Thriller Award Winners Paperback Original

Awards List

2022

Bloodline (Winner)
Jess Lourey

Jan-2021
/ Thriller

My Mistress' Eyes are Raven Black (Finalist)
Terry Roberts

Aug-2021
/ Historical

The Lighthouse Witches (Finalist)
C.J. Cooke

Oct-2021
/ Thriller

Under Color of Law (Finalist)
Aaron Philip Clark

Oct-2021
/ Police Procedural

Flight Risk (Finalist)
Joy Castro

Nov-2021
/ Women's Fiction

2021

What Lies Between Us (Winner)
John Marrs

May-2020
/ Thriller

Unknown 9: Genesis (Nominee)
Layton Green

Mar-2020
/ Thriller

The Girl Beneath the Sea (Nominee)
Andrew Mayne

May-2020
/ Police Procedural

When No One Is Watching (Nominee)
Alyssa Cole

Sep-2020
/ Thriller

Either Side Of Midnight (Nominee)
Benjamin Stevenson

Dec-2020
/ Mystery

2020

The Scholar (Winner)
Dervla McTiernan

May-2019
/ Mystery

Girl Most Likely (Nominee)
Max Allan Collins

Apr-2019
/ Police Procedural

Such a Perfect Wife (Nominee)
Kate White

May-2019
/ Mystery

Never Look Back (Nominee)
Alison Gaylin

Jul-2019
/ Thriller

The Bird Boys (Nominee)
Lisa Sandlin

Aug-2019
/ Horror

Jihadi Bride (Nominee)
Alastair Luft

Jul-2020
/ Thriller

2019

The Lost Man (Winner)
Jane Harper

Feb-2019
/ Thriller

The Naturalist (Nominee)
Andrew Mayne

Oct-2017
/ Mystery

The Good Samaritan (Nominee)
John Marrs

Dec-2017
/ Thriller

Mister Tender's Girl (Nominee)
Carter Wilson

Feb-2018
/ Thriller

Gone Dark (Nominee)
Kirk Russell

Mar-2018
/ Thriller

2018

Grievance (Winner)
Christine Bell (1)

Jul-2017
/ Thriller

Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly (Nominee)
Adrian McKinty

Mar-2017
/ Police Procedural

The Day I Died (Nominee)
Lori Rader-Day

Apr-2017
/ Thriller

The Resurrector (Nominee)
Layton Green

Jul-2017
/ Mystery

Stillhouse Lake (Nominee)
Rachel Caine

Jul-2017
/ Thriller

2017

The Body Reader (Winner)
Anne Frasier

Jun-2016
/ Police Procedural

In the Clearing (Nominee)
Robert Dugoni

May-2016
/ Police Procedural

Kill Switch (Nominee)
Jonathan Maberry

May-2016
/ Horror

The Minoan Cipher (Nominee)
Paul Kemprecos

Aug-2016
/ Action Adventure

Salvage (Nominee)
Stephen Maher

Sep-2016
/ Thriller

2016

Against All Enemies (Winner)
John Gilstrap

Jan-2015
/ Thriller

Day Zero (Nominee)
Marc Cameron

Feb-2015
/ Thriller

Pockets of Darkness (Nominee)
Jean Rabe

Jun-2015
/ Urban Fantasy

Name of the Devil (Nominee)
Andrew Mayne

Jul-2015
/ Thriller

The Angel of Eden (Nominee)
D.J. McIntosh

Feb-2019
/ Historical

2015

Moonlight Weeps (Winner)
Vincent Zandri

Sep-2014
/ Private Investigator

Whirlwind (Nominee)
Rick Mofina

Mar-2014
/ Thriller

Shadow Maker (Nominee)
James R. Hannibal

Jun-2014
/ Thriller

Moonlight Weeps (Nominee)
Vincent Zandri

Sep-2014
/ Private Investigator

The Buried (Nominee)
Shelley Coriell

Nov-2014
/ Romantic Suspense

My Sister's Grave (Nominee)
Robert Dugoni

Nov-2014
/ Police Procedural

2014

The One I Left Behind (Winner)
Jennifer McMahon

Jan-2013
/ Thriller

Snow White Must Die (Nominee)
Nele Neuhaus

Jan-2013
/ Police Procedural

Buried (Nominee)
Kendra Elliot

Apr-2013
/ Romantic Suspense

Deadly Harvest (Nominee)
Michael Stanley

May-2013
/ Police Procedural

His Majesty's Hope (Nominee)
Susan Elia MacNeal

May-2013
/ Historical Mystery

Cold Snap (Nominee)
Allison Brennan

Nov-2013
/ Romantic Suspense

2013

Lake Country (Winner)
Sean Doolittle

Dec-2011
/ Thriller

And She Was (Nominee)
Alison Gaylin

Feb-2012
/ Private Investigator

Pines (Nominee)
Blake Crouch

Aug-2012
/ Thriller

Night Blind (Nominee)
Michael W. Sherer

Oct-2012
/ Thriller

The Wicked Girls (Nominee)
Alex Marwood

Aug-2013
/ Thriller

2012

The Glass Demon (Nominee)
Helen Grant

Jul-2011
/ General Fiction

Threat Warning (Nominee)
John Gilstrap

Jul-2011
/ Thriller

The Queen (Nominee)
Steven James

Sep-2011
/ Thriller

Already Gone (Nominee)
John Rector

Oct-2011
/ General Fiction

2011

The Cold Room (Winner)
J.T. Ellison

Mar-2010
/ Thriller

2010

The Coldest Mile (Winner)
Tom Piccirilli

Feb-2009
/ Suspense

Vengeance Road (Nominee)
Rick Mofina

Sep-2009
/ Thriller

Urge To Kill (Nominee)
John Lutz

Oct-2009
/ Thriller

Shadow Season (Nominee)
Tom Piccirilli

Nov-2009
/ Suspense

2008

The Midnight Road (Winner)
Tom Piccirilli

Jul-2007
/ General Fiction

The Last Nightingale (Nominee)
Anthony Flacco

Jun-2007
/ Suspense

A Thousand Bones (Nominee)
P.J. Parrish

Jul-2007
/ Law Enforcement

The Queen of Bedlam (Nominee)
Robert R. McCammon

Nov-2007
/ Suspense

2007

Unquiet Grave (Winner)
P.J. Parrish

Feb-2006
/ Law Enforcement

Skeleton Coast (Nominee)
Clive Cussler; Jack Du Brul

Oct-2006
/ Action Adventure

2006

Pride Runs Deep (Winner)
R. Cameron Cooke

Mar-2005
/ General Fiction

Upside Down (Nominee)
John Ramsey Miller

Jul-2005
/ Suspense

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