2024 ITW Thriller Awards Finalists Announced

International Thriller Writers (ITW) has announced the finalists for the 2024 ITWA Thriller Awards!

There are seven categories – Best Hardcover Novel, Best First Novel, Best YA Novel, Best Paperback Original Novel, Best E-Book Original Novel, Best Audiobook, and Best Short Story. Each category has 5-6 nominees. The awards have been around since 2006.

Best Hardcover Novel

• All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
• Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni
• It’s One of Us by J.T. Ellison
• The Secret Hours by Mick Herron
• Fixit by Joe Ide
• The Drift by C.J. Tudor

Best First Novel

• The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry
• The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
• Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy
• Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder by Kerryn Mayne
• Perfect Shot by Steve Urszenyi

Best Young Adult Novel

• Red as Blood by Sorboni Banerjee and Dominique Richardson
• Where He Can’t Find You by Darcy Coates
• Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould
• Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah
• Stateless by Elizabeth Wein

Best Original Paperback Novel

• Hide by Tracy Clark
• The Paleontologist by Luke Dumas
• The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
• To Die For by Lisa Gray
• Cave 13 by Jonathan Maberry
• Call the Dark by J. Todd Scott

Best E-Book Original Novel

• The Vulture Fund by Jeff Buick
• The Bigamist by Rona Halsall
• A Good Rush of Blood by Matt Phillips
• Close Her Eyes by Lisa Regan
• The Killing Room by Robert Swartwood
• The In-Laws by Laura Wolfe

Best Audiobook

• The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry
• The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz
• The House of Wolves by Mike Lupica and James Patterson
• The Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden
• Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum

Best Short Story

• Slot Machine Fever Dreams by Chris Bohjalian
• These Cold Strangers by J.T. Ellison
• Rush Hour by Hopeton Hay and Richard Z. Santos
• An Honorable Choice by Smita Jain
• Unknown Caller by Lisa Unger
• One Night in 1965 by Stacy Woodson

The winners will be announced at ThrillerFest XIX on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York City.

Congratulations go out to all of the finalists!

For more information on the awards, please visit ThrillerWriters.org.