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These are the newest cozy mystery titles on Amazon, refreshed through the day and spanning the whole shelf — culinary and bakery mysteries, animal and cat cozies, paranormal and witch cozies, craft and quilting mysteries, small-town amateur sleuths and British village whodunnits.

Cozy mystery publishes on a schedule rather than on inspiration. A large share of the genre is indie and series-driven, with authors releasing every six or eight weeks to keep a series in front of its readers, so this list turns over faster than anyone can read it. Treat it as a way to spot something early, not a list to keep up with.

One caveat worth knowing: “new release” on Amazon means newly listed, not newly written. Re-covered backlist, new editions, reissued series and boxed sets of older books all appear here carrying fresh publication dates. Cozy authors reissue more than most, so if a title looks familiar, it may well be.

Release week is also when cozy pricing is at its most volatile. Plenty of indie titles launch at 99 cents to build early momentum and move to full price once the push is over, so a book you are not in a hurry for can cost less a week later — though it can just as easily cost more.

How to use this list

• Look for the series position. Most new cozy releases are book six or later in a long-running series, and starting there means missing the town, the cat and half the running jokes. Where we can identify the series, we link through to the reading order so you can start in the right place.
• Do not read review counts as quality. A cozy published this week with nine reviews is not worse than one with three thousand — it is newer. Give it a month before you compare the two.
• Preorders show up here too. Some titles appear before their release date, so check the date if you want something to start tonight.
• Follow the author, not the feed. Cozy readers tend to stay with a writer for a whole series. Once you have found someone you like, their author page lists everything of theirs we hold, in order.

Looking for something specific rather than something new? The full catalog filters by theme, setting and sleuth, the series index covers reading order for everything that runs to more than one book, and our guides go deeper on particular corners of the genre.