.

Between their baby dragons causing mayhem in Tawney, Kianthe’s uptight parents inviting themselves to the wedding, and Reyna becoming embroiled in a secret plot to overthrow Queen Tilaine, the world seems against them–how are they going to live long enough to say “I do”?

All Reyna wanted was a peaceful cup of tea, not a kidnapping. But when she’s thrown into a hidden prison, she rolls with it—until her wife, Kianthe, “rescues” her. It turns out Reyna’s a terrible damsel in distress, especially with a booby-trapped alchemy circle in her cell. As they investigate why radical alchemists target Reyna, another problem arises—tourists flooding their town and ruining its charm.

Now, Kianthe and Reyna must consider the unthinkable: closing their beloved bookshop to save Tawney. Simple, right? Not quite.

Vivian and her family are thrust into New England’s magical aristocracy after her daughter, Aria, is bitten by a werewolf. As Aria enters the world of magical schools, Vivian struggles to navigate PTA politics with sirens, nymphs, and fiery-haired parents, while keeping up with the bizarre world of magic—sacrificial daggers, chew toys, and hellhounds.

Amid ancient prophecies and dangerous trials, Vivian races to protect Aria, all while managing school talent shows and a chaotic WhatsApp group. Can she survive parenthood and prophecy in this magical society?

Anita Odom’s quiet life in the small town of Ebey’s End is upended when her estranged cousin’s orphaned daughter, July, shows up on her doorstep. Though Anita feels ill-prepared and sure it will end in disaster, July’s arrival sparks unexpected changes. With an uncanny ability to give customers exactly what they need—a magazine here, a pie there—July begins transforming lives in town.

As secrets unfold, the people of Ebey’s End must open their hearts and make room for the surprising impact July brings to their world.

Beatrice Montgomery has always dreamed of being a librarian, but in a small town where no one knows what to make of her or the library, it’s harder than expected. Meanwhile, Lord Alexander Dunham needs a wife to protect his estate from a curse, so he proposes a marriage of convenience. It seems like a perfect solution until he starts falling for Beatrice, complicating everything.

Now, with a sorcerer threatening their future, Beatrice must fight to save both the library and the man she’s coming to love.

Yael Clauneck, heir to a wealthy banking family, escapes their graduation party in search of adventure and freedom. Margot Greenwillow, a talented plant witch and greenhouse owner, is struggling to keep her family’s business afloat. When Yael unexpectedly returns to her life, Margot is shocked but sees an opportunity for help. Yael, lacking practical skills, agrees to assist in exchange for a break from their family.

As they grow closer, both must navigate their budding attraction and the pressure from parents who will stop at nothing to reclaim Yael.