The winners of the Barry Award, presented by Deadly Pleasures magazine, were announced at the Bouchercon 2016 Opening Ceremonies on September 15, 2016.

For more information about Bouchercon and the Barry Awards, click here.
 

2016 Winners

BEST NOVEL
BADLANDS by C. J. Box (Minotaur)

BEST FIRST NOVEL
THE UNQUIET DEAD by Ausma Zehanat Khan (Minotaur)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
THE LONG AND FARAWAY GONE by Lou Berney (William Morrow)

BEST THRILLER
THE MASK by Taylor Stevens (Crown)

2016 Nominees

BEST NOVEL

• BADLANDS by C. J. Box (Minotaur)
• A SONG OF SHADOWS by John Connolly (Emily Bestler/Atria)
• THE STOLEN ONES by Owen Laukkanen (Putnam)
• LIFE OR DEATH by Michael Robotham (Mulholland)
• DEVIL OF DELPHI by Jeff Siger (Poisoned Pen Press)
• THE CARTEL by Don Winslow (Knopf)

BEST FIRST NOVEL

• RUINS OF WAR by John A. Connell (Berkley)
• PAST CRIMES by Glen Erik Hamilton (William Morrow)
• JADE DRAGON MOUNTAIN by Elsa Hart (Minotaur)
• THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins (Riverhead)
• THE UNQUIET DEAD by Ausma Zehanat Khan (Minotaur)
• BULL MOUNTAIN by Brian Panowich (Putnam)

BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL

• BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO WEEP by Kristi Belcamino (Witness Impulse)
• THE LONG AND FARAWAY GONE by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
• QUARRY’S CHOICE by Max Allan Collins (Hard Case Crime)
• NO OTHER DARKNESS by Sarah Hilary (Penguin)
• SNOW BLIND by Ragnar Jonasson (Orenda)
• STONE COLD DEAD by James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street)

BEST THRILLER

• BRUTE FORCE by Marc Cameron (Pinnacle)
• THE KILLING KIND by Chris Holm (Mulholland)
• VIKING BAY by M. A. Lawson (Blue Rider)
• HOSTAGE TAKER by Stefanie Pintoff (Bantam)
• THE MASK by Taylor Stevens (Crown)
• FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC by A. J. Tata (Pinnacle)