The 2025 ITW Thriller Award winners were announced at Thrillerfest Awards Banquet on June 21 in New York City. The International Thriller Writers is an honorary society of authors of thrillers, both fiction and nonfiction. This includes (but isn’t limited to) subjects such as murder mystery, detective, suspense, horror, supernatural, action, espionage, true crime, war, adventure, etc. With more than 6,600 members in 49 countries, ITW is the world’s leading organization for thriller writers.
Congratulations to the winners and finalists.
Click here for a list of the 2025 ITW Thiller Award Finalists.
Best Standalone Thriller Novel
The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak (Flatiron Books)
Best Standalone Mystery Novel
Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett (Mulholland Books)
Best Series Novel
To Die For by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
Best First Novel
Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney (Henry Holt & Co.)
Best Audiobook
No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall, narrated by Karissa Vacker (Macmillan Audio)
Best Young Adult Novel
Darkly by Marisha Pessi (Delacorte)
Best Short Story
“Jackrabbit Skin” by Ivy Pochoda (Amazon Original Stories)
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