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Anthony Awards 2025: New Categories Added
Female sleuths again swept this annual awards contest, which included new categories such as best cozy/humorous, best historical and best paranormal. Need help adding to your TBR list?
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Edgar Awards 2025: What Mystery Writers Selected as The Best
This year’s winners include a final outing for PI Maisie Dobbs and the story of an aspiring writer who finds her literary idol murdered the day after she gives him her manuscript.
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Agatha Award Winners 2025: Celebrating Traditional Mysteries
This year’s winners include an historical cozy featuring the intrepid sister of the Wright Brothers and a thriller about a Vietnamese-American artist whose picture-perfect life is starting to unravel.
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Left Coast Crime Awards 2025: One Female Sleuth Winner
Immediately added to my TBR list: A former reporter must investigate a murder with the detective who broke her heart in their native Hawaii in the Best Debut Mystery Novel winner.
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New York Times: Best Mysteries (and Other Books) Since 2000
Here’s a gift link to the interactive database of the NYT’s best and notable books by year and genre. Check out the picks for the best 21 mysteries of the past two decades.
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My GOAT Female Sleuths … So Far There’s Four
My list of the Greatest of All Time (GOAT) female sleuths so far: V.I. Warshawski, Kinsey Millhone, Tess Monoghan and Ruth Galloway. Who’s on your GOAT list?
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2023’s major prize winners: Agathas, Anthonys and Edgars
There wasn’t much agreement among winners of the three big mystery book contests in 2023. That just means there’s more to consider. Check out the awards here.
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Are These the 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of all Time?
TIME magazine tapped top mystery authors to help compile this best-ever list, which starts in the 1800s and winds its way through 2021. How do your picks compare?
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