Cozy Mystery

Cozy mysteries very rarely focus on sex, profanity or violence. The murders take place off stage, and are often relatively bloodless (e.g. poisoning), while sexual activity (if any) between characters is only ever gently implied and never directly addressed.

The cozy mystery usually takes place in a small town or village. The small size of the setting makes it believable that all the suspects know each other. The amateur sleuth is usually a very likeable person who is able to get the community members to talk freely about each other. There is usually at least one very knowledgeable, nosy, yet r
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The Teller of Small Fortunes
Is She Really Going Out with Him?
Drop Dead Sisters (The Finch Sisters, #1)
The Author's Guide to Murder
Christmas with the Queen
Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5)
Pony Confidential
The Muse of Maiden Lane (Belles of London, #4)
In Want of a Suspect (A Lizzie & Darcy Mystery, #1)
We Three Queens (A Royal Spyness Mystery, #18)
Misery Hates Company
A Trinket for the Taking
Now or Never (Stephanie Plum #31)
Suitor Armor, Vol. 1 (Suitor Armor, #1)
Deadly Crush (Cece Barton Mysteries, #2)
The Christmas Tree Farm (Dream Harbor, #3)
The Mistletoe Mystery (Molly the Maid, #2.5)
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
The Grey Wolf (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #19)
The Book Club Hotel
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)
Staged (Busybodies Collection, #1)
The Bookstore Wedding (The Once Upon a Time Bookshop, #2)
We'll Prescribe You a Cat
The Nosy Neighbor (Busybodies Collection, #4)
Drop Dead Sisters (The Finch Sisters, #1)
The Reunion Dinner (Busybodies Collection, #2)
Love You a Latke
Happy Bloody Christmas
Grimoires and Gingerbread (Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries #1.5)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Most Charming Novels
386 books — 192 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisOutlander by Diana GabaldonA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Best Series With At Least 7 Books
610 books — 413 voters

Fatal Fried Rice by Vivien ChienInk and Shadows by Ellery AdamsMurder in the Cookbook Nook by Ellery AdamsUnder the Cover of Murder by Lauren  ElliottThe Broken Spine by Dorothy St. James
Cozy Mysteries 2021 New Releases
245 books — 132 voters

Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1)
Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)
Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #1)
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
The Spellshop
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin, #1)
On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery, #1)
The Secret, Book & Scone Society (Secret, Book, & Scone Society, #1)
Books Can Be Deceiving (Library Lover's Mystery, #1)

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