The Nero Award
The "Nero" is an annual award presented by the Nero Wolfe Society to an author for literary excellence in the mystery genre. The award is presented at the Black Orchid Banquet, which is traditionally held on the first Saturday in December in New York City.
- 2011
- Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
- 2010
- Faces of the Gone by Brad Parks
- 2009
- The Tenth Case by Joseph Teller
- 2008
- Anatomy of Fear by Jonathan Santlofer
- 2007
- No Award(s) Given
- 2006
- The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
- 2005
- Murder in E Minor by Robert Goldsborough
- 2004
- Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte
- 2003
- Past, Present and Murder by Hugh Pentecost
- 2002
- No Award(s) Given
- 2001
- The Enemy by Lee Child
- 2000
- Old Scores by Aaron Elkins
- 1999
- The Deadhouse by Linda Fairstein
- 1998
- Emily Dickinson is Dead by Jane Langton
- 1997
- The Corpse in Oozak’s Pond by Charlotte MacLeod
- 1996
- Coyote Revenge by Fred Harris
- 1995
- Fear Itself by Walter Mosley
- 1994
- Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
- 1993
- The Anodyne Necklace by Martha Grimes
- 1992
- All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming
- 1991
- A Scandal in Belgravia by Robert Barnard
- 1990
- Death in a Tenured Position by Amanda Cross
- 1989
- Sugar House by Laura Lippman
- 1988
- Burn This by Helen McCloy
- 1987
- Winter and Night by S. J. Rozan
- 1986
- Sacred by Dennis Lehane
- 1985
- A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King
- 1984
- The Poet by Michael Connelly
- 1983
- Booked To Die by John Dunning
- 1982
- Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman
- 1981
- She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb
- 1980
- The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling by Lawrence Block
If present, 
indicates a review by Mysterious Reviews.