Award Winners - Fort Smith Public Library

Award WinnersAgatha AwardsBest Contemporary Novel(Formerly Best 961995199419931The Long Call by AnnCleevesMardi Gras Murder by EllenByronGlass Houses by LouisePennyA Great Reckoning by LouisePennyLong Upon the Landby Margaret MaronTruth be Told by HankPhilippi RyanThe Wrong Girl by HankPhilippi RyanThe Beautiful Mystery byLouise PennyThree-Day Town by MargaretMaronBury Your Dead by LouisePennyThe Brutal Telling by LouisePennyThe Cruelest Monthby Louise PennyA Fatal Grace by LouisePennyThe Virgin of Small Plainsby Nancy PickardThe Body in the Snowdriftby Katherine Hall PageBirds of a Featherby Jacqueline WinspearLetter from Home by CarolynG. HartYou’ve Got Murder by DonnaAndrewsMurphy’s Law by RhysBowenStorm Track by MargaretMaronMariner’s Compassby Earlene FowlerButcher’s Hill by LauraLippmanThe Devil in Music by KateRossUp Jumps the Devilby Margaret MaronIf I’d Killed Him When I MetHim by Sharyn McCrumbShe Walks These Hillsby Sharyn McCrumbDead Man’s Islandby Carolyn G. Hart19921991199019891988Boot Legger’s Daughterby Margaret MaronI.O.U. by Nancy PickardBum Steer by Nancy PickardNaked Once Moreby Elizabeth PetersSomething Wickedby Carolyn G. HartBest Historical ’s Burden by EdithMaxwellThe Widows of Malabar Hillby Sujata MasseyIn Farleigh Field by RhysBowenThe Reek of Red Herringsby Catriona McPhersonDreaming Spies by Laurie R.KingQueen of Hearts by RhysBowenA Question of Honorby Charles ToddDandy Gilver and anUnsuitable Day forMurder by CatrionaMcPhersonNaughty in Nice by RhysBowenBram Stoker AwardSuperior Achievement in a 00820072006Coyote Rage by OwlGoingbackThe Cabin at the End of theWorld by Paul TremblayArarat by Christopher GoldenThe Fisherman by JohnLanganA Head Full of Ghostsby Paul TremblayBlood Kin by Steve RasnicTemDoctor Sleep by StephenKingThe Drowning Girl by CaitlinR. KiernanFlesh Eaters by JoeMcKinneyA Dark Matter by PeterStraubAudrey’s Door by SarahLanganDuma Key by Stephen KingThe Missing by Sarah LanganLisey’s Story by Stephen 95199419931992199119901989198819871986Dread in the Beastby Charlee JacobCreepers by David MorrellIn the Night Room by PeterStraubLost Boy Lost Girl by PeterStraubThe Night Class by TomPiccirilliAmerican Gods by NeilGaimanThe Traveling Vampire Showby Richard LaymonMr. X by Peter StraubBag of Bones by StephenKingChildren of the Duskby Janet BerlinerThe Green Mile by StephenKingZombie by Joyce Carol OatesDead in the Water by NancyHolderThe Throat by Peter StraubBlood of the Lamb byThomas F. MonteleoneBoy’s Life by Robert R.McCammonMine by Robert R.McCammonCarrion Comfort by DanSimmonsThe Silence of the Lambs byThomas HarrisMisery by Stephen KingSwan Song by Robert R.McCammonChristy AwardBook of the Year201920182017201620152014Becoming Mrs. Lewis by PattiCallahanTrue to You by Becky WadeLong Way Gone by CharlesMartinThe Five Times I Met Myselfby James L. RubartThief of Glory by SigmundBrouwerBurning Sky by Lori BentonContemporary Romance201920182017Falling for You by BeckyWadeTrue to You by Becky WadeHer One and Only by BeckyWade** The Fort Smith Public Library does not currently have the books in italics.**

Award 62005200420032002200120012000The Sea Keeper’s Daughtersby Lisa WingateThe Storykeeper by LisaWingateStones for Bread by ChristaParrishNot in the Heart by ChrisFabryPromises to Keep by AnnTatlockAlmost Heaven by ChrisFabryThe Passion of MaryMargaret by Lisa SamsonDogwood by Chris FabryChasing Fireflies by CharlesMartinWinter Birds by Jamie TurnerLevi’s Will by W. Dale CramerBad Ground by W. DaleCramerSongbird by Lisa SamsonAll the Way Home by AnnTatlockA Garden to Keep by JamieTurnerHome to Harmony by PhilipGulleyThe Trial by Robert WhitlowNew Song by Jan KaronHistorical 011201020092Becoming Mrs. Lewis by PattiCallahanWith This Pledge by TameraAlexanderThe Lacemaker by LauraFrantzThe Lady and the Lionheartby Joanne BischofA Note Yet Unsungby Tamera AlexanderLuther and Katharina by JodyHedlundThief of Glory by SigmundBrouwerHarvest of Gold by TessaAfsharAgainst the Tide by ElizabethCamdenThe Maid of Fairbourne Hallby Julie KlassenThe Girl in the Gatehouse byJulie KlassenThe Silent Governess by JulieKlassenFrom a Distance by 12000Beyond the Night by MarloSchaleskyRemembered by TameraAlexanderThe Measure of a Ladyby Deeanne GistA Bride Most Begrudgingby Deeanne GistSecrets by Kristen HeitzmannHideaway by HannahAlexanderTrue Honor by DeeHendersonThe Guardian by DeeHendersonA Touch of Betrayalby Catherine PalmerWhispers from Yesterdayby Robin Lee HatcherEdgar Allan Poe 201220112010200920082007The Stranger Diaries by EllyGriffithsDown the River Unto the Seaby Walter MosleyBluebird, Bluebird by AtticaLockeBefore the Fall by NoahHawleyLet Me Die in His Footstepsby Lori RoyMr. Mercedes by StephenKingOrdinary Grace by WilliamKent KruegerLive by Night by DennisLehaneGone by Mo HayderThe Lock Artist by SteveHamiltonThe Last Child by John HartBlue Heaven by C.J. BoxDown River by John HartJanissary Tree by JasonGoodwinCitizen Vince by Jess WalterCalifornia Girl by T. JeffersonParkerResurrection Men by IanRankinWinter and Night by S.J.RozanSilent Joe by T. JeffersonParkerThe Bottoms by Joe 78197719761975Bones by Jan BurkeMr. White’s Confession byRobert ClarkCimarron Rose by James LeeBurkeChatham School Affair byThomas H. CookCome to Grief by DickFrancisRed Scream by Mary WillisWalkerSculptress by Minette WaltersBootlegger’s Daughter byMargaret MaronDance at the Slaughterhouseby Lawrence BlockNew Orleans Mourning byJulie SmithBlack Cherry Blues by JamesLee BurkeCold Red Sunrise by StuartM. KaminskyOld Bones by Aaron J. ElkinsA Dark-Adapted Eyeby Barbara VineThe Suspect by L.R. WrightBriarpatch by Ross ThomasLaBrava by Elmore LeonardBillingsgate Shoal by RickBoyerPeregrine by William BayerWhip Hand by Dick FrancisRheingold Route by ArthurMalingEye of the Needle by KenFollettCatch Me, Kill Me by WilliamH. HallahanPromised Land by Robert B.ParkerHopscotch by Brian GarfieldPeter’s Pence by Jon ClearyHugo Award2020A Memory Called Empire byArkady Martine2019 The Calculating Stars by2006Mary Robinette Kowal20052018 The Stone Sky by N.K.Jemisin20042017 The Obelisk Gate by N.K.Jemisin20032016 The Fifth Season by N.K.Jemisin20022015 The Three Body Problem byCixin Liu20012014 Ancillary Justice by AnnLeckie** The Fort Smith Public Library does not currently have the books in italics.**

Award 1992199119901989198819871986198519843Redshirts by John ScalziAmong Others by Jo WaltonBlackout by Connie WillisThe City and the Cityby China MiévilleThe Windup Girl by PauloBacigalupThe Graveyard Book by NeilGaimanThe Yiddish Policemen’sUnion by Michael ChabonRainbows End by VernorVingeSpin by Robert CharlesWilsonJonathan Strange & Mr.Norrell by SusannaClarkePaladin of Souls by LoisMcMaster BujoldHominids by Robert J.SawyerAmerican Gods by NeilGaimanHarry Potter and the Gobletof Fire by J K RowlingA Deepness in the Skyby Vernor VingeTo Say Nothing of the Dogby Connie WillisForever Peace by Joe W.HaldemanBlue Mars by Kim StanleyRobinsonThe Diamond Age by NealStephensonMirror Dance by LoisMcMaster BujoldGreen Mars by Kim StanleyRobinsonA Fire Upon the Deep byVernor VingeDoomsday Book by ConnieWillisBarrayar by Lois McMasterBujoldVor Game by Lois McMasterBujoldHyperion by Dan SimmonsCyteen by C.J. CherryhUplift War by David BrinSpeaker for the Deadby Orson Scott CardEnder’s Game by Orson ScottCardNeuromancer by WilliamGibsonStartide Rising by David ’s Edge by IsaacAsimovDownbelow Station by C.J.CherryhThe Snow Queen by Joan D.VingeFountains of Paradiseby Arthur Charles ClarkeDreamsnake by VondaMcIntyreGateway by Frederik PohlWhere Late the Sweet BirdsSang by Kate WilhelmThe Forever War by Joe W.HaldemanThe Dispossessed by UrsulaLe GuinNational Book CriticsCircle rything Inside: Stories byEdwidge DanticatMilkman by Anna BurnsImprovement by Joan SilberLaRose by Louise ErdrichThe Sellout by Paul BeattyLila by Marilynne RobinsonAmericanah by ChimamandaNgozi AdichieBilly Lynn’s Long HalftimeWalk by Ben FountainBinocular Vision by EdithPearlmanA Visit from the GoonSquad by Jennifer EganWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel2666 by Roberto BolanoThe Brief Wondrous Life ofOscar Wao by Junot DiazThe Inheritance of Lossby Kiran DesaiThe March by E.L. DoctorowGilead by MarilynneRobinsonThe Known World by EdwardP. JonesAtonement by Ian McEwanAusterlitz by Winfried GeorgSebaldBeing Dead by Jim CraceMotherless Brooklynby Jonathan LethemThe Love of a Good Womanby Alice MunroThe Blue Flower by 761975Women in Their Bedsby Gina BerriaultMrs. Ted Bliss by StanleyElkinThe Stone Diaries by CarolShieldsA Lesson Before Dying byErnest J. GainesAll the Pretty Horsesby Cormac McCarthyA Thousand Acres by JaneSmileyRabbit at Rest by JohnUpdikeBilly Bathgate by E.L.DoctorowMiddleman and the OtherStories by BharatiMukherjeeThe Counterlife by Philip RothKate Vaiden by ReynoldsPriceThe Accidental Touristby Anne TylerLove Medicine by LouiseErdrichIronweed by William KennedyGeorge Mills by Stanley ElkinRabbit Is Rich by JohnUpdikeThe Transit of Venus byShirley HazzardThe Year of the French byThomas FlanaganThe Stories of John Cheeverby John CheeverSong of Solomon by ToniMorrisonOctober Light by JohnGardnerRagtime by E.L. DoctorowPulitzer Prize for Fiction(formerly Pulitzer Prize forthe Novel)2020201920182017201620152014The Nickel Boys by ColsonWhiteheadThe Overstory by RichardPowersLess by Andrew Sean GreerThe Underground Railroad byColson WhiteheadThe Sympathizer by VietThanh NguyenAll the Light We Cannot Seeby Anthony DoerrThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt** The Fort Smith Public Library does not currently have the books in italics.**