The Secret History of Las Vegas

{{Short description|2014 crime novel by Chris Abani}}

{{Notability|Book|date=September 2022}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox book

| name = The Secret History of Las Vegas

| author = Chris Abani

| image = File:The Secret History of Las Vegas.jpg

| caption = First edition

| genre = Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Literary fiction

| published = 2014

| publisher = Penguin Books

| isbn = 978-0-143-12495-5

| alt = The Secret History of Las Vegas

| pages = 336

| website = {{URL|http://www.chrisabani.com/book/the-secret-history-of-las-vegas/|The Secret History of Las Vegas}}

| awards = Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original (2015)

| country = Nigeria

| preceded_by = GraceLand

| followed_by = Becoming Abigail

}}

The Secret History of Las Vegas is a 2014 crime novel written by Nigerian American writer Chris Abani.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18079802-the-secret-history-of-las-vegas|title=The Secret History of Las Vegas|website=Goodreads|access-date=2017-03-06}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-secret-history-of-las-vegas-by-chris-abani/2014/02/07/73f67826-8785-11e3-916e-e01534b1e132_story.html|title='The Secret History of Las Vegas,' by Chris Abani|last1=Athitakis|first1=Mark|date=2014-02-07|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2017-03-06|last2=Athitakis|first2=Mark|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/books/review/chris-abanis-secret-history-of-las-vegas.html|title=Chris Abani's 'Secret History of Las Vegas'|last=Theroux|first=Marcel|date=2014-01-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-03-06|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.chrisabani.com/book/the-secret-history-of-las-vegas/|title=Chris Abani|website=Official site of Chris Abani|language=en|access-date=2017-03-06}} and published by Penguin Books{{Cite book|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/315251/the-secret-history-of-las-vegas-by-chris-abani/9780143124955/|title=The Secret History of Las Vegas by Chris Abani {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com|language=en-US}} on 7 January 2014 which later went on to win the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original in 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://theedgars.com/awards/category-list-best-paperback-original/|title=Category List – Best Paperback Original {{!}} Edgars Database|website=theedgars.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-06}}{{Cite web |title=2015 Edgar Award Winners |url=https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/4874-2015-edgar-award-winners |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.mysteryscenemag.com}}{{Cite web |title=2015 Edgar Award Winners |url=https://greenwichlibrary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/242705567/416675167 |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Greenwich Library |language=en-US}}