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Anthony Awards 2024

The 2024 Anthony Awards went to Killin’ Time in San Diego: Bouchercon Anthology 2023 by Holly West (Best Anthology or Collection), Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer (Best Children's/Young Adult) and A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan (Best Critical/Nonfiction Work), with winners in 3 more categories. 33 books were nominated across 6 categories.

Winners

Best Anthology or Collection

  1. Killin’ Time in San Diego: Bouchercon Anthology 2023 by Holly Westsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Children's/Young Adult

  1. Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springersource (opens in a new tab)

Best Critical/Nonfiction Work

  1. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egansource (opens in a new tab)

Best First Novel

  1. Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simonsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Novel

  1. All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosbysource (opens in a new tab)

Best Paperback Original

  1. Hide by Tracy Clarksource (opens in a new tab)

Nominees

Best Anthology or Collection

  1. Happiness Is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of The Beatles by Josh Pachtersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Here in the Dark: Stories by Meagan Lucassource (opens in a new tab)
  3. School of Hard Knox by Donna Andrews, Greg Herren and Art Taylorsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions by Art Taylorsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Children's/Young Adult

  1. Finney and the Secret Tunnel by Jamie Lane Barbersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity by Elizabeth C. Buncesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souderssource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Sasquatch of Hawthorne Elementary by K.B. Jacksonsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Critical/Nonfiction Work

  1. A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Mark Dawidziaksource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Agatha Christie, She Watched: One Woman's Plot to Watch 201 Christie Adaptations Without Murdering the Director, Screenwriter, Cast, or Her Husband by Teresa Peschelsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Robert Morgansource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Finders: Justice, Faith and Identity in Irish Crime Fiction by Anjili Babbarsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Love Me Fierce in Danger: The Life of James Ellroy by Steven Powellsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction by Max Allan Collins and James L. Traylorsource (opens in a new tab)

Best First Novel

  1. City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashitasource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Play the Fool by Lina Chernsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihysource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berrysource (opens in a new tab)

Best Novel

  1. Everybody Knows by Jordan Harpersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Face of Greed by James L’Etoilesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osmansource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Time’s Undoing by Cheryl A. Headsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Paperback Original

  1. Because the Night by James D.F. Hannahsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Lowdown Road by Scott Von Doviaksource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Magic City Blues by Bobby Mathewssource (opens in a new tab)
  4. No Home for Killers by E.A. Aymarsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Taken Ones by Jess Loureysource (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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