Do Crime Fiction Awards, Shortlists, and Longlists matter to you?

I'm not ashamed to say they do affect me, and in fact often provide direction to my reading.

I'm always interested to see what makes it onto various longlists, and keep an eye out for titles that crop up on many lists. That's why I'm currently reading THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST by Stuart Neville. It won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (BTW it is published in the UK as THE TWELVE).

When I read on Mystery Fanfare on Sunday that the CrimeFest e-Dunnit Award (“for the best crime fiction e-book first published in the UK in 2009”) had been won by BEAT THE REAPER by Josh Bazell I popped over to Amazon to see if it was available for Kindle (and was pleased to find it was).


I've been adding links to various lists into my headlines, but here are some in case you've missed them.

• CWA Shortlists announced
• Vote on the Theakston's 2010 Long List
• Nominations Ned Kelly Awards 2010
• Agatha Award Winners 2010 
• Edgar Awards 2010 
• Left Coast Crime Awards