The Top Book List

Award year

1957 Edgar Awards

Sources: official announcement 1, official announcement 2, official announcement 3

Best Novel

Winner
A Dram of Poison
Charlotte Armstrong
Edgar Awards Winner

Edgar
The Man Who Didn't Fly
Margot Bennett
Edgar Awards Finalist

Best First Novel by an American Author

Winner
Rebecca's Pride
Donald McNutt Douglass
Edgar Awards Winner

Best Fact Crime

Winner
Night Fell on Georgia
Charles Samuels and Louise Samuels
Edgar Awards Winner

Edgar
Historical Whodunits
Hugh Ross Williamson
Edgar Awards Finalist

Also recognized

Ruby McCollum, The Woman in the Suwanne Jail by William Bradford HuieFinalist

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