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too many! LOLI have used fictfact.com to keep track of where I am in various series (cozy and any others). However, it has been awhile since I used it so I know it is woefully out of date.
I don't have any idea how many series I'm following! I used to read the Hannah Swensen books, but vowed not to read anymore after the last one and stopped the Goldy Bear books books a couple of books ago. I've read a couple of the BBQ books and a few of the Fresh Baked books. Only read the first Coffee House book and never went back for more. Maybe I'll sit down and try and figure out how many series I'm trying to keep track of.
I reading two cozy Cake on a Hot Tin Roof by Jacklyn Brady & Corpse Pose by Diana Killian.
Melodie wrote: "I don't have any idea how many series I'm following! I used to read the Hannah Swensen books, but vowed not to read anymore after the last one and stopped the Goldy Bear books books a couple of bo..."I understand about the Hannah Swensen series, but I've bought them all and I do enjoy the recipes. I realized that I needed to sit down and try to come up with a "direction" for my reading. So, I'm vowing, y'all heard it here first, to complete the series' I've already begun, at least get caught up to the latest book in the series, before I begin another. There are a lot of first in a series books available, but I'm not biting. Whatever happened to the stand alone books, anyway? :)
Too many to count! According to FicFact 12 that I've already read at least 1 book 1 that I have the first library book waiting and 15 that I own at least the first book.
According to my ŷ list and eliminating any that have even a whisper of paranormal, 20 current series and a couple that I have followed are complete or the author is deceased.
Cozy series I've finished:Mr & Mrs Darcy by Carrie Bebris
Sarah Deane by J.S. Borthwick
Edwardian Murder Mystery by Marion Chesney
India Hayes by Amanda Flower
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales by Peter Lovesey
Chief Inspector Barnaby by Caroline Graham
In progress:
90% -- Hamish Macbeth by M.C. Beaton
80% -- Emma Lord by Mary Daheim
68% -- Dog Lover's Mystery by Susan Conant
60% -- English Garden Mystery by Anthony Eglin
55% -- Bed-and-Breakfast Mysteries by Mary Daheim
50% -- Leigh Girard by Gail Lukasik
50% -- Carla Day by Diana O'Hehir
50% -- Beau Brummell by Rosemary Stevens
39% -- Richard Jury by Martha Grimes
38% -- Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery by Jane Cleland
37% -- Amelia Peabody by Elizabeth Peters
33% -- Bath and Body by India Ink
33% -- Father Christmas Mystery by C.C. Benison
31% -- Agatha Raisin by M.C. Beaton
29% -- Daisy Dalrymple by Carola Dunn
29% -- Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker
25% -- Jane Austen by Stephanie Barron
25% -- Julian Kestrel by Kate Ross
25% -- Mobile Library by Ian Sansom
22% -- Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie by Rhys Bowen
21% -- The Cat Who... by Lilian Jackson Braun
20% -- Capucine Culinary Mysteries by Alexander Campion
20% -- Superintendent Battle by Agatha Christie
20% -- Euphemia Martins by Caroline Dunford
18% -- Gideon Oliver by Aaron Elkins
17% -- Miss Zukas by Jo Dereske
17% -- Wedding Planner by Deborah Donnelly
17% -- Mickey Rawlins by Troy Soos
14% -- Domestic Bliss Mysteries by Leslie Caine
11% -- Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery by Barbara Allan
11% -- Pepper Martin Mystery by Casey Daniels
11% -- Charles Lenox Mystery by Charles Finch
10% -- Rachel Porter by Jessica Speart
9% -- Archeological Mystery by Lyn Hamilton
8% -- Crossword Mystery by Nero Blanc
8% -- Jessie Arnold by Sue Peters
8% -- Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Agatha Christie
7% -- Tea Shop Mysteries by Laura Childs
6% -- The Goldy Schulz Culinary Mysteries by Diane Mott Davidson
5% -- Judge Deborah Knott by Margaret Maron
4% -- Chief Inspector Wexford by Ruth Rendell
3% -- Inspector Appleby by Michael Innes
I am new to Cozys, I only reading 2 series. A Piece of cake Mysteries by Jacklyn Brady( I am on the 2ent book)
A Mantra for Murder Mystery by Diana Killian ( I on the 1st book)
FictFact says I'm currently following 163 series. Figure 10% of those are not cozy, and probably 20% are series that are finished/cancelled.So roughly about 120 or so.
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Mr & Mrs Darcy by Carrie Bebris
Sarah Deane by J.S. Borthwick
Edwardian Murder Mystery by Marion Chesney
India Hayes by [a..."
Umm...wow. And I thought I had a lot to catch up on. I only have about a half dozen series in common with your list.
I finished and posted the "short list" I mentioned in my earlier post. You can if interested. Because it was written for the weekly "Thursday Thirteen" blog meme, it is in no way a comprehensive list, just some of those I am most behind in and wish to catch up on.
Kirsten wrote: "Cozy series I've finished:Mr & Mrs Darcy by Carrie Bebris
Sarah Deane by J.S. Borthwick
Edwardian Murder Mystery by Marion Chesney
India Hayes by [a..."
This list gives me a lot more series to look at. That I can currently think of I'm in the middle of 5 series.
Well, I'm in good company here. I start a series and then get distracted by other books and it's not just cozies that I neglect. I read a variety of genres and I seem to have the same problem with all of them. The sad thing is I have a lot of them sitting on the shelf or on the Kindle just waiting for me to get back to them. There are just too many good books out there!
I'm reading Hazel Holt's Mrs. Malory series. They are very gentle and very English and also intelligent. I like her writing style and the stories are charming.
I'm reading three series by Rhys Bowen (Evans from Wales) (Mollie Series) (Her Royal Spyness) and I've read the first of a whole lot more with bursts of mid-series books. Oh yes, Charles Finch's historic English mysteries and Tamar Myers Africa books. Okay, a lot that I read is part of one series or another. I'm like Karen, I'm afraid.
I love the Cheese Shop series by Avery Aames. I've read all but the most recent one.
Norma - I love the Her Royal Spyness series. Need to pick up on Charles Finch again. I read the first one.
I am following several mystery series in a desultory manner, but only a few are cozy.- Gervase Fen, Edmund Crispin (only one more to read)
- Anna Pigeon, Nevada Barr (on #15)
- Ruth Galloway, Elly Griffiths (just started)
- Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout (read several here and there, now trying to read it in order; on #5)
- Inspector Morse, Colin Dexter (on #10)
- Inspector Appleby, Michael Innes (on #3)
- Inspector Martin Beck, Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (on #7)
- Inspector Erlendur, Arnaldur Indriðason (on #8)
- Inspector Gamache, Louise Penny (on #4)
And I have read most of the books by these authors, but am always on the lookout for ones I might have missed:
Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, Patricia Wentworth, Elizabeth Peters
Several too many to list. One is Sara Rosett Getting Away is Deadly#1 Mom Zone Series and On The Run #3
Both are good.
Ohh, my list is very long, and divided into several categories. And I don't really see many of the series I read or have read discussed here that often.In progress (ongoing series or I have not read all the books):
China Bayles by Susan Wittig Albert
Glassblowing Mysteries by Sarah Atwell
Perkins & Tate by Marian Babson
Trixie & Evangeline by Marian Babson
Hemlock Falls by Claudia Bishop
Monsieur Pamplemousse by Michael Bond
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Jane Arnold by Rita Maw Brown
Mags & Baxter by Rita Mae Brown
Mrs. Murphy by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown
Ursula Blanchard by Fiona Buckley
Candy Shop Mysteries by Sammi Carter
Hilary Tamar by Sarah Caudwell
Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie
Miss Marple by Agatha Christie
Detective Joe Sandilands by Barbara Cleverly
Hilda Johansson by Jeanne Dams
Daisy Dalrymple by Carola Dunn
Liss MacCrimmon by Kaitlyn Dunnett
Charles Lenox by Charles Finch
Captain Lacey by Ashley Gardner
Corinna Chapman by Kerry Greenwood
Phryne Fisher by Kerry Greenwood
Sarah Booth Delaney by Carolyn Haines
White House Chef by Julie Hyzy
Kick Keswick by Marne Davis Kellogg
Bellhaven House by Rebecca Kent
Pennyfoot Hotel by Kate Kingsbury
Peter Wimsey by Dorothy L. Sayers
Gaslight Mysteries by Victoria Thompson
Della Cooks by Melinda Wells
Completed (read all the available books and the author has stopped writing):
Figure Skating by Alina Adams
George Porter Dillman/Genevieve Masefield by Conrad Allen
Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner by T.F. Banks
Her Majesty Investigates by C.C. Benison
Casebook of Dr. McKenzie by Claudia Bishop
Grace & Favor by Jill Churchill
Million Dollar Mysteries by Mindy Starns Clark
Smart Chick Mysteries by Mindy Starns Clark
Musketeers Mysteries by Sarah D'Almedia
Goldy Schulz by Diane Mott Davidson
Susanna, Lady Appleton by Kathy Lynn Emerson
Iris House B&B by Jean Hager
Elizabeth I by Karen Harper
Booklovers by Julie Kaewert
Gilded Age by Mary Kruger
Peggy O'Neill by M.D. Lake
Culinary Mysteries by Ceclie Lamalle
Tori Miracle by Valerie S. Malmont
Robert Fairfax by Hannah March
Bracebridge Mysteries by Margaret Miles
Gloria Lamerino (Periodic Table) by Camille Minichino
Ginger Barnes Main Line by Donna Huston Murray
Kate Ardleigh/Charles Sheridan by Robin Paige
Nine Muses by Ellen Pall
Dr. Alexandra Gladstone by Paula Paul
Justin deQuincy by Sharon Kay Penman
Lady Ariana Regency by Andrea Penrose
Eugenia Potter by Virginia Rich/Nancy Pickard
Julian Kestrel by Kate Ross
Gilded Age by P.B. Ryan
Shelia Travis by Patricia Sprinkle
Beau Brummell by Rosemary Stevens
Music Lovers by Karen Sturges
Heaven Lee by Lou Jane Temple
Princeton Murders by Ann Waldron
Abandonned (began reading and lost interest):
Meg Lanslow by Donna Andrews
The Cat Who� by Lillian Jackson Brown
Jane Jeffrey by Jill Churchill
Bed & Breakfast by Mary Daheim
Dorothy Martin by Jeanne M. Dams
Nicholas Segella by Ann Dukthas
Italian Renaissance by Elizabeth Eyre
Abigail Adams by Barbara Hamilton
Death on Demand by Carolyn Hart
Adam Dalgleish by P.D. James
Cordelia Grey by P.D. James
Teddy Bear Collectors by John J. Lamb
Lucy Stone by Leslie Meier
Thoroughly Southern Mysteries by Patricia H. Sprinkle
I didn't even attempt to cover series I have finished or the even longer list of ones I have lost interest in!I love the Hilary Tamar books, too bad there weren't more!
In progress:Victoria Abbott - Book Collector
Ellery Adams - Books by the Bay
Ellery Adams - Charmed Pie Shoppe
P.j. Alderman - Port Chatham
Madelyn Alt - A Bewitching Mystery
Barbra Annino - Stacy Justice Mysteries
Lucy Arlington - Novel Idea Mysteries
Maureen Ash - Templar Knight
Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity
Deborah Turrell Atkinson - Storm Kayama Mysteries
Sandra Balzo - Maggie Thorsen Mysteries
Lorna Barrett - Booktown
Lorraine Bartlett - Victoria Square
M.C. Beaton - Agatha Raisin
K.K. Beck - Jane Da Silva
K.K. Bech - Iris Cooper
Mike Befeler - Paul Jacobson Geezer-Lit
C.L. Bevill - Bubba
Juliet Blackwell - Witchcraft Mysteries
Juliet Blackwell - Haunted Home Renovation
Annette Blair - Vintage Magic Mysteries
Heather Blake - Wishcraft Mysteries
Heather Black - Magic Potion
Sheila Webster Boneham - Animals in Focus
Ali Brandon - Black Cat Bookshop
Sandra Brannan - Liv Bergen Mysteries
Barbara Bretton - Sugar Maple
JoAnna Carl - Chocoholic Mysteries
Bailey Cates - Magical Bakery
C.S. Challinor - Rex Graves Mysteries
Ann Charles - Deadwood Humorous mysteries
Ann Charles - Jackrabbit Junction
L.J. Charles - Everly Gray mysteries
L.J. Charles - Gemini Women
Laura Childs - Tea Shop
Laura Childs - Scrapbooking
Laura Childs - Cackleberry Club
Agatha Christie - all
Edie Clair - Leigh Koslow
Sheila Connolly - County Cork
Sheila Connolly - Orchard mysteries
E.j. Copperman - Haunted Guest House
Cleo Coyle - Coffeehouse
Mary Daheim - Emma Lord
Kathi Daley - Jensen Paradise
Jeanne M. Dams - Dorothy Martin
Shirley Damsgaard - Ophelia & Abby
Diane Mott Davidson - Goldy Bear
Jana DeLeon - Ghost-in-Law
Jo Dereske - Miss Zukas
Jo Dereske - Ruby Crane
John Dunning - Cliff Janeway
Janet Evanovich - Stephanie Plum
Janet Evanovich - Diesel series
Christy Fifield - Haunted Souvenir
Joanne Fluke - Hannah Swensen
Anne George - Southern Sisters
Sue Grafton - Kinsey Milhone
Heather Graham - Bone Island
Beth Groundwater - RM Outdoor Adventures
Justin Gustainis - Quincey Morris Supernatural Investigation
Gemma Halliday - Maddie Springer
Charlaine Harris - Aurora Teagarden
Charlaine Harris - Lily Bard
Carolyn Hart - Bailey Ruth
Patricia Harwin - Far Wychwood
Julie Wray Herman - Three Dirty Women
Michael A. Herr - Kohala Coast
Victoria Houston - Loon Lake Fishing mysteries
Mary Ellen Hughes - Maggie Olenski
Ellen Elizabeth Hunter - Wilmington, NC mysteries
Maddy Hunter - Passport to Peril
Polly Iver - Diane Racine Psychic Suspense
Sue Ann Jaffarian - Odelia Gray
Sue Ann Jaffarian - Ghost of Granny Apples
Miranda James - Cat in the Stacks
Alice Kimberly - Haunted Bookshop
Joyce & Jim Lavene - Renaissance Faire
Day Leclaire - Wacky Women
Karen MacInerney - Gray Whale Inn
G.M. Maillet - St. Just
Nancy Martin - Blackbird Sisters
Lorena McCourtney - Ivy Malone
Leslie Meier - Lucy Stone
Tim Myers - Lighthouse Inn
J. Michael Orenduff - The Pot Thief
Kate Parker - Victorian Bookshop
Nancy Parra - Baker's Treat
Elizabeth Peters - Amelia Peabody
Dolores Stewart Riccio - Circle of five
Cyndy Salzmann - Friday Afternoon Club
Alexander McCall Smith - No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Shanna Swendson - Katie Chandler
Maggie Toussaint - Cleopatra Jones
Deborah Woodworth - Shaker
There are more mystery series that I'm working on, but I wouldn't consider them as "cozies".
Norma wrote: "I'm reading three series by Rhys Bowen (Evans from Wales) (Mollie Series) (Her Royal Spyness) and I've read the first of a whole lot more with bursts of mid-series books. Oh yes, Charles Finch's hi..."I love the Evan Evans books but I've managed to only read the first five.
My favorite series are:. Ali Brandon (Black Cat Bookshop)
. Rita Mae Brown (Mrs. Murphy Mystery)
. Catherine Coulter (FBI Thriller Series)
. Lillian Jackson Braun (The Cat Who...)
. Laura Childs (Tea Shop Mysteries)
. Linda Evans & Eva Marie Everson (Potluck Club Mysteries)
. Monica Ferris (Needlecraft Myseries)
. Joanne Fluke (Hannah Swenson)
. Carolyn Hart (Death on Demand)
. Miranda James (Cat in the Stacks)
. Lorena McCourtney (Ivy Malone)
. Ann B. Ross (Miss Julia)
. Aimee & David Thurlo (Sr. Agatha Series)
. Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs Series)
Way too many already and always adding- I can't get enough of them
It varies right just finished one and reading another. I will be reading detective mysteries neck and THE ORPHAN TRAIN Nnext a novel.
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Lily wrote: "The current series that I've started are:*The Flavia De Luce series by Alan Bradley
*The Detective Barnaby series by Caroline Graham
*The Adam Dalgliesh series by P. D. James
*I'm current on the ..."
I wouldn't consider Adam Dalgliesh a cozy - but very good!
just found a new series by Isabella Alan. it is a quilt shop series. First book is Murder Simply Stitched. published June, 2014. Looking forward to starting it.
I'm so glad to not be the only person with no reading self control. I just came across cozies about 18 months ago, and now I'm in deep. I think that I should read every author of the month, and so far they have all been new to me...so there are at least 20+ series there.Last year at Thanksgiving a cousin gave me 72 books, most of them series books of some sort, most of them cozies.....so of course I have to research the series and start with #1. I try not to get too crazy, but life is short...read lots.
Debbie wrote: "I'm so glad to not be the only person with no reading self control. I just came across cozies about 18 months ago, and now I'm in deep. I think that I should read every author of the month, and s..."So right! Life is way too short, so I don't sweat where in a series I book I want to read might fall! If it's the first one, that's good. But if it's the tenth one, that's good,too. Not gonna delay a good read because I haven't read what came before. I used to, but not anymore! Nothing wrong with doing it the other way either, of course, but can't see missing out on a good read these days.
Melodie wrote: "Debbie wrote: "I'm so glad to not be the only person with no reading self control. I just came across cozies about 18 months ago, and now I'm in deep. I think that I should read every author of t..."I know what your saying, but I've worked with part numbers and stock for over 40 years and I have a problem jumping in the middle, everything has to be numerical for my world to turn properly. Plus I'm so dang nosey that I worry that I've missed something in an earlier book.
The Miss Julia series is hilarious on CD the actress does a wonderful job.If you ever get a chance to listen to the Flavia De Luce series on CD they are wonderful.
If you had to narrow your choices to only 3 authors who would you choose?
I have read all the Stephanie Plum books the last two I listened to on CD and they were fantastic. The voice of Lula was lol funny. I have only read the first two in the Maine Clambake mysteries. I have Laura Levine's This Pen for Hire on my Kindle that I have not started.
I'm only up to #6 in Stephanie Plum and really enoying them. I have read the first Clambake and have the second one in my TBR, I thought it was great. I love the Larua Levine books...they are right up there with Janet Evanovich in MHO.
Robin wrote: "If you had to narrow your choices to only 3 authors who would you choose?"Donna Andrews, Nancy Martin and Carola Dunn
Of course this is purely academic; I'd never narrow down my choices. :)
Robin wrote: "If you had to narrow your choices to only 3 authors who would you choose?"Simply because these authors give me the most books I can re-read:
Rita Mae Brown
Kerry Greenwood
Agatha Christie
Donna Andrews, Denise Swanson & all others are hit & miss @ this point.
Thanks to all who submitted who their top three authors were. It gave me a few new authors to try. I have never read Swanson, Martin, or Sweeney.
Cozy Mysteries
Books mentioned in this topic
Getting Away is Deadly (other topics)Deceptive (other topics)
Cake on a Hot Tin Roof (other topics)
Corpse Pose (other topics)
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Donna Andrews (other topics)Shirley Rousseau Murphy (other topics)
Leann Sweeney (other topics)
Agatha Christie (other topics)
Kerry Greenwood (other topics)
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Hannah Swensen mysteries, Joanne Fluke # 13 Apple Turnover Murder
BBQ Mysteries, Riley Adams I'm caught up!
Goldy Bear Catering mysteries, Diane Mott Davidson #6 Main Corpse
Coffee House Mysteries, Cleo Coyle #3 Latte Trouble
Fresh Baked mysteries, Livia Washburn #7 Wedding Cake Killer
In between these, I read other genres such as historical fiction, Tudor historical fiction, biographies, etc
How about you?