Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel Winners

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Awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions in mystery, crime and suspense writing.

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Discover the selection of winning titles we have in our collection

2026

The Big Empty
by Robert Crais

2024

Flags on the Bayou
by James Lee Burke

2020

The Stranger Diaries
by Elly Griffiths

2019

Down the River Unto the Sea
by Walter Mosley

2018

Bluebird, Bluebird
by Attica Locke

2017

Before the Fall
by Noah Hawley

2016

Let Me Die in His Footsteps
by Lori Roy

2015

Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King

2013

Live by Night
by Dennis Lehane

2010

The Last Child
by John Hart

2009

Blue Heaven
by C. J. Box

1988

Old Bones
by Aaron Elkins

1979

Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett

1977

Promised Land
by Robert B. Parker

1972

The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth

1965

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
by John le Carré

1955

The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler