The Book Prize Index

Edgar Awards: Best Fact Crime

Edgar Awards: Best Fact Crime recognizes best fact crime books represented in The Book Prize Index.

NonfictionAward
Winners
78
Finalists
254
Shortlisted
0
Longlisted
0
First year
1948
Latest year
2026
Books
332

Deadline

Not yet sourced

Prize amount

Not yet sourced

Criteria / coverage

Active years represented: 1948-present. Official database winners and nominees from 1948 onward. Non-winning nominated works are normalized as finalists; years without a category record remain explicit gaps.

Source coverage

100%

Sourced records

332 of 332

Official site

Open source

Submission info

Open source

Prize history