The Falcon Award
The Falcon Award is awarded annually by the Japanese chapter of The Maltese Falcon Society to honor the best hard-boiled mystery novel published in Japan.
- 2011
- The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow
- 2010
- The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
- 2009
- Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan
- 2008
- No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
- 2007
- Under the Skin by James Carlos Blake
- 2006
- Lost Light by Tess Gerritsen
- 2005
- The Wrong Goodbye by Toshihiko Yahagi
- 2004
- No Award(s) Given
- 2003
- No Award(s) Given
- 2002
- No Award(s) Given
- 2001
- No Award(s) Given
- 2000
- No Award(s) Given
- 1999
- The Big Blowdown by George P. Pelecanos
- 1998
- No Award(s) Given
- 1997
- White Jazz by James Ellroy
- 1996
- No Award(s) Given
- 1995
- The Black Ice by Michael Connelly
- 1994
- A Cool Breeze on the Underground by Don Winslow
- 1993
- Book Case by Stephen Greenleaf
- 1992
- A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block
- 1991
- F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton
- 1990
- A Girl Who I Killed by Ryo Hara
- 1989
- Strega by Andrew Vachss
- 1988
- Hard Line by Michael Z. Lewin
- 1987
- When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block
- 1986
- Hammett by Joe Gores
- 1985
- The Wrong Case by James Crumley
- 1984
- The Old Dick by L. A. Morse
- 1983
- Early Autumn by Robert B. Parker
If present, 
indicates a review by Mysterious Reviews.