The Best Linen Sheets

The Citizenry’s linen sheets are my Goldilocks linen. They're lightweight and breathable but still have a nice drape and are some of the softest sheets I’ve slept on in testing (though still not as soft as other kinds of sheets). These have it all: a great combination of softness and breathability and lots of gorgeous color options, and the company even sells parts of the set separately if you need to replace the pillowcases or a fitted sheet.

They’re cool enough for warm nights, but not so cool that I wouldn’t use them year-round. Linen is graded by weight, rather than thread count, and these sheets are in the medium range of weight with 160 grams per square meter (GSM). It's just barely in the medium range, which is usually 150 to 300 GSM. These sheets are also Oeko-Tex certified, meaning ...