| Titles | Order |
| The Bellamy Trial by Frances Noyes Hart | International Prize, 1948 |
| Mission to Marseilles (Nestor Burma Mysteries) by Léo Malet | French Prize, 1948 |
| Puzzle for Pilgrims by Patrick Quentin | International Prize, 1949 |
| After Midnight by Martha Albrand | International Prize, 1950 |
| Jeux pour mourir d'après le roman de Géo-Charles Véran by Jacques Tardi | French Prize, 1950 |
| The Red Right Hand by Joel Townsley Rogers | International Prize, 1951 |
| Follow as the Night by Pat McGerr | International Prize, 1952 |
| The end is known by Geoffrey Holiday Hall | International Prize, 1953 |
| Horns for the Devil by Louis Malley | International Prize, 1953 |
| Death in Captivity by Michael Francis Gilbert | International Prize, 1955 |
| The Desperate Hours by Joseph Hayes | International Prize, 1956 |
| Nothing in Her Way by Charles Williams | International Prize, 1956 |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith | International Prize, 1957 |
| A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes | International Prize, 1958 |
| The Evil of the Day by Thomas Sterling | International Prize, 1960 |
| The Praying Mantises by Hubert Monteilhet | French Prize, 1960 |
| The Green Stone by Suzanne Blanc | International Prize, 1962 |
| The Ballad of the Running Man by Shelley Smith | International Prize, 1963 |
| Trap for Cinderella by Sébastien Japrisot | French Prize, 1963 |
| A Key to the Suite by John D. MacDonald | International Prize, 1964 |
| Gun Before Butter by Nicolas Freeling | International Prize, 1965 |
| The Quiller Memorandum by Adam Hall | International Prize, 1966 |
| I Start Counting by Audrey Erskine Lindop | International Prize, 1967 |
| Traditori di tutti by Giorgio Scerbanenco | International Prize, 1968 |
| The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey | International Prize, 1969 |
| Fire, Burn! by John Dickson Carr | International Prize, 1969 |
| The Flaw by Antonis Samarakis | International Prize, 1970 |
| Hændeligt uheld by Anders Bodelsen | International Prize, 1971 |
| Ledger by Dorothy Uhnak | International Prize, 1971 |
| The Children Are Watching by Laird Koenig | International Prize, 1972 |
| Pazza da uccidere by Jean-Patrick Manchette | French Prize, 1973 |
| Mirror Mirror on the Wall by Stanley Ellin | International Prize, 1974 |
| The dark number by Edward Boyd | International Prize, 1975 |
| Doctor Frigo by Eric Ambler | International Prize, 1976 |
| Les Sirènes de minuit by Jean-François Coatmeur | French Prize, 1976 |
| City of the Dead by Herbert Lieberman | International Prize, 1977 |
| And On the Eighth Day by Ellery Queen | International Prize, 1978 |
| The Chain of Chance by Stanisław Lem | International Prize, 1979 |
| A Stranger Is Watching by Mary Higgins Clark | International Prize, 1980 |
| Los mares del Sur by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán | International Prize, 1981 |
| Party of the Year by John Crosby | International Prize, 1982 |
| No Comebacks by Frederick Forsyth | International Prize, 1983 |
| The Maine Massacre (Amsterdam Cops) by Janwillem Van De Wetering | International Prize, 1984 |
| Sur la terre comme au ciel by Rene Belletto | French Prize, 1984 |
| Meurtres pour mémoire by Didier Daeninckx | French Prize, 1985 |
| Swing, Swing Together by Peter Lovesey | International Prize, 1985 |
| City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit by Elmore Leonard | International Prize, 1986 |
| Dance Hall of the Dead by Tony Hillerman | International Prize, 1987 |
| Strega by Andrew Vachss | International Prize, 1988 |
| A Taste for Death by P. D. James | International Prize, 1988 |
| Snowbound by Bill Pronzini | International Prize, 1989 |
| A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George | International Prize, 1990 |
| The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris | International Prize, 1991 |
| Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke | International Prize, 1992 |
| Holy Smoke by Tonino Benacquista | French Prize, 1992 |
| The Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte | International Prize, 1993 |
| Cabal by Michael Dibdin | International Prize, 1994 |
| Death By Publication by Jean-Jacques Fiechter | French Prize, 1994 |
| Degree of Guilt by Richard North Patterson | International Prize, 1995 |
| The Alienist by Caleb Carr | International Prize, 1996 |
| Death from the woods by Brigitte Aubert | French Prize, 1997 |
| Imperfect Strangers by Stuart Woods | International Prize, 1997 |
| Shadow Play by Frances Fyfield | International Prize, 1998 |
| Blood Work by Michael Connelly | International Prize, 1999 |
| River of Darkness by Rennie Airth | International Prize, 2000 |
| Chasseurs de têtes - Grand Prix de la Littérature Policière 2001 by Michel Crespy | French Prize, 2001 |
| In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson | International Prize, 2001 |
| Les brouillards de la butte by P. Pecherot | French Prize, 2002 |
| One Foot in the Grave by Peter Dickinson | International Prize, 2002 |
| Dead Before Dying by Deon Meyer | International Prize, 2003 |
| The Analyst by John Katzenbach | International Prize, 2004 |
| Double peine - Grand Prix de la Littérature Policière 2004 by Virginie Brac | French Prize, 2004 |
| Dead souls by Ian Rankin | International Prize, 2005 |
| The Librarian: A Novel by Larry Beinhart | International Prize, 2006 |
| Citoyens clandestins by DOA | French Prize, 2007 |
| Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason | International Prize, 2007 |
| The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg | International Prize, 2008 |
| Priest by Ken Bruen | International Prize, 2009 |