Thank you to everyone who sent in their reading suggestions for our newsletter giveaway. My mother and her friends now have lots of ideas for new authors to try. Here’s the list:

Cosy Reading List

1. Margaret Maron—family and folklore of the south.

2. Donna Andrews—“outrageous and fun,” Meg Langslow series.

3. JoAnna Carl—chocolate information is included.

4. Sue Henry—a musher in Alaska

5. Julie Hyzy—the adventures of Olivia Paras, a chef in the White House

6. Virgina Lanier—a series about training blood hounds for tracking.

7. Laurien Berenson—a series involving standard poodles and a heroine with an affinity for finding dead bodies.

8. Aimee and David Thurlo—Ella Clah mysteries

9. Laura Alden—an amateur sleuth and PTA mom.

10. Carolyn Hart—Death on Demand series.

11. Laura Child—tea shop mystery series and the scrapbook mysteries.

12. Sheila Connolly—Orchard series and the Museum mysteries.

13. Krista Davis—the Diva mysteries with Mochie the cat.

14. Kate Collins—heroine Abby Knight owns Bloomers flower shop.

15. Kaitlyn Dunnett—Liss MacCrimmon, Scottish dancer.

16. Sharon Pape—Rory McClain solves mysteries with the help of deceased federal marshal, Zeke Drummond.

17. Miranda James—cat in the stacks mysteries.

18. Rebecca Hale—another cat mystery series.

19. Jill Churchill—Jane Jeffry mysteries.

20 Kat Carlisle—Brooklyn Wainwright restores rare books and solves mysteries.

21 Mary Daheim—Bed and Breakfast mysteries and the Alpine series.

22. Diane Mott Davidson—“yummy recipes.”

23. Joanne Fluke—set in Minnesota, “great recipes.”

24. Leann Sweeney—Cat in Trouble series.

25. Susan Conant—dog trainer, Holly Winter.

26. Claire McNab—PI Kylie Kendall, raised in the Australian Outback.

27. Kate White—amateur sleuth Bailey Weggins.

28. Nancy Atherton—the Aunt Dimity series.

29. PJ Alderman—relatively new series that features ghosts from the 1800s, “funny ghosts for the most part.”

30. EJ Copperman—haunted guesthouse mysteries.

31. Casey Daniels—Pepper Martin sees dead people.

32. Laura Levine–amateur sleuth Jaine Austen and her cat Prozac.

33. Joan Hess—the Maggody series.

34. Rita Lakin—Gladdy Gold mysteries.

35. Jenn McKinley—the delicious cupcake bakery series.

36. Jessica Beck—donut shop mysteries.

37. Ellery Adams—Books by the Bay.

38. Maddy Hunter—Passport to Peril.

39 Rita Mae Brown—Mrs. Murphy mysteries and “Sister” Jane fox hunting series—“the fox is never harmed.”

40. Madelyn Alt—the bewitching mysteries.

41. Shirley Rousseau Murphy—Joel Gray cat mysteries.

42. Elizabeth Peters—Egyptologist and amateur sleuth, Ameila Peabody.

43. Jacqueline Winpear—Maisie Dobbs, “not exactly cosy but very good.”

44. Erle Stanley Gardner—the classic Perry Mason books.

45. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

46. Lillian Jackson Braun—the Cat Who series.

47. Denise Swanson—Scumble River mysteries.

48. Maggie Barbieri—English professor Alison Bergeron.

49. Penny Warner–Connor Westphal, hearing impaired journalist in the small town known as Flat Skunk.

50. Wendy Lynn Watson—Mysteries a la Mode.

51. Cathy Pickens—Southern Fried mysteries.

52. Ellen Crosby—the Wine Country series.

53. Lila Dare—Southern Beauty Shop mysteries, “full of southern charm.”

54. Paige Shelton—Gram’s Country Cooking School and the Farmers’ Market series.

55.Claudia Bishop—the Quillam sisters run the Hemlock Falls Inn.

56. Anthea Fraser–featuring Inspector Webb.

57. Ann Granger–Mitchell & Markby series, the Fran Varady series, and the Lizzie Martin mysteries.

58. Ngaio Marsh—Roderick Alleyn and other mysteries.

59. Ellis Peters—Inspector George Felse series.

60. Lorna Barrett/Lorraine Bartlett—“prolific and talented author,” Lorna writes the Booktown series, Lorraine writes Artisan’s Alley.

61..Juliet Blackwell—Haunted Home Renovation series.

62. Candace Calvert—medical mysteries.

63. Ali Brandon—new author, the Black Cat Bookshop mysteries.

64. Cleo Coyle—coffeehouse mysteries.