The Anthony Awards

A special Anthony Award committee (separate from the Board of National Bouchercon and the Local Organizing Committee) manages all parts of the process. Nominations are due April 30th. Nominations are counted and the finalists announced around May 7th.

Voting occurs at Bouchercon 2023. You must be present to vote. Voting ends early on Saturday and the award are presented to the winner at the Anthony Awards on Saturday evening (after the Banquet).

2023 Categories:

  • Best Hardcover
  • Best Paperback/Audiobook/Ebook original
  • Best Debut (First Novel)
  • Best Humorous
  • Best Historical
  • Best Children’s/YA
  • Best Nonfiction/Critical
  • Best Anthology
  • Best Short Story

2022 Finalists to be voted on at Bouchercon 2023

BEST HARDCOVER

TITLEAUTHORPUBLISHERFORMATPUB DATEISBN
Like A SisterKellye GarrettMulholland BooksHardcover03/08/20229780316256704
The Devil Takes You HomeGabino IglesiasMulholland BooksHardcover08/02/20229780316426916
The Bullet that MissedRichard OsmanPamela Dorman BooksHardcover09/20/20229780593299395
A World of CuriositiesLouise PennyMinotaur BooksHardcover11/29/20229781250145291
The MaidNita ProseBallantine BooksHardcover1/04/20229780593356159
Secret IdentityAlex SeguraFlatiron BooksHardcover03/15/20229781250801746

BEST FIRST NOVEL

TITLEAUTHORPUBLISHERFORMATPUB DATEISBN
Don’t Know ToughEli CranorSoho CrimeHardcover03/22/20229781641293457
ShutterRamona EmersonSoho CrimeHardcover08/02/20229781641293334
The Bangalore Detectives ClubHarini NagendraPegasus BooksHardcover05/03/20229781639361595
Devil’s Chew ToyRob OslerCrooked Lane BooksHardcover02/08/20229781643859439
The MaidNita ProseBallantine BooksHardcoverPaperback01/04/20229780593356159

BEST HUMOROUS NOVEL

TITLEAUTHORPUBLISHERFORMATPUB DATEISBN
Bayou Book ThiefEllen ByronBerkley BooksPaperback06/07/20229780593437612
Death by Bubble TeaJennifer J. ChowBerkley BooksPaperback07/05/20229780593336533
A Streetcar Named MurderT.G. HerrenCrooked Lane BooksHardcover12/06/20229781639101320
Scot in a TrapCatriona McPhersonSevern HouseHardcover12/06/20229781448307685
Calypso, Corpses, and CookingRaquel V. ReyesCrooked Lane BooksHardcover10/11/20229781639101061

BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL

TITLEAUTHORPUBLISHERFORMATPUB DATEISBN
The Lindbergh NannyMariah FredericksMinotaur BooksHardcover11/15/20229781250827401
In Place of FearCatriona McPhersonMobiusHardcover06/28/20229781529337969
Anywhere You RunWanda M. MorrisWilliam Morrow & CompanyHardcover
Paperback		10/25/20229780063271821
9780063082502
Danger on the AtlanticErica Ruth NeubauerKensington Publishing CorporationHardcover03/29/20229781496725912
Under a Veiled MoonKaren OddenCrooked Lane BooksHardcover10/11/20229781639101191
Lavender HouseLev AC RosenForgeHardcover10/18/20229781250834225

BEST PAPERBACK/EBOOK/AUDIOBOOK

TITLEAUTHORPUBLISHERFORMATPUB DATEISBN
Real Bad ThingsKelly J. FordThomas & MercerPaperbackAudio09/01/20229781662500091
Dead DropJames L’EtoileLevel Best BooksPaperback07/19/20229781685121143
The Quarry GirlsJess LoureyThomas & MercerPaperback11/01/20229781542034296
Hush HushGabriel ValjanHistoriaPaperback01/11/20229781685120436
In the Dark We ForgetSandra SG WongHarperCollins PublishersPaperback06/21/20229781443466042

BEST CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

TITLEAUTHORPUBLISHERFORMATPUB DATEISBN
In Myrtle PerilElizabeth C. BunceAlgonquin Young ReadersHardcover10/04/20229781616209216
Daybreak on Raven IslandFleur BradleyViking Books for Young ReadersHardcover08/23/20229780593404638
#shedeserveditGreg HerrenBold Strokes BooksPaperback01/11/20229781635559965
The New GirlJesse Q. SutantoSourcebooks FirePaperback02/01/20229781728215198
Vanish MeLee Matthew GoldbergWise Wolf BooksPaperback02/10/20229781953944214
Enola Holmes and the Elegant EscapadeNancy SpringerWednesday BooksHardcover09/06/20229781250822970

BEST SHORT STORY

TITLEAUTHORSOURCEPUBLISHERFORMATPUB DATEISBN
Still Crazy After All These YearsE.A. AymarParanoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul Simon
Down & Out Books		Paperback10/31/20229781643962917
The ImpedimentBruce Robert CoffinDeadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022
Crime Spell Books		Paperback10/05/20229780997352092
Beauty and the Beyotch  Barb GoffmanSherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Feb. 2022, Issue 29Magazine02/01/2022 
The Estate SaleCurtis IppolitoVautrin Magazine, Summer 2022Magazine07/25/2022 
C.O.D.  Gabriel ValjanLow Down Dirty Vote Volume 3: The Color of My Vote
Berry Content Corporation		Paperback05/15/20229781732225862

BEST CRITICAL/NON-FICTION

TITLEAUTHORPUBLISHERFORMATPUB DATEISBN
The Alaskan Blonde: Sex, Secrets and the Hollywood Story That Shocked AmericaJames T. BartlettTerritory BooksPaperback03/22/20229781087959788
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their CreatorsMartin EdwardsCollins Crime ClubHardcover08/30/20229780008192426
American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the RipperDaniel StashowerMinotaur BooksHardcover09/06/20229781250041166
Promophobia: Taking the Mystery out of Promoting Crime FictionDiane VallereSisters in CrimePaperback12/28/20229798987261620   
Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment. and the Courts to Set Him FreeSarah WeinmanEcco PressHardcover02/22/20229780062899767
Agatha Christie: An Elusive WomanLucy WorsleyPegasus CrimeHardcover09/06/20239781639362523

BEST ANTHOLOGY

TITLEEDITORPUBLISHERFORMATPUB DATEISBN
Low Down Dirty Vote Volume 3: The Color of My VoteMysti BerryBerry Content CorporationPaperback05/15/20229781732225862
Lawyers, Guns, and Money: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Warren ZevonLibby Cudmore and Art TaylorDown & Out BooksPaperback06/13/20229781643962665
Land of 10,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology 2022Greg HerrenDown & Out BooksPaperback09/08/20229781643962900
Paranoia Blues: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Paul SimonJosh PachterDown & Out BooksPaperback10/31/20229781643962917
Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction’s Top AuthorsS.J. RozanHanover Square PressHardcover04/19/20229781335425799

PAST WINNERS: THE HISTORY