Friday, October 11

Macavity Award – Nonfiction

2019 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman

The Real Lolita

Sarah Weinman

2018 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards

The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books

Martin Edwards

2017 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction by Margaret Kinsman

Sara Paretsky: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction

Margaret Kinsman

2016 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story by Martin Edwards

The Golden Age of Murder: The Mystery of the Writers Who Invented the Modern Detective Story

Martin Edwards

2015 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer's Journey edited by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Writes of Passage: Adventures on the Writer’s Journey edited

Hank Phillippi Ryan

2014 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War[2] by Daniel Stashower

The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War[2]

Daniel Stashower

2013 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Books to Die For: The World’s Greatest Mystery Writers on the World’s Greatest Mystery Novels edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke

Books to Die For: The World’s Greatest Mystery Writers on the World’s Greatest Mystery Novels edited

John Connolly and Declan Burke

2012 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

The Sookie Stackhouse Companion by Charlaine Harris

The Sookie Stackhouse Companion

Charlaine Harris

2011 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making by John Curran

Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making

John Curran

2010 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Talking About Detective Fiction by P. D. James

Talking About Detective Fiction

P. D. James

2009 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study by Frankie Y. Bailey

African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study

Frankie Y. Bailey

2008 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians edited by Roger Sobin

The Essential Mystery Lists: For Readers, Collectors, and Librarians edited

Roger Sobin

2007 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers edited by Jim Huang and Austin Lugar

Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today’s Mystery Writers edited

Jim Huang and Austin Lugar

2006 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak

Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her

Melanie Rehak

2005 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Forensics for Dummies by D. P. Lyle, MD

Forensics for Dummies

D. P. Lyle, MD

2004 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Make Mine a Mystery: A Reader's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction by Gary Warren Niebuhr

Make Mine a Mystery: A Reader’s Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction

Gary Warren Niebuhr

2003 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels, edited by Jim Huang

They Died in Vain: Overlooked, Underappreciated, and Forgotten Mystery Novels, edited

Jim Huang

2002 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional by G. Miki Hayden

Writing the Mystery: A Start to Finish Guide for Both Novice and Professional

G. Miki Hayden

2001 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

The American Regional Mystery by Marvin Lachman

The American Regional Mystery

Marvin Lachman

2000 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Ross Macdonald by Tom Nolan

Ross Macdonald

Tom Nolan

1999 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Killer Books by Jean Swanson & Dean James

Killer Books

Jean Swanson & Dean James

1998 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Deadly Women by Jan Grape, Dean James and Ellen Nehr

Deadly Women

Jan Grape, Dean James and Ellen Nehr

1997 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Detecting Women 2 by Willetta Heising

Detecting Women 2

Willetta Heising

1996 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Detecting Women by Willetta Heising

Detecting Women

Willetta Heising

1995 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

By a Woman's Hand by Dean James & Jean Swanson

By a Woman’s Hand

Dean James & Jean Swanson

1994 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

The Fine Art of Murder edited by Ed Gorman

The Fine Art of Murder edited

Ed Gorman

1993 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Doubleday Crime Club Compendium by Ellen Nehr

Doubleday Crime Club Compendium

Ellen Nehr

1992 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman by Tony Hillerman & Ernie Bulow

Talking Mysteries: A Conversation with Tony Hillerman

Tony Hillerman & Ernie Bulow

1991 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries by Gillian Gill

Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries

Gillian Gill

1990 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

The Bedside Companion to Crime by H. R. F. Keating

The Bedside Companion to Crime

H. R. F. Keating

1989 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Silk Stalkings by Victoria Nichols & Susan Thompson

Silk Stalkings

Victoria Nichols & Susan Thompson

1988 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

Son of Gun in Cheek by Bill Pronzini

Son of Gun in Cheek

Bill Pronzini

1987 Macavity Award – Nonfiction

1001 Midnights by Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini

1001 Midnights

Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini