Anthony Award for Best Novel explained

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.

Recipients

Award winners and finalists^[1] !Year!Author!Title!Result!
1986	B Is for Burglar	Winner
		Finalist
		Finalist
		Finalist
	Killing Orders	Finalist
1987	C Is for Corpse	Winner
	When the Sacred Ginmill Closes	Finalist
	Tropical Heat	Finalist
	No Body	Finalist
	Life’s Work	Finalist
1988	Skinwalkers	Winner
		Finalist
	Old Bones	Finalist
	Trojan Gold	Finalist
	Marriage is Murder	Finalist
1989		Winner
		Finalist
	E Is for Evidence	Finalist
	Thief of Time	Finalist
	Blood Shot	Finalist
	Dead Crazy	Finalist
	Shackles	Finalist
	Pepper Pike	Finalist
1990		Winner
	Pious Deception	Finalist
		Finalist
	Corpus Christmas	Finalist
1991	G Is for Gumshoe	Winner
		Finalist
		Finalist
	If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O	Finalist
	New Orleans Mourning	Finalist
1992		Winner
	Rogue Wave	Finalist
	Love Nor Money	Finalist
	Hour of the Hunter	Finalist
	I.O.U.	Finalist
		Finalist
1993	Bootlegger’s Daughter	Winner
	Lullaby Town	Finalist
	Booked To Die	Finalist
	Southern Ghost	Finalist
		Finalist
1994	Wolf in the Shadows	Winner
		Finalist
	Morons and Madmen	Finalist
	O Little Town of Maggody	Finalist
	Sacred Clowns	Finalist
	Old Enemies	Finalist
	Southern Discomfort	Finalist
	To Live and Die in Dixie	Finalist
		Finalist
	Consider the Crows	Finalist
1995	She Walks These Hills	Winner
		Finalist
	Kolymsky Heights	Finalist
	One for the Money	Finalist
	K Is for Killer	Finalist
	Murder on the Kibbutz	Finalist
	Pictures of Perfection	Finalist
	Cold Shoulder	Finalist
		Finalist
	Crack Down	Finalist
	Black Betty	Finalist
	Not Till the Red Fog Rises	Finalist
	Just a Corpse at Twilight	Finalist
1996	Under the Beetle's Cellar	Winner
		Finalist
	Hard Christmas	Finalist
	True Crime	Finalist
	Blue Lonesome	Finalist
1997		Winner
	Firestorm	Finalist
	Lethal Genes	Finalist
	Hearts and Bones	Finalist
	Multiple Wounds	Finalist
1998	No Colder Place	Winner
	Devil’s Food	Finalist
	Deception Pass	Finalist
		Finalist
	Eye of the Cricket	Finalist
1999	Blood Work	Winner
	Blind Descent	Finalist
	On Beulah Height	Finalist
	Gone, Baby, Gone	Finalist
	Framework for Death	Finalist
2000	In a Dry Season	Winner
	River of Darkness	Finalist
	Bones	Finalist
	L.A. Requiem	Finalist
	High Five	Finalist
2001		Winner
	Deep South	Finalist
		Finalist
	Listen to the Silence	Finalist
	He Shall Thunder in the Sky	Finalist
	Legacy of the Dead	Finalist
2002	Mystic River	Winner
	Flight	Finalist
	Tell No One	Finalist
		Finalist
	Reflecting the Sky	Finalist
2003	City of Bones	Winner
	Murder in the Sentier	Finalist
	North of Nowhere	Finalist
	Hell to Pay	Finalist
	Winter and Night	Finalist
2004	Every Secret Thing	Winner
		Finalist
	Blood Is the Sky	Finalist
	Shutter Island	Finalist
	Close to Home	Finalist
2005	Blood Hollow	Winner
		Finalist
		Finalist
	By a Spider’s Thread	Finalist
	California Girl	Finalist
	Out of the Deep I Cry	Finalist
2006	Mercy Falls	Winner
	Bloodlines	Finalist
		Finalist
	Red Leaves	Finalist
	To the Power of Three	Finalist
2007	No Good Deeds	Winner
	Kidnapped	Finalist
		Finalist
		Finalist
	All Mortal Flesh	Finalist
2008	What the Dead Know	Winner
		Finalist
	Bad Luck and Trouble	Finalist
		Finalist
	Thunder Bay	Finalist
2009		Winner	^[2]
	Trigger City	Finalist
	Red Knife	Finalist
		Finalist
		Finalist
2010		Winner	^[3]
		Finalist
		Finalist
		Finalist
		Finalist
2011	Bury Your Dead	Winner
	Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter	Finalist	^[4] ^[5]
	Faithful Place	Finalist
		Finalist
	I’d Know You Anywhere	Finalist
2012		Winner
		Finalist
	Hurt Machine	Finalist
		Finalist
	One Was a Soldier	Finalist
2013		Winner
	Dare Me	Finalist	^[6]
	Trinity Game	Finalist
	Gone Girl	Finalist
		Finalist
2014	Ordinary Grace	Winner
	Suspect	Finalist	^[7]
		Finalist
		Finalist
	Through the Evil Days	Finalist
2015	After I’m Gone	Winner
	Lamentation	Finalist
		Finalist
		Finalist
	Truth Be Told	Finalist
2016		Winner
	Night Tremors	Finalist
		Finalist
		Finalist
	What You See	Finalist
2017		Winner
	You Will Know Me	Finalist	^[8]
	Where It Hurts	Finalist
	Red Right Hand	Finalist
	Wilde Lake	Finalist
2018	Bluebird, Bluebird	Winner	^[9]
		Finalist
	Magpie Murders	Finalist
	Glass Houses	Finalist
		Finalist
2019	November Road	Winner	^[10] ^[11]
	Give Me Your Hand	Finalist
	Jar of Hearts	Finalist
	Sunburn	Finalist
	Blackout	Finalist
2020		Winner	^[12]
	Your House Will Pay	Finalist
	They All Fall Down	Finalist
	Lady in the Lake	Finalist
	Miami Midnight	Finalist
2021	Blacktop Wasteland	Winner	^[13] ^[14] ^[15]
	What You Don’t See	Finalist	^[16]
	Little Secrets	Finalist
	And Now She’s Gone	Finalist
		Finalist
2022	Razorblade Tears	Winner	^[17] ^[18]
	Runner	Finalist
		Finalist
	These Toxic Things	Finalist
	Clark and Division	Finalist
2023	Like a Sister	Winner
		Finalist	^[19]
		Finalist
		Finalist
		Finalist
	Secret Identity	Finalist

Notes and References

Web site: Anthony Awards . 2024-05-09 . Stop, You're Killing Me! . 2024-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240415023551/http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/Awards/Anthony_Awards.html#2021 . live .
Web site: 2009-10-22 . Awards: Anthony Awards . 2024-05-09 . . 2023-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231203072118/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1036 . live .
Web site: The Anthony Awards: A Literary Award for Crime Fiction . 2022-07-31 . Crime Fiction Awards . 2017-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170116003450/http://awards.omnimystery.com/mystery-awards-anthonys.html . live .
Web site: 2011-05-12 . Awards: Anthony Nominees . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230315130110/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1462 . 2023-03-15 . 2024-05-09 . Shelf Awareness.
Web site: Cogdill . Oline . 2011 Anthony Award Nominees . 2024-05-13 . Mystery Scene Magazine . 2024-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240515181113/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/1926-2011-anthony-award-nominees?highlight=WyJhbnRob255IiwiYXdhcmQiLCJhbnRob255IGF3YXJkIl0= . live .
Web site: 2013-05-09 . Awards: Anthony Nominees . 2024-05-09 . . 2017-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171001054132/http://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1990 . live .
Web site: 2014-05-28 . Awards: Australian Book Industry Winners; Anthony Nominees . 2024-05-09 . . 2022-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221209002310/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2261 . live .
Web site: 2017-05-24 . Awards: Nebulas; Chautauqua; Anthonys . 2024-05-09 . . 2023-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230417033009/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3008 . live .
Web site: 2018-09-10 . The 2018 Anthony Award Winners . 2022-07-31 . CrimeReads . en-US . 2022-07-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220731215716/https://crimereads.com/the-2018-anthony-award-winners/ . live .
Web site: 2019 Anthony Award Winners . 2022-07-31 . Mystery Scene Magazine . 2022-07-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220731215717/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/6660-2019-anthony-award-winners . live .
Web site: 2019-11-03 . Announcing the 2019 Anthony Award Winners . 2022-07-31 . CrimeReads . en-US . 2022-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224010833/https://crimereads.com/announcing-the-2019-anthony-award-winners/ . live .
Web site: 2020-10-19 . The Anthony Award Winners . 2022-07-31 . Poisoned Pen . en-US . 2022-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221006235143/https://poisonedpen.com/2020/10/19/the-anthony-award-winners/ . live .
Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2021-08-30 . Winners of the Anthony Awards Are Revealed . 2022-07-31 . Kirkus Reviews . en . 2022-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221030184159/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-the-anthony-awards-are-revealed/ . live .
Web site: 31 August 2021 . 2021 Anthony Award Winners . 2022-07-31 . Novel Suspects . en-US . 2022-09-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220903024816/https://www.novelsuspects.com/book-list/2021-anthony-award-winners/ . live .
Web site: 2021-08-30 . Announcing the 2021 Anthony Award winners . 2022-07-31 . CrimeReads . en-US . 2021-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831020306/https://crimereads.com/announcing-the-2021-anthony-award-winners/ . live .
Web site: 2021-05-07 . Awards: Anthony Nominees, Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Longlist . 2024-05-09 . . 2022-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221201035102/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3981 . live .
Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2022-09-12 . Winners of the 2022 Anthony Awards Are Revealed . 2022-09-12 . Kirkus Reviews . en . 2022-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220912170728/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/winners-of-the-2022-anthony-awards-are-revealed/ . live .
Web site: 2022 Bouchercon Anthony Award Winners . 2024-05-13 . Mystery Scene Magazine . 2024-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240513152241/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/55-awards/7526-2022-bouchercon-anthony-award-winners?highlight=WyJhbnRob255IiwiYXdhcmQiLCJhbnRob255IGF3YXJkIl0= . live .
Web site: Duerr . Teri . 2023 Anthony Award Nominees Announced . 2024-05-13 . Mystery Scene Magazine . 2024-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240513152310/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/55-awards/7676-2023-agatha-award-nominees-announced?highlight=WyJhbnRob255IiwiYXdhcmQiLCJhbnRob255IGF3YXJkIl0= . live .