Goblin-Cozy Fantasy Books

A. J. Hackwith is the author of Goblin Market, out tomorrow from Ace. Below, they recommend three goblin-cozy fantasy books. I like a goblin kind of cozy. A cozy that is twigs in your hair and a chip in your favorite mug. That’s why I wrote a fantasy that explores the lore of the Goblin Market from the perspective of a goblin changeling named Toast. If all the cozy fantasy books had a house party, you’d find Goblin Market squatting on the back steps, befriending a feral tom cat and snacking on cherries to see how far we can shoot the pits. Goblin cozy is unpredictable, scrappy, often queer, and sometimes feral but anchored by a resilient heart. If that’s your kind of cozy, then I have some great recommendations for what to read after Goblin Market: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ KluneQueer found families (for every definition of queer) are at the heart of a good cozy fantasy for me. You can’t ask for better than The House in the Cerulean Sea, with an orphanage for magical youth. The residents include an excitable blob that wants to be a bellhop when he grows up, a were-Pomeranian, and possibly the anti-Christ. But the heart of the house is their caretaker Arthur, and his growi...