I'm planning ahead here but during the months of Jan and Feb we have alot of horrible days where we are stuck inside alot I need some suggestions for books. 

I'm looking for some good cosy mysteries and historical books like Gone with the Wind. Any suggestions?

I have a series of Gini Hartzmark books that no one  has requested and she's not a best seller but if you like mysteries like

Patterson, Reichs, Sandford, etc. like I do then I think they are really good!   Worth a try, I live in the NE and am ready to hunker

down with my series too.    Always looking for new ones.

Death and the Dancing Footman by Ngaio Marsh is THE perfect mystery to read with a cup of tea in front of the fire on a gray, cold, rainy/snowy day. :-) Actually, all her books are good!

Some good historical fiction I've read recently:

Lady's Maid by Margaret Forster

The Captain's Wife by Douglas Kelley

Maisie Dobbs (this is the first of a set of mysteries, they're all good and a cut above the average) by Jacqueline Winspear

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Try Ridley Pearson - Lou Boldt Series great mystery with a little love story 8 book series will keep you busy

Janet

My thoughts may not be what you are looking for but I find that Tess Gerritsen is always a good read for me. If you are a first timer then I would go with the Maura Isles/ Jane Rizzoli series...(The Surgeon, The Apprentice, The Sinner etc.)  need more info about these then PM me, maybe I can send some more ideas your way soon....

Happy Reading!

Heather

Theres a new book based on the GWTW characters Rhett Butlers People.

Also they arent really cozy mysteries but I love the Mrs Polifax series by Dorothy Gilman. They are about Mrs Polifax a secret agent who is in her 60s. I read my first one when I was 16 but they are neither too young and babyish or too old and fuddy duddy.

Have you ever read any of Alexandria Ripley's books? She wrote Scarlett. I loved everything of hers I ever read.

I really love books by Karen Robards and Carlene Thompson.  Really good suspense, page turners that keep you wondering until the end (most of the time).  I learned about both of these authors here at PBS and am very thankful for finding them.

The Other Boleyn Sister is a great historical read! I haven't read Philippa Gregory's other books, but if they are anything like The Other Boleyn Sister you would be in for a good read!

If you are looking for American historical fiction, try the Shenandoah Sisters series by Michael Phillips -- same era as GWTW, but different viewpoint, actually two viewpoints -- slave and mistress.

If you like Historical fiction, I just finishe Kilgannon by Kathleen Givens. It's set in Scotland in the early 1700's, and it was fantastic! Hard to put down! There is also a sequel, and she also has written other books. I know there are at least a few copies of Kilgannon posted on here.....

Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove series and Emilie Richards quilting series.

wow, kinda hard to top Gone with the Wind. Have u read Scarlett yet? It was superb. For light reading mysteries have u read M C Beaton's?

Diana Haeger's The Perfect Royal Mistress is quite good.  Second the recommendation of any Philippa Gregory book....they're all superb.  Also, how about Diana Gabaldon?