The Barry Awards

The Barry Award er en kriminallitterær pris som utdeles årlig siden 1997 av redaksjonen i Deadly Pleasures, en amerikansk kvartalsvis publikasjon for krimlesere. Fra 2007 utdeles prisen i samarbeide med publikasjonen Mystery News. Prisen har fått navn etter Barry Gardner, en amerikansk kritiker.

Prisklassene har variert, men var i 2006:
Beste krimroman
Best britiske krimroman
Beste thriller
Beste krimroman originalutgitt som paperback
Beste debutroman
Beste krimnovelle

Merk at «beste britiske krimroman» i denne sammenhengen gjelder beste krimroman først utgitt på engelsk i Storbritannia og ikke viser tilbake på forfatterens nasjonalitet.
Prisvinnere
2016
Best novel: C. J. Box, for Badlands
Best First Novel: Ausma Zehanat Khanl, for The Unquiet Dead
Best Thriller: Taylor Stevens, for The Mask
Best Paperback Novel: Lou Berney, for The Long and Faraway Gone
2015
Best novel: Greg Iles, for Natchez Burning
Best First Novel: Julia Dahl, for Invisible City
Best Thriller: Michael Koryta, for Those Who Wish Me Dead
Best Paperback Novel: Allen Eskens, for The Life We Bury

2014
Best novel: William Kent Krueger, for Ordinary Grace
Best First Novel: Barry Lancet, for Japantown
Best Thriller: Taylor Stevens. for The Doll
Best Paperback Novel: Adrian McKinty, for I Hear the Siren in the Street

2013
Best Novel: Peter May, for The Blackhouse
Best First Novel: Julia Keller, for The Killing in the Hills
Best Thriller: Daniel Silva, for The Fallen Angel
Best Paperback Novel: Susan Elia McNeal, for Churchill's Secretary

2012
Best Novel: Jussi Adler-Olsen, for The Keeper of Lost Causes (Kvinden i buret)
Best First Novel: Taylor Stevens, for The Informationist
Best Thriller: Thomas Perry, for The Informant
Best British Novel: Peter James, for Dead Man’s Grip
Best Paperback Novel: Michael Stanley, for Death of the Mantis
Best Short Story: Jeff Cohen, for The Gun Also Rises

2011
Best Novel: Steve Hamilton, for The Lock Artist 
Best First Novel: Paul Doiron, for The Poacher's Son
Best Thriller: Deon Meyer, for Thirteen Hours
Best British Novel: Reginald Hill, for The Woodcutter
Best Paperback Novel: Val McDermid, for Fever of the Bone
Best Short Story: Loren D. Estleman, for The List

2010
Best Novel: John Hart, for The Last Child 
Best First Novel: Alan Bradley, for The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Best Thriller: Jamie Frevelett, for Running from the Devil
Best British Novel: Philip Kerr, for If the Dead Rise Not
Best Paperback Novel: Bryan Gruley, for Starvation Lake
Best Short Story: Brendan DuBois, for The High House Writer
Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade: Stieg Larsson, for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor)

2009
Best Novel: Arnaldur Indriðason, for The Draining Lake (Kleifarvatn)
Best Thriller: Tom Rob Smith, for Child 44
Best British Novel: Stieg Larsson, for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor)
Best Paperback Novel: Julie Hyzy, for State of the Onion
Best Short Story: James O. Born, for The Draught

2008
Best Novel: Laura Lippman, for What the Dead Know
Best Thriller: Robert Crais, for The Watchman
Best British Novel: Edward Wright, for Damnation Falls
Best Paperback Novel: Megan Abbott, for Queenpin
Best First Novel: Tana French, for In the Woods

2007
Best Novel: George Pelecanos, for The Night Gardener
Best Thriller: Daniel Silva, for The Messenger
Best British Novel: Ken Bruen, for Priest
Best Paperback Novel: Sean Doolittle, for The Cleanup
Best First Novel: Louise Penny, for Still Life
Best Short Story: Brendan DuBois, for The Right Call

2006
Best Novel: Thomas H. Cook, for Red Leaves
Best Thriller: Joseph Finder, for Company Man
Best British Novel: Denise Mina, for The Field of Blood
Best Paperback Novel: Reed Farrel Coleman, for The James Deans
Best First Novel: Stuart McBride, for Cold Granite
Best Short Story: Nancy Pickard, for There is No Crime on Easter Island

2005
Best Novel: Lee Child, for The Enemy
Best Thriller: Barry Eisler, for Rain Storm
Best British Crime Novel: John Harvey, for Flesh & Blood
Best Paperback Original: Elaine Flinn, for Tagged for Murder
Best First Novel: Carlos Ruiz Zafón, for The Shadow of the Wind
Best Short Story: Edward D. Hoch, for The War in Wonderland

2004
Best Novel: Laura Lippman, for Every Secret Thing
Best British Crime Novel: Val McDermid, for The Distant Echo
Best Paperback Original: Jason Starr, for Tough Luck
Best First Mystery Novel: P. J. Tracy, for Monkeewrench
Best Mystery Short Story: Robert Barnard, for Rogues' Gallery

2003
Best Novel: Michael Connelly, for City of Bones
Best British Crime Novel: John Connolly, for The White Road
Best Paperback Original: Danielle Girard , for Cold Silence
Best First Novel: Julia Spencer-Fleming, for In Bleak Midwinter

2002
Best Novel: Dennis Lehane, for Mystic River
Best British Crime Novel: Stephen Booth, for Dancing With Virgins
Best Paperback Original: Deborah Woodworth, for Killing Gifts
Best First Novel: C. J. Box, for Open Season

2001
Best Hardcover Novel: Nevada Barr, for Deep South 
Best British Crime Novel: Stephen Booth, for Black Dog
Best Paperback Novel: Eric Wright, for The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn
Best First Novel: David Liss, for Conspiracy of Paper

2000
Best Novel: Peter Robinson, for In a Dry Season
Best British Novel: Val McDermid, for A Place of Execution
Best paperback Original: Robin Burcell, for Every Move She Makes
Best First Novel: Donna Andrews, for Peacocks

1999
Best Novel: Reginald Hill, for On Beulah Height og Dennis Lehane for Gone, Baby, Gone
Best First Novel: William Kent Krueger, for Iron Lake

1998
Best Novel: Michael Connelly, for Trunk Music
Best Paperback Original: Harlan Coben, for Backspin
Best First Novel: Lee Child, for Killing Floor

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

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Barry Awards