Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel

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 Author Title Result
1954 Charlotte Jay Beat Not the Bones Winner
1955 Raymond Chandler The Long Goodbye Winner
1956 Margaret Millar Beast in View Winner
The Gordons The Case of the Talking Bug Shortlist
Patricia Highsmith The Talented Mr. Ripley
1957 Charlotte Armstrong A Dram of Poison Winner
Margot Bennett The Man Who Didn't Fly Shortlist
Charles Samuels and Louise Samuels Night Fell on Georgia
1958 Ed Lacy Room to Swing Winner
Bill Ballinger The Longest Second Shortlist
Marjorie Carleton The Night of the Good Children
Arthur Upfield The Bushman Who Came Back
1959 Stanley Ellin The Eighth Circle Winner
David Alexander The Madhouse in Washington Square Shortlist
Lee Blackstock The Woman in the Woods (Miss Fenny as Charity Blackstock)
Dorothy Salisbury Davis A Gentleman Called

1960s
Year Author Title Result
1960 Celia Fremlin The Hours Before Dawn Winner
Philip MacDonald The List of Adrian Messenger Shortlist
1961 Julian Symons The Progress of a Crime Winner
Herbert Brean The Traces of Brillhart Shortlist
Peter Curtis The Devil's Own
Geoffrey Household Watcher in the Shadows
1962 J. J. Marric Gideon's Fire Winner
Anne Blaisdell Nightmare Shortlist
Suzanne Blanc The Green Stone
Lionel Davidson The Night of Wenceslas
Ross Macdonald The Wycherly Woman
1963 Ellis Peters Death and the Joyful Woman Winner
Ross Macdonald The Zebra-Striped Hearse Shortlist
Mark McShane Seance
Jean Potts The Evil Wish
Dell Shannon Knave of Hearts
Shelley Smith The Ballad of the Running Man
1964 Eric Ambler The Light of Day Winner
Elizabeth Fenwick The Make-Believe Man Shortlist
Stanton Forbes Grieve for the Past
Dorothy B. Hughes The Expendable Man
Ellery Queen The Player on the Other Side
1965 John le Carré The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Winner
Hans Hellmut Kirst The Night of the Generals
Margaret Millar The Fiend Shortlist
Mary Stewart This Rough Magic
1966 Adam Hall The Quiller Memorandum Winner
Dorothy Salisbury Davis The Pale Betrayer Shortlist
Len Deighton Funeral in Berlin
H. R. F. Keating The Perfect Murder
Ross Macdonald The Far Side of the Dollar
Mary Stewart Airs Above the Ground
1967 Nicolas Freeling King of the Rainy Country Winner
Dick Francis Odds Against Shortlist
Ngaio Marsh Killer Dolphin
Donald E. Westlake The Busy Body
1968 Donald E. Westlake God Save the Mark Winner
Charlotte Armstrong The Gift Shop Shortlist
Charlotte Armstrong Lemon in the Basket
George Baxt A Parade of Cockeyed Creatures
Dick Francis Flying Finish
Ira Levin Rosemary's Baby
Victoria Lincoln A Private Disgrace
1969 Michael Crichton A Case of Need Winner
Heron Carvic Picture Miss Seeton Shortlist
Dorothy Salisbury Davis and Jerome Ross God Speed the Night
Peter Dickinson A Glass-Sided Ants' Nest
Stanley Ellin The Valentine Estate
Dick Francis Blood Sport

1970s
Year Author Title Result
1970 Dick Francis Forfeit Winner
Dorothy Salisbury Davis Where the Dark Streets Go Shortlist
Peter Dickinson The Old English Peep Show
Shaun Herron Miro
Chester Himes Blind Man with a Pistol
Emma Lathen When in Greece
1971 Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö The Laughing Policeman Winner
Shaun Herron The Hound and the Fox and the Harper Shortlist
Margaret Millar Beyond this Point Are Monsters
Patricia Moyes Many Deadly Returns
Pat Stadley Autumn of a Hunter
Donald E. Westlake The Hot Rock
1972 Frederick Forsyth The Day of the Jackal Winner
G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard Shortlist
Tony Hillerman The Fly on the Wall
P. D. James Shroud for a Nightingale
Arthur Wise Who Killed Enoch Powell?
1973 Warren Kiefer The Lingala Code Winner
John Ball Five Pieces of Jade Shortlist
Ngaio Marsh Tied Up in Tinsel
Hugh C. Rae The Shooting Gallery
Martin Cruz Smith Canto for a Gypsy
1974 Tony Hillerman Dance Hall of the Dead Winner
Victor Canning The Rainbird Pattern Shortlist
Francis Clifford Amigo, Amigo
P. D. James An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Jean Stubbs Dear Laura
1975 Jon Cleary Peter's Pence Winner
Malcolm Bosse The Man Who Loved Zoos Shortlist
Francis Clifford Goodbye and Amen
Paul Erdman The Silver Bears
Andrew Garve The Lester Affair
1976 Brian Garfield Hopscotch Winner
Marvin Albert The Gargoyle Conspiracy Shortlist
Maggie Rennert Operation Alcestic
Gerald Seymour Harry's Game
Ross Thomas The Money Harvest
1977 Robert B. Parker Promised Land Winner
Thomas Gifford The Cavanaugh Quest Shortlist
Richard Neely A Madness of the Heart
Gerald Seymour The Glory Boys
Trevanian The Main
1978 William H. Hallahan Catch Me: Kill Me Winner
William McIlvanney Laidlaw Shortlist
Martin Cruz Smith Nightwing
1979 Ken Follett Eye of the Needle Winner
John Godey The Snake Shortlist
Tony Hillerman Listening Woman
Ruth Rendell A Sleeping Life
Jack S. Scott The Shallow Grave

1980s
Year Author Title Result
1980 Arthur Maling The Rheingold Route Winner
Robert Barnard Death of a Mystery Writer Shortlist
Frank Parrish Fire in the Barley
Ruth Rendell Make Death Love Me
C. P. Snow A Coat of Varnish
1981 Dick Francis Whip Hand Winner
Robert Barnard Death of a Literary Widow Shortlist
B. M. Gill Death Drop
Reginald Hill The Spy's Wife
A. J. Quinnell Man on Fire
1982 William Bayer Peregrine Winner
Ted Allbeury The Other Side of Silence Shortlist
Robert Barnard Death in a Cold Climate
Liza Cody Dupe
Robert Littell The Amateur
Patrick McGinley Bogmail
1983 Rick Boyer Billingsgate Shoal Winner
Lawrence Block Eight Million Ways To Die Shortlist
Elmore Leonard Split Images
Seymour Shubin The Captain
Donald E. Westlake Kahawa
1984 Elmore Leonard La Brava Winner
Umberto Eco The Name of the Rose Shortlist
John Le Carré The Little Drummer Girl
Christopher Leach Texas Station
William McIlvanney The Papers of Tony Veitch
1985 Ross Thomas Briarpatch Winner
Michael Gilbert The Black Seraphim Shortlist
B. M. Gill The Twelfth Juror
Jane Langton Emily Dickinson Is Dead
William Pearson Chessplayer
1986 L. R. Wright The Suspect Winner
Paul Auster City of Glass: The New York Trilogy Shortlist
Simon Brett A Shock to the System
Ruth Rendell An Unkindness of Ravens
Ruth Rendell The Tree of Hands
1987 Barbara Vine A Dark-Adapted Eye Winner
Brian Freemantle The Blind Run^ Shortlist
Joe Gores Come Morning
P. D. James A Taste for Death
Roger L. Simon The Straight Man
1988 Aaron Elkins Old Bones Winner
Linda Barnes A Trouble of Fools Shortlist
B. M. Gill Nursery Crimes
Peter Lovesey Rough Cider
Charlotte MacLeod The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
1989 Stuart M. Kaminsky A Cold Red Sunrise Winner
K. C. Constantine Joey's Case Shortlist
Thomas H. Cook Sacrificial Ground
Tony Hillerman A Thief of Time
David L. Lindsey In the Lake of the Moon

1990s
Year Author Title Result
1990 James Lee Burke Black Cherry Blues Winner
Frances Fyfield A Question of Guilt Shortlist
Bartholomew Gill Death of a Joyce Scholar
Andrew Coburn Goldilocks
Eugene Izzi The Booster
1991 Julie Smith New Orleans Mourning Winner
Reginald Hill Bones and Silence Shortlist
R.D. Zimmerman Deadfall In Berlin
Jay Brandon Fade the Heat
Loren Estleman Whiskey River
1992 Lawrence Block A Dance at the Slaughterhouse Winner
Andrew Klavan Don't Say a Word Shortlist
Nancy Pickard I.O.U.
Stuart Woods Palindrome
Lia Matera Prior Convictions
1993 Margaret Maron Bootlegger's Daughter Winner
Joe Gores 32 Cadillacs Shortlist
Liza Cody Backhand
Kem Nunn Pomona Queen
Walter Mosley White Butterfly
1994 Minette Walters The Sculptress Winner
Robert Crais Free Fall Shortlist
Peter Hoeg Smilla's Sense Of Snow
Gerald Seymour The Journeyman Tailor
Marcia Muller Wolf in the Shadows
1995 Mary Willis Walker The Red Scream Winner
Lawrence Block A Long Line of Dead Men Shortlist
Peter Abrahams Lights Out
Edna Buchanan Miami, It's Murder
Peter Robinson Wednesday's Child
1996 Dick Francis Come to Grief Winner
John Dunning The Bookman's Wake Shortlist
Edward Marston The Roaring Boy
John Katzenbach The Shadow Man
Peter Lovesey The Summons
1997 Thomas H. Cook The Chatham School Affair Winner
Margaret Lawrence Hearts and Bones Shortlist
Carolyn Wheat Mean Streak
Anne Perry Pentecost Alley
Laurie R. King With Child
1998 James Lee Burke Cimarron Rose Winner
Bill Pronzini A Wasteland of Strangers Shortlist
Ian Rankin Black and Blue
Deborah Crombie Dreaming of the Bones
Mark T. Sullivan The Purification Ceremony
1999 Robert Clark Mr. White's Confession Winner
J. Wallis Martin A Likeness in Stone Shortlist
Robert Goddard Beyond Recall
Michael Connelly Blood Work
Domenic Stansberry The Last Days of Il Duce

2000s
Year Author Shortlist Work Result Ref
2000 Jan Burke Bones Winner
Rennie Airth River of Darkness Shortlist
Robert Crais L.A. Requiem
Stephen Greenleaf Strawberry Sunday
Peter Robinson In a Dry Season
2001 Joe R. Lansdale The Bottoms Winner
Val McDermid A Place of Execution Shortlist
T. Jefferson Parker Red Light
Nancy Pickard The Whole Truth
Kristine Kathryn Rusch A Dangerous Road
2002 T. Jefferson Parker Silent Joe Winner
D.W. Buffa The Judgment Shortlist
Harlan Coben Tell No One
Evan Hunter Money, Money, Money
S. J. Rozan Reflecting the Sky
2003 S. J. Rozan Winter and Night Winner
Mary Kay Andrews Savannah Blues Shortlist
James Lee Burke Jolie Blon's Bounce
Michael Connelly City of Bones
Manda Scott No Good Deed
2004 Ian Rankin Resurrection Men Winner
Ken Bruen The Guards Shortlist
Michael Connelly Lost Light
Natsuo Kirino Out
Jacqueline Winspear Maisie Dobbs
2005 T. Jefferson Parker California Girl Winner
Laura Lippman By a Spider's Thread Shortlist
Chris Mooney Remembering Sarah
Janet Quin-Harkin Evan's Gate
Julia Spencer-Fleming Out of the Deep I Cry
2006 Jess Walter Citizen Vince Winner
Michael Connelly The Lincoln Lawyer Shortlist
Thomas H. Cook Red Leaves
Tess Gerritsen Vanish
George Pelecanos Drama City
2007 Jason Goodwin The Janissary Tree Winner
Louis Bayard The Pale Blue Eye Shortlist [2]
Joanne Harris Gentlemen & Players
Denise Mina The Dead Hour: Time Only Matters When It's Running Out
Nancy Pickard The Virgin of Small Plains
Olen Steinhauer Liberation Movements
2008 John Hart Down River Winner [3]
John Banville Christine Falls Shortlist [4]
Ken Bruen Priest
Michael Chabon The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Reed Coleman Soul Patch
2009 C. J. Box Blue Heaven Winner [5]
Karin Alvtegen Missing Shortlist [6]
Robert Ferrigno Sins of the Assassin
Declan Hughes The Price of Blood
Morag Joss The Night Following
Lisa Lutz Curse of the Spellmans

2010s
Year Author Shortlist Work Result Ref
2010 John Hart The Last Child Winner [7][8][9][10]
Charlie Huston Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death Shortlist
Jo Nesbo Nemesis
Tim Gautreaux The Missing
Kathleen George The Odds
Malla Nunn A Beautiful Place to Die
2011 Steve Hamilton The Lock Artist Winner [11][12][13][14]
Harlan Coben Caught Shortlist
Tom Franklin Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Tana French Faithful Place
Laura Lippman I'd Know You Anywhere
Timothy Hallinan The Queen of Patpong
2012 Mo Hayder Gone Winner [15][16][17][18]
Ace Atkins The Ranger Shortlist [18]
Keigo Higashino The Devotion of Suspect X [18]
Anne Holt 1222 [18]
Philip Kerr Field Gray [18]
2013 Dennis Lehane Live by Night Winner [19][20][21][22]
Walter Mosley All I Did Was Shoot My Man Shortlist
Gillian Flynn Gone Girl: A Novel
Jesse Kellerman Potboiler
Al Lamanda Sunset
Lyndsay Faye The Gods of Gotham
Ace Atkins The Lost Ones
2014 William Kent Krueger Ordinary Grace Winner [23][24][25][26]
Thomas H. Cook Sandrine’s Case Shortlist [27]
Matt Haig The Humans [27]
Louise Penny How the Light Gets In [27]
Ian Rankin Standing in Another Man’s Grave [27]
Lori Roy Until She Comes Home [27]
2015 Stephen King Mr. Mercedes Winner [28][29][30]
Wiley Cash This Dark Road to Mercy Shortlist [29]
Mo Hayder Wolf [29]
Stuart Neville The Final Silence [29]
Ian Rankin Saints of the Shadow Bible [29]
Karin Slaughter Coptown [29]
2016 Lori Roy Let Me Die in His Footsteps Winner [31][32]
M.J. Carter The Strangler Vine Shortlist
Philip Kerr The Lady from Zagreb
Michael Robotham Life or Death
Duane Swierczynski Canary
David C. Taylor Night Life
2017 Noah Hawley Before the Fall Winner [33][34][35]
Alafair Burke The Ex Shortlist
Reed Farrel Coleman Where It Hurts
Lyndsay Faye Jane Steele
Alison Gaylin What Remains of Me
2018 Attica Locke Bluebird, Bluebird Winner [36][37][38]
Kathleen Kent The Dime Shortlist
Philip Kerr Prussian Blue
Abir Mukherjee A Rising Man
Hannah Tinti The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
2019 Walter Mosley Down the River Unto the Sea Winner [39][40][41]
Catherine Ryan Howard The Liar's Girl Shortlist
Mike Lawson House Witness
Victor Methos A Gambler's Jury
Lawrence Osborne Only to Sleep
Deanna Raybourn A Treacherous Curse

2020s
Year Author Title Result Ref
2020 Elly Griffiths The Stranger Diaries Winner [42][43][44]
Barbara Bourland Fake Like Me Shortlist [45][43][44]
Peter Heller The River
Abir Mukherjee Smoke and Ashes
Michael Robotham Good Girl, Bad Girl
2021 Deepa Anappara Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Winner [46][47][48]
Caroline B. Cooney Before She Was Helen Shortlist [49][47][48]
Richard Osman The Thursday Murder Club
Ivy Pochoda These Women
Kwei Quartey The Missing American
Heather Young The Distant Dead
2022 James Kestrel Five Decembers Winner [50][51][52]
Rhys Bowen The Venice Sketchbook Shortlist [53][51][52]
S. A. Cosby Razorblade Tears
Will Leitch How Lucky
Kat Rosenfield No One Will Miss Her
2023 Danya Kukafka Notes on an Execution Winner [54]
John Darnielle Devil House Shortlist [55]
Gabino Iglesias The Devil Takes You Home
Nita Prose The Maid
Kellye Garrett Like a Sister
Chuck Hogan Gangland

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