Amazon Editors' Picks - Mysteries & Thrillers (Awarded by amazon.com)

Awards List

2023

Small Mercies
(Winner)
Dennis Lehane

Age of Vice
(*)
Deepti Kapoor

Murder Your Employer
(*)
Rupert Holmes

All That Is Mine I Carry With Me
(*)
William Landay

The White Lady
(*)
Jacqueline Winspear

Going Zero
(*)
Anthony McCarten

A House With Good Bones
(*)
T. Kingfisher

Symphony of Secrets
(*)
Brendan Slocumb

Those Empty Eyes
(*)
Charlie Donlea

All the Sinners Bleed
(*)
S.A. Cosby

Drowning
(*)
T.J. Newman

The Only One Left
(*)
Riley Sager

The Quiet Tenant
(*)
Clemence Michallon

Strange Sally Diamond
(*)
Liz Nugent

Pet
(*)
Catherine Chidgey

The Golden Gate
(*)
Amy Chua

Happiness Falls
(*)
Angie Kim

Mother-Daughter Murder Night
(*)
Nina Simon

Bright Young Women
(*)
Jessica Knoll

Kill Show
(*)
Daniel Sweren-Becker

2022

City on Fire
(Winner)
Don Winslow

Forsaken Country
(*)
Allen Eskens

The Maid
(*)
Nita Prose

The Overnight Guest
(*)
Heather Gudenkauf

The Violin Conspiracy
(*)
Brendan Slocumb

The Golden Couple
(*)
Greer Hendricks; Sarah Pekkanen

What Happened to the Bennetts
(*)
Lisa Scottoline

The Hacienda
(*)
Isabel Canas

Hidden Pictures
(*)
Jason Rekulak

The Housemaid
(*)
Freida McFadden

Carolina Moonset
(*)
Matt Goldman

The Lies I Tell
(*)
Julie Clark

Winter Work
(*)
Dan Fesperman

All Good People Here
(*)
Ashley Flowers

Shutter
(*)
Ramona Emerson

The Butcher and The Wren
(*)
Alaina Urquhart

Killers of a Certain Age
(*)
Deanna Raybourn

Bleeding Heart Yard
(*)
Elly Griffiths

Lavender House
(*)
Lev A.C. Rosen

Anywhere You Run
(*)
Wanda M. Morris

2021

Razorblade Tears
(Winner)
S.A. Cosby

We Begin at the End
(*)
Chris Whitaker

The Good Sister
(*)
Sally Hepworth

The First Day of Spring
(*)
Nancy Tucker

How Lucky
(*)
Will Leitch

The Last Thing He Told Me
(*)
Laura Dave

The Plot
(*)
Jean Hanff Korelitz

The Maidens
(*)
Alex Michaelides

Falling
(*)
T.J. Newman

False Witness
(*)
Karin Slaughter

Billy Summers
(*)
Stephen King

Chasing the Boogeyman
(*)
Richard Chizmar

Clark and Division
(*)
Naomi Hirahara

Lightning Strike
(*)
William Kent Krueger

The Madness of Crowds
(*)
Louise Penny

Apples Never Fall
(*)
Liane Moriarty

When Ghosts Come Home
(*)
Wiley Cash

The Man Who Died Twice
(*)
Richard Osman

The Dark Hours
(*)
Michael Connelly

The Stolen Hours
(*)
Allen Eskens

2020

Blacktop Wasteland
(Winner)
S.A. Cosby

The Dirty South
(*)
John Connolly

Long Bright River
(*)
Liz Moore

Unspeakable Things
(*)
Jess Lourey

The Sun Down Motel
(*)
Simone St. James

Things in Jars
(*)
Jess Kidd

The Boy from the Woods
(*)
Harlan Coben

Pretty Things
(*)
Janelle Brown

The Guest List
(*)
Lucy Foley

The Last Flight
(*)
Julie Clark

The Order
(*)
Daniel Silva

Winter Counts
(*)
David Heska; Wanbli Weiden

All the Devils Are Here
(*)
Louise Penny

And Now She's Gone
(*)
Rachel Howzell Hall

Squeeze Me
(*)
Carl Hiaasen

The Thursday Murder Club
(*)
Richard Osman

Dear Child
(*)
Romy Hausmann

The Devil and the Dark Water
(*)
Stuart Turton

The Searcher
(*)
Tana French

The Law of Innocence
(*)
Michael Connelly

2019

The Silent Patient
(Winner)
Alex Michaelides

The Current
(*)
Tim Johnston

The Killer Collective
(*)
Barry Eisler

Ninth House
(*)
Leigh Bardugo

American Spy
(*)
Lauren Wilkinson

The Chain
(*)
Adrian McKinty

Lock Every Door
(*)
Riley Sager

The Need
(*)
Helen Phillips

The New Girl
(*)
Daniel Silva

The Perfect Wife
(*)
J.P. Delaney

The Whisper Man
(*)
Alex North

The Whisperer
(*)
Karin Fossum

A Better Man
(*)
Louise Penny

The Chestnut Man
(*)
Soren Sveistrup

The Institute
(*)
Stephen King

Land of Wolves
(*)
Craig Johnson

Blue Moon
(*)
Lee Child

Full Throttle: Stories
(*)
Joe Hill

The Guardians
(*)
John Grisham

The Night Fire
(*)
Michael Connelly

Award Categories

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Mysteries & Thrillers

Mysteries & Thrillers: Series

Romance

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Teen & Young Adult

Award Years

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019