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Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original
Annual literary award
Annual literary award
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback or eBook Original was established in 1970.
The award honors the best mystery book that is initially printed as a paperback or eBook without a hardcover edition. EBooks must be published by a reputable publisher, as determined by the Mystery Writers of America. American authors' debut novels are not eligible for the award, though they are eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel.
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original winners are listed below.
Winners
1970s
| Year | Author | Title | Result | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Assault on Ming | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Flashpoint | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| O.D. at Sweet Claude’s | |||||||||||||
| After Things Fell Apart | |||||||||||||
| Grave Descend | |||||||||||||
| Mafioso | |||||||||||||
| For Murder I Charge More | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| Space for Hire | |||||||||||||
| Nor Spell, Nor Charm | |||||||||||||
| And the Deep Blue Sea | |||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Not Dead Yet | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Power Kill | |||||||||||||
| Death of an Informer | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| Deadlocked! | |||||||||||||
| Starling Street | |||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Who Killed Mr. Garland’s Mistress? | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Jump Cut | |||||||||||||
| Flats Fixed-Among Other Things | |||||||||||||
| Autopsy | Winner | ||||||||||||
| and Robin Moore | The Set-Up | Shortlist | |||||||||||
| Charlie’s Back in Town | |||||||||||||
| Confess, Fletch | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| and John Stanley | |||||||||||||
| Freeze Frame | |||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Time to Murder and Create | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| They’ve Killed Anna | |||||||||||||
| Deceit and Deadly Lies | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Stud Game | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Heartstone | |||||||||||||
| Charnel House |
1980s
| Year | Author | Title | Result | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| Vortex | |||||||||||||
| Public Murders | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Blood Innocents | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Looking for Ginger North | |||||||||||||
| Tough Luck, L.A. | |||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Deadline | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Pin | |||||||||||||
| Dead Heat | |||||||||||||
| Triangle | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Vital Signs | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Clandestine | |||||||||||||
| Mrs. White | Winner | ||||||||||||
| False Prophets | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Trace | |||||||||||||
| Hunter | |||||||||||||
| and Warren Murphy | Grandmaster | Winner | |||||||||||
| Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| Words Can Kill | |||||||||||||
| Black Knight in Red Square | |||||||||||||
| Pigs Get Fat | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Poverty Bay | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Broken Idols | |||||||||||||
| Blue Heron | |||||||||||||
| Black Gravity | |||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| Hazzard | |||||||||||||
| Ronin | |||||||||||||
| Shattered Moon | |||||||||||||
| Bimbos of the Death Sun | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| Deadly Intrusion | |||||||||||||
| Bullshot | |||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Judgment by Fire | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Preacher |
1990s
| Year | Author | Title | Result | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Manhattan Is My Beat | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| King of the Hustlers | |||||||||||||
| Hot Wire | |||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Comeback | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Not a Creature Was Stirring | |||||||||||||
| Dead in the Scrub | |||||||||||||
| SPQR I: The King’s Gambit | |||||||||||||
| Dark Maze | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Murder in the Dog Days | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Cracking Up | |||||||||||||
| Midtown North | |||||||||||||
| Fine Distinctions | |||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| Principal Defense | |||||||||||||
| Shallow Graves | |||||||||||||
| Night Cruise | |||||||||||||
| Dead Folk's Blues | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| Tony’s Justice | |||||||||||||
| Beyond Saru | |||||||||||||
| Everywhere That Mary Went | |||||||||||||
| Final Appeal | Winner | ||||||||||||
| The Broken-Hearted Detective | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Viper Quarry | |||||||||||||
| Power of Attorney | |||||||||||||
| Sunrise | |||||||||||||
| Tarnished Blue | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Deal Breaker | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| High Desert Malice | |||||||||||||
| Charged With Guilt | |||||||||||||
| Hard Frost | |||||||||||||
| Fade Away | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Silent Words | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Walking Rain | |||||||||||||
| Tribe | |||||||||||||
| Charm City | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Home Again, Home Again | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Tarnished Icons | |||||||||||||
| Sunset and Santiago | |||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | ||||||||||||
| Atlanta Graves | Shortlist | ||||||||||||
| Butchers Hill | |||||||||||||
| Zen Attitude | |||||||||||||
| Murder Manual |
2000s
| Year | Author | Title | Result | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton County Blues | Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lucky Man | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The Resurrectionist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Outcast | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| In Big Trouble | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Murder on St. Mark’s Place | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Killing Kin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pursuit and Persuasion | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adios Muchachos | Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hell’s Kitchen | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dead of Winter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Straw Men | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out of Sight | Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Black Jack Point | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Trauma | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison Blues | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Find Me Again | Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cut and Run | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisdom of the Bones | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shortlist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Into the Web | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dead Men Rise Up Never | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Twelve-Step Fandango | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Girl in the Glass | Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Homicide My Own | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kiss Her Goodbye | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Six Bad Things | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Snakeskin Shamisen | Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shortlist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| City of Tiny Lights | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queenpin | Winner | last= | first= | date=May 2, 2008 | title=Awards: The Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke Prize | url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=668 | access-date=2022-12-10 | website=Shelf Awareness | archive-date=2022-09-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163103/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=668 | url-status=live }} | |||||||||||
| Blood of Paradise | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruel Poetry | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robbie’s Wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Who Is Conrad Hirst? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| China Lake | Winner | date=May 1, 2009 | title=Awards: Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke | url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=913 | access-date=2022-12-10 | website=Shelf Awareness | archive-date=2023-06-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603051613/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=913 | url-status=live }} | |||||||||||||
| Shortlist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Money Shot | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enemy Combatant |
2010s
| Year | Author | Title | Result | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body Blows | Winner | |||||||||||||||||
| Bury Me Deep | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||
| Havana Lunar | ||||||||||||||||||
| Long Time Coming | Winner | |||||||||||||||||
| Shortlist | ||||||||||||||||||
| Expiration Date | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vienna Secrets | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ten Little Herrings | ||||||||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | title=2012 Nominees and Winners | url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103021135/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | archive-date=2012-11-03 | work=Edgar Awards}} | |||||||||||
| ** | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||
| ** | ||||||||||||||||||
| Death of the Mantis | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vienna Twilight | ||||||||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | title=2013 Nominees and Winners | url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102175427/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | archive-date=2013-11-02 | work=Edgar Awards}} | |||||||||||
| Complication | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||
| Whiplash River | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bloodland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blessed Are the Dead | ||||||||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | title=2014 Nominees and Winners | url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110070118/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | archive-date=2014-11-10 | work=Edgar Awards}} | |||||||||||
| ** | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||
| Almost Criminal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Victim | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joyland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brilliance | ||||||||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | title=2015 Nominees and Winners | url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108155610/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | archive-date=2015-11-08 | work=Edgar Awards}} | |||||||||||
| Stay With Me | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||
| ** | ||||||||||||||||||
| ** | ||||||||||||||||||
| ** | ||||||||||||||||||
| World of Trouble | ||||||||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | title=2016 Nominees and Winners | url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105001852/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | archive-date=2016-11-05 | work=Edgar Awards}} | |||||||||||
| ** | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||
| What She Knew | ||||||||||||||||||
| Woman with a Blue Pencil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gun Street Girl | ||||||||||||||||||
| ** | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rain Dogs | Winner | title=2017 Nominees and Winners | url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107133154/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | archive-date=2017-11-07 | work=Edgar Awards}} | |||||||||||
| Shot in Detroit | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||
| Come Twilight | ||||||||||||||||||
| Heart of Stone | ||||||||||||||||||
| ** | Winner | title=2018 Nominees and Winners | url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110031229/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | archive-date=2018-11-10 | work=Edgar Awards}} | |||||||||||
| In Farleigh Field | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||
| Ragged Lake | ||||||||||||||||||
| Black Fall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Penance | ||||||||||||||||||
| If I Die Tonight | Winner | title=2019 Nominees and Winners | url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818102836/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | archive-date=2019-08-18 | work=Edgar Awards}} | |||||||||||
| Hiroshima Boy | Shortlist | |||||||||||||||||
| Under a Dark Sky | ||||||||||||||||||
| Under My Skin |
2020s
| Year | Author | Title | Result | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** | Winner | title=Edgar Award Nominees | url=http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | access-date=2020-05-05 | website=www.theedgars.com | archive-date=2007-08-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824164638/http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html | url-status=dead}} | ||||||
| Dread of Winter | Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| Freedom Road | ||||||||||||||
| Blood Relations | ||||||||||||||
| February’s Son | ||||||||||||||
| ** | ||||||||||||||
| When No One Is Watching | Winner | title=2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners | url=https://mysterywriters.org/2021-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ | website=Mystery Writers of America | access-date=2022-12-14 | archive-date=2021-04-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429182947/https://mysterywriters.org/2021-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ | url-status=live }} | ||||||
| ** | Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| Unspeakable Things | ||||||||||||||
| ** | ||||||||||||||
| East of Hounslow | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby March Will Live Forever | Winner | title=2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners | url=https://mysterywriters.org/2022-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners/ | website=Mystery Writers of America | access-date=2022-12-14 | archive-date=2024-05-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506175516/https://mysterywriters.org/2022-edgar-allan-poe-award-winners-announced/ | url-status=live }} | ||||||
| Kill all Your Darlings | Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| ** | ||||||||||||||
| ** | ||||||||||||||
| Starr Sign | ||||||||||||||
| ** | ||||||||||||||
| Or Else | Winner | |||||||||||||
| Quarry’s Blood | Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| On a Quiet Street | ||||||||||||||
| Cleopatra’s Dagger | ||||||||||||||
| A Familiar Stranger | ||||||||||||||
| Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers | Winner | title=MWA Announces the 2024 Edgar Award Winners – Mystery Writers of America | url=https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2024-edgar-award-winners/ | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502200704/https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-the-2024-edgar-award-winners/ | archive-date=2024-05-02 | access-date=2024-05-04 | language=en-US}} | ||||||
| Boomtown | Shortlist | |||||||||||||
| Hide | ||||||||||||||
| Lowdown Road |
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