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Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel

Horror Writers Association (HWA)

An annual award presented by the Horror Writers Association to honor superior achievement in a horror novel, voted on by HWA members via a juried recommendation and voting process; widely regarded as the leading award dedicated specifically to horror fiction.

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2025

  1. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Won
  2. Girl in the Creek

    Wendy N. Wagner

    Shortlisted
  3. King Sorrow

    Joe Hill

    Shortlisted
  4. The Bewitching

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Shortlisted
  5. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

    Grady Hendrix

    Shortlisted

2024

  1. The Haunting of Velkwood

    Gwendolyn Kiste

    Won
  2. Horror Movie

    Paul G. Tremblay

    Shortlisted
  3. House of Bone and Rain

    Gabino Iglesias

    Shortlisted
  4. I Was a Teenage Slasher

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Shortlisted
  5. Incidents Around the House

    Josh Malerman

    Shortlisted

2023

  1. The Reformatory

    Tananarive Due

    Won
  2. Black River Orchard

    Chuck Wendig

    Shortlisted
  3. Camp Damascus

    Chuck Tingle

    Shortlisted
  4. Don't Fear the Reaper

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Shortlisted
  5. How to Sell a Haunted House

    Grady Hendrix

    Shortlisted
  6. Lone Women

    Victor Lavalle

    Shortlisted

2022

  1. The Devil Takes You Home

    Gabino Iglesias

    Won
  2. Daphne

    Josh Malerman

    Shortlisted
  3. Reluctant Immortals

    Gwendolyn Kiste

    Shortlisted
  4. Sundial

    Catriona Ward

    Shortlisted
  5. The Fervor

    Alma Katsu

    Shortlisted

2021

  1. My Heart Is a Chainsaw

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Won
  2. Children of Chicago

    Cynthia Pelayo

    Shortlisted
  3. The Book of Accidents

    Chuck Wendig

    Shortlisted
  4. The Final Girl Support Group

    Grady Hendrix

    Shortlisted
  5. The Queen of the Cicadas

    V. Castro

    Shortlisted

2020

  1. The Only Good Indians

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Won
  2. Devil's Creek

    Todd Keisling

    Shortlisted
  3. Malorie

    Josh Malerman

    Shortlisted
  4. Mexican Gothic

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Shortlisted
  5. The Deep

    Alma Katsu

    Shortlisted

2019

  1. Coyote Rage

    Owl Goingback

    Won
  2. Inspection

    Josh Malerman

    Shortlisted
  3. Into the Ashes

    Lee Murray

    Shortlisted
  4. The Worst Is Yet to Come

    S. P. Miskowski

    Shortlisted
  5. Wanderers

    Chuck Wendig

    Shortlisted

2018

  1. The Cabin at the End of the World

    Paul G. Tremblay

    Won
  2. Dracul

    J. D. Barker & Dacre Stoker

    Shortlisted
  3. Glimpse

    Jonathan Maberry

    Shortlisted
  4. The Hunger

    Alma Katsu

    Shortlisted
  5. Unbury Carol

    Josh Malerman

    Shortlisted

2017

  1. Ararat

    Christopher Golden

    Won
  2. Black Mad Wheel

    Josh Malerman

    Shortlisted
  3. I Wish I Was Like You

    S. P. Miskowski

    Shortlisted
  4. Sleeping Beauties

    Stephen King & Owen King

    Shortlisted
  5. Ubo

    Steve Rasnic Tem

    Shortlisted

2016

  1. The Fisherman

    John Langan

    Won
  2. Disappearance at Devil's Rock

    Paul G. Tremblay

    Shortlisted
  3. Hard Light

    Elizabeth Hand

    Shortlisted
  4. Mongrels

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Shortlisted
  5. Stranded

    Bracken MacLeod

    Shortlisted

2015

  1. A Head Full of Ghosts

    Paul G. Tremblay

    Won
  2. Black Tide

    Patrick Freivald

    Shortlisted
  3. The Cure

    JG Faherty

    Shortlisted

  4. The Deep

    Michaelbrent Collings

    Shortlisted
  5. The Scarlet Gospels

    Clive Barker

    Shortlisted

2014

  1. Blood Kin

    Steve Rasnic Tem

    Won
  2. Beautiful You

    Chuck Palahniuk

    Shortlisted
  3. Jade Sky

    Patrick Freivald

    Shortlisted
  4. Suffer the Children

    Craig DiLouie

    Shortlisted
  5. The Vines

    Christopher Rice

    Shortlisted

2013

  1. Doctor Sleep

    Stephen King

    Won
  2. A Necessary End

    Sarah Pinborough & F. Paul Wilson

    Shortlisted
  3. Malediction

    Lisa Morton

    Shortlisted
  4. NOS4A2

    Joe Hill

    Shortlisted
  5. The Heavens Rise

    Christopher Rice

    Shortlisted

2012

  1. The Drowning Girl

    Caitlin R. Kiernan

    Won
  2. Bottled Abyss

    Benjamin Kane Ethridge

    Shortlisted
  3. Inheritance

    Joe McKinney

    Shortlisted
  4. Nightwhere

    John Everson

    Shortlisted
  5. The German

    Lee Thomas

    Shortlisted
  6. The Haunted

    Bentley Little

    Shortlisted

2011

  1. Flesh Eaters

    Joe McKinney

    Won

  2. A Matrix Of Angels

    Christopher Conlon

    Shortlisted
  3. Cosmic Forces

    Gregory Lamberson

    Shortlisted
  4. Floating Staircase

    Ronald Malfi

    Shortlisted

  5. Not Fade Away

    Gene O'Neill

    Shortlisted
  6. The German

    Lee Thomas

    Shortlisted

2010

  1. A Dark Matter

    Peter Straub

    Won
  2. Apocalypse of the Dead

    Joe McKinney

    Shortlisted
  3. Dead Love

    Linda Watanabe McFerrin

    Shortlisted
  4. Dweller

    Jeff Strand

    Shortlisted
  5. Horns

    Joe Hill

    Shortlisted
  6. Rot & Ruin

    Jonathan Maberry

    Shortlisted

2009

  1. Audrey's Door

    Sarah Langan

    Won
  2. Cursed

    Jeremy Shipp

    Shortlisted
  3. Patient Zero

    Jonathan Maberry

    Shortlisted
  4. Quarantined

    Joe McKinney

    Shortlisted

2008

  1. Duma Key

    Stephen King

    Won
  2. Coffin County

    Gary A. Braunbeck

    Shortlisted
  3. Johnny Gruesome

    Gregory Lamberson

    Shortlisted
  4. The Reach

    Nate Kenyon

    Shortlisted

2007

  1. The Missing

    Sarah Langan

    Won
  2. Heart-Shaped Box

    Joe Hill

    Shortlisted
  3. The Guardener's Tale

    Bruce Boston

    Shortlisted
  4. The Terror

    Dan Simmons

    Shortlisted
  5. The Witch's Trinity

    Erika Mailman

    Shortlisted

2006

  1. Lisey's Story

    Stephen King

    Won
  2. Ghost Road Blues

    Jonathan Maberry

    Shortlisted
  3. Headstone City

    Tom Piccirilli

    Shortlisted
  4. Pressure

    Jeff Strand

    Shortlisted
  5. Prodigal Blues

    Gary A. Braunbeck

    Shortlisted

2005

  1. Creepers

    David Morrell

    Won
  2. Dread in the Beast

    Charlee Jacob

    Won
  3. Keepers

    Gary A. Braunbeck

    Shortlisted
  4. November Mourns

    Tom Piccirilli

    Shortlisted

2004

  1. In the Night Room

    Peter Straub

    Won
  2. Deep in the Darkness

    Michael Laimo

    Shortlisted
  3. The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower

    Stephen King

    Shortlisted
  4. The Wind Caller

    P. D. Cacek

    Shortlisted

2003

  1. Lost Boy, Lost Girl

    Peter Straub

    Won
  2. A Choir of Ill Children

    Tom Piccirilli

    Shortlisted
  3. Serenity Falls

    James A. Moore

    Shortlisted
  4. The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla

    Stephen King

    Shortlisted
  5. The Night Country

    Stewart O'Nan

    Shortlisted

2002

  1. The Night Class

    Tom Piccirilli

    Won
  2. From a Buick 8

    Stephen King

    Shortlisted
  3. Lullaby

    Chuck Palahniuk

    Shortlisted
  4. The Hour Before Dark

    Douglas Clegg

    Shortlisted
  5. The Lovely Bones

    Alice Sebold

    Shortlisted

2001

  1. American Gods

    Neil Gaiman

    Won
  2. Black House

    Stephen King & Peter Straub

    Shortlisted
  3. From the Dust Returned

    Ray Bradbury

    Shortlisted
  4. The Lost

    Jack Ketchum

    Shortlisted

2000

  1. The Traveling Vampire Show

    Richard Laymon

    Won
  2. Silent Children

    Ramsey Campbell

    Shortlisted
  3. The Deceased

    Tom Piccirilli

    Shortlisted
  4. The Indifference of Heaven

    Gary A. Braunbeck

    Shortlisted
  5. The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club

    Brian A. Hopkins

    Shortlisted

1999

  1. Mr. X

    Peter Straub

    Won
  2. Darker than Night

    Owl Goingback

    Shortlisted
  3. Hannibal

    Thomas Harris

    Shortlisted
  4. Hexes

    Tom Piccirilli

    Shortlisted
  5. Low Men in Yellow Coats

    Stephen King

    Shortlisted

1998

  1. Bag of Bones

    Stephen King

    Won
  2. Darker Angels

    S. P. Somtow

    Shortlisted
  3. Fear Nothing

    Dean R. Koontz

    Shortlisted
  4. Fog Heart

    Thomas Tessier

    Shortlisted

1997

  1. Children of the Dusk

    Janet Berliner & George Guthridge

    Won
  2. Earthquake Weather

    Tim Powers

    Shortlisted
  3. My Soul to Keep

    Tananarive Due

    Shortlisted
  4. The Church of Dead Girls

    Stephen Dobyns

    Shortlisted

1996

  1. The Green Mile

    Stephen King

    Won
  2. Crota

    Owl Goingback

    Shortlisted
  3. Exquisite Corpse

    Poppy Z. Brite

    Shortlisted
  4. The Hellfire Club

    Peter Straub

    Shortlisted

1995

  1. Zombie

    Joyce Carol Oates

    Won
  2. Bone Music

    Alan Rodgers

    Shortlisted
  3. Deadrush

    Yvonne Navarro

    Shortlisted
  4. Widow

    Billie Sue Mosiman

    Shortlisted

1994

  1. Dead in the Water

    Nancy Holder

    Won
  2. From the Teeth of Angels

    Jonathan Carroll

    Shortlisted
  3. Insomnia

    Stephen King

    Shortlisted
  4. The Alienist

    Caleb Carr

    Shortlisted
  5. The Butcher Boy

    Patrick McCabe

    Shortlisted

1993

  1. The Throat

    Peter Straub

    Won
  2. Anno Dracula

    Kim Newman

    Shortlisted
  3. Blackburn

    Bradley Denton

    Shortlisted
  4. Drawing Blood

    Poppy Z. Brite

    Shortlisted
  5. The Summoning

    Bentley Little

    Shortlisted

1992

  1. Blood of the Lamb

    Thomas F. Monteleone

    Won
  2. Children of the Night

    Dan Simmons

    Shortlisted
  3. Deathgrip

    Brian Hodge

    Shortlisted
  4. Hideaway

    Dean R. Koontz

    Shortlisted
  5. Homecoming

    Matthew Costello

    Shortlisted

1991

  1. Boy's Life

    Robert R. McCammon

    Won
  2. Needful Things

    Stephen King

    Shortlisted
  3. Summer of Night

    Dan Simmons

    Shortlisted
  4. The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands

    Stephen King

    Shortlisted
  5. The M.D.

    Thomas M. Disch

    Shortlisted

1990

  1. Mine

    Robert R. McCammon

    Won
  2. Funland

    Richard Laymon

    Shortlisted

  3. Reign

    Chet Williamson

    Shortlisted
  4. Savage Season

    Joe R. Lansdale

    Shortlisted

1989

  1. Carrion Comfort

    Dan Simmons

    Won
  2. Geek Love

    Katherine Dunn

    Shortlisted
  3. In a Dark Dream

    Charles L. Grant

    Shortlisted
  4. Midnight

    Dean R. Koontz

    Shortlisted
  5. The Wolf's Hour

    Robert R. McCammon

    Shortlisted

1988

  1. The Silence of the Lambs

    Thomas Harris

    Won
  2. Black Wind

    F. Paul Wilson

    Shortlisted
  3. Flesh

    Richard Laymon

    Shortlisted
  4. Stinger

    Robert R. McCammon

    Shortlisted
  5. The Drive-In

    Joe R. Lansdale

    Shortlisted
  6. The Queen of the Damned

    Anne Rice

    Shortlisted

1987

  1. Misery

    Stephen King

    Won
  2. Swan Song

    Robert R. McCammon

    Won
  3. Ash Wednesday

    Chet Williamson

    Shortlisted
  4. Live Girls

    Ray Garton

    Shortlisted
  5. Unassigned Territory

    Kem Nunn

    Shortlisted