Our Favorite Comfort Reads
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- March 2025 List of the Month: Our Favorite Comfort Reads
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- Some books are perennial rereads, offering worlds into which we like to withdraw for comfort and respite. This month's List of the Month is devoted to Our Favorite Comfort Reads. Each member may add five titles. Given the subjective nature of the topic, downvoting is not allowed.
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by Jane Austen
94,365 members
1,513 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 116.29
Added 2025-03-18, 04:21 PM
- 32 Members
- lquilter, ReshiBec, andsoitgoes, LucindaLibri, auntieknickers, airgid, Pathug50, Picarina, sturlington, kac522, MickyFine, katie4098, cathymcles, Maddz, eclbates, peterveen, noveltea, al.vick, stephanieann1983, treegardner, WendyRobyn, LoriBelle7, barefootsong, Kyler_Marie, steller0707, MothFischer, jhereg, hungrycaterpillar, annecm, LawnyB44, TooManyBooks_Bruh, Heather.Ward
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by Martha Wells
225 members
5 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 85.63
Added 2025-03-18, 11:38 AM
- 23 Members
- tardis, karenb, lquilter, Storeetllr, Euryale, keristars, cthulhuslibrarian, norabelle414, andsoitgoes, NorthernStar, MuranoBlue, elenchus, maeve_spry, Rainkatt, oceancat, souloftherose, eclbates, SallyCarpenter, Tosta, Tadams862, catseyegreen, Grassangel, ggnanadesikan
- Explanations
- tardis: Thanks for picking the omnibus, keristars - it saved me filling my entire list with Murderbot :)Storeetllr: All are great. My favorite’s the one I’m rereading at the time.keristars: Couldn't pick WHICH Murderbot book, so I selected the omnibus of the first 4. Isn't it strange how this should be so comforting? and yet for so many of us, it is!MuranoBlue: I have this in audiobook. I listen to them at night when I'm having trouble sleeping or staying asleep.
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- 24 Members
- deanc, anglemark, BookDoc16, PortiaLong, andsoitgoes, MuranoBlue, CarltonC, elenchus, knotbox, themulhern, Bookwomble, Jjean7, treegardner, SF_fan_mae, LoriBelle7, Kyler_Marie, LDPace, Charon07, catseyegreen, princesslimabean, tmerp, mavmcsmith, mrsDULY, Heather.Ward
- Explanations
- MuranoBlue: I read this book so many times, along the Lord of the Rings between 15 and 30 years old. This was my first and favorite comfort read.themulhern: It's a perfect little book, fall of cleverness that adults can appreciate but also a great adventure for children.
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36,060 members
632 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 65.8
Added 2025-03-18, 11:22 AM
- 20 Members
- SJaneDoe, lquilter, knerd.knitter, bobbyl, raidergirl3, Kathleen828, kac522, vwinsloe, AbigailAdams26, LoveOfMuffins4820, treegardner, barefootsong, erinrob, Breannad, Jacce76, hungrycaterpillar, sadiehawkin, TooManyBooks_Bruh, StephanieH0712, Heather.Ward
- Explanations
- knerd.knitter: This is probably the only story of my choices that would actually qualify as comfort reading from an objective standpoint. It's not disturbing or dark or even really that sad. I have read this book since I was a child, and its familiarity makes it comforting.Jacce76: A great Canadian Novel. The Characters are ones that you love. Rereading is like coming back home to those you know and love.
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57,099 members
497 reviews
½ 4.5
Score 59.49
Added 2025-03-18, 04:33 PM
- 17 Members
- deanc, kleo, Kathleen828, MuranoBlue, MikoNoNyte, vwinsloe, peterveen, al.vick, Bookwomble, Jjean7, msjudy, jhereg, GigiB50, princesslimabean, mavmcsmith, mrsDULY, Heather.Ward
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4,632 members
47 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 52.09
Added 2025-03-18, 01:14 PM
- 15 Members
- Ciarda, ShelfMonkey, BookDoc16, charl08, Kathleen828, Pathug50, Rainkatt, timetunnel, WendyRobyn, elorin, LDPace, spencerjperry, JuTurtle, tmerp, ElizabethanT
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15,576 members
493 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 45.95
Added 2025-03-18, 01:21 PM
- 13 Members
- tardis, Ciarda, oceancat, knotbox, Bookish59, eclbates, msemmag, SandyAMcPherson, Grassangel, ElizabethanT, dtgriscom, mrsDULY, Sabrieljourney
- Explanations
- tardis: Diana Wynne Jones has provided me with many comfort reads, but this may be the one I've re-read the most.
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29,531 members
599 reviews
4.1
Score 44.82
Added 2025-03-18, 01:34 PM
- 14 Members
- hipdeep, BookDoc16, LucindaLibri, CarltonC, kac522, LadyoftheLodge, noveltea, awwolfe1, treegardner, Kyler_Marie, steller0707, Sandypawozbun, davidflem1984, MickeyMole
- Explanations
- davidflem1984: favorite holiday book
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- 12 Members
- hipdeep, anglemark, Kathleen828, airgid, Pathug50, Rainkatt, EMS_24, wimsmom, treegardner, ManWithAnAgenda, TooManyBooks_Bruh, mrsDULY
10
42,316 members
611 reviews
4.1
Score 37.79
Added 2025-03-18, 11:22 AM
- 12 Members
- LucindaLibri, kac522, AbigailAdams26, kyurenka, awwolfe1, msjudy, ManWithAnAgenda, Marcy_Ann, Breannad, ggnanadesikan, StephanieH0712, Heather.Ward
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11,970 members
285 reviews
4.2
Score 33.73
Added 2025-03-20, 04:49 PM
- 10 Members
- lorax, ReshiBec, bjappleg8, CarltonC, SandyAMcPherson, ManWithAnAgenda, tmerp, DebHudon, ggnanadesikan, SamiParker
- Explanations
- lorax: I could have filled the list with Pratchett, but this is as good as any to pick as a representative.
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154,287 members
2,219 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 32.02
Added 2025-03-18, 03:42 PM
- 10 Members
- raidergirl3, LucindaLibri, airgid, Pathug50, knotbox, al.vick, steller0707, DebHudon, mrsDULY, StephanieH0712
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by Helene Hanff
6,679 members
389 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 31.5
Added 2025-03-18, 01:22 PM
- 10 Members
- BookDoc16, ReshiBec, charl08, Rainkatt, kac522, perennialreader, LadyoftheLodge, Kyler_Marie, Tosta, Justme73
- Explanations
- perennialreader: It deals with books, of course I liked it!
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- 9 Members
- Stevil2001, lizzy50usa, MuranoBlue, vwinsloe, AbigailAdams26, SandyAMcPherson, MsSally, ElizabethanT, ggnanadesikan
- Explanations
- MuranoBlue: Don't we all want to be Harry? We don't fit where we are expected to but Harry, she makes it out of her uncomfortable world and fights for a new one and wins. Go Harry!
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53,274 members
875 reviews
4.2
Score 28.44
Added 2025-03-18, 11:39 AM
- 8 Members
- Cecilturtle, BookDoc16, sturlington, msemmag, Charon07, Red-Hawk, OktoFalke, fursealelise
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3,791 members
227 reviews
4.1
Score 26.79
Added 2025-03-18, 11:52 AM
- 8 Members
- tardis, lquilter, Storeetllr, Euryale, Morphidae, oceancat, souloftherose, Grassangel
- Explanations
- tardis: Love watching Maia find his feet in the court. This book also stands for the others in the same world: Witnes for the Dead, etc. which I also re-read (or listen to) often.Grassangel: This book is filled with the strength of kindness underneath the fantasy names and politics. I enjoy rereading during Christmas and the new year, as it's all about new beginnings.
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- 8 Members
- bobbyl, auntieknickers, peterveen, AbigailAdams26, steller0707, erinrob, LawnyB44, StephanieH0712
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by TJ Klune
11,012 members
488 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 24.12
Added 2025-03-18, 11:30 AM
- 7 Members
- Ciarda, kristilabrie, awwolfe1, drtelnet, SamiParker, ColorfulSilhouettes, StephanieH0712
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6,147 members
38 reviews
½ 4.6
Score 22.57
Added 2025-03-18, 10:15 PM
- 7 Members
- Picarina, navelos, igorken, eclbates, catherine_raven, tmerp, SamiParker
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256 members
8 reviews
4.2
Score 22.56
Added 2025-03-18, 02:07 PM
- 7 Members
- NorthernStar, amanda4242, jpalfrey, SandyAMcPherson, Grassangel, ggnanadesikan, Sabrieljourney
- Explanations
- NorthernStar: This should really be all of the Penric series. I first added Penric's Demon, then added this omnibus of three. I love all of LMB's books, but this has got to be the series that is a true comfort read for me.
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22,577 members
1,358 reviews
4
Score 20.54
Added 2025-03-20, 02:12 PM
- 6 Members
- LDVoorberg, cathymcles, bandpmom, msjudy, Grassangel, zqueen92
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29,887 members
839 reviews
3.9
Score 19.48
Added 2025-03-18, 11:31 AM
- 6 Members
- EerierIdyllMeme, norabelle414, steller0707, JulieStielstra, MothFischer, ZephCraven
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- 6 Members
- charl08, sarahemmm, lizzy50usa, saskia17, cathymcles, jhereg
- Explanations
- sarahemmm: Hmmm - another middle-aged love selection. Maybe it says something about me?
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by Betty Smith
18,488 members
482 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 17.13
Added 2025-03-18, 01:35 PM
- 5 Members
- dara85, PortiaLong, Jjean7, beehappy, sadiehawkin
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6,817 members
217 reviews
4.1
Score 16.06
Added 2025-03-18, 02:59 PM
- 5 Members
- Aquila, vwinsloe, MsSally, catseyegreen, ElizabethanT
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45,534 members
1,040 reviews
4
Score 15.81
Added 2025-03-18, 11:28 AM
- 5 Members
- aprille, knerd.knitter, LucindaLibri, Marcy_Ann, Red-Hawk
- Explanations
- knerd.knitter: I have an audiobook of this read by the author that I love and have listened to many times. I am not an auditory learner, so I rarely listen to books the first time I read them, but once I've read a story, especially a couple times, I love finding a good audiobook of it.
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8,700 members
328 reviews
3.9
Score 15.37
Added 2025-03-18, 12:52 PM
- 5 Members
- anglemark, WendyRobyn, catseyegreen, MylistKate, v1v1enne
- Explanations
- v1v1enne: Driest humor, relaxing and fun, like Wodehouse on lowest gear
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7,382 members
322 reviews
4.1
Score 15.22
Added 2025-03-21, 08:46 PM
- 5 Members
- merrystar, msemmag, jhereg, TLM1988, MylistKate
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29,389 members
601 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 14.99
Added 2025-03-18, 01:17 PM
- 5 Members
- ReshiBec, timetunnel, Kyler_Marie, fursealelise, LawnyB44
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10,382 members
240 reviews
4
Score 14.26
Added 2025-03-18, 12:42 PM
- 5 Members
- lorax, aprille, anglemark, elenchus, slimikin
- Explanations
- elenchus: Really it's the Aubrey-Maturin canon. Some of the 20 novels are more enjoyable than others, but all are fine and the first is as good a marker as any. The Napoleanic Era is fascinating, the adventures rollicking fun, but in the end it's the friendship that brings me back.slimikin: More of a comfort series than a comfort book: I deliberately leave some books unread so when I desperately need a reliably wonderful world and story, I can pick up the next in the series and dive in.
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- 3 Members
- knerd.knitter, LadyoftheLodge, mousegrl
- Explanations
- knerd.knitter: I know this book so well; like others on my list, this is one that I have an audiobook of that I have listened to numerous times, and I know whole passages by heart. While the story isn't exactly comforting, it is comforting to me.
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by Jon Stone
6,467 members
115 reviews
½ 4.5
Score 11.36
Added 2025-03-19, 10:36 PM
- 3 Members
- terran, beehappy, hungrycaterpillar
47
12,632 members
247 reviews
3.9
Score 10.83
Added 2025-03-19, 08:26 AM
- 3 Members
- andsoitgoes, sturlington, peterveen
48
4,374 members
64 reviews
4.9
Score 10.83
Added 2025-03-19, 04:28 PM
- 3 Members
- cpg, maeve_spry, catherine_raven
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- 3 Members
- lorax, maeve_spry, SealedArchive
- Explanations
- lorax: Criminally forgotten and too long out of print. I love it and I cry every time.
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by Fannie Flagg
10,034 members
214 reviews
4.1
Score 10.4
Added 2025-03-21, 08:59 PM
- 3 Members
- nobodyspoet, sadiehawkin, CoMich
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1,622 members
7 reviews
½ 4.6
Score 10.09
Added 2025-03-19, 12:04 PM
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- 3 Members
- NorthernStar, maeve_spry, souloftherose
- Explanations
- NorthernStar: This was the first of Kingfisher's books I read. It was recommended by another author I like, and is still a huge favourite.
54
25,625 members
619 reviews
4.2
Score 9.71
Added 2025-03-21, 09:02 PM
- 3 Members
- lahochstetler, stephanieann1983, CoMich
55
- 3 Members
- Ciarda, NorthernStar, MsSally
- Explanations
- NorthernStar: Almost anything by Patricia Briggs is a bit of a comfort read for me.
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9,050 members
159 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 9.56
Added 2025-03-18, 01:22 PM
- 3 Members
- perennialreader, kyurenka, DebHudon
- Explanations
- perennialreader: Loved all of the books in the series, but this is my favorite.
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60
17,886 members
311 reviews
4.1
Score 9.23
Added 2025-03-18, 03:41 PM
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751 members
15 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 9.08
Added 2025-03-18, 01:37 PM
- 3 Members
- hipdeep, cthulhuslibrarian, mavmcsmith
- Explanations
- hipdeep: Taran Wanderer is probably the most comforting to me at this time, but the whole set has the power to take me back.cthulhuslibrarian: I didn't read this series until I was an adult. I enjoyed all of the books immensely, but Taran Wanderer helped me get through a very trying time when I was feeling lost and having to make some difficult decisions about the direction of my life.
63
11,547 members
212 reviews
4.1
Score 8.87
Added 2025-03-22, 12:54 AM
- 3 Members
- sarahemmm, PortiaLong, elorin
- Explanations
- sarahemmm: Heinlein has been much maligned, but surely had the best intentions. This one is both charming and apposite in the era of AI.
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- 3 Members
- aprille, lahochstetler, v1v1enne
- Explanations
- v1v1enne: Scenes like the Christmas one, the descriptions of nature, so much beauty
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70
- 2 Members
- RBeffa, Darth-Heather
- Explanations
- Darth-Heather: adventure that sweeps the reader away from reality with every page
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2,872 members
84 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 7.36
Added 2025-03-25, 11:04 PM
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- 2 Members
- skid0612, Nonconformisto
- Explanations
- skid0612: Discovered Fletch in my teens and have never let him go. Fletch, Confess Fletch, & Fletch's fortune might be the second best trilogy of all time (After Lord of rings).
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24,645 members
270 reviews
4.1
Score 7.04
Added 2025-03-28, 08:27 PM
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by K. O'Neill
1,639 members
106 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 6.83
Added 2025-03-19, 08:19 PM
- 2 Members
- rarm, GreenGroveCoho
83
41,001 members
492 reviews
3.8
Score 6.73
Added 2025-03-22, 07:23 AM
- 2 Members
- pitjrw, loulourevisited
84
19,521 members
306 reviews
4.1
Score 6.73
Added 2025-03-22, 01:33 AM
- 2 Members
- LoveOfMuffins4820, DandelionCottage
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15,293 members
426 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 6.68
Added 2025-03-21, 07:53 PM
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by C. S. Lewis
40,364 members
332 reviews
4.2
Score 6.19
Added 2025-03-23, 10:19 AM
- 2 Members
- tgimom, mavmcsmith
98
6,242 members
121 reviews
4.2
Score 6.19
Added 2025-03-18, 01:23 PM
- 2 Members
- kaixo, perennialreader
- Explanations
- perennialreader: There is a wonderful rhythm to this book. Lowers my blood pressure when I read it.
100
- 2 Members
- terran, Darth-Heather
- Explanations
- Darth-Heather: by turns inspirational, moving, and amusing