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October 23, 2025

An Autumn Comfort Collection

As temperatures drop and the nights stretch longer, we naturally find ourselves spending more time tucked away at home — snuggled under blankets, candles flickering nearby, a good book or favorite show keeping us company. While there’s comfort in returning to familiar favorites, there’s also joy in discovering new ones. Here are some lesser-known cozy reads, films, and songs to savor this autumn.

10 Books to Read by Candlelight

  1. “The Keeper of Lost Things” by Ruth Hogan
  2. “The Lost Art of Letter Writing” by Menna van Praag
  3. “The School of Essential Ingredients” by Erica Bauermeister
  4. “Midnight at the Blackbird Café” by Heather Webber
  5. “Breakfast at the Honey Creek Café” by Jodi Thomas
  6. “When Autumn Leaves” by Amy S. Foster
  7. “Meet Me at the Museum” by Anne Youngson
  8. “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt
  9. “Mrs. Queen Takes the Train” by William Kuhn
  10. “Small Pleasures” by Clare Chambers

10 TV Shows & Movies for Long Nights

  1. “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day”
  2. “Ladies in Lavender”
  3. “The Durrells in Corfu”
  4. “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”
  5. “84 Charing Cross Road”
  6. “About Time”
  7. “The Hundred-Foot Journey”
  8. “Chocolat”
  9. “Juliet, Naked”
  10. “The Café”

10 Songs for Rainy Days

  1. “Bloom” by The Paper Kites
  2. “London Thunder” by Foals
  3. “Into the Mystic” by Van Morrison
  4. “Your Love Is a Song (Acoustic)” by Switchfoot
  5. “Clementine” by Sarah Jaffe
  6. “Old Pine” by Ben Howard
  7. “Holocene” by Bon Iver
  8. “Home” by Gabrielle Aplin
  9. “The Night We Met” by Lord Huron
  10. “Turning Page” by Sleeping at Last

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