The Mystery Writers of America announced finalists for the 2026 Edgar Allen Poe Awards, with the winners to be named on April 29. The full list of nominees is here.
Best Novel
The Big Empty, by Robert Crais (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Fagin the Thief, by Allison Epstein (Doubleday)
The Dream Hotel, by Laila Lalami (Pantheon)
Wild Dark Shore, by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron)
Hard Town, by Adam Plantinga (Grand Central)
The Inheritance, by Trisha Sakhlecha (Pamela Dorman)
Presumed Guilty, by Scott Turow (Grand Central)
Best First Novel by an American Author
Killer Potential, by Hannah Deitch (William Morrow)
All the Other Mothers Hate Me, by Sarah Harman (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Dead Money, by Jakob Kerr (Bantam)
Johnny Careless, by Kevin Wade (Celadon)
History Lessons, by Zoe B. Wallbrook (Soho Crime)
Best Paperback Original
Listen, by Sacha Bronwasser (Penguin Books)
The Sideways Life of Denny Voss, by Holly Kennedy (Lake Union)
Broke Road, by Matthew Spencer (Thomas & Mercer)
The Backwater, by Vikki Wakefield (Poisoned Pen Press)
One Death at a Time, by Abbi Waxman (Berkley)
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