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Award Winners

Agatha Awards 1992 Boot Legger’s Daughter 2005 Dread in the Beast Best Contemporary by by (Formerly Best Novel) 1991 I.O.U. by 2005 by 1990 Bum Steer by Nancy Pickard 2004 by Peter 2019 The Long Call by Ann 1989 Naked Once More Straub Cleeves by Elizabeth Peters 2003 Lost Boy Lost Girl by Peter 2018 Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen 1988 Something Wicked Straub Byron by Carolyn G. Hart 2002 The Night Class by Tom 2017 Glass Houses by Louise Piccirilli Penny Best Historical Mystery 2001 by Neil 2016 A Great Reckoning by Louise Gaiman Penny 2019 Charity’s Burden by Edith 2000 The Traveling Vampire Show 2015 Long Upon the Land Maxwell by by Margaret Maron 2018 The Widows of Malabar Hill 1999 Mr. X by 2014 Truth be Told by Hank by 1998 by Stephen Philippi Ryan 2017 In Farleigh Field by Rhys King 2013 The Wrong Girl by Hank Bowen 1997 Children of the Dusk Philippi Ryan 2016 The Reek of Red Herrings by 2012 The Beautiful Mystery by by Catriona McPherson 1996 by Stephen 2015 Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King 2011 Three-Day Town by Margaret King 1995 by Maron 2014 Queen of Hearts by Rhys 1994 Dead in the Water by Nancy 2010 Bury Your Dead by Louise Bowen Holder Penny 2013 A Question of Honor 1993 The Throat by Peter Straub 2009 The Brutal Telling by Louise by Charles Todd 1992 Blood of the Lamb by Penny 2012 Dandy Gilver and an Thomas F. Monteleone 2008 The Cruelest Month Unsuitable Day for 1991 Boy’s Life by Robert R. by Louise Penny Murder by Catriona McCammon 2007 A Fatal Grace by Louise McPherson 1990 by Robert R. Penny 2011 Naughty in Nice by Rhys McCammon 2006 The Virgin of Small Plains Bowen 1989 by Dan by Nancy Pickard Simmons 2005 The Body in the Snowdrift 1988 The Silence of the Lambs by by Superior Achievement in a Novel 2004 Birds of a Feather 1987 by by 2019 Coyote Rage by Owl 1986 Swan Song by Robert R. 2003 Letter from Home by Carolyn Goingback McCammon G. Hart 2018 The Cabin at the End of the 2002 You’ve Got Murder by Donna World by Paul Tremblay Christy Award Andrews 2017 Ararat by Book of the Year 2001 Murphy’s Law by Rhys 2016 The Fisherman by John Bowen Langan 2019 Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti 2000 Storm Track by Margaret 2015 Callahan Henry Maron by Paul Tremblay 2018 True to You by Becky Wade 1999 Mariner’s Compass 2014 Blood Kin by Steve Rasnic 2017 Long Way Gone by Charles by Tem Martin 1998 Butcher’s Hill by Laura 2013 by Stephen 2016 The Five Times I Met Myself Lippman King by James L. Rubart 1997 The Devil in Music by Kate 2012 by Caitlin 2015 Thief of Glory by Sigmund Ross R. Kiernan Brouwer 1996 Up Jumps the Devil 2011 Flesh Eaters by Joe 2014 Burning Sky by Lori Benton by Margaret Maron McKinney 1995 If I’d Killed Him When I Met 2010 A Dark Matter by Peter Contemporary Romance Him by Sharyn McCrumb Straub 1994 She Walks These Hills 2009 Audrey’s Door by Sarah 2019 Falling for You by Becky by Sharyn McCrumb Langan Wade 1993 Dead Man’s Island 2008 by Stephen King 2018 True to You by Becky Wade by Carolyn G. Hart 2007 The Missing by Sarah Langan 2017 Her One and Only by Becky 2006 Lisey’s Story by Stephen King Wade ** The Fort Smith Public Library does not currently have the books in italics.** 1 Award Winners

2016 The Sea Keeper’s Daughters 2009 Beyond the Night by Marlo 2000 Bones by by Lisa Wingate Schalesky 1999 Mr. White’s Confession by 2015 The Story Keeper by Lisa 2008 Remembered by Tamera Robert Clark Wingate Alexander 1998 Cimarron Rose by James Lee 2014 Stones for Bread by Christa 2007 The Measure of a Lady Burke Parrish by Deeanne Gist 1997 Chatham School Affair by 2013 Not in the Heart by Chris 2006 A Bride Most Begrudging Thomas H. Cook Fabry by Deeanne Gist 1996 Come to Grief by Dick 2012 Promises to Keep by Ann 2005 Secrets by Kristen Heitzmann Francis Tatlock 2004 Hideaway by Hannah 1995 Red Scream by Mary Willis 2011 Almost Heaven by Chris Alexander Walker Fabry 2003 True Honor by Dee 1994 The Sculptress by Minette 2010 The Passion of Mary- Henderson Walters Margaret by Lisa Samson 2002 by Dee 1993 Bootlegger’s Daughter by 2009 Dogwood by Chris Fabry Henderson Margaret Maron 2008 Chasing Fireflies by Charles 2001 A Touch of Betrayal 1992 A Dance at the Martin by Catherine Palmer Slaughterhouse by 2007 Winter Birds by Jamie Turner 2000 Whispers from Yesterday Lawrence Block 2006 Levi’s Will by W. Dale Cramer by Robin Lee Hatcher 1991 New Orleans Mourning by 2005 Bad Ground by W. Dale Julie Smith Cramer Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1990 Black Cherry Blues by James 2004 Songbird by Lisa Samson Lee Burke 2003 All the Way Home by Ann “Edgars” 1989 A Cold Red Sunrise by Stuart Tatlock M. Kaminsky 2002 A Garden to Keep by Jamie 2020 The Stranger Diaries by Elly 1988 Old Bones by Aaron J. Elkins Turner Griffiths 1987 A Dark-Adapted Eye 2001 Home to Harmony by Philip 2019 Down the River Unto the Sea by Barbara Vine Gulley by Walter Mosley 1986 The Suspect by L.R. Wright 2001 The Trial by Robert Whitlow 2018 Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica 1985 Briarpatch by Ross Thomas 2000 A New Song by Jan Karon Locke 1984 LaBrava by Elmore Leonard 2017 Before the Fall by Noah 1983 Billingsgate Shoal by Rick Historical Romance Hawley Boyer 2016 Let Me Die in His Footsteps 1982 Peregrine by William Bayer 2019 Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti by Lori Roy 1981 Whip Hand by (tie) Callahan 2015 Mr. Mercedes by Stephen 1980 Rheingold Route by Arthur With This Pledge by Tamera King Maling Alexander 2014 Ordinary Grace by William 1979 Eye of the Needle by Ken 2018 The Lacemaker by Laura Kent Krueger Follett Frantz 2013 Live by Night by Dennis 1978 Catch Me, Kill Me by William 2017 The Lady and the Lionheart Lehane H. Hallahan (tie) by Joanne Bischof 2012 Gone by Mo Hayder 1977 Promised Land by Robert B. A Note Yet Unsung 2011 The Lock Artist by Steve Parker by Tamera Alexander Hamilton 1976 Hopscotch by Brian Garfield 2016 Luther and Katharina by Jody 2010 The Last Child by John Hart 1975 Peter’s Pence by Jon Cleary Hedlund 2009 Blue Heaven by C.J. Box 2015 Thief of Glory by Sigmund 2008 Down River by John Hart Brouwer 2007 Janissary Tree by Jason 2014 Harvest of by Tessa Goodwin Afshar 2006 Citizen Vince by Jess Walter 2020 A Called Empire by 2013 Against the Tide by Elizabeth 2005 California Girl by T. Jefferson Camden Parker 2019 by 2012 The Maid of Fairbourne Hall 2004 Resurrection Men by Ian by Julie Klassen Rankin 2018 by N.K. 2011 The Girl in the Gatehouse by 2003 Winter and Night by S.J. Jemisin Julie Klassen Rozan 2017 by N.K. 2010 The Silent Governess by Julie 2002 Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Jemisin Klassen Parker 2016 by N.K. 2009 From a Distance by Tamera 2001 The Bottoms by Joe R. Jemisin Alexander Lansdale 2015 The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu ** The Fort Smith Public Library does not currently have the books in italics.** 2 Award Winners

2014 by Ann 1984 by 1996 Women in Their Beds Leckie 1983 ’s Edge by Isaac by Gina Berriault 2013 by Asimov 1995 Mrs. Ted Bliss by Stanley 2012 by 1982 by C.J. Elkin 2011 Blackout by Cherryh 1994 by Carol 2010 The City and the City 1981 The Queen by Joan D. Shields (tie) by China Miéville Vinge 1993 A Lesson Before Dying by by Paulo 1980 Fountains of Paradise Ernest J. Gaines Bacigalup by Arthur Charles Clarke 1992 All the Pretty Horses 2009 by Neil 1979 by Vonda by Cormac McCarthy Gaiman McIntyre 1991 by Jane 2008 The Yiddish Policemen’s 1978 by Smiley Union by 1977 Where Late the Sweet Birds 1990 by John 2007 by Vernor Sang by Updike Vinge 1976 by Joe W. 1989 Billy Bathgate by E.L. 2006 by Robert Charles Haldeman Doctorow Wilson 1975 by Ursula 1988 Middleman and the Other 2005 Jonathan Strange & Mr. Le Guin Stories by Bharati Norrell by Susanna Mukherjee Clarke National Book Critics 1987 The Counterlife by 2004 by Lois 1986 Kate Vaiden by Reynolds McMaster Bujold Circle Award Price 2003 Hominids by Robert J. 1985 The Accidental Tourist Sawyer 2019 Everything Inside: Stories by by 2002 American Gods by Neil Edwidge Danticat 1984 Love Medicine by Louise Gaiman 2018 Milkman by Anna Burns Erdrich 2001 Harry Potter and the Goblet 2017 Improvement by Joan Silber 1983 by of Fire by J K Rowling 2016 LaRose by 1982 George Mills by Stanley Elkin 2000 2015 The Sellout by Paul Beatty 1981 by John by 2014 Lila by Updike 1999 To Say Nothing of the Dog 2013 Americanah by Chimamanda 1980 The Transit of Venus by by Connie Willis Ngozi Adichie 1998 by Joe W. 2012 Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime 1979 The Year of the French by Haldeman Walk by Ben Fountain Thomas Flanagan 1997 Blue Mars by Kim Stanley 2011 Binocular Vision by Edith 1978 The Stories of Robinson Pearlman by John Cheever 1996 by Neal 2010 A Visit from the Goon 1977 Song of Solomon by Toni Stephenson Squad by Morrison 1995 by Lois 2009 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 1976 October Light by John McMaster Bujold 2008 2666 by Roberto Bolano Gardner 1994 Green Mars by Kim Stanley 2007 The Brief Wondrous Life of 1975 Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow Robinson Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz 1993 by 2006 The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai for Fiction Vernor Vinge (formerly Pulitzer Prize for 1993 by Connie 2005 The by E.L. Doctorow Willis 2004 by Marilynne the Novel) 1992 by Lois McMaster Robinson Bujold 2003 by Edward 2020 by Colson 1991 Vor Game by Lois McMaster P. Jones Whitehead Bujold 2002 Atonement by Ian McEwan 2019 by Richard 1990 by 2001 Austerlitz by Winfried Georg 1989 by C.J. Cherryh Sebald 2018 by 1988 War by David Brin 2000 Being Dead by Jim Crace 2017 The Underground Railroad by 1987 1999 Motherless Brooklyn by by Jonathan Lethem 2016 by Viet 1986 Ender’s Game by Orson Scott 1998 The Love of a Good Woman Thanh Nguyen Card by Alice Munro 2015 All the Light We Cannot See 1985 by William 1997 The Blue Flower by Penelope by Fitzgerald 2014 by Gibson ** The Fort Smith Public Library does not currently have the books in italics.** 3 Award Winners

2013 The Orphan Master’s Son 1983 by Alice 1950 by A.B. by Walker Guthrie, Jr. 2012 No Award Given 1982 Rabbit is Rich by John 1949 by James 2011 A Visit from the Goon Squad Updike Gould Cozzens by Jennifer Egan 1981 1948 Tales of the South Pacific 2010 by by by James A. Michener 2009 by Elizabeth 1980 The Executioner’s Song 1947 All the King’s Men by Robert Strout by Penn Warren 2008 The Brief Wondrous Life of 1979 The Stories of John Cheever 1946 No Award Given Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz by John Cheever 1945 by John 2007 The by Cormac 1978 Elbow Room by James Alan Hersey McCathy McPherson 1944 by Martin 2006 March by Geraldine Brooks 1977 No Award Given Flavin 2005 Gilead by Marilynne 1976 Humboldt’s Gift by Saul 1943 Dragon’s Teeth by Upton Robinson Bellow Sinclair 2004 The Known World by Edward 1975 by Michael 1942 by Ellen P. Jones Shaara Glasgow 2003 by Jeffrey 1974 No Award Given 1941 No Award Given Eugenides 1973 The Optimist’s Daughter 1940 by John 2002 by Richard by Steinbeck Russo 1972 by Wallace 1939 by Marjorie 2001 The Amazing Adventures of Stegner Kinnan Rawlings Kavalier and 1971 No Award Given 1938 by Michael Chabon 1970 Collected Stories of Jean by John P. Marquand 2000 Stafford by 1937 Gone with the Wind by 1969 by 1999 by Michael by N. Scott Momaday 1936 by H. L. Cunningham 1968 The Confessions of Nat Davis 1998 by Philip Turner by 1935 Roth 1967 by Bernard by Josephine Winslow 1997 by Steven Malamud Johnson Millhauser 1966 The Collected Stories of 1934 1996 Independence Day by by Carline Miller 1965 The Keeper of the House by 1933 by T. S. Stribling 1995 The Stone Diaries by Carol 1932 by Pearl S. Shields 1964 No Award Given Buck 1994 by E. 1963 by William 1931 by Margaret Faulkner Ayer Barnes 1993 A Good Scent from a 1962 1930 by Oliver La Strange Mountain by by Edwin O’Connor Farge Robert Butler 1961 1929 by Julia 1992 A Thousand Acres by Jane by Peterkin Smiley 1960 Advise and Consent by Allen 1928 The Bridges of San Luis Rey 1991 Rabbit at Rest by John Drury by Updike 1959 The Travels of Jaimie 1927 by Louis 1990 The Mambo Kings Play McPheeters by Robert Bromfield Songs of Love by Oscar Lewis Taylor 1926 by Hijuelos 1958 1925 by 1989 by Anne by 1924 The Able McLaughlins Tyler 1957 No Award Given by Margaret Wilson 1988 by 1956 by MacKinlay 1923 by 1987 by Kantor 1922 by Booth Peter Hillsman Taylor 1955 by Tarkington 1986 by Larry 1954 No Award Given 1921 by McMurtry 1953 1985 by Alison by 1920 No Award Given Lurie 1952 by Herman 1919 The Magnificent Ambersons 1984 Ironweed by William Kennedy Wouk by 1951 by 1918 by ** The Fort Smith Public Library does not currently have the books in italics.** 4 Award Winners

Rita Awards (discontinued) 2017 My Hope Next Door 2012 to Dallas by J.D. Contemporary Romance: Long by Tammy L Gray Robb 2016 A Noble Masquerade by Kristi 2011 Silent Scream by Karen Rose 2019 Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan Ann Hunter 2010 Whisper of Warning by Laura 2018 Falling Hard by Lexi Ryan 2015 Deceived by Irene Hannon Griffin 2017 Miracle on 5th Avenue by 2014 Five Days in Skye by Carla 2009 Take No Prisoners by Cindy Sarah Morgan Laureano Gerard 2016 Brokedown Cowboy 2013 Against the Tide by Elizabeth 2008 Ice Blue by Anne Stuart by Maisey Yates Camden 2007 Blackout by Annie Solomon 2015 Baby, It’s You by Jane 2012 The Measure of Katie 2006 Survivor in Death by J.D. Graves Calloway by Serena Robb 2014 Crazy Thing Called Love Miller 2005 I’m Watching You by Karen by Molly O’Keefe 2011 In Harm’s Way by Irene Rose 2013 The Way Back Home Hannon 2004 Remember When by J.D. by Barbara Freethy 2010 The Inheritance by Tamara Robb 2012 Boomerang Bride by Fiona Alexander 2003 Three Fates by Nora Roberts Lowe 2009 Finding Stefanie by Susan 2002 The Surgeon by Tess 2011 Simply Irresistible by Jill Warren Gerritsen Shalvis 2008 A Touch of Grace by Linda 2001 Carolina Moon by Nora 2010 Too Good to be True Goodnight Roberts by Kristan Higgins 2007 Revealed by Tamera 2000 The Bride’s Protector 2009 Not Another Bad Date Alexander by Gayle Wilson by Rachel Gibson 2006 Heavens to Betsy by Beth 1999 Cool Shade by Theresa Weir 2008 Catch of the Day by Kristan Pattillo 1998 On the Way to a Wedding Higgins 2005 Grounds to Believe by Ingrid Weaver 2007 Adios to My Old Life by Shelley Bates 1997 See How They Run by Caridad Ferrer 2004 Autumn Dreams by Gayle by Bethany Campbell 2006 Lakeside Cottage by Susan Roper 1996 Winter’s Edge by Anne Stuart Wiggs 2003 Never Say Goodbye by Irene 1995 Hidden Riches by Nora 2005 Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie Hannon Roberts 2004 Birthright by Nora Roberts 2002 Beneath a Southern Sky by 1994 Nightshade by Nora Roberts 2003 No Place Like Home by Deborah Raney Barbara Samuel 2001 The Shepherd’s Voice 2002 True Confessions by Rachel by Robin Lee Hatcher Spur Awards Gibson 2000 Danger in the Shadows Best Western Traditional Novel 2001 First Lady by Susan Elizabeth by Dee Henderson (Formerly Best Western Long Phillips 1999 Patterns of Love by Robin Novel) 2000 Bodyguard by Suzanne Lee Hatcher Brockmann 1998 Homeward by Melody 2020 Cherokee America by 1999 Dream a Little Dream by Carlson Margaret Verble Susan Elizabeth Phillips 1997 The Scarlet Thread 2019 The Return of Kid Cooper by 1998 Nobody’s Baby But Mine by by Francine Rivers Brad Smith Susan Elizabeth Phillips 1996 As Sure as the Dawn 2018 Silver City by Jeff Guinn 1997 Daniel’s Gift by Barbara by Francine Rivers 2017 The Mustanger and the Lady Freethy 1995 An Echo in the Darkness by Dusty Richards 1996 Born in Ice by Nora Roberts by Francine Rivers 2016 The Last Midwife by Sandra 1995 Again by Kathleen Gilles Dallas Seidel Romantic Suspense 2015 The Big Drift by Patrick 1994 Private Scandals by Nora Dearen Roberts 2019 Fearless by Elizabeth Dyer 2014 Crossing Purgatory by Gary 2018 The Fixer by Helenkay Dimon Schanbacher Romance with Religious or 2017 Repressed by Elisabeth 2013 With Blood in Their Eyes Spiritual Elements Naughton by Thomas Cobb (Formerly Inspirational Romance) 2016 Flash Fire by Dana Marton 2012 Remember Ben Clayton 2015 Concealed in Death by J.D. by Stephen Harrigan 2019 The Saturday Night Supper Robb 2011 Last Train from Cuernavaca Club by Carla Laureano 2014 Off the Edge by Carolyn by Lucia St. Clair Robson 2018 Then There Was You by Kara Crane 2010 Echoes of Glory by Robert Isaac 2013 Scorched by Laura Griffin Flynn ** The Fort Smith Public Library does not currently have the books in italics.** 5 Award Winners

2009 Shavetail by Thomas Cobb 2008 The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle 2007 The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook 2006 High Country by Willard Wyman 2005 People of the Raven by Kathleen O’Neal Gear 2004 So Wild a Dream by Winfred Blevins 2003 Perma Red by Debra Magpie Earling 2002 The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall 2001 The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan 2000 Prophet Annie by Ellen Recknor 1999 The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton by 1998 Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry 1997 Sierra by Richard S. Wheeler 1996 Stone Song by Winfred Blevins 1995 The Far Canyon by 1994 Empire of Bones by Jeff Long 1993 Slaughter by Elmer Kelton 1992 The Medicine Horn by Jory Sherman 1991 Home Mountain by Jeanne Williams 1990 Panther in the Sky by James Alexander Thom 1989 The Homesman by Glendon Swarthout 1988 Wanderer Springs by Robert Flynn 1987 Roman by Douglas C. Jones 1986 The Snowblind Moon by John Byrne Cooke 1985 Gone the Dreams and Dancing by Douglas C. Jones 1984 Sam Bass by Bryan Woolley 1983 Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson 1982 Aces and Eights by Loren D. Estleman ** No Awards Given from 1979 to 1981 1978 Swimming Man Burning by Terrence Kilpatrick 1977 The Kincaids by Matt Braun Updated 3/2/2021 ** The Fort Smith Public Library does not currently have the books in italics.** 6