Edgar Award

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Edgar Award
Members
13 participating members
1
A Cold Day for Murder
by Dana Stabenow
1,376 members
69 reviews
½ 3.5
5 Members
elkiedee, khenkins, kara.shamy, NinieB, AmmyR
2
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
22,426 members
442 reviews
4.1
4 Members
dara85, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
3
Paper Towns
by John Green
14,395 members
555 reviews
3.9
4 Members
dara85, merrystar, rretzler, kara.shamy
4
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
by John le Carré
8,119 members
224 reviews
4
4 Members
BonnieJune54, ahef1963, NinieB, AmmyR
5
Postmortem
by Patricia Cornwell
7,020 members
103 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB
6
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
5,076 members
87 reviews
4
4 Members
BonnieJune54, rretzler, NinieB, AmmyR
7
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
by Vincent Bugliosi
4,692 members
87 reviews
4
4 Members
dara85, sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963
8
A Grave Talent
by Laurie R. King
1,281 members
38 reviews
3.8
4 Members
elkiedee, rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB
9
Bootlegger's Daughter
by Margaret Maron
1,015 members
43 reviews
3.8
4 Members
dara85, elkiedee, BonnieJune54, NinieB
10
In the Woods
by Tana French
9,676 members
564 reviews
3.8
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, NinieB
11
Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King
5,831 members
331 reviews
3.9
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, ahef1963
12
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
4,997 members
109 reviews
4.2
3 Members
merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
13
When the Bough Breaks
by Jonathan Kellerman
2,023 members
43 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
dara85, NinieB, AmmyR
14
The Laughing Policeman
by Maj Sjöwall
1,755 members
64 reviews
3.9
3 Members
sturlington, elkiedee, ahef1963
15
Bimbos of the Death Sun
by Sharyn McCrumb
1,045 members
33 reviews
3.8
3 Members
BonnieJune54, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
16
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
by Harry Kemelman
911 members
24 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
BonnieJune54, ahef1963, NinieB
17
Charm City
by Laura Lippman
766 members
34 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963, NinieB
18
The Wicked Girls
by Alex Marwood
686 members
49 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963, kara.shamy
19
The Chatham School Affair
by Thomas H. Cook
574 members
20 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
dara85, sturlington, NinieB
20
Witness for the Prosecution: A Play in Three Acts
by Agatha Christie
123 members
1 review
½ 3.6
3 Members
rretzler, ahef1963, NinieB
21
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
4,544 members
379 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
rretzler, kara.shamy
22
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
3,458 members
140 reviews
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
23
The Last Policeman
by Ben H. Winters
1,980 members
179 reviews
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, khenkins
24
Dance Hall of the Dead
by Tony Hillerman
1,878 members
52 reviews
3.8
2 Members
BonnieJune54, NinieB
25
The Sculptress
by Minette Walters
1,534 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
26
The House of Dies Drear
by Virginia Hamilton
1,451 members
15 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda
27
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
by Melanie Rehak
902 members
47 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
dara85, ManWithAnAgenda
28
The Stranger Diaries
by Elly Griffiths
891 members
75 reviews
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, kara.shamy
29
Bluebird, Bluebird
by Attica Locke
882 members
62 reviews
3.8
2 Members
elkiedee, kara.shamy
30
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
878 members
11 reviews
½ 4.6
2 Members
rretzler, ahef1963
31
Chiefs
by Stuart Woods
757 members
32 reviews
4.2
2 Members
dara85, NinieB
32
California Girl
by T. Jefferson Parker
533 members
11 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
dara85, NinieB
33
New Orleans Mourning
by Julie Smith
524 members
15 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
elkiedee, NinieB
34
The Long and Faraway Gone
by Lou Berney
422 members
45 reviews
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
35
Death and the Joyful Woman
by Ellis Peters
401 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
BonnieJune54, NinieB
36
Mr White's Confession
by Robert Clark
324 members
30 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
sturlington, walkerff
37
The Unseeing
by Anna Mazzola
136 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
elkiedee, kara.shamy
38
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson
20,837 members
678 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
39
The Black Echo
by Michael Connelly
5,314 members
157 reviews
3.9
Member
NinieB
40
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
5,065 members
90 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
41
Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
4,746 members
150 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
rretzler
42
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann
4,484 members
246 reviews
4.1
Member
kara.shamy
43
Columbine
by Dave Cullen
3,506 members
201 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
dara85
44
A Case of Need
by Michael Crichton
3,092 members
46 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
kara.shamy
45
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
by James L. Swanson
2,888 members
82 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
46
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President
by Candice Millard
2,749 members
148 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
kara.shamy
47
Before the Fall
by Noah Hawley
2,650 members
204 reviews
3.8
2 Members
dara85, kara.shamy,sturlington
48
A Conspiracy of Paper
by David Liss
2,476 members
63 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
49
Ordinary Grace
by William Kent Krueger
2,471 members
186 reviews
4.2
Member
dara85
50
The Last Child
by John Hart
2,209 members
200 reviews
4.1
Member
dara85
51
Homicide : A Year On The Killing Streets
by David Simon
2,083 members
43 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
ahef1963
52
Z for Zachariah
by Robert C. O'Brien
1,750 members
70 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
elkiedee
53
The Grownup
by Gillian Flynn
1,691 members
136 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
54
Come to Grief
by Dick Francis
1,622 members
25 reviews
3.8
Member
ahef1963
55
Live by Night
by Dennis Lehane
1,488 members
79 reviews
3.8
Member
kara.shamy
56
Sadie
by Courtney Summers
1,432 members
125 reviews
4.2
Member
kara.shamy
57
Down River
by John Hart
1,398 members
61 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
58
Whip Hand
by Dick Francis
1,285 members
19 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
59
Someone Like You
by Roald Dahl
1,243 members
18 reviews
3.9
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
60
Greenglass House
by Kate Milford
1,225 members
58 reviews
3.9
Member
merrystar
61
Miracle Creek
by Angie Kim
1,157 members
96 reviews
4
Member
kara.shamy
62
Blue Heaven
by C. J. Box
1,144 members
55 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
63
Fletch
by Gregory Mcdonald
1,036 members
18 reviews
3.8
Member
sturlington
64
Forfeit
by Dick Francis
1,006 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
65
The Skull Mantra
by Eliot Pattison
912 members
36 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
66
LaBrava
by Elmore Leonard
751 members
16 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ahef1963
67
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
by Lawrence Block
683 members
17 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
68
The Light of Day
by Eric Ambler
585 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
69
Old Bones
by Aaron Elkins
569 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
70
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
by Kate Summerscale
551 members
33 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
71
Silent Joe
by T. Jefferson Parker
522 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
NinieB
72
A Madness So Discreet
by Mindy McGinnis
520 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
73
Under the Harrow
by Flynn Berry
498 members
31 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
kara.shamy
74
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
by Ruth Franklin
434 members
17 reviews
4.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
75
Icefall
by Matthew J. Kirby
424 members
23 reviews
4
Member
kara.shamy
76
Stonewords: A Ghost Story
by Pam Conrad
420 members
8 reviews
4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
77
Queenpin
by Megan Abbott
402 members
30 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
78
In the Heat of the Night
by John Ball
391 members
11 reviews
4
Member
NinieB
79
Briarpatch
by Ross Thomas
375 members
15 reviews
3.9
Member
sturlington
80
Long Time Coming
by Robert Goddard
372 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ahef1963
81
Beast in View
by Margaret Millar
372 members
20 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
NinieB
82
The Other Side of Dark
by Joan Lowery Nixon
361 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
83
Down the River unto the Sea
by Walter Mosley
360 members
29 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kara.shamy
84
Fire Lover
by Joseph Wambaugh
346 members
8 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
85
Blood and Money
by Thomas Thompson
342 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
dara85
86
The Red Scream
by Mary Willis Walker
333 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
NinieB
87
Shell Game
by Sara Paretsky
324 members
31 reviews
3.8
Member
elkiedee
88
Winter and Night
by S. J. Rozan
323 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
elkiedee
89
The Boston Strangler
by Gerold Frank
315 members
1 review
½ 3.5
Member
dara85
90
Till Death Us Do Part
by Vincent Bugliosi
312 members
3 reviews
3.8
Member
dara85
91
Bearskin
by James A. McLaughlin
290 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kara.shamy
92
The Seance
by Joan Lowery Nixon
282 members
8 reviews
3.2
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
93
Rain Dogs
by Adrian McKinty
272 members
24 reviews
4.2
Member
elkiedee
94
The Widower's Two-Step
by Rick Riordan
257 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
elkiedee
95
Death of a Nationalist
by Rebecca Pawel
256 members
8 reviews
3.8
Member
elkiedee
96
Never Trust a Dead Man
by Vivian Vande Velde
252 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
97
The Golden Age of Murder
by Martin Edwards
248 members
7 reviews
4
Member
rretzler
98
In Broad Daylight
by Harry N. MacLean
202 members
6 reviews
4
Member
dara85
99
Let Me Die in His Footsteps
by Lori Roy
184 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kara.shamy
100
Doc: The Rape of the town of Lovell
by Jack Olsen
162 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
dara85