Award overlap

Books That Won Both the Anthony Awards and the Lefty Awards

10 books won both the Anthony Awards and the Lefty Awards between 2014 and 2025, most recently Cirque du Slay (2025/2025). 78 more were recognized by both without winning both.

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Won both

Books that won both the Anthony Awards and the Lefty Awards, most recent first.
BookAuthorAnthony AwardsLefty Awards
Cirque du SlayRob Osler
  • 2025 Winner (Best Humorous Novel)
  • 2025 Winner (Best Humorous Mystery Novel)
HideTracy Clark
  • 2024 Winner (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2024 Winner (Best Mystery Novel)
Mother-Daughter Murder NightNina Simon
  • 2024 Winner (Best First Novel)
  • 2024 Winner (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Anywhere You RunWanda M. Morris
  • 2023 Winner (Best Historical Novel)
  • 2023 Winner (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
Like a SisterKellye Garrett
  • 2023 Winner (Best Novel)
  • 2023 Winner (Best Mystery Novel)
Winter CountsDavid Heska Wanbli Weiden
  • 2021 Winner (Best First Novel)
  • 2021 Winner (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
November RoadLou Berney
  • 2019 Winner (Best Novel)
  • 2019 Winner (Best Mystery Novel)
Hollywood HomicideKellye Garrett
  • 2018 Winner (Best First Novel)
  • 2018 Winner (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
A Great ReckoningLouise Penny
  • 2017 Winner (Best Novel)
  • 2017 Winner (Best Mystery Novel)
Ordinary GraceWilliam Kent Krueger
  • 2014 Winner (Best Novel)
  • 2014 Winner (Squid Award (Best Mystery Set in the United States))

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the Anthony Awards and the Lefty Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorAnthony AwardsLefty Awards
A Very Woodsy MurderEllen Byron
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Humorous Novel)
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Humorous Mystery Novel)
California BearDuane Swierczynski
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Ghosts of WaikikiJennifer K. Morita
  • 2025 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2025 Winner (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Ill-Fated FortuneJennifer J. Chow
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Humorous Novel)
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Humorous Mystery Novel)
ScotzillaCatriona McPherson
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Humorous Novel)
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Humorous Mystery Novel)
Served ColdJames L’Etoile
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2025 Winner (Best Mystery Novel)
The Lantern’s DanceLaurie R. King
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Historical Novel)
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
The Mechanics of MemoryAudrey Lee
  • 2025 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
You Know What You DidK.T. Nguyen
  • 2025 Winner (Best First Novel)
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
All the Sinners BleedS.A. Cosby
  • 2024 Winner (Best Novel)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Everybody KnowsJordan Harper
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Face of GreedJames L’Etoile
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Play the FoolLina Chern
  • 2024 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Scorched GraceMargot Douaihy
  • 2024 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Time’s UndoingCheryl A. Head
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
A Streetcar Named MurderT.G. Herren
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Humorous Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Humorous Mystery Novel)
A World of CuriositiesLouise Penny
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Bayou Book ThiefEllen Byron
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Humorous Novel)
  • 2023 Winner (Best Humorous Mystery Novel)
Dead DropJames L’Etoile
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Death by Bubble TeaJennifer J. Chow
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Humorous Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Humorous Mystery Novel)
Devil’s Chew ToyRob Osler
  • 2023 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Don’t Know ToughEli Cranor
  • 2023 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
In Place of FearCatriona McPherson
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Historical Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
Scot in a TrapCatriona McPherson
  • 2023 Winner (Best Humorous Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Humorous Mystery Novel)
Secret IdentityAlex Segura
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
ShutterRamona Emerson
  • 2023 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2023 Winner (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
The Bangalore Detectives ClubHarini Nagendra
  • 2023 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Under a Veiled MoonKaren Odden
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Historical Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
All Her Little SecretsWanda M. Morris
  • 2022 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2022 Winner (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Arsenic and AdoboMia P. Manansala
  • 2022 Winner (Best First Novel)
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Clark and DivisionNaomi Hirahara
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2022 Winner (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
Razorblade TearsS.A. Cosby
  • 2022 Winner (Best Novel)
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
RunnerTracy Clark
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
The Other Black GirlZakiya Dalila Harris
  • 2022 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
And Now She’s GoneRachel Howzell Hall
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Blacktop WastelandS.A. Cosby
  • 2021 Winner (Best Novel)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
DerailedMary Keliikoa
  • 2021 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Murder at the Mena HouseErica Ruth Neubauer
  • 2021 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
The Fate of a FlapperSusanna Calkins
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
The Thursday Murder ClubRichard Osman
  • 2021 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
What You Don’t SeeTracy Clark
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Drowned UnderWendall Thomas
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Humorous Mystery Novel)
Miracle CreekAngie Kim
  • 2020 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Murder Knocks TwiceSusanna Calkins
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
One Night GoneTara Laskowski
  • 2020 Winner (Best First Novel)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Scot & SodaCatriona McPherson
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2020 Winner (Best Humorous Mystery Novel)
The Ninja DaughterTori Eldridge
  • 2020 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
The Pearl DaggerL.A. Chandlar
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
They All Fall DownRachel Howzell Hall
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Three-FifthsJohn Vercher
  • 2020 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Your House Will PaySteph Cha
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
A Stone’s ThrowJames W. Ziskin
  • 2019 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2019 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Broken PlacesTracy Clark
  • 2019 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2019 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Hollywood EndingKellye Garrett
  • 2019 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2019 Nominee (Best Humorous Mystery Novel)
Under a Dark SkyLori Rader-Day
  • 2019 Winner (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2019 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
What Doesn’t Kill YouAimee Hix
  • 2019 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2019 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Cast the First StoneJames W. Ziskin
  • 2018 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2018 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Glass HousesLouise Penny
  • 2018 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2018 Nominee (Bill Crider Award for Best Novel in a Series)
  • 2018 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Decanting a MurderNadine Nettmann
  • 2017 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2017 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Design for DyingRenee Patrick
  • 2017 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2017 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Heart of StoneJames W. Ziskin
  • 2017 Winner (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2017 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Night TremorsMatt Coyle
  • 2016 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2016 Nominee (Best LCC Regional Mystery)
Stone Cold DeadJames W. Ziskin
  • 2016 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2016 Nominee (Best World Mystery)
The Killing KindChris Holm
  • 2016 Winner (Best Novel)
  • 2016 Nominee (Best World Mystery)
The Long and Faraway GoneLou Berney
  • 2016 Winner (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2016 Nominee (Best World Mystery)
The Nature of the BeastLouise Penny
  • 2016 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2016 Winner (Best World Mystery)
Young AmericansJosh Stallings
  • 2016 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2016 Nominee (Best LCC Regional Mystery)
Ice ShearM.P. Cooley
  • 2015 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2015 Nominee (Rosebud Award (Best Debut Mystery))
The Black HourLori Rader-Day
  • 2015 Winner (Best First Novel)
  • 2015 Nominee (Rosebud Award (Best Debut Mystery))
The Life We BuryAllen Eskens
  • 2015 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2015 Winner (Rosebud Award (Best Debut Mystery))
As She Left ItCatriona McPherson
  • 2014 Winner (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2014 Nominee (Calamari Award (Best Mystery Set Outside the United States))
Purgatory KeyDarrell James
  • 2014 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2014 Nominee (Squid Award (Best Mystery Set in the United States))
The Wrong GirlHank Phillippi Ryan
  • 2014 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2014 Nominee (Squid Award (Best Mystery Set in the United States))
Nazareth ChildDarrell James
  • 2012 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2012 Winner (Eureka! Award (Best First Mystery))
The DropMichael Connelly
  • 2012 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2012 Nominee (Golden Nugget Award (Best Mystery Set in California))
Who Do, Voodoo?Rochelle Staab
  • 2012 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2012 Nominee (Eureka! Award (Best First Mystery))
Death of a Cozy WriterG.M. Malliet
  • 2009 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2009 Nominee (Hawaii Five-O Award (Best Law Enforcement or Police Procedural))
47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank RobbersTroy Cook
  • 2007 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2007 Nominee (Best Humorous Mystery Novel)