Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel explained

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel was established in 1954. Only hardcover novels written by a published American author are eligible. Paperback original novels are eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original. Debut novels by American novels are eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel.[1]

Winners for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel are listed below.

Recipients

1950s

Year! scope="col" width="30%"
AuthorTitleResult
1954Beat Not the BonesWinner
1955Winner
1956Beast in ViewWinner
Shortlist
1957Winner
Shortlist
and Louise SamuelsNight Fell on Georgia
1958Room to SwingWinner
Shortlist
1959Winner
Shortlist
(Miss Fenny as Charity Blackstock)

1960s

Year! scope="col" width="30%"
AuthorTitleResult
1960Winner
Shortlist
1961Winner
Shortlist
Watcher in the Shadows
1962Gideon's FireWinner
NightmareShortlist
1963Death and the Joyful WomanWinner
Shortlist
Seance
Knave of Hearts
1964Winner
Shortlist
Grieve for the Past
1965Winner
Shortlist
This Rough Magic
1966Winner
Shortlist
Funeral in Berlin
Airs Above the Ground
1967King of the Rainy CountryWinner
Odds AgainstShortlist
Killer Dolphin
1968God Save the MarkWinner
Shortlist
Lemon in the Basket
Flying Finish
1969Winner
Picture Miss SeetonShortlist
and Jerome RossGod Speed the Night
Blood Sport

1970s

Year! scope="col" width="30%"
AuthorTitleResult
1970ForfeitWinner
Where the Dark Streets GoShortlist
Miro
Blind Man with a Pistol
When in Greece
1971 and Per WahlööWinner
Shortlist
Beyond this Point Are Monsters
Many Deadly Returns
Autumn of a Hunter
1972Winner
Sir, You BastardShortlist
Shroud for a Nightingale
Who Killed Enoch Powell?
1973Winner
Five Pieces of JadeShortlist
Tied Up in Tinsel
Canto for a Gypsy
1974Dance Hall of the DeadWinner
Shortlist
Amigo, Amigo
Dear Laura
1975Peter's PenceWinner
Shortlist
Goodbye and Amen
1976HopscotchWinner
Shortlist
Operation Alcestic
Harry's Game
1977Promised LandWinner
Shortlist
Trevanian
1978Catch Me: Kill MeWinner
LaidlawShortlist
Nightwing
1979Eye of the NeedleWinner
Shortlist
Listening Woman

1980s

Year! scope="col" width="30%"
AuthorTitleResult
1980Winner
Death of a Mystery WriterShortlist
Fire in the Barley
Make Death Love Me
1981Whip HandWinner
Death of a Literary WidowShortlist
Death Drop
Man on Fire
1982PeregrineWinner
Shortlist
Death in a Cold Climate
Dupe
Bogmail
1983Billingsgate ShoalWinner
Eight Million Ways To DieShortlist
Split Images
Kahawa
1984La BravaWinner
Shortlist
Texas Station
1985BriarpatchWinner
Shortlist
Emily Dickinson Is Dead
Chessplayer
1986Winner
City of Glass: The New York TrilogyShortlist
1987Winner
Shortlist
Come Morning
1988Old BonesWinner
Shortlist
Nursery Crimes
Rough Cider
1989Winner
Joey's CaseShortlist
Sacrificial Ground
In the Lake of the Moon

1990s

Year! scope="col" width="30%"
AuthorTitleResult
1990Black Cherry BluesWinner
Shortlist
Death of a Joyce Scholar
Goldilocks
1991New Orleans MourningWinner
Bones and SilenceShortlist
Deadfall In Berlin
Fade the Heat
Whiskey River
1992Winner
Don't Say a WordShortlist
I.O.U.
Palindrome
Prior Convictions
1993Bootlegger's DaughterWinner
32 CadillacsShortlist
Backhand
Pomona Queen
White Butterfly
1994Winner
Free FallShortlist
Smilla's Sense Of Snow
Wolf in the Shadows
1995Winner
Shortlist
Lights Out
Miami, It's Murder
Wednesday's Child
1996Come to GriefWinner
Shortlist
1997Winner
Hearts and BonesShortlist
Mean Streak
Pentecost Alley
With Child
1998Cimarron RoseWinner
Shortlist
Black and Blue
Dreaming of the Bones
1999Mr. White's ConfessionWinner
Shortlist
Beyond Recall
Blood Work

2000s

Year! scope="col" width="30%"
AuthorTitleResult
2000BonesWinner
River of DarknessShortlist
L.A. Requiem
Strawberry Sunday
In a Dry Season
2001Winner
Shortlist
Red Light
2002Silent JoeWinner
Shortlist
Tell No One
Money, Money, Money
Reflecting the Sky
2003Winter and NightWinner
Savannah BluesShortlist
Jolie Blon's Bounce
City of Bones
No Good Deed
2004Resurrection MenWinner
Shortlist
Lost Light
Out
Maisie Dobbs
2005California GirlWinner
By a Spider's ThreadShortlist
Remembering Sarah
Evan's Gate
Out of the Deep I Cry
2006Citizen VinceWinner
Shortlist
Red Leaves
Vanish
Drama City
2007Winner
Shortlist[2]
Gentlemen & Players
Liberation Movements
2008Down RiverWinner[3]
Christine FallsShortlist[4]
Priest
Soul Patch
2009Blue HeavenWinner[5]
MissingShortlist[6]
Sins of the Assassin
Curse of the Spellmans

2010s

Year! scope="col" width="30%"
AuthorTitleResult
2010Winner[7] [8] [9] [10]
Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of DeathShortlist
Nemesis
2011Winner[11] [12] [13] [14]
CaughtShortlist
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Faithful Place
I'd Know You Anywhere
2012GoneWinner[15] [16] [17] [18]
Shortlist
1222
Field Gray
2013Live by NightWinner[19] [20] [21] [22]
All I Did Was Shoot My ManShortlist
Gone Girl: A Novel
Potboiler
Sunset
2014Ordinary GraceWinner[23] [24] [25] [26]
Sandrine’s Case Shortlist[27]
How the Light Gets In
Standing in Another Man’s Grave
Until She Comes Home
2015Mr. MercedesWinner[28] [29] [30]
This Dark Road to Mercy Shortlist
Wolf
Saints of the Shadow Bible
Coptown
2016Let Me Die in His FootstepsWinner[31] [32]
Shortlist
Life or Death
Canary
Night Life
2017Before the FallWinner[33] [34] [35]
Shortlist
Where It Hurts
Jane Steele
What Remains of Me
2018Bluebird, BluebirdWinner[36] [37] [38]
Shortlist
Prussian Blue
2019Down the River Unto the SeaWinner[39] [40] [41]
Shortlist[42]
House Witness
Only to Sleep

2020s

Year! scope="col" width="30%"
AuthorTitleResult
2020Winner[43] [44] [45]
Fake Like MeShortlist[46]
Smoke and Ashes
Good Girl, Bad Girl
2021Djinn Patrol on the Purple LineWinner[47] [48] [49]
Before She Was HelenShortlist[50]
These Women
2022Five DecembersWinner[51] [52] [53]
Shortlist[54]
Razorblade Tears
How Lucky
No One Will Miss Her
2023Notes on an ExecutionWinner[55]
Devil HouseShortlist[56]
Like a Sister
Gangland
2024James Lee BurkeFlags on the BayouWinner[57] [58]
All the Sinners BleedShortlist[59]
Bright Young Women
Crook Manifesto

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: 2007 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070824164638/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2007-08-24 . Edgar Awards.
  3. Web site: May 2, 2008 . Awards: The Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke Prize . 2022-12-10 . . 2022-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163103/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=668 . live .
  4. Web site: 2008 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081018213017/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2008-10-18 . Edgar Awards.
  5. Web site: May 1, 2009 . Awards: Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke . 2022-12-10 . . 2023-06-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603051613/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=913 . live .
  6. Web site: 2009 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091217134506/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2009-12-17 . Edgar Awards.
  7. Web site: America . Mystery Writers of . Mystery Writers of America Announces Winners for the 2010 Edgar Allan Poe Awards . 2022-07-12 . www.prnewswire.com . en . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712211002/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mystery-writers-of-america-announces-winners-for-the-2010-edgar-allan-poe-awards-92494204.html . live .
  8. Web site: 2010 Edgar Award Winners Announced . 2022-07-12 . www.adweek.com . en-US . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712210918/https://www.adweek.com/galleycat/2010-edgar-award-winners-announced/12632 . live .
  9. Web site: 2020-01-31 . Revisiting the 2010 Edgar Awards: The Last Child by John Hart . 2022-07-12 . Criminal Element . en-US . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712211001/https://www.criminalelement.com/the-edgar-awards-revisited-the-last-child/ . live .
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  11. Web site: America . Mystery Writers of . Mystery Writers of America Announces 2011 Edgar Winners . 2022-07-12 . www.prnewswire.com . en . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712211000/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mystery-writers-of-america-announces-2011-edgar-winners-120952749.html . live .
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  14. Web site: Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2011 . 2022-07-12 . www.bookreporter.com . 2017-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081730/https://www.bookreporter.com/features/awards/edgar-allan-poe-awards-2011 . live .
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  16. Web site: Mystery Writers of America . 2012-04-27 . Mystery Writers of America Announces 2012 Edgar® Award Winners . 2022-07-12 . PR Newswire . en . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712211001/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mystery-writers-of-america-announces-2012-edgar-award-winners-149220395.html . live .
  17. Web site: Gilbert Elman . Leslie . 2012-04-27 . 2012 Edgar Awards: The Glamorous Side of Crime . 2022-07-12 . Criminal Element . en-US . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712211000/https://www.criminalelement.com/2012-edgar-awards-the-glamorous-side-of-crime-leslie-gilbert-elman-true-detective-police-traditional-cozy-thrillers-noir-historical-westerns-nonfiction-mystery-writers-of-america-mo-hayder-martha-grim/ . live .
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  19. Web site: 2013-05-03 . Big Names Win Edgars . 2022-07-12 . HuffPost . en . 2021-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211019195007/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/edgar-awards-2013-dennis-_n_3208870 . live .
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  21. Web site: May 03 . Stephan Lee Updated . EDT . 2013 at 03:31 PM . 2013 Edgar Awards honor best mystery writers . 2022-07-12 . EW.com . en . 2022-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220511233623/https://ew.com/article/2013/05/03/2013-edgar-award-winners/ . live .
  22. Web site: 2013 Edgar Award Winners - Dennis Lehane takes top honors... Library Blog Pollard Memorial Library . 2022-07-12 . lowelllibrary.org . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712210917/https://lowelllibrary.org/blog/2013-edgar-award-winners-dennis-lehane-takes-top-honors/ . live .
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  24. Web site: Flax . Margery . Mystery Writers of America Nominees for 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards . 2022-12-10 . Mystery Writers of America . 2022-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221209190017/https://mysterywriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-Edgar-Nominations-Press-Release.pdf . live .
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  30. Web site: May 1, 2015 . Awards: Edgar Winners; Ridenhour Book . 2022-12-10 . . 2022-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220921232035/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2498 . live .
  31. Web site: MWA Announces the 2016 Edgar® Award Winners . 2022-07-12 . . en . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712204038/https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2016-edgar-awards-winners/ . live .
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  34. Web site: MWA Announces the 2017 Edgar Nominations . 2022-07-12 . . en . 2022-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220625103456/https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2017-edgar-nominations/ . live .
  35. Web site: 2017-04-28 . 2017 Edgar Awards . 2022-07-12 . Brilliant Books . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712204052/https://www.brilliant-books.net/2017-edgar-awards . live .
  36. Web site: MWA Announces 2018 Edgar Award Nominations . 2022-07-12 . . en . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712212419/https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-2018-edgar-award-nominations/ . live .
  37. Web site: 2018-01-25 . 2018 Edgar Awards . 2022-07-12 . Brilliant Books . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712204038/https://www.brilliant-books.net/2018-edgar-awards . live .
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  39. Web site: 2019 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners . 2022-07-12 . . en . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712210917/https://mysterywriters.org/2019-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ . live .
  40. Web site: 2019-01-30 . 2019 Edgar Awards . 2022-07-12 . Brilliant Books . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712204050/https://www.brilliant-books.net/2019-edgar-awards . live .
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