2025 Thriller Awards

2025 ITW Thriller Awards

International Thriller Writers is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2025 ITW Thriller Awards!

BEST STANDALONE THRILLER NOVEL

  • Kimberly Belle

    THE PARIS WIDOW

    Harlequin – Park Row

  • Will Dean

    THE CHAMBER

    Emily Bestler Books

  • T.J. Newman

    WORST CASE SCENARIO

    Little, Brown & Co.

  • Jason Rekulak

    THE LAST ONE AT THE WEDDING

    Flatiron Books

  • Lisa Scottoline

    THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS

    Penguin/Putnam

BEST STANDALONE MYSTERY NOVEL

  • Libby Cudmore

    NEGATIVE GIRL

    Datura Books

  • Laura Dave

    THE NIGHT WE LOST HIM

    Simon & Schuster

  • Kellye Garrett

    MISSING WHITE WOMAN

    Mulholland Books

  • Harry Hunsicker

    THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ROSE DOUCETTE

    Oceanview Publishing

  • Dervla McTiernan

    WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA?

    William Morrow

  • Lori Roy

    LAKE COUNTY

    Thomas & Mercer

BEST SERIES NOVEL

  • David Baldacci

    TO DIE FOR

    Grand Central Publishing

  • Eric Beetner

    THE LAST FEW MILES OF ROAD

    Level Best Books

  • Ann Cleeves

    THE DARK WIVES

    Minotaur

  • Meg Gardiner

    SHADOWHEART

    Blackstone Publishing

  • Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen

    FLASHBACK

    Grand Central Publishing

  • Isabella Maldonado

    A FORGOTTEN KILL

    Thomas &Mercer

BEST FIRST NOVEL

  • Kate Brody

    RABBIT HOLE

    Soho Crime

  • Jaime deBlanc

    AFTER IMAGE

    Thomas & Mercer

  • Carinn Jade

    THE ASTROLOGY HOUSE

    Atria

  • Alejandro Nodarse

    BLOOD IN THE CUT

    Flatiron Books

  • Marie Tierney

    DEADLY ANIMALS

    Henry Holt & Co.

BEST AUDIOBOOK

  • Sally Hepworth

    DARLING GIRLS Narrated by Jessica Clarke

    Macmillan

  • Jon Lindstrom

    HOLLYWOOD HUSTLE Narrated by Jon Lindstrom

    Dreamscape Media

  • Kate Alice Marshall

    NO ONE CAN KNOW Narrated by Karissa Vacker

    Macmillan Audio

  • Hilton Reed

    BEYOND ALL DOUBT Narrated by George Newbern

    Dreamscape Media

  • Amy Tintera

    LISTEN FOR THE LIE Narrated by January LaVoy and Will Damron

    Macmillan

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

  • Adam Cesare

    INFLUENCER

    Union Square & Co., LLC

  • Ripley Jones

    THE OTHER LOLA

    Wednesday Books

  • Marisha Pessl

    DARKLY

    Delacorte

  • Natalie Richards

    49 MILES ALONE

    Sourcebooks Fire

  • Melanie Sumrow

    GIRLS LIKE HER

    Balzer + Bray

BEST SHORT STORY

  • Stefanie Leder

    NOT A DINNER PARTY PERSON

    Soho Crime

  • Twist Phelan

    DOUBLE PARKED

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine

  • Ivy Pochoda

    JACKRABBIT SKIN

    Amazon Original Stories

  • Lisa Unger

    THE DOLL'S HOUSE

    Amazon Original Stories

  • Joseph S. Walker

    AND NOW, AN INSPIRING STORY OF TRAGEDY OVERCOME

    Wildside Press

Finalists will be announced in late February 2025. Winners will be announced at the annual ThrillerFest conference in New York City in June 2025.

Good luck to all!

Tosca Lee
ITW Board of Directors, Vice President, Awards