Award overlap

Books That Won Both the Edgar Allan Poe Awards and the Lefty Awards

2 books won both the Edgar Allan Poe Awards and the Lefty Awards between 2014 and 2022, most recently Clark and Division (2022/2022). 32 more were recognized by both without winning both.

Years are award years. Edgar Allan Poe Awards · Lefty Awards

Won both

Books that won both the Edgar Allan Poe Awards and the Lefty Awards, most recent first.
BookAuthorEdgar Allan Poe AwardsLefty Awards
Clark and DivisionNaomi Hirahara
  • 2022 Winner (Mary Higgins Clark Award)
  • 2022 Winner (Best Historical 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 Edgar Allan Poe Awards and the Lefty Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorEdgar Allan Poe AwardsLefty Awards
The Mechanics of MemoryAudrey Lee
  • 2025 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2025 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
All the Sinners BleedS.A. Cosby
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
HideTracy Clark
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2024 Winner (Best Mystery Novel)
Hot Pot MurderJennifer J. Chow
  • 2024 Nominee (Lilian Jackson Braun Award)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Humorous Mystery Novel)
Play the FoolLina Chern
  • 2024 Winner (Mary Higgins Clark Award)
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Don't Know ToughEli Cranor
  • 2023 Winner (Best First Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
JackalErin E. Adams
  • 2023 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Like a SisterKellye Garrett
  • 2023 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2023 Winner (Best Mystery Novel)
ShutterRamona Emerson
  • 2023 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2023 Winner (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Razorblade TearsS.A. Cosby
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
RunnerTracy Clark
  • 2022 Winner (Sue Grafton Memorial Award)
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Riviera GoldLaurie R. King
  • 2021 Nominee (Sue Grafton Memorial Award)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
The Thursday Murder ClubRichard Osman
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Turn to StoneJames W. Ziskin
  • 2021 Nominee (Sue Grafton Memorial Award)
  • 2021 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
Winter CountsDavid Heska Wanbli Weiden
  • 2021 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2021 Winner (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Borrowed TimeTracy Clark
  • 2020 Winner (Sue Grafton Memorial Award)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
Miracle CreekAngie Kim
  • 2020 Winner (Best First Novel)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
One Night GoneTara Laskowski
  • 2020 Nominee (Mary Higgins Clark Award)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
The Satapur MoonstoneSujata Massey
  • 2020 Nominee (Sue Grafton Memorial Award)
  • 2020 Winner (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
Three-FifthsJohn Vercher
  • 2020 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and MurderDianne Freeman
  • 2019 Nominee (Mary Higgins Clark Award)
  • 2019 Winner (Best Debut Mystery Novel)
Under a Dark SkyLori Rader-Day
  • 2019 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2019 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
In Farleigh FieldRhys Bowen
  • 2018 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2018 Winner (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
Heart of StoneJames W. Ziskin
  • 2017 Nominee (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2017 Nominee (Best Mystery Novel)
The Long and Faraway GoneLou Berney
  • 2016 Winner (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2016 Nominee (Best World Mystery)
The Masque of a MurdererSusanna Calkins
  • 2016 Nominee (Mary Higgins Clark Award)
  • 2016 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
The Black HourLori Rader-Day
  • 2015 Nominee (Mary Higgins Clark Award)
  • 2015 Nominee (Rosebud Award (Best Debut Mystery))
The Life We BuryAllen Eskens
  • 2015 Nominee (Best First Novel)
  • 2015 Winner (Rosebud Award (Best Debut Mystery))
How the Light Gets InLouise Penny
  • 2014 Nominee (Best Novel)
  • 2014 Winner (Calamari Award (Best Mystery Set Outside the United States))
A City of Broken GlassRebecca Cantrell
  • 2013 Nominee (Mary Higgins Clark Award)
  • 2013 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
Live by NightDennis Lehane
  • 2013 Winner (Best Novel)
  • 2013 Nominee (Best Historical Mystery Novel)
Wild PenanceSandi Ault
  • 2011 Nominee (Mary Higgins Clark Award)
  • 2011 Nominee (Hillerman Sky Award (Best Southwest Landscape))
  • 2011 Nominee (Watson Award (Best Sidekick))