Anthony Awards: Best First Novel

1. 2011 The Damage Done by Hilary Davidson Drag me to re-order

2. 2010 A Bad Day for Sorry: A Crime Novel by Sophie Littlefield Drag me to re-order

3. 2009 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Drag me to re-order

4. 2008 In the Woods by Tana French Drag me to re-order

5. 2007 Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Mysteries, No. 1) by Louise Penny Drag me to re-order

6. 2006 Tilt-a-Whirl by Chris Grabenstein Drag me to re-order

7. 2005 Dating Dead Men: A Novel by Harley Jane Kozak Drag me to re-order

8. 2004 Monkeewrench by P. J. Tracy Drag me to re-order

9. 2003 ? In the Bleak Mid-Winter by Julia Spencer-Fleming Drag me to re-order

10. 2002 Open Season (A Joe Pickett Novel) by C. J. Box Drag me to re-order

11. 2001 ? Death of a Red Heroine by Qui Xiaolong Drag me to re-order

12. 2000 Murder with Peacocks (Meg Langslow Mysteries) by Donna Andrews Drag me to re-order

13. 1999 Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor Series #1) by William Kent Krueger, Will Krueger Drag me to re-order

14. 1998 The Killing Floor by Lee Child Drag me to re-order

15. 1997 Death in Little Tokyo (A Ken Tanaka Mystery) by Dale Furutani Drag me to re-order

16. 1997 ? Somebody Else's Child by Terris McMahan Grimes Drag me to re-order

17. 1996 Death in Bloodhound Red by Virginia Lanier Drag me to re-order

18. 1995 The Alienist by Caleb Carr Drag me to re-order

19. 1994 Track of the Cat (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr Drag me to re-order

20. 1993 Blanche on the Lam (Crime, Penguin) by Barbara Neely Drag me to re-order

21. 1992 Murder on the Iditarod Trail (Alaska Mysteries) by Sue Henry Drag me to re-order

22. 1991 Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta Mysteries) by Patricia Cornwell Drag me to re-order

23. 1990 ? Katwalk by Karen Kijewski Drag me to re-order

24. 1989 A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley Mysteries, No. 1) by Elizabeth George Drag me to re-order

25. 1988 Caught Dead in Philadelphia by Gillian Roberts Drag me to re-order

26. 1987 Too Late to Die by Bill Crider Drag me to re-order

27. 1986 When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware) by Jonathan Kellerman Drag me to re-order