Agatha Award for Best Novel — Complete Winners List

16 years of winners · Malice Domestic Ltd. · Since 1989 · ← Back to award page

Year	Title	Author	Publisher
2025	A Midnight Puzzle	Gigi Pandian	Poisoned Pen Press
2024	A Midnight Puzzle	Gigi Pandian	Poisoned Pen Press
2023	The Weekend Retreat	Tara Laskowski	Poisoned Pen Press
2022	A World of Curiosities	Louise Penny	Minotaur Books
2021	Cajun Kiss of Death	Ellen Byron	Crooked Lane Books
2020	All the Devils Are Here	Louise Penny	Minotaur Books
2019	The Long Call	Ann Cleeves	Macmillan
2018	Mardi Gras Murder	Ellen Byron	Crooked Lane Books
2017	Glass Houses	Louise Penny	Minotaur Books
2016	A Great Reckoning	Louise Penny	Minotaur Books
2015	Long Upon the Land	Margaret Maron	Grand Central Publishing
2014	Truth Be Told	Hank Phillippi Ryan	Forge Books
2013	The Wrong Girl	Hank Phillippi Ryan	Forge Books
2012	The Beautiful Mystery	Louise Penny	Minotaur Books
2011	Three-Day Town	Margaret Maron	Grand Central Publishing
2010	Bury Your Dead	Louise Penny	Minotaur Books