The Galaxy National Book Awards (formerly known as the Galaxy British Book Awards and before that the British Book Industry Awards), which honor all sectors of the book business, has provided the industry with a prestigious platform from which it has been able to recognize and reward its own. The Crime Thriller of the Year Award was first given out in 2005.

2011

Thriller and Crime Novel: Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson (Doubleday)

2010

No Award(s) Given

2009

Crime Thriller: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Quercus)

2008

Crime Thriller: Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell (Little, Brown)

2007

Crime Thriller: The Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin (Orion)

2006

Crime Thriller: The Take by Martina Cole (Headline)

2005

Crime Thriller: Fleshmarket Close by Ian Rankin (Orion)

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