Author record · 2020 to 2025

John Vercher: Awards and Best-of Lists

John Vercher has 1 shortlist or finalist place, 5 longlist or nominee places, and 6 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Devil Is FineAspen Words Literary Prize source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2025Devil Is FinePEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Fiction
2024Devil Is FineTIME Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · 100 Must-Read
2024Devil Is FineChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction
2024Devil Is FineChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Our Favorite Books
2022After the Lights Go OutBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books: Genre Fiction
2021Three-FifthsCWA Daggers source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger
2020Three-FifthsLefty Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Best Debut Mystery Novel
2020Three-FifthsAnthony Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Best First Novel
2020Three-FifthsEdgar Allan Poe Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Best First Novel
2020Three-FifthsFinancial Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Crime
2020Three-FifthsThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Crime and thrillers

Books

  1. Three-Fifths6 sources · 2020 to 2021
  2. Devil Is Fine4 sources · 2024 to 2025
  3. After the Lights Go Out1 source · 2022