The Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original, established in 1986, is an annual award presented as part of the Anthony Awards on behalf of Mystery Writers of America.
Recipients
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Nancy Pickard | Say No to Murder | Winner | |
| Earl Emerson | Poverty Bay | Finalist | ||
| Kate Green | Shattered Moon | Finalist | ||
| P. M. Carlson | Murder is Academic | Finalist | ||
| Patrick A. Kelley | Sleightly Murder | Finalist | ||
| 1987 | Robert Campbell | The Junkyard Dog | Winner | |
| J. A. Jance | Trial by Fury | Finalist | ||
| Lilian Jackson Braun | The Cat Who Saw Red | Finalist | ||
| Rob Kantner | The Back-Door Man | Finalist | ||
| Warren Murphy | Too Old a Cat | Finalist | ||
| 1988 | Robert Crais | The Monkey's Raincoat | Winner | |
| Carolyn G. Hart | Death on Demand | Finalist | ||
| Conrad Haynes | Bishop’s Gambit, Declined | Finalist | ||
| Lia Matera | Where Lawyers Fear To Tread | Finalist | ||
| Lilian Jackson Braun | The Cat Who Played Brahms | Finalist | ||
| Sharyn McCrumb | Bimbos of the Death Sun | Finalist | ||
| 1989 | Carolyn G. Hart | Something Wicked | Winner | |
| D. R. Meredith | Murder by Impulse | Finalist | ||
| David Handler | The Man Who Died Laughing | Finalist | ||
| Lia Matera | A Radical Departure | Finalist | ||
| Marilyn Wallace | Primary Target | Finalist | ||
| Michael Avallone | High Noon at Midnight | Finalist | ||
| P. M. Carlson | Murder Unrenovated | Finalist | ||
| Sharyn McCrumb | Paying the Piper | Finalist | ||
| 1990 | Carolyn G. Hart | Honeymoon with Murder | Winner | |
| D. R. Meredith | Murder by Deception | Finalist | ||
| Deborah Valentine | A Collector of Photographs | Finalist | ||
| Keith Peterson | Rough Justice | Finalist | ||
| Malacai Black | On My Honor | Finalist | ||
| 1991 | James McCahery | Grave Undertaking | Winner | |
| Rochelle Krich | Where’s Mommy Now? | Winner | ||
| B. J. Oliphant | Dead in the Scrub | Finalist | ||
| Jane Haddam | Not a Creature Was Stirring | Finalist | ||
| Marilyn Wallace (editor) | Sisters in Crime 2 | Finalist | ||
| 1996 | Harlan Coben | Deal Breaker | Winner | |
| Eileen Dreyer | Bad Medicine | Finalist | ||
| Gloria White | Charged with Guilt | Finalist | ||
| R. D. Zimmerman | Closet | Finalist | ||
| Teri Holbrook | A Far and Deadly Cry | Finalist | ||
| 1997 | Terris McMahan Grimes | Somebody Else’s Child | Winner | |
| Harlan Coben | Fade Away | Finalist | ||
| Steven Womack | Chain of Fools | Finalist | ||
| Susan Wade | Walking Rain | Finalist | ||
| Teri Holbrook | The Grass Widow | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Rick Riordan | Big Red Tequila | Winner | |
| K. J. A. Wishnia | 23 Shades of Black | Finalist | ||
| Laura Lippman | Charm City | Finalist | ||
| Martin J. Smith | Time Release | Finalist | ||
| Sujata Massey | The Salaryman’s Wife | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Laura Lippman | Butchers Hill | Winner | |
| Caroline Roe | Remedy for Treason | Finalist | ||
| Rick Riordan | The Widower’s Two Step | Finalist | ||
| Steven Womack | Murder Manual | Finalist | ||
| Sujata Massey | Zen Attitude | Finalist | ||
| 2000 | Laura Lippman | In Big Trouble | Winner | |
| Anthony P. Dunbar | Lucky Man | Finalist | ||
| Caroline Roe | Antidote for Avarice | Finalist | ||
| José Latour | Outcast | Finalist | ||
| Robin Burcell | Every Move She Makes | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Kate Grilley | Death Dances to a Reggae Beat | Winner | |
| Chassie West | Killing Kin | Finalist | ||
| Daniel Stashower | The Floating Lady Murder | Finalist | ||
| Eric Wright | The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn | Finalist | ||
| Katy Munger | Bad to the Bone | Finalist | ||
| Laura Wilson | A Little Death | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Charlaine Harris | Dead Until Dark | Winner | |
| Daniel Stashower | The Houdini Specter | Finalist | ||
| Jeff Abbott | A Kiss Gone Bad | Finalist | ||
| Jerrilyn Farmer | Dim Sum Dead | Finalist | ||
| P. J. Parrish | Dead of Winter | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Robin Burcell | Fatal Truth | Winner | |
| Andy Straka | A Killing Sky | Finalist | ||
| Jeff Abbott | Black Jack Point | Finalist | ||
| P. J. Parrish | Paint It Black | Finalist | ||
| Roberta Isleib | Six Strokes Under | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Robin Burcell | Deadly Legacy | Winner | |
| Elaine Flinn | Dealing in Murder | Finalist | ||
| Jason Starr | Tough Luck | Finalist | ||
| P. J. Parrish | Thicker Than Water | Finalist | ||
| Sylvia Maultash Warsh | Find Me Again | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Jason Starr | Twisted City | Winner | |
| M. J. Rose | The Halo Effect | Finalist | ||
| Roberta Isleib | Putt to Death | Finalist | ||
| Robin Burcell | Cold Case | Finalist | ||
| Susan McBride | Blue Blood | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Reed Farrel Coleman | The James Deans | Winner | |
| Allan Guthrie | Kiss Her Goodbye | Finalist | ||
| Charlie Huston | Six Bad Things | Finalist | ||
| P. J. Parrish | A Killing Rain | Finalist | ||
| Susan McBride | The Good Girl’s Guide to Murder | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Dana Cameron | Ashes and Bones | Winner | |
| Charlie Huston | A Dangerous Man | Finalist | ||
| Naomi Hirahara | Snakeskin Shamisen | Finalist | ||
| Robert Fate | Baby Shark | Finalist | ||
| Sean Doolittle | The Cleanup | Finalist | ||
| Troy Cook | 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers | Finalist | ||
| Victor Gischler | Shotgun Opera | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | P. J. Parrish | A Thousand Bones | Winner | |
| David Corbett | Blood of Paradise | Finalist | ||
| Ken Bruen and Jason Starr | Slide | Finalist | ||
| Megan Abbott | Queenpin | Finalist | ||
| Robert Fate | Baby Shark’s Beaumont Blues | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Julie Hyzy | State of the Onion | Winner | |
| Christa Faust | Money Shot | Finalist | ||
| Max Allan Collins | The First Quarry | Finalist | ||
| P. J. Parrish | South of Hell | Finalist | ||
| Vicki Lane | In a Dark Season | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Bryan Gruley | Starvation Lake | Winner | |
| G. M. Malliet | Death and the Lit Chick | Finalist | ||
| Hank Phillippi Ryan | Air Time | Finalist | ||
| Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman | Tower | Finalist | ||
| Max Allan Collins | Quarry in the Middle | Finalist | ||
| Megan Abbott | Bury Me Deep | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Duane Swierczynski | Expiration Date | Winner | |
| Hank Phillippi Ryan | Drive Time | Finalist | ||
| Bryan Gruley | The Hanging Tree | Finalist | ||
| Frank Tallis | Vienna Secrets | Finalist | ||
| Robert Goddard | Long Time Coming | Finalist | ||
| 2012 | Julie Hyzy | Buffalo West Wing | Winner | |
| Christa Faust | Choke Hold | Finalist | ||
| Duane Swierczynski | Fun & Games | Finalist | ||
| Frank Tallis | Vienna Twilight | Finalist | ||
| Michael Stanley | The Death of the Mantis | Finalist | ||
| Robert Jackson Bennett | The Company Man | Finalist | ||
| 2013 | Johnny Shaw | Big Maria | Winner | |
| Alison Gaylin | And She Was | Finalist | ||
| Joelle Charbonneau | Murder for Choir | Finalist | ||
| Lou Berney | Whiplash River | Finalist | ||
| Malla Nunn | Blessed Are the Dead | Finalist | ||
| 2014 | Catriona McPherson | As She Left It | Winner | |
| Alex Marwood | The Wicked Girls | Finalist | ||
| Chris F. Holm | The Big Reap | Finalist | ||
| Darrell James | Purgatory Key | Finalist | ||
| Stephen King | Joyland | Finalist | ||
| 2015 | Catriona McPherson | The Day She Died | Winner | |
| Alex Marwood | The Killer Next Door | Finalist | ||
| Alison Gaylin | Stay With Me | Finalist | ||
| Ben H. Winters | World of Trouble | Finalist | ||
| James W. Ziskin | No Stone Unturned | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Lou Berney | The Long and Faraway Gone | Winner | |
| Adrian McKinty | Gun Street Girl | Finalist | ||
| James W. Ziskin | Stone Cold Dead | Finalist | ||
| Josh Stallings | Young Americans | Finalist | ||
| Lori Rader-Day | Little Pretty Things | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | James W. Ziskin | Heart of Stone | Winner | |
| Adrian McKinty | Rain Dogs | Finalist | ||
| Eric Beetner | Leadfoot | Finalist | ||
| Jay Stringer | How To Kill Friends and Implicate People | Finalist | ||
| Jess Lourey | Salem’s Cipher | Finalist | ||
| Patricia Abbott | Shot in Detroit | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Lori Rader-Day | The Day I Died | Winner | |
| Eryk Pruitt | What We Reckon | Finalist | ||
| James W. Ziskin | Cast the First Stone | Finalist | ||
| Nadine Nettmann | Uncorking a Lie | Finalist | ||
| Thomas Pluck | Bad Boy Boogie | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Lori Rader-Day | Under a Dark Sky | Winner | |
| Alison Gaylin | If I Die Tonight | Finalist | ||
| James W. Ziskin | A Stone’s Throw | Finalist | ||
| Kellye Garrett | Hollywood Ending | Finalist | ||
| Naomi Hirahara | Hiroshima Boy | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Gigi Pandian | The Alchemist’s Illusion | Winner | |
| Catriona McPherson | Scot & Soda | Finalist | ||
| E. A. Aymar | The Unrepentant | Finalist | ||
| Gabriel Valjan | The Company Files: 2. The Naming Game | Finalist | ||
| L. A. Chandlar | The Pearl Dagger | Finalist | ||
| Susanna Calkins | Murder Knocks Twice | Finalist | ||
| Wendall Thomas | Drowned Under | Finalist | ||
| 2021 | Jess Lourey | Unspeakable Things | Winner | |
| Alyssa Cole | When No One Is Watching | Finalist | ||
| Gabriel Valjan | Dirty Old Town | Finalist | ||
| Lori Rader-Day | The Lucky One | Finalist | ||
| Susanna Calkins | The Fate of a Flapper | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | Jess Lourey | Bloodline | Winner | |
| Cheryl A. Head | Warn Me When It’s Time | Finalist | ||
| Greg Herren | Bury Me In Shadows | Finalist | ||
| Tara Laskowski | The Mother Next Door | Finalist | ||
| Tori Eldridge | The Ninja Betrayed | Finalist | ||
| 2023 | Jess Lourey | The Quarry Girls | Winner | |
| Gabriel Valjan | Hush Hush | Finalist | ||
| James L’Etoile | Dead Drop | Finalist | ||
| Kelly J. Ford | Real Bad Things | Finalist | ||
| Sandra SG Wong | In the Dark We Forget | Finalist |
References
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- ^ "2022 Bouchercon Anthony Award Winners". Mystery Scene Magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-05-13. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ Duerr, Teri. "2023 Anthony Award Nominees Announced". Mystery Scene Magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-05-13. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
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