Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original explained

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback or eBook Original was established in 1970.

The award honors the best mystery book that is initially printed as a paperback or eBook without a hardcover edition.^[1] EBooks must be published by a reputable publisher, as determined by the Mystery Writers of America. American authors' debut novels are not eligible for the award, though they are eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel.

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original winners are listed below.

Winners

1970s

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Author	Title	Result
1970			Winner
		Assault on Ming	Shortlist
1971		Flashpoint	Winner
			Shortlist
		O.D. at Sweet Claude’s
		After Things Fell Apart
		Grave Descend
		Mafioso
1972		For Murder I Charge More	Winner
			Shortlist
		Space for Hire
		Nor Spell, Nor Charm
		And the Deep Blue Sea
1973			Winner
		Not Dead Yet	Shortlist
		Power Kill
1974		Death of an Informer	Winner
			Shortlist
		Deadlocked!
		Starling Street
1975			Winner
		Who Killed Mr. Garland’s Mistress?	Shortlist
		Jump Cut
		Flats Fixed-Among Other Things
1976		Autopsy	Winner
	and Robin Moore	The Set-Up	Shortlist
		Charlie’s Back in Town
1977		Confess, Fletch	Winner
			Shortlist
	and John Stanley
		Freeze Frame
1978			Winner
		Time to Murder and Create	Shortlist
		They’ve Killed Anna
1979		Deceit and Deadly Lies	Winner
		Stud Game	Shortlist
		Heartstone
		Charnel House

1980s

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Author	Title	Result
1980			Winner
			Shortlist
		Vortex
1981		Public Murders	Winner
		Blood Innocents	Shortlist
		Looking for Ginger North
		Tough Luck, L.A.
1982			Winner
		Deadline	Shortlist
		Pin
		Dead Heat
1983		Triangle	Winner
		Vital Signs	Shortlist
		Clandestine
1984		Mrs. White	Winner
		False Prophets	Shortlist
		Trace
		Hunter
1985	and Warren Murphy	Grandmaster	Winner
			Shortlist
		Words Can Kill
		Black Knight in Red Square
1986		Pigs Get Fat	Winner
		Poverty Bay	Shortlist
		Broken Idols
		Blue Heron
		Black Gravity
1987			Winner
			Shortlist
		Hazzard
		Ronin
		Shattered Moon
1988		Bimbos of the Death Sun	Winner
			Shortlist
		Deadly Intrusion
		Bullshot
1989			Winner
		Judgment by Fire	Shortlist
		Preacher

1990s

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Author	Title	Result
1990			Winner
		Manhattan Is My Beat	Shortlist
		King of the Hustlers
		Hot Wire
1991			Winner
		Comeback	Shortlist
		Not a Creature Was Stirring
		Dead in the Scrub
		SPQR I: The King’s Gambit
1992		Dark Maze	Winner
		Murder in the Dog Days	Shortlist
		Cracking Up
		Midtown North
		Fine Distinctions
1993			Winner
			Shortlist
		Principal Defense
		Shallow Graves
		Night Cruise
1994		Dead Folk's Blues	Winner
			Shortlist
		Tony’s Justice
		Beyond Saru
		Everywhere That Mary Went
1995		Final Appeal	Winner
		The Broken-Hearted Detective	Shortlist
		Viper Quarry
		Power of Attorney
		Sunrise
1996		Tarnished Blue	Winner
		Deal Breaker	Shortlist
		High Desert Malice
		Charged With Guilt
		Hard Frost
1997		Fade Away	Winner
		Silent Words	Shortlist
		Walking Rain
		Tribe
1998		Charm City	Winner
		Home Again, Home Again	Shortlist
		Tarnished Icons
		Sunset and Santiago
1999			Winner
		Atlanta Graves	Shortlist
		Butchers Hill
		Zen Attitude
		Murder Manual

2000s

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Author	Title	Result
2000		Fulton County Blues	Winner
		Lucky Man	Shortlist
		The Resurrectionist
		Outcast
		In Big Trouble
2001			Winner
		Murder on St. Mark’s Place	Shortlist
		Killing Kin
		Pursuit and Persuasion
2002		Adios Muchachos	Winner
		Hell’s Kitchen	Shortlist
		Dead of Winter
		Straw Men
2003		Out of Sight	Winner
		Black Jack Point	Shortlist
		Trauma
		Prison Blues
2004		Find Me Again	Winner
		Cut and Run	Shortlist
		Wisdom of the Bones
		Southland
2005			Winner
			Shortlist
		Into the Web
		Dead Men Rise Up Never
		Twelve-Step Fandango
2006		Girl in the Glass	Winner
		Homicide My Own	Shortlist
		Kiss Her Goodbye
		Six Bad Things
2007		Snakeskin Shamisen	Winner
			Shortlist
		City of Tiny Lights
2008		Queenpin	Winner	^[2] ^[3]
		Blood of Paradise	Shortlist
		Cruel Poetry
		Robbie’s Wife
		Who Is Conrad Hirst?
2009		China Lake	Winner	^[4]
			Shortlist
		Money Shot
		Enemy Combatant

2010s

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Author	Title	Result
2010		Body Blows	Winner
		Bury Me Deep	Shortlist
		Havana Lunar
2011		Long Time Coming	Winner
			Shortlist
		Expiration Date
		Vienna Secrets
		Ten Little Herrings
2012			Winner	^[5] ^[6]
			Shortlist
		Death of the Mantis
		Vienna Twilight
2013			Winner	^[7]
		Complication	Shortlist
		Whiplash River
		Bloodland
		Blessed Are the Dead
2014			Winner	^[8]
			Shortlist	^[9]
		Almost Criminal
		Joe Victim
		Joyland
		Brilliance
2015			Winner	^[10] ^[11]
		Stay With Me	Shortlist	^[12]
		World of Trouble
2016			Winner	^[13] ^[14]
			Shortlist
		What She Knew
		Woman with a Blue Pencil
		Gun Street Girl
2017		Rain Dogs	Winner	^[15]
		Shot in Detroit	Shortlist
		Come Twilight
		Heart of Stone
2018			Winner	^[16]
		In Farleigh Field	Shortlist
		Ragged Lake
		Black Fall
		Penance
2019		If I Die Tonight	Winner	^[17]
		Hiroshima Boy	Shortlist
		Under a Dark Sky
		Under My Skin

2020s

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Author	Title	Result
2020			Winner	^[18] ^[19]
		Dread of Winter	Shortlist	^[20]
		Freedom Road
		Blood Relations
		February’s Son
2021		When No One Is Watching	Winner	^[21]
			Shortlist	^[22]
		Unspeakable Things
		East of Hounslow
2022		Bobby March Will Live Forever	Winner	^[23]
		Kill all Your Darlings	Shortlist	^[24]
		Starr Sign
2023		Or Else	Winner	^[25]
		Quarry’s Blood	Shortlist	^[26]
		On a Quiet Street
		Cleopatra’s Dagger
		A Familiar Stranger
2024		Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers	Winner	^[27] ^[28]
		Boomtown	Shortlist	^[29]
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		Lowdown Road

Notes and References

1. Web site: Edgar Award Category Information . 2022-12-14 . . en . 2022-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221214170201/https://mysterywriters.org/edgars/edgar-award-category-information/ . live .
2. 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 .
3. Web site: September 12, 2019 . Awards: Great Lakes; Pinckley Crime Fiction . 2022-12-10 . . 2022-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221210230431/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3577 . live .
4. 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 .
5. Web site: 2012 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021135/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2012-11-03 . Edgar Awards.
6. Web site: Cogdill . Oline . 2012 Edgar Award Winners . 2022-12-15 . . 2022-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712211000/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/2559-2012-edgar-award-winners . live .
7. Web site: 2013 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102175427/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2013-11-02 . Edgar Awards.
8. Web site: 2014 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141110070118/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2014-11-10 . Edgar Awards.
9. Web site: The 2014 Edgar Award Nominations and Winners . 2022-12-14 . Heights Libraries . 2022-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221210043916/https://heightslibrary.org/the-2014-edgar-award-nominations/ . live .
10. Web site: 2015 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151108155610/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2015-11-08 . Edgar Awards.
11. 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 .
12. Web site: 2015 Edgar Award Winners . 2022-12-14 . Mystery Scene Magazine . 2024-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506001032/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/4874-2015-edgar-award-winners . live .
13. Web site: 2016 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161105001852/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2016-11-05 . Edgar Awards.
14. Web site: May 2, 2016 . Awards: Edgar Winners . 2022-12-11 . . 2022-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220915213833/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2744 . live .
15. Web site: 2017 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107133154/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2017-11-07 . Edgar Awards.
16. Web site: 2018 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181110031229/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2018-11-10 . Edgar Awards.
17. Web site: 2019 Nominees and Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190818102836/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . 2019-08-18 . Edgar Awards.
18. Web site: Edgar Award Nominees . 2020-05-05 . www.theedgars.com . 2007-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070824164638/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html . dead.
19. Web site: 2020-05-05 . Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2020 winners announced . 2020-05-05 . Books+Publishing . en-AU . 2020-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200506234347/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/05/05/149977/edgar-allan-poe-awards-2020-winners-announced/ . live .
20. Web site: 2020-01-22 . MWA Announces the 2020 Edgar Nominations . 2024-04-05 . Mystery Writers of America . en-US . 2023-10-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231002214146/https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2020-edgar-nominations/ . live .
21. Web site: 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners . Mystery Writers of America . 2022-12-14 . 2021-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210429182947/https://mysterywriters.org/2021-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ . live .
22. Web site: 2021-04-29 . Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 Edgar Awards . 2022-12-14 . CrimeReads . en-US . 2021-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210621044205/https://crimereads.com/congratulations-to-the-winners-of-the-2021-edgar-awards/ . live .
23. Web site: 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners . Mystery Writers of America . 2022-12-14 . 2024-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506175516/https://mysterywriters.org/2022-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners-announced/ . live .
24. Web site: 2022 Edgar® Award Nominations announced . 2024-04-05 . Mystery Writers of America . en-US . 2024-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240405173927/https://mysterywriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022EdgarNoms.pdf . live .
25. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2023-04-28 . Edgar Award Winners Are Revealed . 2023-05-01 . . en . 2023-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230430164733/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/edgar-award-winners-are-revealed/ . live .
26. Web site: 2023-01-19 . Mystery Writers of America Announces 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominations . 2024-04-05 . Mystery Writers of America . en-US . 2023-11-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128121546/https://edgarawards.com/2023edgarnominations/ . live .
27. Web site: MWA Announces the 2024 Edgar Award Winners – Mystery Writers of America . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502200704/https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2024-edgar-award-winners/ . 2024-05-02 . 2024-05-04 . en-US.
28. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2024-05-02 . Winners of the 2024 Edgar Awards Are Revealed . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502180017/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-the-2024-edgar-awards-are-revealed/ . 2024-05-02 . 2024-05-05 . . en.
29. Web site: May 4, 2024 . 2024 Edgar Winners . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502174228/https://mysterywriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EdWinners2024.pdf . May 2, 2024 . May 4, 2024 . Edgar Awards.