The 2020 Anthony Mystery Book Awards

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31 books

The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.

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See the source list and commentary at www.bouchercon.com

Best Novel

Winner

The Murder List

A Novel of Suspense

Hank Phillippi Ryan, 2019

Nominees

Your House Will Pay

Steph Cha, 2019

They All Fall Down

Rachel Howzell Hall, 2019

Lady in the Lake

Laura Lippman, 2019

Miami Midnight

Alex Segura, 2019

Best First Novel

Winner

One Night Gone

Tara Laskowski, 2019

Nominees

The Ninja Daughter

Tori Eldridge, 2019

Miracle Creek

Angie Kim, 2019

Three-Fifths

John Vercher, 2019

American Spy

Lauren Wilkinson, 2019

Best Paperback Original

Winner

The Alchemist's Illusion

Gigi Pandian, 2020

Nominees

The Unrepentant

E. A. AYMAR, 2019

Murder Knocks Twice

Susanna Calkins, 2019

The Pearl Dagger

L.A. Chandlar, 2019

Scot & Soda

Catriona McPherson, 2019

Drowned Under

Wendall Thomas, 2019

Best Critical/Nonfiction Work

Winner

The Mutual Admiration Society

How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women

Mo Moulton, 2019

Nominees

Hitchcock and the Censors

John Billheimer, 2019

The Hooded Gunman

An Illustrated History of Collins Crime Club

John Curran, 2019

The Trial of Lizzie Borden

Cara Robertson, 2020

The Five

The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Hallie Rubenhold, 2019

Best Young Adult

Winner

Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry

Jen Conley, 2019

Nominees

Catfishing on CatNet

Naomi Kritzer, 2019

Killing November

Adriana Mather, 2020

Patron Saints of Nothing

Randy Ribay, 2020

The Deceivers

Kristen Simmons, 2020

Wild and Crooked

Leah Thomas, 2019

Best Anthology or Collection

Winner

Parnell Hall Presents Malice Domestic

Murder Most Edible

Verena Rose, Rita Owen, Shawn Reilly Simmons, 2019

Nominees

The Eyes of Texas

Private Eyes from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods

Michael Bracken, 2019

¡Pa'Que Tu Lo Sepas!

Stories to Benefit the People of Puerto Rico

Angel Luis Colón, 2019

Crime Travel

Michael Bracken, 2019