AGATHA AWARDS
BEST NOVEL

I am listing the winner right after the category, followed by the other nominations for that year.

2007
Best Novel:  A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Hard Row by Margaret Maron
Murder with Reservations by Elaine Viets

2006
Best Novel: The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard

The Saddlemaker’s Wife by Earlene Fowler
Why Casey Had to Die by L. C. Hayden
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear

2005
Best Novel: The Body in the Snowdrift by Katherine Hall Page

Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews
Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear
Rituals of the Season by Margaret Maron
The Belen Hitch by Pari Noskin Taichert
Trouble in Spades by Heather Webber

2004 
Best Novel: Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear

We’ll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews
By a Spider’s Thread by Laura Lippman
High Country Fall by Margaret Maron
The Pearl Diver by Sujata Massey

2003
Best Novel: Letter from Home by Carolyn Hart

Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon by Donna Andrews
Mumbo Gumbo by Jerrilyn Farmer
Dream House by Rochelle Krich
Last Lessons of Summer by Margaret Maron
Shop till You Drop by Elaine Viets

2002
Best Novel: You've Got Murder by Donna Andrews

Death of Riley by Rhys Bowen
Blues in the Night by Rochelle Krich
The Body in the Bonfire by Katherine Hall Page
The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters

2001
Best Novel: Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen

Arkansas Traveler by Earlene Fowler
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Shadows of Sin by Rochelle Krich
The Bride's Kimono by Sujata Massey

2000
Best Novel: Storm Track by Margaret Maron  

Guns and Roses by Taffy Cannon
Killer Wedding by Jerrilyn Farmer
The Floating Girl by Sujata Massey
He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters  

1999
Best Novel: Mariner's Compass by Earlene Fowler 

Immaculate Reception by Jerrilyn Farmer
Death on the River Walk by Carolyn Hart
In Big Trouble by Laura Lippman
The Flower Master by Sujata Massey

1998
Best Novel: Butchers Hill by Laura Lippman

Liar by Jan Burke
Dove In the Window by Earlene Fowler
Blind Bloodhound Justice by Virginia Lanier
Home Fires by Margaret Maron
The Ape Who Guards The Balance by Elizabeth Peters

1997
Best Novel: The Devil in Music by Kate Ross  

Hocus by Jan Burke
Dreaming of the Bones by Deborah Crombie
Goose in a Pond by Earlene Fowler
Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters

1996
Best Novel: Up Jumps the Devil by Margaret Maron  

Kansas Troubles by Earlene Fowler
Grass Widow by Teri Holbrook
Hearts and Bones by Margaret Lawrence
Strong as Death by Sharan Newman

1995
Best Novel: If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him by Sharyn McCrumb

Miracles in Maggody by Joan Hess
The Wandering Arm by Sharan Newman
Twilight by Nancy Pickard
Escapade by Walter Satterthwait

1994
Best Novel: She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb

Scandal in Fair Haven by Carolyn G. Hart
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Angel of Death by Rochelle Majer Krich
Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters

1993
Best Novel: Dead Man's Island by Carolyn Hart

Old Scores by Aaron Elkins
O Little Town of Maggody by Joan Hess
Fair Game by Rochelle Majer Krich
Southern Discomfort by Margaret Maron
To Live and Die in Dixie by Kathy Hogan Trocheck

1992
Best Novel: Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron  

Southern Ghost by Carolyn G. Hart
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb
Defend and Betray by Anne Perry
The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters

1991
Best Novel: I.O.U. by Nancy Pickard 

Make No Bones by Aaron Elkins
The Christie Caper by Carolyn G. Hart
An Owl Too Many by Charlotte MacLeod
The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters

1990
Best Novel: Bum Steer by Nancy Pickard  

Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
Deadly Valentine by Carolyn G. Hart
The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry
The Potter's Field by Ellis Peters 

1989
Best Novel: Naked Once More by Elizabeth Peters  

The Sirens Sang of Murder by Sarah Caudwell
A Little Class on Murder by Carolyn G. Hart
Corpus Christmas by Margaret Maron
Philly Stakes by Gillian Roberts

1988
Best Novel: Something Wicked by Carolyn G. Hart  

The Widow's Club by Dorothy Cannell
Mischief in Maggody by Joan Hess
Paying the Piper by Sharyn McCrumb
Dead Crazy by Nancy Pickard