The International Thriller Writers has announced the nominees for the 2023 Thriller Awards, honoring the best in thriller writing. Winners will be announced at ThrillerFest XVIII on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in New York City. Congratulations to all the nominees!
Updated June 2023 to reflect winners (in bold).
BEST HARDCOVER NOVEL
The Violence, by Delilah S. Dawson (Del Rey)
Things We Do in the Dark, by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur)
The Fervor, by Alma Katsu (Penguin/Putnam)
The Children on the Hill, by Jennifer McMahon (Simon & Schuster)
Two Nights in Lisbon, by Chris Pavone (MCD)
Sundial, by Catriona Ward (Macmillan)
BEST AUDIOBOOK
Young Rich Widows, by Kimberly Belle, Fargo Layne, Cate Holahan, Vanessa Lillie (Audible)
The Lies I Tell, by Julie Clark (Audible)
The Photo Thief, by J. L. Delozier (CamCat Publishing)
Things We Do in the Dark, by Jennifer Hillier (Macmillan Audio)
The Silent Woman, by Minka Kent (Blackstone Publishing)
BEST FIRST NOVEL
The Resemblance, by Lauren Nossett (Flatiron Books)
Blood Sugar, by Sascha Rothchild (Penguin/Putnam)
Dirt Town, by Hayley Scrivenor (Pan Macmillan)
A Flicker in the Dark, by Stacy Willingham (Minotaur)
The Fields, by Erin Young (Flatiron Books)
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL
The Lies I Told, by Mary Burton (Montlake Romance)
No Place to Run, by Mark Edwards (Thomas & Mercer)
Unmissing, by Minka Kent (Thomas & Mercer)
The Housemaid, by Freida McFadden (Grand Central Publishing)
Anywhere You Run, by Wanda Morris (William Morrow)
The Couple Upstairs, by Holly Wainwright (Pan Macmillan)
The Patient's Secret, by Loreth Anne White (Montlake Romance)
BEST SHORT STORY
"Russian for Beginners," by Dominique Bibeau (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"The Gift," by Barb Goffman (Down & Out Books)
"Publish or Perish," by Smita Harish Jain (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"33 Clues to the Disappearance of My Sister," by Joyce Carol Oates (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"Schrödinger, Cat," by Anna Scotti (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
"Stockholm," by Catherine Steadman (Amazon Original Stories)
BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Our Crooked Hearts, by Melissa Albert (Flatiron Books)
Sugaring Off, by Gillian French (Algonquin Young Readers)
Daughter, by Kate McLaughlin (Wednesday Books)
What's Coming to Me, by Francesca Padilla (Soho Teen)
I'm the Girl, by Courtney Summers (Wednesday Books)
BEST EBOOK ORIGINAL NOVEL
Evasive Species, by Bill Byrnes (self-published)
The Couple at Causeway Cottage, by Diane Jeffrey (HarperCollins)
The Seven Truths of Hannah Baxter, by Grant McKenzie (self-published)
The Hollow, by Rick Mofina (self-published)
Fatal Rounds, by Carrie Rubin (self-published)
