Macavity Best Novel Award

2024

Nominees
Dark Ride by Lou Berney
Hide by Tracy Clark
All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Murder Book by Thomas Perry
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

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Best First Novel

Best Historical Novel

Best Non-Fiction

Winner
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

Nominees
Back to the Garden by Laurie R King
Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Secret Identity by Alex Segura

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987

2022

Winner
Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby

Shortlist
The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
1979 by Val McDermid
Bobby March Will Live Forever by Alan Parks
We Begin At the End by Chris Whitaker
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987

2021

Winner
Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby

Shortlist
Before She Was Helen by Caroline B Cooney
Blind Vigil by Matt Coyle
All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
These Women by Ivy Pochoda
When She Was Good by Michael Robotham

2020

Winner
The Chain by Adrian McKinty

Shortlist
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Sarah Jane by James Sallis

2019

Winner
November Road by Lou Berney

Shortlist
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
Hiroshima Boy by Naomi Hirahara
Under My Skin by Lisa Unger

2018

Winner
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

Shortlist
The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
The Old Man by Thomas Perry
The Force by Don Winslow

2017

Winner
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny

Shortlist
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
Dark Fissures by Matt Coyle
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
Real Tigers by Mick Herron
Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman

2016

Winner
The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney

Shortlist
Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton
The Hot Countries by Timothy Hallinan
The Child Garden by Catriona McPherson
Life or Death by Michael Robotham
The Cartel by Don Winslow

2015

Winner
The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood

Shortlist
The Missing Place by Sophie Littlefield
The Lewis Man by Peter May
The Day She Died by Catriona McPherson
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
The Last Death of Jack Harbin by Terry Shames

2014

Winner
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

Shortlist
Sandrine's Case by Thomas H Cook
Dead Lions by Mick Herron
The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny
Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin

2013

Winner
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny

Shortlist
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Blackhouse by Peter May
The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan
The Art Forger by BA Shapiro
The Twenty Year Death by Ariel S Winter
The Last Policeman by Ben H Winters

2012

Winner
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran

Shortlist
1222 by Anne Holt
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
The Ridge by Michael Koryta
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey
Hell & Gone by Duane Swierczynski

2011

Winner
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

Shortlist
The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke
Faithful Place by Tana French
The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan
Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard

2010

Winner
Tower by Ken Bruen

Shortlist
Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott
Necessary as Blood by Deborah Crombie
Nemesis by Jo Nesbø
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
The Shanghai Moon by SJ Rozan

2009

Winner
Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie

Shortlist
Trigger City by Sean Chercover
The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes
The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason
Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
The Fault Tree by Louise Ure

2008

Winner
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman

Shortlist
Soul Patch by Reed Farrel Coleman
The Unquiet by John Connolly
Blood of Paradise by David Corbett
Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie

2007

Winner
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

Shortlist
Christine Falls by Benjamin Black
The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
Piece of my Heart by Peter Robinson
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming

2006

Winner
The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly

Shortlist
One Shot by Lee Child
The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman
Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
Solomon vs. Lord by Paul Levine
Strange Affair by Peter Robinson
The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow

2005

Winner
The Killing of the Tinkers by Ken Bruen

Shortlist
Cold Case by Robin Burcell
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
High Country Fall by Margaret Maron
California Girl by T Jefferson Parker
Playing with Fire by Peter Robinson

2004

Winner
The House Sitter by Peter Lovesey

Shortlist
The Delicate Storm by Giles Blunt
For the Love of Mike by Rhys Bowen
The Guards by Ken Bruen
Done for a Dime by David Corbett

2003

Winner
Winter and Night by SJ Rozan

Shortlist
Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews
Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke
Nine by Jan Burke
City of Bones by Michael Connelly

2002

Winner
Folly by Laurie R King

Shortlist
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
The Deadhouse by Linda Fairstein
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Silent Joe by T Jefferson Parker

2001

Winner
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid

Shortlist
Guns and Roses by Taffy Cannon
The Bottoms by Joe R Lansdale
Half Moon Street by Anne Perry
The Whole Truth by Nancy Pickard

2000

Winner
The Flower Master by Sujata Massey

Shortlist
River of Darkness by Rennie Airth
L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais
In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson

1999

Winner
Blood Work by Michael Connelly

Shortlist
Blind Descent by Nevada Barr
Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman
Home Fires by Margaret Maron
Blue by Abigail Padgett

1998

Winner
Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie

Shortlist
Hocus by Jan Burke
Trunk Music by Michael Connelly
The Dumas Club by Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Ax by Donald E Westlake