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Mademoiselle le Sleuth (Paris Backstage Murders)
by (shelved 40 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.31 — 7,473 ratings — published 2024
An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.54 — 6,313 ratings — published 2008
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.02 — 362,363 ratings — published 2022
Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.54 — 82,608 ratings — published 2021
The Love Hypothesis (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,206,321 ratings — published 2021
The Charity Shop Detective Agency (The Charity Shop Detective Agency, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.78 — 11,877 ratings — published 2022
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Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping [On a Dead Man] (Vera Wong, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.15 — 83,802 ratings — published 2025
The Golden Spoon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.47 — 56,203 ratings — published 2023
Murder in an Irish Village (An Irish Village Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.83 — 29,131 ratings — published 2016
Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.66 — 12,185 ratings — published 2023
The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.79 — 171,557 ratings — published 2023
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.82 — 99,846 ratings — published 2023
The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)
by (shelved 24 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,197,524 ratings — published 2019
The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5)
by (shelved 23 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.54 — 23,367 ratings — published 2023
The Last Word (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.84 — 12,909 ratings — published 2024
The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder (Antique Hunter’s, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.36 — 22,445 ratings — published 2024
Book Lovers (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,703,716 ratings — published 2022
The Appeal (The Appeal, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.83 — 81,371 ratings — published 2021
People We Meet on Vacation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 21 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,988,479 ratings — published 2021
Beach Read (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,805,440 ratings — published 2020
Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,288,339 ratings — published 2019
Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.28 — 477,475 ratings — published 1986
Murder Takes a Vacation (Mrs. Blossom Mystery #1)
by (shelved 18 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.47 — 23,315 ratings — published 2025
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,117,690 ratings — published 2020
Funny Story (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 17 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,460,780 ratings — published 2024
The Hating Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.85 — 863,743 ratings — published 2016
Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.40 — 936,830 ratings — published 2018
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.02 — 430,341 ratings — published 2022
Better Than the Movies (Better Than the Movies, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.25 — 922,705 ratings — published 2021
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,877,516 ratings — published 1997
Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.93 — 407,459 ratings — published 2023
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.25 — 849,527 ratings — published 1990
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.01 — 610,038 ratings — published 2013
My Roommate Is a Vampire (My Vampires, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.45 — 118,373 ratings — published 2023
The Cheat Sheet (The Cheat Sheet, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.71 — 367,558 ratings — published 2021
One Last Stop (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.88 — 299,510 ratings — published 2021
Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,035,182 ratings — published 1813
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,609,525 ratings — published 2022
Icebreaker (UCMH, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.71 — 1,406,504 ratings — published 2022
Lessons in Chemistry (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,916,910 ratings — published 2022
The Spanish Love Deception (Love Deception, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.78 — 851,811 ratings — published 2021
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.85 — 873,881 ratings — published 2020
You Deserve Each Other (You Deserve Each Other, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.84 — 155,181 ratings — published 2020
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,161,810 ratings — published 1908
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,106,896 ratings — published 2014
First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.91 — 322,024 ratings — published 2025
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.95 — 241,924 ratings — published 2023
The Bodyguard (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.93 — 463,095 ratings — published 2022
It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 3.88 — 768,411 ratings — published 2021
Anxious People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as lighthearted)
avg rating 4.16 — 892,234 ratings — published 2019
“He was making up a story, and she was buying into his bullshit. That was a recipe for disaster”
― Heart and Sole
― Heart and Sole
“He wasn’t looking for a soulmate. That would require having a soul to share, and he’d sold his off long ago”
― Heart and Sole
― Heart and Sole
