2025 Literary Awards Roundup Challenge - hosted by sarahweyand

Edgar Awards

Best Novel

  • The Tainted Cup - Robert Jackson Bennett
  • Rough Trade - Katrina Carrasco
  • Things Don't Break on Their Own - Sarah Easter Collins
  • My Favorite Scar -  Nicolás Ferraro
  • The God of the Woods - Liz Moore
  • Listen for the Lie - Amy Tintera
  • The In Crowd - Charlotte Vassel

 Best First Novel by an American Author

  • Twice the Trouble - Ash Clifton
  • Cold to the Touch - Kerri Hakoda
  • The Mechanics of Memory - Audrey Lee 
  • A Jewel in the Crown - David Lewis
  • The President’s Lawyer - Lawrence Robbins
  • Holy City - Henry Wise

Best Young Adult

  • Looking for Smoke - K.A. Cobell
  • The Bitter End  - Alexa Donne
  • A Crane Among Wolves  - June Hur
  • Death at Morning House  - Maureen Johnson
  • 49 Miles Alone  - Natalie D. Richards

winners: may 1
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The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

The God of the Woods

Liz Moore

496 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson

Death at Morning House

Maureen Johnson

384 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ mystery thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur

A Crane Among Wolves

June Hur

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical mystery young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Cold to the Touch: A Novel by Kerri Hakoda

Cold to the Touch: A Novel

Kerri Hakoda

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
49 Miles Alone by Natalie D. Richards

49 Miles Alone

Natalie D. Richards

278 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction thriller young adult adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Things Don't Break on Their Own by Sarah Easter Collins

Things Don't Break on Their Own

Sarah Easter Collins

259 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Rough Trade by Katrina Carrasco

Rough Trade

The Best Bad Things #2

Katrina Carrasco

384 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction crime historical lgbtqia+ adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
The President's Lawyer by Lawrence Robbins

The President's Lawyer

Lawrence Robbins

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction mystery
Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell

Looking for Smoke

K.A. Cobell

416 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction thriller young adult emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

Listen for the Lie

Amy Tintera

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced