EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD BEST FIRST NOVEL

2018:  She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper (Winner)
Tornado Weather by Deborah E. Kennedy
Dark Chapter by Winnie M. Li
Lola by Melissa Scrivner Love
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich

2017:  Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry (Winner)
Dodgers by Bill Beverly
IQ by Joe Ide
The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie
Dancing with the Tiger by Lili Wright
The Lost Girls by Heather Young

2016:  The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Winner)
Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton
Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm

2015:  Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman (Winner) 
Invisible City by Julia Dahl
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
Bad Country by C.B. McKenzie
Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh
Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver

2014:  Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews (Winner)
The Resurrectionist by Matthew Guinn
Ghostman by Roger Hobbs
Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

2013: The Expats by Chris Pavone (Winner)
The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay
Don’t Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman
Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
Black Fridays by Michael Sears

2012: Bent Road by Lori Roy (Winner)
Red on Red by Edward Conlon
Last to Fold by David Duffy
All Cry Chaos by Leonard Rosen
Purgatory Chasm by Steve Ulfelder

2011:  Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva (Winner)
The Poacher’s Son by Paul Doiron
The Serialist by David Gordon
Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto
Snow Angels by James Thompson

2010: In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff (Winner)
The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano
Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley
The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke

2009:  The Foreigner by Francie Lin (Winner)
The Kind One by Tom Epperson
Sweetsmoke by David Fuller
Calumet City by Charlie Newton
A Cure for Night by Justin Peacock

2008:  In the Woods by Tana French  (Winner)
Missing Witness by Gordon Campbell
Snitch Jacket by Christopher Goffard
Head Games by Craig McDonald
Pyres by Derek Nikitas

2007:  The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson (Winner)
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
King of Lies by John Hart
Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read

2006:  Officer Down by Theresa Schwegel (Winner)
Die A Little by Megan Abbott
Hide Your Eyes by Alison Gaylin
Immoral by Brian Freeman
Run the Risk by Scott Frost

2005:  Country of Origin by Don Lee (Winner)
Bahamarama by Bob Morris
Cloud Atlas by Liam Callanan
Little Girl Lost by Richard Aleas
Relative Danger by Charles Benoit
Tonight I Said Goodbye by Michael Koryta

2004:  Death of a Nationalist by Rebecca Pawel (Winner)
12 Bliss Street by Martha Conway
Night of the Dance by James Hime
Offer of Proof by Robert Heilbrun
The Bridge of Sighs by Olen Steinhauer

2003:  The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King (Winner)
Buck Fever by Ben Rehder
High Wire by Kam Majd
Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt
Southern Latitudes by Stephen J. Clark

2002:  Line of Vision by David Ellis (Winner)
Gun Monkeys by Victor Gischler
Open Season by C.J. Box
Red Hook by Gabriel Cohen
The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton

2001:  Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss  (Winner) 
Crow in Stolen Colors by Marcia Simpson 
Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong 
Raveling by Peter Moore Smith 
The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips 

2000:  The Skull Mantra by Eliot Pattison   (Winner) 
Big Trouble by Dave Barry 
Certifiably Insane by Arthur W. Bahr 
God Is a Bullet by Boston Teran 
Inner City Blues by Paula L. Woods

1999: A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton (Winner)
A Criminal Appeal by D.R. Schanker
Nice by Jen Sacks
Numbered Account by Christopher Reich
Reckless Homicide by Ira Genberg

1998: Los Alamos by Joseph Kanon (Winner)
23 Shades of Black by K. Wishnia
A Crime in the Neighborhood by Suzanne Berne
Bird Dog by Philip Reed
Flower Net by Lisa See

1997: Simple Justice by John Morgan Wilson (Winner)
A Brother’s Blood by Michael White
A Test of Wills by Charles Todd
Bonita Faye by Margaret Moseley
The Queen’s Man by Sharon Kay Penman

1996: Penance by David Housewright (Winner)
Fixed in His Folly by David J. Walker
Murder in Scorpio by Martha C. Lawrence
The Harry Chronicles by Allan Pedrazas
Tight Shot by Kevin Allman

1995: The Caveman’s Valentine by George Dawes Green (Winner)
Big Town by Doug J. Swanson
Mallory’s Oracle by Carol O’Connell
One For the Money by Janet Evanovich
Suspicion of Innocence by Barbara Parker

1994: A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King (Winner)
Criminal Seduction by Darian North
The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz by Manuel Ramos
The List of 7 by Mark Frost
Zaddik by David Rosenbaum

1993: The Black Echo by Michael Connelly (Winner)
Ladystinger by Craig Smith
Trail of Murder by Christine Andreae
Trick of the Eye by Jane Stanton Hitchcock

1992: Slow Motion Riot by Peter Blauner (Winner)
A Cool Breeze in the Underground by Don Winslow
Deadline by Marcy Heidish
Deadstick by Terence Faherty
Zero at the Bone by Mary Willis Walker

1991: Postmortem by Patricia D. Cornwell (Winner)
Come Nightfall by Gary Amo
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Nobody Lives Forever by Edna Buchanan
Passion Play by W. Edward Blain

1990: The Last Billable Hour by Susan Wolfe (Winner)
Blood Under the Bridge by Bruce Zimmerman
Hide and Seek by Barry Berg
The Mother Shadow by Melodie Johnson Howe
The Story of Annie D. by Susan Taylor Chehak

1989:  Carolina Skeletons by David Stout (Winner)
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George
Julian Solo by Shelley Reuben
Murder Once Done by Mary Lou Bennett
The Murder of Frau Schutz by J. Madison Davis

1988: Death Among Strangers by Deidre S. Laiken (Winner)
Detective by Parnell Hall
Heat Lightning by John Lantigua
Lover Man by Dallas Murphy
The Spoiler by Domenic Stansberry

1987: No One Rides for Free by Larry Beinhart (Winner)
Dead Air by Mike Lupica
Floater by Joseph Koenig
Lost by Gary Devon
Riceburner by Richard Hyer

1986: When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman (Winner)
Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte
The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man by Daniel Stashower
The Glory Hole Murders by Tony Fennelly

1985: Strike Three, You’re Dead by R.D. Rosen (Winner)
A Creative Kind of Killer by Jack Early
Foul Shot by Doug Hornig
Someone Else’s Grave by Alison Smith
Sweet, Savage Death by Orania Papazoglou

1984: The Bay Psalm Book Murder by Will Harriss (Winner)
Caroline Minuscule by Andrew Taylor
Dead Man’s Thoughts by Carolyn Wheat
Red Diamond, Private Eye by Mark Schorr
The Gold Solution by Herbert Resnicow

1983: The Butcher’s Boy by Thomas Perry (Winner)
By Frequent Anguish by S.F.X. Dean
In the Heat of the Summer by John Katzenbach
Two If By Sea by Ernest Savage
Unholy Communion by Richard Hughes

1982: Chiefs by Stuart Woods (Winner)
Giant Killer by Vernon Tom Hyman
Murder at the Red October by Anthony Olcott
Not A Through Street by Ernest Larsen
The Black Glove by Geoffrey Miller

1981: The Watcher by K. Nolte Smith (Winner)
Double Negative by David Carkeet
The Other Ann Fletcher by Susanne Jaffe
The Rembrandt Panel by Oliver Banks
Winds of the Old Days by Betsy Aswald

1980: The Lasko Tangent by Richard North Patterson (Winner)
Follow the Leader by John Logue
Night Trains by Peter Heath Fine

1979: Killed in the Ratings by William L. DeAndrea (Winner)
Blood Secrets by Craig Jones
Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg
The Memory of Eva Ryker by Donald A. Stanwood
The Scourge by Thomas L. Dunne

1978: A French Finish by Robert Ross (Winner)
Dewey Decimated by Charles A. Goodrum
The Fan by Bob Randall

1977: The Thomas Berryman Number by James Patterson (Winner)
Final Proof by Marie R. Reno
Straight by Steve Knickmeyer
The Big Pay-Off by Janice Law
Your Day in the Barrel by Alan Furst

1976: The Alvarez Journal by Rex Burns (Winner)
Harmattan by Thomas Klop
Paperback Thriller by Lynn Meyer
The Devalino Caper by A.J. Russell
Waltz Across Texas by Max Crawford

1975: Fletch by Gregory McDonald (Winner)
Saturday Games by Brown Meggs
Target Practice by Nicholas Meyer
The Jones Man by Vern E. Smith
The Kreutzman Formula by Dominic Koski & Virgil Scott

1974: The Billion Dollar Sure Thing by Paul E. Erdman (Winner)
Kicked to Death by a Camel by Clarence Jackson
Man on a String by Michael Wolfe
Many Happy Returns by Justin Scott
Someone’s Death by Charles Larson

1973: Squaw Point by R.H. Shimer (Winner)
A Person Shouldn’t Die Like That by Arthur Goldstein
Box 100 by Frank Leonard
The Dead of Winter by William H. Hallahan
The Heart of the Dog by Thomas A. Roberts

1972: Finding Maubee by A.H.Z. Carr (Winner)
Ask the Right Question by Michael Lewin
Gypsy in Amber by Martin Cruz Smith
The Stalker by Bill Pronzini
To Spite Her Face by Hildegarde Dolson

1971: The Anderson Tapes by Lawrence Sanders (Winner)
Incident at 125th Street by J.E. Brown
Taking Gary Feldman by Stanley Cohen
The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
The Naked Face by Sidney Sheldon

1970: A Time for Predators by Joe Gores (Winner)
Quicksand by Myrick Land
You’ll Like My Mother by Naomi Hintze

1969: Tie: The Bait by Dorothy Uhnak (Winner)
Tie: Silver Street E. Richard Johnson (Winner)
The Dinosaur by Lawrence Kamarck

1968: Act of Fear by Michael Collins (Winner)
Hell Gate by James Dawson
Mortissimo by P.E.H. Dunston
The Killing Season by John Redgate
The Tigers Are Hungry by Charles Early

1967: The Cold War Swap by Ross Thomas (Winner)
A Kind of Treason by Robert S. Elegant
Fancy’s Knell by Babs Deal
The Pedestal by George Lanning

1966: In the Heat of the Night by John Ball (Winner)
Before the Ball Was Over by Alexandra Roudybush
The Expendable Spy by Jack D. Hunter
The French Doll by Vincent McConner

1965: Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman (Winner)
In the Last Analysis by Amanda Cross Macmillan
The Gravemaker’s House by Rubin Weber Harper & Row

1964: Florentine Finish by Cornelius Hirschberg (Winner)
The Fifth Woman by H. Fagyas
The Neon Haystack by James M. Ullman
The Prowler by Frances Rickett

1963: The Fugitive by Robert L. Fish (Winner)
Counterweight by Daniel Broun
The Chase by Richard Unekis

1962: The Green Stone by Suzanne Blanc (Winner)
Close His Eyes by Olivia Dwight
Felony Tank by Malcolm Braly
Night of the Kill by Breni James
Shock Treatment by Winfred Van Atta
The Cipher by Alex Gordons

1961: The Man in the Cage by John Holbrooke Vance (Winner)
Case Pending by Dell Shannon
The Killing at Big Tree by David McCarthy
The Marriage Cage by William Johnston
The Mercenaries by Donald E. Westlake

1960: The Grey Flannel Shroud by Henry Slesar (Winner)
A Dream of Falling by Mary O. Rank

1959: The Bright Road to Fear by Richard Martin Stern (Winner)
Death of a Spinster by Frances Duncombe
Now Will You Try for Murder? by Harry Olesker
The Man Who Disappeared by Edgar J. Bohle

1958: Knock and Wait a While by William Rawle Weeks (Winner)
Bay of the Damned by Warren Carrier
Root of Evil by James Cross

1957: Rebecca’s Pride by Donald McNutt Douglass

1956: The Perfectionist by Lane Kauffman (Winner)
In His Blood by Harold R. Daniels
Much Ado About Murder by Fred Levon

1955: Go, Lovely Rose by Jean Potts (Winner)

1954: A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin (Winner)

1953: Don’t Cry for Me by William Campbell Gault (Winner)
The Inward Eye by Peggy Bacon

1952: Strangle Hold by Mary McMullen (Winner)
Carry My Coffin Slowly by Lee Herrington
Cure it with Honey by Thurston Scott
The Christmas Card Murders by David William Meredith
The Eleventh Hour by Robert B. Sinclair

1951: Nightmare in Manhattan by Thomas Walsh (Winner)
Happy Holiday! by Thaddeus O’Finn
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
The House Without a Door by Thomas Sterling

1950: What A Body by Alan Green (Winner)
The Dark Light by Bart Spicer
The End is Known by Geoffrey Holiday Hall
The Innocent by Evelyn Piper
The Shadow and the Blot by G.G. Lobell & N.D. Lobell
Walk the Dark Streets by William Krasner

1949: The Room Upstairs by Mildred Davis (Winner)
Shoot the Works by Richard Ellington
Wilders Walk Away by Herbert Brean

1948: The Fabulous Clipjoint by Fredric Brown (Winner)

1947: The Horizontal Man by Helen Eustis (Winner)

1946: Watchful at Night by Julius Fast (Winner)