Comfort reading. The calorie-friendly alternative to comfort eating. (Although it’s proven that the two can be combined if need be: desperate times call for desperate measures.)
Where it comes to comfort reading, I don’t even venture to new titles from familiar authors or genres, I go straight to ones that have proven to be the ultimate escape reads.
When I need a pick-me-up, or feel uninspired to read anything new, these are the titles I go for to get me back on track:

• I’ve got your number / Sophie Kinsella
• Do you want to start a rumour? / Tessa Dare
• Any of the Stephanie Plum books / Janet Evanovich
• Persuasion / Jane Austen