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ITW Thriller Award
21 years tracked (2006–2026), 75 entries total.
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2026
Cross My Heart
Megan Collins · Best Standalone Thriller Novel
Winner
2025
The Last One At The Wedding
Jason Rekulak · Best Standalone Thriller Novel
Winner
2024
All the Sinners Bleed
SA Cosby · Best Hardcover Novel
Winner
2023
Sundial
Catriona Ward · Best Hardcover Novel
Winner
2022
Razorblade Tears
SA Cosby · Best Hardcover Novel
Winner
2021
Blacktop Wasteland
SA Cosby · Best Hard Cover Novel
Winner
2020
Miracle Creek
Angie Kim · Best First Novel
Winner
2019
The Chalk Man
C. J. Tudor · First Novel
Winner
Need to Know
Karen Cleveland · First Novel
Nominee
People Like Us
Dana Mele · Young Adult Novel
Nominee
Something in the Water
Catherine Steadman · First Novel
Nominee
The Good Samaritan
John Marrs · Paperback Original Novel
Nominee
The Naturalist
Andrew Mayne · Paperback Original Novel
Nominee
Warcross
Marie Lu · Young Adult Novel
Nominee
2018
Final Girls
Riley Sager · Best Novel
Winner
Ragdoll
Daniel Cole · Best First Novel
Nominee
To Catch a Killer
Sheryl Scarborough · Best Young Adult Novel
Nominee
2017
Before the Fall
Noah Hawley · Best Hardcover Novel
Winner
The Body Reader
Anne Frasier · Best Paperback Original
Winner
Holding Smoke
Elle Cosimano · Best Young Adult Novel
Nominee
In the Clearing
Robert Dugoni · Best Paperback Original
Nominee
Morning Star
Pierce Brown · Best Young Adult Novel
Nominee
The Darkest Corners
Kara Thomas · Best Young Adult Novel
Nominee
Underground Airlines
Ben H. Winters · Best Hardcover Novel
Nominee
You Will Know Me
Megan E. Abbott · Best Hardcover Novel
Nominee
2016
The Prisoner's Gold
Chris Kuzneski · Best E-Book Original Novel
Winner
Code of Honor
Alan Gratz · Best Young Adult Novel
Nominee
Pretty Girls
Karin Slaughter · Best Hardcover Novel
Nominee
The Forgetting
Nicole Maggi · Best Young Adult Novel
Nominee
The Gates of Evangeline
Hester Young · Best First Novel
Nominee
The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins · Best Hardcover Novel
Nominee
2015
Nearly Gone
Elle Cosimano · Best Young Adult Novel
Winner
The Fever
Megan E. Abbott · Best Hardcover Novel
Winner
My Sister's Grave
Robert Dugoni · Best Paperback Original
Nominee
Natchez Burning
Greg Iles · Best Novel
Nominee
Shadow Maker
James R. Hannibal · Best Paperback Original
Nominee
The Life We Bury
Allen Eskens · Best First Novel
Nominee
The Martian
Andy Weir · Best First Novel
Nominee
The Unbound
V.E. Schwab · Best Young Adult Novel
Nominee
2014
All Our Yesterdays
Cristin Terrill · Best Young Adult Novel
Winner
Red Sparrow
Jason Matthews · Best First Novel
Winner
The Demonologist
Andrew Pyper · Best Hardcover Novel
Winner
The One I Left Behind
Jennifer McMahon · Best Paperback Original Novel
Winner
Boy Nobody
Allen Zadoff · Best Young Adult Novel
Nominee
Doctor Sleep
Stephen King · Best Hardcover Novel
Nominee
Never Go Back
Lee Child · Best Hardcover Novel
Nominee
Scorched
Mari Mancusi · Best Young Adult Novel
Nominee
The Rules for Disappearing
Ashley Elston · Best Young Adult Novel
Nominee
Touch & Go
Lisa Gardner · Best Hardcover Novel
Nominee
White Fire
Douglas Preston · Best Hardcover Novel
Nominee
2013
False Memory
Dan Krokos · Best Young Adult Novel
Winner
2012
11/22/63
Stephen King · Best Hard Cover Novel
Winner
Midnight Caller
Leslie Tentler · Best First Novel
Nominee
The Queen
Steven James · Best Paperback Original
Nominee
2011
Bad Blood
John Sandford · Best Hard Cover Novel
Winner
Still Missing
Chevy Stevens · Best First Novel
Winner
The Burying Place
Brian Freeman · Best Hard Cover Novel
Nominee
The Reversal
Michael Connelly · Best Hard Cover Novel
Nominee
The Things That Keep Us Here
Carla Buckley · Best First Novel
Nominee
2010
The Neighbor
Lisa Gardner · Best Hard Cover Novel
Winner
Fear the Worst
Linwood Barclay · Best Hard Cover Novel
Nominee
Long Lost
Harlan Coben · Best Hard Cover Novel
Nominee
2009
Child 44
Tom Rob Smith · Best First Novel
Winner
Hold Tight
Harlan Coben · Best Thriller of the Year
Nominee
The Broken Window
Jeffery Deaver · Best Thriller of the Year
Nominee
2008
Heart-Shaped Box
Joe Hill · Best First Novel
Winner
Interred with Their Bones
Jennifer Lee Carrell · Best First Novel
Nominee
No Time for Goodbye
Linwood Barclay · Best Novel
Nominee
The Queen of Bedlam
Robert R. McCammon · Best Paperback Original
Nominee
2007
False Impression
Jeffrey Archer · Best Novel
Nominee
The Messenger
Daniel Silva · Best Novel
Nominee
2006
Improbable
Adam Fawer · Best First Novel
Winner
Consent to Kill
Vince Flynn · Best Novel
Nominee
Panic
Jeff Abbott · Best Novel
Nominee
Velocity
Dean Koontz · Best Novel
Nominee
