Award overlap

Books That Won Both the Barry Awards and the Lefty Awards

5 books won both the Barry Awards and the Lefty Awards between 2014 and 2021, most recently Winter Counts (2021/2021). 30 more were recognized by both without winning both.

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Won both

Books that won both the Barry Awards and the Lefty Awards, most recent first.
BookAuthorBarry AwardsLefty Awards
Winter CountsDavid Heska Wanbli Weiden
  • 2021 Winner (Best First Novel)
  • 2021 Winner (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
November RoadLou Berney
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade)
  • 2019 Winner (Best Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2019 Winner (Best Mystery Novel)
A Great ReckoningLouise Penny
  • 2017 Winner (Best Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2017 Winner (Best Mystery Novel)
The Life We BuryAllen Eskens
  • 2015 Winner (Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2015 Winner (Rosebud Award (Best Debut Mystery))
Ordinary GraceWilliam Kent Krueger
  • 2014 Winner (Best Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2014 Winner (Squid Award (Best Mystery Set in the United States))

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the Barry Awards and the Lefty Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorBarry AwardsLefty Awards
California BearDuane Swierczynski
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
All the Sinners BleedS.A. Cosby
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Mystery or Crime Novel)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Everybody KnowsJordan Harper
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Mystery or Crime Novel)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Mother-Daughter Murder NightNina Simon
  • 2024 Nominee (Best First Mystery or Crime Novel)
  • 2024 Winner (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
The Bitter PastBruce Borgos
  • 2024 Nominee (Best First Mystery or Crime Novel)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
Don’t Know ToughEli Cranor
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery or Crime Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Secret IdentityAlex Segura
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Mystery or Crime Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
ShutterRamona Emerson
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery or Crime Novel)
  • 2023 Winner (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Arsenic and AdoboMia P. Manansala
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Clark and DivisionNaomi Hirahara
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2022 Winner (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
Last RedemptionMatt Coyle
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Razorblade TearsS.A. Cosby
  • 2022 Winner (Best Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Who Is Maud Dixon?Alexandra Andrews
  • 2022 Nominee (Best First Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
All the Devils Are HereLouise Penny
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2021 Winner (Best 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)
Blind VigilMatt Coyle
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Thriller)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
The Thursday Murder ClubRichard Osman
  • 2021 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Turn to StoneJames W. Ziskin
  • 2021 Winner (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
Your House Will PaySteph Cha
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Hollywood HomicideKellye Garrett
  • 2018 Nominee (Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2018 Winner (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Stone Cold DeadJames W. Ziskin
  • 2016 Nominee (Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2016 Nominee (Best World Mystery)
The Killing KindChris Holm
  • 2016 Nominee (Best Thriller)
  • 2016 Nominee (Best World Mystery)
The Long and Faraway GoneLou Berney
  • 2016 Winner (Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2016 Nominee (Best World Mystery)
Ice ShearM.P. Cooley
  • 2015 Nominee (Best First Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2015 Nominee (Rosebud Award (Best Debut Mystery))
The Black HourLori Rader-Day
  • 2015 Nominee (Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2015 Nominee (Rosebud Award (Best Debut Mystery))
Live by NightDennis Lehane
  • 2013 Nominee (Best Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2013 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
A Trace of SmokeRebecca Cantrell
  • 2010 Nominee (Best First Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2010 Winner (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
The Black PathÅsa Larsson
  • 2009 Nominee (Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2009 Nominee (Hawaii Five-O Award (Best Law Enforcement or Police Procedural))
Night’s ChildMaureen Jennings
  • 2006 Nominee (Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2006 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)