Best Standalone Novel
Cross My Heart by Megan Collins (Atria)
Zigzag Girl by Ruth Knafo Setton (Black
Spring Press)
The Burning Library by Gilly Macmillan
(William Morrow)
The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen
(St. Martin’s Press)
So Happy Together by Olivia Worley
(Minotaur)
Best Series Novel
Chain Reaction by James
Byrne (Minotaur)
The Big Empty by Robert
Crais (Penguin/Putnam)
Head Cases: A Novel by
John McMahon (Minotaur)
The Tourists by Christopher
Reich (Thomas & Mercer)
Terminal Moonlight by Vincent Zandri (Down & Out Books)
Best First Novel
Death at the White
Hart by Chris Chibnall (Pamela Dorman Books)
Party of Liars by Kelsey
Cox (Minotaur)
Count My Lies by Sophie
Stava (Gallery/Scout Press)
History Lessons by Zoe
B. Wallbrook (Soho Crime)
Julie Chan is Dead by
Liann Zhang (Atria)
Best Audiobook
King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby (Macmillan)
Narrated by Adam Lazarre-White
The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards (Simon
& Schuster) Narrated by John Hopkins and Anna Burnett
Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino
(Macmillan) Narrated by Cia Court
When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur (Macmillan)
Narrated by Michael Crouch, Anjali Kunapaneni, Jennifer Pickens and Landon Woodson
The Cheaters Wife by C N Mabry
and N’Dia Rae (Simon Maverick) Narrated by Ruffin Prentiss and Machelle Williams
The White Crow by Michael Robotham
(Simon & Schuster) Narrated by Katy Sobey
Best Young Adult Novel
Murder Between Friends by Liz Lawson
(Delacorte Press)
This Stays Between Us by Margot McGovern
(Penguin Young Readers)
Shiny Happy People by Clay McLeod
Chapman (Delacorte Press)
The Silenced by Diana Rodriguez Wallach
(Delacorte Press)
The Thrashers by Julie Soto (Wednesday
Books)
Best Short Story
Level Up by Katrina Carrasco (Bywater Books)
The Seduction of Dr Dimension by Scott
William Carter (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Eleven Numbers by Lee child (Amazon
Original Stories)
False Note by David Lagercrantz (Amazon
Original Stories)
The Violent Season by Jessica Van Dessel (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
ITW will announce the winners at Thrillerfest XXI on Saturday, May 9, 2026 at the New York Hilton Midtown, New York City.
Congratulations to all the nominated
finalists!
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