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2026 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners
Browse the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Award winners and nominees by category. Each category starts with the winner, followed by nominees and other recognized titles.
First Novel
Winner and nominees for the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Award First Novel category.
Nominee
All the Other Mothers Hate Me
Nominee
History Lessons
Nominee
Johnny Careless
Nominee
Killer Potential
Juvenile
Winner and nominees for the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Award Juvenile category.
Winner
Blood in the Water
Nominee
Murder at the Museum
Nominee
Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave
Nominee
A Study in Secrets
Nominee
What Happened Then
Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award
Winner and nominees for the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Award Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award category.
Mary Higgins Clark Award
Winner and nominees for the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Award Mary Higgins Clark Award category.
Winner
All This Could Be Yours
Nominee
Five Found Dead
Nominee
Last Dance Before Dawn
Nominee
No Comfort for the Dead
Novel
Winner and nominees for the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Award Novel category.
Winner
The Big Empty
Nominee
The Dream Hotel
Nominee
Fagin the Thief
Nominee
Hard Town
Nominee
The Inheritance
Nominee
Presumed Guilty
Nominee
Wild Dark Shore
Paperback Original
Winner and nominees for the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Award Paperback Original category.
Winner
The Backwater
Nominee
Broke Road
Nominee
Listen
Nominee
One Death at a Time
Nominee
The Sideways Life of Denny Voss
Short Story
Winner and nominees for the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Award Short Story category.
Nominee
The Kill Clause
Nominee
Lucky Heart
Nominee
The One That Got Away
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Orphan X: A Mysterious Profile
Nominee
Reading at Night
Sue Grafton Memorial Award
Winner and nominees for the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Award Sue Grafton Memorial Award category.
Winner
Gone in the Night
Nominee
Cold as Hell
Nominee
Fallen Star
Nominee
Rage
Nominee
The Red Letter
Young Adult
Winner and nominees for the 2026 Edgar Allan Poe Award Young Adult category.
Winner
Under the Same Stars
Nominee
Catch Your Death
Nominee
Codebreaker
Nominee
The Scammer
Nominee
This Is Where We Die
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Lilian Jackson Braun Memorial Award
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Critical/Biographical
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Motion Picture
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The Robert L Fish Memorial Award
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