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2026 ITW Thriller Awards Finalists

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The International Thriller Writers (ITW) is an honorary society of authors, both fiction and nonfiction, who write books broadly classified as “thrillers.” This would include (but isn’t limited to) such subjects as murder mystery, detective, suspense, horror, supernatural, action, espionage, true crime, war, adventure, and myriad similar subject areas. The winners will be announced on Saturday, May 9, 2026.

For more information check out the ITW Thriller Awards website.

Here are the finalists for 2026 that are in the TBP collection.

Best Standalone Thriller

CROSS MY HEART by Megan Collins (DB 127325, LB 0003699)
LOCKED WARD by Sarah Pekkanen (DB 131325, LB 0005693)
SO HAPPY TOGETHER by Olivia Worley (DB 129773)

Best Series Novel

CHAIN REACTION: A DEZ LIMERICK THRILLER by James Byrne (DB 127555)
BIG EMPTY: ELVIS COLE AND JOE PIKE by Robert Crais (DB 126841, LB 0002605)
HEAD CASES by John McMahon (DB 126703, LB 0003599)

Best First Novel

DEATH AT THE WHITE HART by Chris Chibnall (DB 129805)
PARTY OF LIARS by Kelsey Cox (DB 130444)
COUNT MY LIES by Sophie Stava (DB 129720)
HISTORY LESSONS by Zoe B. Wallbrook (DB 133746 IN PROCESS)
JULIE CHAN IS DEAD by Liann Zhang (DB 129576, LB 0008599)

Best Audiobook

KING OF ASHES by S. A. Cosby and narrated by Adam Lazarre-White (DB 130044)
WASP TRAP by Mark Edwards and narrated by John Hopkins and Anna Burnett (DB 134516 IN PROCESS)
BEST OFFER WINS by Marisa Kashino and narrated by Cia Court (DB 133203)
WHEN DEVILS SING by Xan Kaur and narrated by Michael Crouch, Anjali Kunapaneni, Jennifer Pickens, and Landon Woodson (DB 130122)
WHITE CROW by Michael Robotham and narrated by Katy Sobey (DB 131923)

Best Young Adult Novel

MURDER BETWEEN FRIENDS by Liz Lawson (DB 129237)
SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE by Clay McLeod Chapman (DB 133187)
SILENCED by Diana Rodriguez Wallach (DB 132665)
THRASHERS by Julie Soto (DB 129433)

2025 ITW Thriller Awards Finalists

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The International Thriller Writers (ITW) is an honorary society of authors, both fiction and nonfiction, who write books broadly classified as “thrillers.” This would include (but isn’t limited to) such subjects as murder mystery, detective, suspense, horror, supernatural, action, espionage, true crime, war, adventure, and myriad similar subject areas. The winners will be announced at the annual ThrillerFest conference in New York City in June 2025.

For more information check out the ITW Thriller Awards website.

Here are some of the finalists for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.

Best Standalone Thriller

WORST CASE SCENARIO by T. J. Newman (DB 123285)
LAST ONE AT THE WEDDING by Jason Rekulak (DB 124569)
TRUTH ABOUT THE DEVLINS by Lisa Scottoline (DB 120098, LB 0000156)

Best Standalone Mystery Novel

NIGHT WE LOST HIM by Laura Dave (DB 124790)
WHAT HAPPENED TO NINA? by Dervla McTiernan (DB 122143)

Best Series Novel

TO DIE FOR: 6:20 MAN SERIES by David Baldacci (DB 125480, LB 0001131)
DARK WIVES: A VERA STANHOPE MYSTERY by Ann Cleeves (DB 123656)
FLASHBACK: A KENDRA MICHAELS MYSTERY by Iris Johansen (DB 122169, LB 0000601)

Best First Novel

DEADLY ANIMALS by Marie Tierney (DB 125474)

Best Audiobook

DARLING GIRLS by Sally Hepworth and narrated by Jessica Clarke (DB 120859)
NO ONE CAN KNOW by Kate Alice Marshall and narrated by Karissa Vacker (DB 118656)
LISTEN FOR THE LIE by Amy Tintera and narrated by January LaVoy and Will Damron (DB 119654)

Best Young Adult Novel

GIRLS LIKE HER by Melanie Sumrow (DB 122609)

2024 ITW Thriller Awards Finalists

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The International Thriller Writers (ITW) is an honorary society of authors, both fiction and nonfiction, who write books broadly classified as “thrillers.” This would include (but isn’t limited to) such subjects as murder mystery, detective, suspense, horror, supernatural, action, espionage, true crime, war, adventure, and myriad similar subject areas. The finalists for the Thriller Awards were announced March 15. The winners will be announced June 1.

For more information check out the ITW Thriller Awards website.

Here are the finalists for 2024 that are in the TBP collection.

Best Hardcover Novel

ALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S. A. Cosby (DB 115237)
HER DEADLY GAME by Robert Dugoni (LB 14507)
IT’S ONE OF US by J. T. Ellison (LB 14313)
FIXIT: AN IQ NOVEL by Joe Ide (DB 114363)

Best Audiobook

LAST ORPHAN by Gregg Hurwitz and narrated by Scott Brick (DB 113169)
HOUSEMAID’S SECRET by Freida McFadden and narrated by Lauryn Allman (DB 117095)
HOUSE OF WOLVES by James Patterson and Mike Lupica and narrated by Ellen Archer (DB 111848)

Best First Novel

GOLDEN GATE by Amy Chua (DB 116781, LB 0000040)
SCORCHED GRACE by Margot Douaihy (DB 115165)

Best Paperback Original Novel

CAVE 13 by Jonathan Maberry (DB 118501 IN PROCESS)

Best Young Adult Novel

WHERE HE CAN’T FIND YOU by Darcy Coates (DB 118630 IN PROCESS)
WHERE ECHOES DIE by Courtney Gould (DB 116092)
WHERE DARKNESS BLOOMS by Andrea Hannah (DB 113779)
STATELESS by Elizabeth Wein (DB 115906)