The Award Tally
AwardsAuthors

British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (August Derleth Award)

British Fantasy Society

Annual award presented by the British Fantasy Society recognizing the best fantasy or horror novel of the year, voted on by members and attendees of FantasyCon; also known historically as the August Derleth Fantasy Award.

2011

  1. Demon Dance

    Sam Stone

    Won

  2. Apartment 16

    Adam Nevill

    Shortlisted

  3. Pretty Little Dead Things

    Gary McMahon

    Shortlisted

  4. The Leaping

    Tom Fletcher

    Shortlisted

  5. The Silent Land

    Graham Joyce

    Shortlisted

2010

  1. One

    Conrad Williams

    Won

  2. Best Served Cold

    Joe Abercrombie

    Shortlisted

  3. Futile Flame

    Sam Stone

    Shortlisted

  4. The Naming of the Beasts

    Mike Carey

    Shortlisted

  5. Under the Dome

    Stephen King

    Shortlisted

2009

  1. Memoirs of a Master Forger

    William Heaney

    Won

  2. Midnight Man

    Simon Clark

    Shortlisted

  3. Rain Dogs

    Gary McMahon

    Shortlisted

  4. The Graveyard Book

    Neil Gaiman

    Shortlisted

  5. The Victoria Vanishes

    Christopher Fowler

    Shortlisted

  6. Thieving Fear

    Ramsey Campbell

    Shortlisted

2008

  1. The Grin of the Dark

    Ramsey Campbell

    Won

  2. Heart-Shaped

    Joe Hill

    Shortlisted

  3. The Intruders

    Michael Marshall

    Shortlisted

  4. The Servants

    Michael Marshall Smith

    Shortlisted

  5. The Taken

    Sarah Pinborough

    Shortlisted

  6. The Terror

    Dan Simmons

    Shortlisted

2007

  1. Dusk

    Tim Lebbon

    Won

  2. Breeding Ground

    Sarah Pinborough

    Shortlisted

  3. Bridge of Dreams

    Chaz Brenchley

    Shortlisted

  4. Jack of Ravens

    Mark Chadbourn

    Shortlisted

  5. Nova Swing

    M. John Harrison

    Shortlisted

  6. The Devil You Know

    Mike Carey

    Shortlisted

  7. The Face of Twilight

    Mark Samuels

    Shortlisted

  8. The Lies of Locke Lamora

    Scott Lynch

    Shortlisted

  9. The Unblemished

    Conrad Williams

    Shortlisted

2006

  1. Anansi Boys

    Neil Gaiman

    Won

  2. A Feast for Crows

    George R. R. Martin

    Shortlisted

  3. Nowhere Near an Angel

    Mark Morris

    Shortlisted

  4. Secret Stories

    Ramsey Campbell

    Shortlisted

  5. The Hounds of Avalon

    Mark Chadbourn

    Shortlisted

  6. Vellum

    Hal Duncan

    Shortlisted

2005

  1. The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower

    Stephen King

    Won

  2. Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War

    Clive Barker

    Shortlisted

  3. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    Susanna Clarke

    Shortlisted

  4. The Queen of Sinister

    Mark Chadbourn

    Shortlisted

  5. The Water Room

    Christopher Fowler

    Shortlisted

2004

  1. Full Dark House

    Christopher Fowler

    Won

  2. Felaheen: The Third Arabesk

    Jon Courtenay Grimwood

    Shortlisted

  3. lost boy, lost girl

    Peter Straub

    Shortlisted

  4. Nobody True

    James Herbert

    Shortlisted

  5. The Poison Master

    Liz Williams

    Shortlisted

  6. Vampyrrhic Rites

    Simon Clark

    Shortlisted

2003

  1. The Scar

    China Miéville

    Won

  2. The Darkest Part of the Woods

    Ramsey Campbell

    Shortlisted

  3. The Devil in Green

    Mark Chadbourn

    Shortlisted

  4. The Facts of Life

    Graham Joyce

    Shortlisted

  5. White Apples

    Jonathan Carroll

    Shortlisted

2002

  1. The Night of the Triffids

    Simon Clark

    Won

  2. Always Forever

    Mark Chadbourn

    Shortlisted

  3. American Gods

    Neil Gaiman

    Shortlisted

  4. Bold As Love

    Gwyneth Jones

    Shortlisted

  5. Smoking Poppy

    Graham Joyce

    Shortlisted

2001

  1. Perdido Street Station

    China Miéville

    Won

  2. Hush

    Tim Lebbon, Gavin Williams

    Shortlisted

  3. Mr. X

    Peter Straub

    Shortlisted

  4. Silent Children

    Ramsey Campbell

    Shortlisted

  5. The Ragchild

    Steve Lockley, Paul Lewis

    Shortlisted

2000

  1. Indigo

    Graham Joyce

    Won

  2. Shelter

    Chaz Brenchley

    Shortlisted

  3. The Amber Citadel

    Freda Warrington

    Shortlisted

  4. The Marriage of Sticks

    Jonathan Carroll

    Shortlisted

  5. World's End

    Mark Chadbourn

    Shortlisted