labingi

I rambled about a lot of books; I think the only one I ended up recommending was All Systems Red, which I think you will enjoy at some point but which is not what you are asking for now. Despite the fact that Murderbot is, itself, very un-murdery, there is quite a lot of violence in the series as a whole. Also, the book is short.

I'm only about 50% sure you'll like the Beaufort Scales books. I cannot remember us discussing anything like them in our bookish rambles.

Things I think you'll appreciate:

• The love of place and the beautiful descriptions of the land
• The emphasis on friendship
• The way the women all have very different personalities.
• All the characters are adult human beings who act like it
• The deep love of every day life.

You might like:

• The tea-drinking dragons
• The hints of dragon culture (only hints; this isn't deep world-building)
• The relatively low stakes--it's a murdered vicar, not a universe in peril.

Things I'm not sure about:

• The mystery genre. I am not sure you read it at all.
• The silliness. Yes, this is a very skillfully written cozy mystery, but it is a cozy mystery with puns and scones and dragons who drink tea.

Anyway, it would be interesting to see what you think of it!