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Edgar Award

Based on bookaward: Edgar Award

Members: 11 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2 3 4 5Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date | CK Order
1
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
21,061 members, 416 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, ahef1963, dara85

2
Paper Towns
by John Green
12,760 members, 533 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, rretzler, merrystar, dara85

3
Postmortem
by Patricia Cornwell
6,574 members, 100 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: NinieB, sturlington, ahef1963, rretzler

5
A Cold Day for Murder
by Dana Stabenow
1,303 members, 61 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: khenkins, AmmyR, NinieB, kara.shamy

6
In the Woods
by Tana French
8,947 members, 547 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: NinieB, sturlington, dara85

7
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
by John le Carré
7,597 members, 207 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: AmmyR, NinieB, ahef1963

8
Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King
5,090 members, 314 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: sturlington, ahef1963, dara85

9
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
4,779 members, 82 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: AmmyR, NinieB, rretzler

10
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
4,748 members, 100 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963

11
When the Bough Breaks
by Jonathan Kellerman
1,941 members, 42 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: AmmyR, NinieB, dara85

12
A Grave Talent
by Laurie R. King
1,244 members, 38 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: NinieB, rretzler, ahef1963

13
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
4,185 members, 355 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, rretzler

14
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
2,997 members, 129 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, sturlington

15
The Last Policeman
by Ben H. Winters
1,849 members, 174 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: khenkins, sturlington

16
The Laughing Policeman
by Maj Sjöwall
1,668 members, 64 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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17
The Sculptress
by Minette Walters
1,494 members, 26 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, NinieB

18
Bimbos of the Death Sun
by Sharyn McCrumb
1,016 members, 33 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda, NinieB

19
Bootlegger's Daughter
by Margaret Maron
983 members, 41 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: NinieB, dara85

20
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
by Harry Kemelman
864 members, 25 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: NinieB, ahef1963

23
Charm City
by Laura Lippman
750 members, 33 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: NinieB, ahef1963

24
The Wicked Girls
by Alex Marwood
641 members, 47 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, ahef1963

25
The Chatham School Affair
by Thomas H. Cook
548 members, 19 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: dara85, sturlington

26
California Girl
by T. Jefferson Parker
515 members, 10 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: NinieB, dara85

27
The Long and Faraway Gone
by Lou Berney
385 members, 42 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, sturlington

28
Mr. White's Confession: A Novel
by Robert Clark
319 members, 30 reviews
3.31 stars (3.31 stars)

Lists: walkerff, sturlington

30
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson
19,533 members, 652 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

31
The Black Echo
by Michael Connelly
5,015 members, 147 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: NinieB

32
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
4,784 members, 81 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: NinieB

33
Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
4,357 members, 146 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

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35
Columbine
by Dave Cullen
3,240 members, 197 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: dara85

36
A Case of Need
by Michael Crichton
2,925 members, 41 reviews
3.35 stars (3.35 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy

37
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
by James L. Swanson
2,750 members, 79 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: dara85

39
Before the Fall
by Noah Hawley
2,433 members, 189 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, dara85

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40
A Conspiracy of Paper
by David Liss
2,392 members, 63 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy

41
Ordinary Grace
by William Kent Krueger
2,115 members, 167 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: dara85

42
The Last Child
by John Hart
2,098 members, 196 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: dara85

43
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
by David Simon
1,983 members, 40 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

44
Dance Hall of the Dead
by Tony Hillerman
1,777 members, 47 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: NinieB

45
Come to Grief
by Dick Francis
1,537 members, 23 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

46
The Grownup
by Gillian Flynn
1,499 members, 122 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: sturlington

47
Live by Night
by Dennis Lehane
1,388 members, 74 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy

48
Down River
by John Hart
1,334 members, 59 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: dara85

49
The House of Dies Drear
by Virginia Hamilton
1,330 members, 15 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda

50
Whip Hand
by Dick Francis
1,228 members, 18 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

51
Someone Like You
by Roald Dahl
1,179 members, 18 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda

52
Sadie
by Courtney Summers
1,149 members, 105 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy

53
Blue Heaven
by C. J. Box
1,070 members, 55 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: dara85

54
Greenglass House
by Kate Milford
1,043 members, 47 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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55
Fletch
by Gregory Mcdonald
967 members, 13 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: sturlington

56
Miracle Creek
by Angie Kim
965 members, 78 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy

57
Forfeit
by Dick Francis
963 members, 16 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

58
The Skull Mantra
by Eliot Pattison
873 members, 35 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: sturlington

59
Bluebird, Bluebird
by Attica Locke
773 members, 61 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy

60
The Stranger Diaries
by Elly Griffiths
727 members, 69 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

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61
LaBrava
by Elmore Leonard
708 members, 14 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

62
Chiefs
by Stuart Woods
699 members, 27 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: dara85

63
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
by Lawrence Block
651 members, 15 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: NinieB

64
Old Bones
by Aaron Elkins
548 members, 14 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: NinieB

65
The Light of Day
by Eric Ambler
543 members, 10 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: NinieB

66
New Orleans Mourning
by Julie Smith
509 members, 15 reviews
3.36 stars (3.36 stars)

Lists: NinieB

68
Silent Joe
by T. Jefferson Parker
501 members, 14 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: NinieB

69
A Madness So Discreet
by Mindy McGinnis
471 members, 33 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy

70
Under the Harrow
by Flynn Berry
460 members, 30 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy

71
Icefall
by Matthew J. Kirby
392 members, 23 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy

72
Queenpin
by Megan Abbott
391 members, 29 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: sturlington

73
Stonewords: A Ghost Story
by Pam Conrad
387 members, 7 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda

74
Death and the Joyful Woman
by Ellis Peters
386 members, 8 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: NinieB

75
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
by Ruth Franklin
372 members, 17 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

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76
Long Time Coming
by Robert Goddard
364 members, 18 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ahef1963

77
Briarpatch
by Ross Thomas
357 members, 14 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: sturlington

78
In the Heat of the Night
by John Ball
355 members, 10 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: NinieB

79
Beast in View
by Margaret Millar
345 members, 17 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

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80
The Other Side of Dark
by Joan Lowery Nixon
343 members, 6 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

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81
Fire Lover
by Joseph Wambaugh
330 members, 8 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

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82
Blood and Money
by Thomas Thompson
320 members, 4 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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83
The Red Scream
by Mary Willis Walker
319 members, 5 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: NinieB

84
The Boston Strangler
by Gerold Frank
299 members, 1 review
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: dara85

85
Down the River unto the Sea
by Walter Mosley
288 members, 26 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy

86
Till Death Us Do Part
by Vincent Bugliosi
281 members, 3 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: dara85

87
The Seance
by Joan Lowery Nixon
262 members, 8 reviews
3.2 stars (3.2 stars)

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88
Bearskin
by James A. McLaughlin
256 members, 15 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy

89
Never Trust a Dead Man
by Vivian Vande Velde
241 members, 7 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

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90
The Golden Age of Murder
by Martin Edwards
222 members, 6 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

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91
In Broad Daylight
by Harry N. MacLean
186 members, 5 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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92
Let Me Die in His Footsteps
by Lori Roy
176 members, 11 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

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93
Doc: The Rape of the town of Lovell
by Jack Olsen
152 members, 4 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

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94
The Horizontal Man
by Helen Eustis
149 members, 3 reviews
3.31 stars (3.31 stars)

Lists: NinieB

95
Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection
by Chris Steinbrunner
121 members, 0 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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96
The Unseeing
by Anna Mazzola
121 members, 8 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

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97
Beat Not the Bones
by Charlotte Jay
117 members, 9 reviews
3.28 stars (3.28 stars)

Lists: NinieB

98
The Eighth Circle
by Stanley Ellin
108 members, 3 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: NinieB

99
The Museum of Literary Souls
by John Connolly
87 members, 9 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

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100
In a Child's Name: The Legacy of a Mother's Murder
by Peter Maas
82 members, 4 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: dara85

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Started by: sturlington (November 2016)

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