Award overlap

Books Recognized by Both the CWA Daggers and the Goodreads Choice Awards

No book has won both the CWA Daggers and the Goodreads Choice Awards. 52 were shortlisted or recognized by both.

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Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the CWA Daggers and the Goodreads Choice Awards without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorCWA DaggersGoodreads Choice Awards
Blood Like MineStuart Neville
  • 2025 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2024 Nominee (Horror)
FramedJohn Grisham, Jim McCloskey
  • 2025 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2024 Nominee (Nonfiction)
All the Sinners BleedS A Cosby
  • 2024 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2023 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
The Art ThiefMichael Finkel
  • 2024 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2023 Nominee (Nonfiction)
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for MurderersJesse Sutanto
  • 2024 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2023 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
Empire of PainPatrick Radden Keefe
  • 2022 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2021 Winner (History & Biography)
Razorblade TearsSA Cosby
  • 2022 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2022 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2021 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
Agent SonyaBen MacIntyre
  • 2021 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2020 Nominee (History & Biography)
Anxious PeopleFredrik Backman
  • 2021 Shortlist (Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger)
  • 2020 Nominee (Fiction)
Blacktop WastelandS A Cosby
  • 2021 Honor (Gold Dagger)
  • 2020 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
One by OneRuth Ware
  • 2021 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2020 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
The Devil and the Dark WaterStuart Turton
  • 2021 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2020 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
Troubled BloodRobert Galbraith
  • 2021 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2021 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2020 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
We Begin at the EndChris Whitaker
  • 2021 Winner (Gold Dagger)
  • 2021 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2021 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
We Keep the Dead CloseBecky Cooper
  • 2021 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2020 Nominee (Nonfiction)
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper LeeCasey Cep
  • 2020 Winner (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2019 Nominee (Nonfiction)
My Lovely WifeSamantha Downing
  • 2020 Shortlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2019 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
The Whisper ManAlex North
  • 2020 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2019 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
The Feather ThiefKirk Wallace Johnson
  • 2019 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2018 Nominee (Nonfiction)
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the RipperHallie Rubenhold
  • 2019 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2019 Winner (History & Biography)
Killers of the Flower MoonDavid Grann
  • 2018 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2017 Nominee (History & Biography)
The Chalk ManC J Tudor
  • 2018 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2018 Nominee (Debut Author)
  • 2018 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
The Fact of a BodyAlexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
  • 2018 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2017 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
Another Day in the Death of AmericaGary Younge
  • 2017 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2016 Nominee (Nonfiction)
Redemption RoadJohn Hart
  • 2017 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2016 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
The DryJane Harper
  • 2017 Winner (Gold Dagger)
  • 2017 Nominee (Debut Goodreads Author)
  • 2017 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
The CartelDon Winslow
  • 2016 Winner (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2015 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
The English SpyDaniel Silva
  • 2016 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2015 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
Everything I Never Told YouCeleste Ng
  • 2015 Shortlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2014 Nominee (Debut Goodreads Author)
Ghettoside: Investigating a Homicide EpidemicJill Leovy
  • 2015 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2015 Nominee (Nonfiction)
LamentationC.J. Sansom
  • 2015 Shortlist (Historical Dagger)
  • 2015 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
Mr MercedesStephen King
  • 2015 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2014 Winner (Mystery & Thriller)
One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in NorwayǺsne Seierstad
  • 2015 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2015 Nominee (Nonfiction)
RunnerPatrick Lee
  • 2015 Longlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2014 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins
  • 2015 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2015 Winner (Mystery & Thriller)
The Kind Worth KillingPeter Swanson
  • 2015 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2015 Longlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2015 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
The SilkwormRobert Galbraith
  • 2015 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2014 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
The StrangerHarlan Coben
  • 2015 Longlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2015 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
How the Light Gets InLouise Penny
  • 2014 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2013 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
I Am PilgrimTerry Hayes
  • 2014 Shortlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2014 Longlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2014 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
Life after DeathDamien Echols
  • 2014 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2012 Nominee (Memoir & Autobiography)
MansonJeff Guinn
  • 2014 Shortlist (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2013 Nominee (History & Biography)
Natchez BurningGreg Iles
  • 2014 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2014 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
Never Go BackLee Child
  • 2014 Longlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2013 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
Midnight in PekingPaul French
  • 2013 Winner (ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction)
  • 2012 Nominee (History & Biography)
The Shining GirlsLauren Beukes
  • 2013 Shortlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2013 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
The Silent WifeA.S.A. Harrison
  • 2012 Shortlist (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2013 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
ReamdeNeal Stephenson
  • 2012 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2011 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
Before I Go To SleepS.J Watson
  • 2011 Winner (John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger)
  • 2011 Shortlist (Ian Fleming Steel Dagger)
  • 2011 Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)
The Cypress HouseMichael Koryta
  • 2011 Longlist (Gold Dagger)
  • 2011 Nominee (Horror)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's NestStieg Larsson
  • 2010 Shortlist (Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger)
  • 2010 Winner (Mystery & Thriller)
The Girl Who Played with FireStieg Larsson
  • 2009 Shortlist (Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger)
  • 2009 Winner (Mystery & Thriller)