If you enjoy Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel films, you already know the cozy mystery formula — you just might not know that it started with books. The Hallmark mystery movies are almost all based on or inspired by cozy mystery series. Here are the book series that capture the same warm, feel-good atmosphere, including several that have been directly adapted by Hallmark.
Multiple Hallmark movies starring Alison Sweeney. The books are even better — more detailed, funnier, and packed with recipes the movies cannot include. Full reading order.
Adapted into a series of Hallmark movies starring Candace Cameron Bure. Small-town Georgia librarian solves crimes.
Hallmark movies starring Jewel. Shannon Hammer renovates homes and solves murders in her small California hometown. If you enjoy the Bibliophile Mysteries, try these. About Kate Carlisle.
Adapted for British television rather than Hallmark, but the Cotswolds setting and cozy tone are exactly what Hallmark fans love. Full reading order.
Not yet adapted, but with its warm friendships, bakery setting, and clean romance, this series reads like a Hallmark movie in book form. Full reading order.
Adapted into a TV series for Amazon Prime. The hidden village of Three Pines has the same appeal as the fictional small towns in Hallmark movies, but with more literary depth. Full reading order.
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