Best Hardcover Novel
ALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S. A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)

Best First Novel
THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW by I.S. Berry (Atria Books)

Best Audiobook
THE LAST ORPHAN by Gregg Hurwitz, narrated by Scott Brick (Macmillan Audio)

Best Paperback Original Novel
THE PALEONTOLOGIST by Luke Dumas (Atria Books)

Best Short Story
 "Unknown Caller" by Lisa Unger (Amazon Original Stories)

Best E-book Original Novel
THE KILLING ROOM by Robert Swartwood (Blackstone Publishing)

Best Young Adult Novel
STATELESS by Elizabeth Wein (Little, Brown & Co.)
 

Best Hardcover Novel

• ALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S. A. Cosby (Flatiron Books)
• HER DEADLY GAME by Robert Dugoni (Thomas & Mercer)
• IT’S ONE OF US by J.T. Ellison (Mira)
• THE SECRET HOURS by Mick Herron (Soho Crime)
• FIXIT by Joe Ide (Mulholland Books)
• THE DRIFT by C.J. Tudor (Ballantine Books)

Best First Novel

• THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW by I.S. Berry (Atria Books)
• THE GOLDEN GATE by Amy Chua (Minotaur Books)
• SCORCHED GRACE by Margot Douaihy (Zando)
• LENNY MARKS GETS AWAY WITH MURDER by Kerryn Mayne (Bantam)
• PERFECT SHOT by Steve Urszenyi (Minotaur Books)

Best Audiobook

• THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW by I.S. Berry, narrated by Pete Simonelli (Simon & Schuster Audio)
• THE LAST ORPHAN by Gregg Hurwitz, narrated by Scott Brick (Macmillan Audio)
• THE HOUSEMAID’S SECRET by Freida McFadden, narrated by Lauryn Allman (Bookouture)
• THE HOUSE OF WOLVES by James Patterson and Mike Lupica, narrated by Ellen Archer (Hachette Audio)
• BAD SUMMER PEOPLE by Emma Rosenblum, narrated by January LaVoy (Macmillan Audio)

Best Paperback Original Novel

• HIDE by Tracy Clark (Thomas & Mercer)
• THE PALEONTOLOGIST by Luke Dumas (Atria Books)
• THE SPY COAST by Tess Gerritsen (Thomas & Mercer)
• TO DIE FOR by Lisa Gray (Thomas & Mercer)
• CAVE 13 by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• CALL THE DARK by J. Todd Scott (Thomas & Mercer)

Best Short Story

• "Slot Machine Fever Dreams" by Chris Bohjalian (Amazon Original Stories)
• "These Cold Strangers" by J.T. Ellison (Amazon Original Stories)
• "An Honorable Choice" by Smita Harish Jain (Wildside Press)
• "Rush Hour" by Richard Santos (Akashic Books)
•  "Unknown Caller" by Lisa Unger (Amazon Original Stories)
• "One Night in 1965" by Stacy Woodson (Down & Out Books)

Best E-book Original Novel

• THE VULTURE FUND by Jeff Buick (Self-published)
• THE BIGAMIST by Rona Halsall (Bookouture)
• A GOOD RUSH OF BLOOD by Matt Phillips (RunAmok Books)
• CLOSE HER EYES by Lisa Regan (Bookouture)
• THE KILLING ROOM by Robert Swartwood (Blackstone Publishing)
• THE IN-LAWS by Laura Wolfe (Bookouture)

Best Young Adult Novel

• RED AS BLOOD by Sorboni Banerjee and Dominique Richardson (Wolfpack Publishing LLC)
• WHERE HE CAN’T FIND YOU by Darcy Coates (Sourcebooks Fire)
• WHERE ECHOES DIE by Courtney Gould (Wednesday Books)
• WHERE DARKNESS BLOOMS by Andrea Hannah (Wednesday Books)
• STATELESS by Elizabeth Wein (Little, Brown & Co.)