The International Thriller Writers Awards are awarded by International Thriller Writers at the annual Thrillerfest conferences for outstanding work in the field since 2006.
| 2006 | Best First Novel | Improbable | William Morrow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Novel | The Patriots Club | Delacorte Press | ||
| Best Paperback Original | Pride Runs Deep | Jove | ||
| Best Screenplay | Caché | Michael Haneke | ||
| Thrillermaster | ||||
| 2007[2] | Best First Novel | Mr Clarinet | Penguin | |
| Best Novel | Killer Instinct | St. Martin's Press | ||
| Best Paperback Original | An Unquiet Grave | Pinnacle | ||
| Best Screenplay | The Good Shepherd | |||
| Thrillermaster[3] | ||||
| 2008 | Best First Novel | Heart-Shaped Box | William Morrow | |
| Best Novel | The Ghost | Simon & Schuster | ||
| Best Paperback Original | The Midnight Road | Bantam | ||
| Silver Bullet Award | Macy's and David Baldacci | |||
| Thrillermaster | ||||
| 2009 | Best First Novel | Child 44 | Grand Central Publishing | |
| Best Novel | The Bodies Left Behind | Simon & Schuster | ||
| Best Short Story | "The Edge of Seventeen" | The Darker Mask | ||
| Silver Bullet Award | ||||
| Dollar General Literacy Foundation | ||||
| Thrillermaster | ||||
| 2010[4] | Best First Novel | Running from the Devil | ||
| Best Hard Cover Novel | The Neighbor | |||
| Best Paperback Original Novel | The Coldest Mile | |||
| Best Short Story | "A Stab in the Heart" | |||
| Silver Bullet Award | ||||
| US Airways | ||||
| Thrillermaster | ||||
| True Thrill Award | ||||
| 2011[5] | Best First Novel | Still Missing | ||
| Best Hard Cover Novel | Bad Blood | Virgil Flowers Series, book 4 | ||
| Best Paperback Original Novel | The Cold Room | Taylor Jackson Series, book 4 | ||
| Best Short Story | "The Gods for Vengeance Cry" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 2010 | ||
| Silver Bullet Award | ||||
| Thrillermaster | ||||
| True Thrill Award | ||||
| 2012[6] | Best Hard Cover Novel | 11/22/63 | ||
| Best Paperback Original Novel | The Last Minute | |||
| Best Short Story | "Half-Lives" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March/April 2011 | ||
| Silver Bullet Award | ||||
| Thrillermaster | ||||
| True Thrill Award | ||||
| 2013 | Best E-Book Original Novel | Blind Faith | ||
| Best First Novel | The 500 | |||
| Best Hard Cover Novel | Spilled Blood | |||
| Best Paperback Original Novel | Lake Country | |||
| Best Short Story | Lost Things | |||
| Best Young Adult Novel | False Memory | |||
| Silver Bullet Award | ||||
| Thrillermaster | ||||
| 2014[7] | Best E-Book Original Novel | The World Beneath | ||
| Best First Novel | Red Sparrow | |||
| Best Hard Cover Novel | The Demonologist | |||
| Best Paperback Original Novel | The One I Left Behind | |||
| Best Short Story | "Footprints in Water" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 2013 | ||
| Best Young Adult Novel | All Our Yesterdays | |||
| Silver Bullet Award | ||||
| Thrillermaster | ||||
| 2015[8] | Best E-Book Original Novel | Hard Fall | ||
| Best First Novel | The Weight of Blood | |||
| Best Hard Cover Novel | The Fever | |||
| Best Paperback Original Novel | Moonlight Weeps | |||
| Best Short Story | "The Last Wrestling Bear in West Kentucky" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | ||
| Best Young Adult Novel | Nearly Gone | |||
| Silver Bullet Award | ||||
| Thrillermaster | ||||
| 2016[9] | Best E-Book Original Novel | The Prisoner's Gold | ||
| Best First Novel | Bull Mountain | |||
| Best Hard Cover Novel | The Fifth Gospel | |||
| Best Paperback Original Novel | Against All Enemies | |||
| Best Short Story | "Gun Accident: An Investigation" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | ||
| Best Young Adult Novel | Pretending to be Erica | |||
| Silver Bullet Award | ||||
| Thrillermaster | ||||
| 2017 | Best E-Book Original Novel | Romeo's Way | ||
| Best First Novel | The Drifter | |||
| Best Hard Cover Novel | Before the Fall | |||
| Best Paperback Original Novel | The Body Reader | |||
| Best Short Story | "Big Momma" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | ||
| Best Young Adult Novel | Steeplejack | |||
| Silver Bullet Award | ||||
| Thriller Legend Award | ||||
| Thrillermaster | ||||
| 2018[10] [11] | Best E-Book Original Novel | Second Chance | ||
| Best First Novel | The Freedom Broker | |||
| Best Hard Cover Novel | Final Girls | |||
| Best Paperback Original Novel | Grievance | |||
| Best Short Story | "Charcoal and Cherry" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | ||
| Best Young Adult Novel | The Rains | |||
| Silver Bullet Award | ||||
| Thriller Legend Award | (Oceanview Publishing) | |||
| Thrillermaster | ||||
| 2019[12] [13] | Best E-Book Original Novel | Pray for the Innocent | ||
| Best First Novel | The Chalk Man | |||
| Best Hard Cover Novel | Jar of Hearts | |||
| Best Paperback Original Novel | The Lost Man | |||
| Best Short Story | "Nana" | Killer Women: Crime Club Anthology #2 | ||
| Best Young Adult Novel | Girl at the Grave | |||
| Silver Bullet Award | ||||
| Thriller Legend Award | ||||
| Thrillermaster | ||||
| 2020[14] | Best E-Book Original Novel | Close To You | ||
| Best First Novel | Miracle Creek | |||
| Best Hard Cover Novel | The Chain | |||
| Best Paperback Original Novel | The Scholar | |||
| Best Short Story | "The Long-Term Tenant" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | ||
| Best Young Adult Novel | Keep This To Yourself | |||
| 2021 | Best E-Book Original Novel | A Killing Game | ||
| Best First Novel | Winter Counts | |||
| Best Hard Cover Novel | Blacktop Wasteland | |||
| Best Paperback Original Novel | What Lies Between Us | |||
| Best Short Story | "Rent Due" | |||
| Best Young Adult Novel | Throwaway Girls | |||
| 2022[15] | Best Audiobook | with Adam Lazarre-White (narrator) | Razorblade Tears | Macmillan |
| Best E-Book Original Novel | Blood Parish | E. J. Findorff | ||
| Best First Novel | My Sweet Girl | Berkley | ||
| Best Hardcover Novel | Razorblade Tears | Flatiron Books | ||
| Best Paperback Original Novel | Bloodline | Thomas & Mercer | ||
| Best Short Story | "The Lemonade Stand" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | ||
| Best Young Adult Novel | The Project | Wednesday Books | ||
| ThrillMasters | Frederick Forsyth | |||
| Diana Gabaldon | ||||
| 2023 | Best Audiobook | Jennifer Hillier | Things We Do in the Dark | Macmillan Audio |
| Best E-Book Original Novel | Diane Jeffrey | The Couple at Causeway Cottage | HarperCollins | |
| Best First Novel | Lauren Nossett | The Resemblance | Flatiron Books | |
| Best Hardcover Novel | Catriona Ward | Sundial | Macmillan | |
| Best Paperback Original Novel | Freida McFadden | The Housemaid | Grand Central Publishing | |
| Best Short Story | Catherine Steadman | "Stockholm" | ||
| Best Young Adult Novel | Kate McLaughlin | Daughter | Wednesday Books | |
| ThrillMasters | ||||