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.[1] EBooks must be published by a reputable publisher, as determined by the Mystery Writers of America.[1] American authors' debut novels are not eligible for the award, though they are eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel.[1]
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original winners are listed below.
Winners edit
1970s edit
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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1970 | Scott C. S. Stone | The Dragon's Eye | Winner | |
Alan Caillou | Assault on Ming | Shortlist | ||
Elsie Cromwell | The Governess | |||
Michael Kurland | A Plague of Spies | |||
Richard Stark | The Sour Lemon Score | |||
1971 | Dan J. Marlowe | Flashpoint | Winner | |
Jack Ehrlich | The Drowning | Shortlist | ||
Matt Gattzden | O.D. at Sweet Claude’s | |||
Ron Goulart | After Things Fell Apart | |||
John Lange | Grave Descend | |||
Peter McCurtin | Mafioso | |||
1972 | Frank McAuliffe | For Murder I Charge More | Winner | |
Philip Atlee | The White Wolverine Contract | Shortlist | ||
William F. Nolan | Space for Hire | |||
Alicen White | Nor Spell, Nor Charm | |||
Charles Williams | And the Deep Blue Sea | |||
1973 | Richard Wormser | The Invader | Winner | |
Daniel Banko | Not Dead Yet | Shortlist | ||
Richard Neely | The Smith Conspiracy | |||
Charles Runyon | Power Kill | |||
1974 | Will Perry | Death of an Informer | Winner | |
Clive Cussler | The Mediterranean Caper | Shortlist | ||
Leo P. Kelley | Deadlocked! | |||
Dinah Palmtag | Starling Street | |||
Roger L. Simon | The Big Fix | |||
1975 | Roy Winsor | The Corpse That Walked | Winner | |
Richard Forrest | Who Killed Mr. Garland’s Mistress? | Shortlist | ||
R. R. Irvine | Jump Cut | |||
Curtis Stevens | The Gravy Train Hit | |||
Don Tracy | Flats Fixed-Among Other Things | |||
1976 | John R. Feegel | Autopsy | Winner | |
Milt Machlin and Robin Moore | The Set-Up | Shortlist | ||
Jacqueline Park | Charlie’s Back in Town | |||
Simon Quinn | The Midas Coffin | |||
David Vowell | The Assassinator | |||
1977 | Gregory Mcdonald | Confess, Fletch | Winner | |
Daniel da Cruz | The Captive City | Shortlist | ||
Kenn Davis and John Stanley | The Dark Side | |||
Donald Hamilton | The Retaliators | |||
R. R. Irvine | Freeze Frame | |||
1978 | Mike Jahn | The Quark Maneuver | Winner | |
Lawrence Block | Time to Murder and Create | Shortlist | ||
Donald Hamilton | The Terrorizers | |||
Marc Olden | They’ve Killed Anna | |||
1979 | Frank Bandy | Deceit and Deadly Lies | Winner | |
David Anthony | Stud Game | Shortlist | ||
Elmore Leonard | The Switch | |||
Phillip Margolin | Heartstone | |||
Graham Masterton | Charnel House |
1980s edit
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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1980 | William L. DeAndrea | The Hog Murders | Winner | |
Sean Flannery | The Kremlin Conspiracy | Shortlist | ||
David Heller | Vortex | |||
Glenn Kezer | The Queen Is Dead | |||
Michael Kurland | The Infernal Device | |||
1981 | Bill Granger | Public Murders | Winner | |
Thomas H. Cook | Blood Innocents | Shortlist | ||
John Dunning | Looking for Ginger North | |||
Murray Sinclair | Tough Luck, L.A. | |||
1982 | L. A. Morse | The Old Dick | Winner | |
John Dunning | Deadline | Shortlist | ||
Patricia MacDonald | The Unforgiven | |||
Andrew Neiderman | Pin | |||
Ray Obstfeld | Dead Heat | |||
1983 | Teri White | Triangle | Winner | |
Ralph Burrows | Vital Signs | Shortlist | ||
James Ellroy | Clandestine | |||
Jack Lynch | The Missing and the Dead | |||
1984 | Margaret Tracy | Mrs. White | Winner | |
Sean Flannery | False Prophets | Shortlist | ||
Richard Harper | The Kill Factor | |||
Warren Murphy | Trace | |||
Eric Sauter | Hunter | |||
1985 | Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy | Grandmaster | Winner | |
Eric Blau | The Keys to Billy Tillio | Shortlist | ||
Roland Cutler | The Seventh Sacrament | |||
Kenn Davis | Words Can Kill | |||
Stuart M. Kaminsky | Black Knight in Red Square | |||
1986 | Warren Murphy | Pigs Get Fat | Winner | |
Earl Emerson | Poverty Bay | Shortlist | ||
Sean Flannery | Broken Idols | |||
Philip Ross | Blue Heron | |||
Conall Ryan | Black Gravity | |||
1987 | Robert Wright Campbell | The Junkyard Dog | Winner | |
Lilian Jackson Braun | The Cat Who Saw Red | Shortlist | ||
R. D. Brown | Hazzard | |||
Nick Christian | Ronin | |||
Kate Green | Shattered Moon | |||
1988 | Sharyn McCrumb | Bimbos of the Death Sun | Winner | |
Robert Crais | The Monkey's Raincoat | Shortlist | ||
Walter Dillon | Deadly Intrusion | |||
James N. Frey | The Long Way to Die | |||
Gabrielle Kraft | Bullshot | |||
1989 | Timothy Findley | The Telling of Lies | Winner | |
Fredrick D. Huebner | Judgment by Fire | Shortlist | ||
Lia Matera | A Radical Departure | |||
Keith Peterson | The Trapdoor | |||
Ted Thackrey, Jr. | Preacher |
1990s edit
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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1990 | Keith Peterson | The Rain | Winner | |
Jeffery Deaver | Manhattan Is My Beat | Shortlist | ||
Eugene Izzi | King of the Hustlers | |||
Randy Russell | Hot Wire | |||
Deborah Valentine | A Collector of Photographs | |||
1991 | David Handler | The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald | Winner | |
L. L Enger | Comeback | Shortlist | ||
Jane Haddam | Not a Creature Was Stirring | |||
B. J. Oliphant | Dead in the Scrub | |||
John Maddox Roberts | SPQR I: The King’s Gambit | |||
1992 | Thomas Adcock | Dark Maze | Winner | |
P. M. Carlson | Murder in the Dog Days | Shortlist | ||
Ed Naha | Cracking Up | |||
Christopher Newman | Midtown North | |||
Deborah Valentine | Fine Distinctions | |||
1993 | Dana Stabenow | A Cold Day for Murder | Winner | |
Lee Harris | The Good Friday Murder | Shortlist | ||
Gini Hartzmark | Principal Defense | |||
William Jefferies | Shallow Graves | |||
Billie Sue Mosiman | Night Cruise | |||
1994 | Steven Womack | Dead Folk's Blues | Winner | |
Margaret Frazer | The Servant’s Tale | Shortlist | ||
Eugene Izzi | Tony’s Justice | |||
Thomas A. Roberts | Beyond Saru | |||
Lisa Scottoline | Everywhere That Mary Went | |||
1995 | Lisa Scottoline | Final Appeal | Winner | |
Milton Bass | The Broken-Hearted Detective | Shortlist | ||
Dean Feldmeyer | Viper Quarry | |||
Walter Sorrells | Power of Attorney | |||
Chassie West | Sunrise | |||
1996 | William Heffernan | Tarnished Blue | Winner | |
Harlan Coben | Deal Breaker | Shortlist | ||
Kirk Mitchell | High Desert Malice | |||
Gloria White | Charged With Guilt | |||
R. D. Wingfield | Hard Frost | |||
1997 | Harlan Coben | Fade Away | Winner | |
Joan M. Drury | Silent Words | Shortlist | ||
Teri Holbrook | The Grass Widow | |||
Susan Wade | Walking Rain | |||
R. D. Zimmerman | Tribe | |||
1998 | Laura Lippman | Charm City | Winner | |
Susan Rogers Cooper | Home Again, Home Again | Shortlist | ||
Margaret Frazer | The Prioress’ Tale | |||
Stuart M. Kaminsky | Tarnished Icons | |||
Gloria White | Sunset and Santiago | |||
1999 | Rick Riordan | The Widower's Two-Step | Winner | |
Ruth Birmingham | Atlanta Graves | Shortlist | ||
Laura Lippman | Butchers Hill | |||
Sujata Massey | Zen Attitude | |||
Steven Womack | Murder Manual |
2000s edit
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Ruth Birmingham | Fulton County Blues | Winner | |
Tony Dunbar | Lucky Man | Shortlist | ||
Mark Graham | The Resurrectionist | |||
José Latour | Outcast | |||
Laura Lippman | In Big Trouble | |||
2001 | Mark Graham | The Black Maria | Winner | |
Victoria Thompson | Murder on St. Mark’s Place | Shortlist | ||
Chassie West | Killing Kin | |||
Eric Wright | The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn | |||
Sally Wright | Pursuit and Persuasion | |||
2002 | Daniel Chavarria | Adios Muchachos | Winner | |
William Jefferies | Hell’s Kitchen | Shortlist | ||
Teri Holbrook | The Mother Tongue | |||
P. J. Parrish | Dead of Winter | |||
Martin J. Smith | Straw Men | |||
2003 | T. J. MacGregor | Out of Sight | Winner | |
Jeff Abbott | Black Jack Point | Shortlist | ||
John Lutz | The Night Watcher | |||
Graham Masterton | Trauma | |||
Anna Salter | Prison Blues | |||
2004 | Sylvia Maultash Warsh | Find Me Again | Winner | |
Jeff Abbott | Cut and Run | Shortlist | ||
Joel Goldman | The Last Witness | |||
Christopher Hyde | Wisdom of the Bones | |||
Nina Revoyr | Southland | |||
2005 | Domenic Stansberry | The Confession | Winner | |
Larry Beinhart | The Librarian | Shortlist | ||
Thomas H. Cook | Into the Web | |||
Ron Faust | Dead Men Rise Up Never | |||
Chris Haslam | Twelve-Step Fandango | |||
2006 | Jeffrey Ford | Girl in the Glass | Winner | |
Anne Argula | Homicide My Own | Shortlist | ||
Reed Farrel Coleman | The James Deans | |||
Allan Guthrie | Kiss Her Goodbye | |||
Charlie Huston | Six Bad Things | |||
2007 | Naomi Hirahara | Snakeskin Shamisen | Winner | |
Massimo Carlotto | The Goodbye Kiss | Shortlist | ||
Brian Evenson | The Open Curtain | |||
Paul Levine | The Deep Blue Alibi | |||
Patrick Neate | City of Tiny Lights | |||
2008 | Megan Abbott | Queenpin | Winner | [3][4] |
David Corbett | Blood of Paradise | Shortlist | ||
Vicki Hendricks | Cruel Poetry | |||
Russell Hill | Robbie’s Wife | |||
Kevin Wignall | Who Is Conrad Hirst? | |||
2009 | Meg Gardiner | China Lake | Winner | [5] |
Alex Carr | The Prince of Bagram Prison | Shortlist | ||
Christa Faust | Money Shot | |||
Ed Gaffney | Enemy Combatant | |||
Tom Piccirilli | The Cold Spot |
2010s edit
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Marc Strange | Body Blows | Winner | |
Megan Abbott | Bury Me Deep | Shortlist | ||
Robert Arellano | Havana Lunar | |||
Russell Hill | The Lord God Bird | |||
L. C. Tyler | The Herring Seller’s Apprentice | |||
2011 | Robert Goddard | Long Time Coming | Winner | |
Catherine O'Flynn | The News Where You Are | Shortlist | ||
Duane Swierczynski | Expiration Date | |||
Frank Tallis | Vienna Secrets | |||
L. C. Tyler | Ten Little Herrings | |||
2012 | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Company Man | Winner | [6][7] |
Lucretia Grindle | The Faces of Angels | Shortlist | [7] | |
Russell Hill | The Dog Sox | |||
Michael Stanley | Death of the Mantis | |||
Frank Tallis | Vienna Twilight | |||
2013 | Ben H. Winters | The Last Policeman | Winner | [8] |
Isaac Adamson | Complication | Shortlist | ||
Lou Berney | Whiplash River | |||
Alan Glynn | Bloodland | |||
Malla Nunn | Blessed Are the Dead | |||
2014 | Alex Marwood | The Wicked Girls | Winner | [9] |
Lisa Ballantyne | The Guilty One | Shortlist | [10] | |
E. R. Brown | Almost Criminal | |||
Paul Cleave | Joe Victim | |||
Stephen King | Joyland | |||
Marcus Sakey | Brilliance | |||
2015 | Chris Abani | The Secret History of Las Vegas | Winner | [11][12] |
Alison Gaylin | Stay With Me | Shortlist | [13] | |
William Lashner | The Barkeep | |||
Catriona McPherson | The Day She Died | |||
Lisa Turner | The Gone Dead Train | |||
Ben H. Winters | World of Trouble | |||
2016 | Lou Berney | The Long and Faraway Gone | Winner | [14][15] |
Malcolm MacKay | The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter | Shortlist | [14] | |
Gilly Macmillan | What She Knew | |||
Gordon McAlpine | Woman with a Blue Pencil | |||
Adrian McKinty | Gun Street Girl | |||
Jane Shemilt | The Daughter | |||
2017 | Adrian McKinty | Rain Dogs | Winner | [16] |
Patricia Abbott | Shot in Detroit | Shortlist | ||
Tyler Dilts | Come Twilight | |||
Robert Dugoni | The 7th Canon | |||
James W. Ziskin | A Brilliant Death by Robin Yocum Heart of Stone | |||
2018 | Anna Mazzola | The Unseeing | Winner | [17] |
Rhys Bowen | In Farleigh Field | Shortlist | ||
Ron Corbett | Ragged Lake | |||
Andrew Mayne | Black Fall | |||
Kanae Minato | Penance | |||
Jock Serong | The Rules of Backyard Cricket | |||
2019 | Alison Gaylin | If I Die Tonight | Winner | [18] |
Naomi Hirahara | Hiroshima Boy | Shortlist | ||
Lori Rader-Day | Under a Dark Sky | |||
Leila Slimani | The Perfect Nanny | |||
Lisa Unger | Under My Skin |
2020s edit
Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | Adam O'Fallon Price | The Hotel Neversink | Winner | [19][20] |
Susan Alice Bickford | Dread of Winter | Shortlist | [21] | |
William Lashner | Freedom Road | |||
Jonathan Moore | Blood Relations | |||
Alan Parks | February’s Son | |||
Lisa Sandlin | The Bird Boys | |||
2021 | Alyssa Cole | When No One Is Watching | Winner | [22] |
Brian Freeman | The Deep, Deep Snow | Shortlist | [23] | |
Jess Lourey | Unspeakable Things | |||
Jessica Moor | The Keeper | |||
Khurrum Rahman | East of Hounslow | |||
2022 | Alan Parks | Bobby March Will Live Forever | Winner | [24] |
David Bell | Kill all Your Darlings | Shortlist | [25] | |
C.J. Cooke | The Lighthouse Witches | |||
Daryl Gregory | The Album of Dr. Moreau | |||
C.S. O'Cinneide | Starr Sign | |||
Laura Purcell | The Shape of Darkness | |||
2023 | Joe Hart | Or Else | Winner | [26] |
Max Allan Collins | Quarry’s Blood | Shortlist | [27] | |
Seraphina Nova Glass | On a Quiet Street | |||
Carol Lawrence | Cleopatra’s Dagger | |||
A.R. Torre | A Familiar Stranger | |||
2024 | Jesse Q. Sutanto | Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers | Winner | [28][29] |
A.F. Carter | Boomtown | Shortlist | [30] | |
Tracy Clark | Hide | |||
Jess Lourey | The Taken Ones | |||
Scott Von Doviak | Lowdown Road |
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