The Tainted Cup

Name: The Tainted Cup
ISBN: 9780593723487

Hugo Award · 2025 · WinnerArthur C. · 2025 · ShortlistBritish Fantasy · 2025 · ShortlistEdgar Award · 2025 · ShortlistLocus Award · 2025 · ShortlistWorld Fantasy · 2025 · WinnerWorld Fantasy · 2024 · Shortlist

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Del ReyFebruary 6, 2024Science Fiction & Fantasy Mystery & CrimeISBN 9780593723487

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Hugo Award (Best Novel)	2025	Winner
Arthur C. Clarke Award	2025	Shortlist
British Fantasy Award for Best Novel	2025	Shortlist
Edgar Award (Best Novel)	2025	Shortlist
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel	2025	Shortlist
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel	2025	Winner	“Robert Jackson Bennett's mystery-fantasy won the World Fantasy for its brilliantly original premise, its Sherlock Holmes-esque investigative duo, and the rich world-building of its monster-threatened empire.”
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel	2024	Shortlist

About This Book

In an empire guarded from sea-monsters by an engineered wall, investigator Dinios Kol and his genius superior Anaculian must solve a series of murders where the victims explode from the inside—a murder mystery set in a brilliantly original fantasy world.

About the Author

Robert Jackson BennettUS

Robert Jackson Bennett is an American author of fantasy and horror. He won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for The Tainted Cup (2025), a mystery fantasy set in an empire threatened by monstrous creatures. He also won the Shirley Jackson Award twice—for Mr. Read more →