This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the Winners of the 2026 Edgar Awards The Edgar Allan Poe Awards recognize the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction, and television, and they have just announced their 2026 winners : Best Novel: The Big Empty by Robert Crais Best First Novel by an American Author: Dead Money by Jakob Kerr Best Paperback Original: The Backwater  by Vikki Wakefield Best Fact Crime: Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser Best Critical/Biographical: Edgar Allan Poe: A Life by Richard Kopley Best Juvenile: Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson Best Young Adult: Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray Last month, we were hearing about all the adaptation trailer sneak peeks at CinemaCon .…