12-Month Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge
Monthly Reading Challenges for Cozy Crime Lovers
Let’s get cozy and read some books!
A reading challenge can be a fun way to shake up your reading habits or find something new to read. It’s also an excellent way to start a lazy book club. This 12-month cozy mystery reading challenge offers a new themed challenge for each month. You can start or stop anytime and pick it back up when you feel like it. A suggested cozy mystery is provided for each challenge, but you should feel free to choose any mystery that fits the monthly theme.
January
Read a mystery that is the first in a series. (New year, new beginnings.)
Suggested mystery: Farm to Trouble: An Organic Cozy Mystery (Farm to Table Mysteries Book 1) by Amanda Flower
February
Read a cozy mystery with a cat on the cover. (Are there any without cats on the cover? Just kidding. Of course, there are!)
Suggested mystery: Mimi Lee Gets a Clue (Sassy Cat Mystery Book 1) by Jennifer J. Chow
March
Read a cozy mystery off your To Be Read list that you’ve wanted to read forever but haven’t started yet. (A book lover’s version of spring cleaning.)
Suggested mystery: Heads Will Cinnamon Roll (Scottie Ramone Cozy Mystery Book 1) by London Lovett
April
Read a cozy mystery with a flower on the cover. (Let’s celebrate the beauty of spring.)
Suggested mystery: Mum's the Word (A Flower Shop Mystery Book 1) by Kate Collins
May
Read a cozy mystery from an author with a new series or recent release or an author you have never heard of. (You “may” find a new favorite author.)
Suggested mystery: Hammers and Homicide (A Hometown Hardware Mystery Book 1) by Paula Charles
June
Read a cozy mystery that inspired a movie. And then, just for fun, watch the movie with a snack inspired by the cozy mystery book.
Suggested mystery: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen Mystery Book 1) by Joanne Fluke
July
Read a cozy mystery set in a resort town, on a beach, or aboard a cruise ship. (If you want to be kooky, you can switch the challenges for July and December.)
Suggested mystery: Death on Windmill Way (Hamptons Murder Mysteries Book One) by Carrie Doyle
August
Read a bookish cozy mystery. Try a cozy mystery set in a bookshop, library, or bookmobile. (The summer reading season is almost over.)
Suggested mystery: Elementary, She Read (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Book 1) by Vicki Delany
September
Read a cozy mystery with a brown, orange, yellow, or red cover. (Fall colors, cozy vibes.)
Suggested mystery: A Doomful of Sugar (Maple Syrup Mysteries Book 1) by Catherine Bruns
October
Read a paranormal cozy mystery. (Celebrate Halloween with a spooky tale or ghost story.)
Suggested mystery: Aunt Dimity's Death (Aunt Dimity Mystery Book 1) by Nancy Atherton
November
Read a cozy mystery by an author you love. (Be thankful for their books!)
Suggested mystery: The Quiche of Death: The First Agatha Raisin Mystery by M. C. Beaton
December
Read a winter-themed cozy or a holiday cozy mystery. (Tis the season.)
Suggested mystery: The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter
12-Month Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge Lookbook
Every book shown below is the first book in a series.
Use the arrows to the left and right of each book to cycle through the twelve suggested books in this lookbook.
Click on the book to view it on Amazon.
January - Farm to Trouble: An Organic Cozy Mystery (Farm to Table Mysteries Book 1) by Amanda Flower
February - Mimi Lee Gets a Clue (Sassy Cat Mystery Book 1) by Jennifer J. Chow
March - Will Cinnamon Roll (Scottie Ramone Cozy Mystery Book 1) by London Lovett
April - Mum's the Word (A Flower Shop Mystery Book 1) by Kate Collins
May - Hammers and Homicide (A Hometown Hardware Mystery Book 1) by Paula Charles
June - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen Mystery Book 1) by Joanne Fluke
July - Death on Windmill Way (Hamptons Murder Mysteries Book One) by Carrie Doyle
August - Elementary, She Read (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Book 1) by Vicki Delany
September - A Doomful of Sugar (Maple Syrup Mysteries Book 1) by Catherine Bruns
October - Aunt Dimity's Death (Aunt Dimity Mystery Book 1) by Nancy Atherton
November - The Quiche of Death: The First Agatha Raisin Mystery (Agatha Raisin Mysteries Book 1) by M. C. Beaton
December - The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter