Best Hardcover Novel
RAZORBLADE TEARS by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)

Best First Novel
MY SWEET GIRL by Amanda Jayatissa (Berkley)

Best Audiobook
RAZORBLADE TEARS by S. A. Cosby, narrated by Adam Lazarre-White (Macmillan Audio)

Best Paperback Original Novel
BLOODLINE by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)

Best Short Story
“The Lemonade Stand” by Scott Loring Sanders (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Best E-book Original Novel
BLOOD PARISH by E.J. Findorff (E.J. Findorff)

Best Young Adult Novel
THE PROJECT by Courtney Summers (Wednesday Books)
 

Best Hardcover Novel

• THE TURNOUT by Megan Abbott (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
• RAZORBLADE TEARS by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
• ROCK PAPER SCISSORS by Alice Feeney (Flatiron Books)
• THESE TOXIC THINGS by Rachel Howzell Hall (Thomas & Mercer)
• RED WINDOW by Alma Katsu (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
• I AM NOT WHO YOU THINK I AM by Eric Rickstad (Blackstone Publishing)

Best First Novel

• GIRL A by Abigail Dean (Viking)
• REPENTANCE by Eloísa Díaz (Agora Books)
• MY SWEET GIRL by Amanda Jayatissa (Berkley)
• DAMASCUS STATION by David McCloskey (W. W. Norton and Company)
• BONES OF HILO by Eric Redman (Crooked Lane Books)

Best Audiobook

• RAZORBLADE TEARS by S. A. Cosby, narrated by Adam Lazarre-White (Macmillan Audio)
• SLEEPING DOGS LIE by Samantha Downing, narrated by Melanie Nicholls-King and Lindsey Dorcus (Audible Originals)
• HOW IT ENDS by Rachel Howzell Hall, narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt (Audible Originals)
• PRODIGAL SON by Gregg Hurwitz, narrated by Scott Brick (Macmillan Audio)
• THE JIGSAW MAN by Nadine Matheson, narrated by Davine Henry (Harlequin Audio)

Best Paperback Original Novel

• FLIGHT RISK by Joy Castro (Lake Union Publishing)
• UNDER COLOR OF LAW by Aaron Philip Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
• THE LIGHTHOUSE WITCHES by C. J. Cooke (Berkley)
• BLOODLINE by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer)
• MY MISTRESS’ EYES ARE RAVEN BLACK by Terry Roberts (Turner Publishing Company)

Best Short Story

• “Not My Cross to Bear” by S.A. Cosby (Down & Out Books)
• “Demon in the Depths” by William Burton McCormick (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
• “The Lemonade Stand” by Scott Loring Sanders (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
• “The Interpreter and the Killer” by Jeff Soloway (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
• “Bad Chemistry” by John Wimer (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

Best E-book Original Novel

• THE DARK SIDE: Alex Hunter 9, by Greig Beck (Momentum)
• WHERE THE WICKED TREAD by John Connell (John Connell)
• LITTLE GIRL TAKEN by Wendy Dranfield (Bookouture)
• BLOOD PARISH by E.J. Findorff (E.J. Findorff)
• MOTHER MAY I by S. E. Green (S.E. Green)
• BLUE MADAGASCAR by Andrew Kaplan (Andrew Kaplan)
• LAST ONE ALIVE by Karin Nordin (HQ Digital)

Best Young Adult Novel

• THE BOX IN THE WOODS by Maureen Johnson (HarperCollins)
• CALCULATED by Nova McBee (Wolfpack Publishing LLC)
• DARK AND SHALLOW LIES by Ginny Myers Sain (Penguin Young Readers)
• THE PROJECT by Courtney Summers (Wednesday Books)
• HOUSE OF HOLLOW by Krystal Sutherland (Penguin Young Readers)