EDGAR AWARD WINNERS

Submitted by lbhick on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 23:37
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  1. 1954 - Beat Not the Bones by Charlotte Jay
  2. 1955 - The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
  3. 1956 - Beast in View by Margaret Millar
  4. 1957 - A Dram of Poison by Charlotte Armstrong
  5. 1958 - Room to Swing by Ed Lacy
  6. 1959 - The Eighth Circle by Stanley Ellin
  7. 1960 - The Hours Before Dawn by Celia Fremlin
  8. 1961 - The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons
  9. 1962 - Gideon's Fire by J.J. Marric
  10. 1963 - Death and the Joyful Woman by Ellis Peters
  11. 1964 - The Light of Day by Eric Ambler
  12. 1965 - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre
  13. 1966 - The Quiller Memorandum by Adam Hall
  14. 1967 - The King of the Rainy Country by Nicolas Freeling
  15. 1968 - God Save the Mark by Donald E. Westlake
  16. 1969 - A Case of Need by Jeffery Hudson
  17. 1970 - Forfeit by Dick Francis
  18. 1971 - The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
  19. 1972 - The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
  20. 1973 - The Lingala Code by Warren Kiefer
  21. 1974 - Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman
  22. 1975 - Peter's Pence by Jon Cleary
  23. 1976 - Hopscotch by Brian Garfield
  24. 1977 - Promised Land by Robert B. Parker
  25. 1978 - Catch Me: Kill Me by William H. Hallahan
  26. 1979 - The Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
  27. 1980 - The Rheingold Route by Arthur Maling
  28. 1981 - Whip Hand by Dick Francis
  29. 1982 - Peregrine by William Bayer
  30. 1983 - Billingsgate Shoal by Rick Boyer
  31. 1984 - La Brava by Elmore Leonard
  32. 1985 - Briar Patch by Ross Thomas
  33. 1986 - The Suspect by L.R. Wright
  34. 1987 - A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine
  35. 1988 - Old Bones by Aaron Elkins
  36. 1989 - A Cold Red Sunrise by Stuart M. Kaminsky
  37. 1990 - Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke
  38. 1991 - New Orleans Mourning by Julie Smith
  39. 1992 - A Dance at the Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block
  40. 1993 - Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
  41. 1994 - The Sculptress by Minette Walters
  42. 1995 - The Red Scream by Mary Willis Walker
  43. 1996 - Come to Grief by Dick Francis
  44. 1997 - The Chatham School Affair by Thomas H. Cook
  45. 1998 - Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke
  46. 1999 - Mr. White's Confession by Robert Clark
  47. 2000 - Bones by Jan Burke
  48. 2001 - The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
  49. 2002 - Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
  50. 2003 - Winter and Night by S.J. Rozan
  51. 2004 - Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin
  52. 2005 - California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker
  53. 2006 - Citizen Vince by Jess Walter
  54. 2007 - The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
  55. 2008 - Down River by John Hart
  56. 2009 - Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
Author Comments: 

The Edgar Award, in honor of Edgar Allan Poe, is given by The Mystery Writers of America to the best in mystery fiction and nonfiction produced the previous year. Listed here are the winners in the fiction category. The first Edgar was awarded in 1954.

Highlighted books are books I've read.

http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/previous/novel.shtml
http://www.powells.com/prizes/edgar.html

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Edgar Award winning novels 1954-2011