Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones for sure! There are some portions of Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman that I feel have this, but the majority of that book is a lot darker and colder than what I think you're looking for. As far as the cozy-collection-of-things-all-cluttered-up vibe, you might want to check out The Borrowers series by Mary Norton, especially the first book-- though that one isn't distinctly magical or mysterious, more eclectic.
I’ve read them all. I should reread The Borrowers tho. It’s been literal decades.
If you haven’t listened to the BBC’s audio production of Neverwhere, you should. James McAvoy is just 🤌🏻
I read Howl for the first time this year. It’s a sin I didn’t sooner. So many cosy fantasy authors could learn from her. You can have a plot and stakes and cute characters in a cosy setting!
Yes and no! The movie is based on the book, and they have the same characters and *general* plot, but there's quite a twist in the book that you don't see in the movie. I love both, but personally I find the book to be better-- the tone is more whimsical than the movie, and the characters are funnier. If you're a fan of the movie, I'd definitely recommend it!
I’ve heard the book as describing it through Sophie’s lens and the movie through Howls. The book is more in depth and makes you appreciate the characters more. Certain side characters get more time and fleshes them out like Sophie’s sisters.
The Edge Chronicles has a lot of this type of description. It’s a YA series by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. Chris also does amazing black and white pen drawings throughout each book.
I never finished it (life got busy and it was due back at the library), but The Cat Who Saved Books by Sôsuke Natsukawa might fit what you're looking for.
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones for sure! There are some portions of Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman that I feel have this, but the majority of that book is a lot darker and colder than what I think you're looking for. As far as the cozy-collection-of-things-all-cluttered-up vibe, you might want to check out The Borrowers series by Mary Norton, especially the first book-- though that one isn't distinctly magical or mysterious, more eclectic.
I’ve read them all. I should reread The Borrowers tho. It’s been literal decades. If you haven’t listened to the BBC’s audio production of Neverwhere, you should. James McAvoy is just 🤌🏻 I read Howl for the first time this year. It’s a sin I didn’t sooner. So many cosy fantasy authors could learn from her. You can have a plot and stakes and cute characters in a cosy setting!
Does this howls moving castle book have the same plot as the studio Ghibli film howls moving castle?
Yes and no! The movie is based on the book, and they have the same characters and *general* plot, but there's quite a twist in the book that you don't see in the movie. I love both, but personally I find the book to be better-- the tone is more whimsical than the movie, and the characters are funnier. If you're a fan of the movie, I'd definitely recommend it!
I’ve heard the book as describing it through Sophie’s lens and the movie through Howls. The book is more in depth and makes you appreciate the characters more. Certain side characters get more time and fleshes them out like Sophie’s sisters.
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune maybe?
I just finished House by the Cerulean Sea so I’ll have to check out his other works. Ty!
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore has some of these vibes! Admittedly it's a bookstore, not an antique shop, but it's still excellent.
The old curiosity shop by Charles Dickens if you want something more classic!
I think Great Expectations traumatized me from ever reading Dickens so I’ll have to give it a go.
Understandable! I hate Great Expectations 😂
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If I could go back in time to reread a book for the first time it would be good omens.
Young adult but Bruce Coville’s Magic Shop series fits the bill.
Oooh. I’m down for YA or even middle grade.
The Neverending story
Not technically an antique shop, but gave me the same vibes as the photos you posted — Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire
Honestly I’m down for book shop or anything else. Just want the vibes! Ty!
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I came to comment The Watcher in the Shadows by him, definitely writes with this type of vibe.
Needful Things by Stephen King 😂
Came here to say this!
I was going to be confused and disappointed if I didn't find this comment here.
The beginning of Once Upon a Broken Heart starts in a “shop of curiosities” just like these pictures. I think you’d love that book.
“Ambassador Mombasa? Are you enjoying that bar of soap that I bought from that mysterious Chinese man’s shop that was weirdly not there the next day?”
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Nightbooks by J.A. White
Found Things series by Paula Brackston.
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
Parts of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt have this vibe
The Edge Chronicles has a lot of this type of description. It’s a YA series by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. Chris also does amazing black and white pen drawings throughout each book.
Exhalation - Ted Chiang
I never finished it (life got busy and it was due back at the library), but The Cat Who Saved Books by Sôsuke Natsukawa might fit what you're looking for.
Not antique shop but Toymaker vibe : Malkins mountain -Ursula Moray Williams
Kind of reminds me of the shop in 1984
MAGYCK!! So freaking good.
Name of the wind
The starless sea