The Greatest Cozy Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
423 Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie 1934 British English
556 The Code of the Woosters P. G. Wodehouse 1938 British English
581 The Innocence of Father Brown G. K. Chesterton 1911 British English
948 The Poisoned Chocolates Case Anthony Berkeley 1929 British English
1214 The Moving Toyshop Edmund Crispin 1946 British English
2142 Home Sweet Homicide Craig Rice 1944 American English
2734 The Circular Staircase Mary Roberts Rinehart 1908 American English
3017 Before Lunch Angela Thirkell 1939 British English
3019 The Murder At The Vicarage Agatha Christie 1930 British English
3019 Queen Lucia E. F. Benson 1920 British English
3019 Whisky Galore Compton Mackenzie 1947 British English
3039 Whose Body? Dorothy L. Sayers 1923 British English
3155 The Castafiore Emerald Hergé 1963 Belgian French
4261 A Morbid Taste For Bones Ellis Peters 1977 British English
4309 The Case Of The Gilded Fly Edmund Crispin 1944 British English
4309 Something Fresh P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British English
4309 Death At The President's Lodging Michael Innes 1936 British English
4309 Regency Buck Georgette Heyer 1935 British English
4644 Friday The Rabbi Slept Late Harry Kemelman 1964 American English
4854 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith 1998 Scottish English
5122 Thus Was Adonis Murdered Sarah Caudwell 1981 British English
5935 The Old Fox Deceiv'd Martha Grimes 1982 American English
6167 Mrs. Miracle Debbie Macomber 1996 American English
6605 Still Life Louise Penny 2005 Canadian English
8155 Crocodile On The Sandbank Elizabeth Peters 1975 American English
8408 Her Royal Spyness Rhys Bowen 2007 British English
8853 What You Are Looking For Is In The Library Michiko Aoyama 2020 Japanese Japanese
8930 Storm In The Village Miss Read 1958 British English
9572 The Ex Hex Erin Sterling 2021 American English
9680 The Shortest Way To Hades Sarah Caudwell 1985 British English
10061 The Killings At Badger's Drift Caroline Graham 1987 British English
10064 What Bloody Man Is That? Simon Brett 1987 British English
10683 Automatic Noodle Annalee Newitz 2025 American English
10992 Hollywood Homicide Kellye Garrett 2017 American English
12083 The Potter's Field Ellis Peters 1989 British English
12133 A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna 2025 Unknown English
12477 The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz 2024 Unknown English
12629 The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman 2025 British English
13058 Detective Aunty Uzma Jalaluddin 2025 Canadian English
13061 Murder Takes A Vacation Laura Lippman 2025 American English
13068 Buried Above Ground Mike Ripley 2025 British English
15897 Merry Hall Beverley Nichols 1951 British English
16670 The Reluctant Widow Georgette Heyer 1946 British English
16732 Some Tame Gazelle Barbara Pym 1950 British English
16764 Hercule Poirot Agatha Christie 1920 British English
17117 Death At The Sign Of The Rook Kate Atkinson 2024 Unknown Unknown
17117 We Solve Murders Richard Osman 2024 British English
17117 Agnes Sharp And The Trip Of A Lifetime Leonie Swann 2024 Unknown English
17117 Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret Benjamin Stevenson 2024 Australian English
17117 The Cape Cod Mystery Phoebe Atwood Taylor 1931 American English
17117 The Norths Meet Murder Frances Lockridge, Richard Lockridge 1940 American English
17117 A Taste For Honey H.F. Heard 1941 British English
17117 The Bangalore Detectives Club Harini Nagendra 2022 Indian English
17117 Murder Among Friends Elizabeth Ferrars 1946 British English
17117 The Murder Of Mr. Wickham Claudia Gray 2022 Unknown English
17117 Savannah Blues Mary Kay Andrews 2002 American English
17117 Still Life / A Fatal Grace / The Cruelest Month Louise Penny 2005 Canadian English
17117 A Prayer For The Crown Shy Becky Chambers 2022 American English
17108 Hercule Poirot's Christmas Agatha Christie 1938 British English
17117 Station Eternity Mur Lafferty 2022 American English
17117 The Murders In Great Diddling Katarina Bivald 2024 Swedish Unknown
17117 The Antique Hunter's Guide To Murder C.L. Miller 2024 Unknown English
17117 Aresenic And Adobo Mia P. Manansala 2021 American English