We’re thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2024 ITW Thriller Awards:

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

S.A. Cosby – ALL THE SINNERS BLEED (Flatiron Books)
Robert Dugoni – HER DEADLY GAME (Thomas & Mercer)
J.T. Ellison – IT’S ONE OF US (Harlequin – MIRA Books)
Mick Herron – THE SECRET HOURS (Soho Crime)
Joe Ide – FIXIT (Mulholland Books)
C.J. Tudor – THE DRIFT (Ballantine Books)

BEST AUDIOBOOK

I.S. Berry – THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (Atria)
Narrated by Pete Simonelli
Gregg Hurwitz – THE LAST ORPHAN (Macmillan)
Narrated by Scott Brick
Freida McFadden – THE HOUSEMAID’S SECRET (Bookouture)
Narrated by Lauryn Allman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica – THE HOUSE OF WOLVES (Hachette Audio)
Narrated by Ellen Archer
Emma Rosenblum – BAD SUMMER PEOPLE (Macmillan)
Narrated by January LaVoy

BEST FIRST NOVEL

I.S. Berry – THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (Atria)
Amy Chua – THE GOLDEN GATE (Minotaur)
Margot Douaihy – SCORCHED GRACE (Zando)
Kerryn Mayne – LENNY MARKS GETS AWAY WITH MURDER (Bantam Books)
Steve Urszenyi – PERFECT SHOT: A THRILLER (Minotaur)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL

Tracy Clark – HIDE (Thomas & Mercer)
Luke Dumas – THE PALEONTOLOGIST (Atria)
Tess Gerritsen – THE SPY COAST (Thomas & Mercer)
Lisa Gray – TO DIE FOR (Thomas & Mercer)
Jonathan Maberry – CAVE 13: A JOE LEDGER AND ROGUE TEAM INTERNATIONAL NOVEL (St. Martin’s Griffin)
J. Todd Scott – CALL THE DARK (Thomas & Mercer)

BEST SHORT STORY

Chris Bohjalian – SLOT MACHINE FEVER DREAMS (Amazon Original Stories)
J.T. Ellison – THESE COLD STRANGERS (Amazon Original Stories)
Smita Harish Jain – AN HONORABLE CHOICE (Wildside Press)
Richard Santos – RUSH HOUR (Akashic Books)
Lisa Unger – UNKNOWN CALLER (Amazon Original Stories)
Stacy Woodson – ONE NIGHT IN 1965 (Down & Out Books)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

Sorboni Banerjee, Dominique Richardson – RED AS BLOOD (Wolfpack Publishing LLC)
Darcy Coates – WHERE HE CAN’T FIND YOU (Sourcebooks Fire)
Courtney Gould – WHERE ECHOES DIE (Wednesday Books)
Andrea Hannah – WHERE DARKNESS BLOOMS (Wednesday Books)
Elizabeth Wein – STATELESS (Little, Brown & Co.)

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL

Jeff Buick – THE VULTURE FUND (Self-published)
Rona Halsall – THE BIGAMIST (Bookouture)
Matt Phillips – A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD (RunAmok Books)
Lisa Regan – CLOSE HER EYES (Bookouture)
Robert Swartwood – THE KILLING ROOM (Blackstone Publishing)
Laura Wolfe – THE IN-LAWS (Bookouture)

ITW will announce the winners at ThrillerFest XIX on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York City.

Congratulations to all the finalists!

Tosca Lee
ITW Board of Directors, Vice President, Awards

 

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2023 Thriller Awards

BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL

Delilah S. Dawson – THE VIOLENCE (Del Rey)

Jennifer Hillier – THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK (Minotaur)

Alma Katsu – THE FERVOR (Penguin/Putnam)

Jennifer McMahon – THE CHILDREN ON THE HILL (Simon & Schuster)

Chris Pavone – TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON (MCD)

Catriona Ward – SUNDIAL (Macmillan)

 

BEST AUDIOBOOK

Kimberly Belle, Fargo Layne, Cate Holahan, Vanessa Lillie – YOUNG RICH WIDOWS (Audible)

Narrated by Dina Pearlman, Karissa Vacker, Helen Laser, Ariel Blake

Julie Clark – THE LIES I TELL (Audible)

Narrated by Anna Caputo, Amanda Dolan

J. L. Delozier – THE PHOTO THIEF (CamCat Publishing)

Narrated by Rachel L. Jacobs, Jeffrey Kafer

Jennifer Hillier – THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK (Macmillan Audio)

Narrated by Carla Vega

Minka Kent – THE SILENT WOMAN (Blackstone Publishing)

Narrated by Christine Lakin, Kate Rudd

 

BEST FIRST NOVEL

Lauren Nossett – THE RESEMBLANCE (Flatiron Books)

Sascha Rothchild – BLOOD SUGAR (Penguin/Putnam)

Hayley Scrivenor – DIRT TOWN (Dirt Creek)

Stacy Willingham – A FLICKER IN THE DARK (Minotaur)

Erin Young – THE FIELDS (Flatiron Books)

 

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL

Mary Burton – THE LIES I TOLD (Montlake Romance)

Mark Edwards – NO PLACE TO RUN (Thomas & Mercer)

Minka Kent – UNMISSING (Thomas & Mercer)

Freida McFadden – THE HOUSEMAID (Grand Central Publishing)

Wanda Morris – ANYWHERE YOU RUN (William Morrow)

Holly Wainwright – THE COUPLE UPSTAIRS (Pan Macmillan)

Loreth Anne White – THE PATIENT’S SECRET (Montlake Romance)

 

BEST SHORT STORY

Dominique Bibeau – RUSSIAN FOR BEGINNERS (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Barb Goffman – THE GIFT (Down & Out Books)

Smita Harish Jain – PUBLISH OR PERISH (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Joyce Carol Oates – 33 CLUES INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MY SISTER (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Anna Scotti – SCHRÖDINGER, CAT (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Catherine Steadman – STOCKHOLM (Amazon Original Stories)

 

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

Melissa Albert – OUR CROOKED HEARTS (Flatiron Books)

Gillian French – SUGARING OFF (Algonquin Young Readers)

Kate McLaughlin – DAUGHTER (Wednesday Books)

Francesca Padilla – WHAT’S COMING TO ME (Soho Teen)

Courtney Summers – I’M THE GIRL (Wednesday Books)

 

BEST E-BOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL

Bill Byrnes – EVASIVE SPECIES (Self-published)

Diane Jeffrey – THE COUPLE AT CAUSEWAY COTTAGE (HarperCollins)

Grant McKenzie – THE SEVEN TRUTHS OF HANNAH BAXTER (Self-published)

Rick Mofina – THE HOLLOW PLACE (Self-published)

Carrie Rubin – FATAL ROUNDS (Self-published)

 

ITW will announce the winners at ThrillerFest XVIII on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York City.

 

Congratulations to all the finalists!

Tosca Lee

ITW Board of Directors, Vice President, Awards