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Edgar Award Winners

Here are the books that won the Edgar Award for best mystery/crime, starting from 1946 on. Have you read any of them?
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Watchful at Night (Julius Fast)
Watchful at Night
1
Julius Fast
The Horizontal Man (Helen Eustis)
The Horizontal Man
2
Helen Eustis
The Fabulous Clipjoint
The Fabulous Clipjoint
3
Twelve Against the Law (Edward D. Radin)
Twelve Against the Law
4
Edward D. Radin
The Room Upstairs (Mildred Davis)
The Room Upstairs
5
Mildred Davis
The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (John Dickson Carr)
The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6
John Dickson Carr
What a Body! (Alan Green)
What a Body!
7
Alan Green
Bad Company (Joseph Henry Jackson)
Bad Company
8
Joseph Henry Jackson
Nightmare in Manhattan (Thomas Walsh)
Nightmare in Manhattan
9
Thomas Walsh
Twelve Against Crime (Edward D. Radin)
Twelve Against Crime
10
Edward D. Radin
Strangle Hold (Mary McMullen)
Strangle Hold
11
Mary McMullen
Don't Cry for Me (William Campbell Gault)
Don't Cry for Me
12
William Campbell Gault
The Court of Last Resort (Erle Stanley Gardner)
The Court of Last Resort
13
Erle Stanley Gardner
The Frightened Wife and Other Murder Stories (Mary Roberts Rinehart)
The Frightened Wife and Other Murder Stories
14
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Beat Not the Bones (Charlotte Jay)
Beat Not the Bones
15
Charlotte Jay
A Kiss Before Dying (Ira Levin)
A Kiss Before Dying
16
Ira Levin
Why Did They Kill? (John Bartlow Martin)
Why Did They Kill?
17
John Bartlow Martin
Eleven Blue Men (Berton Roueché)
Eleven Blue Men
18
Berton Roueché
The Long Goodbye (Raymond Chandler)
The Long Goodbye
19
Raymond Chandler
Go, Lovely Rose (Jean Potts)
Go, Lovely Rose
20
Jean Potts
The Girl With the Scarlet Brand (Charles Boswell)
The Girl With the Scarlet Brand
21
Charles Boswell
Beast in View
Beast in View
22
The Perfectionist (Lane Kauffman)
The Perfectionist
23
Lane Kauffman
Dead and Gone (Manly Wade Wellman)
Dead and Gone
24
Manly Wade Wellman
Compulsion (Meyer Levin)
Compulsion
25
Meyer Levin
A Dram of Poison
A Dram of Poison
26
Rebecca's Pride (Donald McNutt Douglass)
Rebecca's Pride
27
Donald McNutt Douglass
Night Fell on Georgia (Charles Samuels)
Night Fell on Georgia
28
Charles Samuels
Knock and Wait a While (William Rawle Weeks)
Knock and Wait a While
29
William Rawle Weeks
The D.A.'S Man (Harold R. Danforth)
The D.A.'S Man
30
Harold R. Danforth
Room to Swing (Ed Lacy)
Room to Swing
31
Ed Lacy
American Murder Ballads and Their Stories (Olive Wooley Burt)
American Murder Ballads and Their Stories
32
Olive Wooley Burt
The Eighth Circle (Stanley Ellin)
The Eighth Circle
33
Stanley Ellin
The Bright Road to Fear (Richard Martin Stern)
The Bright Road to Fear
34
Richard Martin Stern
They Died in the Chair (Wenzell Brown)
They Died in the Chair
35
Wenzell Brown
The Hours Before Dawn
The Hours Before Dawn
36
The Grey Flannel Shroud (Henry Slesar)
The Grey Flannel Shroud
37
Henry Slesar
Fire at Sea: The Mysterious Tragedy of the Morro Castle (Thomas Gallagher)
Fire at Sea: The Mysterious Tragedy of the Morro Castle
38
Thomas Gallagher
The Progress of a Crime (Julian Symons)
The Progress of a Crime
39
Julian Symons
Mystery of the Haunted Pool (Phyllis A. Whitney)
Mystery of the Haunted Pool
40
Phyllis A. Whitney
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