The Cozy Mystery Awards
We have been listing our Cozy Top Tens for a couple of years. These are books selected by us and our contributors.
We do not choose specific winners, just all the books we include.
We have sorted by year, then award, then author name.
2024
Top Ten
Paper Cuts
Secret, Book, and Scone Society #6
Six Across is Murder
Crossword Puzzle #6
The Harbour Lights Mystery
Shell House Detectives #2
The Gastrothief
Albert Smith’s Culinary Capers #14
Rivers and Creaks
Redwoods Country #1
Tea Die For
Magical Tea Room #9
A Fire at the Exhibition
Lady Hardcastle #10
A Deadly Drive-by
Haunting Avery Winters #5
The Last Devil to Die
Thursday Murder Club #4
Hidden Beneath
Maine Clambake #11
Top Ten First in Series
Murder at the Mine
Ghost Town #1
A Flight of Murder
Borrowed Pages #1
A Most Unusual Demise
Most Unusual #1
Murder On Friday Street
Friday Street #1
Tolling Bells & Dark Spells
Darkly Southern #1
Mushrooms, Magic, and Murder
Hedge Witch #1
Trust the Terrier
Coral Shores Veterinary
A Deadly Combo
Rocky Nelson Boxing #1
Caturday Knife Special
Caddy Cat Café #1
Murder Ińmortal
Fona Macaw #1
2023
Top Ten First in Series
The Man Who Vanished
Gemini Sister Sleuths #1
Seeds of Suspicion
Lack of Luxury #1
Murder at the Wedding
Modern Midwife #1
Death and Donuts
Bee’s Bakery #1
Ain’t Nothin’ But a…Murder
Rita’s Pitas #1
Mad Hats & Trouble
Fade Island #1
Welcome Home to Murder
Hometown #1
Fox Cubs and Felonies
Mystic Mountain #1
Peony Dreadful
Village Flower Shop #1
Herbs and Homicide
Heywood Herbalist #1
Top Ten Historical Series
Dead Dead Girls
Harlem Renaissance #1
Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders
Women of WWII #1
Death Below Stairs
Below Stairs #1
Murder at Mallowan Hall
Phyllida Bright #1
A Gilded Grave
Newport Gilded Age #1
A Brazen Curiosity
Beatrice Hyde-Clare #1
The Killing at Kaldaire House
Milliner #1
Brother Cadfael’s Penance
Brother Cadfael #20
Strong Temptations
Sophie Strong #2
Murder at High Tide
Rosa Reed #1