Cozy Books with Academia Elements

Hi!

I love books with academia elements but most of the ones I have found that I enjoy have been more towards the darker end. Right now, I'm in a cozy book mood and would enjoy finding books like these except with a more cozier plot. The genres I would like recs from are fantasy, historical fiction, or contemporary romance. I want characters who are well-versed in their areas of study/specialty. Especially books with librarians, art, history buffs, literary lovers, subject experts on fantastical creatures, or magic. Would love to read about characters who are enthusiastic about what they do.

I'm currently reading a queer short story collection called: Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories edited by Nina Waters and it's absolutely everything I wanted.

Some cozy academia books that I enjoyed:

– Emily Wilde trilogy by Heather Fawcett

– Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

– The Spellshop and The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst

– The Little Library by Kim Fielding

– The City of Dreaming Books (Zamonien, #4) by Walter Moers- Many of the books in this series have scholarly characters, but I love how this one deals with books.

– The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series by James A. Owen- These have some darker elements but I would say they have a cozy feel to them.

Some academia/high subject interest books I have loved that are not cozy:

– The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

– Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

– Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

– Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

– The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

– In the Garden of Monsters by Crystal King- I love how art was used in this book and I would love a book similar to this that is more on the cozier side.

– The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

– Higher Magic by Courtney Floyd

– School of Velocity by Eric Beck Rubin

Does anybody have any good recommendations for cozier feeling books like these? I would especially love queer ones.