The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth PetersThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieStill Life by Louise PennyChocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,233 books — 2,664 voters
A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboAngelfall by Susan EeThe Immortal Rules by Julie KagawaThe Zombie Room by R.D. RonaldThe Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald
Best Unknown but must be Known books
9,234 books — 8,479 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,712 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareDivergent by Veronica Roth
Best Series
3,693 books — 9,884 voters