The Dilys Award was presented every year from 1992 to 2014 by the

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. It was given to the mystery title of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling. The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association is an association of retail businesses that are either wholly or substantially devoted to the sale of

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books. The Dilys award is named after

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, who founded the first specialty bookseller of mystery books in the

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Awards

Winners and nominated titles for each year:

Notes

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.mysterybooksellers.com/the-dilys-award/ Mystery and detective fiction awards American literary awards Awards established in 1992 Awards disestablished in 2014