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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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