Barry Award (for crime novels)

The Barry Award is a crime literary prize awarded annually since 1997 by the editors of Deadly Pleasures, an American quarterly publication for crime fiction readers. From 2007 to 2009 the award was jointly presented with the publication Mystery News. The prize is named after Barry Gardner, an American critic.[1]

Peter May with the 2013 Barry Award for Best Novel, for his book, "The Blackhouse".
Denise Mina, Prize for best British novel in 2006
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Prize for best first book in 2005
Laura Lippman, Prize for best novel in 2004 and 2008
Val McDermid, Prize for best British novel in 2000 and 2004
Harlan Coben, Prize for best novel published as a paperback original in 1998

Note that the "best British crime novel" in this context is best crime fiction novel first published in English in the United Kingdom and does not reflect the author's nationality.

Winners

2019

2018

  • Best Novel: Karen Dionne, for The Marsh King's Daughter
  • Best First Novel: Jane Harper, for The Dry
  • Best Paperback Original: Allen Eskens, for The Deep Dark Descending
  • Best Thriller: Meg Gardiner, for Unsub

2017

  • Best Novel: Louise Penny for A Great Reckoning
  • Best First Novel: Nicholas Petrie for The Drifter
  • Best Paperback Original: Adrian McKinty for Rain Dogs
  • Best Thriller: Joseph Finder for Guilty Minds

2016

  • Best Novel: C. J. Box for Badlands
  • Best First Novel: Ausma Zehanat Khan for The Unquiet Dead
  • Best Paperback Original: Lou Berney for The Long and Faraway Gone
  • Best Thriller: Taylor Stevens for The Mask

2015

  • Best Novel: Greg Iles, for Natchez Burning
  • Best First Novel: Julia Dahl, for Invisible City
  • Best Paperback Original: Allen Eskens, for The Life We Bury
  • Best Thriller: Michael Koryta, for Those Who Wish Me Dead

2014

2013

2012

  • Best Novel: Jussi Adler-Olsen, for The Keeper of Lost Causes
  • Best First Novel: Taylor Stevens, for The Informationist
  • Best British Novel: Peter James, for Dead Man's Grip
  • Best Thriller: Thomas Perry, for The Informant
  • Best Paperback Original: Michael Stanley, for Death of the Mantis
  • Best Short Story: Jeffrey Cohen, for "The Gun Also Rises"

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

  • Best Novel: Peter Lovesey, for Bloodhounds
  • Best Paperback Original: Susan Wade, for Walking Rain
  • Best First Novel: Charles Todd, for Test of Wills
  • Best Non-Fiction: Willetta L. Heising, for Detecting Women 2

References

  1. "The Barry Awards". Deadly Pleasures. 2008-10-09. Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  2. "Barry Awards - 2019 -". Nightstand Book Reviews. 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  3. "2013 Barry Award Winners". Crimespree Magazine. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
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