| Titles | Order |
| Deception Pass by Earl Emerson | |
| B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton | Best Novel, 1986 |
| Say No to Murder by Nancy Pickard | Best Paperback Original, 1986 |
| When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman | Best First Novel, 1986 |
| C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton | Best Novel, 1987 |
| The Junkyard Dog by Robert Campbell | Best Paperback Original, 1987 |
| Too Late to Die by Bill Crider | Best First Novel, 1987 |
| Caught Dead in Philadelphia by Gillian Roberts | Best First Novel, 1988 |
| The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais | Best Paperback Original, 1988 |
| Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman | Best Novel, 1988 |
| E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton | Best Mystery, 1989 |
| A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George | Best First Novel, 1989 |
| The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris | Best Novel, 1989 |
| Something Wicked by Carolyn G. Hart | Best Paperback Original, 1989 |
| Honeymoon with Murder by Carolyn G. Hart | Best Paperback Original, 1990 |
| Katwalk by Karen Kijewski | Best First Novel, 1990 |
| The Sirens Sang of Murder by Sarah Caudwell | Best Novel, 1990 |
| G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton | Best Novel, 1991 |
| Grave Undertaking by James McCahery | Best Paperback Original, 1991 |
| Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell | Best First Novel, 1991 |
| Where's Mommy Now? by Rochelle Majer Krich | Best Paperback Original, 1991 |
| 100 Great Detectives or the Detective Directory by Maxim Jakubowski | Best Critical Work, 1992 |
| Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon | Best True Crime, 1992 |
| The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey | Best Novel, 1992 |
| Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry | Best First Novel, 1992 |
| A Woman's Eye by Sara Paretsky | Best Short Story Collection/Anthology, 1992 |
| Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely | Best First Novel, 1993 |
| Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron | Best Novel, 1993 |
| The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery: The True Story of the Dr. John Branion Murder Case by Barbara D'Amato | Best True Crime, 1993 |
| Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-1991 by Ellen Nehr | Best Critical Work, 1993 |
| The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion by Edward Gorman | Best Critical Work, 1994 |
| MALICE DOMESTIC 2 (Malice Domestic (Paperback)) by Martin Greenberg | Best Short Story Collection/Anthology, 1994 |
| A Rose For Her Grave & Other True Cases (Ann Rule's Crime Files) by Ann Rule | Best True Crime, 1994 |
| Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr | Best First Novel, 1994 |
| Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller | Best Novel, 1994 |
| The Alienist by Caleb Carr | Best First Novel, 1995 |
| Criminal Shadows : Unlocking the Minds of Serial Killers and Sexual Predators-and Cracking Cases by David Canter | Best True Crime, 1995 |
| K is for Killer by Sue Grafton | Best Mystery, 1995 |
| The Mysterious West by Tony Hillerman | Best Short Story Collection/Anthology, 1995 |
| She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb | Best Novel, 1995 |
| The Armchair Detective Book of Lists (2nd Edition) by Kate Stine | Best Critical Works, 1996 |
| The Body in the Transept by Jeanne M. Dams | Best Cover Art, 1996 |
| Dead by Sunset by Ann Rule | Best True Crime, 1996 |
| Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben | Best Paperback Original, 1996 |
| Death in Bloodhound Red by Virginia Lanier | Best First Novel, 1996 |
| The McCone Files by Marcia Muller | Best Short Story Collection/Anthology, 1996 |
| Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker | Best Novel, 1996 |
| Death in Little Tokyo by Dale Furutani | Best First Novel, 1997 |
| Detecting Women 2: Reader's Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women by Willetta L. Heising | Critical/Biographical Work, 1997 |
| The Poet by Michael Connelly | Best Novel, 1997 |
| Somebody Else's Child by Terris McMahan Grimes | Best Paperback Original, 1997 |
| Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan | Best Paperback Original, 1998 |
| Killing Floor by Lee Child | Best First Novel, 1998 |
| Night Dogs by Kent Anderson | Cover Art, 1998 |
| No Colder Place by S. J. Rozan | Best Novel, 1998 |
| Blood Work by Michael Connelly | Best Novel, 1999 |
| Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman | Best Paperback Original, 1999 |
| Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger | Best First Novel, 1999 |
| Detecting Women: 3rd Edition by Willetta L. Heising | [3rd ed], Non-Fiction, 2000 |
| In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson | Best Novel, 2000 |
| In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman | Best Paperback Original, 2000 |
| Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews | Best First Novel, 2000 |
| Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier | Novel Of The Century, 2000 |
| 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century by Jim Huang | Non-Fiction, 2001 |
| Death Dances to a Reggae Beat by Kate Borden | Best Paperback Original, 2001 |
| Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong | Best First Novel, 2001 |
| Master's Choice by Stephen King, Peter Lovsey, Joan Hess, Donald Westlake, Tony Hillerman... by Lawrence Block | Anthology / Short Story Collection, 2001 |
| A Place of Execution by Val McDermid | Best Novel, 2001 |
| Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris | Best Paperback Original, 2002 |
| Mystic River by Dennis Lehane | Best Novel, 2002 |
| Open Season by C. J. Box | Best First Novel, 2002 |
| Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir by Tony Hillerman | Non-Fiction, 2002 |
| City of Bones by Michael Connelly | Best Novel, 2003 |
| Fatal Truth by Robin Burcell | Best Paperback Original, 2003 |
| In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming | Best First Novel, 2003 |
| They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated and Forgotten Mystery Novels by Jim Huang | Non-Fiction, 2003 |
| Deadly Legacy by Robin Burcell | Best Paperback Original, 2004 |
| Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman | Best Novel, 2004 |
| For the Love of Mike by Rhys Bowen | Historical Mystery, 2004 |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling | Young Adult, 2004 |
| Make Mine a Mystery: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction by Gary Warren Niebuhr | Critical/Non-Fiction, 2004 |
| Monkeewrench by P. J. Tracy | Best First Novel, 2004 |
| Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger | Best Novel, 2005 |
| Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak | Best First Novel, 2005 |
| Men's Adventure Magazines: In Postwar America by Rich Oberg | Non-Fiction, 2005 |
| Twisted City by Jason Starr | Best Paperback Original, 2005 |
| The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman | Best Paperback Original, 2006 |
| Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger | Best Novel, 2006 |
| Tilt-a-Whirl by Chris Grabenstein | Best First Novel, 2006 |
| Ashes and Bones by Dana Cameron | Best Paperback Original, 2007 |
| Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers by Jim Huang | Non-Fiction, 2007 |
| No Good Deeds by Laura Lippman | Best Novel, 2007 |
| Still Life by Louise Penny | Best First Novel, 2007 |
| Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters by Jon Lellenberg | Critical/Non-Fiction, 2008 |
| In the Woods by Tana French | Best First Novel, 2008 |
| A Thousand Bones by P.J. Parrish | Paperback original, 2008 |
| What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman | Best Novel, 2008 |
| The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly | Best Mystery Novel, 2009 |
| A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield | Best First Novel, 2010 |
| The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny | Best Novel 2010 |
