Nothing beats coming home, getting comfortable and reading a good cozy mystery novel. That isn’t always easy to do with so many books to choose from. Which is why we will be looking at Goodreads top 20 cozy mystery series. Keep reading to find out which cozy mysteries made the list!
The cozy mystery genre is relaxing and fun. It provides you with a murder without the blood and violence. And it is up to you to use the clues provided to solve the mystery before the protagonist does.
Trying to solve the mystery at hand is fun and makes you feel like a real detective. And when written by a talented author, you will be immersed. You may recognize some of the mysteries on the list such as Agatha Christie. Hopefully, most of these novels and series are new to you. You can see the full list below!
Goodreads Top 20 Cozy Mystery Series
- Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #2) by Agatha Christie
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1) by Joanne Fluke
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) by Agatha Christie
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) by Alan Bradley
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) by Agatha Christie
- The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, #1) by Alexander McCall Smith
- Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1) by Louise Penny
- Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (Psychic Eye Mystery, #1) by Victoria Laurie
- Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #1) by Rhys Bowen
- The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin, #1) by M.C. Beaton
- Murder is Binding (Booktown Mystery, #1) by Lorna Barrett
- Catering to Nobody (A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, #1) by Diane Mott Davidson
- The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (Cat Who…, #1) by Lilian Jackson Braun
- Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris
- Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden, #1) by Charlaine Harris
- Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) by Elizabeth Peters
- On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery, #1) by Cleo Coyle
- Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs, #1) by Jacqueline Winspear
- Murder with Peacocks (Meg Langslow, #1) by Donna Andrews
- Death of a Gossip (Hamish Macbeth, #1) by M.C. Beaton
Conclusion
These are the Goodreads top 20 cozy mystery series that you will love. These wonderful novels will keep you reading late into the night and play detective. What other cozy mystery series do you think should have made the list? Let us know in the comments below!
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I recommend the Lane Winslow series by Canadian author Iona Whishaw. #1 is A Killer in King’s Cove
I would not necessarily consider Maisie Dobbs a “cozy” mystery. This series is quite aerious and morw historic fiction than cozy.
Dead until Dark is not cozy nor is the Coffee house series when you get further into it. If you want cozy cozy check out the Mildred Abbott or Jacqueline Frost or Kate Kingsbury or Joanne Fluke as was included above.