Agatha Award#Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement

|+Agatha Award for Best First Novel, 1988-1989{{Cite web |title=Agatha Awards |url=http://stopyourekillingme.com/Awards/Agatha_Awards.html |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Stop, You're Killing Me! |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225170024/http://stopyourekillingme.com/Awards/Agatha_Awards.html |url-status=live }}

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!Author

!Title

!Publisher

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! rowspan="5" |1988

|{{sortname|last=George|first=Elizabeth}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Great Deliverance}}

|Bantam Books

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Killings at Badger's Drift}}

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=J. Alfred Prufrock Murders|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Goodbye Nanny Grey

|

|Finalist

|

|Dead Men Don't Give Seminars

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1989

|{{sortname|last=Churchill|first=Jill}}

|Grime and Punishment

|Avon

|Winner

|

|Working Murder

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Question of Guilt|dab=Fyfield novel}}

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Mother Shadow|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Mark Twain Murders|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best First Novel, 1990-1999

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" |1990

|{{sortname|last=Hall Page|first=Katherine}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Body in the Belfry|nolink=1}}

|St. Martin's Press

|Winner

|

|Screaming Bones

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Chartreuse Clue|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Catering to Nobody

|

|Finalist

|

|Sea of Troubles

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1991

|{{sortname|last=Willis Walker|first=Mary}}

|Zero at the Bone

|St. Martin's Press

|Winner

|

|Carpool

|

|Finalist

|

|Just Desserts

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Bulrush Murders|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Flowers for the Dead

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1992

|{{sortname|last=Neely|first=Barbara}}

|Blanche on the Lam

|St. Martin's Press

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2020 |title=Rediscover: Blanche on the Lam |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=901 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225162228/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=901 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 10, 2020 |title=Obituary Note: Barbara Neely |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3692 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225162223/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3692 |url-status=live }}

|All the Great Pretenders

|

|Finalist

|

|Decked

|

|Finalist

|

|Seneca Falls Inheritance

|

|Finalist

|

|Thyme of Death

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1993

|{{sortname|last=Barr|first=Nevada}}

|Track of the Cat

|Putnam

|Winner

|

|Goodnight, Irene

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Share in Death|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Death Comes as Ephiphany

|

|Finalist

|

|Child of Silence

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1994

|{{sortname|last=Abbott|first=Jeff}}

|Do Unto Others

|Ballantine

|Winner

|

|Writers of the Purple Sage

|

|Finalist

|

|One for the Money

|Scribner

|Finalist

|

|Fool's Puzzle

|

|Finalist

|

|Until Death

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1995

|{{sortname|last=Dams|first=Jeanne M.}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Body in the Transept|nolink=1}}

|Walker

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Far and Deadly Cry|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Horse of a Different Killer

|

|Finalist

|

|Death in Bloodhound Red

|

|Finalist

|

|Murder in Scorpio

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="6" |1996

|{{sortname|last=George|first=Anne|link=Anne George (writer)}}

|Murder on a Girl's Night Out

|Avon

|Winner

|

|Death in Little Tokyo: A Ken Tanaka Mystery

|St. Martin’s

|Finalist

|

|Somebody Else's Child

|Onyx Books

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Grass Widow|nolink=1}}

|Bantam Books

|Finalist

|

|Hearts and Bone: A Novel of Historical Suspense

|Avon

|Finalist

|

|Riding for a Fall

|Gold Medal

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1997

|{{sortname|last=Massey|first=Sujata}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Salaryman's Wife|nolink=1}}

|HarperCollins

|Winner

|

|Quieter Than Sleep

|Doubleday

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Butter Did It|nolink=1}}

|HarperCollins

|Finalist

|

|Dead Body Language

|Bantam Books

|Finalist

|

|Death Brims Over

|Avon

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5"|1998

|{{sortname|last=Hathaway|first=Robin}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Doctor Digs a Grave|nolink=1}}

|Minotaur Books

|Winner

|

|Sympathy for the Devil

|Avon

|Finalist

|

|Tiger's Palette

|Pocket

|Finalist

|

|Dying to Get Published

|Fawcett

|Finalist

|

|Fax Me a Bagel

|Scribner

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1999

|{{sortname|last=Andrews|first=Donna|link=Donna Andrews (author)}}

|Murder with Peacocks

|Thomas Dunne Books

|Winner

|

|Circles of Confusion

|HarperTorch

|Finalist

|

|Revenge of the Gypsy Queen

|Rainbow Books

|Finalist

|

|By Blood Possessed

|Minotaur Books

|Finalist

|

|Sing It to Her Bones

|Dell

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best First Novel, 2000-2009

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="4" | 2000

|{{sortname|last=Stevens |first=Rosemary|nolink=1}} [fr]

|Death on a Silver Tray

|Berkley Prime Crime

|Winner

|

|Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death

|Overmountain Press

|Finalist

|

|Death of an Amiable Child

|Walker & Company

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 11, 2021 |title=Obituary Note: Irene Marcuse Silver |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3940 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

|Murder of a Small Town Honey

|Signet

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="4" | 2001

|{{sortname|last=Strohmeyer|first=Sarah}}

|Bubbles Unbound

|Dutton

|Winner

|

|Innkeeping with Murder

|Berkley Prime Crime

|Finalist

|

|Mute Witness

|Poisoned Pen Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Witness Above}}

|Signet

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="6" | 2002

|{{sortname|last=Spencer-Fleming|first=Julia|link=}}

|In the Bleak Midwinter

|Minotaur Books

|Winner

|

|Not All Tarts Are Apple

|Poisoned Pen Press

|Finalist

|

|Six Strokes Under

|Berkley Prime Crime

|Finalist

|

|Beat Until Stiff

|Poisoned Pen Press

|Finalist

|

|How to Murder a Millionaire

|Signet

|Finalist

|

|Shadows at the Fair

|Scribner

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="7" | 2003

|{{sortname|last=Winspear|first=Jacqueline}}

|Maisie Dobbs

|Soho Press Inc.

|Winner

|

|Dealing in Murder

|Avon

|Finalist

|

|Haunted Ground

|Scribner

|Finalist

|

|Take the Bait

|Pocket Books

|Finalist

|

|Alpine for You

|Pocket Books

|Finalist

|

|Murder off Mike

|Minotaur Books

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title=Riding Gain |url=https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/component/content/article/26-reviews/books/438-riding-gain?highlight=WyJhZ2F0aGEiLCJhZ2F0aGEncyIsImF3YXJkIiwiYWdhdGhhIGF3YXJkIl0=&Itemid=101 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225171531/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/component/content/article/26-reviews/books/438-riding-gain?highlight=WyJhZ2F0aGEiLCJhZ2F0aGEncyIsImF3YXJkIiwiYWdhdGhhIGF3YXJkIl0=&Itemid=101 |url-status=live }}

|O’ Artful Death

|St. Martin's Press

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="6" | 2004

|{{sortname|last=Kozak|first=Harley Jane}}

|Dating Dead Men

|Doubleday

|Winner

|

|Till the Cows Come Home

|Poisoned Pen Press

|Finalist

|

|Arson and Old Lace

|Pocket Books

|Finalist

|

|I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason

|HarperCollins

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Clovis Incident: A Mystery|nolink=1}}

|University of New Mexico Press

|Finalist

|

|God Speed the Night

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2005

|{{sortname|last=Durham |first=Laura}} [fr]

|Better Off Wed

|HarperCollins

|Winner

|

|Jury of One

|Hilliard & Harris

|Finalist

|

|Witch Way to Murder

|Avon

|Finalist

|

|Knit One, Kill Two

|

|Finalist

|

|Blood Relations

|Hilliard & Harris

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2006

|{{sortname|last=Parshall |first=Sandra}} [fr]

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Heat of the Moon|nolink=1}}

|Poisoned Pen Press

|Winner

|

|Consigned to Death

|Minotaur Books

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Chef Who Died Sauteing|nolink=1}}

|Hilliard & Harris

|Finalist

|

|Feint of Art

|Signet

|Finalist

|

|Murder on the Rocks

|Midnight Ink

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="4" | 2007

|{{sortname|last=Ryan|first=Hank Phillippi}}

|Prime Time

|Harlequin

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Beautiful Blue Death}}

|Minotaur Books

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Real Basket Case}}

|Five Star Mystery

|Finalist

|

|Silent in the Grave

|Mira Books

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2008

|{{sortname|last=Malliet|first=G. M.}}

|Death of a Cozy Writer

|Midnight Ink

|Winner

|

|Through a Glass, Deadly

|

|Finalist

|

|Paper, Scissors, Death

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Diva Runs Out of Thyme|nolink=1}}

|Penguin Group

|Finalist

|

|Pushing Up Daisies

|Minotaur Books

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |date=January 6, 2011 |title=Post-Holiday Hum: Brisk December Sales and an Eventful 2011 |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1361 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225162226/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1361 |url-status=live }}

! rowspan="5" | 2009

|{{sortname|last=Bradley|first=Alan|link=Alan Bradley (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie}}

|Delacorte Press

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=13 May 2010 |title=The 2009 Agatha Award Winners |url=https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/component/content/article/18-root/news/latest/1405-the-2009-agatha-award-winners?highlight=WyJhZ2F0aGEiLCJhZ2F0aGEncyIsImF3YXJkIiwiYWdhdGhhIGF3YXJkIl0=&Itemid=101 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225171528/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/component/content/article/18-root/news/latest/1405-the-2009-agatha-award-winners?highlight=WyJhZ2F0aGEiLCJhZ2F0aGEncyIsImF3YXJkIiwiYWdhdGhhIGF3YXJkIl0=&Itemid=101 |url-status=live }}

|For Better, for Murder

|

|Finalist

|

|Posed for Murder

|Minotaur Books

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Cold Light of Mourning|nolink=1}}

|St. Martin's Press

|Finalist

|

|In the Shadow of Gotham

|Minotaur Books

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best First Novel, 2010-2019

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!Author

!Title

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! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="6" | 2010

|{{sortname|last=Aames|first=Avery}} [fr; ja]

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Long Quiche Goodbye|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Cogdil |first=Oline |title=Agatha, La Times Winners |url=https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/1893-agatha-la-times-winners?highlight=WyJhZ2F0aGEiLCJhZ2F0aGEncyIsImF3YXJkIiwiYWdhdGhhIGF3YXJkIl0= |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225170018/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/1893-agatha-la-times-winners?highlight=WyJhZ2F0aGEiLCJhZ2F0aGEncyIsImF3YXJkIiwiYWdhdGhhIGF3YXJkIl0= |url-status=live }}

|Murder at the PTA

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |last=Cogdill |first=Oline |title=Agatha Award Nominees Announced |url=https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/1789-agatha-award-nominees-announced?highlight=WyJhZ2F0aGEiLCJhZ2F0aGEncyIsImF3YXJkIiwiYWdhdGhhIGF3YXJkIl0= |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225170020/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/1789-agatha-award-nominees-announced?highlight=WyJhZ2F0aGEiLCJhZ2F0aGEncyIsImF3YXJkIiwiYWdhdGhhIGF3YXJkIl0= |url-status=live }}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Poisoner's Handbook}}

|Finalist

|

|Maid of Murder

|Finalist

|

|Full Mortality

|Finalist

|

|Diamonds for the Dead

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |2011

|{{sortname|last=Henry |first=Sara J. }} [fr]

|Learning to Swim

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Cogdill |first=Oline |title=Agatha Award Winners |url=https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/article/2558-agatha-award-winners |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225171534/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/article/2558-agatha-award-winners |url-status=live }}

|Dire Threads

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title=Malice Nominees, Dagger Winner |url=https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/2441-malice-nominees-dagger-winner?highlight=WyJhZ2F0aGEiLCJhZ2F0aGEncyIsImF3YXJkIiwiYWdhdGhhIGF3YXJkIl0= |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225170023/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/2441-malice-nominees-dagger-winner?highlight=WyJhZ2F0aGEiLCJhZ2F0aGEncyIsImF3YXJkIiwiYWdhdGhhIGF3YXJkIl0= |url-status=live }}

|Choke

|Finalist

|

|Who Do, Voodoo?

|Finalist

|

|Tempest in the Tea Leaves

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2012

|{{sortname|last=Boyer|first=Susan M.}}

|Lowcountry Boil

|Winner

|

|Iced Chiffon

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Killer Read|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Scrapbook of Secrets|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|Faithful Unto Death

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2013

|{{sortname|last=Budewitz|first=Leslie}}

|Death Al Dente

|Winner

|

|You Cannoli Die Once

|Finalist

|

|Board Stiff

|Finalist

|

|Kneading to Die

|Finalist

|

|Front Page Fatality

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2014

|{{sortname|last=Moran|first=Terrie Farley}}

|Well Read, Then Dead

|Winner

|

|Circle of Influence

|Finalist

|

|Tagged for Death

|Finalist

|

|Finding Sky

|Finalist

|

|Murder Strikes a Pose

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2015

|{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Art|link=Art Taylor (writer)}}

|On the Road with Del and Louise

|Winner

|

|Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |date=December 27, 2019 |title=Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=879 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225162224/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=879 |url-status=live }}

|Macdeath

|Finalist

|

|Plantation Shudders

|Finalist

|

|Just Killing Time

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2016

|{{sortname|last=Kuhn|first=Cynthia}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Semester of Our Discontent|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

|Terror in Taffeta

|Finalist

|

|Murder in G Major

|Finalist

|

|Decanting a Murder

|Finalist

|

|Design for Dying

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |date=April 11, 2017 |title=Literature & Libations: History with a Twist |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=600 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225162222/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=600 |url-status=live }}

! rowspan="5" | 2017

|{{sortname|last=Garrett|first=Kellye}}

|Hollywood Homicide

|Winner

|

|Adrift

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Plot is Murder|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|Daughters of Bad Men

|Finalist

|

|Protocol

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2018

|{{sortname|last=Freeman |first=Dianne}} [fr]

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Ladies Guide to Etiquette and Murder|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|last=Randall|first=Shari}}

|Curses, Boiled Again

|Winner

|

|Little Comfort

|Finalist

|

|What Doesn't Kill You

|Finalist

|

|Deadly Solution

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2019

|{{sortname|last=Laskowski |first=Tara}} [fr]

|One Night Gone

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Dream of Death|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|Murder Once Removed

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2020 |title=Lineage Most Lethal: An Ancestry Detective Mystery |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=941 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225162228/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=941 |url-status=live }}

|When It’s Time for Leaving

|Finalist

|

|Staging is Murder

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best First Novel, 2020-2029

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2020

|{{Sortname|Erica|Neubauer|nolink=1}}

|Murder at the Mena House

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2021-07-19 |title=Agatha Award Winners Are Revealed |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/agatha-award-winners-are-revealed/ |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225170024/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/agatha-award-winners-are-revealed/ |url-status=live }}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Spell for Trouble|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2021-03-29 |title=Nominees for Agatha Awards Are Revealed |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/nominees-for-agatha-awards-are-revealed/ |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2021-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329164842/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/nominees-for-agatha-awards-are-revealed/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2021-03-27 |title=The Agatha Award Nominees |url=https://poisonedpen.com/2021/03/27/the-agatha-award-nominees/ |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Poisoned Pen Press |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224005129/https://poisonedpen.com/2021/03/27/the-agatha-award-nominees/ |url-status=live }}

|Winter Witness

|Finalist

|

|Derailed

|Finalist

|

|Murder Most Sweet

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2021

|{{sortname|last=Manansala|first=Mia P.}}

|Arsenic and Adobo

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2022-04-25 |title=Agatha Award Winners |url=https://poisonedpen.com/2022/04/25/agatha-award-winners-3/ |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Poisoned Pen Press |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208095453/https://poisonedpen.com/2022/04/25/agatha-award-winners-3/ |url-status=live }}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Turncoat's Widow|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Dead Man's Eyes|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|Murder in the Master

|Finalist

|

|Mango, Mambo, and Murder

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="6" | 2022

| {{Sortname|Korina|Moss|nolink=1}}

| Cheddar Off Dead

|Winner

|

|Death in the Aegean

|Finalist

|

|The Bangalore Detectives Club

|Finalist

|

|Devil's Chew Toy

|Finalist

|

|The Finalist

|Finalist

|

|The Gallery of Beauties

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |2023

|{{Sortname|Daphne|Silver|nolink=1}}

|Crime and Parchment

|Winner

|

|Glory Be

|Finalist

|

|{{Sort|Hint of Light|The Hint of Light}}

|Finalist

|

|Dutch Threat

|Finalist

|

|Mother-Daughter Murder Night

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel, 2013-2019

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2013

|{{sortname|last=Ryan|first=Hank Phillippi}}

| {{sortname|last=Wrong Girl|first=The|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

| Pagan Spring

|Finalist

|

| How the Light Gets In

|Finalist

|

| Clammed Up

|Finalist

|

|Through the Evil Days

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2014

|{{sortname|last=Ryan|first=Hank Phillippi}}

| Truth Be Told

|Winner

|

| {{sortname|last=Good, the Bad and the Emus|first=The|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

| {{sortname|last=Demon Summer|first=A|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

| Designated Daughters

|Finalist

|

| {{sortname|last=Long Way Home|first=The|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2015

|{{sortname|last=Maron|first= Margaret}}

| Long Upon the Land

|Winner

|

| Bridges Burned

|Finalist

|

| {{sortname|last=Child Garden|first=The|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

| Nature of the Beast

|Finalist

|

| What You See

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2016

|{{sortname|last=Penny|first= Louise}}

| {{sortname|last=Great Reckoning|first=A|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

| Body on the Bayou

|Finalist

|

| Quiet Neighbors

|Finalist

|

| Fogged Inn

|Finalist

|

| Say No More

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2017

|{{sortname|last=Penny|first= Louise}}

| Glass Houses

|Winner

|

| Death Overdue

|Finalist

|

| {{sortname|last=Cajun Christmas Killing|first=A|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

| No Way Home

|Finalist

|

| Take Out

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2018

|{{sortname|last=Byron |first= Ellen}}

| Mardi Gras Murder

|Winner

|

| Beyond the Truth

|Finalist

|

| Cry Wolf

|Finalist

|

| Kingdom of the Blind

|Finalist

|

| Trust Me

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="6" | 2019

|{{sortname|last=Cleeves|first= Ann}}

| {{sortname|last=Long Call|first=The|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

| Fatal Cajun Festival

|Finalist

|

| Fair Game

|Finalist

|

| {{sortname|last=Missing Ones|first=The|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

| {{sortname|last=Better Man|first=A|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

| {{sortname|last=Murder List|first=The|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel, 2020-2029

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2020

|{{sortname|last=Penny|first= Louise}}

| All the Devils Are Here

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last=Qiao |first=Vicky |date=2021-07-21 |title=Louise Penny wins Agatha Award for best contemporary mystery novel for All the Devils Are Here |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/louise-penny-wins-agatha-award-for-best-contemporary-mystery-novel-for-all-the-devils-are-here-1.6111435 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=CBC Books |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225170013/https://www.cbc.ca/books/louise-penny-wins-agatha-award-for-best-contemporary-mystery-novel-for-all-the-devils-are-here-1.6111435 |url-status=live }}

| {{sortname|last=Gift of the Magpie|first=The|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

| Murder in the Bayou Boneyard

|Finalist

|

| From Beer to Eternity

|Finalist

|

| {{sortname|last=Lucky One|first=The|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2021

|{{sortname|last=Byron |first= Ellen}}

| Cajun Kiss of Death

|Winner

|

| Watch Her

|Finalist

|

| {{sortname|last=Madness of Crowds|first=The|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

| Her Perfect Life

|Finalist

|

| Symphony Road

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2022

|{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}}

| A World of Curiosities

|Winner

|

| Bayou Book Thief

|Finalist

|

| Death By Bubble Tea

|Finalist

|

| Fatal Reunion

|Finalist

|

| Dead Man's Leap

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2023

|{{sortname|Tara|Laskowski|nolink=1}}

|{{Sort|Weekend Retreat|The Weekend Retreat}}

|Winner

|

|Wined and Died in New Orleans

|Finalist

|

|Helpless

|Finalist

|

|Case of the Bleus

|Finalist

|

|{{Sort|Raven Thief|The Raven Thief}}

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Novel,1988-1989

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" |1988

|{{sortname|last=Hart|first=Carolyn G.}}

|Something Wicked

|Bantam

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Widow's Club|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Mischief in Maggody

|

|Finalist

|

|Paying the Piper

|

|Finalist

|

|Dead Crazy

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1989

|{{sortname|last=Peters|first=Elizabeth}}

|Naked Once More

|Warner

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Sirens Sang of Murder}}

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Little Class on Murder|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Corpus Christmas

|

|Finalist

|

|Philly Stakes

|

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Novel,1990-1999

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" |1990

|{{sortname|last=Pickard|first=Nancy}}

|Bum Steer

|Pocket Books

|Winner

|

|Real Murders

|

|Finalist

|

|Deadly Valentine

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Face of a Stranger}}

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Potter's Field|link=The Potter's Field (Peters novel)}}

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1991

|{{sortname|last=Pickard|first=Nancy}}

|I.O.U.

|Pocket Books

|Winner

|

|Make No Bones

|Mysterious Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Christie Caper|nolink=1}}

|Bantam Books

|Finalist

|

|An Owl Too Many

|Mysterious Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Last Camel Died at Noon}}

|Warner

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1992

|{{sortname|last=Maron|first=Margaret}}

|Bootlegger's Daughter

|Mysterious Press

|Winner

|

|Southern Ghost

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hangman's Beautiful Daughter|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Defend and Betray

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog}}

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="6" |1993

|{{sortname|last=Hart|first=Carolyn}}

|Dead Man's Island

|Bantam Books

|Winner

|

|Old Scores

|

|Finalist

|

|O Little Town of Maggody

|

|Finalist

|

|To Live and Die in Dixie

|

|Finalist

|

|Fair Game

|

|Finalist

|

|Southern Discomfort

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1994

|{{sortname|last=McCrumb|first=Sharyn}}

|She Walks These Hills

|Scribner

|Winner

|

|Scandal in Fair Haven

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Beekeeper's Apprentice}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Angel of Death

|

|Finalist

|

|Night Train to Memphis

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1995

|{{sortname|last=McCrumb|first=Sharyn}}

|If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him

|Ballantine Books

|Winner

|

|Miracles in Maggody

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Wandering Arm|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Twilight

|

|Finalist

|

|Escapade

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="3" |1996

|{{sortname|last=Maron|first=Margaret}}

|Up Jumps The Devil

|Mysterious Press

|Winner

|

|Kansas Troubles

|Berkley Books

|Finalist

|

|Strong as Death

|Forge

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1997

|{{sortname|last=Ross|first=Kate}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Devil In Music|nolink=1}}

|Viking Press

|Winner

|

|Hocus

|Simon & Schuster

|Finalist

|

|Dreaming of the Bones

|Scribner

|Finalist

|

|Goose in a Pond

|Berkley Books

|Finalist

|

|Seeing a Large Cat

|Warner

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="6" |1998

|{{sortname|last=Lippman|first=Laura}}

|Butchers Hill

|Avon

|Winner

|

|Liar

|Simon & Schuster

|Finalist

|

|Dove in the Window

|Berkley

|Finalist

|

|Blind Bloodhound Justice

|HarperCollins

|Finalist

|

|Home Fires

|Mysterious Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Ape Who Guards the Balance}}

|Avon

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1999

|{{sortname|last=Fowler|first=Earlene}}

|Mariner's Compass

|Berkley Books

|Winner

|

|Immaculate Reception

|Avon

|Finalist

|

|Death on the River Walk

|Avon

|Finalist

|

|In Big Trouble

|Avon

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Flower Master|nolink=1}}

|HarperCollins

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Novel, 2000-2009

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2000

|{{sortname|last=Maron|first=Margaret}}

|Storm Track

|Mysterious Press

|Winner

|

|Guns and Roses

|

|Finalist

|

|Killer Wedding

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Floating Girl|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|He Shall Thunder in the Sky

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2001

|{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}}

|Murphy's Law

|St. Martin's Minotaur

|Winner

|

|Arkansas Traveler

|Berkley Books

|Finalist

|

|Dead Until Dark

|Ace

|Finalist

|

|Shadows of Sin

|Avon

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Bride's Kimono|nolink=1}}

|HarperCollins

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2002

|{{sortname|last=Andrews|first=Donna|link=Donna Andrews (author)}}

|You've Got Murder

|Berkley Prime Crime

|Winner

|

|Death of Riley

|St. Martin's Minotaur

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Body in the Bonfire|nolink=1}}

|Morrow

|Finalist

|

|Blues in the Night

|Ballantine Books

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Golden One|link=The Golden One (novel)}}

|William Morrow & Company

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="6" | 2003

|{{sortname|last=Hart|first=Carolyn}}

|Letter From Home

|Berkley Prime Crime

|Winner

|

|Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon

|St. Martin's Minotaur

|Finalist

|

|Mumbo Gumbo

|William Morrow & Company

|Finalist

|

|Dream House

|Ballantine Books

|Finalist

|

|Last Lessons of Summer

|Mysterious Press

|Finalist

|

|Shop till You Drop

|Signet

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2004

|{{sortname|last=Winspear|first=Jacqueline}}

|Birds of a Feather

|Soho Press

|Winner

|

|We'll Always Have Parrots

|Thomas Dunne Books

|Finalist

|

|By a Spider's Thread

|HarperCollins

|Finalist

|

|High Country Fall

|Mysterious Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Pearl Diver|nolink=1}}

|HarperCollins

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="6" | 2005

|{{sortname|last=Hall Page|first=Katherine}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Body in the Snowdrift|nolink=1}}

|William Morrow & Company

|Winner

|

|Owls Well That Ends Well

|St. Martin's Minotaur

|Finalist

|

|Rituals of the Season

|Mysterious Press & Warner Books

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Belen Hitch|nolink=1}}

|University of New Mexico Press

|Finalist

|

|Trouble in Spades

|Avon/HarperCollins

|Finalist

|

|Pardonable Lies

|Henry Holt & Company

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="6" | 2006

|{{sortname|last=Pickard|first=Nancy}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Virgin of Small Plains|nolink=1}}

|Random House

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Saddlemaker's Wife|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Why Casey Had to Die

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Virgin of Small Plains|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|All Mortal Flesh

|

|Finalist

|

|Messenger of Truth

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2007

|{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Fatal Grace}} (Dead Cold in Canada)

|St. Martin's Minotaur

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=May 1, 2011 |title=Quebec's Louise Penny 'thrilled' by 4th Agatha Award |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/quebec-s-louise-penny-thrilled-by-4th-agatha-award-1.984713 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=CBC Books |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225170014/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/quebec-s-louise-penny-thrilled-by-4th-agatha-award-1.984713 |url-status=live }}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Penguin Who Knew Too Much|nolink=1}}

|St. Martin's Minotaur

|Finalist

|

|Her Royal Spyness

|Penguin Group

|Finalist

|

|Hard Row

|Grand Central Publishing

|Finalist

|

|Murder with Reservations

|NAL

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2008

|{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Cruelest Month}}

|Minotaur Books

|Winner

|

|Six Geese A-Slaying

|Minotaur Books

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Royal Pain|nolink=1}}

|Penguin Group

|Finalist

|

|Buckingham Palace Gardens

|Random House

|Finalist

|

|I Shall Not Want

|Minotaur Books

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2009

|{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Brutal Telling|nolink=1}}

|Minotaur Books

|Winner

|

|Swan for the Money

|St. Martin's Minotaur

|Finalist

|

|Bookplate Special

|Berkley Prime Crime

|Finalist

|

|Royal Flush

|Berkley Prime Crime

|Finalist

|

|Air Time

|MIRA

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Novel, 2010-2019

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2010

|{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}}

|Bury Your Dead

|Winner

|

|Stork Raving Mad

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Scent of Rain and Lightning|link=The Scent of Rain and Lightning (novel)}}

|Finalist

|

|Drive Time

|Finalist

|

|Truly, Madly

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2011

|{{sortname|last=Maron|first=Margaret}}

|Three-Day Town

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Real Macaw|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Diva Haunts the House|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|Wicked Autumn

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Trick of the Light|link=A Trick of the Light (novel)}}

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2012

|{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Beautiful Mystery|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Diva Digs Up the Dirt|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Fatal Winter|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Buzzard Table|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Other Woman|link=The Other Woman (Ryan novel)}}

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel, 2011-2019

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Series

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2011

|{{sortname|last=Bowen|first= Rhys}}

| Naughty in Nice

|Royal Spyness

|Winner

|

| Murder Your Darlings

|Algonquin Round Table

|Finalist

|

| Mercury's Rise

|Silver Rush

|Finalist

|

| Troubled Bones

|Crispin Guest Mysteries

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Lesson in Secrets|nolink=1}}

|Maisie Dobbs

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2012

|{{sortname|last=McPherson|first=Catriona}}

| Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for Murder

|Dandy Gilver

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Twelve Clues of Christmas|nolink=1}}

|Royal Spyness

|Finalist

|

| Murder on Fifth Avenue

|Gaslight Mysteries

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=An|2=Unmarked Grave|nolink=1}}

|Bess Crawford

|Finalist

|

| Elegy for Eddie

|Maisie Dobbs

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2013

|{{sortname|last=Todd|first=Charles|link=Caroline and Charles Todd}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Question of Honor|nolink=1}}

|Bess Crawford

|Winner

|

| Heirs and Graces

|Royal Spyness

|Finalist

|

| Death in the Time of Ice

|Enga Dancing Flower

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Friendly Game of Murder}}

|Algonquin Round Table

|Finalist

|

| Murder in Chelsea

|Gaslight Mysteries

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2014

|{{sortname|last=Bowen|first= Rhys}}

| Queen of Hearts

|Royal Spyness

|Winner

|

| Wouldn't It Be Deadly

|Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins

|Finalist

|

| Murder in Murray Hill

|Gaslight Mysteries

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=An|2=Unwilling Accomplice|nolink=1}}

|Bess Crawford

|Finalist

|

| Hunting Shadows

|Inspector Ian Rutledge

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2015

|{{sortname|last=King|first= Laurie R.}}

| Dreaming Spies

|Mary Russell

|Winner

|

| Malice at the Palace

|Royal Spyness

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Masque of a Murderer|nolink=1}}

|Lucy Campion

|Finalist

|

| Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante

|Maggie Hope

|Finalist

|

| Murder on Amsterdam Avenue

|Gaslight Mysteries

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2016

|{{sortname|last=McPherson|first=Catriona}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Reek of Red Herrings|nolink=1}}

|Dandy Gilver

|Winner

|

| Whispers Beyond the Veil

|Change of Fortune

|Finalist

|

| Get Me to the Grave on Time

|Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins Mysteries

|Finalist

|

| Delivering the Truth

|Quaker Midwife

|Finalist

|

| Murder in Morningside Heights

|Gaslight Mysteries

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2017

|{{sortname|last=Bowen|first= Rhys}}

| In Farleigh Field

|

|Winner

|

| Murder in an English Village

|Beryl and Edwina

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Paris Spy|nolink=1}}

|Maggie Hope

|Finalist

|

| Called to Justice

|Quaker Midwife

|Finalist

|

| Dangerous to Know

|Lillian Frost and Edith Head

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2018

|{{sortname|last=Massey|first= Sujata}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Widows of Malabar Hill|nolink=1}}

|Perveen Mistry

|Winner

|

| Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding

|Royal Spyness

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Gold Pawn|nolink=1}}

|Art Deco Mystery

|Finalist

|

| Turning the Tide

|Quaker Midwife

|Finalist

|

| Murder on Union Square

|Gaslight Mysteries

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2019

|{{sortname|last=Maxwell|first=Edith|link=Edith Maxwell (author)}}

| Charity’s Burden

|Quaker Midwife

|Winner

|

| Love and Death Among the Cheetahs

|Royal Spyness

|Finalist

|

| Murder Knocks Twice

|Speakeasy Murders

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Pearl Dagger|nolink=1}}

|Art Deco Mystery

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Naming Game|nolink=1}}

|Company Files

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel, 2020-2029

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Series

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2020

|{{sortname|last=Bowen|first= Rhys}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Last Mrs. Summers|nolink=1}}

|Royal Spyness

|WInner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Fate of a Flapper|nolink=1}}

|Speakeasy Murders

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder|nolink=1}}

|Countess of Harleigh

|Finalist

|

| Taken Too Soon

|Quaker Midwife

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Turning Tide|nolink=1}}

|Dandy Gilver

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2021

|{{sortname|last=Rader-Day|first=Lori}}

| Death at Greenway

|

|Winner

|

| Murder at Mallowan Hall

|Phyllida Bright

|Finalist

|

| Clark and Division

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Bombay Prince|nolink=1}}

|Perveen Mistry

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Devil's Music|nolink=1}}

|Company Files series

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |2022

|{{Sortname|Amanda|Flower}}

|Because I Could Not Stop for Death

|Emily Dickinson

|Winner

|

|{{Sort|Counterfeit Wife|The Counterfeit Wife}}

|A Revolutionary War Mystery

|Finalist

|

|The Lindbergh Nanny

|

|Finalist

|

|In Place of Fear

|

|Finalist

|

|Under a Veiled Moon

|Inspector Corravan

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |2023

|{{Sortname|Sujata|Massey}}

|{{Sort|Mistress of Bhatia House|The Mistress of Bhatia House}}

|

|Winner

|

|Death Among the Ruins

|

|Finalist

|

|Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord

|

|Finalist

|

|I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

|

|Finalist

|

|Time’s Undoing

|

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction, 1993-1999

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="6" |1993

|{{sortname|last=D'Amato|first=Barbara}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Doctor, the Murder, the Mystery}}

|Noble Press

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Fine Art of Murder|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Reader's Guide to the American Novel of Detection|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-91|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Dorothy L. Sayers

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1994

|{{sortname|last=Swanson|first=Jean}} and Dean James

|By a Woman's Hand

|Berkley Publishing Group

|Winner

|

|Encyclopedia Mysteriosa

|

|Finalist

|

|Crime Fiction II

|

|Finalist

|

|Great Women Mystery Writers

|

|Finalist

|

|Had She But Known: Mary Roberts Rinehart

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1995

|{{sortname|last=Stone Dale|first=Alzina}}

|Mystery Readers Walking Guide-Chicago

|Passport Books, NTC Publishing Group

|Winner

|

|John Dickson Carr: the Man Who Explained Miracles

|

|Finalist

|

|Ngaio Marsh: the Woman and Her Work

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Armchair Detective Book of Lists, 2nd edition|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Cadfael Companion, 2nd edition|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1996

|{{sortname|last=Heising|first=Willetta L.}}

|Detecting Women 2

|Purple Moon Press

|Winner

|

|Mystery: A Celebration

|KQED Books

|Finalist

|

|Amateur Detectives: A Writer's Guide to How Private Citizens Solve Criminal Cases

|Writer's Digest

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: The Making of a Detective Novelist|nolink=1}}

|St. Martin's Minotaur

|Finalist

|

|By a Woman's Hand, 2nd Edition

|Berkley Publishing Group

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="3" |1997

|{{sortname|last=Heising|first=Willeta L.}}

|Detecting Men

| Purple Moon Press

|Winner

|

|Crimes of the Scene

|St. Martin's Press

|Finalist

|

|Guilty Parties

|Thames & Hudson

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1998

|{{sortname|last=Stone Dale|first=Alzina}}

|Mystery Reader's Walking Guide to Washington D.C.

|Passport Books

|Winner

|

|Speaking of Murder

|Berkley

|Finalist

|

|Dean James and Ellen Nehr, Deadly Women

|Carroll & Graf Publishers

|Finalist

|

|Silk Stalkings II

|Scarecrow

|Finalist

|

|Killer Books

|Berkley

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |1999

|{{sortname|last=Stashower|first=Daniel}}

|Teller of Tales: the Life of Arthur Conan Doyle

|Henry Holt & Company

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Deadly Directory|nolink=1}}

|Deadly Serious Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers|nolink=1}}

|Poisoned Pen Press

|Finalist

|

|Detecting Women III

|Purple Moon Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing|nolink=1}}

|Oxford University Press

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction, 2000-2009

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2000

|{{sortname|last=Huang|first=Jim}} (editor)

|100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century

|Crum Creek Press

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Complete Christie|nolink=1}}

|Pocket Books

|Finalist

|

|Women of Mystery

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=American Regional Mystery|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|They Wrote the Book

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2001

|{{sortname|last=Hillerman|first=Tony}}

|Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir

|HarperCollins

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=History of the Mystery|nolink=1}}

|Collector's Press

|Finalist

|

|Writing the Mystery: A Start-To-Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional

|Intrigue Press

|Finalist

|

|Who Was That Lady?

|Delphi Books

|Finalist

|

|Food, Drink, and the Female Sleuth

|Authors Choice Press/iUniverse.com

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2002

|{{sortname|last=Huang|first=Jim}} (editor)

|They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels

|Crum Creek Press

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction|nolink=1}}

|Avalon Publishing Group

|Finalist

|

|Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction

|Poisoned Pen Press

|Finalist

|

|Writing Mysteries: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America

|Writer's Digest

|Finalist

|

|Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir

|Simon and Schuster

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="4" | 2003

|{{sortname|last=Peters|first=Elizabeth}} and Kristen Whitbread (editors) with Dennis Forbes (design)

|Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium

|William Morrow & Company

|Winner

|

|Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Fiction, Volume 3 (Parts 1 & 2)

| Poisoned Pen Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Second Helping of Murder: More Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers|nolink=1}}

|Poisoned Pen Press

|Finalist

|

|Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s

|Delphi Books

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="2" | 2004

|{{sortname|last=French|first=Jack}}

|Private Eye-Lashes: Radio’s Lady Detectives

|Bear Manor Media

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories|nolink=1}}

|W. W. Norton & Company

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="4" | 2005

|{{sortname|last=Rehak|first=Melanie}}

|Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her

|Harcourt

|Winner

|

|Behind the Mystery: Top Mystery Writers

|Hothouse Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=New Annotated Sherlock Holmes}}

|W. W. Norton

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Heirs of Anthony Boucher}}

|Poisoned Pen Press

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="3" | 2006

|{{sortname|last=Roerden|first=Chris}}

|Don't Murder Your Mystery

|Bella Rosa Books

|Winner

|

|Mystery Muses

|The Crum Creek Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Beautiful Cigar Girl|nolink=1}}

|Dutton

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="2" | 2007

|{{sortname|last=Lellenberg|first=Jon}}, Daniel Stashower, and Charles Foley

|Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters

|Penguin Press

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Official Nancy Drew Handbook|nolink=1}}

|Quirck Productions

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2008

|{{sortname|last=Emerson|first=Kathy Lynn}}

|How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries

|Perseverance Press

|Winner

|

|African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study

|McFarland & Co.

|Finalist

|

|Anthony Boucher: A Biobibliography

|McFarland & Co.

|Finalist

|

|Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories

|Metro Books

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Suspicions of Mr. Whitcher, or The Murder at Road Hill House|nolink=1}}

|Walker & Co.

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2009

|{{sortname|last=Santangelo|first=Elena}}

|Dame Agatha's Shorts

|Bella Rosa Books

|Winner

|

|Duchess of Death

|Phoenix Books

|Finalist

|

|Talking About Detective Fiction

|Knopf

|Finalist

|

|Blood on the Stage 1925-1950

|Scarecrow Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Talented Miss Highsmith|nolink=1}}

|St Martin's Press

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction, 2010-2019

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2010

|{{sortname|last=Curran|first=John|nolink=1}}

|Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: 50 Years of Mysteries in the Making

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York}}

|Finalist

|

|Sherlock Holmes for Dummies

|Finalist

|

|Have Faith in Your Kitchen

|Finalist

|

|Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2011

|{{sortname|last=Budewitz|first=Leslie}}

|Books, Crooks and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure

|Winner

|

|Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making: More Stories and Secrets from Her Notebooks

|Finalist

|

|On Conan Doyle; or The Whole Art of Storytelling

|Finalist

|

|Wilkie Collins, Vera Caspary and the Evolution of the Casebook Novel

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Sookie Stackhouse Companion}}

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 7, 2012 |title=Book Brahmin: Charlaine Harris |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1732 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225162230/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1732 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Cogdil |first=Oline |title=Sookie, Charlaine Harris' Companion |url=https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/2483-sookie-charlaine-harris-companion?highlight=WyJhZ2F0aGEiLCJhZ2F0aGEncyIsImF3YXJkIiwiYWdhdGhhIGF3YXJkIl0= |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Mystery Scene Magazine |archive-date=2022-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225171538/https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-newsfeed/54-reviews/2483-sookie-charlaine-harris-companion?highlight=WyJhZ2F0aGEiLCJhZ2F0aGEncyIsImF3YXJkIiwiYWdhdGhhIGF3YXJkIl0= |url-status=live }}

! rowspan="5" | 2012

|{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}}

|Books to Die For: The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels

|Winner

|

|Blood Relations: The Selected Letters of Ellery Queen, 1947-1950

|Finalist

|

|More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered

|Finalist

|

|Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="4" | 2013

|{{sortname|last=Stashower|first=Daniel}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War}}

|Winner

|

|Georgette Heyer

|Finalist

|

|Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

|Finalist

|

|Editors, Not Everyone's Cup of Tea: An Interesting & Entertaining History of Malice Domestic's First 25 Years

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2014

|{{sortname|last=Ryan|first=Hank Phillippi}} (editor)

|Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England's Most Notorious Doctor|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|Death Dealer: How Cops and Cadaver Dogs Brought a Killer to Justice

|Finalist

|

|400 Things Cops Know: Street Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Art of the English Murder|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2015

|{{sortname|last=Edwards|first=Martin|link=Martin Edwards (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes}}

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|Unsolved Murders and Disappearances in Northeast Ohio

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="3" | 2016

|{{sortname|last=Cleland|first=Jane K.}}

|Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot: How to Write Gripping Stories that Keep Readers on the Edge of Their Seats

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Good Man with a Dog: A Game Warden's 25 Years in the Maine Woods|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2017

|{{sortname|last=Bostrom|first=Mattias}}

|From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon

|Winner

|

|Manderley Forever: A Biography of Daphne du Maurier

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

|American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land

|Finalist

|

|Through the Healing Power of Fiction

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2018

|{{sortname|last=Cleland|first=Jane}}

|Mastering Plot Twists

|Winner

|

|Writing the Cozy Mystery

|Finalist

|

|Conan Doyle for the Defense

|Finalist

|

|Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life

|Finalist

|

|Wicked Women of Ohio

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2019

|{{sortname|last=Moulton|first=Mo}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

|Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story

|Finalist

|

|Blonde Rattlesnake: Burmah Adams, Tom White, and the 1933 Crime Spree that Terrified Los Angeles

|Finalist

|

|Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper}}

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction, 2020-2029

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2020

|{{sortname|last=Lane|first=Christina}}

|Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock

|Winner

|

|Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy

|Finalist

|

|Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club

|Finalist

|

|H.R.F. Keating: A Life of Crime

|Finalist

|

|American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="4" |2021

|{{sortname|Lee|Child}} and Laurie R. King (editor)

|How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America

|Winner

|

|{{Sort|Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston’s Struggle for Justice|The Combat Zone: Murder, Race, and Boston’s Struggle for Justice}}

|Finalist

|

|Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter

|Finalist

|

|{{Sort|Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge, and the Phoenix Park Murders that Stunned Victorian England|The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge, and the Phoenix Park Murders that Stunned Victorian England}}

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="4" |2022

|{{sortname|Diane|Vallere}}

|Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction

|Winner

|

|{{Sort|Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators|The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators}}

|Finalist

|

|{{Sort|Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie|The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie}}

|Finalist

|

|Summary of the Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="4" |2023

|{{sortname|Anjili|Babbar}}

|Finders: Justice, Faith and Identity in Irish Crime Fiction

|Winner

|

|Perplexing Plots: Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder

|Finalist

|

|{{Sort|Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe|A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe}}

|Finalist

|

|Fallen Angel: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Short Story, 1988-1989

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publication

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

!1988

|{{sortname|last=Barnard|first=Robert}}

|More Final Than Divorce

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

|Winner

|

! 1989

|{{sortname|last=McCrumb|first=Sharyn}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Wee Doch And Doris|nolink=1}}

|Mistletoe Mysteries (Mysterious Press)

|Winner

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Short Story, 1990-1999

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publication

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

!1990

|{{sortname|last=Hess|first=Joan}}

|Too Much To Bare

|Sisters in Crime 2 (Berkley Publishing Group)

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 28, 2017 |title=Obituary Notes: Joan Hess |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3136 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225162230/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3136 |archive-date=2022-12-25 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Shelf Awareness}}

!1991

|{{sortname|last=Maron|first=Margaret}}

|Deborah's Judgment

|A Woman's Eye (Delacourte Press)

|Winner

|

!1992

|{{sortname|last=Elkins|first=Aaron}} and Charlotte Elkins

|Nice Gorilla

|Malice Domestic 1 (Pocket Books)

|Winner

|

!1993

|{{sortname|last=Lake|first=M.D.}}

|Kim's Game

|Malice Domestic 2 (Pocket Books)

|Winner

|

!1994

|{{sortname|last=Cannell|first=Dorothy}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Family Jewels|nolink=1}}

|Malice Domestic 3 (Pocket Books)

|Winner

|

!1995

|{{sortname|last=Daniels Squire|first=Elizabeth}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Dog Who Remembered Too Much|nolink=1}}

|Malice Domestic 4 (Pocket Books)

|Winner

|

!1996

|{{sortname|last=Wheat|first=Carolyn}}

|Accidents Will Happen

|Malice Domestic 5 (Pocket Books)

|Winner

|

!1997

|{{sortname|last=Lake|first=M.D.}}

|Tea for Two

|Funnybones (Penguin Group)

|Winner

|

!1998

|{{sortname|last=D'Amato|first=Barbara}}

|Of Course You Know That Chocolate Is A Vegetable

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1998

|Winner

|

!1999

|{{sortname|last=Pickard|first=Nancy}}

|Out of Africa

|Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder (Berkley Publishing Group)

|Winner

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Short Story, 2000-2009

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publication

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! 2000

|{{sortname|last=Burke|first=Jan}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Man in the Civil Suit|nolink=1}}

|Malice Domestic 9 (Avon Books)

|Winner

|

! 2001

|{{sortname|last=Hall Page|first=Katherine}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Would-Be-Widower|nolink=1}}

|Malice Domestic X (Avon Books)

|Winner

|

! rowspan="2" | 2002

|{{sortname|last=Maron|first=Margaret}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Dog That Didn't Bark|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, December 2002

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|last=Talley|first=Marcia}}

|Too Many Cooks

|Much Ado About Murder, edited by Anne Perry (Berkley Prime Crime)

|Winner

|

! 2003

|{{sortname|last=Foxwell|first=Elizabeth}}

|No Man’s Land

|Blood On Their Hands (Berkley Prime Crime)

|Winner

|

! 2004

|{{sortname|last=Viets|first=Elaine}}

|Wedding Knife

|Chesapeake Crimes, edited by Donna Andrews (Quiet Storm Publishing)

|Winner

|

! 2005

|{{sortname|last=Talley|first=Marcia}}

|Driven to Distraction

|Chesapeake Crimes II (Quiet Storm Publishing)

|Winner

|

! 2006

|{{sortname|last=Kelner|first=Toni}}

|Sleeping with the Plush

|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

|Winner

|

! 2007

|{{sortname|last=Andrews|first=Donna|link=Donna Andrews (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Rat's Tale|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

|Winner

|

! 2008

|{{sortname|last=Cameron|first=Dana}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Night Things Changed|nolink=1}}

|Wolfsbane & Mistletoe (Penguin Group)

|Winner

|

! 2009

|{{sortname|last=Ryan|first=Hank Phillippi}}

|On the House

|Level Best Books

|Winner

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Short Story, 2010-2019

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publication

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2010

|{{sortname|last=Maffini|first=Mary Jane}}

|So Much in Common

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Sept./Oct. 2010

|Winner

|

|Swing Shift

|Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side (Berkley)

|Finalist

|

|Size Matters

|Thin Ice: Crime Stories by New England Writers (Level Best Books)

|Finalist

|

|Volunteer of the Year

|Chesapeake Crimes: They Had it Comin' (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Green Cross|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Aug. 2010

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2011

|{{sortname|last=Cameron|first=Dana}}

|Disarming

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, June 2011

|Winner

|

|Dead Eye Gravy

|Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

|Truth and Consequences

|Mystery Times Ten (Buddhapuss Ink)

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Itinerary|nolink=1}}

|Mystery Writers of America Presents the Rich and the Dead (Grand Central Publishing)

|Finalist

|

|Palace by the Lake

|Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2012

|{{sortname|last=Cameron|first=Dana}}

|Mischief in Mesopotamia

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2012

|Winner

|

|Kept in the Dark

|Best New England Crime Stories 2013: Blood Moon (Level Best Books)

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Lord is My Shamus|nolink=1}}

|Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

|Thea's First Husband

|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 2012

|Finalist

|

|When Duty Calls

|Chesapeake Crimes: This Job is Murder (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2013

|{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Art|link=Art Taylor (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Care and Feeding of House Plants|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2013

|Winner

|

|Evil Little Girl

|Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

|Nightmare

|Don't Get Mad, Get Even (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hindi Houdini|nolink=1}}

|Fish Nets: The Second Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

|Bread Baby

|Best New England Crime Stories 2014: Stone Cold (Level Best Books)

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2014

|{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Art|link=Art Taylor (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Odds Are Against Us|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2014

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Blessing Witch|nolink=1}}

|Best New England Crime Stories 2015: Rogue Wave (Level Best Books)

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Shadow Knows|nolink=1}}

|Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

|Just Desserts for Johnny

|

|Finalist

|

|Premonition

|Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2015

|{{sortname|last=Goffman|first=Barb}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Year Without Santa Claus?|nolink=1}}

|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2015

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Killing at the Beausoleil|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov. 2015

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Questionable Death|nolink=1}}

|History & Mystery, Oh My (Mystery & Horror, LLC)

|Finalist

|

|Suffer the Poor

|History & Mystery, Oh My (Mystery & Horror, LLC)

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Joy Forever|nolink=1}}

|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, March 2015

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2016

|{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Art|link=Art Taylor (writer)}}

|Parallel Play

|Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning (Wildside Press)

|Winner

|

|Double Jinx: A Bellissimo Casino Crime Caper Short Story

|Henery Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Best-Laid Plans|nolink=1}}

|Malice Domestic 11: Murder Most Conventional (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Mayor and the Midwife|nolink=1}}

|Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016 (Down & Out Books)

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Last Blue Glass|nolink=1}}

|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, April 2016

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2017

|{{sortname|last=Pandian|first=Gigi}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn|nolink=1}}

|

|Winner

|

|Double Deck the Halls

|Henery Press

|Finalist

|

|Whose Wine Is It Anyway?

|50 Shades of Cabernet

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Night They Burned Miss Dixie's Place|nolink=1}}

|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2017

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Necessary Ingredient|nolink=1}}

|Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea (Down & Out Books)

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2018

|{{sortname|last=Budewitz|first=Leslie}}

|All God's Sparrows

|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2018

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|last=Laskowski |first=Tara}} [fr]

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Case of the Vanishing Professor|nolink=1}}

|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2018

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Postcard for the Dead|nolink=1}}

|Florida Happens: Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Suspense from the Sunshine State (Three Rooms Press)

|Finalist

|

|Bug Appétit

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November/December 2018

|Finalist

|

|English 398: Fiction Workshop

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2018

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2019

|{{sortname|last=Reilly Simmons|first=Shawn}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Last Word|nolink=1}}

|Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible

|Winner

|

|Grist for the Mill

|{{Sortname|A|Murder of Crows|nolink=1}} (Darkhouse Books)

|Finalist

|

|Alex’s Choice

|Crime Travel (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Blue Ribbon|nolink=1}}

|Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

|Better Days

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2019

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Short Story, 2020-2029

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publication

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2020

|{{sortname|last=Goffman|first=Barb}}

|Dear Emily Etiquette

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September/October 2020

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Red Herrings at Killington Inn|nolink=1}}

|Masthead: Best New England Crime Stories

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Boy Detective & the Summer of '74|nolink=1}}

|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2020

|Finalist

|

|Elysian Fields

|California Schemin': the 2020 Bouchercon Anthology (Wildside Press)

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=25 Year Engagement|nolink=1}}

|In League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon (Pegasus Crime)

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |2021

|{{Sortname|Shawn Reilly|Simmons}}

|Bay of Reckoning

|Murder on the Beach (Destination Murders)

|Winner

|

|A Family Matter

|Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2021

|Finalist

|

|A Tale of Two Sisters

|Murder on the Beach (Destination Murders)

|Finalist

|

|Doc's at Midnight

|Midnight Hour

|Finalist

|

|The Locked Room Library

|Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July/August 2021

|Finalist

|

|There Comes a Time

|Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical

|Finalist

|

|Fly Me to the Morgue

|Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical

|Finalist

|

|The Minnesota Twins Meet Bigfoot

|Land of 10,000 Thrills: Bouchercon Anthology 2022

|Finalist

|

|The Invisible Band

|Edgar & Shamus Go Golden

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |2023

|{{Sortname|Dru Ann|Love}} and Kristopher Zgorski

|Ticket to Ride

|Happiness Is a Warm Gun: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of The Beatles

|Winner

|

|{{Sort|Knife Sharpener|The Knife Sharpener}}

|Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, July/August 2023

|Finalist

|

|{{Sort|Good Judge of Character|A Good Judge of Character}}

|Malice Domestic 17: Murder Most Traditional

|Finalist

|

|Real Courage

|Black Cat Mystery Magazine, October 2023

|Finalist

|

|Shamu, World’s Greatest Detective

|Killin’ Time in San Diego

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction, 2000-2009

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! 2001

|{{sortname|last=Warner|first=Penny}}

|Mystery Of The Haunted Caves (Troop 13 Mystery series)

|Meadowbrook Press

|Winner

|

! 2002

|{{sortname|last=Hale|first=Daniel J.}} and Matthew LaBrot

|Red Card (The Zeke Armstrong Mysteries)

|Top Publications

|Winner

|

! 2003

|{{sortname|last=Karr|first=Kathleen}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=7th Knot|nolink=1}}

|Marshall Cavendish

|Winner

|

! 2004

|{{sortname|last=Balliett|first=Blue}}

|Chasing Vermeer

|Scholastic Press

|Winner

|

! 2005

|{{sortname|last=Abrahams|first=Peter|link=Peter Abrahams (American author)}}

|Down the Rabbit Hole

|HarperCollins

|Winner

|

! 2005

|{{sortname|last=Hiaasen|first=Carl}}

|Flush

|Alfred A. Knopf

|Winner

|

! 2006

|{{sortname|last=Means Wright|first=Nancy}}

|Pea Soup Poisonings

|Hilliard & Harris

|Winner

|

! 2007

|{{sortname|last=Masters Buckey|first=Sarah}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Light In The Cellar|nolink=1}}

|American Girl

|Winner

|

! 2008

|{{sortname|last=Grabenstein|first=Chris}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Crossroads|nolink=1}}

|

|Winner

|

! rowspan="5" | 2009

|{{sortname|last=Grabenstein|first=Chris}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hanging Hill|nolink=1}}

|Random House

|Winner

|

|{{Sort|Morgue and Me|The Morgue and Me}}

|

|Finalist

|

|{{Sort|Case of the Poisoned Pig|The Case of the Poisoned Pig}}

|

|Finalist

|

|{{Sort|Other Side of Blue|The Other Side of Blue}}

|

|Finalist

|

|'{{Sort|Case of the Cryptic Crinoline|The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline}}'

|

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction, 2010-2019

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2010

|{{sortname|last=Smith|first=Sarah|link=Sarah Smith (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Other Side of Dark|nolink=1}}

|Atheneum Books

|Winner

|

|Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

|Dutton Children's

|Finalist

|

|Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus

|Houghton Mifflin

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Agency: A Spy in the House|nolink=1}}

|Candlewick Press

|Finalist

|

|Virals

|Razorbill

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2011

|{{sortname|last=Grabenstein|first=Chris}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Black Heart Crypt|nolink=1}}

|Random House

|Winner

|

|Shelter

|Putnam

|Finalist

|

|Icefall

|Scholastic Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Wizard of Dark Street|nolink=1}}

|EgmontUSA

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Secret of the Skeleton Key|nolink=1}} (The Code Busters Club)

|EgmontUSA

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2012

|{{sortname|last=Warner|first=Penny}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Haunted Lighthouse|nolink=1}} (The Code Busters Club)

|EgmontUSA

|Winner

|

|Seconds Away

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Edge of Nowhere|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Liar & Spy

|

|Finalist

|

|Code Name Verity

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2013

|{{sortname|last=Grabenstein|first=Chris}}

|Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

|Random House

|Winner

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Testing|nolink=1}}

|HMH Books for Young Readers

|Finalist

|

|Traitor in the Shipyard: A Caroline Mystery

|American Girl

|Finalist

|

|Andi Unexpected

|Zonderkidz

|Finalist

|

|Mystery of the Pirate's Treasure (The Code Busters Club)

|EgmontUSA

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2014

|{{sortname|last=Warner|first=Penny}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Mummy's Curse|nolink=1}} (The Code Busters Club)

|EgmontUSA

|Winner

|

|Found

|Putnam Juvenile

|Finalist

|

|Andi Under Pressure

|ZonderKidz

|Finalist

|

|Greenglass House

|Clarion Books

|Finalist

|

|Uncertain Glory

|Islandport Press

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2015

|{{sortname|last=Flower|first=Amanda}}

|Andi Unstoppable

|Zonderkidz

|Winner

|

|Pieces and Players

|Scholastic Press

|Finalist

|

|Need

|HMH Books for Young Readers

|Finalist

|

|Woof

|Scholastic Press

|Finalist

|

|Fighting Chance

|Poisoned Pen Press

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2016

|{{sortname|last=Warner|first=Penny}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Secret of the Puzzle Box|nolink=1}}(The Code Busters Club)

|Darby Creek

|Winner

|

|Trapped (A Mei-hua Adventure)

|Drum Tower Press

|Finalist

|

|Spy Ski School

|Simon & Schuster

|Finalist

|

|Tag, You're Dead

|Poisoned Pen Press

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Mystery of Hollow Places|nolink=1}}

|Balzer & Bray

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2017

|{{sortname|last=Callaghan|first=Cindy}}

|Sydney Mackenzie Knocks 'Em Dead

|Aladdin

|Winner

|

|City of Angels

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=World's Greatest Detective|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Audacity Jones Steals the Show

|

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Harlem Charade|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="3" | 2018{{Note|In 2018, the award was presented for Best Young Adult Mystery}}

|{{Sortname|Cindy|Callaghan}}

|Potion Problems (Just Add Magic)

|

|Winner

|

|Winterhouse

|

|Finalist

|

|{{Sortname|A|Side of Sabotage|nolink=1}}

|

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2019

|{{sortname|last=Schoonmaker|first=Frances}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Last Crystal|nolink=1}}

|Auctus Press

|Winner

|

|Kazu Jones and the Denver Dognappers

|Disney Hyperion

|Finalist

|

|Two Can Keep a Secret

|Delacorte Press

|Finalist

|

|Top Marks for Murder

|Puffin

|Finalist

|

|Jada Sly, Artist and Spy

|Little Brown Books for Young Readers

|Finalist

|

|+Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction, 2020-2029

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Author

!Title

!Publisher

! scope="col" width="10%" | Result

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! rowspan="5" | 2020

|{{sortname|last=Narvaez|first=Richie}}

|Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco

|Piñata Books

|Winner

|

|Midnight at the Barclay Hotel

|Viking Books for Young Readers

|Finalist

|

|Premeditated Myrtle

|Algonquin Young Readers

|Finalist

|

|Saltwater Secrets

|AladdinQ

|Finalist

|

|From the Desk of Zoe Washington

|Katherin Teagen Books

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" | 2021

|{{sortname|last=Orloff|first=Alan}}

|I Play One on TV

|Down & Out Books

|Winner

|

|Cold-Blooded Myrtle

|Algonquin Young Readers

|Finalist

|

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Forest of Stolen Girls|nolink=1}}

|Fiewel and Friends

|Finalist

|

|Leisha's Song

|Fire and Ice/Melange Books

|Finalist

|

|Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche

|Wednesday Books

|Finalist

! rowspan="5" | 2022

|{{sortname|last=Springer|first=Nancy}}

|Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade

|Wednesday Books

|Winner

|

|Daybreak on Raven Island

|Viking Books for Young Readers

|Finalist

|

|In Myrtle Peril

|Algonquin Young Readers

|Finalist

|

|#shedeservedit

|Bold Strokes Books

|Finalist

|

|Sid Johnson and the Phantom Slave Stealer

|Auctus Publishers

|Finalist

|

! rowspan="5" |2023

|{{Sortname|K. B.|Jackson}}

|{{Sort|Sasquatch of Hawthorne Elementary|The Sasquatch of Hawthorne Elementary}}

|

|Winner

|

|Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity

|

|Finalist

|

|Araña and Spiderman

|

|Finalist

|

|{{Sort|Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle|The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle}}

|

|Finalist

|

|Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose

|

|Finalist

|

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Recipient

! scope="col" width="5%" | {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

! scope="col" width="5%" | Year

!Recipient

!Description