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Locus Award for Best Horror Novel

Locus Magazine (with winners voted on by readers/subscribers in an annual online poll)

An annual award presented by Locus Magazine as part of its Locus Awards, recognizing the best horror novel of the year as voted by readers in an online poll; winners are announced at the Locus Awards Weekend.

2026

  1. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Won

  2. It Was Her House First

    Cherie Priest

    Shortlisted

  3. King Sorrow

    Joe Hill

    Shortlisted

  4. Never Flinch

    Stephen King

    Shortlisted

  5. Spread Me

    Sarah Gailey

    Shortlisted

  6. The Bewitching

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Shortlisted

  7. The Crimson Road

    A. G. Slatter

    Shortlisted

  8. The Library at Hellebore

    Cassandra Khaw

    Shortlisted

  9. The Possession of Alba Díaz

    Isabel Cañas

    Shortlisted

  10. The Staircase in the Woods

    Chuck Wendig

    Shortlisted

2025

  1. Bury Your Gays

    Chuck Tingle

    Won

  2. Cuckoo

    Gretchen Felker-Martin

    Shortlisted

  3. Forgotten Sisters

    Cynthia Pelayo

    Shortlisted

  4. Horror Movie

    Paul Tremblay

    Shortlisted

  5. House of Bone and Rain

    Gabino Iglesias

    Shortlisted

  6. Incidents Around the House

    Josh Malerman

    Shortlisted

  7. Model Home

    Rivers Solomon

    Shortlisted

  8. The Angel of Indian Lake

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Shortlisted

  9. The Underhistory

    Kaaron Warren

    Shortlisted

  10. The Wilding

    Ian McDonald

    Shortlisted

2024

  1. A House with Good Bones

    T. Kingfisher

    Won

  2. A Haunting on the Hill

    Elizabeth Hand

    Shortlisted

  3. Black River Orchard

    Chuck Wendig

    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

  7. Silver Nitrate

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Shortlisted

  8. Starling House

    Alix E. Harrow

    Shortlisted

  9. The Reformatory

    Tananarive Due

    Shortlisted

  10. Vampires of El Norte

    Isabel Cañas

    Shortlisted

2023

  1. What Moves the Dead

    T. Kingfisher

    Won

  2. Echo

    Thomas Olde Heuvelt

    Shortlisted

  3. Gwendy's Final Task

    Stephen King, Richard Chizmar

    Shortlisted

  4. Just Like Home

    Sarah Gailey

    Shortlisted

  5. No Gods for Drowning

    Hailey Piper

    Shortlisted

  6. Road of Bones

    Christopher Golden

    Shortlisted

  7. Saturnalia

    Stephanie Feldman

    Shortlisted

  8. Sundial

    Catriona Ward

    Shortlisted

  9. The Devil Takes You Home

    Gabino Iglesias

    Shortlisted

  10. The Fervor

    Alma Katsu

    Shortlisted

  11. The Pallbearers Club

    Paul Tremblay

    Shortlisted

2022

  1. My Heart Is a Chainsaw

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Won

  2. A Broken Darkness

    Premee Mohamed

    Shortlisted

  3. Billy Summers

    Stephen King

    Shortlisted

  4. Later

    Stephen King

    Shortlisted

  5. Moon Lake

    Joe R. Lansdale

    Shortlisted

  6. Revelator

    Daryl Gregory

    Shortlisted

  7. Sorrowland

    Rivers Solomon

    Shortlisted

  8. The Book of Accidents

    Chuck Wendig

    Shortlisted

  9. The Death of Jane Lawrence

    Caitlin Starling

    Shortlisted

  10. The Final Girl Support Group

    Grady Hendrix

    Shortlisted

2021

  1. Mexican Gothic

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Won

  2. Beowulf

    Maria Dahvana Headley

    Shortlisted

  3. Devolution

    Max Brooks

    Shortlisted

  4. Plain Bad Heroines

    Emily Danforth

    Shortlisted

  5. Survivor Song

    Paul G. Tremblay

    Shortlisted

  6. The Deep

    Alma Katsu

    Shortlisted

  7. The Hole

    Hiroko Oyamada

    Shortlisted

  8. The Hollow Places

    T. Kingfisher

    Shortlisted

  9. The Only Good Indians

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Shortlisted

  10. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

    Grady Hendrix

    Shortlisted

2020

  1. Black Leopard, Red Wolf

    Marlon James

    Won

  2. Anno Dracula 1999: Daikaiji

    Kim Newman

    Shortlisted

  3. Curious Toys

    Elizabeth Hand

    Shortlisted

  4. Imaginary Friend

    Stephen Chbosky

    Shortlisted

  5. Prisoner of Midnight

    Barbara Hambly

    Shortlisted

  6. The Grand Dark

    Richard Kadrey

    Shortlisted

  7. The Institute

    Stephen King

    Shortlisted

  8. The Pursuit of William Abbey

    Claire North

    Shortlisted

  9. The Toll

    Cherie Priest

    Shortlisted

  10. The Twisted Ones

    T. Kingfisher

    Shortlisted

2019

  1. The Cabin at the End of the World

    Paul G. Tremblay

    Won

  2. Coyote Songs

    Gabino Iglesias

    Shortlisted

  3. Cross Her Heart

    Sarah Pinborough

    Shortlisted

  4. In the Night Wood

    Dale Bailey

    Shortlisted

  5. The Hunger

    Alma Katsu

    Shortlisted

  6. The Listener

    Robert McCammon

    Shortlisted

  7. The Outsider

    Stephen King

    Shortlisted

  8. Tide of Stone

    Kaaron Warren

    Shortlisted

  9. Unlanguage

    Michael Cisco

    Shortlisted

  10. We Sold Our Souls

    Grady Hendrix

    Shortlisted

2018

  1. The Changeling

    Victor LaValle

    Won

  2. After the End of the World

    Jonathan L. Howard

    Shortlisted

  3. Behind Her Eyes

    Sarah Pinborough

    Shortlisted

  4. Food of the Gods

    Cassandra Khaw

    Shortlisted

  5. Ill Will

    Dan Chaon

    Shortlisted

  6. Mormama

    Kit Reed

    Shortlisted

  7. Red Snow

    Ian R. MacLeod

    Shortlisted

  8. The Night Ocean

    Paul La Farge

    Shortlisted

  9. Ubo

    Steve Rasnic Tem

    Shortlisted

  10. Universal Harvester

    John Darnielle

    Shortlisted

2017

  1. The Fireman

    Joe Hill

    Won

  2. Certain Dark Things

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Shortlisted

  3. Disappearance at Devil's Rock

    Paul G. Tremblay

    Shortlisted

  4. Fellside

    M. R. Carey

    Shortlisted

  5. HEX

    Thomas Olde Heuvelt

    Shortlisted

  6. Lovecraft Country

    Matt Ruff

    Shortlisted

  7. Mongrels

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Shortlisted

  8. The Brotherhood of the Wheel

    R. S. Belcher

    Shortlisted

  9. The Family Plot

    Cherie Priest

    Shortlisted

  10. The Fisherman

    John Langan

    Shortlisted