Hello all, I'm looking to get into the spirit of the season by reading something cozy and christmassy (though general wintertime coziness also works if you've got no Christmas-specific recs!). I want to read about people being nice to each other, about found families, about characters baking cookies etc etc but I'm not looking for outright soppiness (I don't want the novel version of an Hallmark movie, to be clear). I don't like characters being massive dicks to each other for no reason, but I do love a good redemption arc.
Preferred genres are fantasy (I've read Hogfather already), sci-fi, romance (queer romance is more than welcome) and mystery. If romance, I'd prefer historical, but I'll take contemporary too. I'd prefer to get recs newer books – published in the last decade or so – or hidden gems.
by Temporary-Scallion86