2024 Cozy Fantasy Books You Won’t Want To Miss

Release date: April 2, 2024

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches is one of my all-time favorite cozy fantasy books, so I’m thrilled Mandanna is writing a companion book set in the same universe. Exiled from the magical guild she was once a part of and stripped of most of her magic, Sera Swan’s once-promising future is now wasted helping run her aunt’s inn. But a magical spellbook that could help restore her powers offers a tantalizing opportunity to reclaim the future she lost. Unfortunately, the chilly historian staying at the inn, who might be her best chance of unlocking the book’s secrets, is also a former fling, which is definitely going to make asking him for help awkward.

Release date: May 14, 2024

Marigold Claude knows agreeing to let her grandmother train her as the next Honey Witch means she can never fall in love, but that doesn’t seem like such a great price to a girl who’s always preferred solitude and nature to romance. When she meets skeptic Lottie Burke, Marigold relishes the challenge of proving to her that magic is real. For the first time, she also realizes just how much she’s given up. With darker magics threatening her new home, Marigold will have to fight to save her magic and her heart before they’re destroyed for good.

Release date: July 9, 2024

In a whimsical department store that exists in our collective consciousness, dreams are for sale. Each level hosts a different sort of dream, from nostalgic childhood memories to bucket-list travel. Following a cast of characters, including an enthusiastic new employee, a dream maker, a host of strange clientele, and Dallergut himself, The Dallergut Dream Department Store weaves a dreamy tale of magic that exists just outside the confines of ordinary life.

Release date: July 9, 2024

A former librarian fleeing revolution returns to her island hometown, hoping to lay low for a while. But the empire has been slowly draining power from the island with its spellbooks, and Kiela was indirectly responsible for that as librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium. Kiela hopes opening an illegal spellshop will help right all the wrongs she’s made, but since sharing magic with commoners is strictly forbidden, it’s a dangerous proposition. Librarians, cozy cottage spellshops, sentient plants, and adorably nosy neighbors are just a few of the treats awaiting you in this book.

Release date: October 1, 2024

I’m sorry, the author of my favorite historical fantasy series is now writing a cozy fantasy book about a con artist and wool merchant who fall in love over sword lessons??? I could swoon. It’s described as low stakes and high steam and follows Matti and Luca falling hard for each other despite the upcoming arranged marriage wedding ceremony Matti originally hired Luca to protect. Sounds deliciously dramatic.

Release date: October 3, 2024

A kitchen witch cursed to hurt anyone who falls in love with her tries to focus on running her café and not the curse that has ruined her life. But when she and a museum curator are asked to be maid of honor and best man at their mutual friends’ wedding, falling in love seems all but inevitable. Can she break the curse before it breaks both their hearts?

Release date: October 15, 2024

Leovander Loveage works in small magics. Sebastian Grimm does not. He and Leo are exact opposites, but when a powerful spell gone wrong binds them together, the two rivals must work together to find a counterspell. Their search takes them into the forest with rumors of a sorcerer skilled at breaking curses. But is it really only the spell bringing them together? As they work together to survive the woods and undo the curse, it seems there may be more at play here than magic.

Release date: Fall 2024

This cozy fantasy novel about found family — my favorite trope — follows a traveling fortune teller named Tao who goes from village to village before teaming up with a baker, an ex-mercenary, a former thief, and a cat in the search for a missing child. It sounds just as delightfully adorable as I like my cozy fantasy, and I can’t wait to read it!