As part of the Cottagecore for Romance Readers Series, discover cottagecore romance books from the following list for cosy, witchy, and fantasy romance…

A List of Cottagecore Romance Books to Read

Cottagecore romance readers love settings that feel like home. Those old houses with heart, gardens with personality, and kitchens that steam warmth (and sometimes spellwork). These atmospheric estates cleverly nudge characters into richer romantic connections that are worth reading about…

Cosy Cottagecore Romance Books

Anne of Green Gables — L.M. Montgomery (1908)

Considered the holy grail of cottagecore, this farmhouse is defined by lilacs, garden tea parties, and a connection to the landscape that many romance readers will fondly remember from their childhood.

Little Women — Louisa May Alcott (1868)

The classic cosy cottagecore coming-of-age novel that is focused on the joys of simple living, strong family bonds, and again that connection to nature and homemade comforts. Must have been the era.

Witchy Cottagecore Romance Books

Garden Spells — Sarah Addison Allen (2007)

The story promises small-town magic and romance that blooms through a bewitched house and an unforgettable garden.

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches — Sangu Mandanna (2022)

A warm, found-family witchy romance set in an old house where tea, potted plants, and spellwork make falling in love inevitable.

Practical Magic — Alice Hoffman (1995)

The Owens house is the cosy, spell-steeped family home where generations of sisters brace against the past and the present with a dash of domestic magic that adds romance to everyday life. (And that house everyone wants to live in.)

The Witch’s Cottage — Emily Wyndham (2024)

This cosy witch romance is described by many as a  Home Makeover meets Witchy Cottagecore Style. It is when someone inherits a dilapidated cottage and restores it to whimsical glory as the backdrop for this sweet romance.

 

Fantasy Cottagecore Romance Books

The Spellshop — Sarah Beth Durst (2024)

A high-fantasy novel following a librarian who escapes a burning city with stolen spellbooks to her childhood island home. It’s a lush cottagecore tale featuring jam-making, sentient plants, and a slow-burn romance with… Well, you’ll have to read it to find out.

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries — Heather Fawcett (2023)

Where light academia meets cottagecore, following a professor researching faerie lore in a small, snowy town. (On my TBR—and I can’t wait!)

Howl’s Moving Castle — Diana Wynne Jones (1986)

For shire-like vibes and the ultimate magical home story, featuring a shifting castle that functions as a cluttered, cosy sanctuary for a found family.

And There’s One More Worth Mentioning…

If you’re drawn to romance that blooms in old houses—then you’re already primed for Forget Forever.  It brings together what cottagecore romance readers love: atmospheric old houses, libraries, rain-washed windows, and a love story under candlelight. It’s cosy. Supernatural. And timeless.

So slip off your boots (biker, goth, or sensible heels), pull on your cardigan, and sit for a spell. Because this story promises intelligent adult intimacy, curios, cottages, and a manor that might just whisper back…

Ready to step inside?

 

 

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