The Top Book List

Award year

1960 Edgar Awards

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

Best Novel

Winner
The Hours Before Dawn
Celia Fremlin
Edgar Awards Winner

Edgar
The List of Adrian Messenger
Philip MacDonald
Edgar Awards Finalist

Best First Novel by an American Author

Winner
The Grey Flannel Shroud
Henry Slesar
Edgar Awards Winner

Also recognized

A Dream of Falling by Mary O. RankFinalist

Best Fact Crime

Recognized titles

Fire at Sea by Thomas GallagerWinner
Great Train Robberies of the West by Eugene B. BlockFinalist

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