10 Cozy Books to Cuddle Up with This Fall
If fall makes you want to settle in with a good read, here are several choices to help you get your cozy on!
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
Joanna returns to her graduate studies after losing her mother and fighting her own battle with breast cancer. But when a mysterious child shows up at her doorstep, claiming to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles, Jo recruits her neighbor Gabe to help decode the child’s purpose and intentions. As the three of them bond, the child’s past closes in, leaving each of their fates in the hands of the stars.
The Deep Blue Between by Ayesha Harruna Attah
After their village is raided in 1892, twins Hassana and Husseina are torn in different directions, each of them finding a new sense of home, freedom and growth. Shared dreams continue to connect them, but both wonder if they will ever find each other again.
Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong
The founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, activist Alice Wong brings you a touching memoir in essays, recounting the search for community and fighting for disability rights.
Three entirely different women join forces in the war against Nazi Germany as codebreakers of Bletchley Park, but are torn apart by war, loss and betrayal. Can they learn to work together again before a mysterious traitor gets too close and destroys everything once and for all?
The Light Always Breaks by Angela Jackson-Brown
When equal rights activism throws Black restauranteur Eva and white war hero Courtland into each other’s paths, they are each aware of their own risks and consequences of falling into each other. As those consequences take hold, they must examine their individual dreams and the love they have together and decide if each is worth the sacrifice at all.
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
At first glance, this adult-geared graphic novel looks like it was created by a first-grader, but it becomes a truly relatable way to interpret the darker parts of growing up and being grown up. Allie’s illustrations and awkward sense of humor make the darkness more palatable, and by the time you’re finished, you no longer feel alone.
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
For decades, Chinese-American Olivia has resented her Chinese sister Kwan and their mis-matched familial ideals. But as Kwan shares her story parallel to Olivia’s, we get an intricate, sad, humorous story that spans from their pasts to their presents and illuminates their illusions and their truths.
The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert
30-year-old Cherry is successful and done with men, until she sets her sights on a mysterious stranger at the office. The mysterious and royal rebel Ruben can’t resist an assertive, attractive woman, especially when she propositions him. But when the paparazzi track him down and catch them in action, his cover is blown and now he has to cover this scandal – with more lies and giant ring that Cherry is not on board with.
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
The chubby daughter of strict immigrants who had an awkward childhood, bad haircuts, an out-of-place knack for humor spotlights all of this along with an array of photos both embarrassing and prideful in this lively memoir. As Mindy recounts her childhood and foray into the male-dominated world of comedy, she shares universal stories of being rejected by the “hot guy,” clothes that don’t fit, and being inappropriate in the workplace but true to herself always.
The Matchmakers Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman
In 1910, Sara was an expert-but-undercover matchmaker in a world molded and driven by men. Two generations later, Sara passes on, but leaves a collection of journals detailing the love matches to her granddaughter Abby, a successful divorce attorney for Manhattan’s elite. As Abby explores her grandmother’s history, she begins to question not only her grandmother’s intentions, but her own life as well.
Emily Cunningham is a freelance magazine writer with a passion for wildlife conservation, civil and societal issues, and artistic pursuits including dance, creative writing, film studies, and handmade art.
