Top Ten Tuesday – Cozy Mystery Titles That Made Me Chuckle

 

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is Funny Book Titles.  This was surprisingly challenging, I guess because we all don’t think the same things are funny.  That said, I always love a good pun or a clever play on words when it comes to well known titles like Game of Thrones or The Fault in Our Stars so I decided to share some cozy mystery titles that I thought were pretty amusing.

 

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Cozy Mystery Titles That Made Me Chuckle

 

 

1. NACHO AVERAGE MURDER by Maddie Day

2. THE MALT IN OUR STARS (A LITERARY PUB MYSTERY) by Sarah Fox

3. A GAME OF CONES by Abby Collette

4. ARSENIC AND ADOBO by Mia P. Manansala

5. A BREW TO A KILL (A COFFEEHOUSE MYSTERY) by Cleo Coyle

6. DEATH GONE A-RYE (A BREAD SHOP MYSTERY) by Winnie Archer

7. MURDER IN THE COOKBOOK NOOK by Ellery Adams

8. GROUNDS FOR MURDER (A COFFEE LOVER’S MYSTERY) by Tara Lush

9. IT CANNOLI BE MURDER by Catherine Bruns

10. GINGER SNAPPED by Gail Oust

 

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Question:  What’s your idea of a funny book title?  Do you enjoy puns or do they make you roll your eyes?

36 replies
  1. Sam@wlabb
    Sam@wlabb says:

    When I was making my list for this week, the first books that popped into my head were cozy mysteries. They have some fun and punny titles. It Canoli Be Murder is fabulous!

  2. Lisa Thomson
    Lisa Thomson says:

    These are great! I often see these quirky titles listed on the tv guide. Ha. You know they are all adapted from these cute, cozy mysteries. Nice share, Suzanne. Hope you’re doing well. I’ve been off the grid this month 😛

  3. Lark
    Lark says:

    Cozy mystery authors do come up with some great titles! I think Nacho Average Murder has to be my favorite. 😀

  4. Greg
    Greg says:

    I love cozy titles! The Malt in our Stars and A Game of Cones haha!

    Death Gone A-Rye is fun. and wow I haven’t read an Ellery Adams in a while- I was reading a lot of her cozies a few years ago…

  5. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz
    Deb Nance at Readerbuzz says:

    I love (LOVE!) Nacho Average Murder! It reminds me of one of the three jokes I ever could tell to others. Unfortunately, all I remember is the punchline: Nacho Cheese. Said like, Nacho Cheese!

  6. verushka
    verushka says:

    ‘It Cannoli be Murder’ omgggggg cozy mysteries have the best, puntastic titles! Great list, Suzanne!

  7. trin carl
    trin carl says:

    Love that ‘Cannoli’ title. what a great idea to gather books! I’ve been to little italy for a canoli and will never forget it.

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