Nero Award Winners Listed Alphabetically by Last Name
| Year | Author | Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | David Baldacci | One Good Deed |
| 1992 | Robert Barnard | A Scandal in Belgravia |
| 1979 | Lawrence Block | The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling |
| 2005 | Lee Child | The Enemy |
| 1997 | Michael Connelly | The Poet |
| 1981 | Amanda Cross | Death in a Tenured Position |
| 1999 | Jeffery Deaver | The Bone Collector |
| 1993 | John Dunning | Booked To Die |
| 1994 | Aaron Elkins | Old Scores |
| 2002 | Linda Fairstein | The Deadhouse |
| 2006 | Tess Gerritsen | Vanish |
| 1986 | Robert Goldsborough | Murder in E Minor |
| 1983 | Martha Grimes | The Anodyne Necklace |
| 2000 | Fred Harris | Coyote Revenge |
| 1991 | Tony Hillerman | Coyote Waits |
| 2018 | Stephen Mack Jones | August Snow |
| 1996 | Laurie B. King | A Monstrous Regiment of Women |
| 2013 | Chris Knopf | Dead Anyway |
| 2017 | Al Lamanda | With Six You Get Wally |
| 1984 | Jane Langton | Emily Dickinson is Dead |
| 2024 | Ariel Lawhon | The Frozen River |
| 1998 | Dennis Lehane | Sacred |
| 2001 | Laura Lippman | Sugar House |
| 1985 | Dick Lochte | Sleeping Dog |
| 1987 | Charlotte MacLeod | The Corpse in Oozak’s Pond |
| 1980 | Helen McCloy | Burn This |
| 1995 | Sharyn McCrumb | She Walks These Hills |
| 2014 | David Morrell | Murder as a Fine Art |
| 2019 | Walter Mosley | Down the River Unto the Sea |
| 2004 | Walter Mosley | Fear Itself |
| 1982 | Hugh Pentecost | Past, Present and Murder |
| 2010 | Brad Parks | Faces of the Dead |
| 2011 | Louise Penny | Bury Your Dead |
| 2003 | S. J. Rozan | Winter and Night |
| 2008 | Jonathan Santlofer | Anatomy of Fear |
| 2007 | Julia Spencer-Fleming | All Mortal Flesh |
| 2021 | Stephen Spotswood | Fortune Favors the Dead |
| 2022 | Michael Sears | Tower of Babel |
| 2012 | Dana Stabenow | Though Not Dead |
| 2009 | Joseph Teller | The Tenth Case |
| 2016 | David C. Taylor | Night Life |
| 2015 | John Verdon | Peter Pan Must Die |
| 2023 | Frederick Weisel | The Day He Left |
Nero Award Winners Listed Chronologically
| Year | Author | Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Adriel Lawhon | The Frozen River |
| 2023 | Frederick Weisel | The Day He Left |
| 2022 | Michael Sears | Tower of Babel |
| 2021 | Stephen Spotswood | Fortune Favors the Dead |
| 2020 | David Baldacci | One Good Deed |
| 2019 | Walter Mosley | Down the River Unto the Sea |
| 2018 | Stephen Mack Jones | August Snow |
| 2017 | Al Lamanda | With Six You Get Wally |
| 2016 | David C. Taylor | Night Life |
| 2015 | John Verdon | Peter Pan Must Die |
| 2014 | David Morrell | Murder as a Fine Art |
| 2013 | Chris Knopf | Dead Anyway |
| 2012 | Dana Stabenow | Though Not Dead |
| 2011 | Louise Penny | Bury Your Dead |
| 2010 | Brad Parks | Faces of the Dead |
| 2009 | Joseph Teller | The Tenth Case |
| 2008 | Jonathan Santlofer | Anatomy of Fear |
| 2007 | Julia Spencer-Fleming | All Mortal Flesh |
| 2006 | Tess Gerritsen | Vanish |
| 2005 | Lee Child | The Enemy |
| 2004 | Walter Mosley | Fear Itself |
| 2003 | S. J. Rozan | Winter and Night |
| 2002 | Linda Fairstein | The Deadhouse |
| 2001 | Laura Lippman | Sugar House |
| 2000 | Fred Harris | Coyote Revenge |
| 1999 | Jeffery Deaver | The Bone Collector |
| 1998 | Dennis Lehane | Sacred |
| 1997 | Michael Connelly | The Poet |
| 1996 | Laurie B. King | A Monstrous Regiment of Women |
| 1995 | Sharyn McCrumb | She Walks These Hills |
| 1994 | Aaron Elkins | Old Scores |
| 1993 | John Dunning | Booked To Die |
| 1992 | Robert Barnard | A Scandal in Belgravia |
| 1991 | Tony Hillerman | Coyote Waits |
| 1987 | Charlotte MacLeod | The Corpse in Oozak’s Pond |
| 1986 | Robert Goldsborough | Murder in E Minor |
| 1985 | Dick Lochte | Sleeping Dog |
| 1984 | Jane Langton | Emily Dickinson is Dead |
| 1983 | Martha Grimes | The Anodyne Necklace |
| 1982 | Hugh Pentecost | Past, Present and Murder |
| 1981 | Amanda Cross | Death in a Tenured Position |
| 1980 | Helen McCloy | Burn This |
| 1979 | Lawrence Block | The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling |