The Edgar Awards
The Edgar Awards are perhaps the most famous of mystery book awards. Named for mystery author Edgar Allan Poe, they have been presented by the Mystery Writers of America each April/May since 1946.
With all mysteries being in their remit, cozy mysteries have won few awards over the years. This changed in 2023 with the creation of an award for cozies named after Lilian Jackson Braun.
Here we present all books which have been nominated for Edgars and also appear on CozyMystery.com. We have sorted by year, then award, then author name.
2024
Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award
Glory Be
Glory Broussard #1
Misfortune Cookie
Noodle Shop #9
Hot Pot Murder
LA Night Market #2
Murder of an Amish Bridegroom
Amish Seamstress #1
The Body in the Back Garden
Crescent Cove #1
Best Paperback Original
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Murder in Postscript
Lady of Letters #1
2023
Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award
The Shadow of Memory
Kate Hamilton #4
Tamara Berry
Buried in a Good Book
By the Book #1
Smile Beach Murder
Outer Banks Bookshop #1
Desert Getaway
Dante & Jazz #1
The Marlow Murder Club
Marlow Murder Club #1
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Emily Dickinson #1
Best Critical/Biographical Work
Martin Edwards
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators
The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman
2022
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Ruby Red Herring
Avery Ayers Antique #1
The Sign of Death
Victorian Book Club #2
Chapter and Curse
Vampire Book Club #2
2021
Best Novel
The Thursday Murder Club
Thursday Murder Club #1
Sue Grafton Memoriam Award
Turn to Stone
Ellie Stone #7
2020
Sue Grafton Memoriam Award
The Satapur Moonstone
Perveen Mistry #2
The Alchemist’s Illusion
Accidental Alchemist #4
2019
Mary Higgins Clark Award
A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder
Countess of Harleigh #1
Sujata Massey
The Widows of Malabar Hill
Perveen Mistry #1
2018
Mary Higgins Clark Award
The Vineyard Victims
Wine Country #8
Uncorking a Lie
Sommelier #2
2017
Best Paperback Original
Heart of Stone
Ellie Stone #4
2016
Mary Higgins Clark Award
A Woman Unknown
Kate Shackleton #4
The Masque of a Murderer
Lucy Campion #3
Best Critical/Biographical Work
Martin Edwards
The Golden Age of Murder
2015
Best First Novel
Murder at the Brightwell
Amory Ames #1
2012
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Death on Tour
Jocelyn Shore #1
Murder Most Persuasive
Elizabeth Parker #3
2010
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof
Dixie Hemingway #4
Lethal Vintage
Sunny McCoskey Napa Valley #4
2007
Best Paperback Original
Naomi Hirahara
Snakeskin Shamisen
Mas Arai #3
2005
Best Novel
Evan’s Gate
Constable Evans #8
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Perfect Sax
Madeline Bean #6
2004
Best Novel
Maisie Dobbs
Maisie Dobbs #1
Mary Higgins Clark Award
The Body in the Lighthouse
Faith Fairchild #13
2002
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Murder of a Sweet Old Lady
Scumble River #2
2001
Best Paperback Original
Murder on St. Mark’s Place
Gaslight #2
1997
Best Novel
Pentecost Alley
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt #16
1988
Best Novel
Aaron Elkins
Old Bones
Gideon Oliver #4
The Corpse in Oozak’s Pond
Peter Shandy #6
1987
Best Paperback Original
The Cat Who Saw Red
Cat Who… #4
1985
Best Novel
Emily Dickinson Is Dead
Homer Kelly #5
1978
Best Critical/Biographical Work
An Autobiography
1969
Best Novel
Picture Miss Seeton
Miss Seeton #1
1965
Best First Novel
Harry Kemelman
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
Rabbi Small #1
1964
Best Novel
The Player on the Other Side
Ellery Queen #18