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.
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2026
- The Buffalo Hunter HunterWon
Stephen Graham Jones
- It Was Her House FirstShortlisted
Cherie Priest
- King SorrowShortlisted
Joe Hill
- Never FlinchShortlisted
Stephen King
- Spread MeShortlisted
Sarah Gailey
- The BewitchingShortlisted
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Crimson RoadShortlisted
A. G. Slatter
- The Library at HelleboreShortlisted
Cassandra Khaw
- The Possession of Alba DíazShortlisted
Isabel Cañas
- The Staircase in the WoodsShortlisted
Chuck Wendig
2025
- Bury Your GaysWon
Chuck Tingle
- CuckooShortlisted
Gretchen Felker-Martin
- Forgotten SistersShortlisted
Cynthia Pelayo
- Horror MovieShortlisted
Paul G. Tremblay
- House of Bone and RainShortlisted
Gabino Iglesias
- Incidents Around the HouseShortlisted
Josh Malerman
- Model HomeShortlisted
Rivers Solomon
- The Angel of Indian LakeShortlisted
Stephen Graham Jones
- The UnderhistoryShortlisted
Kaaron Warren
- The WildingShortlisted
Ian McDonald
2024
- A House with Good BonesWon
T. Kingfisher
- A Haunting on the HillShortlisted
Elizabeth Hand
- Black River OrchardShortlisted
Chuck Wendig
- Don't Fear the ReaperShortlisted
Stephen Graham Jones
- How to Sell a Haunted HouseShortlisted
Grady Hendrix
- Lone WomenShortlisted
Victor Lavalle
- Silver NitrateShortlisted
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Starling HouseShortlisted
Alix E. Harrow
- The ReformatoryShortlisted
Tananarive Due
- Vampires of El NorteShortlisted
Isabel Cañas
2023
- What Moves the DeadWon
T. Kingfisher
- EchoShortlisted
Thomas Olde Heuvelt
- Gwendy's Final TaskShortlisted
Stephen King, Richard Chizmar
- Just Like HomeShortlisted
Sarah Gailey
- No Gods for DrowningShortlisted
Hailey Piper
- Road of BonesShortlisted
Christopher Golden
- SaturnaliaShortlisted
Stephanie Feldman
- SundialShortlisted
Catriona Ward
- The Devil Takes You HomeShortlisted
Gabino Iglesias
- The FervorShortlisted
Alma Katsu
- The Pallbearers ClubShortlisted
Paul Tremblay
2022
- My Heart Is a ChainsawWon
Stephen Graham Jones
- A Broken DarknessShortlisted
Premee Mohamed
- Billy SummersShortlisted
Stephen King
- LaterShortlisted
Stephen King
- Moon LakeShortlisted
Joe R. Lansdale
- RevelatorShortlisted
Daryl Gregory
- SorrowlandShortlisted
Rivers Solomon
- The Book of AccidentsShortlisted
Chuck Wendig
- The Death of Jane LawrenceShortlisted
Caitlin Starling
- The Final Girl Support GroupShortlisted
Grady Hendrix
2021
- Mexican GothicWon
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- BeowulfShortlisted
Maria Dahvana Headley
- DevolutionShortlisted
Max Brooks
- Plain Bad HeroinesShortlisted
Emily Danforth
- Survivor SongShortlisted
Paul G. Tremblay
- The DeepShortlisted
Alma Katsu
- The HoleShortlisted
Hiroko Oyamada
- The Hollow PlacesShortlisted
T. Kingfisher
- The Only Good IndiansShortlisted
Stephen Graham Jones
- The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying VampiresShortlisted
Grady Hendrix
2020
- Black Leopard, Red WolfWon
Marlon James
- Anno Dracula 1999: DaikaijiShortlisted
Kim Newman
- Curious ToysShortlisted
Elizabeth Hand
- Imaginary FriendShortlisted
Stephen Chbosky
- Prisoner of MidnightShortlisted
Barbara Hambly
- The Grand DarkShortlisted
Richard Kadrey
- The InstituteShortlisted
Stephen King
- The Pursuit of William AbbeyShortlisted
Claire North
- The TollShortlisted
Cherie Priest
- The Twisted OnesShortlisted
T. Kingfisher
2019
- The Cabin at the End of the WorldWon
Paul G. Tremblay
- Coyote SongsShortlisted
Gabino Iglesias
- Cross Her HeartShortlisted
Sarah Pinborough
- In the Night WoodShortlisted
Dale Bailey
- The HungerShortlisted
Alma Katsu
- The ListenerShortlisted
Robert McCammon
- The OutsiderShortlisted
Stephen King
- Tide of StoneShortlisted
Kaaron Warren
- UnlanguageShortlisted
Michael Cisco
- We Sold Our SoulsShortlisted
Grady Hendrix
2018
- The ChangelingWon
Victor LaValle
- After the End of the WorldShortlisted
Jonathan L. Howard
- Behind Her EyesShortlisted
Sarah Pinborough
- Food of the GodsShortlisted
Cassandra Khaw
- Ill WillShortlisted
Dan Chaon
- MormamaShortlisted
Kit Reed
- Red SnowShortlisted
Ian R. MacLeod
- The Night OceanShortlisted
Paul La Farge
- UboShortlisted
Steve Rasnic Tem
- Universal HarvesterShortlisted
John Darnielle
2017
- The FiremanWon
Joe Hill
- Certain Dark ThingsShortlisted
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Disappearance at Devil's RockShortlisted
Paul G. Tremblay
- FellsideShortlisted
M. R. Carey
- HEXShortlisted
Thomas Olde Heuvelt
- Lovecraft CountryShortlisted
Matt Ruff
- MongrelsShortlisted
Stephen Graham Jones
- The Brotherhood of the WheelShortlisted
R. S. Belcher
- The Family PlotShortlisted
Cherie Priest
- The FishermanShortlisted
John Langan