Barry Award Winners 2025: Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine announced the winners for the Barry Awards last weekend at Bouchercon in New Orleans. Winners are voted on by readers of Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine.

Best Mystery Novel: 

The Waiting, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) 

Best First Mystery Crime Novel: 

Ordinary Bear, by C.B. Bernard (Blackstone) 

Best Paperback Original Mystery Novel: 

Double Barrel Bluff, by Lou Berney (Morrow Paperbacks) 

Best Action Thriller:

Hero, by Thomas Perry (Mysterious Press) 

The Barry Award Winners 2024: Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine

The Barry Awards 2024. The Barry Awards are awarded by Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine. The winners in each category were announced at the Opening Ceremonies of the Nashville Bouchercon on August 29, 2024. Congratulations to all. 

Best Mystery or Crime Novel
Dennis Lehane, SMALL MERCIES (Harper)

Best First Mystery or Crime Novel
I.S. Berry, THE PEACOCK AND THE SPARROW (Atria)

Best Paperback Original Mystery or Crime Novel
Jake Needham, WHO THE HELL IS HARRY BLACK? (Half Penny)

Best Thriller
Mick Herron, THE SECRET HOURS (Soho Crime)

Thanks to Gabriel Valjan for the great Graphic of the Barry Award winners and nominees.

BARRY AWARD WINNERS

2019 BARRY AWARDS 

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine announced the Barry Award Winners of the Barry Awards at the Dallas Bouchercon Opening Ceremonies. Congratulations to all! 

The 2019 Barry Award Winners

Best Novel
Lou Berney, NOVEMBER ROAD (Morrow)  

Best First Novel
C. J. Tudor, THE CHALK MAN (Crown)

Best Paperback Original 
Dervla McTiernan, THE RUIN (Penguin) 

Best Thriller
Dan Fesperman, SAFE HOUSES (Knopf)
 

BARRY AWARD WINNERS 2017

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine announced the winners of the 2017 Barry Awards last night at the opening session at Bouchercon. Congratulations to all!

Best Novel:
• A Great Reckoning, by Louise Penny (Minotaur)

Best First Novel:
• The Drifter, by Nicholas Petrie (Putnam)

Best Paperback Original:
• Rain Dogs, by Adrian McKinty (Seventh Street)

Best Thriller:
• Guilty Minds, by Joseph Finder (Dutton)