For those of you unfamiliar with the Edgar Allan Poe Awards, commonly called “The Edgars,” they are presented annually by the MWA to honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television from the previous calendar year.
Lehane’s “Live by Night” was among seven nominees for this year’s Best Novel Edgar. The other nominees included “The Lost Ones” by Ace Atkins, “The Gods of Gotham” by Lyndsay Faye, “Gone Girl: A Novel” by Gillian Flynn, “Potboiler” by Jesse Kellerman, “Sunset” by Al Lamanda and “All I Did Was Shoot My Man” by Walter Mosley.
The MWA also gave out a number of other awards on May 2, including the following:
- Best First Novel by an American Author – “The Expats” by Chris Payone
- Best Paperback Original – “The Last Policeman: A Novel” by Ben H. Winters
- Best Fact Crime – “Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China” by Paul French
- Best Critical/Biographical – “The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics” by James O’Brien
- Best Short Story – “The Unremarkable Heart” by Karin Slaughter
- Best Juvenile – “The Quick Fix” by Jack D. Ferraiolo
- Best Young Adult – “Code Name Verity” by Elizabeth Wein
- Best Television Episode Teleplay – “A Scandal in Belgravia” – Sherlock
- Robert L. Fish Memorial Award – “When They Are Done With Us” by Patricia Smith
- Grand Master – Ken Follett and Margaret Maron
- Raven Awards – Oline Cogdill, Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore, San Diego and Redondo Beach, Calif.
- Ellery Queen Award – Akashic Books
- The Simon & Schuster – Mary Higgins Clark Award – “The Other Woman” by Hank Phillippi Ryan
As you can imagine, a long line of outstanding mystery novels have received the Edgar for Best Novel over the years, going all the way back to the first award in 1954. What follows is a complete list of the all-time Edgar winners for Best Novel. Here they are:
1954 – Beat Not the Bones by Charlotte Jay
1955 – The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
1956 – Beast in View by Margaret Millar
1957 – A Dram of Poison by Charlotte Armstrong
1958 – Room to Swing by Ed Lacy
1959 – The Eighth Circle by Stanley Ellin
1960 – The Hours Before Dawn by Celia Fremlin
1961 – The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons
1962 – Gideon’s Fire by J.J. Marric
1963 – Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters
1964 – The Light of Day by Eric Ambler
1965 – The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre
1966 – The Quiller Memorandum by Adam Hall
1967 – King of the Rainy Country by Nicolas Freeling
1968 – God Save the Mark by Donald E. Westlake
1969 – A Case of Need by Jeffery Hudson
1970 – Forfeit by Dick Francis
1971 – The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
1972 – The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
1973 – The Lingala Code by Warren Kiefer
1974 – Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman
1975 – Peter’s Pence by Jon Cleary
1976 – Hopscotch by Brian Garfield
1977 – Promised Land by Robert B. Parker
1978 – Catch Me: Kill Me by William Hallahan
1979 – Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
1980 – The Rheingold Route by Arthur Maling
1981 – Whip Hand by Dick Francis
1982 – Peregrine by William Bayer
1983 – Billinsgate Shoal by Rick Boyer
1984 – La Brava by Elmore Leonard
1985 – Briarpatch by Ross Thomas
1986 – The Suspect by L.R. Wright
1987 – A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine
1988 – Old Bones by Aaron Elkins
1989 – A Cold Red Sunrise by Stuart M. Kaminsky
1990 – Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke
1991 – New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith
1992 – A Dance at the Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block
1993 – Bootlegger’s Daughter by Margaret Maron
1994 – The Sculptress by Minette Walter
1995 – The Red Scream by Mary Willis Walker
1996 – Come to Grief by Dick Francis
1997 – The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook
1998 – Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke
1999 – Mr. White’s Confession by Robert Clark
2000 – Bones by Jan Burke
2001 – The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
2002 – Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
2003 – Winter and Night by S.J. Rozan
2004 – Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin
2005 – California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker
2006 – Citizen Vince by Jess Walter
2007 – The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
2008 – Down River by John Hart
2009 – Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
2010 – The Last Child by John Hart
2011 – The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
2012 – Gone by Mo Hayder
2013 - Live by Night by Dennis Lehane
In the end, how many of the books mentioned above have you had the chance to read? Which did you like or dislike? Which would you recommend and why? Let us know in the comments section below.
For more information about the Mystery Writers of America and the Edgar Awards visit www.mysterywriters.org and theedgars.com.
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