Edgar Award for Best Novel
Mystery Writers of America is the premier organization for mystery and crime writers, professionals allied to the crime-writing field, aspiring crime writers, and folks who just love to read crime fiction. They give out a yearly award for the best novel in the mystery genre.
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Beat Not The Bones
Charlotte Jay · 1952 · 2 lists
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The Long Goodbye
Raymond Chandler · 1953 · 8 lists
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Beast In View
Margaret Millar · 1955 · 4 lists
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A Dram of Poison
Charlotte Armstrong · 1956 · 2 lists
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Room to Swing
Ed Lacy · 1957 · 1 list
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The Eighth Circle
Stanley Ellin · 1958 · 1 list
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The Hours Before Dawn
Celia Fremlin · 1958 · 1 list
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The Progress of a Crime
Julian Symons · 1960 · 1 list
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Gideon's Fire
J. J. Marric · 1961 · 1 list
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Death and the Joyful Woman
Ellis Peters · 1961 · 1 list
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The Light of Day
Eric Ambler · 1962 · 1 list
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John Le Carré · 1963 · 13 lists
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The Quiller Memorandum
Adam Hall · 1965 · 2 lists
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King of the Rainy Country
Nicolas Freeling · 1965 · 1 list
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God Save The Mark
Donald E. Westlake · 1967 · 2 lists
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A Case of Need
Michael Crichton · 1968 · 1 list
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Forfeit
Dick Francis · 1968 · 1 list
- 18
The Laughing Policeman
Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö · 1968 · 3 lists
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The Day of the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth · 1971 · 6 lists
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The Lingala Code
Warren Kiefer · 1972 · 1 list
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Dance Hall Of The Dead
Tony Hillerman · 1973 · 2 lists
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Peter's Pence
Jon Cleary · 1900 · 1 list
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Hopscotch
Brian Garfield · 1967 · 1 list
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Promised Land
Robert B. Parker · 1976 · 1 list
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Catch Me: Kill Me
William H. Hallahan · 1977 · 1 list
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Eye of the Needle
Ken Follett · 1907 · 4 lists
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The Rheingold Route
Arthur Maling · 1979 · 1 list
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Whip Hand
Dick Francis · 1787 · 3 lists
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Peregrine
William Bayer · 1981 · 1 list
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Billingsgate Shoal
Rick Boyer · 1982 · 1 list
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La Brava
Elmore Leonard · 1953 · 2 lists
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Briarpatch
Ross Thomas · 1816 · 1 list
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The Suspect
L. R. Wright · 1986 · 1 list
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A Dark Adapted Eye
Barbara Vine · 1986 · 3 lists
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Old Bones
Aaron Elkins · 1987 · 1 list
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A Cold Red Sunrise
Stuart M. Kaminsky · 1988 · 1 list
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Black Cherry Blues
James Lee Burke · 1989 · 1 list
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New Orleans Mourning
Julie Smith · 1990 · 1 list
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A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
Lawrence Block · 1991 · 1 list
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Bootlegger's Daughter
Margaret Maron · 1992 · 2 lists
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The Sculptress
Minette Walters · 1993 · 1 list
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The Red Scream
Mary Willis Walker · 1994 · 1 list
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Come to Grief
Dick Francis · 1995 · 1 list
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The Chatham School Affair
Thomas H. Cook · 1996 · 1 list
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Cimarron Rose
James Lee Burke · 1997 · 1 list
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Mr. White's Confession
Robert Clark · 1998 · 1 list
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Bones
Jonathan Kellerman · 2008 · 1 list
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The Bottoms
Joe R. Lansdale · 2000 · 1 list
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Silent Joe
T. Jefferson Parker · 2001 · 1 list
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Winter and Night
S. J. Rozan · 2002 · 1 list
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Resurrection Men
Ian Rankin · 2001 · 1 list
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California Girl
T. Jefferson Parker · 2004 · 1 list
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Citizen Vince
Jess Walter · 2005 · 1 list
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The Janissary Tree
Jason Goodwin · 2006 · 1 list
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Down River
John Hart · 1971 · 1 list
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Blue Heaven
C. J. Box · 2008 · 1 list
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The Last Child
John Hart · 2009 · 1 list
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The Lock Artist
Steve Hamilton · 2010 · 1 list
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Live by Night
Dennis Lehane · 2012 · 1 list
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Ordinary Grace
William Kent Krueger · 2013 · 3 lists
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Mr. Mercedes
Stephen King · 2013 · 1 list
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Let Me Die in His Footsteps
Lori Roy · 2015 · 1 list
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Before the Fall
Noah Hawley · 2016 · 1 list
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Bluebird, Bluebird
Attica Locke · 2017 · 3 lists
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Down the River Unto the Sea
Walter Mosley · 2018 · 1 list
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The Stranger Diaries
Elly Griffiths · 2018 · 1 list
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Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line
Deepa Anappara · 2020 · 2 lists
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Five Decembers
James Kestrel · 2021 · 1 list
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Notes on an Execution
Danya Kukafka · 2022 · 1 list
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Flags on the Bayou
James Lee Burke · 2023 · 1 list
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The In Crowd
Charlotte Vassell · 1989 · 1 list
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The Big Empty
Robert Crais · 2024 · 1 list