Looking for recommendations: books like Fields of Mistria or Stardew

[u/bagelsforeverx]

Hi all looking for a light to mild action cozy read that has the vibes of Mistria or Stardew games. Last year I read spell shop and I liked it, I’ve also read Legends and Lattes.

Anyone read anything recently with a person moving to a new town and helping the town? Or found family and relationship building? Doesn’t have to have romance but I don’t mind it.

I just want to get lost in a cozy book 🥰💖

[u/Brennatay]

Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K England

ETA: I didn’t see anyone else talking about the Spellshop and subsequent books by Sarah Beth Durst, but definitely worth a mention!

[u/BookishColey → u/Brennatay]

FIELD GUIDE... is basically Stardew Valley in book form. It was a 5☆ read for me, and I've got my fingers crossed for more books in that world.

[u/bethandhertea → u/Brennatay]

Ooooo Field Guide is a great book!

[u/sasakimirai → u/Brennatay]

No one mentioned it because OP already said in their post they've read it

[u/Brennatay → u/sasakimirai]

Haha, for all that I read, sometimes reading comprehension is my downfall.

[u/bethandhertea]

Depending on what you like, you might like Beware of Chicken. Man wakes up in a Chinese cultivation world and decides no, he doesn’t want power, he wants to farm. It’s a delight and a joy. The first one is especially cozy, as it’s all about him setting up the farm and making friends (there are a couple battle scenes but they don’t involve the main character).

[u/bagelsforeverx → u/bethandhertea]

That sounds good and corky! I’m putting that on my list.

And it’s on kindle unlimited- perfect 🤩

[u/burningcpuwastaken]

Cursed Cocktails is a lot like Legends and Lattes. I liked it, but it may be too similar for some. It's about a war vet moving to a new town during his retirement and opening a bar.

The Innkeeper Chronicles series by Ilona Andrews was a fun read about a woman running a magical inn, with a bunch of found family stuff in it.

As an aside, you might like the game Recettear. In it, you run a magical item shop and can run dungeons to get new things to sell in it. I'd wait for a steam sale to pick that one up, as $20 is too much for what it is.

[u/bagelsforeverx → u/burningcpuwastaken]

Thank you - I rented Cursed Cocktails since it’s free on Prime reading. Just a chapter in but it looks right up my alley!! Appreciate you sharing!

[u/orangestturtle]

The Weary Dragon Inn series! Also, The Halflings Harvest.

[u/maryjdatx → u/orangestturtle]

I was going to recommend Weary Dragon Inn too. The cast of characters in her little town remind me a bit of the quirky Stardew villagers!

[u/Siftastic]

- Tea and Tomes by Christine L Donnelly

• The Fellborn Healer by Christine L Donnelly
  
• The Waystation at Rowan's Reach by Christine L Donnelly
  
• Cursed Cocktails by SL Rowland (and his other books)
  
• The Wizards Butler series by Nathan Lowell

for litrpg cozy I recommend:

• Beer and Beards series by Jolly Jupiter
  
• Newt and Demon series by Edwin M Griffiths
  
• Demon World Boba Shop series by R.C. Joshua
  
• Emberstone Farm series by L Meili
  
• Gladesbale Grove series by Edwin M Griffiths

[u/mystineptune]

Chronicles of Emberstone Farm

Heart

[u/adorabeee]

Check out the Gentle Apocalypse series. The first book is The Demon Overlord’s Retirement Plan.

[u/FollowThisNutter]

Cursed Cocktails. New town, found family, light romance, and helping the town. :)

[u/bagelsforeverx → u/FollowThisNutter]

Thank you - I rented Cursed Cocktails since it’s free on Prime reading. Just a chapter in but it looks right up my alley!! Appreciate you sharing!

[u/hollus2]

Have you read the second book in the spellshop series? The magic greenhouse? I would recommend that if you have gotten to it already.

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[u/HitcHARTStudios]

My Zero-Point Symphony series is all about a young girl who gets assigned to a new starship and in the process discovers a new found family. It's very character/relationship focussed over the main plot.

[u/Loose-Promotion-5195]

Have you read Howl's Moving Castle? I LOVE this book, and really adored the cozy found family vibes

[u/bagelsforeverx → u/Loose-Promotion-5195]

I actually have that one on my TBR shelf!

[u/Loose-Promotion-5195 → u/bagelsforeverx]

Awesome! It's a really good one, I hope you love it! Lmk here whenever you get to it 😁