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Anthony Awards 2014

The 2014 Anthony Awards went to The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau (Best Children's/Young Adult), The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot To Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower (Best Critical/Nonfiction Work) and Yesterday’s Echo by Matt Coyle (Best First Novel), with winners in 2 more categories. 25 books were nominated across 5 categories.

Winners

Best Children's/Young Adult

  1. The Testing by Joelle Charbonneausource (opens in a new tab)

Best Critical/Nonfiction Work

  1. The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot To Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War by Daniel Stashowersource (opens in a new tab)

Best First Novel

  1. Yesterday’s Echo by Matt Coylesource (opens in a new tab)

Best Novel

  1. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Kruegersource (opens in a new tab)

Best Paperback Original

  1. As She Left It by Catriona McPhersonsource (opens in a new tab)

Nominees

Best Children's/Young Adult

  1. Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy by Elizabeth Kiemsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Escape Theory by Margaux Froleysource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabensteinsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Code Busters Club: The Mystery of the Pirate’s Treasure by Penny Warnersource (opens in a new tab)

Best Critical/Nonfiction Work

  1. All the Wild Children by Josh Stallingssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikovasource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines by Cate Lineberrysource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives by Sarah Weinmansource (opens in a new tab)

Best First Novel

  1. Ghostman by Roger Hobbssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Rage Against the Dying by Becky Mastermansource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreightsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Hard Bounce by Todd Robinsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Novel

  1. A Cold and Lonely Place by Sara J. Henrysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Suspect by Robert Craissource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Wrong Girl by Hank Phillippi Ryansource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer-Flemingsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Paperback Original

  1. Joyland by Stephen Kingsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Purgatory Key by Darrell Jamessource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Big Reap by Chris F. Holmsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwoodsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Anthony Awards

Book categories only; short story, novella, cover art, audiobook narration, TV, website, fan and service awards are skipped. Year is the Bouchercon year. Sources: Bouchercon's own winners-and-nominees pages for 2006-2019, 2023 and 2024; bouchercon.com has no pages for 2020-2022 or 2025, so those years come from Stop, You're Killing Me! (stopyourekillingme.com), with winners checked against Wikipedia and 2025 press reports. Three official cells are wrong or short and cite Stop, You're Killing Me! instead: 2009 Paperback Original (official page repeats Scot & Soda, a 2020 nominee), 2023 Best Novel (official page omits finalist The Maid), and 2024 Anthology (official page omits Happiness Is a Warm Gun). Stable category names: Best Novel was Best Hardcover Novel in 2021 and 2023-2025; Best Paperback Original became Paperback/E-book/Audiobook Original from 2021; Best Children's/Young Adult covers the Children's/YA, Young Adult (2016, 2020) and Juvenile/YA labels; Best Humorous Novel was Cozy/Humorous in 2025. Categories that did not run in a year have count 0. The 2015 Critical/Nonfiction nominee Dru's Book Musings is a website but is listed as the organization named it.

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