Author record · 2008 to 2025
Val McDermid: Awards and Best-of Lists
Val McDermid has won 3 awards, including the Barry Awards (2011) for Fever of the Bone, with 7 shortlist or finalist places, 5 longlist or nominee places, and 3 year-end list picks in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Silent Bones | The Irish Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Books of the Year | |
| 2024 | Past Lying | Edgar Allan Poe Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Sue Grafton Memorial Award | |
| 2022 | 1979 | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Crime & Thriller Book of the Year | |
| 2022 | 1979 | Macavity Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Best Mystery Novel | |
| 2020 | How the Dead Speak | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Crime & Thriller Book of the Year | |
| 2016 | Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime | Anthony Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Best Critical/Nonfiction Work | |
| 2016 | Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime | Edgar Allan Poe Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Best Fact Crime | |
| 2016 | Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime | Macavity Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Best Nonfiction/Critical | |
| 2016 | Out of Bounds | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Crime and thrillers | |
| 2015 | Forensics | Goodreads Choice Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Science & Technology | |
| 2015 | Splinter the Silence | The Guardian Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Crime and thrillers | |
| 2014 | Cross and Burn | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Lesbian Mystery | |
| 2012 | Trick of the Dark | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Lesbian Mystery | |
| 2011 | Fever of the Bone | Barry Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel | |
| 2011 | Fever of the Bone | Lambda Literary Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Lesbian Mystery | |
| 2011 | Trick of the Dark | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Crime Thriller of the Year | |
| 2009 | A Darker Domain | Los Angeles Times Book Prizes source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Mystery/Thriller | |
| 2008 | The Grave Tattoo | British Book Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Crime Thriller of the Year |
Books
- Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime4 sources · 2015 to 2016
- 19792 sources · 2022
- Fever of the Bone2 sources · 2011
- Trick of the Dark2 sources · 2011 to 2012
- A Darker Domain1 source · 2009
- Cross and Burn1 source · 2014
- How the Dead Speak1 source · 2020
- Out of Bounds1 source · 2016
- Past Lying1 source · 2024
- Silent Bones1 source · 2025
- Splinter the Silence1 source · 2015
- The Grave Tattoo1 source · 2008