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Literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911-1968)
According to Bouchercon rules, the show more awards are given in the following categories:
* Best Novel
* Best First Novel
* Best Paperback Original
* Best Short Story
* Best Critical Nonfiction Work
* Special Service Award
* Up to three wild card awards show less
Stages:
All, Winner (177), Nominee (903)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2014 (4), 2013 (4), 2012 (4), 2011 (3), 2010 (4), 2009 (4), 2008 (3), 2003 (1), 1996 (5), 1995 (4), 1994 (5), 1993 (3), 1992 (6), 1991 (5)
Announced:
September 2024: Winner2024 Recent

Winner 7

WorkYear
Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography by Jeffrey Marks2009
The Armchair Detective Book of Lists by Kate Stine1996
Detective Fiction: The Collector's Guide by John Cooper1995
The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion by Edward Gorman1994
Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-1991 by Ellen Nehr1993
100 Great Detectives: Or the Detective Directory by Maxim Jakubowski1992
Synod of Sleuths by Jon L. Breen1991

Nominee 55

WorkYear
Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova2014
The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines by Cate Lineberry2014
All The Wild Children: A noir memoir by Josh Stallings2014
Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense by Sarah Weinman2014
The Grand Tour: Around the World With the Queen of Mystery by Agatha Christie2013
Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950 by Joseph Goodrich2013
More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered (Marder and Mayhem) by Douglas P. Lyle2013
In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero by Otto Penzler2013
Books, Crooks, and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure by Leslie Budewitz2012
Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks by John Curran2012
On Conan Doyle: or, the The Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda2012
Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film by Philippa Gates2012
The Wire: Truth Be Told by Rafael Alvarez2011
Sherlock Holmes For Dummies by Steven Doyle2011
Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads by David Morrell2011
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives by Otto Penzler2010
Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King by Lisa Rogak2010
Dame Agatha's Shorts by Elena Santangelo2010
The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith by Joan Schenkar2010
Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography by Jeffrey Marks2009
African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study by Frankie Y. Bailey2009
How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries: The Art and Adventure of Sleuthing Through the Past by Kathy Lynn Emerson2009
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale2009
The Triumph of the Thriller: How Cops, Crooks, and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction by Patrick Anderson2008
Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction (Crime Files) by Christiana Gregoriou2008
The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians by Roger M Sobin2008
Intent to Sell by Jeffrey Marks2003
The Armchair Detective Book of Lists by Kate Stine1996
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes1996
John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles by Douglas G Greene1996
Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson by Robert Polito1996
Ngaio Marsh by B. J. Rahn1996
Detective Fiction: The Collector's Guide by John Cooper1995
Encyclopedia Mysteriosa: A Comprehensive Guide to the Art of Detection in Print, Film, Radio, and Television by William L. DeAndrea1995
The Tony Hillerman Companion by Martin Harry Greenberg1995
The Fatal Art of Entertainment: Interviews With Mystery Writers by Rosemary Herbert1995
The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion by Edward Gorman1994
The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television, 1928-1992 by Burl Barer1994
A Reader's Guide to the American Novel of Detection by Marvin Lachman1994
A Reader's Guide to the Private Eye Novel (Reader's Guides to Mystery Novels) by Gary Warren Niebuhr1994
Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul by Barbara Reynolds1994
Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-1991 by Ellen Nehr1993
Dorothy L. Sayers: A Careless Rage for Life by David Coomes1993
Alias S S Van Dine by John Loughery1993
100 Great Detectives: Or the Detective Directory by Maxim Jakubowski1992
Locked Room Murders by Robert Adey1992
Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture) by Frankie Y. Bailey1992
Talking Mysteries by Tony Hillerman1992
Jim Thompson : sleep with the devil by Michael J. McCauley1992
Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers (St James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers) by John Reilly1992
Synod of Sleuths by Jon L. Breen1991
Trouble is Their Business: Private Eyes in Fiction, Film, and Television, 1927-1988 by John Conquest1991
John Dickson Carr: A Critical Study by S. T. Joshi1991
Eric Ambler by Peter Elfed Lewis1991
Deadly Doses: A Writer's Guide to Poisons by Serita Deborah Stevens1991

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