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Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original

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The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback or eBook Original was established in 1970.

The award honors the best mystery book that is initially printed as a paperback or eBook without a hardcover edition.[1] EBooks must be published by a reputable publisher, as determined by the Mystery Writers of America.[1] American authors' debut novels are not eligible for the award, though they are eligible for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel.[1]

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original winners are listed below.

Winners

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1970s

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1970s Best Paperback Original winners[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1970 Scott C. S. Stone The Dragon's Eye Winner
Alan Caillou Assault on Ming Shortlist
Elsie Cromwell The Governess
Michael Kurland A Plague of Spies
Richard Stark The Sour Lemon Score
1971 Dan J. Marlowe Flashpoint Winner
Jack Ehrlich The Drowning Shortlist
Matt Gattzden O.D. at Sweet Claude’s
Ron Goulart After Things Fell Apart
John Lange Grave Descend
Peter McCurtin Mafioso
1972 Frank McAuliffe For Murder I Charge More Winner
Philip Atlee The White Wolverine Contract Shortlist
William F. Nolan Space for Hire
Alicen White Nor Spell, Nor Charm
Charles Williams And the Deep Blue Sea
1973 Richard Wormser The Invader Winner
Daniel Banko Not Dead Yet Shortlist
Richard Neely The Smith Conspiracy
Charles Runyon Power Kill
1974 Will Perry Death of an Informer Winner
Clive Cussler The Mediterranean Caper Shortlist
Leo P. Kelley Deadlocked!
Dinah Palmtag Starling Street
Roger L. Simon The Big Fix
1975 Roy Winsor The Corpse That Walked Winner
Richard Forrest Who Killed Mr. Garland’s Mistress? Shortlist
R. R. Irvine Jump Cut
Curtis Stevens The Gravy Train Hit
Don Tracy Flats Fixed-Among Other Things
1976 John R. Feegel Autopsy Winner
Milt Machlin and Robin Moore The Set-Up Shortlist
Jacqueline Park Charlie’s Back in Town
Simon Quinn The Midas Coffin
David Vowell The Assassinator
1977 Gregory Mcdonald Confess, Fletch Winner
Daniel da Cruz The Captive City Shortlist
Kenn Davis and John Stanley The Dark Side
Donald Hamilton The Retaliators
R. R. Irvine Freeze Frame
1978 Mike Jahn The Quark Maneuver Winner
Lawrence Block Time to Murder and Create Shortlist
Donald Hamilton The Terrorizers
Marc Olden They’ve Killed Anna
1979 Frank Bandy Deceit and Deadly Lies Winner
David Anthony Stud Game Shortlist
Elmore Leonard The Switch
Phillip Margolin Heartstone
Graham Masterton Charnel House

1980s

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1980s Best Paperback Original winners[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1980 William L. DeAndrea The Hog Murders Winner
Sean Flannery The Kremlin Conspiracy Shortlist
David Heller Vortex
Glenn Kezer The Queen Is Dead
Michael Kurland The Infernal Device
1981 Bill Granger Public Murders Winner
Thomas H. Cook Blood Innocents Shortlist
John Dunning Looking for Ginger North
Murray Sinclair Tough Luck, L.A.
1982 L. A. Morse The Old Dick Winner
John Dunning Deadline Shortlist
Patricia MacDonald The Unforgiven
Andrew Neiderman Pin
Ray Obstfeld Dead Heat
1983 Teri White Triangle Winner
Ralph Burrows Vital Signs Shortlist
James Ellroy Clandestine
Jack Lynch The Missing and the Dead
1984 Margaret Tracy Mrs. White Winner
Sean Flannery False Prophets Shortlist
Richard Harper The Kill Factor
Warren Murphy Trace
Eric Sauter Hunter
1985 Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy Grandmaster Winner
Eric Blau The Keys to Billy Tillio Shortlist
Roland Cutler The Seventh Sacrament
Kenn Davis Words Can Kill
Stuart M. Kaminsky Black Knight in Red Square
1986 Warren Murphy Pigs Get Fat Winner
Earl Emerson Poverty Bay Shortlist
Sean Flannery Broken Idols
Philip Ross Blue Heron
Conall Ryan Black Gravity
1987 Robert Wright Campbell The Junkyard Dog Winner
Lilian Jackson Braun The Cat Who Saw Red Shortlist
R. D. Brown Hazzard
Nick Christian Ronin
Kate Green Shattered Moon
1988 Sharyn McCrumb Bimbos of the Death Sun Winner
Robert Crais The Monkey's Raincoat Shortlist
Walter Dillon Deadly Intrusion
James N. Frey The Long Way to Die
Gabrielle Kraft Bullshot
1989 Timothy Findley The Telling of Lies Winner
Fredrick D. Huebner Judgment by Fire Shortlist
Lia Matera A Radical Departure
Keith Peterson The Trapdoor
Ted Thackrey, Jr. Preacher

1990s

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1990s Best Paperback Original winners[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1990 Keith Peterson The Rain Winner
Jeffery Deaver Manhattan Is My Beat Shortlist
Eugene Izzi King of the Hustlers
Randy Russell Hot Wire
Deborah Valentine A Collector of Photographs
1991 David Handler The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald Winner
L. L Enger Comeback Shortlist
Jane Haddam Not a Creature Was Stirring
B. J. Oliphant Dead in the Scrub
John Maddox Roberts SPQR I: The King’s Gambit
1992 Thomas Adcock Dark Maze Winner
P. M. Carlson Murder in the Dog Days Shortlist
Ed Naha Cracking Up
Christopher Newman Midtown North
Deborah Valentine Fine Distinctions
1993 Dana Stabenow A Cold Day for Murder Winner
Lee Harris The Good Friday Murder Shortlist
Gini Hartzmark Principal Defense
William Jefferies Shallow Graves
Billie Sue Mosiman Night Cruise
1994 Steven Womack Dead Folk's Blues Winner
Margaret Frazer The Servant’s Tale Shortlist
Eugene Izzi Tony’s Justice
Thomas A. Roberts Beyond Saru
Lisa Scottoline Everywhere That Mary Went
1995 Lisa Scottoline Final Appeal Winner
Milton Bass The Broken-Hearted Detective Shortlist
Dean Feldmeyer Viper Quarry
Walter Sorrells Power of Attorney
Chassie West Sunrise
1996 William Heffernan Tarnished Blue Winner
Harlan Coben Deal Breaker Shortlist
Kirk Mitchell High Desert Malice
Gloria White Charged With Guilt
R. D. Wingfield Hard Frost
1997 Harlan Coben Fade Away Winner
Joan M. Drury Silent Words Shortlist
Teri Holbrook The Grass Widow
Susan Wade Walking Rain
R. D. Zimmerman Tribe
1998 Laura Lippman Charm City Winner
Susan Rogers Cooper Home Again, Home Again Shortlist
Margaret Frazer The Prioress’ Tale
Stuart M. Kaminsky Tarnished Icons
Gloria White Sunset and Santiago
1999 Rick Riordan The Widower's Two-Step Winner
Ruth Birmingham Atlanta Graves Shortlist
Laura Lippman Butchers Hill
Sujata Massey Zen Attitude
Steven Womack Murder Manual

2000s

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2000s Best Paperback Original winners[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2000 Ruth Birmingham Fulton County Blues Winner
Tony Dunbar Lucky Man Shortlist
Mark Graham The Resurrectionist
José Latour Outcast
Laura Lippman In Big Trouble
2001 Mark Graham The Black Maria Winner
Victoria Thompson Murder on St. Mark’s Place Shortlist
Chassie West Killing Kin
Eric Wright The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn
Sally Wright Pursuit and Persuasion
2002 Daniel Chavarria Adios Muchachos Winner
Jeffery Deaver Hell’s Kitchen Shortlist
Teri Holbrook The Mother Tongue
P. J. Parrish Dead of Winter
Martin J. Smith Straw Men
2003 T. J. MacGregor Out of Sight Winner
Jeff Abbott Black Jack Point Shortlist
John Lutz The Night Watcher
Graham Masterton Trauma
Anna Salter Prison Blues
2004 Sylvia Maultash Warsh Find Me Again Winner
Jeff Abbott Cut and Run Shortlist
Joel Goldman The Last Witness
Christopher Hyde Wisdom of the Bones
Nina Revoyr Southland
2005 Domenic Stansberry The Confession Winner
Larry Beinhart The Librarian Shortlist
Thomas H. Cook Into the Web
Ron Faust Dead Men Rise Up Never
Chris Haslam Twelve-Step Fandango
2006 Jeffrey Ford Girl in the Glass Winner
Anne Argula Homicide My Own Shortlist
Reed Farrel Coleman The James Deans
Allan Guthrie Kiss Her Goodbye
Charlie Huston Six Bad Things
2007 Naomi Hirahara Snakeskin Shamisen Winner
Massimo Carlotto The Goodbye Kiss Shortlist
Brian Evenson The Open Curtain
Paul Levine The Deep Blue Alibi
Patrick Neate City of Tiny Lights
2008 Megan Abbott Queenpin Winner [3][4]
David Corbett Blood of Paradise Shortlist
Vicki Hendricks Cruel Poetry
Russell Hill Robbie’s Wife
Kevin Wignall Who Is Conrad Hirst?
2009 Meg Gardiner China Lake Winner [5]
Alex Carr The Prince of Bagram Prison Shortlist
Christa Faust Money Shot
Ed Gaffney Enemy Combatant
Tom Piccirilli The Cold Spot

2010s

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2010s Best Paperback Original winners[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2010 Marc Strange Body Blows Winner
Megan Abbott Bury Me Deep Shortlist
Robert Arellano Havana Lunar
Russell Hill The Lord God Bird
L. C. Tyler The Herring Seller’s Apprentice
2011 Robert Goddard Long Time Coming Winner
Catherine O'Flynn The News Where You Are Shortlist
Duane Swierczynski Expiration Date
Frank Tallis Vienna Secrets
L. C. Tyler Ten Little Herrings
2012 Robert Jackson Bennett The Company Man Winner [6][7]
Lucretia Grindle The Faces of Angels Shortlist [7]
Russell Hill The Dog Sox
Michael Stanley Death of the Mantis
Frank Tallis Vienna Twilight
2013 Ben H. Winters The Last Policeman Winner [8]
Isaac Adamson Complication Shortlist
Lou Berney Whiplash River
Alan Glynn Bloodland
Malla Nunn Blessed Are the Dead
2014 Alex Marwood The Wicked Girls Winner [9]
Lisa Ballantyne The Guilty One Shortlist [10]
E. R. Brown Almost Criminal
Paul Cleave Joe Victim
Stephen King Joyland
Marcus Sakey Brilliance
2015 Chris Abani The Secret History of Las Vegas Winner [11][12]
Alison Gaylin Stay With Me Shortlist [13]
William Lashner The Barkeep
Catriona McPherson The Day She Died
Lisa Turner The Gone Dead Train
Ben H. Winters World of Trouble
2016 Lou Berney The Long and Faraway Gone Winner [14][15]
Malcolm MacKay The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter Shortlist [14]
Gilly Macmillan What She Knew
Gordon McAlpine Woman with a Blue Pencil
Adrian McKinty Gun Street Girl
Jane Shemilt The Daughter
2017 Adrian McKinty Rain Dogs Winner [16]
Patricia Abbott Shot in Detroit Shortlist
Tyler Dilts Come Twilight
Robert Dugoni The 7th Canon
Robin Yocum A Brilliant Death
James W. Ziskin Heart of Stone
2018 Anna Mazzola The Unseeing Winner [17]
Rhys Bowen In Farleigh Field Shortlist
Ron Corbett Ragged Lake
Andrew Mayne Black Fall
Kanae Minato Penance
Jock Serong The Rules of Backyard Cricket
2019 Alison Gaylin If I Die Tonight Winner [18]
Naomi Hirahara Hiroshima Boy Shortlist
Lori Rader-Day Under a Dark Sky
Leila Slimani The Perfect Nanny
Lisa Unger Under My Skin

2020s

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2020s Best Paperback Original winners[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2020 Adam O'Fallon Price The Hotel Neversink Winner [19][20]
Susan Alice Bickford Dread of Winter Shortlist [21]
William Lashner Freedom Road
Jonathan Moore Blood Relations
Alan Parks February’s Son
Lisa Sandlin The Bird Boys
2021 Alyssa Cole When No One Is Watching Winner [22]
Brian Freeman The Deep, Deep Snow Shortlist [23]
Jess Lourey Unspeakable Things
Jessica Moor The Keeper
Khurrum Rahman East of Hounslow
2022 Alan Parks Bobby March Will Live Forever Winner [24]
David Bell Kill all Your Darlings Shortlist [25]
C.J. Cooke The Lighthouse Witches
Daryl Gregory The Album of Dr. Moreau
C.S. O'Cinneide Starr Sign
Laura Purcell The Shape of Darkness
2023 Joe Hart Or Else Winner [26]
Max Allan Collins Quarry’s Blood Shortlist [27]
Seraphina Nova Glass On a Quiet Street
Carol Lawrence Cleopatra’s Dagger
A.R. Torre A Familiar Stranger
2024 Jesse Q. Sutanto Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers Winner [28][29]
A.F. Carter Boomtown Shortlist [30]
Tracy Clark Hide
Jess Lourey The Taken Ones
Scott Von Doviak Lowdown Road

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