Comforting reads for the middle of the night

[Ladybird37]

I've had terrible trouble sleeping for the last year or so and I've been slowly rereading through all the jilly coopers, starting with riders and now on Pandora. They've lasted me a year as I only read in the middle of the night on my kindle when I'm feeling anxious. They're such chatty and fun books, I can read them when I can't focus on anythibg else i would read in the day. I'm worried what I can do next, as I think Jc books go a bit wobbly after pandora. I'm looking for something light and positive, but easy to follow at 2am...and 3am... any thoughts? I've not really been a fan of many of the light 'chick lit' type of books that I've pick up, but I know that's a bit sweeping

@Mollscroll I literally came on here to say that, Cazalets will be your friends forever, I adore them, especially Miss Milliment.

I recently reread Judith Kerr's When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit and loved it.

Further votes for Barbara Pym and Elizabeth Jane Howard.
Also find Joanna Trollope mildly comforting.

The Treasure stories by Gina Davison. Mild worries of a comfortably off woman living with teenage trials and tribulations. Or Scotland Street series by Alexandrer McCall Smith. Day to day slightly eccentric going ons of rich people in Edinburgh.

Also Anita Brookner.

@TellItLikeItReallyIs New Caper Court book is out now - 'A Touch of Silk'.

Penny Vincenzi would be good I think. Recommend her trilogy. But her stand alone books are good too.

I came back on to say not The Cazalets, I followed pp recommendation and halfway into the first book there is an instance of sexual abuse.
It's not that this is a subject that should be hidden but a book by definition is not comforting when it contains a realistic depiction of abuse.

Bill Bryson, James Herriot, Bridget Jones, Malory Towers and Marian Keyes have all kept me company at 3am recently.

Fiona Walker's earlier stuff. Jill Mansell. And agree with pp about Christina Jones.

I’d second the murders - Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers are very comforting.

Barbara Pym is wonderful.

Gentlemen prefer blondes is amazing comfort reading.

Also have you tried re-reading childhood favourites? Arthur Ransome has been taking my mind off the state of the world recently.