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Barry Award (crime novel prize)

{{short description|Award for crime writing}}

File:Peter May with 2013 Barry Award.JPG with the 2013 Barry Award for Novel, for his book, "The Blackhouse".]]

The Barry Award is a crime literary prize awarded annually since 1997 by the editors of Deadly Pleasures, an American quarterly publication for crime fiction readers. From 2007 to 2009 the award was jointly presented with the publication Mystery News. The prize is named after Barry Gardner, an American critic.{{cite web |url=http://deadlypleasures.com/barry.html |title=The Barry Awards |publisher=Deadly Pleasures |date=2008-10-09 |accessdate=2012-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423032903/http://www.deadlypleasures.com/barry.html |archive-date=2012-04-23 |url-status=dead }}

Winners

= Best Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade =

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|+Barry Award for Best Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade{{Cite web |title=Barry Awards |url=http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/Awards/Barry_Awards.html |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Stop, You're Killing Me! |archive-date=2017-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401201837/http://stopyourekillingme.com/Awards/Barry_Awards.html |url-status=live }}

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! rowspan="6" |2010

|{{sortname|last=Larsson|first=Stieg}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Girl with the Dragon Tattoo}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Bruen|first=Ken}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Guards|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Lincoln Lawyer}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lehane|first=Dennis}}

|Mystic River

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}}

|Still Life

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Zafón|first=Carlos Ruiz}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Shadow of the Wind}}

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2020

|{{sortname|last=Crais |first=Robert}}

|Suspect

|Winner

|{{cite web |title=Barry Awards (Crime Fiction) – 2020 |url=https://nightstandbookreviews.com/barry-awards-crime-fiction-2020/ |access-date=12 May 2021 |website=Nightstand Book Reviews |date=17 October 2020 |archive-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115015227/https://nightstandbookreviews.com/barry-awards-crime-fiction-2020/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2020-10-18 |title=The Barry Award Winners |url=https://poisonedpen.com/2020/10/18/the-barry-award-winners/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Poisoned Pen Press |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227031923/https://poisonedpen.com/2020/10/18/the-barry-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Berney |first=Lou}}

|November Road

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Flynn |first=Gillian}}

|Gone Girl

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Harper |first=Jane}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Dry|link=The Dry (novel)}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=May |first=Peter|link=Peter May (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Blackhouse}}

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Winslow|first=Don}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Border|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

= Best British Crime Novel =

The "British Crime Novel" in this context is best crime fiction novel first published in English in the United Kingdom and does not reflect the author's nationality.

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|+Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel

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! rowspan="5" |2000

|{{sortname|last=McDermid|first=Val}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Place of Execution}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Airth|first=Rennie}}

|River of Darkness

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}}

|Every Dead Thing

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Falconer|first=Colin|link=Colin Falconer (writer)}}

|Rough Justice

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Maitland|first=Barry}}

|The Chalon Heads

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="5" |2001

|{{sortname|last=Booth|first=Stephen|link=Stephen Booth (writer)}}

|Black Dog

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}}

|Dark Hollow

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Diamond|first=Sarah|link=Sarah Diamond (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Beach Road|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Falconer|first=Colin|link=Colin Falconer (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Certainty of Doing Evil|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lovesey|first=Peter}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Reaper|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="7" |2002

|{{sortname|last=Booth|first=Stephen|link=Stephen Booth (writer)}}

|Dancing with the Virgins

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Carver|first=Caroline|link=Caroline Carver (author)}}

|Blood Junction

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Killing Kind|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hill|first=Reginald}}

|Dialogues of the Dead

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=James|first=P. D.}}

|Death in Holy Orders

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=McDermid|first=Val}}

|Killing the Shadows

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rankin|first=Ian}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Falls|link=The Falls (Rankin novel)}}

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2003

|{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=White Road|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Billingham|first=Mark}}

|Scaredy Cat

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Bradby|first=Tom}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Master of Rain|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kernick|first=Simon}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Business of Dying}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lovesey|first=Peter}}

|Diamond Dust

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=O'Connor|first=Ed}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Yeare’s Midnight|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2004

|{{sortname|last=McDermid|first=Val}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Distant Echo|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Billingham|first=Mark}}

|Lazybones

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Fowler|first=Christopher}}

|Full Dark House

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kernick|first=Simon}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Murder Exchange|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lovesey|first=Peter}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=House Sitter|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Andrew|link=Andrew Taylor (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=American Boy (An Unpardonable Crime)|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2005

|{{sortname|last=Harvey|first=John|link=John Harvey (author)}}

|Flesh & Blood

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Billingham|first=Mark}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Burning Girl|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Bruen|first=Ken}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Dramatist|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hayder|first=Mo}}

|Tokyo (The Devil of Nanking)

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kernick|first=Simon}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Crime Trade|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Sharp|first=Zoë}}

|First Drop

|Finalist

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! rowspan="6" |2006

|{{sortname|last=Mina|first=Denise}}

|Field of Blood

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Airth|first=Rennie}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Blood-Dimmed Tide|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Billingham|first=Mark}}

|Lifeless

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Indridason|first=Arnaldur}}

|Silence of the Grave

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kernick|first=Simon}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Good Day to Die|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Robotham|first=Michael}}

|Lost

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="5" |2007

|{{sortname|last=Bruen|first=Ken}}

|Priest

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=MacBride|first=Stuart}}

|Dying Light

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Sansom|first=C. J.}}

|Sovereign

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Stone|first=Nick|link=Nick Stone (author)}}

|Mr. Clarinet

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Wright|first=Edward|link=Edward Wright (writer)}}

|Red Sky Lament

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2008

|{{sortname|last=Wright|first=Edward|link=Edward Wright (writer)}}

|Damnation Falls

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Ellory|first=R. J.}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Quiet Belief In Angels}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hayder|first=Mo}}

|Pig Island

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hurley|first=Graham}}

|One Under

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Johnston|first=Paul|link=Paul Johnston (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Death List|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Mosby|first=Steve}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=50/50 Killer|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2009

|{{sortname|last=Larsson|first=Stieg}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Girl with the Dragon Tattoo}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Ellory|first=R. J.}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Simple Act of Violence}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hayder|first=Mo}}

|Ritual

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Robotham|first=Michael}}

|Shatter

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Taylor|first=Andrew|link=Andrew Taylor (author)}}

|Bleeding Heart Square

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Walker|first=Martin|link=Martin Walker (reporter)}}

|Bruno, Chief of Police

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2010

|{{sortname|last=Kerr|first=Philip}}

|If the Dead Rise Not

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Bolton|first=S. J.}}

|Awakening

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Lovers|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hill|first=Reginald}}

|Midnight Fugue

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Mina|first=Denise}}

|Still Midnight

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Wilson|first=Robert|link=Robert Wilson (crime novelist)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Ignorance of Blood}}

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2011

|{{sortname|last=Hill|first=Reginald}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Woodcutter|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=Barry Award - 2011 |url=https://www.princetonbookreview.com/book_pages/barry/barry-2011.php |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=Princeton Book Review |archive-date=2022-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227031928/https://www.princetonbookreview.com/book_pages/barry/barry-2011.php |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Atkinson|first=Kate|link=Kate Atkinson (writer)}}

|Started Early, Took My Dog

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Bolton|first=S. J.}}

|Blood Harvest

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Whisperers|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

Roslund & Hellström

|Three Seconds

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Sharp|first=Zoë}}

|Fourth Day

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2012

|{{sortname|last=James|first=Peter|link=Peter James (writer)}}

|Dead Man’s Grip

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Bolton|first=S. J.}}

|Now You See Me

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}}

|Hell’s Bells (The Infernals)

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Ellory|first=R. J.}}

|Bad Signs

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Griffiths|first=Elly}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=House at Sea’s End|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Indridason|first=Arnaldur}}

|Outrage

|Finalist

|

= Best First Novel =

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|+Barry Award for Best First Novel

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! scope="col" width="35%"|Author

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! scope="col" width="10%"|Result

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! rowspan="5" |1997

|{{sortname|last=Todd|first=Charles|link=Caroline and Charles Todd}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Test of Wills|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=September 3, 2021 |title=Rediscover: Caroline Todd |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=1053 |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227031927/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=1053 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=August 31, 2021 |title=Obituary Note: Caroline Todd |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4061 |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227031929/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4061 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Cole|first=Jameson}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Killing in Quail Country|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Frase|first=H. Michael}}

|Fatal Gift

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Gearino|first=G. D.}}

|What the Deaf Mute Heard

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=White|first=Michael C.}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Brother’s Blood|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |1998

|{{sortname|last=Child|first=Lee}}

|Killing Floor

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Aubert |first=Rosemary}}

|Free Reign

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Jennings|first=Maureen}}

|Except the Dying

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kanon|first=Joseph}}

|Los Alamos

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=See|first=Lisa}}

|Flower Net

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Seranella|first=Barbara}}

|No Human Involved

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="8" |1999

|{{sortname|last=Krueger|first=William Kent}}

|Iron Lake

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Billheimer|first=John}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Contrary Blues|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hamilton |first=Steve|link=Steve Hamilton (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Cold Day in Paradise|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hathaway|first=Robin}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Doctor Digs a Grave|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hoffman|first=William|link=William Hoffman (author)}}

|Tidewater Blood

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Martin|first=J. Wallis}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Likeness in Stone|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Reardon|first=Lisa}}

|Billy Dead

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Schanker|first=D.R.}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Criminal Appeal|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="5" |2000

|{{sortname|last=Andrews|first=Donna|link=Donna Andrews (author)}}

|Murder With Peacocks

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Coggins|first=Mark}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Immortal Game|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Fesperman|first=Dan}}

|Lie in the Dark

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Jones|first=Stan|link=Stan Jones (mystery writer)}}

|White Sky, Black Ice

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Main|first=Gregg}}

|Every Trace

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="5" |2001

|{{sortname|last=Liss|first=David}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Conspiracy of Paper}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Horn|first=Stephen|link=Stephen Horn (writer)}}

|In Her Defense

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Phillips|first=Scott|link=Scott Phillips (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Ice Harvest|link=The Ice Harvest (novel)}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Truluck|first=Bob}}

|Street Level

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Xiaolong|first=Qiu}}

|Death of a Red Heroine

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2002

|{{sortname|last=Box|first=C. J.}}

|Open Season

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2009 |title=Book Brahmin: C. J. Box |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=843 |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227031925/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=843 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Erickson|first=K. J.}}

|Third Person Singular

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Fulmer|first=David}}

|Chasing the Devil’s Tail

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Preston|first=M. K.}}

|Perhaps She’ll Die

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Slaughter|first=Karin}}

|Blindsighted

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Strohmeyer|first=Sarah}}

|Bubbles Unbound

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2003

|{{sortname|last=Spencer-Fleming|first=Julia}}

|In the Bleak Midwinter

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Corbett|first=David|link=David Corbett (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Devil’s Redhead|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Granger|first=Pip}}

|Not All Tarts Are Apple

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=King|first=Jonathan|link=Jonathan King (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Blue Edge of Midnight|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Muller|first=Eddie}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Distance|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rehder|first=Ben}}

|Buck Fever

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2004

|{{sortname|last=Tracy|first=P. J.}}

|Monkeewrench

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Landay|first=William}}

|Mission Flats

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Steinhauer|first=Olen}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Bridge of Sighs|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Stroby|first=Wallace}}

|Barbed Wire Kiss

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Winspear|first=Jacqueline}}

|Maisie Dobbs

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Wright|first=Edward|link=Edward Wright (writer)}}

|Clea’s Moon

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2005

|{{sortname|last=Zafón|first=Carlos Ruiz}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Shadow of the Wind|link=The Shadow of the Wind}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Benoit|first=Charles}}

|Relative Danger

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Born|first=James O.}}

|Walking Money

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cotterill|first=Colin}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Coroner's Lunch|link=The Coroner's Lunch}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Matturro|first=Claire}}

|Skinny-Dipping

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Thomas|first=Will|link=Will Thomas (novelist)}}

|Some Danger Involved

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="5" |2006

|{{sortname|last=MacBride|first=Stuart}}

|Cold Granite

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Abbott|first=Megan}}

|Die a Little

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Freeman|first=Brian|link=Brian Freeman (psychological suspense author)}}

|Immoral

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hicks|first=Randall}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Baby Game|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hosp|first=David}}

|Dark Harbor

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2007

|{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}}

|Still Life

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Berenson|first=Alex}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Faithful Spy}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Flynn|first=Gillian}}

|Sharp Objects

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Gabbay|first=Tom}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Berlin Conspiracy|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hart|first=John|link=John Hart (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=King of Lies|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Read|first=Cornelia}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Field of Darkness|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2008

|{{sortname|last=French|first=Tana}}

|In the Woods

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Campbell|first=Gordon|link=Gordon Campbell (writer)}}

|Missing Witness

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Chercover|first=Sean}}

|Big City, Bad Blood

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lutz|first=Lisa}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Spellman Files|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rees|first=Matt Beynon}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Collaborator of Bethlehem|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Sakey|first=Marcus}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Blade Itself}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2009

|{{sortname|last=Smith|first=Tom Rob}}

|Child 44

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Epperson|first=Tom}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Kind One|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kramer|first=Julie|link=Julie Kramer (writer)}}

|Stalking Susan

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Levien|first=David}}

|City of the Sun

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Stanley|first=Michael|link=Michael Stanley (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Carrion Death|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Wall|first=Carolyn D.}}

|Sweeping Up Glass

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2010

|{{sortname|last=Bradley|first=Alan|link=Alan Bradley (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Bazell|first=Josh}}

|Beat the Reaper

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cantrell|first=Rebecca}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Trace of Smoke|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Littlefield|first=Sophie}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Bad Day for Sorry}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Locke|first=Attica}}

|Black Water Rising

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Neville|first=Stuart}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Ghosts of Belfast|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2011

|{{sortname|last=Doiron|first=Paul}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Poacher’s Son|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Berney|first=Lou}}

|Gutshot Straight

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=DeSilva|first=Bruce}}

|Rogue Island

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Moore|first=Graham|link=Graham Moore (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Sherlockian|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Ryan|first=William|link=William Ryan (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Holy Thief|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Thomson|first=Keith|link=Keith Thomson (writer)}}

|Once a Spy

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2012

|{{sortname|last=Stevens|first=Taylor}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Informationist}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Henry|first=Sara}}

|Learning To Swim

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Higashino|first=Keigo}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Devotion of Suspect X}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kaaberbol|first=Lene}} and Agnette Friis

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Boy in the Suitcase|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=LaPlante|first=Alice}}

|Turn of Mind

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Bolton|first=S. J.}}

|Before I Go To Sleep

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2013

|{{sortname|last=Keller|first=Julia}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Killing in the Hills|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{cite web |title=2013 Barry Award Winners |url=http://crimespreemag.com/2013-barry-award-winners/ |accessdate=25 September 2013 |work=Crimespree Magazine |date=20 September 2013 |archive-date=27 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927185749/http://crimespreemag.com/2013-barry-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Grecian|first=Alex}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Yard|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Laukkanen|first=Owen}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Professionals|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Mark|first=David|link=David Mark (novel)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Dark Winter|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=O'Mara|first=Tim}}

|Sacrifice Fly

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Sears|first=Michael|link=Michael Sears (writer)}}

|Black Fridays

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2014

|{{sortname|last=Lancet|first=Barry}}

|Japantown

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Kent|first=Hannah}}

|Burial Rites

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lovett|first=Charlie}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Bookman’s Tale|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Masterman|first=Becky}}

|Rage Against the Dying

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Milchman|first=Jenny}}

|Cover of Snow

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Miller|first=Derek B.}}

|Norwegian by Night

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2015

|{{sortname|last=Dahl|first=Julia}}

|Invisible City

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Brookes|first=Adam}}

|Night Heron

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cooley|first=M. P.}}

|Ice Shear

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Little|first=Elizabeth|link=Elizabeth Little (writer)}}

|Dear Daughter

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=McHugh|first=Laura}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Weight of Blood|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Shaw|first=William|link=William Shaw (novelist)}}

|She’s Leaving Home

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2016

|{{sortname|last=Khan|first=Ausma Zehanat}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Unquiet Dead|link=The Unquiet Dead (novel)}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Connell|first=John A.}}

|Ruins of War

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hamilton|first=Glen Erik}}

|Past Crimes

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hart|first=Elsa}}

|Jade Dragon Mountain

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hawkins|first=Paula|link=Paula Hawkins (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Girl on the Train|link=The Girl on the Train (novel)}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Panowich|first=Brian}}

|Bull Mountain

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2017

|{{sortname|last=Petrie|first=Nicholas}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Drifter|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Beverly|first=Bill}}

|Dodgers

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Bjork|first=Samuel}}

|I’m Traveling Alone

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Ide|first=Joe}}

|IQ

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Reid|first=Iain}}

|I’m Thinking of Ending Things

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Steiner|first=Susie}}

|Missing, Presumed

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2018

|{{sortname|last=Harper|first=Jane}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Dry|link=The Dry (novel)}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Harper|first=Jordan}}

|She Rides Shotgun

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kamal|first=Sheena}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Lost Ones|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lyle|first=H. B.}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Irregular|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Mukherjee|first=Abir}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Rising Man|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Tallent|first=Gabriel}}

|My Absolute Darling

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2019

|{{sortname|last=Tudor|first=C.J.}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Chalk Man|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |date=2019-01-21 |title=Barry Awards - 2019 - |url=https://nightstandbookreviews.com/barry-awards-2019/ |access-date=2019-11-08 |website=Nightstand Book Reviews |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115015229/https://nightstandbookreviews.com/barry-awards-crime-fiction-2019/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2019-11-03 |title=Macavity & Barry Award Winners |url=https://poisonedpen.com/2019/11/03/macavity-barry-award-winners/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Poisoned Pen Press |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227031924/https://poisonedpen.com/2019/11/03/macavity-barry-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Braithwaite|first=Oyinkan}}

|My Sister, the Serial Killer

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cleveland|first=Karen}}

|Need To Know

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Copenhaver|first=John|link=John Copenhaver (writer)}}

|Dodging and Burning

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Frear|first=Caz}}

|Sweet Little Lies

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=McLaughlin|first=James A.}}

|Bearskin

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2020

|{{sortname|last=Sveistrup |first=Søren}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Chestnut Man}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Hammer |first=Chris}}

|Scrublands

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lelchuk |first=S. A.}}

|Save Me from Dangerous Men

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Michaelides |first=Alex}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Silent Patient}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Watt |first=Holly}}

|To the Lions

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Wilkinson |first=Lauren|link=Lauren Wilkinson (writer)}}

|American Spy

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2021

|{{sortname|last=Weiden |first=David Heska Wanbli}}

|Winter Counts

|Winner

|{{cite web |date=August 5, 2021 |title=The Barry Award Winners 2021 |url=http://new.deadlypleasures.com/2021/08/05/the-barry-award-winners-2021/ |access-date=August 5, 2021 |website=Deadly Pleasures – Mystery Magazine |archive-date=January 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115015224/http://new.deadlypleasures.com/2021/08/05/the-barry-award-winners-2021/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Hauty |first=Chris}}

|Deep State

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=March |first=Nev}}

|Murder in Old Bombay

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Osman |first=Richard}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Thursday Murder Club}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Pavesi |first=Alex}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Eighth Detective|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Wrobel |first=Stephanie}}

|Darling Rose Gold

|Finalist

|

rowspan="6" |2022

|{{sortname|last=Sullivan|first=Connor}}

|Sleeping Bear

|Winner

|{{cite web |date=September 12, 2022 |title=The Barry Award Winners 2022 |url=http://new.deadlypleasures.com/2022/09/12/the-barry-award-winners-2022/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=Deadly Pleasures – Mystery Magazine |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127031136/http://new.deadlypleasures.com/2022/09/12/the-barry-award-winners-2022/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-10 |title=Barry Awards 2022 |url=https://poisonedpen.com/2022/09/10/barry-awards-2022/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Poisoned Pen Press |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227031919/https://poisonedpen.com/2022/09/10/barry-awards-2022/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Andrews |first=Alexandra}}

|Who Is Maud Dixon?

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Dean |first=Abigail}}

|Girl A

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Moore|first=Taylor|link=Taylor Moore (writer)}}

|Down Range

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Newman |first=T. J.}}

|Falling

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Webb|first=Brandon|link=Brandon Webb (author)}} and John David Mann

|Steel Fear

|Finalist

|

rowspan="6" |2023

|{{sortname|last=Bublitz|first=Jacqueline}}

|Before You Knew My Name

|Finalist

|{{Cite web |title=Barry Award Nominations 2023 |url=http://new.deadlypleasures.com/2023/03/01/barry-award-nominations-2023/ |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=Deadly Pleasures |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301223325/http://new.deadlypleasures.com/2023/03/01/barry-award-nominations-2023/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=2023-03-02 |title='Deadly Pleasures' Reveals Barry Awards Finalists |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/deadly-pleasures-reveals-barry-awards-finalists/ |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302200237/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/deadly-pleasures-reveals-barry-awards-finalists/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Cranor|first=Eli}}

|Don't Know Tough

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Emerson|first=Ramona}}

|Shutter

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Prose|first=Nita}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Maid|link=The Maid (novel)}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rothchild|first=Sascha}}

|Blood Sugar

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Scrivenor|first=Hayley}}

|Dirt Creek

|Finalist

|

= Best Novel =

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%:

|+Barry Award for Best Novel

! scope="col" width="5%"|Year

! scope="col" width="35%"|Author

! scope="col" width="45%"|Title

! scope="col" width="10%"|Result

! scope="col" width="5%"| {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |1997

|{{sortname|last=Lovesey|first=Peter}}

|Bloodhounds

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Cook|first=Thomas H. }}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Chatham School Affair|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hill|first=Reginald}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Wood Beyond|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Krich|first=Rochelle}}

|Speak No Evil

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lawrence|first=Margaret|link=Margaret Lawrence (author)}}

|Hearts and Bones

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Perry|first=Thomas|link=Thomas Perry (author)}}

|Dance for the Dead

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="7" |1998

|{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}}

|Trunk Music

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Burke|first=James Lee}}

|Cimarron Rose

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Burke|first=Jan}}

|Hocus

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Crombie|first=Deborah}}

|Dreaming of the Bones

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Pronzini|first=Bill}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Wasteland of Strangers|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rozan|first=S. J.}}

|No Colder Place

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Winslow|first=Don}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Death and Life of Bobby Z|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="8" |1999

|{{sortname|last=Hill|first=Reginald}}

|On Beulah Height

|Winner

|

style="background:#cddeff"

|{{sortname|last=Lehane|first=Dennis}}

|Gone, Baby, Gone

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}}

|Evan Help Us

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}}

|Blood Work

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Deaver|first=Jeffery}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Coffin Dancer}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=O'Connell|first=Carol}}

|Judas Child

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rankin|first=Ian}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hanging Garden|link=The Hanging Garden (Rankin novel)}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Walker|first=Mary Willis}}

|All the Dead Lie Down

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2000

|{{sortname|last=Robinson|first=Peter|link=Peter Robinson (novelist)}}

|In a Dry Season

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}}

|Angels Flight

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Crais|first=Robert}}

|L.A. Requiem

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Evanovich|first=Janet}}

|High Five

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Katzenbach|first=John}}

|Hart’s War

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lehane|first=Dennis}}

|Prayers for Rain

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2001

|{{sortname|last=Barr|first=Nevada}}

|Deep South

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Child|first=Lee}}

|Running Blind

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cook|first=Thomas H.}}

|Places in the Dark

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Fitzhugh|first=Bill}}

|Cross Dressing

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hamilton|first=Steve|link=Steve Hamilton (author)}}

|Winter of the Wolf Moon

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Seranella|first=Barbara}}

|Unwanted Company

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="7" |2002

|{{sortname|last=Lehane|first=Dennis}}

|Mystic River

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Coben|first=Harlan}}

|Tell No One

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Darkness More Than Night}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Krueger|first=William Kent}}

|Purgatory Ridge

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Parker|first=T. Jefferson}}

|Silent Joe

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Pelecanos|first=George P.}}

|Right as Rain

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Westlake|first=Donald E.}}

|Bad News

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2003

|{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}}

|City of Bones

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Child|first=Lee}}

|Without Fail

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cockey|first=Tim}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hearse Case Scenario}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hamilton|first=Steve|link=Steve Hamilton (author)}}

|North of Nowhere

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Pelecanos|first=George P.}}

|Hell to Pay

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rozan|first=S. J.}}

|Winter and Night

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2004

|{{sortname|last=Lippman|first=Laura}}

|Every Secret Thing

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Bruen|first=Ken}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Guards}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Fesperman|first=Dan}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Small Boat of Great Sorrows}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=King|first=Laurie R.}}

|Keeping Watch

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lehane|first=Dennis}}

|Shutter Island

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Spencer-Fleming|first=Julia}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Fountain Filled with Blood}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2005

|{{sortname|last=Child|first=Lee}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Enemy|link=The Enemy (Child novel)}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Erickson|first=K. J.}}

|Alone at Night

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lindsay|first=Jeff}}

|Darkly Dreaming Dexter

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Mooney|first=Chris|link=Chris Mooney (journalist)}}

|Remembering Sarah

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Mosley|first=Walter}}

|Little Scarlet

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Pelecanos|first=George P.}}

|Hard Revolution

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2006

|{{sortname|last=Cook|first=Thomas H.}}

|Red Leaves

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Burke|first=Jan}}

|Bloodlines

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Krueger|first=William Kent}}

|Mercy Falls

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rosenfelt|first=David}}

|Sudden Death

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Swain|first=James}}

|Mr. Lucky

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Winslow|first=Don}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Power of the Dog|link=The Power of the Dog (Winslow novel)}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="5" |2007

|{{sortname|last=Pelecanos|first=George}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Night Gardener}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Atkins|first=Ace}}

|White Shadow

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Bowen|first=Rhys}}

|Oh Danny Boy

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Fesperman|first=Dan}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Prisoner of Guantanamo}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Franklin|first=Ariana}}

|City of Shadows

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2008

|{{sortname|last=Lippman|first=Laura}}

|What the Dead Know

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Coleman|first=Reed Farrel}}

|Soul Patch

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Unquiet}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hart|first=John|link=John Hart (author)}}

|Down River

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Konrath|first=J. A.}}

|Dirty Martini

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Spiegelman|first=Peter}}

|Red Cat

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2009

|{{sortname|last=Indriðason|first=Arnaldur}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Draining Lake}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Chercover|first=Sean}}

|Trigger City

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Koryta|first=Michael}}

|Envy the Night

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Krueger|first=William Kent}}

|Red Knife

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Cruelest Month}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Winslow|first=Don}}

|The Dawn Patrol

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2010

|{{sortname|last=Hart|first=John|link=John Hart (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Last Child}}

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=February 3, 2021 |title=Reading with... John Hart |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3915 |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227031928/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3915 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Gates|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Ellis|first=David|link=David Ellis (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hidden Man|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Gores|first=Joe}}

|Spade & Archer

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Muller|first=Marcia}}

|Locked In

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rozan|first=S. J.}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Shanghai Moon}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2011

|{{sortname|last=Hamilton|first=Steve|link=Steve Hamilton (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Lock Artist}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Box|first=C. J.}}

|Nowhere To Run

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Franklin|first=Tom|link=Tom Franklin (author)}}

|Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lehane|first=Dennis}}

|Moonlight Mile

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}}

|Bury Your Dead

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Winslow|first=Don}}

|Savages

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2012

|{{sortname|last=Adler-Olsen|first=Jussi}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Keeper of Lost Causes|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Barclay|first=Linwood}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Accident|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Coleman|first=Reed Farrel}}

|Hurt Machine

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hart|first=John|link=John Hart (author)}}

|Iron House

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Johnson|first=Craig|link=Craig Johnson (author)}}

|Hell Is Empty

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Mankell|first=Henning}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Troubled Man}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2013

|{{sortname|last=May|first=Peter|link=Peter May (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Blackhouse}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Barclay|first=Linwood}}

|Trust Your Eyes

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Bolton|first=S. J.}}

|Dead Scared

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Flynn|first=Gillian}}

|Gone Girl

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Landay|first=William}}

|Defending Jacob

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lehane|first=Dennis}}

|Live by Night

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2014

|{{sortname|last=Krueger|first=William Kent}}

|Ordinary Grace

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Adler-Olsen|first=Jussi}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Conspiracy of Faith|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Barclay|first=Linwood}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Tap on the Window|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cook|first=Thomas H.}}

|Sandrine’s Case

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Crais|first=Robert}}

|Suspect

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rankin|first=Ian}}

|Standing in Another Man’s Grave

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2015

|{{sortname|last=Iles|first=Greg}}

|Natchez Burning

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Adler-Olsen|first=Jussi}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Marco Effect|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Benn|first=James R.}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Rest Is Silence|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Coleman|first=Reed Farrel}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hollow Girl|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=DeSilva|first=Bruce}}

|Providence Rag

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Indridason|first=Arnaldur}}

|Strange Shores

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2016

|{{sortname|last=Box|first=C.J.}}

|Badlands

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Song of Shadows|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Laukkanen|first=Owen}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Stolen Ones|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Robotham|first=Michael}}

|Life or Death

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Siger|first=Jeffrey}}

|Devil of Delphi

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Winslow|first=Don}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Cartel|link=The Cartel (novel)}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2017

|{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Great Reckoning|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Coleman|first=Reed Farrel}}

|Where It Hurts

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Wrong Side of Goodbye}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hamilton|first=Steve|link=Steve Hamilton (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Second Life of Nick Mason|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lippman|first=Laura}}

|Wilde Lake

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Swinson|first=David}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Second Girl|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2018

|{{sortname|last=Dionne|first=Karen}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Marsh King’s Daughter|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Late Show|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hamilton|first=Steve|link=Steve Hamilton (author)}}

|Exit Strategy

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Horowitz|first=Anthony}}

|Magpie Murders

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kerr|first=Philip}}

|Prussian Blue

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Winslow|first=Don}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Force|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2019

|{{sortname|last=Berney|first=Lou}}

|November Road

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Connelly|first=Michael}}

|Dark Sacred Night

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Eskens|first=Allen}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Shadows We Hide|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Johnson|first=Craig|link=Craig Johnson (author)}}

|Depth of Winter

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Mejia|first=Mindy}}

|Leave No Trace

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Mukherjee|first=Abir}}

|A Necessary Evil

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2020

|{{sortname|last=Harper |first=Jane}}

|The Lost Man

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Cavanagh |first=Steve}}

|Th1rt3en

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cha |first=Steph}}

|Your House Will Pay

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kerr |first=Philip}}

|Metropolis

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Koryta |first=Michael}}

|If She Wakes

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Winslow|first=Don}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Border|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2021

|{{sortname|last=Cosby |first=S. A.}}

|Blacktop Wasteland

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Coben |first=Harlan}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Boy from the Woods|nolink=2}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Connelly |first=Michael}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Law of Innocence|nolink=2}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Horowitz |first=Anthony}}

|Moonflower Murders

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Howzell Hall |first=Rachel}}

|And Now She’s Gone

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Penny|first=Louise}}

|All the Devils Are Here

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2022

|{{sortname|last=Cosby |first=S. A.}}

|Razorblade Tears

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Connelly |first=Michael}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Dark Hours|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Coyle|first=Matt|link=Matt Coyle (writer)}}

|Last Redemption

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hirahara|first=Naomi}}

|Clark and Division

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=King |first=Stephen}}

|Billy Summers

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Whitaker |first=Chris|link=Chris Whitaker (author)}}

|We Begin at the End

|Finalist

|

rowspan="6" |2023

|{{sortname|last=Cavanagh |first=Steve|link=}}

|{{Sortname|The|Accomplice|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Connelly |first=Michael}}

|Desert Star

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Meyer |first=Deon|link=}}

|{{Sortname|The|Dark Flood|link=The Dark Flood}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Offutt |first=Chris|link=}}

|Shifty's Boys

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Segura |first=Alex|link=}}

|Secret Identity

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Winslow |first=Don|link=}}

|City on Fire

|Finalist

|

= Best Paperback Original =

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%"

|+Barry Award for Best Paperback Original

! scope="col" width="5%"|Year

! scope="col" width="35%"|Author

! scope="col" width="45%"|Title

! scope="col" width="10%"|Result

! scope="col" width="5%"|{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="3" |1997

|{{sortname|last=Wade|first=Susan}}

|Walking Rain

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Coben|first=Harlan}}

|Fade Away

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Holbrook|first=Teri}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Grass Widow|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="4" |1998

|{{sortname|last=Coben|first=Harlan}}

|Back Spin

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Massey|first=Sujata}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Salaryman’s Wife|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Riordan |first=Rick}}

|Big Red Tequila

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Warner|first=Penny}}

|Dead Body Language

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="5" |2000

|{{sortname|last=Burcell|first=Robin}}

|Every Move She Makes

|Winner

|

style="background:#cddeff"

|{{sortname|last=Roe|first=Caroline}}

|Antidote for Avarice

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Browning|first=Sinclair}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Last Song Dogs|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Haines|first=Carolyn}}

|Them Bones

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kennealy|first=Jerry}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hunted|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="5" |2001

|{{sortname|last=Wright|first=Eric|link=Eric Wright (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Alam|first=Glynn Marsh}}

|Dive Deep and Deadly

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Grilley|first=Kate}}

|Death Dances to a Reggae Beat

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=John|first=Cathie}}

|Little Mexico

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Saulnier|first=Beth}}

|Distemper

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="5" |2002

|{{sortname|last=Woodworth|first=Deborah}}

|Killer Gifts

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Browning|first=Sinclair}}

|Rode Hard, Put Away Dead

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Morgan|first=Deborah|link=Deborah Morgan (writer)}}

|Death Is a Cabaret

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Saulnier|first=Beth}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Fourth Wall|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Smith|first=Martin J.}}

|Straw Men

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2003

|{{sortname|last=Girard|first=Danielle}}

|Cold Silence

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Abbott|first=Jeff}}

|Black Jack Point

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Burcell|first=Robin}}

|Fatal Truth

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Judson|first=Daniel}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Bone Orchard|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Salter|first=Anna}}

|Prison Blues

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Wiprud|first=Brian M.}}

|Pipsqueak

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2004

|{{sortname|last=Starr|first=Jason}}

|Tough Luck

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Flinn|first=Elaine}}

|Dealing in Murder

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hyde|first=Christopher}}

|Wisdom of the Bones

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=MacLarty|first=Jay}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Courier|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Van Gieson|first=Judith}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Shadow of Venus|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Viets|first=Elaine}}

|Murder Between the Covers

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2005

|{{sortname|last=Flinn|first=Elaine}}

|Tagged for Murder

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Beinhart|first=Larry}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Librarian|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cook|first=Thomas H.}}

|Into the Web

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kincaid|first=M.G.}}

|Last Seen in Aberdeen

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Stansberry|first=Domenic}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Confession|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Starr|first=Jason}}

|Twisted City

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2006

|{{sortname|last=Coleman|first=Reed Farrel}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=James Deans}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Huston|first=Charlie}}

|Six Bad Things

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Jennings|first=Maureen}}

|Night’s Child

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Krich|first=Rochelle}}

|Now You See Me…

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Maffini|first=Mary Jane}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Dead Don’t Get Out Much|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Miller|first=John Ramsey}}

|Inside Out

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2007

|{{sortname|last=Doolittle|first=Sean|link=Sean Doolittle (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Cleanup|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Bruen|first=Ken}} and Jason Starr

|Bust

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Collins|first=Max Allan}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Last Quarry|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=MacLarty|first=Jay}}

|Live Wire

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Swain|first=James}}

|Deadman’s Poker

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Wiprud|first=Brian M.}}

|Crooked

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2008

|{{sortname|last=Abbott|first=Megan}}

|Queenpin

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Donovan|first=Felicia}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Black Widow Agency|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=MacLarty|first=Jay}}

|Choke Point

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Pinter|first=Jason}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Mark|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Vargas|first=Fred}}

|Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Wignall|first=Kevin}}

|Who Is Conrad Hirst?

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2009

|{{sortname|last=Hyzy|first=Julie}}

|State of the Onion

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Collins|first=Max Allan}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=First Quarry|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Faust|first=Christa}}

|Money Shot

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Larsson|first=Åsa}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Black Path|link=The Black Path (novel)}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Swierczynski|first=Duane}}

|Severance Package

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Theorin|first=Johan}}

|Echoes from the Dead

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2010

|{{sortname|last=Gruley|first=Bryan}}

|Starvation Lake

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Abbott|first=Megan}}

|Bury Me Deep

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Collins|first=Max Allan}}

|Quarry in the Middle

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Gudenkauf|first=Heather}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Weight of Silence|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Tallis|first=Frank}}

|Fatal Lies

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Tyler|first=L. C.}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Herring Seller’s Apprentice|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2011

|{{sortname|last=McDermid|first=Val}}

|Fever of the Bone

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Gruley|first=Bryan}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hanging Tree|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hannah|first=Sophie}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Dead Lie Down|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hyzy|first=Julie}}

|Eggsecutive Orders

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rock|first=Judith}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Rhetoric of Death|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Scott|first=A. D.}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Small Death in the Great Glen|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2012

|{{sortname|last=Stanley|first=Michael|link=Michael Stanley (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Death of the Mantis|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Battles|first=Brett}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Silenced|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Pötzsch|first=Oliver}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hangman's Daughter|link=The Hangman's Daughter}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Scott|first=A. D.}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Double Death on the Black Isle|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Swierczynski|first=Duane}}

|Fun & Games

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Upson|first=Nicola}}

|Two for Sorrow

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2013

|{{sortname|last=MacNeal|first=Susan Elia}}

|Mr. Churchill’s Secretary

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Enright|first=John|link=John Enright (writer)}}

|Pago Pago Tango

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Glynn|first=Alan}}

|Bloodland

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hannah|first=Sophie}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Other Woman’s House|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Nunn|first=Malla}}

|Blessed Are the Dead

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Scott|first=A. D.}}

|Beneath the Abbey Wall

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2014

|{{sortname|last=McKinty|first=Adrian}}

|I Hear the Sirens in the Street

|Winner

|{{Cite web |title=Adrian McKinty |url=https://writersfestival.org/authors/fall-2022/adrian-mckinty |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Ottawa International Writers Festival |archive-date=2022-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227031928/https://writersfestival.org/authors/fall-2022/adrian-mckinty |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Cleave|first=Paul}}

|Joe Victim

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hamilton|first=Ian|link=Ian Hamilton (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Disciple of Las Vegas|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kerrigan|first=Gene}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Rage|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Upson|first=Nicola}}

|Fear in the Sunlight

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Viets|first=Elaine}}

|Fixing to Die

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2015

|{{sortname|last=Eskens|first=Allen}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Life We Bury|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Dicker|first=Joël}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Marwood|first=Alex}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Killer Next Door|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Nunn|first=Malla}}

|Present Darkness

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rader-Day|first=Lori}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Black Hour}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Sherez|first=Stav}}

|Eleven Days

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2016

|{{sortname|last=Berney|first=Lou}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Long and Faraway Gone}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Belcamino|first=Kristi}}

|Blessed Are Those Who Weep

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Collins|first=Max Allan}}

|Quarry’s Choice

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hilary|first=Sarah}}

|No Other Darkness

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Jónasson|first=Ragnar}}

|Snowblind

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Ziskin|first=James W.}}

|Stone Cold Dead

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2017

|{{sortname|last=McKinty|first=Adrian}}

|Rain Dogs

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Berry|first=Flynn}}

|Under the Harrow

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Eskens|first=Allen}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Heavens May Fall|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=MacNeal|first=Susan Elia}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Queen’s Accomplice|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Marwood|first=Alex}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Darkest Secret|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Needham|first=Jake|link=Jake Needham (novelist)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Girl in the Window|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2018

|{{sortname|last=Eskens|first=Allen}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Deep Dark Descending|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Bailey|first=R. J.}}

|Safe from Harm

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Belcamino|first=Kristi}}

|Blessed Are the Peacemakers

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Garrett|first=Kellye}}

|Hollywood Homicide

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rader-Day|first=Lori}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Day I Died|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Swain|first=James}}

|Super Con

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="5" |2019

|{{sortname|last=McTiernan|first=Dervla}}

|The Rúin

|Winner

|{{Cite web |last= |date=4 November 2019 |title=McTiernan wins Barry Award for best paperback original {{!}} Books+Publishing |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/11/04/141935/mctiernan-wins-barry-award-for-best-paperback-original/ |access-date=2021-03-21 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU |archive-date=2022-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115015228/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/11/04/141935/mctiernan-wins-barry-award-for-best-paperback-original/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|last=Carbo|first=Christine}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Sharp Solitude|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Mark|first=David|link=David Mark (novel)}}

|Dead Pretty

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Thomas|first=Sherry}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hollow of Fear|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Viskic|first=Emma}}

|Resurrection Bay

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2020

|{{sortname|last=Mofina|first=Rick}}

|Missing Daughter

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Bailey|first=RJ|link=RJ Bailey (writer)}}

|Winner Kills All

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cayre |first=Hannelore}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Godmother|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Collins|first=Max Allan}}

|Killing Quarry

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hamilton|first=Ian|link=Ian Hamilton (writer)}}

|Fate: The Lost Decades of Uncle Chow Tung

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Swain|first=James}}

|No Good Deed

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2021

|{{sortname|last=Ziskin|first=James W.}}

|Turn to Stone

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Cole |first=Alyssa}}

|When No One Is Watching

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Needham|first=Jake|link=Jake Needham (novelist)}}

|Monkok Station

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Pinter |first=Jason}}

|Hide Away

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Swain|first=James}}

|Bad News Travels Fast

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Viskic|first=Emma}}

|Darkness for Light

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2022

|{{sortname|last=McTiernan|first=Dervla}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Good Turn|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Bergmoser|first=Gabriel}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Hunted|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Manansala |first=Mia P.}}

|Arsenic and Adobo

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Mayne|first=Andrew}}

|Black Coral

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Mofina|first=Rick}}

|Search for Her

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Symon|first=Vanda}}

|Bound

|Finalist

|

= Best Short Story =

class="wikitable" style=="width:100%"

|+Barry Award for Best Short Story

! scope="col" width="5%"|Year

! scope="col" width="20%"|Author

! scope="col" width="30%"|Story

! scope="col" width="30%"|Publication

! scope="col" width="10%"|Result

! scope="col" width="5%"|{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="5" |2004

|{{sortname|last=Barnard|first=Robert}}

|Rogues’ Gallery

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March 2003

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Allyn|first=Doug}}

|{{Sortname|The|Blind Pig|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May 2003

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=DuBois |first=Brendan}}

|Always Another War

|Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2003

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Howard|first=Clark}}

|{{Sortname|The|Mask of Peter|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, April 2003

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Olson|first=Donald|link=Donald Olson (writer)}}

|Rogue's Run

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, April 2003

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2005

|{{sortname|last=Hoch|first=Edward D.}}

|{{Sortname|The|War in Wonderland|nolink=1}}

| Green for Danger

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Aird|first=Catherine}}

|Cold Comfort

| Chapter & Hearse & Other Mysteries

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Johnson Howe|first=Melodie}}

|Facing Up

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July 2004

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Mortimer|first=John}}

|Rumpole and the Christmas Break

|{{Sortname|The|Strand Magazine|nolink=}}, #14, 2004

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Myers|first=Amy}}

|Murder, the Missing Heir, and the Boiled Egg

| Criminal Appetites

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Schofield|first=Neil}}

|Ledgers

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July 2004

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="5" |2006

|{{sortname|last=Pickard|first=Nancy}}

|There is no Crime on Easter Island

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2005

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Hockensmith |first=Steve}}

|{{Sortname|The|Big Road|nolink=1}}

|Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, May 2005

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lovesey|first=Peter}}

|Needle Match

|Murder Is My Racquet

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Richter |first=Joan}}

|Love and Death in Africa

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January 2005

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Savage |first=Tom|link=Tom Savage (author)}}

|{{Sortname|The|Method in her Madness|nolink=1}}

|Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, June 2005

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2007

|{{sortname|last=DuBois |first=Brendan}}

|{{Sortname|The|Right Call|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2006

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Brett|first=Simon}}

|Cain Was Innocent

| Thou Shalt Not Kill

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cutler |first=Judith}}

|Shaping the Ends

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May 2006

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Ellis |first=Kate|link=Kate Ellis (author)}}

|{{Sortname|A|Man of Taste|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April 2006

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Halter|first=Paul}}

|{{Sortname|The|Flower Girl|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Night of the Wolf|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Thomson|first=June}}

|{{Sortname|A|Case for Inspector Ghote|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Verdict of Us All|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="7" |2008

|{{sortname|last=Hoch|first=Edward D.}}

|{{Sortname|The|Problem of the Summer Snowman|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 2007

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Allyn|first=Doug}}

|Dead As a Dog

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July 2007

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Andrews|first=Dale C.}} and Kurt Sercu

|{{Sortname|The|Book Case|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May 2007

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Breen|first=Jon L.}}

|{{Sortname|The|Missing Elevator Puzzle|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, February 2007

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Deaver|first=Jeffrey}}

|Bump

|Dead Man’s Hand

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Roberts|first=Gillian}}

|{{Sortname|The|Old Wife’s Tale|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April 2007

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Schofield|first=Neil}}

|Murder: A User's Guibe

|Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July/August 2007

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2009

|{{sortname|last=Born|first=James O.}}

|{{Sortname|The|Drought|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Blue Religion|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Burke|first=Jan}}

|{{Sortname|The|Fallen|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, August 2008

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=DuBois|first=Brendan}}

|{{Sortname|A|Trace of a Trace|nolink=1}}

|At the Scene of the Crime

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hayden|first=G. Miki}}

|{{Sortname|A|Killing in Midtown|nolink=1}}

|Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, January/February 2008

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Herron|first=Mick}}

|Proof of Love

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2008

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hoch|first=Edward D.}}

|{{Sortname|The|Problem of the Secret Patient|nolink=1}}

|Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May 2008

|Finalist

|

style=background:#cddeff

! rowspan="6" |2010

|{{sortname|last=DuBois|first=Brendan}}

|{{Sortname|The|High House Writer|nolink=1}}

| Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July–August 2009

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Callahan|first=Barbara}}

|My Mother's Keeper

| Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, June 2009

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Dean|first=David|link=David Dean (writer)}}

|Erin's Journal

| Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, December 2009

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Dirckx|first=John H.}}

|Real Men Die

| Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, September 2009

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Johnson Howe|first=Melodie}}

|{{Sortname|A|Hollywood Ending|nolink=1}}

| Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July 2009

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Swingle|first=Morley}}

|Hard Blows

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Prosecution Rests|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

style=background:#cddeff

! rowspan="6" |2011

|{{sortname|last=Estleman|first=Loren D.}}

|{{Sortname|The|List|nolink=1}}

| Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May 2010

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Alderman|first=Mitch}}

|Requiem for Antlers

| Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, January–February 2010

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Barnard|first=Robert}}

|Family Values

| Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, February 2010

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Benton|first=Caroline}}

|{{Sortname|The|Body in the Dunes|nolink=1}}

| Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January 2010

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Faherty|first=Terence}}

|{{Sortname|The|Seven Sorrows|nolink=1}}

| Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March–April 2010

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Larson|first=Ellen}}

|When the Apricots Bloom

| Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, July–August 2010

|Finalist

|

style=background:#cddeff

! rowspan="6" |2012

|{{sortname|last=Cohen|first=Jeffrey|link=Jeffrey Cohen (writer)}}

|{{Sortname|The|Gun Also Rises|nolink=1}}

| Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, January–February 2011

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Allyn|first=Doug}}

|Thicker Than Blood

| Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, September 2011

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cooper|first=Mike|link=Mike Cooper (writer)}}

|Whiz Bang

| Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September–October 2011

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Corey|first=Trina}}

|Facts Exhibiting Wantonness

| Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November 2011

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Powell|first=James|link=James Powell (author)}}

|Last Laugh in Floogle Park

| Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, July 2011

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rutter|first=Eric}}

|Purge

| Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, December 2011

|Finalist

|

= Best Thriller =

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%"

|+Barry Award for Best Thriller

! scope="col" width="5%"|Year

! scope="col" width="40%"|Author

! scope="col" width="40%"|Title

! scope="col" width="10%"|Result

! scope="col" width="5%"|{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2005

|{{sortname|last=Eisler|first=Barry}}

|Rain Storm

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Finder|first=Joseph}}

|Paranoia

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Garber|first=Joseph}}

|Whirlwind

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=MacLarty|first=Jay}}

|Bagman

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Reilly|first=Matthew}}

|Scarecrow

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Silva|first=Daniel|link=Daniel Silva (novelist)}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Death in Vienna}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2006

|{{sortname|last=Finder|first=Joseph}}

|Company Man (No Hiding Place)

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Flynn|first=Vince}}

|Consent To Kill

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lawson|first=Mike}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Inside Ring|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Reilly|first=Matthew}}

|Seven Deadly Wonders

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rollins|first=James}}

|Map of Bones

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rucka|first=Greg}}

|Private Wars

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2007

|{{sortname|last=Silva|first=Daniel|link=Daniel Silva (novelist)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Messenger|link=The Messenger (Silva novel)}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Finder|first=Joe}}

|Killer Instinct

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Furst|first=Alan}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Foreign Correspondent|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kernick|first=Simon}}

|Relentless

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Leather|first=Stephen}}

|Cold Kill

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=White|first=Stephen|link=Stephen White (author)}}

|Kill Me

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2008

|{{sortname|last=Crais|first=Robert}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Watchman|link=The Watchman (Crais novel)}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Barclay|first=Linwood}}

|No Time for Goodbye

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Battles|first=Brett}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Cleaner|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Ghelfi|first=Brent}}

|Volk’s Game

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Perry|first=Thomas|link=Thomas Perry (author)}}

|Silence

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Swain|first=James}}

|Midnight Rambler

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2009

|{{sortname|last=Battles|first=Brett}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Deceived|nolink=2}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Abbott|first=Jeff}}

|Collision

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cain|first=Tom|link=Tom Cain (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Survivor|link=The Survivor (Cain novel)}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Harrison|first=Colin|dab=writer}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Finder|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hunter|first=Stephen}}

|Night of Thunder

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Sakey|first=Marcus}}

|Good People

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2010

|{{sortname|last=Freveletti|first=Jamie}}

|Running from the Devil

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Cain|first=Tom|link=Tom Cain (author)}}

|No Survivors

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Greaney|first=Mark|link=Mark Greaney (novelist)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Gray Man|link=The Gray Man (novel)}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Haas|first=Derek}}

|Columbus (Hunt for the Bear)

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lawson|first=Mike}}

|House Secrets

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Rucka|first=Greg}}

|Walking Dead

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2011

|{{sortname|last=Meyer|first=Deon}}

|Thirteen Hours

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Boyd|first=Noah}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Bricklayer|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Charters|first=Charlie}}

|Bolt Action

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Flynn|first=Vince}}

|American Assassin

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Greaney|first=Mark|link=Mark Greaney (novelist)}}

|On Target

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Silva|first=Daniel|link=Daniel Silva (novelist)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Rembrandt Affair}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2012

|{{sortname|last=Perry|first=Thomas|link=Thomas Perry (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Informant|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Cain|first=Tom|link=Tom Cain (author)}}

|Carver

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Coes|first=Ben}}

|Coup d’Etat

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Dunn|first=Matthew|link=Matthew Dunn (author)}}

|Spycatcher (Spartan)

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Greaney|first=Mark|link=Mark Greaney (novelist)}}

|Ballistic

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lawson|first=Mike}}

|House Divided

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2013

|{{sortname|last=Silva|first=Daniel|link=Daniel Silva (novelist)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Fallen Angel|link=The Fallen Angel (novel)}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Coes|first=Ben}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Last Refuge|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Cumming|first=Charles}}

|{{sortname|1=A|2=Foreign Country|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Freemantle|first=Brian}}

|Red Star Burning

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Haas|first=Derek}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Right Hand|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lawson|first=Mike}}

|House Blood

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2014

|{{sortname|last=Stevens|first=Taylor}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Doll|nolink=1}}

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Herron|first=Mick}}

|Dead Lions

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hobbs|first=Roger}}

|Ghostman

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Matthews|first=Jason|link=Jason Matthews (novelist)}}

|Red Sparrow

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=McCarry|first=Charles}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Shanghai Factor|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Neville|first=Stuart}}

|Ratlines

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2015

|{{sortname|last=Koryta|first=Michael}}

|Those Who Wish Me Dead

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Finder|first=Joe}}

|Suspicion

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hamilton|first=Ian|link=Ian Hamilton (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Water Rat of Wanchai|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Harris|first=Robert|link=Robert Harris (novelist)}}

|{{sortname|1=An|2=Officer and a Spy}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Hayes|first=Terry}}

|I Am Pilgrim

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lawson|first=Mike}}

|House Reckoning

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2016

|{{sortname|last=Stevens|first=Taylor}}

|The Mask

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Cameron|first=Marc}}

|Brute Force

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Holm|first=Chris|link=Chris Holm (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Killing Kind|nolink=The Killing Kind}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Lawson|first=M. A.}}

|Viking Bay

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Pintoff|first=Stefanie}}

|Hostage Taker

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Tata|first=A.J.}}

|Foreign and Domestic

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2017

|{{sortname|last=Finder|first=Joseph}}

|Guilty Minds

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Betley|first=Matthew}}

|Overwatch

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Coes|first=Ben}}

|First Strike

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Greaney|first=Mark|link=Mark Greaney (novelist)}}

|Back Blast

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Gross|first=Andrew}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=One Man|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Kope|first=Spencer}}

|Collecting the Dead

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2018

|{{sortname|last=Gardiner|first=Meg}}

|UNSUB

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Coes|first=Ben}}

|Trap the Devil

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Greaney|first=Mark|link=Mark Greaney (novelist)}}

|Gunmetal Gray

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Herron|first=Mick}}

|Spook Street

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Howe|first=K. J.}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Freedom Broker|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Perry|first=Thomas|link=Thomas Perry (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Old Man|link=The Old Man (Perry novel)}}

|Finalist

|

style="background:#cddeff"

! rowspan="6" |2019

|{{sortname|last=Fesperman|first=Dan}}

|Safe Houses

|Winner

|

{{sortname|last=Carr|first=Jack|link=Jack Carr (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Terminal List|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Herron|first=Mick}}

|London Rules

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Horowitz|first=Anthony}}

|Forever and a Day

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Petrie|first=Nick}}

|Light It Up

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Swain|first=James}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=King Tides|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

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! rowspan="6" |2020

|{{sortname|last=McKinty |first=Adrian}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Chain|link=The Chain (novel)}}

|Winner

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{{sortname|last=Carr|first=Jack|link=Jack Carr (writer)}}

|True Believer

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Greaney|first=Mark|link=Mark Greaney (novelist)}}

|Mission Critical

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Perry |first=Thomas|link=Thomas Perry (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Burglar|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Porter|first=Henry|link=Henry Porter (writer)}}

|White Hot Silence

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Thor|first=Brad}}

|Backlash

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2021

|{{sortname|last=Perry |first=Thomas|link=Thomas Perry (author)}}

|Eddie’s Boy

|Winner

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{{sortname|last=Bradby |first=Tom}}

|Double Agent

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Coyle|first=Matt|link=Matt Coyle (writer)}}

|Blind Vigil

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Greaney|first=Mark|link=Mark Greaney (novelist)}}

|One Minute Out

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Meyer |first=Deon}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Last Hunt|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Petrie |first=Nick}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Wild One|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

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! rowspan="6" |2022

|{{sortname|last=Kestrel |first=James}}

|Five Decembers

|Winner

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{{sortname|last=Carr|first=Jack|link=Jack Carr (writer)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Devil’s Hand|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Connolly|first=John|link=John Connolly (author)}}

|{{sortname|1=The|2=Nameless Ones|nolink=1}}

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Doiron|first=Paul}}

|Dead by Dawn

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Greaney|first=Mark|link=Mark Greaney (novelist)}}

|Relentless

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Herron|first=Mick}}

|Slough House

|Finalist

|

rowspan="6" |2023

|{{sortname|last=Carr |first=Jack|link=Jack Carr (writer)}}

|In the Blood

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Fesperman |first=Dan}}

|Winter Work

|Finalist

|

{{sortname|last=Greaney |first=Mark|link=Mark Greaney (novelist)}}

|Sierra Six

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Herron |first=Mick}}

|Bad Actors

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=Raybourn |first=Deanna}}

|Killers of a Certain Age

|Finalist

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{{sortname|last=O'Rawe |first=Richard|nolink=1}}

|Goering's Gold

|Finalist

|

References

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Category:Mystery and detective fiction awards

Category:American literary awards

Category:Awards established in 1997

Category:1997 establishments in the United States

Category:Novel awards