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
2143 Home Sweet Homicide Craig Rice 1944 American English
2735 The Circular Staircase Mary Roberts Rinehart 1908 American English
3020 Before Lunch Angela Thirkell 1939 British English
3022 The Murder At The Vicarage Agatha Christie 1930 British English
3022 Queen Lucia E. F. Benson 1920 British English
3022 Whisky Galore Compton Mackenzie 1947 British English
3042 Whose Body? Dorothy L. Sayers 1923 British English
3157 The Castafiore Emerald Hergé 1963 Belgian French
4262 A Morbid Taste For Bones Ellis Peters 1977 British English
4310 The Case Of The Gilded Fly Edmund Crispin 1944 British English
4310 Something Fresh P. G. Wodehouse 1915 British English
4310 Death At The President's Lodging Michael Innes 1936 British English
4310 Regency Buck Georgette Heyer 1935 British English
4646 Friday The Rabbi Slept Late Harry Kemelman 1964 American English
4856 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith 1998 Scottish English
5125 Thus Was Adonis Murdered Sarah Caudwell 1981 British English
5939 The Old Fox Deceiv'd Martha Grimes 1982 American English
6170 Mrs. Miracle Debbie Macomber 1996 American English
6607 Still Life Louise Penny 2005 Canadian English
8157 Crocodile On The Sandbank Elizabeth Peters 1975 American English
8411 Her Royal Spyness Rhys Bowen 2007 British English
8857 What You Are Looking For Is In The Library Michiko Aoyama 2020 Japanese Japanese
8934 Storm In The Village Miss Read 1958 British English
9577 The Ex Hex Erin Sterling 2021 American English
9683 The Shortest Way To Hades Sarah Caudwell 1985 British English
10066 The Killings At Badger's Drift Caroline Graham 1987 British English
10069 What Bloody Man Is That? Simon Brett 1987 British English
10689 Automatic Noodle Annalee Newitz 2025 American English
10998 Hollywood Homicide Kellye Garrett 2017 American English
12084 The Potter's Field Ellis Peters 1989 British English
12134 A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna 2025 Unknown English
12479 The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz 2024 Unknown English
12631 The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman 2025 British English
13061 Detective Aunty Uzma Jalaluddin 2025 Canadian English
13064 Murder Takes A Vacation Laura Lippman 2025 American English
13071 Buried Above Ground Mike Ripley 2025 British English
15915 Merry Hall Beverley Nichols 1951 British English
16711 The Reluctant Widow Georgette Heyer 1946 British English
16769 Some Tame Gazelle Barbara Pym 1950 British English
16800 Hercule Poirot Agatha Christie 1920 British English
17161 Death At The Sign Of The Rook Kate Atkinson 2024 Unknown Unknown
17161 We Solve Murders Richard Osman 2024 British English
17161 Agnes Sharp And The Trip Of A Lifetime Leonie Swann 2024 Unknown English
17161 Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret Benjamin Stevenson 2024 Australian English
17161 The Cape Cod Mystery Phoebe Atwood Taylor 1931 American English
17161 The Norths Meet Murder Frances Lockridge, Richard Lockridge 1940 American English
17161 A Taste For Honey H.F. Heard 1941 British English
17161 The Bangalore Detectives Club Harini Nagendra 2022 Indian English
17161 Murder Among Friends Elizabeth Ferrars 1946 British English
17161 The Murder Of Mr. Wickham Claudia Gray 2022 Unknown English
17161 Savannah Blues Mary Kay Andrews 2002 American English
17161 Still Life / A Fatal Grace / The Cruelest Month Louise Penny 2005 Canadian English
17161 A Prayer For The Crown Shy Becky Chambers 2022 American English
17136 Hercule Poirot's Christmas Agatha Christie 1938 British English
17161 Station Eternity Mur Lafferty 2022 American English
17161 The Murders In Great Diddling Katarina Bivald 2024 Swedish Unknown
17161 The Antique Hunter's Guide To Murder C.L. Miller 2024 Unknown English
17161 Aresenic And Adobo Mia P. Manansala 2021 American English