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Macavity Awards 2011

The 2011 Macavity Awards went to Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva (Best First Mystery), Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny (Best Mystery Novel) and Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making by John Curran (Best Nonfiction/Critical), with winners in 1 more category. 21 books were nominated across 4 categories.

Winners

Best First Mystery

  1. Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilvasource (opens in a new tab)

Best Mystery Novel

  1. Bury Your Dead by Louise Pennysource (opens in a new tab)

Best Nonfiction/Critical

  1. Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making by John Curransource (opens in a new tab)

Sue Feder Historical Mystery

  1. City of Dragons by Kelli Stanleysource (opens in a new tab)

Nominees

Best First Mystery

  1. A Thousand Cuts by Simon Lelicsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Full Mortality by Sasscer Hillsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Damage Done by Hilary Davidsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Poacher's Son by Paul Doironsource (opens in a new tab)

Best Mystery Novel

  1. Faithful Place by Tana Frenchsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burkesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinansource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickardsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyersource (opens in a new tab)

Best Nonfiction/Critical

  1. Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huangsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Following the Detectives: Real Locations in Crime Fiction by Maxim Jakubowskisource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blumsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Thrillers: 100 Must Reads by David Morrell and Hank W. Wagnersource (opens in a new tab)

Sue Feder Historical Mystery

  1. A Marked Man by Barbara Hamiltonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Fifth Servant by Kenneth Wishniasource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Red Door by Charles Toddsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchellsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Macavity Awards

Book categories only (Best Mystery Novel, Best First Mystery, Best Nonfiction/Critical, Sue Feder Historical Mystery), transcribed from Mystery Readers International's Macavity Awards page. Short story category skipped. Year is the award year MRI lists; books were published the year before. Category names drift on the page (Best First Mystery Novel, Best Mystery Nonfiction, Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction/Critical, Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award); they are normalized here. The winner is the first-listed name in each category heading; the rest are nominees. 2009's Declan Hughes nominee is listed as The Dying Breed (UK) / The Price of Blood (US); the UK title is kept.

Organization: Mystery Readers International. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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