I have a hard time relating to most feel good books, so I stick with a lot of dark media, but I need something to listen before bed/when I need to chill. Some examples that I liked: Remarkably Bright Creatures, Cursed Cocktails, The Anthropocene Reviewed. It doesn’t have to be super happy or cheery, just not going to scare me in the middle of the night LOL.
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The House in the Cerulean Sea! So good.
I don’t think there is any queer or disabled representation, but Tress of the Emerald Sea is another one that isn’t necessarily cheery, but it’s a fun story and I don’t recall it being scary (it is more sci-fi adventure?).
Anything by Becky Chambers, especially Psalm for the Wild-Built
Murderbot by Martha Wells (there’s a small amount of fighting but it’s not scary)
If you’re not into sci-fi, try T. Kingfisher. Something like Nettle and Bone. She’s never corny. Some of her books are horror and some of them aren’t; read the descriptions to find the non-scary stuff.