Award overlap

Books That Won Both the Barry Awards and the Ned Kelly Awards

5 books won both the Barry Awards and the Ned Kelly Awards between 2017 and 2023, most recently The Maid (2023/2022). 10 more were recognized by both without winning both.

Years are award years. Barry Awards · Ned Kelly Awards

Won both

Books that won both the Barry Awards and the Ned Kelly Awards, most recent first.
BookAuthorBarry AwardsNed Kelly Awards
The MaidNita Prose
  • 2023 Winner (Best Debut Mystery or Crime Novel)
  • 2022 Winner (Best International Crime Fiction)
The ChainAdrian McKinty
  • 2020 Winner (Best Thriller)
  • 2020 Winner (Best International Crime Fiction)
The DryJane Harper
  • 2020 Nominee (Best Mystery/Crime Novel of the Decade)
  • 2018 Winner (Best First Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2017 Winner (Best Debut Crime Fiction)
The Lost ManJane Harper
  • 2020 Winner (Best Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2019 Winner (Best Crime Fiction)
The RúinDervla McTiernan
  • 2019 Winner (Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2019 Winner (Best Debut Crime Fiction)

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the Barry Awards and the Ned Kelly Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorBarry AwardsNed Kelly Awards
Paper CageTom Baragwanath
  • 2025 Nominee (Best First Mystery Novel)
  • 2023 Shortlist (Best International Crime Fiction)
The WaitingMichael Connelly
  • 2025 Winner (Best Mystery Novel)
  • 2025 Shortlist (Best International Crime Fiction)
Zero DaysRuth Ware
  • 2024 Nominee (Best Thriller)
  • 2024 Shortlist (Best International Crime Fiction)
The Good TurnDervla McTiernan
  • 2022 Winner (Best Paperback Original)
  • 2021 Shortlist (Best Crime Fiction)
We Begin at the EndChris Whitaker
  • 2022 Nominee (Best Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2021 Winner (Best International Crime Fiction)
Resurrection BayEmma Viskic
  • 2019 Nominee (Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2016 Winner (Best Debut Crime Fiction)
Rain DogsAdrian McKinty
  • 2017 Winner (Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2016 Shortlist (Best Crime Fiction)
Present DarknessMalla Nunn
  • 2015 Nominee (Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2015 Shortlist (Best Crime Fiction)
I Hear the Sirens in the StreetAdrian McKinty
  • 2014 Winner (Best Paperback Original Mystery/Crime Novel)
  • 2013 Shortlist (Best Crime Fiction)
ShatterMichael Robotham
  • 2009 Nominee (Best British Crime Novel)
  • 2008 Winner (Best Crime Fiction)