Edgar Award

Based on bookaward
Edgar Award
1
A Cold Day for Murder
by Dana Stabenow
1,556 members
73 reviews
½ 3.5
5 Members
elkiedee, khenkins, kara.shamy, NinieB, AmmyR
2
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
26,886 members
517 reviews
4.1
4 Members
dara85, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Paper Towns
by John Green
19,022 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
9,879 members
270 reviews
4
4 Members
BonnieJune54, ahef1963, NinieB, AmmyR
5
Post-Mortem
by Patricia Cornwell
7,922 members
119 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB
6
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
5,946 members
101 reviews
4
4 Members
BonnieJune54, rretzler, NinieB, AmmyR
7
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
by Vincent Bugliosi
5,767 members
100 reviews
4
4 Members
dara85, sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963
8
The Laughing Policeman
by Maj Sjöwall
2,006 members
66 reviews
3.9
4 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963, skid0612
9
A Grave Talent
by Laurie R. King
1,383 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
11,685 members
632 reviews
3.8
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, NinieB
12
Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King
8,105 members
377 reviews
3.9
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, ahef1963
13
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
5,855 members
126 reviews
4.2
3 Members
merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
14
When the Bough Breaks
by Jonathan Kellerman
2,240 members
48 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
dara85, NinieB, AmmyR
15
Bimbos of the Death Sun
by Sharyn McCrumb
1,142 members
37 reviews
3.8
3 Members
BonnieJune54, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
16
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
by Harry Kemelman
1,056 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
BonnieJune54, ahef1963, NinieB
17
Charm City
by Laura Lippman
852 members
34 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963, NinieB
18
The Wicked Girls
by Alex Marwood
785 members
50 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963, kara.shamy
19
The Chatham School Affair
by Thomas H. Cook
615 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, NinieB
20
The Long and Faraway Gone
by Lou Berney
534 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
25,233 members
757 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, skid0612
23
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
5,484 members
406 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
rretzler, kara.shamy
24
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
5,139 members
179 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
3,506 members
173 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
kara.shamy, skid0612
26
The Last Policeman
by Ben H. Winters
2,363 members
202 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, khenkins
27
Dance Hall of the Dead
by Tony Hillerman
2,267 members
67 reviews
3.8
2 Members
BonnieJune54, NinieB
28
The House of Dies Drear
by Virginia Hamilton
1,758 members
18 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
29
The Sculptress
by Minette Walters
1,643 members
30 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
30
The Stranger Diaries
by Elly Griffiths
1,371 members
110 reviews
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, kara.shamy
31
Bluebird, Bluebird
by Attica Locke
1,266 members
77 reviews
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, kara.shamy
32
Fletch
by Gregory Mcdonald
1,202 members
27 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, skid0612
33
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
by Melanie Rehak
1,015 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
dara85, ManWithAnAgenda
34
The Skull Mantra
by Eliot Pattison
1,001 members
39 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, skyyeager
35
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
888 members
8 reviews
½ 4.6
2 Members
rretzler, ahef1963
36
Chiefs
by Stuart Woods
851 members
32 reviews
4.1
2 Members
dara85, NinieB
37
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
by Lawrence Block
765 members
20 reviews
4
2 Members
NinieB, skid0612
38
California Girl
by T. Jefferson Parker
589 members
13 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
dara85, NinieB
39
New Orleans Mourning
by Julie Smith
576 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
8,822 members
361 reviews
4.1
Member
kara.shamy
46
The Black Echo
by Michael Connelly
6,269 members
177 reviews
3.9
Member
NinieB
47
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
6,016 members
108 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
48
Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
5,967 members
163 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
rretzler
49
Columbine
by Dave Cullen
4,373 members
221 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
dara85
50
A Case of Need
by Michael Crichton
3,593 members
48 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
kara.shamy
51
Ordinary Grace
by William Kent Krueger
3,418 members
225 reviews
4.2
Member
dara85
52
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
by James L. Swanson
3,372 members
86 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
53
Before the Fall
by Noah Hawley
3,252 members
220 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
2,530 members
213 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
56
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
by David Simon
2,404 members
48 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
57
The Grownup
by Gillian Flynn
2,236 members
171 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
58
Sadie
by Courtney Summers
2,129 members
153 reviews
4.2
Member
kara.shamy
59
Z for Zachariah
by Robert C. O'Brien
1,980 members
83 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
elkiedee
60
Greenglass House
by Kate Milford
1,899 members
73 reviews
4
Member
merrystar
61
Come to Grief
by Dick Francis
1,843 members
28 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
62
Live by Night
by Dennis Lehane
1,800 members
87 reviews
3.8
Member
kara.shamy
63
Miracle Creek
by Angie Kim
1,688 members
113 reviews
3.9
Member
kara.shamy
64
Down River
by John Hart
1,548 members
63 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
65
Whip Hand
by Dick Francis
1,440 members
24 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
66
Someone Like You
by Roald Dahl
1,425 members
17 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
67
Blue Heaven
by C. J. Box
1,341 members
60 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
68
Forfeit
by Dick Francis
1,114 members
19 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
69
LaBrava
by Elmore Leonard
858 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
70
The Light of Day
by Eric Ambler
717 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
71
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
by Kate Summerscale
684 members
40 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
72
Confess, Fletch
by Gregory Mcdonald
665 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
skid0612
73
A Madness So Discreet
by Mindy McGinnis
649 members
39 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
74
Under the Harrow
by Flynn Berry
647 members
32 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
kara.shamy
75
Old Bones
by Aaron Elkins
623 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
76
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
by Ruth Franklin
594 members
24 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
77
Silent Joe
by T. Jefferson Parker
567 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
78
Icefall
by Matthew J. Kirby
556 members
22 reviews
4
Member
kara.shamy
79
Down the River unto the Sea
by Walter Mosley
529 members
35 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kara.shamy
80
Stonewords: A Ghost Story
by Pam Conrad
503 members
8 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
81
Queenpin
by Megan Abbott
468 members
33 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
82
In the Heat of the Night
by John Ball
461 members
13 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
83
Beast in View
by Margaret Millar
461 members
25 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
NinieB
84
Briarpatch
by Ross Thomas
427 members
18 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
85
Long Time Coming
by Robert Goddard
426 members
18 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
86
Shell Game
by Sara Paretsky
424 members
34 reviews
3.8
Member
elkiedee
87
Fire Lover
by Joseph Wambaugh
411 members
9 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
88
Bearskin
by James A. McLaughlin
402 members
20 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
89
The Other Side of Dark
by Joan Lowery Nixon
399 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
90
Blood and Money
by Thomas Thompson
388 members
5 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
91
The Boston Strangler
by Gerold Frank
373 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
92
Rain Dogs
by Adrian McKinty
367 members
33 reviews
4.1
Member
elkiedee
93
Till Death Us Do Part
by Vincent Bugliosi
361 members
3 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
94
The Red Scream
by Mary Willis Walker
357 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
329 members
9 reviews
4
Member
rretzler
97
The Seance
by Joan Lowery Nixon
323 members
8 reviews
3.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
98
The Widower's Two-Step
by Rick Riordan
297 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
elkiedee
99
Never Trust a Dead Man
by Vivian Vande Velde
292 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
100
In Broad Daylight
by Harry N. MacLean
255 members
6 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85