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Feel Good Reads

Curl up with a blanket and a warm beverage. These heartwarming stories perfect for brightening chilly winter days.

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  • The enchanting new novel by the multimillion-copy bestselling author of What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, about five strangers who each seek comfort from a healing hippo ride.
    Book, 2025Toronto, ON : Hanover Square Press, 2025. — FIC AOY
  • A hilarious and thought-provoking murder mystery about the death of a friendship, and one woman’s quest to track down the best friend who disappeared, for fans of Where'd You Go, Bernadette.
    Book, 2025New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2025. — F MYS MOR
  • A tapestry of joyful and startling interconnected stories that celebrate how people from all across America cope with adversity and unexpected changes in a confusing world—from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at…
    Book, 2025New York : Random House, 2025. — FIC FLA
  • "This Japanese bestseller unfolds in a 24/7 market where everyone knows your name. Its quirky staff and clientele will melt your heart. Fans of Gilmore Girls and quiet small-town dramas will gobble it up." —People Magazine
    Book, 2025New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025. — FIC MAC
  • Raising Hare

    the Heart-warming True Story of An Unlikely Friendship

    Dalton, Chloe
    “Part diary, part natural history, part field guide, this book is also an epic hero’s journey—where you set out on an ordinary day and stumble upon something that changes you forever.”—NPR
    Book, 2024Edinburgh : Canongate, 2024. — BIO 599.328 DALD
  • “A warm hug of a book about a Grinch of a man who dies and a ferryman, who helps the dead in their journey onwards. Under the Whispering Door is a kind book, full of faith in the goodness of people, full of kind people showing how compassion is a…
    Book, 2021New York : Tor, c2021. — FIC KLU
  • An enchanting novel about a pair of long-lost childhood friends who find themselves magically linked through origami flowers as adults.
    Book, 2025New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2025. — FIC SKY
  • Tiny Love Stories

    True Tales of Love in 100 Words or Less

    Here are 175 true stories—honest, funny, tender and wise—each as moving as a lyric poem, all told in no more than one hundred words. Love lost, found and reclaimed. Love that’s romantic, familial, platonic and unexpected. Most of all, these stories…
    Book, 2020New York : Artisan, [2020] — 306.7 Tiny
  • A cat a day keeps the doctor away… Discover the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation in this utterly charming, vibrant celebration of the healing power of cats.
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley, 2024. — FIC SYO
  • Legends & Lattes

    a Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes

    Baldree, Travis, 1977-
    “Take a break from epic battles and saving the world. Legends & Lattes is a low-stakes fantasy that delivers exactly what's advertised: a wholesome, cozy novel that feels like a warm hug. This is my new comfort read.”—Genevieve Gornichec, author of…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Tor, 2022. — F FAN BAL
  • “Hilarious, irreverent…Reading Waiting to Exhale is like being in the company of a great friend…thought-provoking, thoroughly entertaining, and very, very comforting.”—The New York Times Book Review
    eAudiobook, 2018Books on Tape, 2018
  • “Fans of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series will enjoy this delightful romp that on its surface is about senior citizens—whom everyone tends to discount—and others coming together to save the local community center but really is about so…
    Book, 2024Toronto, ON : Viking, 2024. — FIC POO
  • Another moving and heartwarming tale from Toshikazu Kawaguchi, in Before we forget kindness our new visitors wish to go back into their past to move on their present, finding closure and comfort so they can embark on a beautiful future.
    Book, 2024Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, 2024. — FIC KAW
  • In this “pure, unadulterated feel-good” and warmhearted novel, an old set of encyclopedias leads a young woman to a curious museum and one profoundly moving lesson: that every life is an extraordinary life (Kirkus).
    eBook, 2023Grand Central Publishing, 2023
  • Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book, following the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes difficult terrain, sharing their…
    Book, 2019New York : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019. — GR FICMack
  • An enchanting novel about Ro, a woman tossed overboard by heartbreak and loss, who has to find her way back to stable shores with the help of a giant Pacific octopus at the mall aquarium where she works.
    eBook, 2023Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2023
  • four women venture into their pasts in order to shape their futures, fates, and fortunes.
    Book, 2013New York : Random House , c2013. — Fic Ber
  • In this enchanting tale—a blockbuster bestseller in Korea—the enigmatic owner of a magical laundromat that erases people’s painful memories must learn to find her own peace before she can truly help others.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2024Books on Tape, 2024