After a long day, sometimes you just need a good mystery book and your favorite beverage next to you and read away. And nothing feels better than a cozy mystery book. That is why we will be listing Goodreads top 30 cozy mystery series and see which mysteries you should be reading!
The mystery genre can be nail biting at times or even just gory. Too much blood and violence can make it a stressful read. That is why the cozy mystery genre exists. Sometimes we just want a good mystery book that makes you smile throughout.

It is always fun to try your hand at being a detective and trying to solve the mystery in the novel. Some authors enjoy confusing the readers while others just present the evidence and let you go to work. Either way, you will be in store for a great novel. Some of these mystery books may be familiar to you. You can see the full list below!
Goodreads Top 30 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
- Death by Darjeeling (A Tea Shop Mystery, #1) by Laura Childs
- Size 12 Is Not Fat (Heather Wells, #1) by Meg Cabot
- Aunt Dimity’s Death (Aunt Dimity Mystery, #1) by Nancy Atherton
- What’s a Ghoul to Do? (Ghost Hunter Mystery, #1) by Victoria Laurie
- Grave Sight (Harper Connelly, #1) by Charlaine Harris
- Secondhand Spirits (Witchcraft Mystery, #1) by Juliet Blackwell
- The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax, #1) by Dorothy Gilman
- The Trouble With Magic (A Bewitching Mystery #1) by Madelyn Alt
- Murder on a Girls’ Night Out (Southern Sisters, #1) by Anne George
- Death on Demand (Death on Demand, #1) by Carolyn G. Hart
Conclusion
These are the Goodreads top 30 cozy mystery series that you should read. These amazing book series will keep you busy as they have multiple books in each series. What other cozy mystery series do you think should have made the list? Let us know in the comments below!
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Can’t beat a classic Agatha Christie!
Nope!