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Anthony Awards

The Anthony Awards were created in 1986 and are given at each annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. Nominees and winners are selected by attendees.

Best Novel Awards

2009
Trigger City by Sean Chercover
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
Red Knife by William Kent Krueger
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Cruellest Month by Louise Penny

2008
The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child
The Watchman by Robert Crais
Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (winner)

2007
Kidnapped by Jan Burke
The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
No Good Deeds by Laura Lippman (winner)

2006
Bloodlines by Jan Burke
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
Red Leaves by Thomas H Cook
To the Power of Three by Laura Lippman
Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger (winner)

2005
The Killing of the Tinkers by Ken Bruen
The Mad Man's Tale by John Katzenbach
By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman
California Girl by T Jefferson Parker
Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger (winner)

2004
The Delicate Storm by Giles Blunt
Blood Is The Sky by Steve Hamilton
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
The Summer That Never Was by Peter Robinson
Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman (winner)

2003
Murder in the Sentier by Cara Black
North of Nowhere by Steve Hamilton
Hell To Pay by George Pelecanos
Winter and Night by S J Rozan
City Of Bones by Michael Connelly (winner)

2002
The Devil Went Down to Austin by Rick Riordan
Flight by Jan Burke
Reflecting the Sky by S J Rozan
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (winner)

2001
The Bottoms by Joe R Lansdale
Deep South by Nevada Barr
Listen to the Silence by Marcia Muller
Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters
Legacy of the Dead by Charles Todd
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid (winner)

2000
River Of Darkness by Rennie Airth
Bones by Jan Burke
L. A. Requiem by Robert Crais
High Five by Janet Evanovich
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson (winner)

1999
Blind Descent by Nevada Barr
On Beulah Height by Reginald Hill
Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane
Framework for Death by Aileen Schumacher
Blood Work by Michael Connelly (winner)

1998
Devil's Food by Anthony Bruno
Deception Pass by Earl W Emerson
The Dumas Club by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Eye of the Cricket by James Sallis
No Colder Place by S J Rozan (winner)

1997
Firestorm by Nevada Barr
Lethal Genes by Linda Grant
Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence
Multiple Wounds by Alan Russell
The Poet by Michael Connelly (winner)

1996
Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker (winner)

1995
She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb (winner)

1994
Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller (winner)

1993
Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron (winner)

1992
The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey (winner)

1991
G Is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton (winner)

1990
The Sirens Sang Of Murder by Sarah Caudwell (winner)

1989
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (winner)

1988
Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman (winner)

1987
C Is for Corpse by Sue Grafton (winner)

1986
B Is for Burglar by Sue Grafton (winner)

Best First Novel Awards

2009
Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris
Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Death of a Cozy Writer by G M Malliet
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

2008
Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
Head Games by Craig McDonald
The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey
In the Woods by Tana French (winner)

2007
The King of Lies by John Hart
Holmes on the Range by Steve Hockensmith
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read
The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff
Still Life by Louise Penny (winner)