Ned Kelly Award / Best Novel
Ned Kelly Award : Best Novel refers to the winner of the Ned Kelly Award in the Best Novel category , which since 1996 honors the best work published in the previous year by an Australian or resident crime writer. The most successful in this category was Peter Temple , who won the award four times between 2000 and 2006.
| year | Award winners | Novel title | German title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Barry Maitland | The Malcontenta | ||
| Paul Thomas | Inside dope | |||
| 1997 | Shane Maloney | The Brush Off | Bad luck for artists | |
| 1998 |
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| 1999 | Peter Doyle | Amaze Your Friends | ||
| 2000 | Peter Temple | Shooting Star | Shooting Star | |
| 2001 | Andrew Masterson | The second coming | ||
| Peter Temple | Dead point | The final message | ||
| 2002 | Gabrielle Lord | Death Delights | ||
| 2003 | Peter Temple | White dog | Memorial of the dead | |
| 2004 | Jon Cleary | Degrees of Connection | ||
| 2005 | Michael Robotham | Lost | amnesia | |
| 2006 | Chris Nyst | Crook as Rookwood | ||
| Peter Temple | The Broken Shore | Cold August | ||
| 2007 | Garry Disher | Chain of Evidence | Chain of evidence | |
| 2008 | Michael Robotham | Shatter | Your will will happen | |
| 2009 | Peter Corris | Deep water | ||
| Kel Robertson | Smoke & Mirrors | |||
| 2010 | Garry Disher | Wyatt | Dirty Old Town | |
| 2011 | Geoffrey McGeachin | The Diggers Rest Hotel | ||
| 2012 | JC Burke | Pig boy | ||
| 2013 | Geoffrey McGeachin | Blackwattle Creek | ||
| 2014 | Adrian McKinty | In the Morning I'll be Gone | The lost sisters | |
| 2015 | Candice Fox | Eden | Eden | |
| 2016 | Dave Warner | Before It Breaks | The snares of guilt | |
| 2017 | Adrian McKinty | Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly | Dirty cops | |
| 2018 | Sulari Gentill | Crossing the lines | ||
| 2019 | Jane Harper | The Lost Man | To dust | |