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2020 Best Novel Awards
Anthony Awards
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
Miami Midnight by Alex Segura
The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan (winner)
They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
Miami Midnight by Alex Segura
The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan (winner)
They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
Barry Awards
The Border by Don Winslow
If She Wakes by Michael Koryta
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Metropolis by Philip Kerr
Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
The Border by Don Winslow
If She Wakes by Michael Koryta
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Metropolis by Philip Kerr
Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
Booker Prize
Apeirogon by Colum McCann
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang
Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward
The Mirror And The Light by Hilary Mantel
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (winner)
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze
Apeirogon by Colum McCann
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang
Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward
The Mirror And The Light by Hilary Mantel
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (winner)
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze
Costa Book Awards
The Less Dead by Denise Mina
The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey (winner)
Peace Talks by Tim Finch
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The Less Dead by Denise Mina
The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey (winner)
Peace Talks by Tim Finch
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Edgar Awards
Fake Like Me by Barbara Bourland
Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham
The River by Peter Heller
Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (winner)
Fake Like Me by Barbara Bourland
Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham
The River by Peter Heller
Smoke and Ashes by Abir Mukherjee
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (winner)
Women's Prize For Fiction
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell (winner)
The Mirror And The Light by Hilary Mantel
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Weather by Jenny Offill
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell (winner)
The Mirror And The Light by Hilary Mantel
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Weather by Jenny Offill
World Fantasy
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Memory Police by Yôko Ogawa
Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender (winner)
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Memory Police by Yôko Ogawa
Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender (winner)
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow
2020 Best First Novel Awards
Anthony Awards
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge
One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski (winner)
Three-Fifths by John Vercher
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge
One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski (winner)
Three-Fifths by John Vercher
Barry Awards
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup
Save Me from Dangerous Men by S A Lelchuk
Scrublands by Chris Hammer
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
To the Lions by Holly Watt
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup
Save Me from Dangerous Men by S A Lelchuk
Scrublands by Chris Hammer
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
To the Lions by Holly Watt
Costa Book Awards
All the Water in the World by Karen Raney
Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen
The Family Tree by Sairish Hussain
Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud (winner)
All the Water in the World by Karen Raney
Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen
The Family Tree by Sairish Hussain
Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud (winner)
Edgar Awards
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
The Good Detective by John McMahon
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (winner)
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
Three-Fifths by John Vercher
American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
The Good Detective by John McMahon
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim (winner)
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
Three-Fifths by John Vercher
2020 Best Book Awards
Andre Norton Award
Battle of Champions by Henry Lien
Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
Cog by Greg Van Eekhout
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
Riverland by Fran Wilde (winner)
Battle of Champions by Henry Lien
Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
Cog by Greg Van Eekhout
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
Riverland by Fran Wilde (winner)
Arthur C. Clarke Award
Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
The Last Astronaut by David Wellington
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (winner)
Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
The Last Astronaut by David Wellington
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (winner)
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The Mirror And The Light by Hilary Mantel
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Weather by Jenny Offill
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The Mirror And The Light by Hilary Mantel
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Weather by Jenny Offill
Blue Peter Book Award
Owen and the Soldier by Lisa Thompson
Vote For Effie by Laura Wood
Wildspark by Vashti Hardy (winner)
Owen and the Soldier by Lisa Thompson
Vote For Effie by Laura Wood
Wildspark by Vashti Hardy (winner)
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Writing
House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild
Nobber by Oisín Fagan
Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane
Weather by Jenny Offill
House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild
Nobber by Oisín Fagan
Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane
Weather by Jenny Offill
Carnegie Medal
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Girl. Boy. Sea. by Chris Vick
Lampie and the Children of the Sea by Annet Schaap
Lark by Anthony McGowan
Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black by Marcus Sedgwick and Julian Sedgwick
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Girl. Boy. Sea. by Chris Vick
Lampie and the Children of the Sea by Annet Schaap
Lark by Anthony McGowan
Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black by Marcus Sedgwick and Julian Sedgwick
Costa Children's Book Award
The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff
The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson
Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant (winner)
Wranglestone by Darren Charlton
The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff
The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson
Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant (winner)
Wranglestone by Darren Charlton
Dagger Awards
Death in the East by Abir Mukherjee
Forced Confessions by John Fairfax
Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham (winner)
Joe Country by Mick Herron
November Road by Lou Berney
What You Pay For by Claire Askew
Death in the East by Abir Mukherjee
Forced Confessions by John Fairfax
Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham (winner)
Joe Country by Mick Herron
November Road by Lou Berney
What You Pay For by Claire Askew
Hugo
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow
International Booker Prize
The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezon Camara
The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (winner)
The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar
Faces on the Tip of My Tongue by Emmanuelle Pagano
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin
Mac's Problem by Enrique Vila-Matas
The Memory Police by Yôko Ogawa
The Other Name by Jon Fosse
Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq
Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann
The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezon Camara
The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (winner)
The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar
Faces on the Tip of My Tongue by Emmanuelle Pagano
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin
Mac's Problem by Enrique Vila-Matas
The Memory Police by Yôko Ogawa
The Other Name by Jon Fosse
Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq
Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann
John W. Campbell
City of Lies by Sam Hawke
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
The Poppy War by R F Kuang
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
City of Lies by Sam Hawke
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
The Poppy War by R F Kuang
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (winner)
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (winner)
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
2020 Best Historical Novel Awards
Agatha Award
The Fate of a Flapper by Susanna Calkins
A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder by Dianne Freeman
The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen
Taken Too Soon by Edith Maxwell
The Turning Tide by Catriona McPherson
The Fate of a Flapper by Susanna Calkins
A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder by Dianne Freeman
The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen
Taken Too Soon by Edith Maxwell
The Turning Tide by Catriona McPherson
Walter Scott Prize
The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey (winner)
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad
The Redeemed by Tim Pears
Shadowplay by Joseph O'Connor
A Sin of Omission by Marguerite Poland
To Calais, In Ordinary Time by James Meek
The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey (winner)
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad
The Redeemed by Tim Pears
Shadowplay by Joseph O'Connor
A Sin of Omission by Marguerite Poland
To Calais, In Ordinary Time by James Meek
2020 Best Contemporary Novel Awards
Agatha Award
All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris
The Gift of the Magpie by Donna Andrews
The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron
All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris
The Gift of the Magpie by Donna Andrews
The Lucky One by Lori Rader-Day
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron
2020 Best Children/Young Adult Fiction Awards
Agatha Award
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco by Richie Narvaez
Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley
Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C Bunce
Saltwater Summers by Cindy Callaghan
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco by Richie Narvaez
Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley
Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C Bunce
Saltwater Summers by Cindy Callaghan
Anthony Awards
Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
The Deceivers by Kristen Simmons
Killing November by Adriana Mather
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry by Jen Conley (winner)
Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas
Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
The Deceivers by Kristen Simmons
Killing November by Adriana Mather
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Seven Ways to Get Rid of Harry by Jen Conley (winner)
Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas
2020 Best Paperback original Awards
Anthony Awards
The Alchemist's Illusion by Gigi Pandian (winner)
Drowned Under by Wendall Thomas
Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins
The Naming Game by Gabriel Valjan
The Pearl Dagger by L A Chandlar
Scot and Soda by Catriona McPherson
The Unrepentant by E A Aymar
The Alchemist's Illusion by Gigi Pandian (winner)
Drowned Under by Wendall Thomas
Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins
The Naming Game by Gabriel Valjan
The Pearl Dagger by L A Chandlar
Scot and Soda by Catriona McPherson
The Unrepentant by E A Aymar
Barry Awards
Fate by Ian Hamilton
The Godmother by Hannelore Cayre
Killing Quarry by Max Allan Collins
Missing Daughter by Rick Mofina
No Good Deed by James Swain
Winner Kills All by RJ Bailey
Fate by Ian Hamilton
The Godmother by Hannelore Cayre
Killing Quarry by Max Allan Collins
Missing Daughter by Rick Mofina
No Good Deed by James Swain
Winner Kills All by RJ Bailey
Edgar Awards
The Bird Boys by Lisa Sandlin
Blood Relations by Jonathan Moore
Dread of Winter by Susan Alice Bickford
February's Son by Alan Parks
Freedom Road by William Lashner
The Hotel Neversink by Adam O'Fallon Price (winner)
The Bird Boys by Lisa Sandlin
Blood Relations by Jonathan Moore
Dread of Winter by Susan Alice Bickford
February's Son by Alan Parks
Freedom Road by William Lashner
The Hotel Neversink by Adam O'Fallon Price (winner)
2020 Best Hardcover Novel Awards
Shamus Awards
Below the Line by Howard Michael Gould
The Cold Way Home by Julia Keller
Lost Tomorrows by Matt Coyle (winner)
The Tower of Songs by Casey Barrett
Below the Line by Howard Michael Gould
The Cold Way Home by Julia Keller
Lost Tomorrows by Matt Coyle (winner)
The Tower of Songs by Casey Barrett
2020 Best Thriller Awards
Barry Awards
Backlash by Brad Thor
The Burglar by Thomas Perry
The Chain by Adrian McKinty
Mission Critical by Mark Greaney
True Believer by Jack Carr
White Hot Silence by Henry Porter
Backlash by Brad Thor
The Burglar by Thomas Perry
The Chain by Adrian McKinty
Mission Critical by Mark Greaney
True Believer by Jack Carr
White Hot Silence by Henry Porter
2020 Book of the Year Awards
2020 Best Young Adult Awards
YA Book Prize
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Crossfire by Malorie Blackman
The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge
Furious Thing by Jenny Downham
The Gifted, the Talented and Me by William Sutcliffe
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Meat Market by Juno Dawson (winner)
The Places I've Cried in Public by Holly Bourne
The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Crossfire by Malorie Blackman
The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge
Furious Thing by Jenny Downham
The Gifted, the Talented and Me by William Sutcliffe
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Meat Market by Juno Dawson (winner)
The Places I've Cried in Public by Holly Bourne
The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James
2020 Best First Book Awards
Agatha Award
Derailed by Mary Keliikoa
Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer
Murder Most Sweet by Laura Jensen Walker
A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison
Winter Witness by Tina deBellegarde
Derailed by Mary Keliikoa
Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer
Murder Most Sweet by Laura Jensen Walker
A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison
Winter Witness by Tina deBellegarde
Authors who died in 2020
Adalet Ağaoğlu
Rudolfo Anaya
Brian N Ball
Jesse Blackadder
Ben Bova
Steph Bowe
Peter Bowen
David Britton
J P S Brown
Betsy Byars
Rachel Caine
Laura Caldwell
H G Carrillo
Mary Higgins Clark
Sheila Connolly
Wendy Cooling
Josephine Cox
Clive Cussler
Robb Forman Dew
Debra Doyle
Zee Edgell
Phyllis Eisenstein
Per Olov Enquist
Max Evans
Andrew J Fenady
M A Foster
Bruce Jay Friedman
Terry Goodkind
Louise Gornall
Shirley Ann Grau
Bette Greene
Winston Groom
James Gunn
Pete Hamill
Karen Harper
Elizabeth Harrower
Sue Henry
Emyr Humphreys
Chukwuemeka Ike
Dean Ing
Terry Jones
Donna Kauffman
Terry Kay
Randall Kenan
Yehoshua Kenaz
John Le Carré
Maureen Lee
Jean Little
Barry Lopez
Richard A Lupoff
Alison Lurie
K S Maniam
Juan Marsé
Jan Morris
Barbara Neely
Sheila Newberry
Robert Newton Peck
Hayford Peirce
Jo Pestum
Charles Portis
Joseph S Pulver Sr
Sheila Quigley
Karen Ranney
Jean Raspail
Carl Reiner
Mike Resnick
Luke Rhinehart
Colby Rodowsky
Jacqueline Rohen
Betty Rowlands
Walter Satterthwait
Charles R Saunders
Luis Sepúlveda
Susan Sizemore
Maj Sjöwall
Guy N Smith
Robert Kimmel Smith
Anthony Veasna So
Anton Strout
Richard Testrake
Jill Paton Walsh
Brad Watson
Charles Webb
Alan Williams
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Luis Zapata
Rudolfo Anaya
Brian N Ball
Jesse Blackadder
Ben Bova
Steph Bowe
Peter Bowen
David Britton
J P S Brown
Betsy Byars
Rachel Caine
Laura Caldwell
H G Carrillo
Mary Higgins Clark
Sheila Connolly
Wendy Cooling
Josephine Cox
Clive Cussler
Robb Forman Dew
Debra Doyle
Zee Edgell
Phyllis Eisenstein
Per Olov Enquist
Max Evans
Andrew J Fenady
M A Foster
Bruce Jay Friedman
Terry Goodkind
Louise Gornall
Shirley Ann Grau
Bette Greene
Winston Groom
James Gunn
Pete Hamill
Karen Harper
Elizabeth Harrower
Sue Henry
Emyr Humphreys
Chukwuemeka Ike
Dean Ing
Terry Jones
Donna Kauffman
Terry Kay
Randall Kenan
Yehoshua Kenaz
John Le Carré
Maureen Lee
Jean Little
Barry Lopez
Richard A Lupoff
Alison Lurie
K S Maniam
Juan Marsé
Jan Morris
Barbara Neely
Sheila Newberry
Robert Newton Peck
Hayford Peirce
Jo Pestum
Charles Portis
Joseph S Pulver Sr
Sheila Quigley
Karen Ranney
Jean Raspail
Carl Reiner
Mike Resnick
Luke Rhinehart
Colby Rodowsky
Jacqueline Rohen
Betty Rowlands
Walter Satterthwait
Charles R Saunders
Luis Sepúlveda
Susan Sizemore
Maj Sjöwall
Guy N Smith
Robert Kimmel Smith
Anthony Veasna So
Anton Strout
Richard Testrake
Jill Paton Walsh
Brad Watson
Charles Webb
Alan Williams
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Luis Zapata
