Book awards: Macavity Award

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In The Woods by Tana French	2008
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin	2008
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman	2008
Mr. Clarinet by Nick Stone	2007
Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers by Jim Huang	2007
Oh Danny Boy by Rhys Bowen	2007
The Virgin of Small Plains: A Novel by Nancy Pickard	2007
Girl sleuth: Nancy Drew and the women who created her by Melanie Rehak	2006
Immoral by Brian Freeman	2006
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly	2006
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear	2006
Dating Dead Men by Harley Jane Kozak	2005
Forensics For Dummies by Douglas P. Lyle	2005
The Killing of the Tinkers by Ken Bruen	2005
The House Sitter by Peter Lovesey	2004
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear	2004
Make Mine a Mystery: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction (Genreflecting Advisory Series) by Gary Warren Niebuhr	2004
In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming	2003
They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated and Forgotten Mystery Novels by Jim Huang	2003
Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan	2003
Folly by Laurie R. King	2002
Open Season by C. J. Box	2002
Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional by G. Miki Hayden	2002
The American Regional Mystery by Marvin Lachman	2001
A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss	2001
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid	2001
The Flower Master by Sujata Massey	2000
Inner City Blues by Paula L. Woods	2000
Ross Macdonald : A Biography by Tom Nolan	2000
Blood Work by Michael Connelly	1999
Killer Books: A Reader's Guide to Exploring the Popular World of Mystery and Suspense by Jean Swanson	1999
Sympathy for the Devil by Jerrilyn Farmer	1999
Dead Body Language by Penny Warner	1998
Deadly Women: The Woman Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion by Jan Grape	1998
Dreaming Of The Bones by Deborah Crombie	1998
Bloodhounds by Peter Lovesey	1997
Death in Little Tokyo by Dale Furutani	1997
Detecting Women 2: Reader's Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women by Willetta L. Heising	1997
Detecting Women: A Readers Guide and Checklist for Mystery Series Written by Women by Willetta L. Heising	1996
The Strange Files of Fremont Jones by Dianne Day	1996
By a Woman's Hand: A Guide to Mystery Fiction by Women by Jean Swanson	1995
Do Unto Others by Jeff Abbott	1995
She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb	1995
Death Comes As Epiphany by Sharan Newman	1994
The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion by Edward Gorman	1994
The Sculptress by Minette Walters	1994
Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely	1993
Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron	1993
Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-1991 by Ellen Nehr	1993
I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard	1992
Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry	1992
Talking Mysteries: A Conversation With Tony Hillerman by Tony Hillerman	1992
Zero at the Bone by Mary Willis Walker	1992
Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries by Gillian Gill	1991
If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy O by Sharyn McCrumb	1991
Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell	1991
The Bedside Companion to Crime by H. R. F. Keating	1990
Grime and Punishment by Janice Young Brooks	1990
A Little Class on Murder by Carolyn Gimpel Hart	1990
E is for evidence by Sue Grafton	1989
The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham	1989
Silk Stalkings: When Women Write of Murder by Victoria Nichols	1989
A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman	1989
Marriage Is Murder by Nancy Pickard	1988
The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais	1988
Son of Gun in Cheek by Bill Pronzini	1988
1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction by Bill Pronzini	1987
A Case of Loyalties by Marilyn Wallace	1987
The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman	1987
A Taste for Death by P. D. James	1987

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Award description

The Macavity Award is named for the "mystery cat" of T.S. Eliot (Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats). Each year the members of Mystery Readers International nominate and vote for their favorite mysteries in four categories: Best Mystery Novel, Best First Mystery, Best Nonfiction/Critical, Best Mystery Short Story.

Awards are presents annually at the Boucheron conference.