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Cosy Horror- 2025- FVRL

Sometimes a slightly spooky book hits the spot! This list is full of horror books that have very cozy vibes and are fairly light in the horrific factors.

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  • Every serial killer needs a friend. Every game must have a winner. When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive- the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. Murder…
    Book, 2023New York : Zando, 2023. — FIC WEA v. 1
  • I love every single Jennifer McMahon novel I've ever read, especially this one. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Invited and The Winter People comes a chilling new novel about a woman who returns to the old family home after her…
    Book, 2021Toronto, Ontario : Simon & Schuster Canada, [2021] — FIC MCM
  • Scary, atmospheric, and definitely one to read in daylight, this is a fun haunted-house book. Everyone knows about Ashburn House. They whisper its old owner went mad, and restless ghosts still walk the halls. They say it's the dwelling place of…
    Book, 2019Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2019] — FIC COA
  • From Edgar Award-finalist Jason Rekulak comes a wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, for fans of Stranger Things and Riley Sager, about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets.
    Book, 2022New York : Flatiron Books, 2022 — FIC REK
  • This is a super fun haunted house-esque story that really sucked me in. I found it to be so easy to read and exciting enough to keep me turning the pages even with other distractions around. Not too scary or gory.
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley, 2024. — FICTION HEN
  • A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family.
    Book, 2023New York : Nightfire, 2023. — FIC KIN
  • Middle-aged, matter-of-fact, and stubborn, narrator Margaret Hartman has no intention of abandoning her Victorian dream home, even if her stolid housekeeper was in fact axe-murdered more than 100 years ago and the walls drip blood every September.…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2023[New York] : Books on Tape, 2023.
  • "This funny and fresh take on a classic tale manages to comment on gender roles, racial disparities, and white privilege all while creeping me all the way out. So good."-Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black Girl
    Book, 2020Philadelphia : Quirk Books, [2020] — FIC HEN
  • This was a lovely atmospheric cozy horror story. I loved the relationships, the bits of romance, the tough family life, a sentient house.... it was all just so good. Great audio as well. A gorgeously modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2023New York : Macmillan Audio, 2023.
  • Rory Morris isn't thrilled to be moving back to her hometown, even if it is temporary. There are bad memories there. But her twin sister, Scarlett, is pregnant, estranged from the baby's father, and needs support. After a night out at a bar where…
    Book, 2022New York : Berkley, [2022] — FIC HAR
  • Upstate NY, 1982. Viv Delaney knows something isn't right at the Sun Down motel, where she works as a night clerk, and she's determined find out what. Upstate NY, 2017. Carly Kirk has always been fascinated by her aunt Viv who disappeared from the…
    Book, 2020New York : Berkley, 2020. — MYSTERY STJ
  • A librarian with a knack for solving murders soon realizes there is something supernatural afoot in her little town in this cozy fantasy mystery. Librarian Sherry Pinkwhistle keeps finding bodies-and solving murders. But she's concerned by just how…
    Book, 2024New York : Ace, 2024. — FANTASY WAG
  • When I finished this novel I closed the book and said "That was so cute!". While this story has plenty of horror related things it was light on the super scary and was a really fun read. Perfect for a cozy night at home.
    Book, 2021Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2021] — FIC COA v. 1