Craving for Cozies 2026

 

.A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR WHO HAS PASSED AWAY

.A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR WITH AN ALLITERATIVE NAME

Collar of Duty: A Small Town Rescue Dog Cozy Mystery Series (Second Chance Mystery Series              book 2)  by Maisy Marple   Jan. 3, 2026  Kindle 

A BOOK SET OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

An Irish Bookshop Murder(Mercy McCarthy Mystery, Book # 1)  by Lucy Connelly  March, 2026 Kindle

A BOOK SET IN ALASKA OR ARKANSAS

Herbs and Homicide (Heywood Herbalist Cozy Mysteries #1) by Cathy Winter

A BOOK BY A NEW TO YOU AUTHOR

Snowed in with a Killer: A Yuletide Cozy Murder Mystery (Hazelwood High Jinx Cozy Mystery) by Samantha Noble

A BOOK SHORTER THAN 200 PAGES

A BOOK THAT IS MORE THAN THE 7TH BOOK IN A SERIES

A Perilous Plot (Booktown Mystery # 19) by Lorna Barrett

A BOOK THAT TAKES PLACE OVER A HOLIDAY

A BOOK CLASSIFIED AS A HISTORICAL COZY MYSTERY

A BOOK THAT HAS BEEN ON YOUR TO-BE-READ STACK FOR MORE THAN 3 YEARS

Dim Sum of All Fears: (A  Noodle Shop Mystery #2) by Vivien Chien

A BOOK WITH PARANORMAL ELEMENTS

A BOOK WHERE A PET PLAYS A PROMININENT ROLE

(The) Midnight Manuscript Murder: A Page-Turning Small Town Mystery (An Emma Hart Cozy Mystery Series) by Charlotte Faye

Cruising Cozies 2026

 .I hope to read at Snoop Level(10) books

1,  .Collar of Duty: A Small Town Rescue Shelter Dog Cozy Mystery Series (Second Chance Mystery Series Book 2) by Maisy Marple

2. Snowed in with a Killer: A Yuletide Cozy Murder Mystery (Hazelwood High Jinx Cozy Mystery) by Samantha Noble

3. Herbs and Homicide (Heywood Herbalist Cozy Mysteries #1) by Cathy Winter

4. Dim Sum of All Fears: (A  Noodle Shop Mystery #2) by Vivien Chien

5. An Irish Bookshop Murder (Mercy McCarthy Mystery, Book #1 by Lucy Connelly

6.  A Perilous Plot (Booktown Mystery #19) by Lorna Barrett

7.  (The) Midnight Manuscript Murder: A Page-Turning Small Town Mystery (An Emma Hart Cozy Mystery Series) by Charlotte Faye

8. (The) Peanut Butter Twist: A Bookstore Cozy Mystery (Tales of Maple Ridge Book 1)

New 2026 Alphabet Books

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Challenge runs from Jan 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026.  You can drop A's and The's from the book titles.

Except for pesky Q, C, amd Z titles, then the word that starts with the challenge letter can be the firs letter of any word in the title.  This year booc titles starting with EX for X will count..

A 

B

C   Collar of Duty: A Small Town Rescue Dog Cozy Mystery Series (Second Chance Mystery Series              book 2)  by Maisy Marple

D  Dim Sum of All Fears: (A  Noodle Shop Mystery #2) by Vivien Chien

E

F

G

H  Herbs and Homicide (Heywood Herbalist Cozy Mysteries #1) by Cathy Winter

I   (An) Irish Bookshop Murder (Mercy McCarthy Mystery, Book #1) by Lucy Connelly

J

K

L

M  (The) Midnight Manuscript Murder: A Page-Turning Small Town Murder Mystery by Charlotte Faye

N

O

P   (A ) Perilous Plot (Booktown Mystery # 19) by Lorna Barrett

Q  Queen Esther by John Irving

R

S  Snowed in with a Killer: A Yuletide Cozy Murder Mystery (Hazelwood High Jinx Cozy Mystery) by        Samantha Noble

T  Twice by Mitch Albon

U  (An) Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960's by Doris Kearns Goodwin

V

W  Wringer by Jerry Spinelli

X

Y

Z

Mini Challenges

January –Snowed In with A Killer

February – Twice

March - An Irish Bookshop Mystery (Mercy McCarty Mystery, #1)

April – Under the Sheets

May –

June –

July –

August-
September-
October-
November –
December –

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