Happy Tuesday y’all! And Happy Halloween! This week Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl has given us the chance for some freedom by making this week’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday a Halloween Freebie. In the past for Halloween Freebies I’ve focused on black book covers and orange book covers. This year I decided to do something a different and share some of my favorite mysteries that I’ve read in 2023.
While I have read several mysteries this year, most of them cozy, I have decided to focus on the first books in a series or standalones that I have read. Several of these books were released in 2022 and 2023, so they should be easily accessible.
All titles are linked to Goodreads, and book covers are linked to Amazon.
Without further ado, here are my favorite mysteries I’ve Read in 2023!
Dead and Gondola by Ann Claire
- Genre: Cozy Mystery
- Release Date: November 2022
- Date Read: February 2023
- Why A Favorite: The story is centered around a bookshop in the mountains of Colorado. One is a place I love to be, the other a place I would love to visit.
The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson
- Genre: YA Mystery
- Release Date: May 2022
- Date Read: March 2023
- Why A Favorite: A story of haves versus have nots, with a mystery thrown in. Yes please!
Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge
- Genre: Historical Cozy Mystery
- Release Date: April 2023
- Date Read: April 2023
- Why A Favorite: A culinary cozy that features Julia Child!
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
- Genre: Mystery, Dark Humor
- Release Date: March 2022
- Date Read: April 2023
- Why A Favorite: The desire to know the story behind the title, and to know more about this family!
Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
- Genre: Cozy Mystery
- Release Date: May 2021
- Date Read: June 2023
- Why A Favorite: It’s a culinary cozy; what’s not to love?
These Deadly Games by Diana Urban
- Genre: YA, Mystery, Thriller
- Release Date: February 2022
- Date Read: August 2023
- Why A Favorite: Hooked from the beginning! And so many red herrings.
Board to Death by C.J. Connor
- Genre: Cozy Mystery, LGBTQ
- Release Date: August 2023
- Date Read: August 2023
- Why A Favorite: Other than being a board game lover myself? How about a socially awkward main character?
The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Leonie Swann
- Genre: Mystery, Translated Fiction
- Release Date: May 2020 (in German), August 2023 (in English)
- Date Read: August 2023
- Why A Favorite: Senior citizens with secrets to keep, and I want to know what they are!
Reykjavik: A Crime Story by Ragnar Jonasson & Katrin Jakobsdottir
- Genre: Historical Mystery, Thriller, Translated Fiction
- Release Date: September 2023
- Date Read: September 2023
- Why A Favorite: Immersive and gripping!
A Traitor in Whitehall by Julia Kelly
- Genre: Historical Mystery
- Release Date: October 2023
- Date Read: September 2023
- Why A Favorite: Page turner, leaves you wanting to know what happens next!
And that’s is a list of ten favorite mysteries I’ve read in 2023. Have you read any of these? What are some of your favorite mysteries that you’ve read this year?
Are you looking for some more books to read? Check out my other bookish lists, book reviews, and monthly reading wrap-ups.
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I’ve read Arsenic and Adobo!
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone – that is a seriously great title, what a great hook!
Arsenic and Adobo was a fun one!
I haven’t read any of these, but they all sound like mysteries I would enjoy.
Oooh, a new Leonie Swann book! (New-to-me, anyway.) I remember enjoying Swann’s THREE BAGS FULL several years back, so I’ll have to keep my eye out for AGNES SHARP also!
Here’s my TTT for this week. Happy Halloween!
I do enjoy a good mystery! I have not read any of these. Happy Halloween!
I love that you went with mysteries today. I have not read any of them. I will have to check them out. Happy Halloween!
All of these books sound wonderful based on their titles.
I loved Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone! I just read the sequel, Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect and it’s just as good.
I have Arsenic and Adobo in my tbr
I would love to read so many of these. What a great list! Thanks for visiting my blog.
These sound so intriguing! I will definitely have to check some of these out, especially since I find myself reading more mysteries as the weather gets colder.
Awesome list! I love me a good mystery and I haven’t read most of these, so thanks for the list. I really enjoyed DEAD AND GONDOLA and I’m looking forward to the sequel. I have an e-ARC of it – just need to get to it.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
I’ve been wanting to try some nice cozy mysteries. Arsenic and Adobo looks fun!
Arsenic and Adobo sounds like such a great read. Great topic for this week!
What a perfect twist on the prompt! I’m not a big mystery reader, but I’ve been wanting to try a cozy mystery. I may need to add Board to Death. It sounds like a fun one!
I enjoyed Arsenic and Adobo and have a couple of the other books on my TBR, I am going to move them up the TBR mountain now.