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Anthony Award for Best Novel

Bouchercon World Mystery Convention attendees

Annual fan-voted award presented at Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention, recognizing the best mystery or crime novel published in the previous year.

Latest winner · 2025

Next · October 24, 2026

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2026

  1. All This Could Be Yours

    Hank Phillippi Ryan

    Shortlisted
  2. Crooks

    Lou Berney

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Death of an Ex

    Delia Pitts

    Shortlisted
  4. King of Ashes

    S.A. Cosby

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Black Wolf

    Louise Penny

    Shortlisted

2025

  1. The God of the Woods

    Liz Moore

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Alter Ego

    Alex Segura

    Shortlisted
  3. California Bear

    Duane Swierczynski

    Shortlisted
  4. Missing White Woman

    Kellye Garrett

    Shortlisted
  5. The Grey Wolf

    Louise Penny

    Shortlisted

2024

  1. All the Sinners Bleed

    S. A. Cosby

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Won
  2. Everybody Knows

    Jordan Harper

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Face of Greed

    James L'Etoile

    Shortlisted
  4. The Last Devil to Die

    Richard Osman

    Shortlisted
  5. Time's Undoing

    Cheryl A. Head

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2023

  1. Like a Sister

    Kellye Garrett

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. A World of Curiosities

    Louise Penny

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Secret Identity

    Alex Segura

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Bullet That Missed

    Richard Osman

    Shortlisted
  5. The Devil Takes You Home

    Gabino Iglesias

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. The Maid

    Nita Prose

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2022

  1. Razorblade Tears

    S. A. Cosby

    Nominated for 4 more awards

    Won
  2. Clark and Division

    Naomi Hirahara

    Shortlisted
  3. Runner

    Tracy Clark

    Shortlisted
  4. The Collective

    Alison Gaylin

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. These Toxic Things

    Rachel Howzell Hall

    Shortlisted

2021

  1. Blacktop Wasteland

    S. A. Cosby

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. And Now She’s Gone

    Rachel Howzell Hall

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Little Secrets

    Jennifer Hillier

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The First To Lie

    Hank Phillippi Ryan

    Shortlisted
  5. What You Don’t See

    Tracy Clark

    Shortlisted

2020

  1. The Murder List

    Hank Phillippi Ryan

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Lady in the Lake

    Laura Lippman

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Miami Midnight

    Alex Segura

    Shortlisted
  4. They All Fall Down

    Rachel Howzell Hall

    Shortlisted
  5. Your House Will Pay

    Steph Cha

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2019

  1. November Road

    Lou Berney

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Blackout

    Alex Segura

    Shortlisted
  3. Give Me Your Hand

    Megan Abbott

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Jar of Hearts

    Jennifer Hillier

    Shortlisted
  5. Sunburn

    Laura Lippman

    Shortlisted

2018

  1. Bluebird, Bluebird

    Attica Locke

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Glass Houses

    Louise Penny

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Magpie Murders

    Anthony Horowitz

    Shortlisted
  4. The Force

    Don Winslow

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Late Show

    Michael Connelly

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2017

  1. A Great Reckoning

    Louise Penny

    Won 1 more award

    Won
  2. Red Right Hand

    Chris Holm

    Shortlisted
  3. Where It Hurts

    Reed Farrel Coleman

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Wilde Lake

    Laura Lippman

    Shortlisted
  5. You Will Know Me

    Megan Abbott

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2016

  1. The Killing Kind

    Chris Holm

    Won
  2. Night Tremors

    Matt Coyle

    Shortlisted
  3. The Child Garden

    Catriona McPherson

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Nature of the Beast

    Louise Penny

    Shortlisted
  5. What You See

    Hank Phillippi Ryan

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2015

  1. After I’m Gone

    Laura Lippman

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Lamentation

    Joe Clifford

    Shortlisted
  3. The Long Way Home

    Louise Penny

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Secret Place

    Tana French

    Shortlisted
  5. Truth Be Told

    Hank Phillippi Ryan

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2014

  1. Ordinary Grace

    William Kent Krueger

    Won 1 more award

    Won
  2. A Cold and Lonely Place

    Sara J. Henry

    Shortlisted
  3. Suspect

    Robert Crais

    Shortlisted
  4. The Wrong Girl

    Hank Phillippi Ryan

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Through the Evil Days

    Julia Spencer-Fleming

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2013

  1. The Beautiful Mystery

    Louise Penny

    Won 1 more award

    Won
  2. Dare Me

    Megan Abbott

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Gone Girl

    Gillian Flynn

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. The Other Woman

    Hank Phillippi Ryan

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Trinity Game

    Sean Chercover

    Shortlisted

2012

  1. A Trick of the Light

    Louise Penny

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Hurt Machine

    Reed Farrel Coleman

    Shortlisted
  3. One Was a Soldier

    Julia Spencer-Fleming

    Shortlisted
  4. The Drop

    Michael Connelly

    Shortlisted
  5. The End of Everything

    Megan Abbott

    Shortlisted

2011

  1. Bury Your Dead

    Louise Penny

    Won 1 more award

    Won
  2. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

    Tom Franklin

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Faithful Place

    Tana French

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. I’d Know You Anywhere

    Laura Lippman

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Lock Artist

    Steve Hamilton

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2008

  1. What the Dead Know

    Laura Lippman

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Bad Luck and Trouble

    Lee Child

    Shortlisted
  3. The Tin Roof Blowdown

    James Lee Burke

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Watchman

    Robert Crais

    Shortlisted
  5. Thunder Bay

    William Kent Krueger

    Shortlisted

2007

  1. No Good Deeds

    Laura Lippman

    Won
  2. All Mortal Flesh

    Julia Spencer-Fleming

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Kidnapped

    Jan Burke

    Shortlisted
  4. The Dead Hour

    Denise Mina

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Virgin of Small Plains

    Nancy Pickard

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2002

  1. Mystic River

    Dennis Lehane

    Won
  2. Flight

    Jan Burke

    Shortlisted
  3. Reflecting the Sky

    S. J. Rozan

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Tell No One

    Harlan Coben

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Devil Went Down to Austin

    Rick Riordan

    Shortlisted

2001

  1. A Place of Execution

    Val McDermid

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Deep South

    Nevada Barr

    Shortlisted
  3. He Shall Thunder in the Sky

    Elizabeth Peters

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Legacy of the Dead

    Charles Todd

    Shortlisted
  5. Listen to the Silence

    Marcia Muller

    Shortlisted
  6. The Bottoms

    Joe R. Lansdale

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2000

  1. In a Dry Season

    Peter Robinson

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Bones

    Jan Burke

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. High Five

    Janet Evanovich

    Shortlisted
  4. L.A. Requiem

    Robert Crais

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. River of Darkness

    Rennie Airth

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1999

  1. Blood Work

    Michael Connelly

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Blind Descent

    Nevada Barr

    Shortlisted
  3. Framework for Death

    Aileen Schumacher

    Shortlisted
  4. Gone, Baby, Gone

    Dennis Lehane

    Shortlisted
  5. On Beulah Height

    Reginald Hill

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1998

  1. No Colder Place

    S. J. Rozan

    Won
  2. Deception Pass

    Earl Emerson

    Shortlisted
  3. Devil’s Food

    Anthony Bruno

    Shortlisted
  4. Eye of the Cricket

    James Sallis

    Shortlisted
  5. The Club Dumas

    Arturo Pérez-Reverte

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1997

  1. The Poet

    Michael Connelly

    Won
  2. Firestorm

    Nevada Barr

    Shortlisted
  3. Hearts and Bones

    Margaret Lawrence

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Lethal Genes

    Linda Grant

    Shortlisted
  5. Multiple Wounds

    Alan Russell

    Shortlisted

1996

  1. Under the Beetle's Cellar

    Mary Willis Walker

    Won
  2. Blue Lonesome

    Bill Pronzini

    Shortlisted
  3. Hard Christmas

    Barbara D'Amato

    Shortlisted
  4. The Last Coyote

    Michael Connelly

    Shortlisted
  5. True Crime

    Andrew Klavan

    Shortlisted

1995

  1. She Walks These Hills

    Sharyn McCrumb

    Won 1 more award

    Won
  2. Black Betty

    Walter Mosley

    Shortlisted
  3. Cold Shoulder

    Lynda La Plante

    Shortlisted
  4. Crack Down

    Val McDermid

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Just a Corpse at Twilight

    Janwillem van de Wetering

    Shortlisted
  6. K Is for Killer

    Sue Grafton

    Shortlisted
  7. Kolymsky Heights

    Lionel Davidson

    Shortlisted

  8. Murder on the Kibbutz

    Bayta Gur

    Shortlisted
  9. Not Till the Red Fog Rises

    Derek Raymond

    Shortlisted
  10. One for the Money

    Janet Evanovich

    Shortlisted
  11. Pictures of Perfection

    Reginald Hill

    Shortlisted
  12. The 13th Juror

    John Lescroart

    Shortlisted
  13. The Concrete Blonde

    Michael Connelly

    Shortlisted

1994

  1. Wolf in the Shadows

    Marcia Muller

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Consider the Crows

    Charlene Weir

    Shortlisted
  3. Morons and Madmen

    Earl Emerson

    Shortlisted
  4. O Little Town of Maggody

    Joan Hess

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Old Enemies

    Janet LaPierre

    Shortlisted
  6. Sacred Clowns

    Tony Hillerman

    Shortlisted
  7. Southern Discomfort

    Margaret Maron

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  8. The Black Ice

    Michael Connelly

    Shortlisted
  9. The Sculptress

    Minette Walters

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  10. To Live and Die in Dixie

    Kathy Hogan Trocheck

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1993

  1. Bootlegger's Daughter

    Margaret Maron

    Won 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Booked To Die

    John Dunning

    Shortlisted
  3. Lullaby Town

    Robert Crais

    Shortlisted
  4. Southern Ghost

    Carolyn G. Hart

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

    Sharyn McCrumb

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1990

  1. The Sirens Sang of Murder

    Sarah Caudwell

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. A Little Class on Murder

    Carolyn G. Hart

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Corpus Christmas

    Margaret Maron

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Pious Deception

    Susan Dunlap

    Shortlisted

1989

  1. The Silence of the Lambs

    Thomas Harris

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Blood Shot

    Sara Paretsky

    Shortlisted
  3. Dead Crazy

    Nancy Pickard

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. E Is for Evidence

    Sue Grafton

    Shortlisted
  5. Pepper Pike

    Les Roberts

    Shortlisted
  6. Shackles

    Bill Pronzini

    Shortlisted
  7. The Widow's Club

    Dorothy Cannell

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  8. Thief of Time

    Tony Hillerman

    Shortlisted

1988

  1. Skinwalkers

    Tony Hillerman

    Won
  2. A Trouble of Fools

    Linda Barnes

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Marriage is Murder

    Nancy Pickard

    Shortlisted
  4. Old Bones

    Aaron Elkins

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Trojan Gold

    Elizabeth Peters

    Shortlisted

1987

  1. C Is for Corpse

    Sue Grafton

    Won
  2. Life’s Work

    Jonathan Valin

    Shortlisted
  3. No Body

    Nancy Pickard

    Shortlisted
  4. Tropical Heat

    John Lutz

    Shortlisted
  5. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes

    Lawrence Block

    Shortlisted

Frequently asked questions

Which books are on the 2026 Anthony Award for Best Novel shortlist?
5 books: “All This Could Be Yours” by Hank Phillippi Ryan, “Crooks” by Lou Berney, “Death of an Ex” by Delia Pitts, “King of Ashes” by S.A. Cosby, and “The Black Wolf” by Louise Penny. The winner hasn't been announced yet.
Who won the Anthony Award for Best Novel in 2025?
“The God of the Woods” by Liz Moore won the Anthony Award for Best Novel in 2025.
Who are the most recent Anthony Award for Best Novel winners?
2025: “The God of the Woods” by Liz Moore; 2024: “All the Sinners Bleed” by S. A. Cosby; 2023: “Like a Sister” by Kellye Garrett; 2022: “Razorblade Tears” by S. A. Cosby; 2021: “Blacktop Wasteland” by S. A. Cosby.
Has anyone won the Anthony Award for Best Novel more than once?
Yes - 6 authors have: Louise Penny (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017); Michael Connelly (1997, 1999, 2003, 2009); Laura Lippman (2004, 2007, 2008, 2015); Sue Grafton (1986, 1987, 1991); William Kent Krueger (2005, 2006, 2014); S. A. Cosby (2021, 2022, 2024).