Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original

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

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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. [1] American authors' debut novels are not eligible for the award, though they are eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel. [1]

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

Winners

1970s

1970s Best Paperback Original winners [2]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1970 Scott C. S. Stone The Dragon's EyeWinner
Alan Caillou Assault on MingShortlist
Elsie Cromwell The Governess
Michael Kurland A Plague of Spies
Richard Stark The Sour Lemon Score
1971 Dan J. Marlowe FlashpointWinner
Jack Ehrlich The DrowningShortlist
Matt Gattzden O.D. at Sweet Claude’s
Ron GoulartAfter Things Fell Apart
John Lange Grave Descend
Peter McCurtin Mafioso
1972 Frank McAuliffe For Murder I Charge MoreWinner
Philip Atlee The White Wolverine ContractShortlist
William F. Nolan Space for Hire
Alicen White Nor Spell, Nor Charm
Charles Williams And the Deep Blue Sea
1973 Richard Wormser The InvaderWinner
Daniel Banko Not Dead YetShortlist
Richard NeelyThe Smith Conspiracy
Charles Runyon Power Kill
1974 Will Perry Death of an InformerWinner
Clive Cussler The Mediterranean CaperShortlist
Leo P. Kelley Deadlocked!
Dinah Palmtag Starling Street
Roger L. Simon The Big Fix
1975 Roy Winsor The Corpse That WalkedWinner
Richard Forrest Who Killed Mr. Garland’s Mistress?Shortlist
R. R. Irvine Jump Cut
Curtis StevensThe Gravy Train Hit
Don TracyFlats Fixed-Among Other Things
1976 John R. Feegel AutopsyWinner
Milt Machlin and Robin Moore The Set-UpShortlist
Jacqueline Park Charlie’s Back in Town
Simon Quinn The Midas Coffin
David Vowell The Assassinator
1977 Gregory Mcdonald Confess, Fletch Winner
Daniel da Cruz The Captive CityShortlist
Kenn Davis and John StanleyThe Dark Side
Donald Hamilton The Retaliators
R. R. Irvine Freeze Frame
1978 Mike Jahn The Quark ManeuverWinner
Lawrence Block Time to Murder and CreateShortlist
Donald Hamilton The Terrorizers
Marc Olden They’ve Killed Anna
1979 Frank Bandy Deceit and Deadly LiesWinner
David AnthonyStud GameShortlist
Elmore Leonard The Switch
Phillip Margolin Heartstone
Graham Masterton Charnel House

1980s

1980s Best Paperback Original winners [2]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1980 William L. DeAndrea The Hog MurdersWinner
Sean Flannery The Kremlin ConspiracyShortlist
David HellerVortex
Glenn Kezer The Queen Is Dead
Michael Kurland The Infernal Device
1981 Bill Granger Public MurdersWinner
Thomas H. Cook Blood InnocentsShortlist
John Dunning Looking for Ginger North
Murray Sinclair Tough Luck, L.A.
1982 L. A. Morse The Old DickWinner
John Dunning DeadlineShortlist
Patricia MacDonald The Unforgiven
Andrew Neiderman Pin
Ray Obstfeld Dead Heat
1983 Teri White TriangleWinner
Ralph Burrows Vital SignsShortlist
James Ellroy Clandestine
Jack LynchThe Missing and the Dead
1984 Margaret Tracy Mrs. WhiteWinner
Sean Flannery False ProphetsShortlist
Richard HarperThe Kill Factor
Warren Murphy Trace
Eric Sauter Hunter
1985 Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy GrandmasterWinner
Eric Blau The Keys to Billy TillioShortlist
Roland Cutler The Seventh Sacrament
Kenn Davis Words Can Kill
Stuart M. Kaminsky Black Knight in Red Square
1986 Warren Murphy Pigs Get FatWinner
Earl Emerson Poverty BayShortlist
Sean FlanneryBroken Idols
Philip RossBlue Heron
Conall Ryan Black Gravity
1987 Robert Wright Campbell The Junkyard DogWinner
Lilian Jackson Braun The Cat Who Saw Red Shortlist
R. D. Brown Hazzard
Nick Christian Ronin
Kate GreenShattered Moon
1988 Sharyn McCrumb Bimbos of the Death Sun Winner
Robert Crais The Monkey's Raincoat Shortlist
Walter Dillon Deadly Intrusion
James N. Frey The Long Way to Die
Gabrielle Kraft Bullshot
1989 Timothy Findley The Telling of Lies Winner
Fredrick D. Huebner Judgment by FireShortlist
Lia Matera A Radical Departure
Keith Peterson The Trapdoor
Ted Thackrey, Jr. Preacher

1990s

1990s Best Paperback Original winners [2]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1990 Keith Peterson The RainWinner
Jeffery Deaver Manhattan Is My Beat Shortlist
Eugene Izzi King of the Hustlers
Randy Russell Hot Wire
Deborah Valentine A Collector of Photographs
1991 David Handler The Man Who Would Be F. Scott FitzgeraldWinner
L. L Enger ComebackShortlist
Jane Haddam Not a Creature Was Stirring
B. J. Oliphant Dead in the Scrub
John Maddox Roberts SPQR I: The King’s Gambit
1992 Thomas Adcock Dark MazeWinner
P. M. Carlson Murder in the Dog DaysShortlist
Ed Naha Cracking Up
Christopher NewmanMidtown North
Deborah Valentine Fine Distinctions
1993 Dana Stabenow A Cold Day for MurderWinner
Lee HarrisThe Good Friday MurderShortlist
Gini Hartzmark Principal Defense
William Jefferies Shallow Graves
Billie Sue Mosiman Night Cruise
1994 Steven Womack Dead Folk's BluesWinner
Margaret Frazer The Servant’s TaleShortlist
Eugene Izzi Tony’s Justice
Thomas A. Roberts Beyond Saru
Lisa Scottoline Everywhere That Mary Went
1995 Lisa Scottoline Final AppealWinner
Milton Bass The Broken-Hearted DetectiveShortlist
Dean Feldmeyer Viper Quarry
Walter Sorrells Power of Attorney
Chassie West Sunrise
1996 William Heffernan Tarnished BlueWinner
Harlan Coben Deal Breaker Shortlist
Kirk Mitchell High Desert Malice
Gloria White Charged With Guilt
R. D. Wingfield Hard Frost
1997 Harlan Coben Fade Away Winner
Joan M. Drury Silent WordsShortlist
Teri Holbrook The Grass Widow
Susan Wade Walking Rain
R. D. Zimmerman Tribe
1998 Laura Lippman Charm CityWinner
Susan Rogers Cooper Home Again, Home AgainShortlist
Margaret Frazer The Prioress’ Tale
Stuart M. Kaminsky Tarnished Icons
Gloria White Sunset and Santiago
1999 Rick Riordan The Widower's Two-StepWinner
Ruth Birmingham Atlanta GravesShortlist
Laura Lippman Butchers Hill
Sujata Massey Zen Attitude
Steven Womack Murder Manual

2000s

2000s Best Paperback Original winners [2]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2000 Ruth Birmingham Fulton County BluesWinner
Tony Dunbar Lucky ManShortlist
Mark GrahamThe Resurrectionist
José Latour Outcast
Laura Lippman In Big Trouble
2001Mark GrahamThe Black MariaWinner
Victoria Thompson Murder on St. Mark’s PlaceShortlist
Chassie West Killing Kin
Eric Wright The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn
Sally Wright Pursuit and Persuasion
2002 Daniel Chavarria Adios MuchachosWinner
Jeffery Deaver Hell’s Kitchen Shortlist
Teri Holbrook The Mother Tongue
P. J. Parrish Dead of Winter
Martin J. Smith Straw Men
2003 T. J. MacGregor Out of SightWinner
Jeff Abbott Black Jack PointShortlist
John Lutz The Night Watcher
Graham Masterton Trauma
Anna SalterPrison Blues
2004 Sylvia Maultash Warsh Find Me AgainWinner
Jeff Abbott Cut and RunShortlist
Joel Goldman The Last Witness
Christopher Hyde Wisdom of the Bones
Nina Revoyr Southland
2005 Domenic Stansberry The ConfessionWinner
Larry Beinhart The LibrarianShortlist
Thomas H. Cook Into the Web
Ron Faust Dead Men Rise Up Never
Chris HaslamTwelve-Step Fandango
2006 Jeffrey Ford Girl in the GlassWinner
Anne Argula Homicide My OwnShortlist
Reed Farrel Coleman The James Deans
Allan Guthrie Kiss Her Goodbye
Charlie Huston Six Bad Things
2007 Naomi Hirahara Snakeskin ShamisenWinner
Massimo Carlotto The Goodbye KissShortlist
Brian Evenson The Open Curtain
Paul Levine The Deep Blue Alibi
Patrick Neate City of Tiny Lights
2008 Megan Abbott QueenpinWinner [3] [4]
David CorbettBlood of ParadiseShortlist
Vicki Hendricks Cruel Poetry
Russell HillRobbie’s Wife
Kevin Wignall Who Is Conrad Hirst?
2009 Meg Gardiner China LakeWinner [5]
Alex Carr The Prince of Bagram PrisonShortlist
Christa Faust Money Shot
Ed GaffneyEnemy Combatant
Tom Piccirilli The Cold Spot

2010s

2010s Best Paperback Original winners [2]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2010 Marc Strange Body BlowsWinner
Megan Abbott Bury Me Deep Shortlist
Robert Arellano Havana Lunar
Russell HillThe Lord God Bird
L. C. Tyler The Herring Seller’s Apprentice
2011 Robert Goddard Long Time ComingWinner
Catherine O'Flynn The News Where You AreShortlist
Duane Swierczynski Expiration Date
Frank Tallis Vienna Secrets
L. C. Tyler Ten Little Herrings
2012 Robert Jackson Bennett The Company Man Winner [6] [7]
Lucretia Grindle The Faces of AngelsShortlist [7]
Russell Hill The Dog Sox
Michael StanleyDeath of the Mantis
Frank Tallis Vienna Twilight
2013 Ben H. Winters The Last Policeman Winner [8]
Isaac Adamson ComplicationShortlist
Lou Berney Whiplash River
Alan Glynn Bloodland
Malla Nunn Blessed Are the Dead
2014 Alex Marwood The Wicked Girls Winner [9]
Lisa Ballantyne The Guilty OneShortlist [10]
E. R. Brown Almost Criminal
Paul Cleave Joe Victim
Stephen King Joyland
Marcus Sakey Brilliance
2015 Chris Abani The Secret History of Las Vegas Winner [11] [12]
Alison Gaylin Stay With MeShortlist [13]
William Lashner The Barkeep
Catriona McPherson The Day She Died
Lisa TurnerThe Gone Dead Train
Ben H. Winters World of Trouble
2016 Lou Berney The Long and Faraway Gone Winner [14] [15]
Malcolm MacKay The Necessary Death of Lewis WinterShortlist [14]
Gilly Macmillan What She Knew
Gordon McAlpine Woman with a Blue Pencil
Adrian McKinty Gun Street Girl
Jane Shemilt The Daughter
2017 Adrian McKinty Rain DogsWinner [16]
Patricia Abbott Shot in DetroitShortlist
Tyler Dilts Come Twilight
Robert Dugoni The 7th Canon
Robin Yocum A Brilliant Death
James W. Ziskin Heart of Stone
2018 Anna Mazzola The UnseeingWinner [17]
Rhys Bowen In Farleigh FieldShortlist
Ron CorbettRagged Lake
Andrew Mayne Black Fall
Kanae Minato Penance
Jock Serong The Rules of Backyard Cricket
2019 Alison Gaylin If I Die TonightWinner [18]
Naomi Hirahara Hiroshima BoyShortlist
Lori Rader-Day Under a Dark Sky
Leila Slimani The Perfect Nanny
Lisa Unger Under My Skin

2020s

2020s Best Paperback Original winners [2]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2020 Adam O'Fallon Price The Hotel NeversinkWinner [19] [20]
Susan Alice Bickford Dread of WinterShortlist [21]
William Lashner Freedom Road
Jonathan MooreBlood Relations
Alan Parks February’s Son
Lisa Sandlin The Bird Boys
2021 Alyssa Cole When No One Is WatchingWinner [22]
Brian Freeman The Deep, Deep SnowShortlist [23]
Jess Lourey Unspeakable Things
Jessica Moor The Keeper
Khurrum Rahman East of Hounslow
2022 Alan Parks Bobby March Will Live ForeverWinner [24]
David Bell Kill all Your DarlingsShortlist [25]
C.J. Cooke The Lighthouse Witches
Daryl Gregory The Album of Dr. Moreau
C.S. O'Cinneide Starr Sign
Laura Purcell The Shape of Darkness
2023Joe HartOr ElseWinner [26]
Max Allan Collins Quarry’s BloodShortlist [27]
Seraphina Nova GlassOn a Quiet Street
Carol Lawrence Cleopatra’s Dagger
A.R. TorreA Familiar Stranger
2024 Jesse Q. Sutanto Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for MurderersWinner [28] [29]
A.F. Carter BoomtownShortlist [30]
Tracy Clark Hide
Jess Lourey The Taken Ones
Scott Von Doviak Lowdown Road

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