Agatha Award2022

Given by Malice Domestic Ltd

23 Works 3,526 Books 205 Reviews ½ 4.0
The Agatha Awards are given for materials first published in the United States by a living author during the calendar year, either in hardcover, as a paperback original, or e-published by an show more e-publishing firm and are awarded in five categories: Best Novel Best First Novel Best Short Story Best Nonfiction Book Best Children's/Young Adult Novel The Agatha Awards honor the "traditional mystery." That is to say, books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie as well as others. For these purposes, the genre is loosely defined as mysteries that: contain no explicit sex contain no excessive gore or gratuitous violence usually feature an amateur detective take place in a confined setting and contain characters who know one another Novels and stories featuring police officers and private detectives may qualify for the awards, but materials generally classified as "hard-boiled" are not appropriate. At an annual convention in Washington, D.C., the Agatha Awards are handed out by Malice Domestic Ltd, show less
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All, Winner (140), Nominee (666)
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Years:
All, 2023 (22), 2022 (23), 2021 (23), 2020 (25), 2019 (25), 2018 (21), 2017 (26), 2016 (24), 2015 (24), 2014 (25), 2013 (23), 2012 (25), 2011 (26), 2010 (20), 2009 (20), 2008 (19), 2007 (16), 2006 (16), 2005 (19), 2004 (15), 2003 (22), 2002 (21), 2001 (17), 2000 (16), 1999 (12), 1998 (16), 1997 (13), 1996 (15), 1995 (15), 1994 (14), 1993 (17), 1992 (10), 1991 (11), 1990 (10), 1989 (10), 1988 (10)

Winner 4

WorkCategoryYear
Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade by Nancy SpringerChildren's / Young-Adult2022
A World of Curiosities by Louise PennyContemporary Novel2022
Cheddar Off Dead by Korina MossFirst Novel2022
Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda FlowerHistorical Novel2022

Nominee 23

WorkCategoryYear
Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade by Nancy SpringerChildren's / Young-Adult2022
Daybreak on Raven Island by Fleur BradleyChildren's / Young-Adult2022
In Myrtle Peril by Elizabeth C. BunceChildren's / Young-Adult2022
#shedeservedit by Greg HerrenChildren's / Young-Adult2022
A World of Curiosities by Louise PennyContemporary Novel2022
Bayou Book Thief by Ellen ByronContemporary Novel2022
Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. ChowContemporary Novel2022
Fatal Reunion by Annette DashofyContemporary Novel2022
Dead Man's Leap: A Batavia-on-Hudson Mystery by Tina deBellegardeContemporary Novel2022
Cheddar Off Dead by Korina MossFirst Novel2022
The Finalist by Joan LongFirst Novel2022
Death in The Aegean by M A MonninFirst Novel2022
The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini NagendraFirst Novel2022
Devil's Chew Toy by Rob OslerFirst Novel2022
The Gallery of Beauties: A Venice Beauties Mystery by Nina WachsmanFirst Novel2022
Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda FlowerHistorical Novel2022
The Counterfeit Wife: A Revolutionary War Mystery by Mally BeckerHistorical Novel2022
The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah FredericksHistorical Novel2022
In Place of Fear by Catriona McPhersonHistorical Novel2022
Under a Veiled Moon by Karen OddenHistorical Novel2022
The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators by Martin EdwardsNon-Fiction2022
The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie by Carla ValentineNon-Fiction2022
Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy WorsleyNon-Fiction2022

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