Anthony Awards
The Anthony Awards (named after Anthony Boucher) recognize outstanding achievement in the mystery field. (Movies, TV series, periodicals, cover art and other non-literary works have been omitted from this list)

2004

Best Novel: Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman

Nominees:
  • The Delicate Storm, by Giles Blunt
  • Blood is the Sky, by Steve Hamilton
  • Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane
  • The Summer That Never Was/Close to Home, by Peter Robinson
Best First Novel:  Monkeewrench/Want to Play? by P.J. Tracy

Nominees:
  • Haunted Ground, by Erin Hart
  • Death Of A Nationalist, by Rebecca Pawel
  • Wiley's Lament, by Lono Waiwaiole
  • Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear
Best Paperback Original:  Deadly Legacy by Robin Burcell

Nominees:
  • Dealing In Murder, by Elaine Flinn
  • Thicker Than Water, by P.J. Parrish
  • Tough Luck, by Jason Starr
  • Find Me Again, by Sylvia Maultash Warsh
Best Critical/Nonfiction:  Make Mine a Mystery: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction by Gary Warren Niebuhr

Nominees:
  • Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters In Mystery Fiction, Vol III, by Colleen Barnett
  • The Story of Jane Doe: A Book About Rape, by Jane Doe
  • Interrogations, by Jon Jordan
  • Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith, by Andrew Wilson
Best Short Story:  "Doppelganger" by Rhys Bowen (in Blood on Their Hands ed. Lawrence Block)

Nominees:
  • "The Grass is Always Greener", by Sandy Balzo (in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Mar 2003)
  • "Munchies", by Jack Bludis (in Hardbroiled, ed. Michael Bracken)
  • "Wanda Wilcox Is Trapped", by Eddie Muller (in Plots With Guns, Sept/Oct 2003)
  • "Red Meat", by Elaine Viets (in Blood On Their Hands, ed. Lawrence Block)
Best Young Adult Mystery:  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Nominees:
  • Artemis Fowl -The Eternity Code, by Eoin Colfer
  • Feast Of Fools, by Bridget Crowley
  • Seventh Knot, by Kathleen Karr
  • No Escape, by Norah McClintock
Best Historical Mystery:  For The Love of Mike by Rhys Bowen

Nominees:
  • Let Loose The Dogs, by Maureen Jennings
  • The Bridge of Sighs, by Olen Steinhauer
  • Find Me Again, by Sylvia Maultash Warsh
  • Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear

2003

Best Novel:
City of Bones, Michael Connelly

Nominees:
  • Murder in the Sentier, Cara Black
  • North of Nowhere, Steve Hamilton
  • Hell to Pay, George Pelecanos
  • Winter and Night, S.J. Rozan
Best First Novel:  In the Bleak Midwinter, Julia Spencer-Fleming

Nominees:
  • The Devil's Redhead, David Corbett
  • An Eye for Murder, Libby Fischer Hellmann
  • Blue Edge of Midnight, Jonathon King
  • The Distance, Eddie Muller
Best Paperback Original:  Fatal Truth, Robin Burcell

Nominees:
  • Black Jack Point, Jeff Abbott
  • Six Strokes Under, Roberta Isleib
  • Paint it Black, P.J. Parrish
  • A Killing Sky, Andy Straka
Best Critical:  They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated and Forgotten Mystery Novels, Jim Huang

Nominees:
  • Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction, Mike Ashley
  • Intent to Sell: Marking the Genre Novel, Jeffrey Marks
Best Short Story:  "Too Many Cooks", by Marcia Talley, in Much Ado About Murder, ed. by Anne Perry

Nominees:
  • "To Live and Die in Midland, Texas", by Clark Howard, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct, 2002
  • "Murder in the Land of Wawat", by Lauren Haney, in Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits, ed by Mike Ashley
  • "Bible Belt", by Toni Kelner, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, June, 2002
  • "A Man Called Ready", by Bob Truluck, in Measures of Poison, Dennis McMillan, ed.

2002

Best Novel: Mystic River, by Dennis Lehane
Best First Mystery Novel: Open Season, by C. J. Box
Best Paperback Original: Dead until Dark, by Charlaine Harris
Best Short Story: "Chocolate Moose", by Bill Crider and Judy Crider (in: Death Dines at 8:30).
Best Nonfiction: Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir, by Tony Hillerman

2001

Best Novel:  A Place of Execution, Val McDermid
Best First Mystery:  Death of a Red Heroine, Qiu Xiaolong
Best Paperback Original:  Death Dances to a Reggae Beat, Kate Grilley
Best Short Story: "The Problem of the Potting Shed" by Edward D. Hoch (in: Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July 2000)
Best Anthology/Short Story Collection: Master's Choice II, Lawrence Block, editor
Best Non-Fiction/Critical Work: 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century, Jim Huang, editor


2000

Best Novel:
In a Dry Season, Peter Robinson
Best First Novel: Murder, with Peacocks, Donna Andrews
Best Paperback Original: In Big Trouble, Laura Lippman
Best Short Story: "Noir Lite," Margaret (Meg) Chittenden (in: Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January, 1999)
Best Critical Non-Fiction: Detecting Women (3rd edition), Willetta Heising
Best Novel of the Century: Rebecca, Daphne DuMaurier

1999

Best Novel:
Blood Work, Michael Connelly
Best First Novel: Iron Lake, William Kent Krueger
Best Paperback Original: Butcher's Hill, Laura Lippman
Best Short Story: "Of Course, You Know Chocolate is a Vegetable", Barbara D'Amato (in: Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November, 1998)
Best Critical Nonfiction: Deadly Pleasures Magazine, George Easter, editor

1998

Best Novel:
No Colder Place, S.J. Rozan
Best First Novel: The Killing Floor, Lee Child
Best Paperback Original: Big Red Tequila, Rick Riordan
Best Short Story (tie):
"Front Row Seats," Jan Grape
"One Bag of Coconuts," Edward D. Hoch (in: Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 1997)

1997

Best Novel:
The Poet, Michael Connelly
Best First Novel (tie): Death in Little Toyko, Dale Furitani; Somebody Else's Child, Terris McMahan Grimes
Best Paperback Original: Somebody Else's Child, Terris McMahan Grimes
Best Short Story: "Accidents Will Happen," Carolyn Wheat (in: Malice Domestic 5)
Best Critical/Biographical: Detecting Women II, Willetta Heising

1996

Best Novel:
Under the Beetle's Cellar, Mary Willis Walker
Best First Novel: Death in Bloodhound Red, Virginia Lanier
Best Paperback Original: Deal Breaker, Harlan Coben
Best Short Story: "And Pray Nobody Sees You," Gar Anthony Haywood (in: Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes : Black mystery, crime, and suspense fiction, edited by Paula L. Woods)
Best Short Story Collection: The McCone Files, Marcia Muller
Best True Crime: Dead by Sunset, Ann Rule
Best Critical Work: TAD Book of Lists, 2nd edition, Kate Stine

1995

Best Novel:
She Walks These Hills, Sharyn McCrumb
Best First Novel: The Alienist, Caleb Carr
Best Short Story: "The Monster of Glamis," Sharyn McCrumb (in: Foggy Mountain Breakdown and other stories)
Best Critical Work: Crime Fiction, 2nd edition, B. A. Pike and J. Cooper, editors
Best Anthology/Short Story Collection: The Mysterious West, Tony Hillerman, editor
Best True Crime: Criminal Shadows, David Canter

1994

Best Novel:
Wolf in the Shadows, Marcia Muller
Best First Novel: Track of the Cat, Nevada Barr
Best Critical Work: The Fine Art of Murder, Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg, Larry Segriff, with Jon L. Breen, editors
Best True Crime: A Rose for Her Grave, Ann Rule
Best Individual Short Story: "Checkout," Susan Dunlap (in: Malice Domestic 2)
Best Short Story Anthology: Malice Domestic 2, Mary Higgins Clark, editor

1993

Best Novel:
Bootlegger's Daughter, Margaret Maron
Best First Novel: Blanche on the Lam, Barbara Neely
Best True Crime: The Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery: The True Story Behind the Bronion Murder, Barbara D'Amato
Best Critical Work: Doubleday Crime Club Compendium, Ellen Nehr
Best Short Story: "Cold Turkey," Diane Mott Davidson (in: Sisters in Crime 5)

1992

Best Novel:
The Last Detective, Peter Lovesey
Best First Novel: Murder on the Iditarod Trail, Sue Henry
Best True Crime: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, David Simon
Best Short Story: "Lucky Dip," Liza Cody (in: A Woman's Eye, edited by Sara Paretsky)
Best Anthology: A Woman's Eye, Sara Paretsky, editor
Best Critical/Biographical Work: 100 Great Detectives, Maxim Jakubowski, editor
Booksellers Award: Native Tongue, Carl Hiaasen

1991

Best Novel:
G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton
Best First Novel: Postmortem, Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Best Paperback Original (tie): Grave Undertaking, James McCahery; Where's Mommy Now?, Rochelle Krich
Best Short Story: "The Celestial Buffet," Susan Dunlap (in: Sisters in Crime 2)
Best Critical Work: Synod of Sleuths, Jon L. Breen and Martin H. Greenberg, editors

1990

Best Novel:
The Sirens Sang of Murder, Sarah Caudwell
Best First Novel: Katwalk, Karen Kijewski
Best Paperback Original: Honeymoon with Murder, Carolyn Hart
Best Short Story: "Afraid All the Time," Nancy Pickard (in: The Best of Sisters in Crime)

1989

Best Novel: The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris
Best First Novel: A Great Deliverance, Elizabeth George
Best Paperback Original: Something Wicked, Carolyn Hart


1988

Best Novel:
Skinwalkers, Tony Hillerman
Best First Novel: Caught Dead in Philadelphia, Gillian Roberts
Best Paperback Original: The Monkey's Raincoat, Robert Crais
Best Short Story: "Breakfast Television," Robert Barnard (in: The Edgar Award Book, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, 1996)

1987

Best Novel:
C is for Corpse, Sue Grafton
Best First Novel: Too Late to Die, Bill Crider
Best Paperback Original: The Junkyard Dog, Robert Campbell
Best Short Story: "The Parker Shotgun," Sue Grafton (in: Mean Streets: the second Private Eye Writers of America anthology)

1986

Best Novel:
B is for Burglar, Sue Grafton
Best First Novel: When the Bough Breaks, Jonathan Kellerman
Best Paperback Original: Say No to Murder, Nancy Pickard
Best Short Story: "Lucky Penny," Linda Barnes (in: Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense, compiled by Martin H. Greenberg)
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