Anthony Award for Best Novel

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The Anthony Award for Best Novel, established in 1986, is an annual award presented as part of the Anthony Awards on behalf of Mystery Writers of America. The Anthony Awards are among the most prestigious awards in the world of mystery writers and have helped boost the careers of many recipients.[1]

Recipients[edit]

Award winners and finalists[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1986 Sue Grafton B Is for Burglar Winner [3]
Sarah Caudwell The Shortest Way to Hades Finalist
John D. MacDonald The Lonely Silver Rain Finalist
Charlotte MacLeod The Plain Old Man Finalist
Sara Paretsky Killing Orders Finalist
1987 Sue Grafton C Is for Corpse Winner [3]
Lawrence Block When the Sacred Ginmill Closes Finalist
John Lutz Tropical Heat Finalist
Nancy Pickard No Body Finalist
Jonathan Valin Life’s Work Finalist
1988 Tony Hillerman Skinwalkers Winner [3]
Linda Barnes A Trouble of Fools Finalist
Aaron Elkins Old Bones Finalist
Elizabeth Peters Trojan Gold Finalist
Nancy Pickard Marriage is Murder Finalist
1989 Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs Winner [3]
Dorothy Cannell The Widow’s Club Finalist
Sue Grafton E Is for Evidence Finalist
Tony Hillerman Thief of Time Finalist
Sara Paretsky Blood Shot Finalist
Nancy Pickard Dead Crazy Finalist
Bill Pronzini Shackles Finalist
Les Roberts Pepper Pike Finalist
1990 Sarah Caudwell The Sirens Sang of Murder Winner [3]
Susan Dunlap Pious Deception Finalist
Carolyn G. Hart A Little Class on Murder Finalist
Margaret Maron Corpus Christmas Finalist
1991 Sue Grafton G Is for Gumshoe Winner [3]
Lawrence Block A Ticket to the Boneyard Finalist
Lia Matera The Good Fight Finalist
Sharyn McCrumb If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O Finalist
Julie Smith New Orleans Mourning Finalist
1992 Peter Lovesey The Last Detective Winner [3]
Susan Dunlap Rogue Wave Finalist
Linda Grant Love Nor Money Finalist
J. A. Jance Hour of the Hunter Finalist
Nancy Pickard I.O.U. Finalist
Marilyn Wallace A Single Stone Finalist
1993 Margaret Maron Bootlegger’s Daughter Winner [3]
Robert Crais Lullaby Town Finalist
John Dunning Booked To Die Finalist
Carloyn G. Hart Southern Ghost Finalist
Sharyn McCrumb The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter Finalist
1994 Marcia Muller Wolf in the Shadows Winner [3]
Michael Connelly The Black Ice Finalist
Earl Emerson Morons and Madmen Finalist
Joan Hess O Little Town of Maggody Finalist
Tony Hillerman Sacred Clowns Finalist
Janet LaPierre Old Enemies Finalist
Margaret Maron Southern Discomfort Finalist
Kathy Hogan Trocheck To Live and Die in Dixie Finalist
Minette Walters The Sculptress Finalist
Charlene Weir Consider the Crows Finalist
1995 Sharyn McCrumb She Walks These Hills Winner [3]
Michael Connelly The Concrete Blonde Finalist
Lionel Davidson Kolymsky Heights Finalist
Janet Evanovich One for the Money Finalist
Sue Grafton K Is for Killer Finalist
Bayta Gur Murder on the Kibbutz Finalist
Reginald Hill Pictures of Perfection Finalist
Lynda La Plante Cold Shoulder Finalist
John Lescroart The 13th Juror Finalist
Val McDermid Crack Down Finalist
Walter Mosley Black Betty Finalist
Derek Raymond Not Till the Red Fog Rises Finalist
Janwillem van de Wetering Just a Corpse at Twilight Finalist
1996 Mary Willis Walker Under the Beetle's Cellar Winner [3]
Michael Connelly The Last Coyote Finalist
Barbara D’Amato Hard Christmas Finalist
Andrew Klavan True Crime Finalist
Bill Pronzini Blue Lonesome Finalist
1997 Michael Connelly The Poet Winner [3]
Nevada Barr Firestorm Finalist
Linda Grant Lethal Genes Finalist
Margaret Lawrence Hearts and Bones Finalist
Alan Russell Multiple Wounds Finalist
1998 S. J. Rozan No Colder Place Winner [3]
Anthony Bruno Devil’s Food Finalist
Earl Emerson Deception Pass Finalist
Arturo Perez-Reverte The Club Dumas Finalist
James Sallis Eye of the Cricket Finalist
1999 Michael Connelly Blood Work Winner [3]
Nevada Barr Blind Descent Finalist
Reginald Hill On Beulah Height Finalist
Dennis Lehane Gone, Baby, Gone Finalist
Aileen Schumacher Framework for Death Finalist
2000 Peter Robinson In a Dry Season Winner [3]
Rennie Airth River of Darkness Finalist
Jan Burke Bones Finalist
Robert Crais L.A. Requiem Finalist
Janet Evanovich High Five Finalist
2001 Val McDermid A Place of Execution Winner [3]
Nevada Barr Deep South Finalist
Joe R. Lansdale The Bottoms Finalist
Marcia Muller Listen to the Silence Finalist
Elizabeth Peters He Shall Thunder in the Sky Finalist
Charles Todd Legacy of the Dead Finalist
2002 Dennis Lehane Mystic River Winner [3]
Jan Burke Flight Finalist
Harlan Coben Tell No One Finalist
Rick Riordan The Devil Went Down to Austin Finalist
S. J. Rozan Reflecting the Sky Finalist
2003 Michael Connelly City of Bones Winner [3]
Cara Black Murder in the Sentier Finalist
Steve Hamilton North of Nowhere Finalist
George Pelecanos Hell to Pay Finalist
S. J. Rozan Winter and Night Finalist
2004 Laura Lippman Every Secret Thing Winner [3]
Giles Blunt The Delicate Storm Finalist
Steve Hamilton Blood Is the Sky Finalist
Dennis Lehane Shutter Island Finalist
Peter Robinson Close to Home Finalist
2005 William Kent Krueger Blood Hollow Winner [3]
Ken Bruen The Killing of the Tinkers Finalist
John Katzenbach The Madman's Tale Finalist
Laura Lippman By a Spider’s Thread Finalist
T. Jefferson Parker California Girl Finalist
Julia Spencer-Fleming Out of the Deep I Cry Finalist
2006 William Kent Krueger Mercy Falls Winner [3]
Jan Burke Bloodlines Finalist
Michael Connelly The Lincoln Lawyer Finalist
Thomas H. Cook Red Leaves Finalist
Laura Lippman To the Power of Three Finalist
2007 Laura Lippman No Good Deeds Winner [3]
Jan Burke Kidnapped Finalist
Denise Mina The Dead Hour Finalist
Nancy Pickard The Virgin of Small Plains Finalist
Julia Spencer-Fleming All Mortal Flesh Finalist
2008 Laura Lippman What the Dead Know Winner [3]
James Lee Burke The Tin Roof Blowdown Finalist
Lee Child Bad Luck and Trouble Finalist
Robert Crais The Watchman Finalist
William Kent Krueger Thunder Bay Finalist
2009 Michael Connelly The Brass Verdict Winner [3][4]
Sean Chercover Trigger City Finalist
William Kent Krueger Red Knife Finalist
Stieg Larsson The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Finalist
Louise Penny The Cruelest Month Finalist
2010 Louise Penny The Brutal Telling Winner [3]
John Hart The Last Child Finalist
Charlie Huston The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death Finalist
Stieg Larsson The Girl Who Played with Fire Finalist
S. J. Rozan The Shanghai Moon Finalist
2011 Louise Penny Bury Your Dead Winner [3]
Tom Franklin Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter Finalist [5]
Tana French Faithful Place Finalist [5]
Steve Hamilton The Lock Artist Finalist [5]
Laura Lippman I’d Know You Anywhere Finalist [5]
2012 Louise Penny A Trick of the Light Winner [3]
Megan Abbott The End of Everything Finalist
Reed Farrel Coleman Hurt Machine Finalist
Michael Connelly The Drop Finalist
Julia Spencer-Fleming One Was a Soldier Finalist
2013 Louise Penny The Beautiful Mystery Winner [3]
Megan Abbott Dare Me Finalist [6]
Sean Chercover Trinity Game Finalist [6]
Gillian Flynn Gone Girl Finalist [6]
Hank Phillippi Ryan The Other Woman Finalist [6]
2014 William Kent Krueger Ordinary Grace Winner [3]
Robert Crais Suspect Finalist [7]
Sara J. Henry A Cold and Lonely Place Finalist [7]
Hank Phillippi Ryan The Wrong Girl Finalist [7]
Julia Spencer-Fleming Through the Evil Days Finalist [7]
2015 Laura Lippman After I’m Gone Winner [3]
Joe Clifford Lamentation Finalist
Tana French The Secret Place Finalist
Louise Penny The Long Way Home Finalist
Hank Phillippi Ryan Truth Be Told Finalist
2016 Chris Holm The Killing Kind Winner [3]
Matt Coyle Night Tremors Finalist
Catriona McPherson The Child Garden Finalist
Louise Penny The Nature of the Beast Finalist
Hank Phillippi Ryan What You See Finalist
2017 Louise Penny A Great Reckoning Winner
Megan Abbott You Will Know Me Finalist [8]
Reed Farrel Coleman Where It Hurts Finalist [8]
Chris Holm Red Right Hand Finalist [8]
Laura Lippman Wilde Lake Finalist [8]
2018 Attica Locke Bluebird, Bluebird Winner [9]
Michael Connelly The Late Show Finalist [9]
Anthony Horowitz Magpie Murders Finalist [9]
Louise Penny Glass Houses Finalist [9]
Don Winslow The Force Finalist [9]
2019 Lou Berney November Road Winner [10][11]
Megan Abbott Give Me Your Hand Finalist [10][11]
Jennifer Hillier Jar of Hearts Finalist [10][11]
Laura Lippman Sunburn Finalist [10][11]
Alex Segura Blackout Finalist [10][11]
2020 Hank Phillippi Ryan The Murder List Winner [12]
Steph Cha Your House Will Pay Finalist
Rachel Howzell Hall They All Fall Down Finalist
Laura Lippman Lady in the Lake Finalist
Alex Segura Miami Midnight Finalist
2021[a] S. A. Cosby Blacktop Wasteland Winner [13][14][15]
Tracy Clark What You Don’t See Finalist [15][16]
Jennifer Hillier Little Secrets Finalist [15][16]
Rachel Howzell Hall And Now She’s Gone Finalist [15][16]
Hank Phillippi Ryan The First To Lie Finalist [15][16]
2022 S. A. Cosby Razorblade Tears Winner [17]
Tracy Clark Runner Finalist
Alison Gaylin The Collective Finalist
Rachel Howzell Hall These Toxic Things Finalist
Naomi Hirahara Clark and Division Finalist
2023[b] Kellye Garrett Like a Sister Winner
Gabino Iglesias The Devil Takes You Home Finalist
Richard Osman The Bullet That Missed Finalist
Louise Penny A World of Curiosities Finalist
Nita Prose The Maid Finalist
Alex Segura Secret Identity Finalist

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ In 2021 and 2023, the award was presented to the "best hardcover novel".
  2. ^ In 2021 and 2023, the award was presented to the "best hardcover novel".

References[edit]

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  16. ^ a b c d "Awards: Anthony Nominees, Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Longlist". Shelf Awareness. 2021-05-07. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
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