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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]

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Recipients

Award winners and finalists [2]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1986 Sue Grafton B Is for Burglar Winner [3]
Sarah Caudwell The Shortest Way to HadesFinalist
John D. MacDonald The Lonely Silver Rain Finalist
Charlotte MacLeod The Plain Old ManFinalist
Sara Paretsky Killing OrdersFinalist
1987 Sue Grafton C Is for Corpse Winner [3]
Lawrence Block When the Sacred Ginmill Closes Finalist
John Lutz Tropical HeatFinalist
Nancy Pickard No BodyFinalist
Jonathan Valin Life’s WorkFinalist
1988 Tony Hillerman Skinwalkers Winner [3]
Linda Barnes A Trouble of FoolsFinalist
Aaron Elkins Old BonesFinalist
Elizabeth Peters Trojan GoldFinalist
Nancy Pickard Marriage is MurderFinalist
1989 Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs Winner [3]
Dorothy Cannell The Widow’s ClubFinalist
Sue Grafton E Is for Evidence Finalist
Tony Hillerman Thief of TimeFinalist
Sara Paretsky Blood Shot Finalist
Nancy Pickard Dead CrazyFinalist
Bill Pronzini ShacklesFinalist
Les Roberts Pepper PikeFinalist
1990 Sarah Caudwell The Sirens Sang of Murder Winner [3]
Susan Dunlap Pious DeceptionFinalist
Carolyn G. Hart A Little Class on MurderFinalist
Margaret Maron Corpus ChristmasFinalist
1991 Sue Grafton G Is for Gumshoe Winner [3]
Lawrence Block A Ticket to the BoneyardFinalist
Lia Matera The Good FightFinalist
Sharyn McCrumb If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-OFinalist
Julie Smith New Orleans MourningFinalist
1992 Peter Lovesey The Last Detective Winner [3]
Susan Dunlap Rogue WaveFinalist
Linda Grant Love Nor MoneyFinalist
J. A. Jance Hour of the HunterFinalist
Nancy Pickard I.O.U.Finalist
Marilyn Wallace A Single StoneFinalist
1993 Margaret Maron Bootlegger’s Daughter Winner [3]
Robert Crais Lullaby TownFinalist
John Dunning Booked To DieFinalist
Carolyn G. Hart Southern GhostFinalist
Sharyn McCrumb The Hangman’s Beautiful DaughterFinalist
1994 Marcia Muller Wolf in the Shadows Winner [3]
Michael Connelly The Black Ice Finalist
Earl Emerson Morons and MadmenFinalist
Joan Hess O Little Town of MaggodyFinalist
Tony Hillerman Sacred Clowns Finalist
Janet LaPierre Old EnemiesFinalist
Margaret Maron Southern DiscomfortFinalist
Kathy Hogan Trocheck To Live and Die in DixieFinalist
Minette Walters The Sculptress Finalist
Charlene Weir Consider the CrowsFinalist
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 KibbutzFinalist
Reginald Hill Pictures of Perfection Finalist
Lynda La Plante Cold ShoulderFinalist
John Lescroart The 13th JurorFinalist
Val McDermid Crack DownFinalist
Walter Mosley Black BettyFinalist
Derek Raymond Not Till the Red Fog RisesFinalist
Janwillem van de Wetering Just a Corpse at TwilightFinalist
1996 Mary Willis Walker Under the Beetle's Cellar Winner [3]
Michael Connelly The Last Coyote Finalist
Barbara D’Amato Hard ChristmasFinalist
Andrew Klavan True CrimeFinalist
Bill Pronzini Blue LonesomeFinalist
1997 Michael Connelly The Poet Winner [3]
Nevada Barr FirestormFinalist
Linda Grant Lethal GenesFinalist
Margaret LawrenceHearts and BonesFinalist
Alan Russell Multiple WoundsFinalist
1998 S. J. Rozan No Colder Place Winner [3]
Anthony Bruno Devil’s FoodFinalist
Earl Emerson Deception PassFinalist
Arturo Perez-Reverte The Club Dumas Finalist
James Sallis Eye of the CricketFinalist
1999 Michael Connelly Blood Work Winner [3]
Nevada Barr Blind DescentFinalist
Reginald Hill On Beulah HeightFinalist
Dennis Lehane Gone, Baby, Gone Finalist
Aileen Schumacher Framework for DeathFinalist
2000 Peter Robinson In a Dry Season Winner [3]
Rennie Airth River of DarknessFinalist
Jan Burke BonesFinalist
Robert Crais L.A. Requiem Finalist
Janet Evanovich High Five Finalist
2001 Val McDermid A Place of Execution Winner [3]
Nevada Barr Deep SouthFinalist
Joe R. Lansdale The Bottoms Finalist
Marcia Muller Listen to the SilenceFinalist
Elizabeth Peters He Shall Thunder in the Sky Finalist
Charles Todd Legacy of the DeadFinalist
2002 Dennis Lehane Mystic RiverWinner [3]
Jan Burke FlightFinalist
Harlan Coben Tell No One Finalist
Rick Riordan The Devil Went Down to AustinFinalist
S. J. Rozan Reflecting the SkyFinalist
2003 Michael Connelly City of Bones Winner [3]
Cara Black Murder in the SentierFinalist
Steve Hamilton North of NowhereFinalist
George Pelecanos Hell to Pay Finalist
S. J. Rozan Winter and NightFinalist
2004 Laura Lippman Every Secret Thing Winner [3]
Giles Blunt The Delicate StormFinalist
Steve Hamilton Blood Is the SkyFinalist
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 TinkersFinalist
John Katzenbach The Madman's Tale Finalist
Laura Lippman By a Spider’s ThreadFinalist
T. Jefferson Parker California GirlFinalist
Julia Spencer-Fleming Out of the Deep I CryFinalist
2006 William Kent Krueger Mercy Falls Winner [3]
Jan Burke BloodlinesFinalist
Michael Connelly The Lincoln Lawyer Finalist
Thomas H. Cook Red LeavesFinalist
Laura Lippman To the Power of ThreeFinalist
2007 Laura Lippman No Good Deeds Winner [3]
Jan Burke KidnappedFinalist
Denise Mina The Dead HourFinalist
Nancy Pickard The Virgin of Small PlainsFinalist
Julia Spencer-Fleming All Mortal FleshFinalist
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 BayFinalist
2009 Michael Connelly The Brass Verdict Winner [3] [4]
Sean Chercover Trigger CityFinalist
William Kent Krueger Red KnifeFinalist
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 DeathFinalist
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 LetterFinalist [5] [6]
Tana French Faithful Place Finalist [5] [6]
Steve Hamilton The Lock Artist Finalist [5] [6]
Laura Lippman I’d Know You AnywhereFinalist [5] [6]
2012 Louise Penny A Trick of the Light Winner [3]
Megan Abbott The End of Everything Finalist
Reed Farrel Coleman Hurt MachineFinalist
Michael Connelly The DropFinalist
Julia Spencer-Fleming One Was a SoldierFinalist
2013 Louise Penny The Beautiful MysteryWinner [3]
Megan Abbott Dare Me Finalist [7]
Sean Chercover Trinity GameFinalist [7]
Gillian Flynn Gone Girl Finalist [7]
Hank Phillippi Ryan The Other Woman Finalist [7]
2014 William Kent Krueger Ordinary Grace Winner [3]
Robert Crais Suspect Finalist [8]
Sara J. Henry A Cold and Lonely PlaceFinalist [8]
Hank Phillippi Ryan The Wrong GirlFinalist [8]
Julia Spencer-Fleming Through the Evil DaysFinalist [8]
2015 Laura Lippman After I’m Gone Winner [3]
Joe Clifford Lamentation Finalist
Tana French The Secret Place Finalist
Louise Penny The Long Way HomeFinalist
Hank Phillippi Ryan Truth Be ToldFinalist
2016 Chris HolmThe Killing KindWinner [3]
Matt Coyle Night TremorsFinalist
Catriona McPherson The Child GardenFinalist
Louise Penny The Nature of the BeastFinalist
Hank Phillippi Ryan What You SeeFinalist
2017 Louise Penny A Great ReckoningWinner
Megan Abbott You Will Know Me Finalist [9]
Reed Farrel Coleman Where It HurtsFinalist [9]
Chris HolmRed Right HandFinalist [9]
Laura Lippman Wilde LakeFinalist [9]
2018 Attica Locke Bluebird, Bluebird Winner [10]
Michael Connelly The Late Show Finalist [10]
Anthony Horowitz Magpie Murders Finalist [10]
Louise Penny Glass HousesFinalist [10]
Don Winslow The ForceFinalist [10]
2019 Lou Berney November RoadWinner [11] [12]
Megan Abbott Give Me Your Hand Finalist [11] [12]
Jennifer Hillier Jar of HeartsFinalist [11] [12]
Laura Lippman SunburnFinalist [11] [12]
Alex Segura BlackoutFinalist [11] [12]
2020 Hank Phillippi Ryan The Murder ListWinner [13]
Steph Cha Your House Will PayFinalist
Rachel Howzell Hall They All Fall DownFinalist
Laura Lippman Lady in the Lake Finalist
Alex Segura Miami MidnightFinalist
2021 [lower-alpha 1] S. A. Cosby Blacktop Wasteland Winner [14] [15] [16]
Tracy Clark What You Don’t SeeFinalist [16] [17]
Jennifer Hillier Little SecretsFinalist [16] [17]
Rachel Howzell Hall And Now She’s GoneFinalist [16] [17]
Hank Phillippi Ryan The First To LieFinalist [16] [17]
2022 S. A. Cosby Razorblade Tears Winner [18] [19]
Tracy Clark RunnerFinalist [19]
Alison Gaylin The CollectiveFinalist [19]
Rachel Howzell Hall These Toxic ThingsFinalist [19]
Naomi Hirahara Clark and DivisionFinalist [19]
2023 [lower-alpha 2] Kellye Garrett Like a SisterWinner
Gabino Iglesias The Devil Takes You HomeFinalist [20]
Richard Osman The Bullet That Missed Finalist [20]
Louise Penny A World of Curiosities Finalist [20]
Nita Prose The Maid Finalist [20]
Alex Segura Secret IdentityFinalist [20]

Notes

  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".

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