2004 Notable Books

AGATHA AWARDS

Best Novel:
Carolyn G. Hart, Letter From Home ($23 Signed 1sts).

Best First Novel:
Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs ($24 2nds.)

Best Nonfiction:
Elizabeth Peters/Kristen Whitbread, Amelia Peabody's Egypt ($30).

Best Short Story:
Elizabeth Foxwell, "No Man's Land" in Blood On Their Hands.

Best Children's/Young Adult Novel:
Kathleen Karr, The 7th Knot.

ANTHONY AWARDS

Best Novel
Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing ($25 Signed 1sts).

Best First Novel
P.J. Tracy, Monkeewrench ($6.99).

Best Paperback Original
Robin Burcell, Deadly Legacy ($6.99).

Best Short Story
Rhys Bowen, "Doppelganger" in Blood on Their Hands ($7.50).

Best Young Adult Mystery
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($10).

Best Historical Mystery
Rhys Bowen, For the Love of Mike ($24).

Best Critical/Non-Fiction Work
G.W. Niebuhr, Make Mine A Mystery ($65).

Best Fan Publications
Kate Stine, Mystery Scene Magazine ($7.50).

ARTHUR ELLIS AWARDS

Best Novel:
Giles Blunt, The Delicate Storm ($6.99).

Best First Novel:
Jan Rehner, Just Murder.

BARRY AWARDS

Best Novel
Laura Lippman, Every Secret Things ($7.99).

Best First Novel
P.J. Tracy, Monkeewrench ($6.99).

Best British Mystery Novel
Val McDermid, The Distant Echo ($25).

Best Paperback Original
Jason Starr, Tough Luck ($12).

Best Short Story
Robert Barnard, "Rogues' Gallery" in EQMM 03/03.

BEN FRANKLIN AWARD

Mary Anna Evans, Artifacts ($25 Signed; $6.99).

BOOK SENSE BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

Fiction: Dan Brown, The Davinci Code ($25 2nds).
Nonfiction: Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves ($17.50).
Trade Fiction: Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees ($14).
Trade Nonfiction: Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran ($14).

CHILDREN'S AWARDS

Newbery Medal
Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux ($18).

Caldecott Medal (Illustration)
Mordicai Gerstein, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers ($18).

CWA DAGGER WINNERS

Gold Dagger:
Sara Paretsky, Blacklist ($7.99; $25 Signed).

Silver Dagger:
John Harvey, Flesh and Blood ($25).

Ian Fleming Steel Dagger:
Jeffrey Deaver, Garden of Beasts ($25 Signed).

Creasy Dagger (Best First Novel):
Mark Mills, Amagansett ($25 US).

Ellis Peters Historical Dagger:
Barbara Cleverly, The Damascened Blade ($14).

Short Story Dagger:
Jeffery Deaver, "The Weekend" from Twisted: The Collected Stories of Jeffery Deaver ($7.99; $26 Signed).

Dagger in the Library:
Alexander McCall Smith

DILYS AWARD

Jasper Fforde, Lost in a Good Book ($14).

EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARDS

Best Novel:
Ian Rankin, Resurrection Men ($20 Signed 1sts; $6.99).

Best First Novel:
Rebecca Pawel, Death of a Nationalist ($12).

Best Paperback Original:
Sylvia Maultash Warsh, Find Me Again.

Best Critical/Biographical Work:
Andrew Wilson, Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith ($33).

Best Fact Crime:
Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City ($15).

Best Short Story:
G. Miki Hayden, "The Maids" in Blood on Their Hands ($24).

The Mary Higgins Clark Award:
M.K. Preston, Song of the Bones ($25 Signed 1sts).

Best Young Adult:
Acceleration, by Graham McNamee (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House Childrens)

Best Juvenile:
Bernie Magruder & the Rats in the Belfry, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum)

Best Television Episode Teleplay:
The Practice - "Goodbye", Teleplay by Peter Blake & David E. Kelley

Best Motion Picture Screenplay:
Dirty Pretty Things, Screenplay by Steve Knight (BBC, Celador Productions, Jonescompany)

SPECIAL EDGAR AWARD

Home Box Office, in recognition of the creation and production of their ground-breaking crime series such as The Sopranos, Oz and The Wire

ELLIS PETERS DAGGER AWARD

Barbara Cleverly, The Damascened Blade ($14).

ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD

Sandy Balzo for "The Grass is Always Greener" (EQMM - March 2003)

RAVEN:
Ray and Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University, in recognition of its long-standing work in collecting and preserving detective fiction and Vanity Fair Magazine, Graydon Carter, editor, in recognition of their coverage of True Crime

FRIENDS OF AMERICAN WRITERS AWARD

Erin Hart, Haunted Ground ($6.99 Aug.).

GIBSON AWARD

My Mother's Favorite Read
P.J. Tracy, Live Bait ($22).

HAMMETT PRIZE

Carol Goodman, The Seduction of Water ($14).

ICON OF SCOTLAND

Val McDermid for "the finest in Scottish book or script writing."

LAMBDA AWARDS

Lesbian Mystery
Claire McNab, The Wombat Strategy ($14).
Katherine Forrest, Hancock Park ($14).
Ellen Hart, An Intimate Ghost ($14).
Jennifer Jordan, Commitment to Die.
Mary Vermillion, Death by Discount ($14).

Gay Men's Mystery
Anthony Bidulka, Flight of Aquavit ($16).
Dorien Grey, The Role Players ($16).
Greg Herren, Jackson Square Jazz $23).
John Morgan Wilson, Moth and Flame ($24 Signed).
Gary Zebrun, Someone You Know ($14).

LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE

Mystery
George Pelecanos, Soul Circus ($7.50).

LEFT COAST CRIME AWARDS

Bruce Alexander Historical Mystery
Rhys Bowen, For the Love of Mike ($6.99).

The Lefty
Jerrilyn Farmer, Mumbo Gumbo ($6.99).

The Otter
Meg Chittenden, More Than You Know ($5.99)

MACAVITY AWARDS

Best Novel:
Peter Lovesey, The House Sitter ($13).

Best First Novel:
J. Winspear, Maisie Dobbs ($14).

Best Nonfiction:
Gary Warren Niebuhr, Make Mine a Mystery: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction.

Best Short Story:
Sandy Balzo, "The Grass Is Always Greener," EQMM 03/03.

ROSS MACDONALD AWARD

Sue Grafton

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE

Fiction Prize:
Edward P. Jones, The Known World ($25).

NERO WOLFE AWARD

Walter Mosley, Fear Itself ($7.50).

NEW ENGLAND BOOKSELLERS AWARD

Fiction
Archer Mayor (first time win for a mystery writer!)

SHAMUS AWARDS

Best Novel:
Ken Bruen, The Guards ($13).

Best First Novel:
Peter Spiegelman, Black Maps (Knopf $26)

Best Paperback Original:
Andy Straka, Cold Quarry (Signet $5.99).

Best Short Story:
Loren D. Estleman, "Lady on Ice," A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime ($6.99).

PATRICK D SMITH FLORIDA LITERATURE AWARD

Mary Anna Evans, Artifacts ($25 Signed; $6.99). The annual award, sponsored by the Florida Historical Society, recognizes the valuable contributions made by writers of Florida fiction in stimulating the promotion and study of the state's history and heritage.

WH SMITH AWARD (UK)

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ($30).

SPOTTED OWL AWARD

Lowen Clausen, Second Watch ($6.99).

WHITBREAD BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

Fiction:
Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ($12 May).

TOP 2004 FIRST MYSTERIES

Richard Benke, The Ghost Ocean ($15).
Charles Benoit, Relative Danger ($25 Signed).
Ian Caudwell, The Rule of Four ($24).
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Morrell ($28).
Jodi Compton, The 37th Hour ($6.99).
Colin Cotterill, The Coroner's Lunch ($24 Signed).
Joseph Gangemi, Inamorata ($14).
Lev Grossman, The Codex ($24).
Charles Huston, Caught Stealing ($23 Signed).
Paul Jaskunas, Hidden ($24 Signed).
Jack Kerley, The Hundredth Man ($24).
Michael Koryta, Tonight I Said Goodbye ($23 Signed).
Jeff Lindsay, Darkly Dreaming Dexter ($24).
Richard Marinick, Boyos ($25).
Clare Matturro, Skinny Dipping ($25 Signed).
Mark Mills, Amagansett ($25).
Pat McIntosh, The Harper's Quine ($25).
Catherine Shaw, The Three-Body Problem ($14).
Stav Sherez, The Devil's Playground ($28).
Leslie Silbert, The Intelligencer ($24).
Michael Simon, Dirty Sally ($24 Signed).
Patricia Smiley, False Profits ($25).
Will Thomas, Some Danger Involved ($23).
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind ($15).
Dave Zeltserman, Fast Wind ($30 Signed).

BARBARA'S BEST OF 2004

I give up, I can't get it down to 10-12. 2004 was an especially rich year for reading! Instead I've done a couple of category lists.

BARBARA'S BEST HISTORICALS

Fiona Buckley, The Siren Queen ($24).
Lindsey Davis, Scandal Takes a Holiday ($25).
Sarah Dunant, The Birth of Venus ($14).
Alan Gordon, An Antic Disposition ($25).
Beverle Graves Myers, Interrupted Aria ($25).
David Liss, A Spectacle of Corruption ($15).
Mary Reed/Eric Mayer, Five for Silver ($25 Signed).
Edward Marston, The Counterfeit Crank ($24).
Michael Pearce, The Face in the Cemetery ($25)
Madeleine Robbins, Petty Treason ($26 Signed).
Priscilla Royal, Tyrant of the Mind ($25 Signed).
C.J. Sansom, Dark Fire ($39 Signed).
Steven Saylor, The Judgment of Caesar ($25).

Paperbacks
Martin Davies, Mrs. Hudson and the Case of the Spirits' Curse ($13).
Claudia Gross, Scholarium ($20).
Lora Roberts, The Affair of the Incognito Tenant ($14).
Pam Rosenthal, The Bookseller's Daughter ($14).

BARBARA'S BEST NONFICTION

Bryan Burroughs, Public Enemies ($30).
Daniel DeSimone, Heavenly Craft ($50 Signed).
Joan Fletcher, The Search for Nefertiti ($26).
Robert Heller, Hell or High Water ($25).
Robert Kurson, Shadow Divers ($27).
Robert McCrum, Wodehouse ($28).
HRH Princess Michael of Kent, The Serpent and the Moon ($30).
Susan Nagel, Mistress of the Elgin Marbles ($25).
Julian Rubinstein, Ballad of the Whiskey Robber ($24).
Mimi Sheraton, Eating My Words ($24).
Lynn Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves ($18).
Jack Weatherford, Ghenghis Kahn ($25).

BARBARA/MM BEST OF 2004

Reed Coleman, Redemption Street ($24 Signed).
Craig/Tapply, Second Sight ($25 Signed).
Philip DePoy, The Witch's Grave ($25 Signed).
Aaron Elkins, Good Blood ($6.99).
Linda Fairstein, The Kills ($7.99).
Reg Hill, Good Morning, Midnight ($25).
Kathy Hills, Hunter's Dance ($25 Signed).
Jonathon King, Shadow Men ($24 Signed).
Margaret Maron, High Country Fall ($25).
Ed McBain, Hark! ($26 Signed).
Michael McGarrity Slow Kill ($24).
Julia Spencer-Fleming, Out of the Deep I Cry ($24 Signed).
Andrew Taylor, Call the Dying ($28).
P.J. Tracy, Live Bait ($24).
Ed Wright, While I Disappear ($26 Signed).

DAVID'S BEST OF 2004

Stephen R. Donaldson, The Runes of the Earth ($27 Signed).
Ian Caldwell/Dustin Thomason, The Rule of Four ($24).
R. Mankoff et al. The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker ($60).
Alexandar McCall Smith, The Full Cubboard of Life ($12; $20 Signed).
John Talton, Dry Heat ($23 Signed).
John Updike, Villages ($25).

JOHN'S BEST OF 2004

James Lee Burke, In the Moon of Red Ponies ($25 Signed)
Michael Connelly, The Narrows ($26 Signed)
Robert Ferrigno, The Wake Up ($20 Signed)
Jeff Long, The Reckoning ($25).
Eliot Pattison, Beautiful Ghosts ($25).
Gary Phillips, Monkology ($30 Signed)
Ian Rankin, Question of Blood ($6.99; $23 Signed).
James Sallis, A City Equal To My Desire ($30 Signed)
Lucius Shepard, Handbook of American Prayer ($22 Signed)
Martin Cruz Smith, Wolves Eat Dogs ($26).

LESLIE'S BEST OF 2004

Michael Chabon, The Final Solution ($17).
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Morrell ($28).
Matt Eversmann/Dan Schilling, The Battle of Mogadishu ($26).
Carmen Bin Laden, Inside the Kingdom ($24).
Mark Millar et al, The Ultimates Vol. I ($13).
Chuck Pfarrer, Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL ($26).
Greg Rucka, A Gentleman's Game ($25 Signed).
Jeff Smith, Bone: One Volume Ed. ($40).
Jon Stewart, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America ($25).
Evan Wright, Generation Kill ($25).

LORRI'S BEST OF 2004

Margaret Dumas, Speak Now ($25 Signed).
John Harwood, Ghost Writer ($25).
Alice Hoffman, Blackbird House ($20).
Charlaine Harris, Dead to the World ($20).
J.M. Hayes, Plains Crazy ($25 Signed).
Robin McKinley, Sunshine ($24).
Christopher Moore, The Stupidest Angel ($16 Signed).
T.J. Parker, California Girl ($25).
Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper ($25).
Leigh Richards, Califia's Daughter ($7).
P.J. Tracy, Live Bait ($22).

MEGAN'S BEST OF 2004

Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram ($25).
Margaret Dumas, Speak Now ($25 Signed).
John Dunning, The Bookman's Promise ($7.99).
Helen Fielding, Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination ($25).
Eric Garcia, Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys ($25).
Bonnie Marson, Sleeping with Schubert ($22).
T.J. Parker, California Girl ($25).
Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper ($25).
Leigh Richards, Califia's Daughter ($7).
Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Shadow of the Wind ($15).

MM'S BEST OF 2004

Linda Barnes, Deep Pockets ($6.99).
Charles Benoit, Relative Danger ($25 Signed).
Peter Bowen, The Tumbler ($24 Signed).
Margaret Coel, Wife of Moon ($23).
Deborah Crombie, In a Dark House ($24 Signed).
James Doss, The Witch's Tongue ($25).
Martin Edwards, The Coffin Trail ($25).
Ruth Dudley Edwards, Carnage on the Committee ($25).
Michael Koryta, Tonight I Said Goodbye ($26 Signed).
David Rosenfelt, Bury the Lead ($24 Signed).
Betty Webb, Desert Shadows ($25 Signed).

PATRICIA'S BEST OF 2004

Rita Mae Brown, Full Cry ($25).
Margaret Dumas, Speak Now ($25 Signed).
Deb Crombie, In a Dark House ($24).
Erin Hart, Lake of Sorrows ($24).
Patricia Harwin, Arson and Old Lace ($7).
Pat McIntosh, The Harper's Quine ($25).
Leigh Richards, Califia's Daughters ($7).
Christina Sumners, Thieves Break In ($7).
Jon Talton, Dry Heat ($23 Signed).
Jacqueline Winspear, Birds of a Feather ($25).

PATRICK'S BEST OF 2004

W.C. Baer, Hell's Half Acre ($15 Signed).
Ken Bruen, The Killing of the Tinkers ($23).
Percival Everett, American Desert ($25 Signed).
Richard Marinick, Boyos ($25).
Kem Nunn, Tijuana Straits ($25 Signed).
George Pelecanos, Hard Revolution ($6.99; $125).
Scott Phillips, Cottonwood ($24).
John Shannon, Terminal Island ($25 Signed).
Lucius Shephard, A Handbook of American Prayer ($22 Signed).
Jerry Stahl, I, Fatty ($24).
Jesse Sublett, Never the Same Again ($24 Signed).
Dave Zeltserman, Fast Lane ($30 Signed).

ROB'S BEST OF 2004

Charles Benoit, Relative Danger ($25 Signed).
Trevor Corson, The Secret Lives of Lobsters ($25).
Judy Clemens, Till the Cows Come Home ($25 Signed).
Margaret Dumas, Speak Now ($25 Signed).
Martin Edwards, The Coffin Trail ($25).
Ruth Dudley Edwards, Carnage on the Committee ($25).
Kerry Greenwood, Murder at Montparnasse ($25).
Judy Rogers, The Zuni Café Cookbook ($35).
Larry Karp, First, Do No Harm ($25).
Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots and Leaves ($18).

TJ'S BEST OF 2004

Bryan Burroughs, Public Enemies ($30).
Michael Crichton, State of Fear ($28).
Ed Gorman, ed. The World's Finest Mystery Signed Crime Stories #5 ($18).
Douglas Preston, Brimstone ($26 Signed).

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'S BEST MYSTERIES OF 2004

Charles Benoit, Relative Danger ($25 Signed).
Barbara Cleverly, The Damascened Blade ($14).
Margaret Coel. Wife of Moon ($23).
Ruth Francisco, Good Morning, Darkness ($24 Signed).
Batya Gur, Bethlehem Road Murder ($25).
Naomi Hirahara, The Summer of the Big Bachi ($12).
Leslie Klinger, ed. The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes ($75 boxed set, worth every penny!).
Walter Mosley, Little Scarlet ($25).
Steven Saylor, The Judgment of Caesar ($25).