Edgar Award

Based on bookaward
Edgar Award
1
A Cold Day for Murder
by Dana Stabenow
1,553 members
73 reviews
½ 3.5
5 Members
elkiedee, khenkins, kara.shamy, NinieB, AmmyR
2
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
26,962 members
515 reviews
4.1
4 Members
dara85, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Paper Towns
by John Green
19,207 members
592 reviews
3.8
4 Members
dara85, merrystar, rretzler, kara.shamy
4
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
by John le Carré
9,846 members
270 reviews
4
4 Members
BonnieJune54, ahef1963, NinieB, AmmyR
5
Post-Mortem
by Patricia Cornwell
7,911 members
119 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB
6
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
5,952 members
100 reviews
4
4 Members
BonnieJune54, rretzler, NinieB, AmmyR
7
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
by Vincent Bugliosi
5,737 members
100 reviews
4
4 Members
dara85, sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963
8
The Laughing Policeman
by Maj Sjöwall
1,999 members
66 reviews
3.9
4 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963, skid0612
9
A Grave Talent
by Laurie R. King
1,380 members
42 reviews
3.8
4 Members
elkiedee, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB
10
Bootlegger's Daughter
by Margaret Maron
1,089 members
45 reviews
3.8
4 Members
dara85, elkiedee, BonnieJune54, NinieB
11
In the Woods
by Tana French
11,655 members
630 reviews
3.8
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, NinieB
12
Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King
8,022 members
375 reviews
3.9
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, ahef1963
13
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
5,860 members
126 reviews
4.2
3 Members
merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
14
When the Bough Breaks
by Jonathan Kellerman
2,231 members
48 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
dara85, NinieB, AmmyR
15
Bimbos of the Death Sun
by Sharyn McCrumb
1,137 members
37 reviews
3.8
3 Members
BonnieJune54, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
16
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
by Harry Kemelman
1,050 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
BonnieJune54, ahef1963, NinieB
17
Charm City
by Laura Lippman
849 members
34 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963, NinieB
18
The Wicked Girls
by Alex Marwood
779 members
51 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963, kara.shamy
19
The Chatham School Affair
by Thomas H. Cook
722 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, NinieB
20
The Long and Faraway Gone
by Lou Berney
532 members
50 reviews
4
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, skyyeager
21
Witness for the Prosecution
by Agatha Christie
142 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB
22
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
25,248 members
756 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, skid0612
23
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
5,702 members
406 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
rretzler, kara.shamy
24
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
5,098 members
180 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
25
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President
by Candice Millard
3,482 members
172 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
kara.shamy, skid0612
26
The Last Policeman
by Ben H. Winters
2,356 members
202 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, khenkins
27
Dance Hall of the Dead
by Tony Hillerman
2,260 members
67 reviews
3.8
2 Members
BonnieJune54, NinieB
28
The House of Dies Drear
by Virginia Hamilton
1,750 members
18 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
29
The Sculptress
by Minette Walters
1,641 members
30 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
30
The Stranger Diaries
by Elly Griffiths
1,363 members
111 reviews
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, kara.shamy
31
Bluebird, Bluebird
by Attica Locke
1,262 members
78 reviews
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, kara.shamy
32
Fletch
by Gregory Mcdonald
1,198 members
27 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, skid0612
33
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
by Melanie Rehak
1,012 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
dara85, ManWithAnAgenda
34
The Skull Mantra
by Eliot Pattison
999 members
38 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, skyyeager
35
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
887 members
8 reviews
½ 4.6
2 Members
rretzler, ahef1963
36
Chiefs
by Stuart Woods
849 members
32 reviews
4.1
2 Members
dara85, NinieB
37
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
by Lawrence Block
766 members
22 reviews
4
2 Members
NinieB, skid0612
38
California Girl
by T. Jefferson Parker
586 members
13 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
dara85, NinieB
39
New Orleans Mourning
by Julie Smith
575 members
16 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
elkiedee, NinieB
40
Death and the Joyful Woman
by Ellis Peters
462 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
BonnieJune54, NinieB
41
Mr. White's Confession
by Robert Clark
351 members
31 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
sturlington, walkerff
42
Death of a Nationalist
by Rebecca Pawel
286 members
8 reviews
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, skid0612
43
The Unseeing
by Anna Mazzola
158 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
elkiedee, kara.shamy
44
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction
by Mike Ashley
69 members
½ 4.5
2 Members
rretzler, skid0612
45
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann
8,825 members
360 reviews
4.1
Member
kara.shamy
46
The Black Echo
by Michael Connelly
6,244 members
179 reviews
3.9
Member
NinieB
47
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
6,002 members
108 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
48
Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
5,957 members
163 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
rretzler
49
Columbine
by Dave Cullen
4,353 members
221 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
dara85
50
A Case of Need
by Michael Crichton
3,580 members
48 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
kara.shamy
51
Ordinary Grace
by William Kent Krueger
3,540 members
225 reviews
4.2
Member
dara85
52
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
by James L. Swanson
3,365 members
86 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
53
Before the Fall
by Noah Hawley
3,236 members
221 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
dara85, kara.shamy,sturlington
54
A Conspiracy of Paper
by David Liss
2,703 members
67 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
55
The Last Child
by John Hart
2,519 members
213 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
56
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
by David Simon
2,403 members
48 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
57
The Grownup
by Gillian Flynn
2,226 members
170 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
58
Sadie
by Courtney Summers
2,125 members
153 reviews
4.2
Member
kara.shamy
59
Z for Zachariah
by Robert C. O'Brien
1,973 members
83 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
elkiedee
60
Greenglass House
by Kate Milford
1,889 members
73 reviews
4
Member
merrystar
61
Come to Grief
by Dick Francis
1,841 members
28 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
62
Live by Night
by Dennis Lehane
1,790 members
85 reviews
3.8
Member
kara.shamy
63
Miracle Creek
by Angie Kim
1,677 members
112 reviews
3.9
Member
kara.shamy
64
Down River
by John Hart
1,544 members
63 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
65
Whip Hand
by Dick Francis
1,436 members
25 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
66
Someone Like You
by Roald Dahl
1,421 members
17 reviews
3.8
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
67
Blue Heaven
by C. J. Box
1,337 members
60 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
68
Forfeit
by Dick Francis
1,111 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
69
LaBrava
by Elmore Leonard
857 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
70
The Light of Day
by Eric Ambler
714 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
71
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
by Kate Summerscale
681 members
39 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
72
Confess, Fletch
by Gregory Mcdonald
662 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
skid0612
73
A Madness So Discreet
by Mindy McGinnis
645 members
39 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
74
Under the Harrow
by Flynn Berry
644 members
32 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
kara.shamy
75
Old Bones
by Aaron Elkins
624 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
76
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
by Ruth Franklin
587 members
24 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
77
Silent Joe
by T. Jefferson Parker
566 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
78
Icefall
by Matthew J. Kirby
552 members
22 reviews
4
Member
kara.shamy
79
Down the River unto the Sea
by Walter Mosley
520 members
35 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kara.shamy
80
Stonewords: A Ghost Story
by Pam Conrad
499 members
8 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
81
Queenpin
by Megan Abbott
469 members
33 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
82
Beast in View
by Margaret Millar
460 members
25 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
NinieB
83
In the Heat of the Night
by John Ball
457 members
13 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
84
Briarpatch
by Ross Thomas
423 members
18 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
85
Long Time Coming
by Robert Goddard
423 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
86
Shell Game
by Sara Paretsky
421 members
34 reviews
3.8
Member
elkiedee
87
Fire Lover
by Joseph Wambaugh
409 members
9 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
88
Bearskin
by James A. McLaughlin
400 members
20 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
89
The Other Side of Dark
by Joan Lowery Nixon
398 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
90
Blood and Money
by Thomas Thompson
387 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
91
The Boston Strangler
by Gerold Frank
372 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
92
Rain Dogs
by Adrian McKinty
365 members
33 reviews
4.1
Member
elkiedee
93
Till Death Us Do Part
by Vincent Bugliosi
357 members
3 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
94
The Red Scream
by Mary Willis Walker
355 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
NinieB
95
Winter and Night
by S. J. Rozan
354 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
elkiedee
96
The Golden Age of Murder
by Martin Edwards
326 members
9 reviews
4
Member
rretzler
97
The Seance
by Joan Lowery Nixon
322 members
8 reviews
3.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
98
The Widower's Two-Step
by Rick Riordan
296 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
elkiedee
99
Never Trust a Dead Man
by Vivian Vande Velde
289 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
100
In Broad Daylight
by Harry N. MacLean
254 members
6 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85