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The Top Book List

Award year

1980 Edgar Awards

Sources: official announcement 1, official announcement 2, official announcement 3, official announcement 4, official announcement 5, official announcement 6

Best Novel

Also recognized

  • Death of a Mystery Writer by Robert BarnardFinalist
  • Fire in the Barley by Frank ParrishFinalist

Best First Novel by an American Author

Best Paperback Original

Also recognized

  • The Queen is Dead by Glen KegerFinalist
  • Vortex by David HellerFinalist

Best Fact Crime

Best Juvenile

Best Critical/Biographical Work

Also recognized

  • Sherlock Holmes, The Man and His World by H.R.F. KeatingFinalist
  • The Secret of Grown-Ups by Vera CasparyFinalist

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